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Top 20 Sporting Goods Startup Investors in Germany

Last updated: Apr 2024 A list of 20 angel investors and VC funds that invest in Sporting goods startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Sporting goods companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.

Top 20 Sporting Goods Startup Investors in Germany

Investor	Sporting Goods Germany investments
Grazia Equity	2
TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen	2
10x Group	2
ESO Capital Group	1
COI Partners	1
Omnes Capital	1
Vorwerk Ventures	1
bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thuringen	1
Arno Gerken	1
BayStartUP	1
JCMB Beteiligungs	1
Dumont Venture	1
Bonsai Partners	1
Commerzbank	1
Andrea Lederer	1
Yabeo Capital	1
Berlin Ventures	1
Thieme	1
Oakley Capital	1
Kickstarter	1

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Grazia Equity is a venture Capital firm investing in innovative, technology driven startups with high potential.Based in Stuttgart (Germany), Grazia has been supporting a large number of mostly young companies, often from their foundation to the Initial Public Offering or eventual sale. In contrast to other venture capital firms, theypredominantly work with their own capital that they invest as entrepreneurs.

Investment focus

Internet, E-Commerce, Biotechnology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United States, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

VYTAL — Start the Packaging Revolution! We are offering smart & reusable To-Go Packaging-as-a-Service to gastronomy clients & consumers.In Germany the consumption of take-away, convenience and delivery food & drinks is responsible for about 281 kilotons of single-use packaging waste for immediate consumption and is growing at double digitrates. Most of the time, To-Go food containers, snack boxes or coffee cups have a very short life-span of only 30 minutes after which they are tossed into trash (or litter parks, beaches & the ocean). This is not only a giant waste of economic resources as each single use costs between 15 and up to 0,60€ for a stable bowl/box with a lid. It is a horrendous waste of environmental resources (wood, water, crude oil, metals & energy) that are used to produce this packaging. Therefore, a single use packaging not weighing more than 30 grams can easily come with an ecological backpack of more than 8 kilograms when taking into account all the resources used in production (material intensities taken from Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy). Looking at GHG emissions, the picture is similarly bleak: Using CO2 emission factors and the detailed material mix of the single-use packaging waste analyzed by NABU (German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union), the 281 thousand tons waste from To-Go consumption generated around 556 thousand tons of CO2 or the equivalent of 195k passenger cars per year (assuming an average distance travelled of 15,000km). With the expected rise of take-away, convenience and delivery food, the related emissions are expected to increase at double digit rates as waste volume is expected to increase and as we saw a shift to plastics relative to cardboard or other materials. While there is a growing awareness of the problem, especially in Germany, there is no scalable solution yet and the commonly used alternative of nature-based & ‘biodegradable’ materials like bagasse or PLA also require many resources for production & transport, and have to be incinerated or go to landfill after use as there is currently no way to compost them.
ZAGENO — ZAGENO is a multi-vendor, online marketplace of life science products which, by simplifying the procurement process, saves more time for science.
Hypatos — Manual document processing is a major cost driver. Hypatos' deep learning tech automates complex document processing tasks. Make back office more efficient!

TGFS - Technologiegruenderfonds Sachsen is an early stage VC fund targeting high tech startups with strong growth potential. The fund invests into ventures located in Saxony/Germany, Europe's leading semiconductor cluster. The team has invested into more than 120 companies so far, including more than 40 investments from the currentfund.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

MiViA — From microstructure segmentation to grain size measurement! Our AI engine provides a fast and reliable metallographic analysis for metallic products.}
watttron — Watttron invents a revolutionary heating system that can heat up surfaces heterogeneously.Watttron develops an innovative heating technology that can be used in various industrial processes. It is superior to current heating systems in many ways and offers a number of advantages. On the following pages, you will find information about possibleapplications and opportunities.The company is located in the Technologie- und Gründerzentrum Freital – a technology and start-up center on the outskirts of Dresden, the state capital of Saxony.
volytica diagnostics — Our software enables customers to develop more economical battery systems, reduce operational risks and establish second-use concepts.

