Top 25 Social Impact Startup Investors in Germany

Investor	Social Impact Germany investments
Demeter	3
APX	3
Übermorgen Ventures	2
Samaipata	2
coparion	2
DocCheck Guano AG	1
ALSTIN Capital	1
HV Capital	1
Maximilian Bock	1
Keen Venture Partners	1
Roca X	1
Ara Abrahamyan	1
Armen Kocharyan	1
Jörg-Matthias Butzlaff	1
Vahe Andonians	1
Federal Government of Germany	1
NRW.BANK	1
Bayern Kapital	1
Aescuvest	1
Clemens Bollinger	1
Capacura	1
Illusian Family Office	1
BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen	1
BayBG Venture Capital	1
SoftBank	1

Demeter is a major player in venture capital and private equity for the energy and ecological transition. They invest from 500 K€ to 30 M€ to support companies at all stages of their development: innovative startups, high growth SMEs and infrastructure projects.

Investment focus

Software, Manufacturing, Renewable Energy
Funding Round, Seed, Series A
France, Germany, Slovenia

Portfolio highlights

E-Recycle — E-Recycle is an online and offline store that specializes in recycling used high-tech products such as mobile phones, tablets, and PCs.
Plan A — Automate your company's ESG and carbon footprint reporting and reduce your emissions. Create decarbonisation plans plans based on data and science.
BeFC Bioenzymatic Fuel Cells — Miniature batteries are complex, expensive and unecological to collect and recycle. Our thin, light-weight and flexible paper-based biofuel cells are biodegradable, environmentally friendly and economically viable.

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, Funding Round
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

askui — Use natural language to automate your UI tests. Our UI test solution is based on visual features and offers a real no-code black-box test.
CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
Genie — Genie is a productive web development framework in Julia. Build web applications, UIs, backends, integrate with databases, set up web services and APIs.

We are an early stage VC for climate tech startups.

Investment focus

Energy, Software, Renewable Energy
Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
Germany, Switzerland, Finland

Portfolio highlights

CleanHub — Become plastic neutral with CleanHub and prevent ocean bound plastic before it can cause damage
Openvolt — A developer friendly API for unlocking access to smart meter data across Europe. Build more impactful apps in Energy Efficiency, ESG, EV Charging, Demand Response and a host of other use cases.
E-mobilio — E-mobilio is a consulting and mediation platform for electromobility.

Samaipata is a specialized and pan-European venture capital fund investing in digital platforms with network effects at the early stage across Europe. With over $160M of assets under management, we start with investments of $750k to $2.5m and reserve up to $10m for future rounds, from pre-seed to Se

Investment focus

Information Technology, Internet, Real Estate
Seed, Series A, Series B
France, Spain, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Embat — Keep your cash flows, cash accounts, debt positions and forecasts monitored and automated real time.
Auctree — Auctree is an online trading platform for real estate investors.
Nory AI — Transform your hospitality business with Nory's AI-driven OS. Elevate profitability, centralise operations, and empower your workforce.

Coparion provides venture capital to accelerate momentum and growth. With a currently active fund of EUR 275 million, Coparion has the means to do so.Coparion supports entrepreneurial vision with know-how, but without intervening in daily business operations. Thanks to in-depth experience in venture capital and in building companies, the Coparionteam discerns potential and opens up new perspectives. Coparion has the substance, tenacity, and creativity required to mutually manage difficult situations successfully.Coparion only invests with co-investors. The fund invests up to EUR 15M per company, usually in several financing rounds of EUR 0.5-8M each. The investment focus is on German companies in the start-up and early growth phases. Coparion is based in Cologne and Berlin.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Finoa — Finoa is the leading European crypto-asset management platform, empowering businesses and institutions to engage with crypto safely and intuitively.
ContractHero — ContractHero is a leading digital contract management solution for business customers. The smart and easy-to-use software provides an overview of all current contracts, quickly identifies unnecessary costs and reduces risks from missed contract deadlines. As a result, companies have full control over their contracts and avoid missed deadlines andunnecessary costs.
Finanzguru — Finanzguru is an AI based financial assistant.

Birds of a feather flock together? Not our style! We promote healthcare startups who believe in their vision and want to be a success at it. DocCheck Guano is a hatchery for precocial birds aiming to land in the market. We provide the ideal fertiliser for startups: capital, know-how, market access and network. Oh, and our focus is on seed funding.

