# SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures)

> SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures) is a VC fund backing Software. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug…

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leipzig, Germany
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 19%
- Last fund: Aug 2025
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartinfrastructureventures/
- Website: http://www.smartinfrastructure.ventures

SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures) is a VC fund in Leipzig focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Early-stage VC backing B2B software startups across Europe. We partner with founders from day one and provide hands-on support.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.2M–$8.7M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.1M–$2.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 38% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 19% |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 12% |
| SaaS | 2 | 8% |
| Energy | 2 | 8% |

33 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 13 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 6 | 23% |
| Funding Round | 4 | 15% |
| Series A | 1 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Björn Bauermeister | Founding Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bj%C3%B6rn-bauermeister |
| Dirk Frohnert | Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dirk-frohnert |
| Eric Weber | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-weber-8f75 |
| Falk Trietsch | Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/falk-trietsch |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LawX | LawX is a legal technology company providing solutions to streamline legal processes and improve efficiency for law firms. | $8.7M | Seed | May 18, 2026 |  |
| Einklang | Einklang Energy provides battery storage solutions for German SMEs, combining energy flexibility with renewable power contracts for cost savings and sustainability. | $2.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 23, 2026 |  |
| Deepslate | Creating Speech-to-Speech Voice AI |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 20, 2026 |  |
| Zentio | Zentio is an AI-driven production management app designed for medium-size companies that handles all machinery, production, and operational data and structures. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| encentive | We provide an energy demand management platform that connects energy providers with energy demanding appliances. We solve the problem of wasting valuable renewable energy by rewarding appliance owners for shifting their electricity demand to times when renewable energy is abundant. We put renewable energy to work. Efficient, scalable and fullyautomated! | $7.4M | Seed | Sep 15, 2025 |  |
| Onsai | Onsai is an AI-powered voice solution designed specifically for the hospitality industry, revolutionizing guest communication and enhancing operational efficiency by providing intelligent, real-time voice interactions that streamline service delivery and elevate the guest experience. | $1.2M | Seed | Aug 28, 2025 |  |
| Leapter | Leapter is created to revolutionize enterprise software development by turning business needs into practical, visual designs. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| Planted Green | Planted is a leading Sustainability as a Service provider that offers comprehensive support to service based companies in their ESG management on the way to Net Zero. With state-of-the-art technology, in-depth expert support and scientific standards, Planted helps companies with their double materiality analysis, carbon footprinting,decarbonisation, CSRD reporting and biodiversity protection | $5.2M | Seed | Feb 10, 2025 |  |
| Enginsight | Enginsight GmbH was founded in August 2017. With a highly motivated team, they are working together on the vision of providing companies with a solution that will enable them to safely and confidently navigate the digital future. Enginsight helps leading companies autonomously monitor and secure their entire IT landscape. Certified and highlytrained employees form the heart of Enginsight, together with partner companies around the globe. They analyze and monitor complete IT landscapes – recognize the connections and dependencies between websites and servers up to IoT-devices. The innovative software platform acts autonomously and points out the critical paths, risks and threats. | $6.6M |  | Sep 25, 2024 |  |
| Enginsight | Enginsight GmbH was founded in August 2017. With a highly motivated team, they are working together on the vision of providing companies with a solution that will enable them to safely and confidently navigate the digital future. Enginsight helps leading companies autonomously monitor and secure their entire IT landscape. Certified and highlytrained employees form the heart of Enginsight, together with partner companies around the globe. They analyze and monitor complete IT landscapes – recognize the connections and dependencies between websites and servers up to IoT-devices. The innovative software platform acts autonomously and points out the critical paths, risks and threats. | $6.7M | Series A | Sep 25, 2024 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [seed + speed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-speed-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thuringen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bm-t-beteiligungsmanagement-th%C3%BCringen) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Brandenburg Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brandenburg-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Talanx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/talanx-ag) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Vireo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vireo-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures) invest in?

SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures) invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures)'s check size?

SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures) typically joins rounds of $1.2M–$8.7M at Seed and $1.1M–$2.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures) participates in.

### How do I contact SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures)?

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### Who are the partners at SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures)?

The team at SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures) includes Björn Bauermeister (Founding Partner), Dirk Frohnert (Founding Partner) and Eric Weber (Venture Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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