Porsche Ventures
VC Fund
Stuttgart, Germany
Porsche Ventures is a venture capital arm of Porsche that invests in companies from early-stage through growth. The firm was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.
- Total investments:
- 80
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 26%
- Fund size:
- $117M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Porsche Ventures invests in
Stages Porsche Ventures invests in
Countries Porsche Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $2M–$17M
- Series A
- $2M–$60M
- Series B
- $11M–$74M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Automotive 17 (21%)
- Transportation 10 (13%)
- Software 9 (11%)
- Manufacturing 9 (11%)
- Information Technology 6 (8%)
Stage
- Series A 18 (23%)
- Series B 15 (19%)
- Seed 13 (16%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (8%)
- Funding Round 5 (6%)
Country
- United States 20 (25%)
- Germany 16 (20%)
- Israel 5 (6%)
- China 2 (3%)
- Croatia 2 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jake Simon
Venture Investor
|
Venture Investor | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
|
Patrick Huke
Partner
|
Partner | Total investments: 7 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| We improve the EV charging experience by making it more affordable, reliable & fun.&Charge is the only European platform combining smart user engagement with value-added services around EV charging.&Charge App: &Charge offers a digital one stop-shop engagement and service platform for every EV driver – we serve as the user’scompanion for EV Charging: >> Free public charging with our rewards program >> Most accurate POI data with our crowd-sourced data stream >> Huge coverage of charging stations with our Wallbox Sharing systemB2B Services: &Charge’s value-added services solve constraints and ensure additional benefit for the different players in the EV ecosystem such as CPOs, EMPs and Roaming platforms. | $5.9M / Series A / Apr 21, 2026 | ||
| South 8 Technologies develops liquefied gas electrolyte chemistry for rechargeable lithium metal batteries and electrochemical capacitors. | $11M / Series A / Dec 09, 2025 | ||
| Black Semiconductor manufacture microchips with integrated electronic-photonic circuits using graphene technology. | $27.8M / Series A / Jun 12, 2024 | ||
| South 8 Technologies develops liquefied gas electrolyte chemistry for rechargeable lithium metal batteries and electrochemical capacitors. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 21, 2024 | ||
| Cylib provides technology for recycling lithium-ion batteries into usable raw materials, turning battery waste and production scrap into materials like lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, and manganese for reuse in battery and industrial supply chains. Their proprietary process focuses on the holistic recovery of all battery components, utilizingwater-based methods to minimize chemical use and reduce environmental impact. Cylib operates an integrated end-to-end recycling workflow that includes discharge, material separation, and refinement for reintegration into manufacturing processes. The company’s approach supports circular material flows and aims to strengthen supply chains for battery producers and related industrial partners. | $59.9M / Series A / May 15, 2024 | ||
| Chemix offers high-performance batteries custom-designed for specific EV market segments including e-motorcycles, sports cars, long-range premium EVs, and more. Chemix achieves this through a purpose-built AI-based battery design platform, MIX, coupled with a vast amount of in-house collected data, accelerating the battery development process by5-10x while enabling the widest range of potential chemistries. Currently shipping and in production, the company's batteries are up to 30% better than state-of-art technologies and are based on sustainable chemistries that contain low to no cobalt as well as zero nickel elements. | $20M / Series A / Apr 24, 2024 | ||
| Bcomp is a Fribourg-based startup that specializes in natural fiber composites.Bcomp has developed and patented technologies allowing the fabrication of structural parts from natural fibres. The company's IP is composed of a patent and several years of developments of specific processing technologies derived from the aerospace or marineindustry. While increasing and consolidating our R&D efforts through a network of academic partners, the company develop products in close collaboration with the company'scustomers to account for their specific needs. | $39.4M / Series C / Apr 16, 2024 | ||
| Nozomi Networks offers a cybersecurity platform that protects operational technology (OT), Internet of Things (IoT), and cyber‑physical systems through unified visibility, threat detection, and automated remediation. Nozomi Networks delivers network and endpoint monitoring via sensors such as Guardian (passive OT/IoT network visibility), Arcendpoint agents, and Guardian Air for wireless spectrum insight. It supports data collection in both cloud and on‑prem environments via Vantage and Central Management Console. Advanced analysis tools—Asset Intelligence, Threat Intelligence, Smart Polling, and Vantage IQ—apply AI to classify devices, prioritize vulnerabilities, detect anomalies, and support guided remediation workflows. | $100M / Series E / Mar 13, 2024 | ||
| Carputty is a consumer automotive startup that provides car loan services to its clients. The company's transparent and easy-to-use line of credit puts the customer in the driver’s seat, while its proprietary, predictive valuation tool knows the perfect time to buy and sell and teaches owners to see their vehicle as an asset.Carputty wasfounded by Patrick Bayliss and Joshua Tatum in 2020. | $5M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 06, 2024 | ||
| ZEDEDA is a provider of distributed edge orchestration and virtualization software. It focused on edge virtualization to deliver visibility, control, and protection for distributed edge gateways, applications, and networks at the enterprise edge as a cloud-based service. It was founded in 2016 and is based in San Jose, California, United States. | $72M / Series C / Feb 07, 2024 | ||
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FAQ
What does Porsche Ventures invest in?
Porsche Ventures invests primarily in Automotive, Transportation and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 80 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Porsche Ventures invest in?
Porsche Ventures typically joins rounds of $2M–$17M at Seed, $2M–$60M at Series A and $11M–$74M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Porsche Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Porsche Ventures took part in.
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Who are the partners at Porsche Ventures?
The team at Porsche Ventures includes Jake Simon (Venture Investor) and Patrick Huke (Partner). 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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