# Talanx

> Talanx is a VC fund in Hanover backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hanover, Germany
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/talanx/
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/talanx
- Website: http://www.talanx.com

Talanx is a VC fund in Hanover focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Talanx is one of the major European insurance groups. Under the HDI brand it operates both in Germany and abroad in industrial insurance as well as retail business. Further Group brands include Hannover Re, one of the world’s leading reinsurers, Targo insurers, PB insurers and neue leben, the latter all specialised in bancassurance, as well as thePolish insurer Warta. Talanx Asset Management is one of the top asset management companies in Germany and manages the assets of the Talanx Group. With its subsidiary Ampega Investment, Talanx Asset Management is also an experienced provider of solutions for outsourcing in the B2B market.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 50% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 33% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 33% |
| B2B | 1 | 17% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 33% |
| Israel | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Torsten Leue | CEO | 0 | — |
| Daniel Basten | Senior Software Engineer | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| BondIT | Building fixed income portfolios is a painful process for all involved as fragmented data makes it difficult for portfolio managers and advisors to compile meaningful advice for each and every client. Even the best attempts at creating individualised portfolios for clients are often stumped by the limited tools available and yield sub-optimalresults.BondIT was founded in 2012 to tackle this problem. Their team expertise spans across fixed income, data science, and machine learning. The team combines market experience from fixed income experts with technical know-how from researchers and developers who have come together to find solutions for the bond market. Now, using BondIT's sanitized data, powerful machine-learning algorithms, and an intuitive user interface, they deliver the world of fixed income on a silver platter all in a matter of seconds. | $14M | Series C | Dec 06, 2022 |  |
| 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. | $2.3M | Seed | Feb 26, 2020 |  |
| Genus AI | Genus AI is an AI-native commerce platform that helps D2C and e-commerce brands turn product catalogs into high-performing growth engines. The platform combines catalog intelligence, feed optimization, generative product imagery and video, ad copy, seed audiences, and SKU-level performance insights to help brands improve digital advertisingperformance across channels such as Meta, TikTok, Google, and emerging AI commerce platforms.By connecting product data, creative generation, audience intelligence, and campaign performance in one system, Genus AI enables brands to automate and optimize how every product is presented, advertised, and scaled. The company works with leading e-commerce brands to improve catalog ads, creative workflows, product feeds, and customer acquisition efficiency. | $3M | Seed | Jul 01, 2019 |  |
| Next Big Thing | Founded in 2016, Next Big Thing AG (NBT) is a venture studio for the Machine Economy located in Berlin, Germany. With its diverse portfolio of deep-tech ventures, Next Big Thing provides long-term support for aspiring founders to build transformational, tech-enabled businesses that deliver real-world impact and position Europe as a global leader.NBT’s team of thinkers and doers are dedicated to reimagining the future in ways that empower a more prosperous, sustainable, and democratized world. | $13.2M | Series A | Apr 09, 2019 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thuringen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bm-t-beteiligungsmanagement-th%C3%BCringen) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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- [seed + speed Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-speed-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Talanx invest in?

Talanx invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Talanx?

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### Who are the partners at Talanx?

The team at Talanx includes Torsten Leue (CEO) and Daniel Basten (Senior Software Engineer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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