Top 10 Social Startup Investors in Germany in November 2024
A list of 10 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Social startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Social companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.Top 10 Social Startup Investors in Germany in November 2024
Investor | Social Germany investments |
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Burda Principal Investments | 2 |
pd ventures | 1 |
Venista Ventures | 1 |
Saarbruecker 21 | 1 |
Korea Investment Partners | 1 |
Fosun International | 1 |
Lakestar | 1 |
Deutsche Telemedien | 1 |
Martin Ott | 1 |
Nordwest-Zeitung | 1 |
Burda Principal Investments (BPI) is a division of Hubert Burda Media which provides long term growth equity for fast growing digital technology and media companies.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Internet, Retail
- Series B, Series A, Series C
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
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- Aleph Alpha — Aleph Alpha develops AI systems for modern security challenges.
- Kasagi Labo — Kasagi Labo is the leading anime venture studio that brings authentic Japanese craft to a global audience through licensing, distribution and merchandising.
pd ventures is a venture capital firm based in Augsburg, Germany.
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Investment focus
- Internet, Online Portals, SaaS
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- Ryte — Ryte is the market leader in Website Quality Management, helping businesses optimize their website quality and performance with its cloud-based software product. Ryte empowers more than 1 million digital marketers and agencies worldwide to improve their website’s technical health, increase organic traffic and conversions, and avoid legal risk. Itis best known for its state-of-the-art crawling technology and unrivaled search data. Some of the world’s most renowned companies, like BMW, Allianz, and Sixt, trust in Ryte to manage their website quality and stay competitive online. Ryte was founded by Marcus Tandler, Andy Bruckschoegl, and Niels Doerje, and is headquartered in Munich, Germany with an office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
- nebenan.de — Nebenan.de offers neighbors a useful and secure platform for building and maintaining neighborly relations. Nebenan.de is a social network intended for neighbors with over 800,000 users in more than 6,000 neighborhoods. The aim of the platform is to build functioning relationships between people from the surrounding area.
- asgoodasnew — asgoodasnew electronics GmbH (formerly asgoodas.nu GmbH) is the No. 1 source for refurbished Consumer Electronics in Europe and also runs WIRKAUFENS, the easy, fast, and safe way to turn your used electronic gadgets into cash. The company is active in Germany and Austria (WIRKAUFENS), Spain (LOCOMPRAMOS) and Poland (KUPIMYTO) as a trade-in serviceand selling their products worldwide B2C and B2B.
Venista Ventures backs aspiring founders in pre-seed and seed rounds with a strict geographical focus on Germany.
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Investment focus
- E-Commerce, Mobile, Software
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
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- Tilta — Provide a financial service, drive your GMV, and add a new revenue stream without the hassle of being a financial servicer provider.
- 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.
They are a group of friends and internet/tech entrepreneurs who first met ten years ago in Saarbruecker Strasse 21 in Berlin Prenzlauer Berg. All of them started successful businesses, they are founders and share a passion for building great companies. As active business angels, they also invest in young startups, either individually orcollectively as a group. They provide seed funding for killer-founders and great ideas. But way more important: they help to avoid mistakes that they have already made . They introduce to the right people. They provide with all the experience that they have. Not just talking about it but helping hands-on.
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Investment focus
- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Germany, United States, Israel
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- Floy — Floy develops AI-driven software that supports radiologists in detecting complex and hard-to-identify diseases. The collaboration of Floy-AI and radiologists ensures optimal patient outcomes by enabling the early detection and thus early treatment of diseases.One of Floy’s distinguishing features is our innovative incentive structure. We partnerwith radiology offices to jointly offer patients our AI as a “second opinion”. This unique approach motivates radiologists to embrace Floy-AI and encourages widespread adoption.Since its establishment in 2021, Floy secured €8.8 million in funding and rapidly expanded its presence with over 150 radiology locations to date. Floy’s overarching mission is to pioneer proactive medicine by providing exceptional AI-powered diagnostic experiences for health-conscious patients.
- a2zebra — a2zebra is a zebra company that specializes in instructional technology for elementary school kids.
- Seqstant — Seqstant offers the LiveGene platform for real-time pathogen analysis, allowing for sensitive, specific, and user-friendly real-time genetic diagnostics.
Korea Investment Partners (KIP) is a leading venture capital & private equity firm that has over 30 years of experience in providing venture capital to bold and innovative entrepreneurs who want to change the world. Korea Investment Partners invests in leading pioneers like Kakao(KOSDAQ:035720), Naver(KRX:035420), YGEntertainment(KOSDAQ:122870), Bodyfriend, Osstem Implant(KOSDAQ:048260), Doubleu Games(KOSDAQ:192080) and Didi Chuxing. KIP manages over 20 venture and private equity funds with US$1.8 billion in total assets under management. The company operates globally from its Seoul headquarters office with other locations in Shanghai, Beijing, and Sunnyvale.
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Investment focus
- Biotechnology, Information Technology, Health Care
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- South Korea, United States, China
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- Kardome — Kardome offers a real-time software suite that can be inserted in a variety of processing environments. The company engages a real-time software beamformer to improve speech signals from several speakers. It offers high-quality sound output without the need to shout or position the users mouths close to the microphone. The company developssolutions such as voice controlled devices, hands-free speakerphones, tablets and cellphones, and conference call devices.Kardome was founded on 2018 and is headquartered in Mazor, Hamerkaz, Israel.
