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Top 50 Recruiting Startup Investors in Germany in February 2025

Last updated: Feb 2025 A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Recruiting startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Recruiting companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Recruiting Startup Investors in Germany in February 2025

Investor	Recruiting Germany investments
Atlantic Labs	9
HV Capital	7
Cherry Ventures	7
IBB Ventures	5
Global Founders Capital	5
APX	4
Acton Capital	4
Northzone	3
Volker Rofalski	3
42CAP	3
Picus Capital	3
Basinghall Partners	3
General Catalyst	3
Jens Schumann	3
Capnamic Ventures	3
LITTLEROCK	3
Jens Schumann	3
10x Founders	2
Carsten Erdt	2
Rocket Internet	2
Bonsai Partners	2
Sofia Angels Ventures	2
BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen	2
Carsten Thoma	2
Mediahuis	2
Mathis Buchi	2
Maximilian Viessmann	2
Heartcore Capital	2
Moonfire Ventures	2
HTGF \| High-Tech Gruenderfonds	2
Frank Freund	2
Philipp Pausder	2
Seed X Liechtenstein	2
Creathor Ventures	2
Foundamental	2
Index Ventures	2
redalpine	2
Collective Ventures	2
Mario Götze	2
EOS VC Fund	2
Redstone.VC	1
Vimajo Family Office	1
Porsche Ventures	1
SquareOne Venture Capital	1
Wellington Partners	1
SEEK	1
another.vc	1
Session.vc	1
Gunnar Berning	1
NFQ Capital	1

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Atlantic Labs supports and invests in mission-driven founders working on transformative technology ventures. <br><br>We partner with founders early, providing the capital, tools and network necessary to growing their companies and accompanying them on their entrepreneurial journey. We are currently active in areas including Digital Health, Future of Work, Machine Learning, Decentralized Networks, Mobility and Industrial Applications.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

GEMESYS — Gemesys creates a chip that functions similarly to the human brain in order to overcome processing constraints and empower AI with the hardware it needs to complete its destiny
Mago — Mago is an AI-native, fully controllable tool revolutionizing video production through style transfer. We empower creators to transform and stylize any video - from live-action to 3D animations - into any aesthetic, seamlessly blending cutting-edge AI with human creativity from concept to final cut.
LEVY Health — Endometriosis is a condition where tissue like your uterine lining grows outside the womb: on the ovaries, fallopian tubes, pelvic tissues, or more rarely, in other parts of the body.

We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

KoRo — KoRo is a fast-growing FoodTech startup - one of the leading brands for healthy, long-lasting and sustainable food.
Upvest — Upvest empowers financial institutions to offer investment products in their app with a modular, scalable, and accessible API. Upvest brings together everything that’s required to offer a broad range of investment products on the website and app. They are connected to the world’s leading asset providers and exchanges to provide the bestinvestments, at the best prices and execution speed.
NEURA Robotics — NEURA Robotics is revolutionizing the world of robotics by using cognitive capabilities to bring robots and humans closer together.

Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from their go-to-market strategy and the scaling of theirbusinesses. Cherry Ventures has previously invested in the seed stage of over 50 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Rows, Forto, and TourRadar. Cherry Ventures is based in Berlin and invests across Europe with operations in London, Paris, and Stockholm.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Planet A Foods — The chocolate revolution is here. 100% cocoa-free and unbelievably delicious. We call it QOA. You need to try it!
Robeaute — Redesigning the future of neurosurgery by creating the new standard device that will provide surgeons with seamless access to delicate areas of the brain parenchyma and with real-time data.
Courtyard — Turn your trading cards, sneakers, watches, and more into tradable Connected Collectibles and earn a percentage of all future sales.

IBB Ventures is a venture capital and mezzanine arm of Investitionsbank Berlin specializing in seed/startup, early venture, and mid venture investments. The firm invests in technology-oriented companies and companies from the creative industries. It typically invests in information and communication sector with a focus on hardware andsoftware, network technology, new media, and internet and mobile technologies; life science sector with a focus on biotechnology and media technology; and industrial technologies sector with a focus on software, PPS, supply chain management, micro and nanotechnology, environmental and power technology, automation, manufacturing technology, transport technology and logistics, and new materials. The firm also invests in movies, broadcast, television, publisher, music, entertainment, advertising, fashion, design, architecture, multimedia, games, software, and art and culture. It invests in companies based in Berlin. It typically invests between €0.25 million ($0.32 million) and €3 million ($3.83 million) per transaction. The firm prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. IBB Ventures was founded in 1997 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Internet
Seed, Funding Round, Series A
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Mediaire — mediaire supports radiologists with AI-based tools for MRI reporting. This enables them to make a more accurate and objective assessment even faster.
Meine Erde — Meine Erde is a provider of ecological burial option in Europe.
ARC Intelligence — ARC Intelligence operates as a supplier of data systems driven by AI for small and medium-sized businesses.

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Distru — Seed-to-Sale Cannabis ERP that helps operators manage their inventory, orders and customers from a single interface, while staying compliant with Metrc.
Maki — Maki is your one-stop-shop to help you assess candidates skills, for any position, in any industry, anywhere in the world.
Headway — Headway is a mental healthcare system provider based in New York. It develops a health insurance advisory platform designed to connect patients with therapists and provides administrative support to therapists who don’t typically accept insurance. The company was founded by Andrew Adams, Jake Sussman, Dan Ross, and Kevin Chan in 2019.

