Yair Reem
Managing Director & Managing Partner @ Hasso Plattner Ventures
Potsdam, Germany
Yair Reem is a seed investor at Hasso Plattner Ventures in Potsdam focused on Software and Information Technology. Yair Re'em - General Partner @ Extantia Capital
- Total investments:
- 28
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
Last updated:
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Industries Yair Reem invests in
Stages Yair Reem invests in
Countries Yair Reem invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (14%)
- Information Technology 4 (14%)
- Robotics 3 (11%)
- CleanTech 3 (11%)
- Renewable Energy 3 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 8 (29%)
- Series B 4 (14%)
- Series A 3 (11%)
- Funding Round 3 (11%)
- Series D 2 (7%)
Country
- United States 5 (18%)
- Germany 4 (14%)
- United Kingdom 2 (7%)
- Spain 1 (4%)
- Canada 1 (4%)
Investments
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| Motion provides a Humanoids-as-a-Service platform that supports the deployment and operation of humanoid robots across industrial, warehouse, and logistics environments. The platform enables businesses to select and deploy OEM-agnostic humanoid robots based on operational requirements. It manages data collection, task-specific robot training, ITintegration, fleet management, financing, insurance, compliance, and maintenance through a subscription-based model. Motion also supports the integration of humanoid robots into existing workflows and operational systems. Its services cover the lifecycle of deployed robotic fleets, from robot selection and initial configuration to ongoing management and maintenance. The platform is designed to help organizations manage robotic automation without being tied to a single robot manufacturer. | $2M / Pre-Seed / Aug 27, 2026 | ||
| Mellizyme Biotechnology is currently operating in stealth. | $12M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 25, 2026 | ||
| Voltrac is a robotics company that develops an autonomous, fully electric tractor platform called THOR, designed to operate in demanding environments for both agricultural and logistics use. THOR employs per-wheel electric motors instead of a conventional drivetrain, reducing mechanical complexity and maintenance requirements. It runs on swappable200 kWh battery packs, enabling long-duration operations and continuous work cycles. The platform supports a standard three-point hitch (Category II) and can be configured with a flatbed, making it versatile for fieldwork or transport tasks. Voltrac’s autonomy system combines reinforcement learning with real-time sensor data to adapt driving behavior and implements to changing terrain and crop conditions. Beyond farming, THOR is also intended for frontline logistics missions, with modular designs that can support cargo transport and resilience in challenging settings. | $8.1M / Seed / Nov 18, 2025 | ||
| Bees & Bears is a climate fintech company that specializes in financing renewable energy solutions such as photovoltaic systems, energy storage, and heat pumps. The company offers an embedded finance solution that makes renting energy-related technologies like solar panels and heat pumps easy and affordable. Bees & Bears collaborates withmanufacturers and suppliers of Clean Tech (eco-friendly equipment like energy storage systems, heat pumps, solar panels, electric vehicle charging stations, etc.) and enables them to provide integrated financing options to their clients. This way, manufacturers can transition to a hardware-as-a-service approach. | $5M / Seed / Oct 16, 2025 | ||
| LeydenJar Technologies boosts the energy density of li-ion batteries by replacing the traditional graphite anode with a nanoporous, pure silicon anode. This yields cheaper (-20% costs), greener (-85% CO2 footprint) and higher energy density batteries (+70% as compared to state-of-the-art, 1350Wh/L). | $26.9M / Sep 10, 2025 | ||
| Mellizyme Biotechnology is currently operating in stealth. | $18.3M / Series A / Mar 05, 2025 | ||
| Vema Hydrogen is a pioneering clean hydrogen production company. It helps to fight the enormous decarbonization issue. | $13M / Seed / Feb 18, 2025 | ||
| Modern Synthesis is a biomaterial firm established in London that links the dots between biology, material science, and design in order to create the next generation of biomaterials for the fashion industry. | $5.5M / Seed / Feb 05, 2025 | ||
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UP Catalyst produces sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite for the green energy storage industry. | $2.6M / Seed / Aug 21, 2024 | |
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UP Catalyst produces sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite for the green energy storage industry. | $4.3M / Seed / Dec 04, 2023 | |
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Co-Investors
About Hasso Plattner Ventures
Hasso Plattner Ventures invests in fast-growing, information technology-driven companies in Europe and the USA on behalf of Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner, co-founder and chairman of software giant SAP. The support we offer reaches beyond financial commitments. Our multifaceted work includes acting globally as a strategic partner for our informationtechnology growth companies. In Germany, our commitment has taken also the form of a seed program for information technology startups coming out of the Hasso Plattner Institute.After retiring from the operative business of SAP in 2003, Hasso Plattner was appointed Chairman of the company’s Supervisory Board. He has devoted his time to the promotion of science, innovation and entrepreneurship ever since.To further these goals, Hasso Plattner founded Hasso Plattner Ventures on July 1st, 2005 in Potsdam, Germany. Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa launched as an affiliate in 2008, operating from Cape Town, South Africa.Hasso Plattner Ventures manages four funds. HP Ventures I started in 2005, focusing on early stage software companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In 2008, HP Ventures II and HP Ventures Africa launched, looking for investment opportunities in startup- and expansion-stage companies across the USA, Europe, Israel and South Africa.As of 2015, HP Ventures III, a €150 million fund, focuses on fast-growing enterprise and infrastructure software companies mainly in Germany and the Silicon Valley.
Hasso Plattner Ventures Contacts
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Nadja Hatzijordanou
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Shmuel Chafets
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What does Yair Reem invest in?
Yair Reem invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Robotics startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 28 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Yair Reem closed in Aug 2026. Shizune tracks 28 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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