10x Group is a group of serial entrepreneurs and founders investing in founders of digital start-ups in Europe and Silicon Valley.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

enmacc — The enmacc OTC platform is a energy trading platform for the future of the global energy markets. We are building a next-generation trading platform, powered digital RFQ technology, that will help you to trade smarter, faster and better.
finway — finway provides financial guidence to SMEs, plan & control all expenses and budgets in one tool.
Quantum Systems — Our vision is to become the global leader in providing aerial data for decision making by the use of our drones.

ESO Capital Group (“ESO”) is a European special situations investment management group with offices in London and Zurich. ESO manages funds on behalf of institutional investors and has deployed over $500 million in capital since inception.They invest across the capital structure and focus on privately-originated, off-the-run situations backed bythe assets of European small and medium enterprises (SMEs), financial assets and real estate. Their two core areas of expertise include (i) acquiring undervalued and distressed assets, including loans as well as physical or financial assets, and (ii) providing capital to SMEs facing liquidity constraints, from high growth business to insolvency situations. Key to their success is their proprietary pan-European sourcing network and a capital preservation investment approach.ESO Capital UK Ltd is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and registered as an investment advisor with the SEC.

Investment focus

Retail, Sporting Goods, Information Technology
Private Equity, Debt Financing, Seed
United Kingdom, Germany, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

Arcus FM — Arcus FM is a facilities management company.
Netomnia — Netomnia are investing in and building a new full-fibre network right across the UK. Future-proofing homes and businesses with a reliable, high-quality, and high-speed internet connection.
Churchill Group — An expert Facilities Management Company based in the UK. Work with the UK's largest owned soft services company. Contact Churchill Group today.

Co-Investor Partners is a private equity investor focused on mid-sized growth companies in German-speaking countries – with offices in Zurich, Frankfurt am Main and Berlin. It has conducted direct investments for the last 21 years, supporting mid-sized companies in growth phases.Co-Investor Partner seeks to invest in companies ranking #1-3 ineach market with double-digit underlying company's growth, proven business models with at least EUR 10m in revenues and positive unit economics and energetic, visonary teams with proven managerial skills. Focused industries include Health-/Medtech/ Diagnostics, E-Commerce/ Retail Tech, SaaS/ Digital Services/ IT-Security, Advanced Materials/ Specialty Chemistry and Automation/ Robotics. The firms sweet spot are equity tickets between EUR 15-25 (including follow-on investments). Co-Investor Partners benefits from its highly professional investment team as well as its stable network of entrepreneurs that provide investment capital as shareholders of the group and co-investors for direct investments. Co-Investor Partners builds on a wealth of experience from more than 50 equity investments and has 11 active investments under management currently in various sectors. Among the successful investments are Mister Spex (partial exit through IPO), Fixatti (sold to listed chemical company Arkema), Euroimmun (sold to the US laboratory specialists PerkinElmer) and Casualfood (exit to Orior AG). The group consists of Co-Investor AG, Zürich, as well as its three wholly-owned subsidiaries of Co-Investor Deutschland GmbH, EVP Capital Management AG and Co-Investor Financial Services GmbH headquartered in Frankfurt am Main.

Investment focus

Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Restaurants
Private Equity, Funding Round, Series A
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Freaks 4U — Freaks 4U is a marketing agency that offers corporate communications, in-house media, and productions for gaming and esports.
Mister Spex — Mister Spex is an online store that sells various brands of glasses and contact lenses in Germany. Its product range includes over 5000 different glasses, sunglasses, sports eyewear, and contact lenses from more than 60 brands and designers.The store’s offerings include sports labels such as Adidas, Carrera, Lacoste, and Oakley to designer brandssuch as Burberry, Calvin Klein, Dolce&Gabbana, Gucci, Jil Sander, Prada, Roberto Cavalli, Tom Ford, and Versace.Mister Spex was launched in 2007 and its operations are headquartered in Berlin, Germany. It also operates its own websites in France, Spain, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Great Britain.
Keller Sports — Clothing, shoes, equipment ➤⭐ over 150 premium brands for your sport ➤10% KELLER Premium-discount*✨ ➤Free shipping from 150 €✅

Omnes, "Powering Entrepreneurs" is a Leading private equity firm dedicated to energy transition and innovation.