APX is Europe’s leading very-early-stage VC. Based in Berlin and backed by Axel Springer and Porsche, we support and partner with the most ambitious founding teams from Europe and beyond - often as their first investor.We invest up to EUR 500K in startups until a series A starting with a quick EUR 50K investment, and within a few months,depending on traction and speed, we can invest further. Each month we invest in new teams who become part of the APX community, counting hundreds of other founders. Since 2018, we have invested in 100+ startups across 20+ industries with founders from 20+ countries together with 100+ co-investors.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Spike Technologies — November 30, 2022 - Spike technology, REST API end-points, and Cloud architecture are designed with data privacy and security at heart. We process billions of
DC Connected — Mobility Enhancement Platform
Synergi — Synergi app features smart charging, smart climate, solar charging, and more to help you use electricity when it's cheap and good for the planet. Start saving and earning with smart electricity use!

Since 1999, Acton Capital invests in tech-enabled business models to create value for the long run. We support world-class teams on their way to market leadership.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Software
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Germany, Canada, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Klaus — Klaus is a conversation review tool that improves customer service quality by making internal feedback easy and systematic. It also integrates with your help desk, good for improving the quality of answers and on-boarding new agents. They also connect to your favorite help desk solution and saves time on fumbling around with spreadsheets and comingup with the review system.Klaus is based in Tallinn, Estonia.
Henchman — Effortlessly find the clauses you’re looking for by applying our AI to your existing contracts.
ECO Group — Eco is a supplier of consumer products. They create structures for increased growth and profitability within the group companies.

Northzone is a multi-stage venture capital fund that seeks to invest in the healthcare, semiconductors, software, hardware, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and gaming industries.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, Sweden, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Nivoda — Nivoda provides jewellery businesses with a simple solution to strengthen profits, increase efficiency and accelerate growth with its B2B diamond marketplace. Designed to save you time and money whilst giving you access to the world’s diamond supply at the best prices with zero inventory risk, Nivoda is trusted by thousands of retailers all overthe globe.
Tana — Tana is a software development company that reinvents how humans, teams, and computers work together. Tana was founded in 2020 and was headquartered in Oslo, Norway.
Berry Street — Nutrition therapy by registered dietitians covered by insurance.

Volker Rofalski is the founder of WebStock AG, which he sold to BAADER Bank in 1999 and TradeCross AG, which he sold to VEM Aktienbank in 2005. Since then, Volker was director of Equity Capital Markets and authorized officer of the VEM Aktienbank. Prior to this, he held several managing positions in diverse industries e.g. CFO at ELA Medical &Porges and Internet2000 AG. He studied business economics at the University of Augsburg. Volker is a member of the supervisory board of several listed and non-listed companies.

Investment focus

Information Technology, SaaS, E-Commerce
Seed, Angel, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

eco.mio — eco.mio enables companies to reach their climate targets while realizing significant savings: Incentivize employees to travel consciously with eco mio's end-to-end integrated software solution.
Instaffo — Instaffo is a Heidelberg based HR technology company that has developed a reverse recruiting platform for a fulfilling employer-employee relationship to help people.Based on big data and artificial intelligence, Instaffo automatically connects workers and employers who are ideally matched. For this, not only the skills, but also the professionalgoals and wishes of candidates are considered. As a result, the proposed companies and jobs are the perfect match for the candidates and the candidates for the companies. In direct chat, both can quickly and directly clarify open questions and arrange interviews.
Quantumrock — Quantumrock focuses purely on investment performance. Our proprietary ML & AI technologies create better risk-adjusted returns. AI technology asset management.

We are peers amongst entrepreneurs helping the brave to build game-changing companies, just like we have done ourselves.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, France, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Osavul — Osavul is a software company focused on developing AI-powered solutions for information security. Protect states, businesses and society from disinformation, influence operations and foreign interference.
cognee inc — cognee helps you create a GraphRAG and supports Vector Stores, Graph stores, and various LLM providers
Grid Raven — Maximize the safety and capacity of your grid with accurate ratings based on our hyper-local weather model that accounts with every tree, building and hill.

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Software, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Omni HR — Omni HR helps companies automate the end-to-end employee journey including onboarding, time off, employee management, and more. Easy to use and customizable!
Maki — Maki is your one-stop-shop to help you assess candidates skills, for any position, in any industry, anywhere in the world.
Spot My Energy — The uptake of PV, EVs, home storage, and heat pumps leads to a gigantic need for digital and intelligent metering and for the integration of millions of...

Basinghall believes in (really) smart capital: connecting tech pioneers with established industry partners through deep data insights and startup expertise.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Human Resources, B2B
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Delicious Data — Delicious Data offer a demand forecast engine to solve the problem of planning uncertainty in the food service and catering industry. Delicious Data machine learning solution enables kitchen chefs to optimize purchase and production planning saving valuable resources and reducing costs.
Retorio — Retorio takes talent management to the next level with a video AI that reveals personality. Transform the way you hire and train top talent.
Vawlt — Simplify your company's transition to the cloud, improve security standards, and optimize storage resource usage.

