Top 30 Social Impact VC Funds & Investors in Germany (August 2026)

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• 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.

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• VisioLab — Instantly scan products for self-checkout, using the iPad camera - no barcodes needed. Designed for speed, simplicity and human centricity.
• Bloom — Moved to @bloomsocial
• Track Titan — Titan Academy revolutionises how gamers improve through fully automated coaching.

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• DUKE — Duke is a technology company that operates a real time car logistics system. Our Mission is to provide an insane customer experience for car rental. Duke offers on demand rental cars through a 24/7 delivery service.
• Heycater! — heycater! is an online platform for ordering quality business catering.They help organize delicious food for team by connecting with outstanding local caterers.
• Lendorse — Finance education or living costs through your future salary

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• Ecair — Ecair provides software for indoor air quality and energy management. The platform aggregates data from connected sensors to track pollutants, CO2, humidity, temperature, and particulate matter in real time. Dashboards, alerts, and APIs support building operations, facility managers, and ESG teams. Algorithms estimate exposure, flag ventilationissues, and suggest HVAC adjustments to balance comfort, health, and energy use. Reporting tools support certifications and compliance, and data exports integrate with BMS, CMMS, and data warehouses. Services include device provisioning, calibration management, and analytics consulting for multi-site portfolios.
• Verna — Verna is a business using geospatial data science to address the climate and nature crises.We help landowners, investors, and policymakers to use land in ways that draw down carbon, enhance biodiversity and generate sustainable returns – e.g. through woodland creation, habitat creation and enhancement, and regenerative agriculture.Verna wasestablished in Borehamwood, Hertford.
• Hyperion Robotics — We are accelerating the transition to sustainable and automated construction with Concrete 3D Printing.

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• 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.

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• iiba — Iiba is a geospatial platform that specializes in providing location information related to child-rearing.
• Two — Buy Now, Pay Later for your business customers. Two makes it easy and safe to offer invoice as a payment method on your e-commerce site.
• Homethings — Single-use plastic is bonkers. Homethings makes cleaning products that make sense. No more shipping water in plastic bottles. We send non toxic cleaning tabs so that you can refill over and over again using your tap.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• Fuchs & Eule — VALYRIA is an expert in buying and selling apartment buildings.
• Lendorse — Finance education or living costs through your future salary
• Converge — Pioneering sustainable construction with smart concrete sensors, predictive AI, and real-time monitoring. Build faster, safer, and greener.

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• ENTRYZERO — ENTRYZERO is a cybersecurity startup that develops an AI-powered software platform specializing in Threat Exposure Management,the company helps organizations continuously monitor their digital attack surface from a hacker’s perspective to identify and mitigatevulnerabilities automatically.
• OMMM — OMMM Operations Management Solutions is a software house that specializes in the digitization and automation of industrial planning.
• Nuclidium — NUCLIDIUM is a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company that develops novel radionuclide PET tracers for precision diagnostics. Using copper isotopes, Copper-61 for diagnostics and Copper-67 for therapeutics, the company is creating a differentiated platform with the potential to overcome existing limitations in radiotheranostics.

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• VARM — Varm provides efficient insulation for energy saving and comfort.
• Voltfang — We integrate used electric car batteries into a battery storage system and thus build up a decentralized storage network.
• Oska Health — Oska Health delivers digital-enabled care solutions for chronic kidney disease patients, a top clinical need for healthcare payers. By leveraging evidence-based medical best practices and behavioral science, Oska Health aims to empower individuals with kidney disease to mitigate their risk of cardiovascular complications and kidney failure whilesimultaneously lowering costs of care. The company partners with healthcare payers to provide a comprehensive solution that includes a personal coach, a state-of-the-art health app, and intelligent treatment plan algorithms, all designed to help individuals establish new routines and achieve optimal health outcomes.

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• Skleo Health — Skleo Health creates digital solutions to make healthcare accessible for everyone, regardless of location or circumstances.
• Retinai — RetinAI optimises and simplifies clinics, research and pharmaceutical workflows to improve healthcare. To achieve this goal, the company builds tools to collect, analyze and organize health data, empowering healthcare professionals and patients with automatic image and data analysis supported by advanced machine learning. RetinAI has proprietarytechnology that provides unforeseen image quality enhancement, as well as automatic analysis of medical data for hospitals, private practitioners, pharmaceutical companies and device manufacturers at similar level of performance as a human would produce.

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• Quantune — A new Foundation for Human Health.
• Level Nine — Level Nine specializes in bio-nanotechnology and quantum chemistry, developing next-generation catalysts known as nanozymes.
• muffintech — Generative AI for the insurance industry. Unleash the full potential of your employees and offer your customers an unmatched user experience.