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical Device, Mobile Apps
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Germany, Spain, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Amparo — We empower amputees so they can live life to the full. Amparo is a developer, manufacturer and distributor of prosthetic components. It developed the Confidence Socket, which is the interface between the patient's residual limb and the prosthetic leg itself. 1) The fitting process is as fast as 1h time; 2) The material can be remolded 10times, saving huge costs of health providers; and 3) All tools fit into a sports bag. making it possible to service amputee anywhere in the world.
medflex — Telefonassistent, Patientenanfrage-Management, DSGVO-konformer medizinischer Messenger und KBV-zertifizierte Videosprechstunde. Jetzt mehr erfahren >
Mammoth Hunters — Mammoth Hunters is a 360° wellness solution offering accessible functional training, natural nutrition and lifestyle advice packaged as a mobile/web based SaaS. The founders come from a scientific background and use discoveries in human physiology and evolution to create personalized fitness journeys. The program is designed toeliminate all barriers that prevent people from leading a healthy lifestyle - lack of time, knowledge and motivation. The company employs 12+ people in Barcelona Spain and has key partnerships with fitness experts, healthcare companies, and sports technology companies.

ALSTIN Capital is an independent venture capital fund based in Munich.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, SaaS
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Germany, Austria, United States

Portfolio highlights

deskbird — Most intuitive and people-centric - deskbird's hybrid workplace solution that employees will love. For all flexibe companies, from startup to corporate.
retraced — The future of fashion is transparency
Pliant — Pliant makes the latest generation of corporate credit cards that adapt perfectly to business processes and needs.

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

Agreena — Agreena is working to enable environmental and financial sustainability in agriculture - farmers first!
ecoplanet — Maximale Kontrolle bei minimalem Aufwand. ecoplanet ist Ihr externer Energiemanager.
Isar Aerospace — Isar Aerospace is a space technology company that builds rockets in an automated production. It offers launch services dedicated to deploying and resupplying satellite constellations and to ensure low-cost space access for small satellites. The company was founded in 2018 in Europe.

Maximilian’s CV has many facets. He started as a physicist at Cambridge University in 2008. He later worked as a materials researcher in construction before founding Madanyu and Netwookie, two Tech4Good companies focused on emerging markets. To date, he has supported over 60 startups as a mentor and board member. Through his work, he has built astrong international investment and expert network with focus on England, France, and USA. As an investment manager in the hardware team, his focus is on nano- and quantum technology, materials and environmental research as well as Industry 4.0 and Future of Work.

Investment focus

SaaS, Rental, Fashion
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

UNOWN — Unown is a service and SaaS provider for the fashion industry. Our goal is to revolutionize the way we buy & sell clothing and thereby save 100,000 tons of CO2e every year. We believe that through our leasing, subscription and pre-loved services, we can use resources smarter and create higher value per asset.We enable brands to secure theirshare in the growing secondary markets. They lease out their assets through our revenue share model and get access to deep usage data. We enable customers to experience fashion with a completely new mindset. Our service allows them to rotate their wardrobe while maintaining an efficient and conscious lifestyle.

Keen Venture Partners is a radically human venture capital firm that invests in fast-growing European scale-ups at the Series A and Series B stages

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
Series A, Series B, Seed
The Netherlands, Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Doctify — Doctify is capturing the voice of patients. Read over hundreds of thousands of verified reviews for your specialist, dentist, hospital or care home.
VonWood — Your digital marketplace for professional timber. Buy your timber quick and easy. Directly from the sawmill, directly to you.
Fiscozen — Il futuro della Partita IVA

RocaX > Is building a solid and much needed bridge for startups between the support offered by business angels and the upper stage VCs. Learn more!

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
Romania, Italy, Israel

Portfolio highlights

Milluu — Helping places become homes! Milluu is the app that gets personal, relevant and smart about rent.We believe that things are done properly when you're personally invested. And we invest our technology & smart tools to help you find your next home or your next ideal tenant!We have created a service app that connects directly listers andtenants based on their preferences.Based on AI and ML, our Milluu Bot is the friendly face of the app, assisting you permanently in your rental journey, making suggestions for great matches and helping you close the deal.
MOCAPP — Find influencers. Run campaigns. Get results.
Munevo — Munevo empowers people with disabilities by using smart and innovative technology.

Ara Abrahamyan

Investment focus

B2B, Marketplace, Outsourcing
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

WeProfit — The B2B marketplace for software development. Hire curated and vetted development companies and bid on world class projects.

Armen Kocharyan

Investment focus

B2B, Marketplace, Outsourcing
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

WeProfit — The B2B marketplace for software development. Hire curated and vetted development companies and bid on world class projects.

Jörg-Matthias Butzlaff

Investment focus

B2B, Marketplace, Outsourcing
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

WeProfit — The B2B marketplace for software development. Hire curated and vetted development companies and bid on world class projects.

