Top 50 Travel Startup Investors in Germany (June 2026)
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| Investor | Relevant Deals | Geography | Stage | Focus | Round Size |
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Monkfish Equity
VC Fund
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6 | Germany, United States, Austria | Seed, Series A | Internet, E-Commerce, Marketplace | $475k–$15M |
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MairDumont Ventures
VC Fund
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5 | Germany, Austria | Seed, Series A | Travel, Internet, SaaS | $500k–$15M |
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NFQ Capital
VC Fund
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5 | United States, Germany, Austria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | E-Commerce, Travel, Tourism | $1.3M–$11M |
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b2venture
VC Fund
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5 | Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.3M–$52M |
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Neosfer
VC Fund
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5 | Germany, United Kingdom, Estonia | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $743k–$14M |
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Russmedia Equity Partners
VC Fund
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5 | Austria, Germany | Series A, Seed, Series B | Rental, Travel, iOS | $1.4M–$7.7M |
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Venture Stars
VC Fund
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5 | Germany | Seed, Series A | E-Commerce, Pet, Retail | $274k–$20M |
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HOWZAT Partners
VC Fund
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4 | United Kingdom, Germany, United States | Seed, Series A | Travel, E-Commerce, SaaS | $318k–$11M |
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Lakestar
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech | $2.2M–$91M |
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Venista Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Mobile, Software, E-Commerce | $1.1M–$5.9M |
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Capnamic
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, Switzerland | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $1.8M–$30M |
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coparion
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, Switzerland, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, FinTech | |
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Cherry Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $2.1M–$110M |
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Axel Springer Digital Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, The Netherlands | Series A, Seed | Internet, Real Estate, Digital Media | $475k–$34M |
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HR Ventures
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, Spain, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Travel, Tourism, Software | $137k–$6.6M |
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Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United States, Canada | Series B, Series A | Software, Mobile, Information Technology | $2.2M–$36M |
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HV Capital
VC Fund
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4 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | E-Commerce, Software, Internet | $1.5M–$80M |
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Motu Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Germany | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Analytics | $296k–$3M |
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bmp Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United States, Austria | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | $30k–$5.9M |
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Speedinvest
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United Kingdom, Austria | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | $406k–$38M |
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Groupe Arnault
VC Fund
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3 | United States, Germany, France | Series C, Series A, Series B | Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care | $5.5M–$80M |
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Project A Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Series A, Series B | Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence | $1.5M–$75M |
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EQT Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Sweden, Germany, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology | $3.3M–$100M |
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Jochen Engert
Angel
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3 | Germany, United States, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, Rental, Travel | $1.5M–$30M |
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Bayern Kapital
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United States, Finland | Seed, Series A | Software, Health Care, Information Technology | $1.1M–$31M |
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Vorwerk Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark | Seed, Series A, Series B | E-Commerce, Health Care, Software | $3.3M–$88M |
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Loric Ventures
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United Kingdom, United States | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Real Estate, FinTech, Financial Services | $743k–$12M |
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Senovo
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United States, Sweden | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $2M–$68M |
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Picus Capital
VC Fund
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3 | Germany, United States, United Kingdom | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Financial Services, Software, FinTech | $549k–$30M |
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aws Gründungsfonds
VC Fund
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3 | Austria, Germany, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | $1.1M–$12M |
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Chris Hitchen
Angel
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3 | Germany, Australia, United Kingdom | Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, Internet | $584k–$16M |
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Samuel Shank
Angel
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3 | United States, Germany | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Marketplace, Mobile, Apps | $200k–$3M |
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Connect Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United Kingdom, United States, France | Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, FinTech | $669k–$55M |
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Hasso Plattner Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, United States, South Africa | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Internet | $55k–$8.6M |
