Motu Ventures
VC Fund
Berlin, Germany
Motu Ventures is a Berlin based seed fund focused on building lean startups and boosting talented entrepreneurs. They specialize in first round financing of seed stage companies . Leveraging their network and experience, they support their portfolio companies from their early stage and they accelerate them as active investor.
- Total investments:
- 21
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
Last updated:
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Industries Motu Ventures invests in
Stages Motu Ventures invests in
Countries Motu Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $315k–$3M
- Series A
- $6.2M–$19M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (24%)
- SaaS 4 (19%)
- Analytics 4 (19%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (19%)
- Legal 2 (10%)
Stage
- Seed 9 (43%)
- Series A 2 (10%)
- Funding Round 2 (10%)
- Angel 1 (5%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (5%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Karsten Stein
Managing Partner
|
Managing Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Michael Schmitt
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Philip Jonitz
Investment Analyst
|
Investment Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Wolf von Trotha
Venture Partner
|
Venture Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Philipp Semmer
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 20 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| LiveEO is a leading provider of insights-as-a-service, revolutionizing large-scale infrastructure monitoring worldwide with AI and satellite data. Services span from railway, power line, and pipeline monitoring, to supply chain risk management, delivering actionable insights on ground movement, vegetation management, and deforestation.LiveEO's innovative approach is redefining industry practices, improving operational efficiency, and safeguarding infrastructure safety and sustainability, setting new standards in asset management. | $26.8M / Series B / Jun 25, 2024 | ||
| LiveEO is a leading provider of insights-as-a-service, revolutionizing large-scale infrastructure monitoring worldwide with AI and satellite data. Services span from railway, power line, and pipeline monitoring, to supply chain risk management, delivering actionable insights on ground movement, vegetation management, and deforestation.LiveEO's innovative approach is redefining industry practices, improving operational efficiency, and safeguarding infrastructure safety and sustainability, setting new standards in asset management. | $20.8M / Series B / Aug 05, 2022 | ||
| LiveEO is a leading provider of insights-as-a-service, revolutionizing large-scale infrastructure monitoring worldwide with AI and satellite data. Services span from railway, power line, and pipeline monitoring, to supply chain risk management, delivering actionable insights on ground movement, vegetation management, and deforestation.LiveEO's innovative approach is redefining industry practices, improving operational efficiency, and safeguarding infrastructure safety and sustainability, setting new standards in asset management. | $19.4M / Series A / Aug 05, 2022 | ||
| Ecoworks specializes in climate-neutral renovations and modernizations for apartment buildings. The company uses industrial pre-fabrication, digital processes, and highly efficient energy systems to modernize multi-family houses with up to four floors within a few weeks. | $8.3M / Convertible Note / Jun 02, 2022 | ||
| LiveEO is a leading provider of insights-as-a-service, revolutionizing large-scale infrastructure monitoring worldwide with AI and satellite data. Services span from railway, power line, and pipeline monitoring, to supply chain risk management, delivering actionable insights on ground movement, vegetation management, and deforestation.LiveEO's innovative approach is redefining industry practices, improving operational efficiency, and safeguarding infrastructure safety and sustainability, setting new standards in asset management. | $5.8M / Apr 06, 2021 | ||
| LiveEO is a leading provider of insights-as-a-service, revolutionizing large-scale infrastructure monitoring worldwide with AI and satellite data. Services span from railway, power line, and pipeline monitoring, to supply chain risk management, delivering actionable insights on ground movement, vegetation management, and deforestation.LiveEO's innovative approach is redefining industry practices, improving operational efficiency, and safeguarding infrastructure safety and sustainability, setting new standards in asset management. | $6.2M / Series A / Apr 06, 2021 | ||
| Mindpeak provides artificial intelligence solutions that automate tissue diagnostics for cancer treatment. The company focuses on enhancing the efficiency of cancer experts by streamlining tasks such as cell and biomarker quantification. These tools integrate seamlessly into existing workflows, allowing specialists to concentrate on criticaldecision-making processes. | $3M / Seed / Oct 01, 2019 | ||
| Post-Covid, a vast majority of airlines worldwide will be in an existential crisis. In 2020, more than 40 airlines went out of business. In a post-Covid world, airlines are forced to find new revenue streams while at the same time ensure a high passenger satisfaction.The Inflight VR entertainment system allows airlines to monetize theirpassengers & offers them an immersive state-of-the-art experience. The Inflight VR technology: (i) Generates revenue through pay-per-view, advertising & eCommerce. (ii) Captures the undivided attention of the passenger. (iii) Levels up the guest experience through immersiveness.The Inflight VR entertainment system is proven on the market with landmark clients such as Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines or FlixBus(>10k users) and taps into a tremendous demand from the travel industry. Passenger engagement & feedback is excellent across the board (average usage time of > 80 minutes & satisfaction rate of >90%). With Inflight VR, every passenger generates a revenue potential of more than €7. | $4.4M / Aug 12, 2019 | ||
| Sharpist is a digital coaching for leadership development. Their platform provides services that include video coaching, personalized exercises, micro-tasks, and evaluation along with expert chat that enables companies and organizations to scale executive coaching to their workforce. | Seed / Jan 01, 2019 | ||
| iubel offers legal protection. In areas of law, they offer legal protection. They will contact clients with feedback on legal protection. In addition, with them, clients get legal protection without a contract. They also offer legal protection without any cost. | Seed / Dec 21, 2018 | ||
| See all 21 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Motu Ventures invest in?
Motu Ventures invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Analytics startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 21 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Motu Ventures invest in?
Motu Ventures typically joins rounds of $315k–$3M at Seed and $6.2M–$19M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Motu Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Motu Ventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at Motu Ventures?
The team at Motu Ventures includes Karsten Stein (Managing Partner), Michael Schmitt (Partner) and Philip Jonitz (Investment Analyst). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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