Vahe Andonians

Investment focus

B2B, Marketplace, Outsourcing
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

WeProfit — The B2B marketplace for software development. Hire curated and vetted development companies and bid on world class projects.

Press and Information Office of the Federal Government. Here you will find the latest updates, background information and services: find out more about the work of the Federal Government.

Investment focus

B2C, Social Impact, Artificial Intelligence
Grant, Seed, Post-IPO Equity
Germany, Namibia, United States

Portfolio highlights

delphai — More, better, faster company intelligence. Create company lists.
NamPower — NamPower is the national power utility of Namibia and specializes in the generation and transmission of electricity.
Claims Conference — The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), a nonprofit organization with offices in New York, Tel Aviv and Berlin secures material compensation for Holocaust survivors around the world. Founded in 1951 by representatives of 23 major international Jewish organizations, the Claims Conference negotiates for anddisburses funds to individuals and organizations and seeks the return of Jewish property stolen during the Holocaust

NRW.BANK is the development bank for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It supports its owner – the state of North Rhine-Westphalia – in fulfilling its tasks, notably in the fields of structural, economic, social and housing policy. NRW.BANK pools the promotion and development programmes of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the FederalRepublic of Germany and the European Union and combines them with its own equity and debt products and advisory services. It offers the full range of financial products in three areas “Economy”, “Housing”, and “Infrastructure/Municipalities”. NRW.BANK operates in a competitively neutral manner as a partner of banks and savings banks.

Investment focus

Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

bNear — bNear is the digital space for all distributed- & hybrid teams - Safe and convenient in Microsoft Teams!
Catch — Catch is a HR SaaS Company
Refined Laser Systems — Refined Laser Systems is a dynamic biophotonics company.It specialises in creating innovative laser systems for SRS-microscopy and quantum technology.

Bayern Kapital (founded at the end of 1995) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the LfA Foerderbank Bayern (Bavaria‘s development bank). Bayern Kapital’s objective is to finance research and development as well as the market launch of new products, product diversifications, and expansion of the market share.The requesting company has to be located inBavaria. Industries are e. g. IT/software, life sciences, new materials, micro-systems and environmental technologies.Bayern Kapital and its funds have invested in more than 250 companies and currently manages funds to the value of EUR 340 m. The five investing funds currently managed by Bayern Kapital are Seedfonds Bayern, Clusterfonds Start-Up!, Innovationsfonds, Innovationsfonds EFRE and Wachstumsfonds Bayern.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

EGYM — EGYM makes the gym work for everyone. They provide gym operators, trainers and members with the technology to advance the user experience and thus make gyms more profitable. There is their own EGYM cloud where they connect all hardware on the training floor (supplier independent) into one cloud and they provide trainers and members via theirTrainer App and Member App access to that data. As the strength area is typically purely mechanical they have even developed their own smart strength machines-connected to their cloud as well.
sewts — Founded in 2019 and based in Munich, sewts GmbH provides cutting-edge perception software, pushing the boundaries of robotics in processing of easily deformable materials. sewts has developed and demonstrated a unique technology that uses high-precision finite element method (FEM) simulations to efficiently train machine learning algorithms. Theintelligent software solution enables countless applications in industrial automation like the handling of textiles in industrial laundries or the manufacturing of garment. sewts is backed by APEX Ventures, Bayern Kapital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, UnternehmerTUM Initiative for Industrial Innovators and a couple of highly experienced business angels.
ChargeX — ChargeX provides electric car charging solutions. Tobias Wagner, Michael Masnitza, and Johannes Engeln founded it in 2017, with its headquarters in Munich in Germany.

Invest in Health - Aescuvest is the leading financing platform for hassle-free digital investment. Buy shares from the best healthcare ventures in Europe

Investment focus

Health Care, Medical, Biotechnology
Equity Crowdfunding, Seed
Germany, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

XO Life — We connect patients, experts and pharma for a better life We enable all pharma companies and experts to provide their patients with the best digital treatment support. I am curious Check out our pitch The opportunity Patients demand and need better treatment support Patients increasingly demand better treatment information, continuous support and want insights from ... Read more
Lillian Care — Lillian is building a nationwide network of health facilities in Germany.
medikura.com — We connect patients, experts and pharma for a better life We enable all pharma companies and experts to provide their patients with the best digital treatment support. I am curious Check out our pitch The opportunity Patients demand and need better treatment support Patients increasingly demand better treatment information, continuous support and want insights from ... Read more

Clemens Bollinger

Investment focus

B2B, Marketplace, Outsourcing
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

WeProfit — The B2B marketplace for software development. Hire curated and vetted development companies and bid on world class projects.