Investing in powerful, positive change that endures

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Seed, Series B
United States, India, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Deel — With Deel, your business can easily hire anywhere. No more worrying about local laws, complex tax systems, or managing international payroll. Deel takes care of everything in 150+ countries.
Kite AI — Kite AI is a purpose-built, EVM-compatible L1 designed to power the AI economy.
Converge — Manage your tracking, attribution, and marketing reporting in 1 place.

Jens Schumann, born on 6 June 1973, was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LOTTO24 AG on 19 June 2020. Before that, since 2 May 2012, he was already Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He is one of the two founders of today's ZEAL Network SE (former Tipp24 SE) and was Managing Director and a Management Board member of Tipp24SE from 1999 to 2009. Jens Schumann has been a member of the Supervisory Board of ZEAL Network SE since July 2011. From 1998 to the formation of Tipp24 SE, he worked as a business consultant at Icon Medialab AG. Schumann studied law at the University of Münster from 1993 to 1998 and finished his studies with the first State Exam.

Investment focus

Analytics, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Germany, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Adtriba — Adtriba allows businesses to track, control and optimize their customer’s journeys, offsite and onsite, through AI and user journey analysis. Adtriba integrates user journey data across all channels - including TV ads and offline marketing campaigns - and applies machine learning to all user journey events. The results are optimizationsuggestions and actionable insights, allowing for cross-channel optimization of marketing ROI.
aiconix GmbH — AI technology and solutions for analysis and processing of audio-visual content.
Revo Foods — Revo Foods produces seafood products made of plants that is better for your health AND the environment.

Capnamic is a Venture Capital firm supporting ambitious founders in the German-speaking regions. Our focus is on the early stages, from (Pre-)Seed to Series A.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

OCELL — Building the Operating System of Sustainable Forestry
Paebbl — Captured carbon re-stored into raw materials. We put CO2 to good, permanent use in carbon-negative minerals through the process of CO2 mineralisation.
Dexory — BotsAndUs is a London-based startup that develops robotics and AI solutions. They combine social sciences with human-centered design and cutting edge engineering and make sure robots seamlessly integrate into day to day life.

They look to partner with ambitious entrepreneurs who are working on ideas that have the potential to distrupt their respective landscape from every angle within the next years. LITTLEROCK is an active investor, leading or co-leading investment rounds. They make early stage initial investments in start-ups typically post launch, with an impressiveevidence for the proof-of- concept of the underlying business model/scalability They are looking for founding teams and/ or start-ups that tackle big markets, bring something new to the table and execute scalable business models. Beyond that, they seek visionary, disciplined and inspiring founders who, like us, love challenging the status quo.

Investment focus

Fitness, E-Commerce, Lifestyle
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, India, Vietnam

Portfolio highlights

MoBerries — MoBerries is a network that connects companies and professionals. MoBerries mission is to revolutionize the old fashioned recruitment processes, offering networking software with a unique real-time matching algorithm, tailored to both professionals as well as partners.The system enables employers to expand their reach when sourcing high-qualitycandidate leads for their job openings without wasting precious time and resources. The added value for professionals is that MoBerries provides them qualified leads for potentially matching positions.
FinTecSystems — FinTecSystems (FTS) was founded in Munich in 2014 and is one of the leading banking API and smart data providers in Germany. Alongside the Open Banking platform that the company uses to provide Account Information and Payment Initiation Services, FinTecSystems has primarily focussed on the analysis of financial data through an analytics platform.Banks, FinTechs and payment service providers use FinTecSystems’ solutions to make real-time loan decisions, minimize credit risks and initiate online transfers. In March 2019, TÜV-certified FinTecSystems received BaFin authorization as an Account Information and Payment Initiation Service Provider. With 40 staff across five locations, FTS partners include N26, Santander, DKB and Deutsche Handelsbank.
Green City Solutions — Green City Solutions addresses the global problem of air pollution by combining a special, vertically installed moss culture with Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology.The product, called the “CityTree”, combines specific plants that eat particulate matter (PM) and refreshes air by cooling and humidification. The construction contains sensorscollecting environmental and climatic data, to regulate and control the unit and ensure that the plants vitally perform. The data we collect can be also used to dense the grid of environmental data.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Analytics
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
Germany, Austria, Denmark

Portfolio highlights

Spectrm — Streamline your marketing funnel with Spectrm conversational marketing. The leading end-to-end chatbot platform for growth teams and enterprise.
Tryp.com — Find the best travel deals with artificial intelligence. Our algorithm connects flights, trains, and buses for perfect trips with matching hotels.
aiconix GmbH — AI technology and solutions for analysis and processing of audio-visual content.

Cutting-edge venture capital firm supporting the early-stage entrepreneurs building global businesses.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

fynk — Create, edit, negotiate and sign contracts quickly with fynk. Give your team back valuable time. Test it now for free!
iGent — iGent AI focus on integrating advanced AI capabilities into the software development process.
Beyond Presence — Beyond Presence creates hyper-realistic digital twins and AI-driven Conversational Avatars that save you time and money. Elevate customer experiences with Beyond Presence: offer 24/7 multilingual customer support, guide your customers in their online journeys, and provide sales training or coaching. The possibilities are endless!

