# Sparkasse Jena

> Sparkasse Jena is a VC fund in Jena backing Medical, Health Care and Shopping. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Jena, Germany
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.s-jena.de
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/sparkassejena/

Sparkasse Jena is a German savings bank offers a collection of financial products and services to private, retail, and corporate customers.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 3 | 43% |
| Health Care | 3 | 43% |
| Shopping | 2 | 29% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 29% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 29% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 6 | 86% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PERCEPTEC | PERCEPTEC is an application-oriented think tank with the aim of accelerating the process of modernization and digitalization of the optometric and ophthalmological sector. |  | Seed | Jun 30, 2025 |  |
| DeepEn | DeepEn is a research transfer start-up from Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technologies. It focus on the development of solutions in the field of fibrephotonics, biophotonics and bioimaging. |  | Seed | Feb 17, 2025 |  |
| NovaPump | The NovaPump GmbH is a cardiology company based in Jena/Germany devoloping cutting-edge therapeutical solutions in the field of non-invasive and percutaneous circulation support. The so called PERKAT (PERKutane KATheterpumpe) technique will be offered as pLVAD & pRVAD heart pumps for acute left or right heart patients within the nextyears. PERKAT works together with the current IABP technique (intra aortic balloon pump with about 200,000 cases p.a. internationally) and is the only-one catheter-based & self-expanding, pulsatile & ECG-triggered, cost-effective heart pump technique with a high pump performance. PERKAT is not available on the market so far. Articles in leading scientific journals and presentations at the top four international cardiology conferences in the last years show the medical need, the development status and the technological and medical advantages of PERKAT. |  | Series A | Jun 05, 2020 |  |
| Dynamic42 | Dy­nam­ic42 provides, customizes innovative 3D mi­cro­phys­i­o­log­i­cal in vit­ro test systems recre­at­ing human organ key functions. It develops and markets novel, three-dimensional, human organ models (scalloped organ-on-chip technology) for pre­clin­i­cal research and developmental, as well as for testing novel pharmaceutical products,chemicals, and food additives. It is specialized in the area of organ-on-chip technology in the integration of the immune system, which plays a significant role in the occurrence of adverse effects of drugs and has been neglected in the industry and in two-dimensional test systems. |  | Seed | Apr 06, 2020 |  |
| ShopCo Technologies | Shop uses Artificial Intelligence to empower online shopping experience for customers. It is a universal shopping cart browser extension that keeps all the items of its users across the web in one spot. Stores can be registered online and without any hassle. It helps its users browse through a wide range of online stores and checkout from one spot.The company gives ability to connect to all its users existing retailer accounts. It also secures data with encryption methods and two-step verifications. Shop is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2014 by Jay Habib. | $7M | Seed | Feb 03, 2017 |  |
| oncgnostics GmbH | oncgnostics develops - based on proprietary epigenetic biomarkers - highly reliable in vitro diagnostic (=IVD) tests for screening, therapeutic decisions and follow-up care in cancer diagnostics.The diagnostic tests developed by oncgnostics are based on DNA regions specifically methylated in precancerous and carcinoma cells. These markerregions are detected using well-established PCR-based technologies, which can be performed in routine molecular diagnostics laboratories with standard equipment. oncgnostics has identified novel markers for detecting cervical precancerous lesions and carcinomas. |  | Series A | Jan 29, 2015 |  |
| Preisbock | Preisbock.de is a “Live Shop” on the internet that each day offers a greatly reduced product for spontaneous sale as “deal of the day”. The offer is valid for up to a week as long as stocks last. The business model is based on cooperation with established retailers and manufacturers. Preisbock.de was founded in July 2007 by dotSource GmbH.Since the beginning of 2008 the portal has been part of Preisbock GmbH, comprising marketing and sales experts who can call on many years of experience in E-commerce. | $1.1M | Series C | Feb 09, 2009 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thuringen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bm-t-beteiligungsmanagement-th%C3%BCringen) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Thüringen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mittelstndische-beteiligungsgesellschaft-thringen) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [bm-t](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bm-t-97a8) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ITAI GmbH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/itai-gmbh) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NRW.BANK](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nrw-bank) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Sparkasse Jena invest in?

Sparkasse Jena invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and Shopping startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Sparkasse Jena last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Sparkasse Jena closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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