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• Hito — Make crypto accessible and safe for all humans founder @mishabunte
• Jia — Small businesses drive the economy. They deserve to own a piece of it. Jia gives entrepreneurs anywhere in the world power to control their financial destiny. We provide blockchain-based financing to businesses in emerging markets and reward them with ownership, enabling them to create wealth and prosperity for themselves and their communities.
• Range — The financial control layer for companies operating across stablecoins, crypto and fiat rails.

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• HOLY — HOLY is a company that specializes in the production of powder-based beverages. Their product line includes HOLY Energy® and HOLY Iced Tea®, both of which are marketed as having zero sugar and being sustainably packaged. The company's focus is on providing a unique taste experience while also promoting a sense of social responsibility. Theyoffer a variety of flavors and options for customers to try, and they also provide opportunities for interested individuals to join their team.
• HOLY Energy — Energy drink for gamers
• O.C. Hairsystems — O.c. Hairsystems offer hair replacement solutions for men.

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• Nenna AI — Nenna AI is a powerful AI enablement platform designed for the secure application of AI technologies.
• Jurafuchs — Jurafuchs provides legal education via a mobile app.
• dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung — dsb Deutsche Sanierungsberatung provides easy and sustainable solutions for climate-friendly homes energy-efficient renovations for homeowners.

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• BIOWEG — Founded in Germany in 2019, Bioweg is a purpose-driven company, matches BioInnOvation to business problems. Their research combine biotechnology, material science, and molecular simulation learning to develop and sell B2B advanced sustainable and bio-based high-performance ingredients. Their ingredients are 100% animal-free, globally scalable, andsustainably manufactured with green chemistry. The company partners with results-driven, forward-thinking companies and consumer brands with global reach in cosmetics, personal care, agricultural technology, and food/beverage sectors. Bioweg's innovative zero-waste circular process uses food industry waste as feedstock to produce bio-based microbeads, rheology modifiers and hydrocolloids that are completely free of microplastics and comply with the new ECHA regulation.
• Resourcify — Resourcify is on a mission to enable a zero-waste future!!! Through the digitisation of daily operations, our recycling platform enables all businesses to manage, track, and improve their recycling while having less administration, and saving up to 40% of the costs compared to conventional waste management.Resourcify is trusted by thousands ofthe most leading companies & organisations around the globe including : Cargill, McDonalds, Hornbach, Johnson & Johnson, Edeka, Frankfurt Airport, UK Bonn, and more! Our award-winning recycling platform improves the approach to sustainability as a best practice and enhances the recycling processes to reduce waste.
• Vivira — Vivira Health Lab focuses on making physical rehab programs available to everyone.

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• odacova — Odacova is a SaaS company that provides individualized nutrition for corporate cafeterias and employee eating, utilizing web, Android, and iOS platforms.
• Foom — The foom technology extracts valuable fertiliser from organic waste - on site and in record time
• Everwave — Everwave is a social enterprise that focuses on preventing plastic pollution in rivers and oceans.

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• DaiBau — Get bargains, bulk discounts on selected products and materials for your home.
• Imerso — Imerso is a construction management software, powered by lean construction and BIM. It automates construction inspections by comparing As Built to As Planned.
• Chooose — Accelerate your sustainable aviation fuel program with Chooose's software. Manage, report on, and scale your SAF initiatives effectively. Learn more!

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• BP p.l.c. — BP p.l.c. is an integrated oil and gas company. The Company owns an interest in OJSC Oil Company Rosneft (Rosneft), an oil and gas company. The Company's segments include Upstream, Downstream, Rosneft, and Other businesses and corporate. They deliver heat, light and mobility products and services to people all around the world in ways thatwill help to drive the transition to a lower carbon future.
• MicroHarvest — MicroHarvest is an early-stage startup in Hamburg, Germany. The company is on a mission to produce better, healthier and tastier protein, produced sustainably using the power of microorganisms. Its proprietary and scalable technology allows producing nutritional biomass from fast-growing bacteria, with potential applications across the wholeprotein value chain. With that, MicroHarvest contributes to a world where everyone has access to nutritious food through a fair and resilient food system.
• Asian Development Bank — Asian Development Bank (ADB) is an international development finance institution that provides developing nations with loans, advice, policy dialogue, technical assistance, and equity investments, and grants for a broad range of development activities. It partners with member governments, independent specialists, and other financial institutions todeliver projects that create economic and development impact. In addition, its triple-A credit rating helps clients mobilize funds for development. It raises funds through bond issues on the world’s capital markets.The institution is focused on making improvements on areas such as agriculture and food security; education; energy; environment, climate change, and disaster risk management; finance sector development; gender and development; governance and public management; health; information and communications technology; regional cooperation and integration; social development and poverty; transport; urban development; and water.ADB is also a knowledge institution that spreads information through regional fora; a growing online presence; social media channels; and the publication of specialized papers, periodicals, and books.Asian Development Bank is headquartered in Manila, Philippines with 29 resident missions across the Asia and Pacific region, and 3 representative offices in Washington, Frankfurt, and Tokyo.