Carsten Erdt - Founder and Managing Director @ Erdt Group

Investment focus

Information Technology, Software, SaaS
Seed, Angel, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Instaffo — Instaffo is a Heidelberg based HR technology company that has developed a reverse recruiting platform for a fulfilling employer-employee relationship to help people.Based on big data and artificial intelligence, Instaffo automatically connects workers and employers who are ideally matched. For this, not only the skills, but also the professionalgoals and wishes of candidates are considered. As a result, the proposed companies and jobs are the perfect match for the candidates and the candidates for the companies. In direct chat, both can quickly and directly clarify open questions and arrange interviews.
Tracktics —
Quantumrock — Quantumrock focuses purely on investment performance. Our proprietary ML & AI technologies create better risk-adjusted returns. AI technology asset management.

Rocket Internet incubates, builds, develops operationally and strategically invests in internet and technology companies globally. It provides operational support to its companies and helps them scale internationally. Rocket Internet's selected companies are active in a large number of countries around the world.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, FinTech
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Singapore, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Apata — Apata the go-to fraud prevention provider for fintech issuers.
Knoma — Search hundreds of courses from leading schools and bootcamps. Learn now and pay later with Knoma and spread the cost with ethical finance
The Coterie — https://blog.thecoterie.co/introducing-the-coterie-34e739cb85dcThe Coterie builds financial software for people who may make more from assets than salary. We offer founders access to venture capital investments, estate planning strategies and, coming soon, lending products. Our founders—Ethan Agarwal, Jeson Patel, and ChrisBoies—have all founded and sold companies before. We built The Coterie, alongside our incredible team, because we saw the need for these products first hand, and we created the world we want to live in. We’ve raised $50M in funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz. Other investors include Garry Tan (Midas List), Gokul Rajaram (IFKYK), Mar Hershenson (Midas List), Stanley Tang (Doordash co-founder), and more. Loans are made by Coterie Finance LLCLoans are made by Coterie Finance LLC. Investment advisory services provided through The Coterie Management Co LLC. Not investing advice, no guarantee of future results.

Bonsai Partners is a Venture Capital investment company based in Madrid, Spain. We invest in both primary and secondary opportunities in Tech startups from Europe.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Marketplace
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Spain, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Livitum — Interior design service and furniture marketplace
TaxDown — TaxDown has revolutionized tax advice by being lone of the pioneers in digital service that lets users file income tax returns easily. It claims to guarantee the taxpayers the desired results. As this company is the collaborator of the Tax Agency, taxpayers can present their income statements on their own platform. The digital and automaticsolution maximizes savings.
PassEntry — The global digital pass issuance company that bridges the gap between your physical wallet and your digital wallet. We do this via our open API platform allowing developers to integrate our technology for their own use cases.

Applications for funding are reviewed on a rolling basis by Sofia Angels Ventures. Begin your submission now by clicking below.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology, Software
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Italy, Austria

Portfolio highlights

inHEART — inHEART is a spin-off from IHU Liryc and Inria, two top-tier research centers respectively in cardiac electrophysiology and digital science and technology, that develops software solutions for medical image analysis and cardiac modeling in heart rhythm disorders. inHEART vision is to make the bridge between radiology and cardiology to become aworldwide leader in image-guided diagnosis, therapy planning and navigation software solutions for heart rhythm disorders.
Ethermind — Struggling to scale your productivity? Ethermind AI copilot answers customer queries, saving trainers & customers 50% of their time.
denxpert EHS&S software — denxpert EHS&S software specializes in providing cloud-based legal compliance software tailored for environmental, health, safety, and sustainability (EHS&S) professionals. The software is designed to streamline the processes required for ensuring compliance with environmental and occupational safety regulations, thereby reducing theadministrative burden on EHS&S professionals. It offers features such as data collection, reporting, and management of compliance tasks, aimed at minimizing health and safety legislation risks. denxpert EHS&S software also includes specialized solutions like the CRANE software for managing crane-related compliance issues efficiently. With a focus on simplifying EHS&S management, denxpert EHS&S software supports companies in maintaining compliance with relevant laws and regulations through its intuitive platform.

BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen mbH operates as an investment arm of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Otark GmbH — Otark GmbH specializes in digitalizing green energy trading and is setting new standards in the industry. With a clear focus on neutrality and transparency, Otark is making trading in renewable energy more accessible. The company offers a fully digitalized platform that seamlessly integrates procurement and billing processes. As a result, Otarkenables straightforward and efficient processing of green energy transactions for every company, from industrial groups to SMEs.Otark aims to accelerate the energy transition by making it easier for its customers to access green electricity and simplify the management of their energy contracts through state-of-the-art digital solutions. Otark stands for innovation, neutrality, and reliability.
Eduneon — Eduneon is developing a digital platform to help schools and municipalities plan and manage digital educational change in a systematic and ongoing manner. It uses software solutions to deliver sustainable and pedagogically meaningful media education.
Persival — Persival | Perception Sensor Simulation and Model Validation

Carsten co-founded hybris in 1997. He is responsible for global operations, marketing and corporate planning of the company. After successfully driving the hybris North America market entry Carsten led the team that managed the acquisition of iCongo in August 2011. His relentless pursuit for talent has resulted in a highly motivated and passionateworkforce and unique corporate culture as that is at the center of the company’s success. He began his career at Hewlett Packard, where his ideas for a standardized and flexible e-commerce software were the starting point for what would become hybris. Carsten studied law and also holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United States, Spain

Portfolio highlights

Quaisr — Quaisr develops simulations for the full digital-twin lifecycle.
Kombo — One unified API for HRIS, Payroll & ATS
Ninetailed — Generate higher ROI from your content and data with AI-native personalized experiences across channels inside Contentful.