Investment focus

Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
Series A, Funding Round, Series B
France, United States, Belgium

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!
Quandela — Quandela is an expert in the fabrication of performing devices for the research in quantum photonics and quantum information. They fabricate unique solid-state sources of quantum light. These sources bring a new revolution in quantum technologies based on light.The company's single-photon source device combines photonics and semiconductorquantum dots for quantum communication, computation and sensing and permits to collect the emitted single-photons with exceptional efficiency at high rates, enabling researchers to strongly reduce the charge noise decoherence and assist in the emission of identical photons with fidelity close to unity, an essential requirement for the development of the most advanced quantum applications.
Unseenlabs — Unseenlabs designs and develops a spectrum surveillance payload which is designed to detect and track non-cooperative vessels wherever they happen to be in the world.

Vorwerk Ventures is an independent €150m Venture Capital Fund grown out of the Vorwerk Group in late 2019 and defines itself through a strong commitment towards consumer-facing digital businesses. Our unique direct selling experience in addition to an outstanding track record in Venture Capital provides added value for forward-thinkingentrepreneurs. Headquartered in Berlin Germany, we currently have more than €250m in assets under management and are constantly on the look-out for promising opportunities starting with Seed/Series A investments of €1m to €10m and ensuring continuous support reserving up to €15m for upcoming financing rounds. An outstanding founding team, an existing market presence and a well-defined exit strategy framed by a consumer-centric business model are key requirements to us when it comes to making an investment decision.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Health Care, Food and Beverage
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

Sunhero — Sunhero delivers custom-built solar panel solutions. Sunhero offers consumers a hassle-free method of installing customised photovoltaic solar systems on their homes, be that either purchasing outright or renting for a 20 year period.
CarbonPool — Innovative carbon credit insurance which pays claims in carbon credits, not cash. See how we can help you.
Sorella Care — Sorella is the first network of multidisciplinary health places for women. Sorella ensures that every woman, regardless of age, has access to a comprehensive care pathway offered by women's health specialists.

bm|t supports innovative and growth-oriented companies in Thuringia with equity investments and venture capital.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

rooom.com — rooom is a global startup based in Germany, launched in 2019. The company’s experienceCloud is an all-in-one platform for creating, managing and promoting engaging 2D, 3D, AR & VR experiences. It works across all desktop and mobile devices. rooom’s experienceCloud is designed to cover the marketing and visualization needs of differentindustries through their comprehensive product portfolio. These include eventCloud (optimized for virtual events, exhibitions, conferences, meetings), spaceCloud (real estate, property, museums), productCloud (3D products, product showrooms) and immerseCloud (tours, guides, 3D books). rooom’s eventCloud is routinely hosting up to 200,000 users for hybrid events like IFA, Berlin and for global customers such as Porsche, Deutsche Telekom, DHL and E.ON. rooom has won over 20 awards, including the Global Eventex Award (twice), the Innovation & Excellence Award and the German Innovation Award.
tediro — tediro develops a mobile robotics platform for multiple applications in healthcare primarily therapy and diagnostics
Coachwhisperer — Coachwhisperer offers smart intercom and monitoring system for coaches and athletes.

Arno Gerken

Investment focus

Consumer, Sporting Goods, Sustainability
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

PLANETICS — Planetics revolves around “sustainable and fair sporting goods”. This means clothing, equipment, and nutrition.

BayStartUP prepares startups for investors talks and provides them with a network of several hundred investors and business angels.

Investment focus

Manufacturing, Information Technology, SaaS
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

phelas — Phelas is developing an electricity storage system to use solar and wind power even when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing
BOX ID Systems — BOX ID Systems develops and offers an end-to-end location & process mining solution to cost effectively track millions of logistics assets digitally throughout the industrial supply chain across Europe and the World - including site-to-site, on-premises and indoor buildings digital twin of supply chain processes. The system is built on aspecialized analytics software platform, sensorik tracking devices and efficient data-, device- and user-management tools, including functions to support process automation and optimization. Industrial and automotive production customers benefit from making their logistics processes more efficient and cost optimized, with 100% transparency within their critical processes throughout the entire supply chain.
Mr Beam Lasers — Industrial laser cutters are digital tools for cutting and engraving a variety of materials based on a digital design file. Mr Beam Lasers offers a desktop laser cutter with an integrated connected ecosystem. Our target group are small businesses, professional service providers, educational institutions and private customers, who enjoy creative andartistic crafting. Mr Beam reduces the entry barrier for digital, automated labeling, personalization and prototyping to an absolute minimum. Due to child’s play handling, integrated online designs, material shops and service hubs, the mass market gets the opportunity to use this technology which originally was only possible for the industry.