Capacura is reinventing the venture capital market so that more start-ups get access to capital, knowledge, processes and solutions.

Investment focus

EdTech, Mobile, Medical
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

cabuu — cabuu creates scalable interactive educational content for simple fact learning
Krankenhaus — Krankenhaus operates as an e-health startup. The Krankenhaus.de portal sees itself as a digital helper in finding the right clinic.
Meter friends — Meter friends produces intelligent measuring systems (smart meters) and helps save energy.

Illusian is a Family Office founded in 2014 by Ilkka Paananen, entrepreneur, investor, co-founder and CEO of Supercell, the global leader in mobile games. They support founders and makers who shape society through technology and create impact at scale. Their mission is to unleash the potential of European entrepreneurship to solve the world’sbiggest problems. Illusian's activities consist of three pillars: investing, philanthropy, and family services. They often partner with leading venture capital funds to help bring their vision to life.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
Seed, Series A, Series B
Finland, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

Bob W — Book the smartest alternative to hotels and random rentals. Climate-neutral and locally designed apartments in handpicked districts. Stay days, weeks or months.
Elicit — Elicit is an artificial intelligence research assistant that uses language models to help users automate research workflows. This research assistant finds relevant papers without a perfect keyword match, summarizes takeaways from the papers, and extracts key information from the papers.
Plan A — Automate your company's ESG and carbon footprint reporting and reduce your emissions. Create decarbonisation plans plans based on data and science.

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

Investment focus

Software, Consulting, B2B
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Blaue Helden — Blaue Helden set up a DTC operation producing and selling sustainable cleaning products.
leonardo. impact — Impact investing is a $2.3 trillion industry. Per definition the investment should be linked to positive outcomes that benefit people & planet. Measuring impact is a complex and expensive process, which has led to institutions using their own unique methodology to suit their needs and budget. This leads to reporting errors at best. At worst, itleaves the industry vulnerable to greenwashing. A standardised and automated approach would result in millions in savings, more accuracy & trust.leonardo's B2B SaaS solution combines effective & trustworthy impact measurement with the challenges of fund management & investor relations. We enable effective primary data collection to provide actionable insights into the actual effects of products & services on people & planet through automatically generated surveys and API connections to IoT devices & third party software. With the tool being used by impact businesses & their capital providers, leonardo provides streamlined data pipelines and consistent communication throughout the entire capital flow. The high quality impact data is compliant with regulatory requirements & acknowledged impact reporting standards. Additionally, we leverage machine learning at several stages. First, recommendation engines help the user to select the right frameworks & standards. Large language models help to extract qualitative information from interviews & reports and to utilise it for impact calculations. Most importantly, ML-powered data validation enables us to assess the impact and strongly increases data quality & reporting credibility, thus mitigating the risk for greenwashing while reducing the need for third-party audits.
Quantagonia — Advanced quantum algorithms, for your most important business problems, delivering breakthrough performance on today's high-performance computers, with seamless migration for later use on quantum computers.

Innovative post-revenue startups with first customers trust us as highly reliable investors. We have been an active player in the venture capital market for over 25 years. Due to our evergreen approach, we offer institutional venture capital without the limitations of the usual fund structure. Predominantly we invest straight equity. Additionally,we can offer venture debt to mature startups close to break-even in order to avoid further dilution for founders. Being a private investment company we act as both lead investor or co-investor. We can also fulfill the private lead investor role for public investors like Bayern Kapital. Together we are increasing YOUR company's value.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Health Care
Funding Round, Series A, Series B
Germany, Italy, United States

Portfolio highlights

memtime — memtime shows you everything you worked on during the day. Each program is recorded so that you can quickly remember. Add-on available for any software. | memtime
ChargeOne — The complete charging solution for your e-mobility.
SUSHI Bikes — SUSHI Bikes has developed the perfect e-bike for modern urban people.

SoftBank Group Corp. (Chairman & CEO: Masayoshi Son) Corporate and IR site provides company information such as our company profile, an overview of the company and Group companies, as well as IR and CSR.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, FinTech
Series B, Series C, Funding Round
United States, Brazil, India

Portfolio highlights

Mapbox — Integrate custom live maps, location search, and turn-by-turn navigation into any mobile or web app with Mapbox APIs & SDKs. Get started for free.
Stack AV — Stack AV - Revolutionizing the Transportation of Goods
Better.com — Buy or refinance your home with Better Mortgage for a seamless online mortgage experience backed by superior customer support. Not available in all states. See better.com/about-us/licensing-disclosure.