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• fainin — fainin creates the environment for secure rental transactions. With 100% ID-verified borrowers, fully insured transactions up to 15.000 € and a secure escrow payment system, strangers can share like friends.
• tip me - the global tip — Todays customers want to know who made their clothes. Tell them. With tip me. Your customers can tip the garment workers who made the jeans they love or the coffee farmer who grew their favorite coffee. We built a plug & play solution for online shops that inspires 40% of customers give a tip. 87% of customers trust your brand more if you usetip me. 77% recommend your brand more & buy again. The inspiring impact turns customers into fans. Every brand has certificates. Get something unique that customers love. tip me is creating scalable social impact in a business model that benefits all: Customers get inspiring impact and know which brands to trust. Brands improve their KPIs & revenues due to next level transparency & an emotional UX. Garment workers get around + 100 USD per year additional income.We are a passionate team of founders from business, fintech and development collaboration working to reduce globale inequality by leveraging supply chains. We’re changemakers – we are aware of our privileges and use them actively to change the world for the better. We innovate, adjust and constantly keep learning. Our team is our asset - Self-care & development is an essential part of our company culture. Science & Data driven – we base our action on science and data. Empowering people- we want to create a generation of leaders that steps into their potential and tackles the global problems that face our planet.

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• Aramedes — Aramedes is the traditional Swiss watch industry into the digital age. With pioneering technology.
• DHP Technology — Innovative energy supply, local and renewable, through the worldwide unique HORIZON solar folding roof. Specially designed for industrial, logistics and parking
• tip me - the global tip — Todays customers want to know who made their clothes. Tell them. With tip me. Your customers can tip the garment workers who made the jeans they love or the coffee farmer who grew their favorite coffee. We built a plug & play solution for online shops that inspires 40% of customers give a tip. 87% of customers trust your brand more if you usetip me. 77% recommend your brand more & buy again. The inspiring impact turns customers into fans. Every brand has certificates. Get something unique that customers love. tip me is creating scalable social impact in a business model that benefits all: Customers get inspiring impact and know which brands to trust. Brands improve their KPIs & revenues due to next level transparency & an emotional UX. Garment workers get around + 100 USD per year additional income.We are a passionate team of founders from business, fintech and development collaboration working to reduce globale inequality by leveraging supply chains. We’re changemakers – we are aware of our privileges and use them actively to change the world for the better. We innovate, adjust and constantly keep learning. Our team is our asset - Self-care & development is an essential part of our company culture. Science & Data driven – we base our action on science and data. Empowering people- we want to create a generation of leaders that steps into their potential and tackles the global problems that face our planet.

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• SAYM — The SAYM platform for swarm mobility defines the next generation of carpooling.
• COMESO GmbH — Boosting revenue by ensuring secure, direct healthcare payments and improving patient access to services.
• tip me - the global tip — Todays customers want to know who made their clothes. Tell them. With tip me. Your customers can tip the garment workers who made the jeans they love or the coffee farmer who grew their favorite coffee. We built a plug & play solution for online shops that inspires 40% of customers give a tip. 87% of customers trust your brand more if you usetip me. 77% recommend your brand more & buy again. The inspiring impact turns customers into fans. Every brand has certificates. Get something unique that customers love. tip me is creating scalable social impact in a business model that benefits all: Customers get inspiring impact and know which brands to trust. Brands improve their KPIs & revenues due to next level transparency & an emotional UX. Garment workers get around + 100 USD per year additional income.We are a passionate team of founders from business, fintech and development collaboration working to reduce globale inequality by leveraging supply chains. We’re changemakers – we are aware of our privileges and use them actively to change the world for the better. We innovate, adjust and constantly keep learning. Our team is our asset - Self-care & development is an essential part of our company culture. Science & Data driven – we base our action on science and data. Empowering people- we want to create a generation of leaders that steps into their potential and tackles the global problems that face our planet.

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• theUp.co — Up.co is a digital innovation agency that helps brands flourish by leveraging emerging technology. The company specializes on digitization for the hospitality industry, leveraging extensive industry knowledge via existing networks and huge data sets.
• project bcause — project bcause is a digital platform where individuals can fund good projects in a flexible and collaborative manner, ranging from donations to investments. project bcause is headquartered in Berlin, Germany and was founded in 2021.

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• 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.

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• 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.