- RideFlux — RideFlux is a self-driving software company for safe and reliable autonomous transporation service. Since our foundation in 2018, we hope for a better world where everyone can be safer and more comfortable while moving with our self-driving cars and software. We believe in the potential that self-driving technology embraces, how driving canbecome an innovative experience not a mere stress, which inspires us to build up its future with every step on our way.Our headquarter is located in Jeju island, one of the best test-beds in the world for developing reliable AD software technologies. It has a variety of road environments and various weather conditions across the island (1850 square kilometers), and significantly high demands for mobility service (16 million visitors a year without bring own vehicles). We are strategically located for technology enhancement for reliable urban autonomy. For the Safety, Beyond the Safety.
- AIDIN ROBOTICS — AIDIN ROBOTICS redefine interactive sensors. Advanced force/torque sensor, proximity sensor for human-robot collaboration.
Fosun International Limited is a Hong Kong-based investment holding company engaged in financial, property, steel, and healthcare businesses. The Company has nine segments. Insurance operates and invests in insurance businesses. Investment is engaged in strategic investment, private equity investment, venture capital investment, and secondarymarket investment.Fosun International Limited was founded in 1992.
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Investment focus
- Health Care, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Series A, Series B, Series C
- China, United States, Israel
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- Litecore — Litecore is a manufacturer of optoelectronic devices and processors for broadband, large data centers, and information security.
- Xinglu Technology — Xinglu Technology is a one-stop ToB digital wealth management platform. It offers financial institution clients a complete line of financial products as well as standardized financial technology solutions.
- Neurophth Therapeutics — Neurophth is China's first gene therapy company for ophthalmic diseases. As a clinical-stage company, Neurophth is dedicated to discovering and developing gene therapies for patients suffering from blindness and other eye diseases globally.
Lakestar is a venture capital firm investing in technology companies led by exceptional entrepreneurs. Early investments included Skype, Spotify, Facebook, and Airbnb. Since raising the first fund in 2013, Lakestar manages an aggregated volume of over EUR 1bn across three early-stage funds, and more recently a growth fund.
The company has expandedand broadened its portfolio and holds investments in the likes of Opendoor, Oscar, GetYourGuide, Glovo, Sender, Eigen, Five, Revolut, and Hometogo to name a few. Lakestar has a presence in Berlin, Zurich, and London.Lakestar helps companies to identify new markets and expand into them rapidly, with a focus on the US and Europe. The team advises and supports portfolio companies in business development, recruitment, technology, and marketing. The investments range from early-stage companies to those in their growth stage.
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Investment focus
- Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- United States, Germany, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
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- Dexory — Discover the only warehouse intelligence platform that helps logistics providers to maximise visibility of daily inventory operations using autonomous robots.
- Vsim Technology — Experience the power of next-generation physics simulations with Vsim. Our cutting-edge technology provides realistic and accurate simulations for various industries.
Deutsche Telemedien assists small and medium-sized companies in digitizing their local marketing and a driver of digital transformation. Deutsche Telemedien publishes the telecommunications directories Das Telefonbuch, yellow pages, yellow pages regional, and Das Örliche. This has grown into a digital platform - with numerous innovative servicesand features.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Social, E-Commerce
- Seed, Series A
- Germany
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- LODGEA — Build your own booking website with LODGEA, the website builder and booking engine for short term rentals. Free 30 day trial. Drag & drop editor, direct connectivity, marketing optimization, multi-currency & multi-language support, flexible payments. Schedule a demo call today!
- nebenan.de — Nebenan.de offers neighbors a useful and secure platform for building and maintaining neighborly relations. Nebenan.de is a social network intended for neighbors with over 800,000 users in more than 6,000 neighborhoods. The aim of the platform is to build functioning relationships between people from the surrounding area.
Martin Ott - CEO @ Taxfix
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Investment focus
- Legal, Information Technology, Internet
- Seed, Angel, Series A
- Germany, Ireland, United States
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- Unu motors — unu wants to create the mobility solution that fully connects people to the city. They believe in cities in which all people are enabled to embrace the full potential of urban life. Their first product, electric scooter unu, was launched in summer 2014. unu is stylish, emission-free, quiet and super-easy to charge thanks to portable batteries.
- IDnow — Your customers deserve seamless 24/7 identity verification and KYC experiences. Compliant with regulations (e.g. AML, eIDAS). Available in 195 countries.
- Mobius Labs — Multimodal AI for the world's scale. Fast, secure, and affordable technology for visual, audio, and text applications.
Nordwest-Zeitung is a information and communication provider in Germany.
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Investment focus
- SaaS, Social, Content
- Seed, Series A
- Germany
Portfolio highlights
- nebenan.de — Nebenan.de offers neighbors a useful and secure platform for building and maintaining neighborly relations. Nebenan.de is a social network intended for neighbors with over 800,000 users in more than 6,000 neighborhoods. The aim of the platform is to build functioning relationships between people from the surrounding area.
- AX Semantics — AX Semantics is a AI-powered, natural language generation (NLG) software company with roots grounded in content and storytelling. Our sophisticated, yet easy to use SaaS-based software makes automated content generation accessible to customers of all sizes, and is used widely within the e-commerce, business, finance and media publishing sectors.Available in 110 languages, AX Semantics works with more than 500 customers, including globally recognized brands like Porsche, Nestlé and mytheresa.com. AX Semantics was named one of the world's top five providers of natural language generation platforms by Gartner, and a top emerging company in the NLG market by ForresterAX Semantics is changing the way content is created, published and viewed. Our software allows thousands of users to successfully automate text within two days, and gives people the space to develop and nurture their creative originality.Headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany with an additional office in Sunnyvale, California, AX Semantics is a privately-held company backed by Airbridge Equity Partners.
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