Mediahuisis a venture capital arm of the independent publishing and media company is on a mission to support founders who are changing the way we learn and work. As a lead investor, MHV participates in European EdTech & HRTech companies, from Series A and beyond.

Investment focus

Education, Human Resources, E-Learning
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
The Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Perlego — Perlego is an online library subscription service for textbooks and non-fiction titles. Having partnered with over 3,000 of the world's best publishers, it gives its users unlimited access to over 650,000 eBooks and publications via an affordable monthly subscription. It aims to make learning accessible to all. It was founded in 2016 and isheadquartered in London, England.
WorkerHero — Bei DriverHero findest du Fahrerjobs in Vollzeit, Teilzeit oder Minijob. Jetzt anmelden und Jobangebote von Unternehmen erhalten!
Impactpool — Job vacancies in the European Union, United Nations and International Organizations.

Originally from Switzerland. Lived 7 years in Hong Kong and Korea. Co-Founder at Smallpdf - the online PDF software. Grew Smallpdf from 0 to 9 million users without marketing dollars. Loves solving big problems with technology that no one is looking at. Now focusing on changing how people do their tax declaration with Taxfix.de - the first mobiletax software.

Investment focus

Recruiting, Human Resources, Mechanical Engineering
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

PowerUs — PowerUs is a digital career platform for technical blue-collar workers to empower them in their careers and help them find better jobs.

Max Viessmann is Co-CEO and Member of the Board of the ‘Viessmann Group’ as well as CEO of VC/O.As the Co-CEO he continues to drive the Group’s digital evolution.Through VC/O the Group is making people’s life easier particularly in private and commercial housing aka the prop tech space. Through the Munich-based venture capital fund‘Vito Ventures’ and Berlin-based company builder ‘WATTx’ the team is providing a node for highly passionate entrepreneurs in the deep tech space.Prior to joining the family business, Max has been an early-stage investor and a management consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in the Munich and Shanghai offices.He has spent a lot of time living abroad particularly in the US, China and Japan.

Investment focus

B2B, SaaS, Battery
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

OCELL — Building the Operating System of Sustainable Forestry
Predium — Predium is the software platform for real estate owners to measure, manage and communicate their ESG performance.
Voltfang — We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network.

Heartcore Capital invests in companies re-enchanting the world through technology.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
Denmark, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Luca — Luca's learning platform provides learning programs for primary and secondary school students. The learning platform offers pre-recorded K12 videos, gamified content and AI powered personalized study paths, covering the entire official academic curriculum and national exams prep. Luca is a VC backed startup with HQ in Madrid & MexicoCity
Barter — Barter enables decentralized applications by ensuring efficient transaction routing and optimization.
Superform Labs — THE UNIVERSAL INTERFACE FOR YIELD IS FORMING

At Moonfire, we team up with the most innovative early-stage founders to invest where our sectors of focus intersect with global technological disruption.

Investment focus

Software, FinTech, Cyber Security
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Filigran — Embrace a proactive approach with end-to-end cyber threat management, from anticipation to response.
Neuphonic — Neuphonic is developing the best ultra low latency text-to-speech system to enable the most lifelike and responsive discussions with AI conceivable. We are transforming AI engagement by rethinking what it means to have a voice. We're building a future in which interacting with AI feels natural and seamless, AI can act to make people'slives easier, and people will look at their phones less and communicate more.
Lightdash — Connect your dbt project to Lightdash and allow everyone to answer their own data questions. Built for analysts and the modern data stack.

The seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) finances tech start-ups with growth potential and has supported more than 700 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of its fourth fund, HTGF now has about 1.4 billion euros under management. Its team of experienced investment managers and start-up experts support young companies with expertise,entrepreneurial spirit and passion. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas. To date, external investors have injected about 5 billion euros of capital into the HTGF portfolio via more than 2,000 follow-on financing rounds. In addition, HTGF has already successfully sold shares in more than 170 companies. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries. Fund investors in this public-private partnership include the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, KfW Capital and 45 companies from a wide range of industries.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Pagent — Pagent develops AI systems.
AUDAVIS — AUDAVIS is developing the most innovative approach that will revolutionize auditing. With data-driven full automation by AUDAVIS and a new AI-based approach, every financial statement becomes a breeze with unprecedented efficiency.
Lindis Blood Care — Lindis Blood Care´s mission is to optimise the outcome of cancer surgeries by developing a Medical Device to remove cancer cells from blood during cancer surgeries to enable Autologous Blood Transfusion.