JCMB Beteiligungs GmbH is a private early stage investment company. JCMB invests either as a lead investor or as a co-investor with other investors and usually holds a minority stake in its portfolio companies.

Investment focus

Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Audio
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Wonderz — Wonderz help to democratize digital content distribution directly to their customers with the help of WunderBox
sofatutor — The online learning platform sofatutor.com illustrates and visualizes all school material in 980 videos. Interactive practical exercises for each video, worksheets to print out, and the daily live help with experts guarantee an all-round service.
Campaign — High-quality modern furniture built to last a lifetime. Our sectionals, sofa, loveseat & chair are designed with clean lines, a steel frame & durable fabric.

DuMont Venture Holding GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 2007 as a subsidiary of M. DuMont Schauberg - a leading media corporation based in Germany. DuMont Venture is actively seeking high-growth potential companies in the Digital Media and IT segments, and financially and strategically supports the development, market launch, andinternationalization of its partners.DuMont Venture invested in successful companies like plista, rebuy, Picanova, lieferando, Learnship, navabi, ZooRoyal, movingimage, northworks, farbflut or Fairrank.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion
Funding Round, Seed, Series C
Germany, The Netherlands

Portfolio highlights

navabi — navabi is striving to become global leader in plus size fashion. navabi carries the largest assortment of brands for plus sizes globally and established their own brands. Their website, www.navabi.co.uk offers the style-savvy plus-sized customer unprecedented access to the newest looks of the season from european cutting edge plus-size labelsvia worldwide express delivery.The pages of navabi feature weekly fashion editorial, weekly updated products and unique video presentations for each collection with style recommendations.
ZooRoyal — ZooRoyal is an online platform that offers accessories and supplies for pet dogs, cats, reptiles, horses, fish, and more. Its operations are based in Würselen, Germany.
rankingCoach — rankingCoach offers a complete digital marketing app for small businesses and a variety of resellable digital marketing solutions including SEO, local marketing, brand watch, Google Ads, and social media marketing. rankingCoach app creates a tailored digital marketing strategy based on the individual requirements of each business. This marketingplan is supported by easy to follow step-by-step video tutorials and specialized tools for each key digital marketing approach, including AI-generated Google Ads; keyword finding and tracking tools for SEO, as well as newsfeeds for review and brand monitoring.These award-winning products from rankingCoach are available in 32 countries and 14 languages, directly as well as from numerous well-known hosting companies, TELCOs, online publishers, website builders, CMSs, and businesses in the MarTech sector.

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, Logistics
Funding Round, Series A, Seed
Spain, United States, France

Portfolio highlights

Trucksters — We are a transportation company that focuses on providing long distance FTL trucking service through an innovative relay system based on artificial intelligence. We achieve transit times similar to air transport while reducing the costs of traditional road transportation.
Deeploy — Deeploy creates software to enable interaction between humans and Machine Learning models. With our software ML deployments are manageable, accountable and explainable by design.
Orain — Orain is an IoT payment platform that enables communication and interaction between humans and machines via mobile. Its system uses chatbots with artificial intelligence to guarantee a personalized and human purchase process in all self-service machines. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Catalonia.

Commerzbank is a Frankfurt-based commercial bank that provides seed and debt financing investments. For Private and Small Business Customers as well as Corporate Clients, the Bank offers a comprehensive portfolio of financial services. Commerzbank was founded in 1870 and is based in Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany.

