# Start-up BW Innovation Fonds

> Start-up BW Innovation Fonds is a VC fund in Stuttgart backing Software and Transportation. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Stuttgart, Germany
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/start-up-bw/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Startup_BW
- Website: https://www.startupbw.de/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/startupbw.now/

Start-up BW Innovation Fonds is a VC fund in Stuttgart focused on Software and Transportation. The start-up BW Innovation Fund offers venture capital for innovative

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 40% |
| Transportation | 2 | 20% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 20% |
| B2B | 1 | 10% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 40% |
| Series A | 4 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| happyhotel | The happyhotel revenue and yield management system has a simple dashboard that supports the hotelier in the data analysis of the most important hotel KPI’s. happyhotel is a cloud-based hotel software specially designed for small and medium-sized hotels. Hoteliers can achieve more revenue without a great deal of prior knowledge. The hotelier getpast, current and future values of RevPar, Occupancy, ADR and Revenue. Through the booking pace graph and the on the books evaluation the hotelier can react to the current market conditions. Furthermore the hotelier can review every day the important reports and get an alert if the values do not correspond with the budget. happyhotel use a special formula and an algorithm who gives the hotelier the best price recommendation for his hotel or each of your hotel segments and room types. With an interface to the hotel pms happyhotel get all data to analyze the hotel. happyhotel facilitates the hotelier's life through automatic processes so that he can concentrate on other things. | $7.7M | Series A | Feb 19, 2026 |  |
| HyImpulse Technologies | HyImpulse develops dedicated sub-orbital and orbital launch services using hybrid propulsion-based launch vehicles. Their SR75 is a single stage sounding rocket using a hybrid rocket engine to deliver institutional and commercial experiments into a micro gravity environment during a suborbital flight. | $17.5M | Series A | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| yasp | yasp mission is to transform complex AI capabilities into practical, effective tools that empower businesses in the evolving digital landscape. | $5M | Seed | Sep 25, 2025 |  |
| Pluvion | Pluvion is an innovative Water Tech company that provides sophisticated and forward-thinking software solutions for water management. It aims to maximize the efficiency and sustainability of water infrastructures by offering innovative technologies for monitoring and optimizing water and wastewater networks. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 01, 2024 |  |
| Heidelberg Epignostix | Heidelberg Epignostix is a pioneering start-up led by a dedicated team of DNA methylation-based tumor categorization experts. Heidelberg Epignostix has revolutionized tumor categorization by using the strength of methylation-based algorithms. | $4.6M | Seed | Jul 02, 2024 |  |
| MATVIS | MATVIS identifies and mitigates vulnerabilities in AI systems. Our cutting-edge technology detects potential threats and weaknesses in real-time, ensuring robust model performance and safeguarding against adverse outcomes. We empower businesses to deploy AI solutions confidently, enhancing operational security and reliability. |  | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2024 |  |
| happyhotel | The happyhotel revenue and yield management system has a simple dashboard that supports the hotelier in the data analysis of the most important hotel KPI’s. happyhotel is a cloud-based hotel software specially designed for small and medium-sized hotels. Hoteliers can achieve more revenue without a great deal of prior knowledge. The hotelier getpast, current and future values of RevPar, Occupancy, ADR and Revenue. Through the booking pace graph and the on the books evaluation the hotelier can react to the current market conditions. Furthermore the hotelier can review every day the important reports and get an alert if the values do not correspond with the budget. happyhotel use a special formula and an algorithm who gives the hotelier the best price recommendation for his hotel or each of your hotel segments and room types. With an interface to the hotel pms happyhotel get all data to analyze the hotel. happyhotel facilitates the hotelier's life through automatic processes so that he can concentrate on other things. |  | Seed | Oct 04, 2023 |  |
| Inovedis | Inovedis offers innovative solutions in medical technology that contribute both to optimized patient care as well as time and cost reductions in the healthcare sector. | $4M | Series A | Oct 04, 2023 |  |
| AZOWO | A comprehensive 2in1, real-time data and software platform that enables mobility management and services across the 4 ACES. • With Azowo’s mobility solution you can manage, monetise, share and optimize vehicles of any type for business and public mobility applications • You can automate, accelerated and improve the process of EV transition • Youcan significantly reduce cost based on proprietary data insights • You can build and run contactless access mobility services • You can master mobility transformation –solving the biggest challenges of our and the next mobile generation. • You can build commercial sustainability, leverage innovation and stimulate growth within the 4 ACE’s. Autonomous, Connected, Electric, Shared • You can facilitate world class mobility services –deleting Inefficient processes, lack of transparency and missing optimization | $9.8M | Series A | Nov 02, 2022 |  |
| Enzo | Enzo is a Heidelberg based InsurTech startup offering modern and smart insurance coverage for homeowners. Instead of just reacting to claims, Enzo takes a proactive customer-focused approach to prevent damages from happening at all. Thus, Enzo is leading a paradigm shift in a €100+ billion market that has barely improved customer experience forover 100 years. Our Goal is to become Europe's smartest homeowners insurance. | $4.7M | Seed |  |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [MBG Baden Wuerttemberg](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mbg-baden-wuerttemberg) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [seed + speed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-speed-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wecken & Cie.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wecken-cie) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AEW Energie](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aew-energie) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [American RENOLIT Corporation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/american-renolit-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Start-up BW Innovation Fonds invest in?

Start-up BW Innovation Fonds invests primarily in Software, Transportation and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Start-up BW Innovation Fonds last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Start-up BW Innovation Fonds closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 10 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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