Frank Freund is CFO & founder at SavingGlobal.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Financial Services
Seed, Series A, Angel
Germany, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Empion — EMPiON – The Robo Advisor for Cultural FitEmpion is a data-based job platform that matches companies and applicants based on company culture, values and skills. Using an AI-based Robo Advisor, Empion quantifies company culture and implements automated headhunting.Every second employee is currently thinking about a job change. The 5 mostimportant factors for job satisfaction have to do with company culture and values. And yet, company culture remains largely ignored on customary job portals. The results for companies and applicants are inefficient hiring processes and high employee turnover.Our vision is bringing company culture to every hire in the world.For more information visit www.empion.de
8returns — 8returns is the returns platform that turns your customers into loyal fans, while saving you time and money.
Next Matter — Next Matter enables teams to digitize their complex, manual business processes within hours, and realize substantial performance improvements within days. No code, consultants, or IT project management required. Our customers - like HelloFresh and Home24 - design and deploy high-value, end-to-end business processes at a fraction of the time andcost required for typical enterprise-grade solutions. And we’re covering a growing number of teams and use cases across businesses including operations, finance, HR, procurement, logistics, and supplier management.Take the lead on digitization today. Find out how you can use Next Matter to transform your business at https://nextmatter.com.

Philipp Pausder is the Co-Founder and MD of Thermondo. Prior to Thermondo, Philipp founded Clean Venture, a boutique M&A advisory firm for distributed energy deals. Clean Venture advised on deals across 4 continents with a total value greater than $1 billion. Before starting his own firm, Philipp worked for Applied Value, a Stockholm-basedstrategy and investment firm. Philipp was recognized as “Global Champion of Sustainable Innovation 2007” by Thunderbird University, USA for his development of business models for emerging markets. Philipp started his career as a global marketing manager at adidas AG launching innovation concepts to a global market place. He holds an MBA in Finance with highest distinction from IE Business School, Madrid and an MA in Business and Mass Communication from FU Berlin.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Recruiting
Seed, Angel
Germany

Portfolio highlights

PowerUs — PowerUs is a digital career platform for technical blue-collar workers to empower them in their careers and help them find better jobs.
8returns — 8returns is the returns platform that turns your customers into loyal fans, while saving you time and money.

Seed X is a European-focused venture capital firm with strong roots in Liechtenstein. We help driven startups scale by providing a strong network of experienced entrepreneurs and industry leaders.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

UnitPlus — Mehr Zinsen. Mehr Rendite. Mehr Freiheit.
ReceiptHero — Say goodbye to paper receipts. Cut operational costs, reduce waste and deliver a better in-store experience for customers.
Jove Insurance — Jove provides business and protection insurance to contractors, freelancers and SMEs, powered by tech and driven by social good.

We have been investing at the frontier of technology and science for over 30 years. We know what it takes to succeed.

Investment focus

Software, Health Care, Biotechnology
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Ledgy — Digitize your cap table, automate equity plans and simplify compliance. Find out how leading companies use Ledgy to empower their employees and engage investors.
HeyJobs — Intelligent recruiting | more hires with performance marketing | only qualified candidates | fast recruiting success | over 1,500 companies use HeyJobs to find employees
Humanoo — HUMANOO | MAKING PEOPLE HEALTHIER! HUMANOO is the digital health platform for employees and insurance clients. We enable our users to improve their physical and mental health. Simple, effective, proven - all in one app. With customized programs and innovative eHealth solutions, we guide our users in the areas of fitness, physio, yoga, mindfulnessand nutrition to their self-imposed goals. For the first time, companies and insurance companies can use comprehensive decentralized analysis to understand the health of their employees or insurance clients and make it a measurable success. Our team currently consists of 65 employees from 15 nations with different talents. In our office in Berlin-Kreuzberg, software developers, designers, marketing and sales specialists work together with sports and nutrition scientists as well as yoga teachers and physiotherapists. What we share is the goal to motivate people to stay healthy.

Foundamental is the first partner to exceptional founders re-creating the real world globally

Investment focus

Construction, Software, Real Estate
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, India, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Desteia — Revolutionize your supply chain operations with cutting-edge technology. Our platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools to enhance visibility, optimize your logistics, and fuel your growth plan.
Infra.Market — Various types of Building & Construction Materials Supplier in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai. Infra market is solution/retail store for all types building and construction supplies & Civil products .
Tangible — Tangible is a climate technology company focused on building sustainable materials that are not harmful to the environment. Tangible is a unified software platform that catalyzes the adoption of sustainable building materials by allowing real estate developers, architects, and contractors to seamlessly identify, manage, and report on products thatmeet their carbon, environmental, and social goals.Founded in 2021 by Nicole Granath and Anneli Tostar, Tangible is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Index Ventures is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in San Francisco and London, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, mobility, gaming, infrastructure/AI, and security.

