# Techstars Berlin Accelerator

> Techstars Berlin Accelerator is a VC fund in Berlin backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 76 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 76
- Last investment: Sep 2022
- Lead investor: 43%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.techstars.com/programs/berlin-program/

Techstars Berlin Accelerator is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Berlin is the fastest growing startup ecosystem in the world. It is attracting founders from all over Europe who are coming to build their companies amidst a sea of top talent, a supportive community and a great place to live. Investors from all over Europe and the rest of the world are traveling to Berlin to invest here.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 19 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 12 | 16% |
| SaaS | 11 | 14% |
| FinTech | 11 | 14% |
| Machine Learning | 11 | 14% |

141 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 40 | 53% |
| Seed | 34 | 45% |
| Convertible Note | 2 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 28% |
| Germany | 20 | 26% |
| United Kingdom | 13 | 17% |
| Canada | 3 | 4% |
| France | 2 | 3% |

18 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Enco | Enco is a 3.0 start-up with a clear mission: to give people back control over their own energy, 100% renewable of course. Enco is a fundamental step towards a zero-emission economy, more people-centred than profit-centred. How? By creating energy communities in a simple and transparent way, equipping citizens with the tools they need to produceenergy on the roof of their homes, and share it with their neighbours, without having to deal with bureaucracy. Enco's vision is a world in which everyone benefits from the economic, environmental and social advantages of an energy community, and is empowered to produce energy. Specifically? Enco installs photovoltaic panels and storage systems, creates and manages energy communities, and distributes the proceeds fairly among the participants. With Enco you can produce renewable energy, consume it, share it with your neighbours, save on your energy bills and contribute to a greener Italy. | $120K | Convertible Note | Sep 12, 2022 |  |
| SympliFi | FinTech | $2M | Pre-Seed | Jun 25, 2022 |  |
| Bippit | Bippit is a financial support system for employees, which provides them with a 1-1 financial coach, powerful tools, and practical resources.Research has shown that 3/4 staff members have financial concerns that directly affect them at work, but only 1/10 have been able to speak to an expert about them. This has a huge impact onbusinesses, as 15% of payroll cost can be lost from reduced productivity, presenteeism, and an increase in staff turnover, due to the financial worries of their workforce.Bippit makes professional financial support completely free for employees, whenever and wherever they need it, and is backed by early stage investors in Monzo, Freetrade, and Calm. |  | Pre-Seed | Apr 05, 2021 |  |
| Faredirect | Faredirect offers the key to unlock additional revenue for the travel industry from ancillary products. Increased revenue from ancillaries, such as extra luggage, seat selection, or meals on board, will be essential for airlines in their sustainable recovery. Through an innovative data engine, Faredirect enables airlines to optimize the revenue foreach booking session using dynamic pricing. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jan 25, 2021 |  |
| Lightning Reach | Founded during the pandemic, Lightning helps people in financial hardship to receive super fast support and recover from shocks. The company works with charities and public sector institutions to accelerate support to people in financial hardship - providing a quick and secure platform to easily verify financial need and process grants within 3days instead of 5+ weeks. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jan 25, 2021 |  |
| Sourcery | Sourcery aims to revolutionize software development using the power of AI. They are currently developing powerful tools to automatically improve and refactor source code. Sourcery runs in the background and suggests real-time improvements. From simplifying conditionals to extracting out methods, Sourcery helps to write clean, well-structured code.Sourcery runs locally on machine, keeping all code private & secure. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jan 25, 2021 |  |
| yoona.ai | yoona.ai is the first B2B solution that combines Data Science, BI, and AI to empower designers and brands to create best-selling products faster and more sustainably through AI Agents.Beyond design support, yoona’s Agents integrate seamlessly into existing company systems and, through the Agent Swarm, can autonomously generate bestsellers. Thiscreates a frictionless workflow between PLM and ERP systems, Shopify, trend platforms, and CAD programs.By doing so, yoona.ai makes the €250B design industry ten times more efficient and sustainable. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jan 25, 2021 |  |
| Creatext | Creatext is building generative AI for communication. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jan 25, 2021 |  |
| Mockmate | Our mission is to use technology to improve getting a job and the entire hiring process, unlocking opportunity for candidates and growing the talent pool for companies. We're using NLP to analyse the answers of the candidates and provide them with immediate feedback and scoring. In the last few months, we got 2500 jobseekers subscriptions andwe're growing week-on-week by 17%. We've also helped 9 companies screen applications for 10 different positions. #natural language processing #Recruitment #talent acquisition #AI #NLP #HRTech #Conversational AI #future of work #interviewing #natural language processing #Recruitment #talent acquisition #AI #NLP #HR Tech #Conversational AI #future of work #interviewing | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jan 25, 2021 |  |
| Enzyme | Enzyme provides no-code access to Web3 and allows creators and businesses to develop and implement smart contracts. Soon they will let people design smart contract interactions across multiple blockchains. Enzyme is headquartered in United States and was founded in 2020. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jan 25, 2021 |  |

10 of 76 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 69 deals together
- [IAG Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/iag-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ocean Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ocean-investment) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Reciprocal Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reciprocal-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Social Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/social-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tribeca Early Stage Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tribeca-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Techstars Berlin Accelerator invest in?

Techstars Berlin Accelerator invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 76 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Techstars Berlin Accelerator last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Techstars Berlin Accelerator closed in Sep 2022. Shizune tracks 76 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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