Top 15 Social Startup Investors in Germany (June 2026)

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• Neotaste — Neotaste is the developer of the restaurant-finding app that provides free marketing services for restaurateurs.
• Skillshare — Skillshare is an online learning community with thousands of inspiring classes for creative and curious people, on topics including illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, and more. The company's community offers classes on any type of skill, from baking cupcakes to raising startup capital to varying fields in design, business,and technology, enabling members to harness their creative power and learn skills in an enhanced way. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in New York.
• Patronus Group — Rethinking elderly healthcare

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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 — IDnow provides advanced machine-learning technology for its Identity-as-a-Service platform that can verify identities in real time. The company's solutions guarantee legal security throughout Europe and the highest level of data security. The company provides a legally secure solution without additional hardware in the area of videoidentification of customers and electronic signatures.The company's offer is directed at all business customers who would like to provide customer identification and contract conclusion online, such as banks, telecommunications companies, Fintechs, etc. Its customer portfolio includes renowned firms such as Commerzbank, UBS, Sixt neuwagen, Telefónica, and N26.IDnow was founded on 2014 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
• Mobius Labs — Multimodal AI for the world's scale. Fast, secure, and affordable technology for visual, audio, and text applications.

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• Adriel — Adriel provides the necessary tools to handle complex campaigns and reach your advertising goals. Drive results at maximum efficiency with a centralized dashboard.
• StealthMole — Uncover hidden threats in the dark web and enhance your cybersecurity with StealthMole's advanced dark web threat intelligence platform. Learn more.
• I-Sense — i-SENS, Inc. is a global company dedicated to improving the lives of people with diabetes and those who care for them.

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• ZAPITANO — Zapitano was a social TV startup from Berlin. The company went bankrupt in eary 2014.ZAPITANO offered a completely new interactive TV experience. While watching TV, viewers could login to ZAPITANO via a second screen device, such as a Laptop, Smartphone or Tablet-PC. They could then check into TV-Shows, talk about it with their friends, commenton TV-Stars, vote for their favourite TV-show and more.
• Berry White — BerryWhite manufactures, markets and sells non-carbonated organic fruit drinks. BerryWhite organic drinks, already sold in 27 countries, has just confirmed that they are now due to be sold in 50 Waitrose stores around the UK to complement their presence on Ocado.

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• Quantune — Quantune is a deep tech startup in optics and photonics technology. It develops laser spectrometer for continuous and non-invasive health monitoring.
• CyberTide — CyberTide is an AI-based Data Leak Prevention Solution
• 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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• Hygraph — A GraphQL-native headless CMS that marketers and developers love. Structure content, scale with AI, and launch faster across every channel.
• Stack — Stack is an immersive experience of the internet with collaboration at its core. Achieve more with your peers in an organized environment
• Sonomo — Invest in music royalties and earn monthly dividends. Thousands of assets to trade from and build a balanced portfolio. Start today.

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• 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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• 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.

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• Fundably — Fundably - Get The Right UK Business Loan | Access £1k-£2m
• 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.

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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.
• Entrix — Entrix is an optimisation and trading platform for grid-scale battery storage that accelerates the transition towards a clean energy future. Our mission is to enable the most effective use of green energy and to ensure the reliability of the future energy system. We provide state-of-the-art technology and services to both asset owners and potentialinvestors across the globe.
• 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.

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• Idana — Mit Idana befragen Sie Patient:innen vorab digital. Entlasten Sie Ihr Team und begeistern Sie Ihre Patient:innen.
• Cellbox Solutions — Cellbox Solutions is a young technology company that focuses on innovative logistic solutions for the global BioMed industry.
• PerioTrap Pharmaceuticals GmbH — PerioTrap is an early stage biopharmaceutical company that aims to eradicate the root cause of periodontitis

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• Rhino — Rhino is a licensed insurance agency that transacts insurance and gives renters financial alternatives to afford the homes they want. It is a smart alternative to security deposits and acts as a general agent for one or more insurance carriers. Rhino was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
• Taulia — Taulia makes it easy for businesses to free up cash, accelerate payments, and improve supply chain health. Learn about our working capital solutions today.
• Aetion — Aetion is a health care technology company that provides decision-grade real-world evidence software to biopharma companies, payers, and regulatory agencies.

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• ZAPITANO — Zapitano was a social TV startup from Berlin. The company went bankrupt in eary 2014.ZAPITANO offered a completely new interactive TV experience. While watching TV, viewers could login to ZAPITANO via a second screen device, such as a Laptop, Smartphone or Tablet-PC. They could then check into TV-Shows, talk about it with their friends, commenton TV-Stars, vote for their favourite TV-show and more.
• 123Fahrschule — 123fahrschule.de - consolidating and digitizing the German driving school market
• Turbina Energy — TURBINA Energy develops innovative small wind turbines for sustainable and economic use.The company focuses on designing, manufacturing, marketing, and installing wind turbines and hybrid power systems for power production. After intensive research and development of the latest generation in the range 1kW and 4kW Since 2013 Turbina'savailable. Explore further and also make a contribution to a cleaner environment.TURBINA Energy was founded on 2006 and is based in Unterhaching, Bayern, Germany.

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• 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.

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• Tong Tong Pay — Tong Tong Pay has a financial payment system and has developed payment products such as fast payment, online banking payment, account payment, certified payment, and prepaid card payment. It is a financial payment service provider. For inquiries, email, telephone numbers, and physical addresses are available on their website.
• Maifu Precision — Maifu Precision is a company focusing on providing high-end automation solutions for the plastics industry, covering injection molding and assembly processes.
• Digital Asset Clearing Center — DACC's technology links blockchain networks with conventional payment infrastructure, such as China's Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS), to offer clearing and settlement services for tokenized assets.