Investment focus

Financial Services, E-Commerce, Finance
Debt Financing, Seed, Series A
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

spaciv — Boost your CRE with spaciv: Tailor sustainable, user-centred office spaces with the leading data and AI platform & expert guidance
Meyer Turku Oy — Meyer Turku Oy is a Finnish shipbuilding company located in Turku, Finland Proper. The company is fully owned by German shipbuilder Meyer Werft GmbH. The main products are cruise ships and cruise ferries.The shipbuilding facility is the Perno shipyard in Turku. The yard area is 144 hectares and it is equipped with a 365-meter-long dry dock andtwo bridge cranes with capacities of 600 and 1,200 tonnes. Additionally, the company owns subsidiaries Shipbuilding Completion Oy, Rauma-based ENG'nD Oy, and Piikkiö-located cabin builder Piikkio Works Oy.The company was founded in November 1989 under the name Masa-Yards Oy to continue operations of the previously bankrupted Wärtsilä Marine. The heritage, however, goes back to 1737 when industrial shipbuilding was first started in Turku.
Fnality International — Fnality International provides a digital cash system that uses blockchain technology to settle financial transactions. It was established in April 2019 and is headquartered in London, England.Fnality is the commercial realisation of a four-year Research & Development project called the "Utility Settlement Coin," which was firstproposed by UBS and London-based blockchain company Clearmatics.

Andrea Lederer

Investment focus

Consumer, Sporting Goods, Sustainability
Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

PLANETICS — Planetics revolves around “sustainable and fair sporting goods”. This means clothing, equipment, and nutrition.

We are an early-stage investor that believes in flexible Evergreen funding without the limitations of traditional funds.

Investment focus

Financial Services, Health Care, FinTech
Series A, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Wellth — Improve quality scores, reduce high cost utilization, address health equity, and improve member satisfaction by using the right incentive at the right time to create life-changing healthy habits through Wellth.
PIONIX — open source software as a service for charging stations / e-mobility
Rabot Charge — Rabot Charge offers intelligent charging management solutions for customers to charge their electric cars at home.

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Investment focus

Internet, Fashion, Software
Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
Germany, United States, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Zype — Publish Video Across All Your Customer's Platforms. OTT, social media, and O&O websites and apps. Pre-built templates. Reach a global audience.
enmacc — The enmacc OTC platform is a energy trading platform for the future of the global energy markets. We are building a next-generation trading platform, powered digital RFQ technology, that will help you to trade smarter, faster and better.
OptioPay — Encourage your customers to opt-in for data exchange to benefit from exclusive offers based on their interests, financial situation and buying behavior.

Thieme is a medical and science publisher that provides medical and chemistry information, software, and services to health professionals and students.The company's products include databases for medical student and resident education and board preparation, diagnostic imaging, nursing diagnosis as well as an organic chemical synthesis forthe pharmaceutical industry. Their services include programs for the management of chronic diseases. It also provides custom course software, and publishes journals and books annually in electronic and print form, and has an open-access program.It was founded in New York, New York by Georg Thieme in 1886.

Investment focus

Sensor, Sports, Fitness
Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

8sense — Hey, I'm your 8th sense. Your sensor-based posture coach for better back health, well-being, and productivity. Half fitness coach, half physiotherapist.

Oakley Capital partners with ambitious founders and management teams to build successful businesses across three sectors: technology, consumer, education.

Investment focus

Internet, Sporting Goods, Consulting
Private Equity, Secondary Market, Seed
United Kingdom, Spain, Italy

Portfolio highlights

vLex — Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, governments and law schools.
WebCentral — Australia's #1 favourite company to help you get online. We provide domain name registration, email, websites and hosting. From go to grow.
Steer Automotive Group — Explore the Steer Automotive Group a measurably different accident repair centre with more than 30 years industry experience.

Kickstarter exists to help bring creative projects to life. A home for film, music, art, theater, games, comics, design, photography, and more.

Investment focus

Consumer Electronics, Software, Fashion
Product Crowdfunding, Seed, Pre-Seed
United States, Japan, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Naked Root — Naked Root generates technology that makes it simple to grow plants.
FirstAid Pads — At FirstAid Pads, we have developed a solution to the problem of emergency menstrual needs. Our single-use, disposable pads are designed to be carried with you wherever you go, allowing you to have access to menstrual hygiene products when you need them most. Our pads are ultra-absorbent, comfortable, and discreet, making them the perfect solutionfor unexpected situations. No more worrying about leaks, discomfort, or embarrassment. With FirstAid Pads, you can have the peace of mind you deserve. Say goodbye to the inconvenience of buying an entire pack of pads when you only need one. Try FirstAid Pads today and see the difference for yourself.
IFO Corporation — A strong and engaged private sector is indispensible to ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity. That's where IFC comes in - we have more than 60 years experience in unlocking private investment, creating markets and opportunities where they are needed most.

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