Investment focus

Software, E-Commerce, Internet
Series A, Series B, Seed
United States, United Kingdom, France

Portfolio highlights

Allara — Allara is your all-in-one virtual care team for hormonal, metabolic & gynecological conditions such as PCOS and Endometriosis.
nexos.ai — Introducing nexos.ai — a powerful model gateway that delivers game-changing AI solutions. With advanced automation and intelligent decision making, nexos.ai helps simplify operations, boost productivity, and accelerate business growth.
Instabase — Instabase combines the latest AI breakthroughs with industry expertise to create real business value for your business.

redalpine is a thesis-driven vc with deep expertise in software and science. since 2006. we believe in the power of big ideas and in empowering game changers. we don't just invest, we co-create a better tomorrow. together with you.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

9fin — 9fin is a leading provider of debt market intelligence and offers everything you need to analyse a credit, or win a mandate in one AI-powered platform
Apaleo — Transform your hospitality business with an open platform. Easily connect 3rd party applications to build a best-in-class tech stack for your hotel
OrthoPulse — OrthoPulse is a medical device manufacturer that produces dental care equipment, treatment control apps, and photo biomodulation solutions.

Moving financial inclusion forward.

Investment focus

FinTech, Blockchain, Software
Seed, Series A, Initial Coin Offering
Germany, Estonia, United States

Portfolio highlights

Nira — NIRA is an RBI approved instant loan app that provides low interest instant loans. NIRA Finance is the best app for salaried people where you can avail a loan up to 1 lakh on EMI using a secure 100% online process. Low Interest Loans up to 1 lakh for salaried.
nuvo — Transform the way you import data with nuvo, to create fast, non-technical way to handle spreadsheet data.
Flowers-Software GmbH — Flowers Software is an organization management for digitizing, simplifying and automating recurring workflows.Flowers -Software can be used independent of company size, industry, region, and existing company structure due to its highly flexible no-code process editor.

Mario Götze is a professional footballer.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

SECJUR — Secjur provides a platform for automated compliance using AI. The startup's technology streamlines procedures in the Digital Compliance Office for areas including data security, anti-money laundering, and whistleblowing.
CROWN — CROWN is modernizing procurement negotiations through ethical eAuctions.
AllFocal Optics — AllFocal Optics revolutionizes display technology through groundbreaking nanophotonic solutions.

Galaxy Digital is a NYC-based multi-strategy investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain technology.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Software, Gaming
Grant, Seed, Series A
United States, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Wyden — AlgoTrader is the global institutional leader in algorithmic trading and execution infrastructure for both digital and traditional assets. With its advanced software solutions, AlgoTrader gives banks, hedge funds, brokers, crypto funds and other financial institutions an end-to-end platform for best execution and event-driven alpha generation. Thecompany's offering includes WIRESWARM, a digital asset trading and connectivity platform for banks and brokers, AlgoTrader QUANT, an end-to-end quantitative trading solution with automated trade signal generation and order execution, and AlgoTrader OEMS, a state-of-the-art Order and Execution Management System for systematic and discretionary buy-side institutions with managed connectivity to over 400 liquidity venues. AlgoTrader’s interdisciplinary team of quantitative strategy developers, senior software engineers and financial and crypto experts is shaping institutional trading. Founded in Switzerland and based in Zurich, New York and Singapore, AlgoTrader operates globally.
SparkChange — SparkChange is a provider of specialist carbon investment products and data, enabling investors to achieve both financial returns and positive environmental impact. The company was established by experts in environmental products and capital markets technologies to set a new standard in carbon investing. For more information, visit:https://sparkchange.io/
Timeless — Buy shares in exclusive assets such as rare sneakers, watches & luxury cars from as little as €50 per share (incl. VAT).

The Redstone team is an international and diverse group of serial entrepreneurs, investors, investment professionals, tech analysts and data scientists.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, Finland, France

Portfolio highlights

DREM — Simplifying distributed energy saving solutions
ClimeFi — ClimeFi is the leader specialising in permanent carbon removals (CDRs), partnering with companies to build portfolio of certified CDR assets.
Atlas Metrics — The single source of truth for your ESG data

Vimajo Family Office is an investment vehicle.

Investment focus

EdTech, Education, Career Planning
Pre-Seed
Spain

Portfolio highlights

Kini — Learn about Kini's mission to improve recruitment efficiency through data. Discover our team and the solutions we provide to the recruitment industry.
CareerOS — Gain a competitive edge with our innovative tools, virtual career collaboration, real-time data, and AI enhancements. Guide students each step of the way!

Porsche Ventures is a venture capital arm of Porsche that invests in companies from early-stage through growth. The firm was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany.

Investment focus

Automotive, Transportation, Information Technology
Series B, Seed, Series A
United States, Germany, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Retorio — Retorio takes talent management to the next level with a video AI that reveals personality. Transform the way you hire and train top talent.
Atomic Industries — Building the future of manufacturing, end-to-end automation of tool and die making
Bumper — Split the cost of your car repairs and servicing into manageable monthly instalments with 0% interest. Fix it. Split it. Sorted.

We invest in B2B tech entrepreneurs who are obsessed with solving complex problems in huge markets at pre-seed and seed stage

Investment focus

Software, Machine Learning, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United States, Sweden

Portfolio highlights

Retorio — Retorio takes talent management to the next level with a video AI that reveals personality. Transform the way you hire and train top talent.
Coboworx — Coboworx is an online market place for information, hardware and software products
Flinn — We are driven to impact the health of millions of people around the globe by enabling medical companies to launch and operate products more efficiently. To make this vision come true, we established a customer-centric, experimentation-driven product development approach.

Wellington Partners is a venture capital firm that invests in technology and life sciences companies, focusing on Digital Media, Software, Electronics & Photonics, Resource Efficiency, and Biotech/Life Sciences. It is committed to providing outstanding entrepreneurs with the necessary resources to fund their strategies. We typically leadfinancing rounds ranging from € 0.5 million to € 20 million. Depending on the maturity of the company, its own commitment can go as high as € 15 million.Wellington was established in 1998 and has offices in Munich, London, and Zurich.

Investment focus

Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

UroMems — The device is developing an active implantable medical device based on the cutting edge technologyl in the field of embedded systems and micro-technologies for the development of its products.
Minervax — We are MinervaX. A clinical stage biotech company focused on making a global impact by developing state-of-the-art vaccines.
Onward — Working to restore movement, independence, and health in people with spinal cord injury.

SEEK is a diverse group of companies that have a unified purpose to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organizations succeed. The Group encompasses a strong portfolio of employment, education, and volunteer businesses which span across Australia, New Zealand, China, South East Asia, Brazil, Mexico, Africa, andBangladesh. SEEK makes a positive impact on a truly global scale, operating in a total of 18 countries with market-leading positions in 14 countries. It creates world-class product technology solutions to address the needs of job seekers and hirers and facilitate the matching between job seekers and hirers across our online employment marketplaces. Online Education Services (‘OES’) offers leading online education and SEEK Learning offers trusted advice in relation to career-related education. SEEK’s commitment to having a positive impact on society is reflected through the diverse range of initiatives which its businesses across the globe partake in to support the communities they operate within. In Australia and New Zealand SEEK Volunteer is each country’s largest single source of volunteering opportunities offering not-for-profit organizations free access to post volunteer opportunities. This free marketplace is something SEEK is exceptionally proud of. Over its 20 years of operation, SEEK continues to innovate within the markets it operates in. It provides a culture of excellence and acceptance in our workplaces and celebrates the diversity of employees that contribute to the success of the organization.

Investment focus

Human Resources, Recruiting, Software
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Australia, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Go1 — Go1 offers training content from 250+ industry-leading providers, delivered seamlessly through any HR tech stack.
Employment Hero — Employment Hero is Australia's top cloud-based HR, payroll and benefits platform for employers & employees. FREE trial for...
Talespin — Talespin is building the XR platform to power knowledge transfer and skill alignment for the future of employment

We're just another venture capital firm. We invest as soon as you made up your mind to start a company. Sometimes even before that.

Investment focus

Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, France, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

ScorePlay — ScorePlay is an AI-powered media asset manager dedicated to sports. The MAM centralizes assets in a single media workspace, with AI-tagging. Distribute to athletes and sponsors automatically through app. Amplify your brand.
Enabl — Using the enabl Digital Platform, customers can easily link their warehouse systems to our digital interface. Customers can quickly connect their vehicles to our drivers and, with a few clicks, schedule material transportation that meets their needs. Depending on the mission, a driver or an autonomous driving system executes the transport orderremotely. Our transport services are available for reservation at any time, with only the hours of service being charged.
ATMOS Space Cargo — ATMOS Space Cargo develops and manufactures space capsules to return cargo from space, microgravity experiments, Commercial products to entire rocket stages.

At session we back early-stage companies in the Software and Consumer space. As active investors, we can only partner with a few companies. When we do, we roll up our sleeves and get to work, providing entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights across the entire spectrum of company building.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
Switzerland, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Saporo — Improve cyber resistance by prioritizing and reducing user access risk.
Cerrion — Discover how Cerrion's video AI and industrial automation solutions can minimize unplanned downtime, reduce losses, and improve safety on your production lines.
deskbird — Most intuitive and people-centric - deskbird's hybrid workplace solution that employees will love. For all flexibe companies, from startup to corporate.

Gunnar Berning - CEO @ fromAtoB

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Food Delivery, Consulting
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

twago.com — Welcome to the Talent-Pool platform. Talent is family.
Circus — Circus provides convenient, sustainable and affordable solution in food delivery.
Circus Group — At Circus, we believe cooking should be a loved hobby but not a daily necessity. Driven by the mission to fuel people's busy every day we are building a radically more convenient, sustainable, and affordable solution in food delivery. Circus was established in 2021 in Hamburg, Germany.

NFQ accelerates the success of entrepreneurs with a current team of 250 specialists delivering company-building services.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Travel, Tourism
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
United States, Germany, Austria

Portfolio highlights

Raus — Raus is a hospitality-tech startup that offers new opportunities to take a break from big city life. Raus serves as a welcome escape from the seemingly endless demands and constant stimuli of modern life with perfectly simple cabins, close enough for a spontaneous getaway, far enough away to completely unwind.
Productpine — Discover, experience, and buy emerging brands and products from all over the world, at Productpine. Shop online through a personalized journey and be inspired!
The Naked Market — The Naked Market is a next-generation consumer products company that is creating a portfolio of food & beverage brands.

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