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Rolf Christof Dienst
Angel
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2 | Germany, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS | $2.5M–$12M |
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Alstin Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, Switzerland, Austria | Series A, Seed | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | |
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WENVEST Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Financial Services | $2.3M–$19M |
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Peak
VC Fund
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2 | The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden | Seed, Pre-Seed | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | |
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MairDumont
VC Fund
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2 | Germany | Seed, Series A | SaaS, Travel, Hotel | |
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Saarbruecker 21
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, United States, Israel | Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel | Software, Internet, E-Commerce | |
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NBank Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Germany | Seed | Travel, Tourism, Artificial Intelligence | |
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Storm Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, South Korea, Germany | Series A, Series B, Seed | Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software | |
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RI Digital Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, Turkey, Singapore | Series A, Seed | E-Commerce, Travel, Online Portals | |
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XAnge
VC Fund
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2 | France, Germany, United States | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, SaaS, Information Technology | |
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Spark Capital
VC Fund
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2 | United States, United Kingdom, Germany | Series A, Series B, Series C | Software, FinTech, Financial Services | |
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TA Capital
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, United States, Israel | Seed, Series A | Software, E-Commerce, SaaS | |
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TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, United States | Seed, Series A | Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing | |
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SquareOne
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, United States, Poland | Seed, Series A | Software, SaaS, E-Commerce | $329k–$17M |
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Battery Ventures
VC Fund
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2 | United States, Israel, United Kingdom | Series B, Series A, Series C | Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software | $3.5M–$85M |
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UVC Partners
VC Fund
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2 | Germany, Switzerland, Denmark | Series A, Seed, Series B | Software, Information Technology, SaaS | $2M–$110M |
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Monkfish Equity is the investment vehicle of the trivago founders. As Co-investors, with a focus on later stage phases, they invest in companies which can benefit from their entrepreneurial experience. Running the world´s biggest travel meta portal with over 500 M$ revenue (2015), the people behind Monkfish Equity understand entrepreneurs needs andfocus on value adding activities. As “low maintenance” investors, they offer the leeway that entrepreneurs need to build their businesses.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Marketplace
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 54
- Round size: Seed $475k–$3M; Series A $3.3M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 13% lead, 87% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Dogo GmbH — Dogo app - dog trainer in your pocket. Strengthen your friendship with training
- Refurbed — Refurbed operates as an online marketplace for refurbished products in the german-speaking world. It sells renewed phones, laptops and tablets which are up to 40% cheaper and 100% more environmentally friendly than their brand-new, store-bought counterparts. Refurbed devices are renewed through a 40-step process, making them look like new andfunction like new. On top of that, each device comes with at least a 12-month guarantee.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.
- ArtNight GmbH — ArtNight GmbH offers unique do-it-yourself art workshops.
MairDumont Ventures invests in companies in travel sector.
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- Industry: Travel, Internet, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $500k–$4.1M; Series A $7.7M–$15M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Fineway — 25$m+ funded, Munich-based travel SaaS startup. Running the most advanced B2B platform for individual travel. - Top3 Winner Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award 2019 - Top3 Winner Gründerszene Growth Award 2018 - Best Consumer Product @ EyeForTravel 2018 (London)
- PaulCamper — Hire out a private motorhome with insurance. Hire and hire out campers & caravans with PaulCamper. Personal, easy & safe.
- Gronda — Gronda operates an online community for professionals in hotel industry.
NFQ accelerates the success of entrepreneurs with a current team of 250 specialists delivering company-building services.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Travel, Tourism
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United States, Germany, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$6M; Series A $2.4M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 6% lead, 94% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Raus — Raus is a hospitality-tech startup that offers new opportunities to take a break from big city life. Raus serves as a welcome escape from the seemingly endless demands and constant stimuli of modern life with perfectly simple cabins, close enough for a spontaneous getaway, far enough away to completely unwind.
- Productpine — Discover, experience, and buy emerging brands and products from all over the world, at Productpine. Shop online through a personalized journey and be inspired!
- The Naked Market — The Naked Market
B2venture is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in digital and industrial technology companies. B2venture invests EUR 100m+ per year in high-growth companies with ticket sizes from EUR 0.25m to 3.5m.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 223
- Round size: Seed $1.3M–$9M; Series A $4M–$22M; Series B $8M–$52M
- Lead/follow: 28% lead, 72% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $135M in 2021
Portfolio highlights
- assemblean — assemblean goal is to construct the digital manufacturing infrastructure of the future. We want to make it possible for everyone to build physical items as readily as software.
- Seven Senders — Excellent international delivery is a competitive advantage. Connect with Seven Senders and benefit. Find out more now!
- Sitegeist —
Neosfer (formerly main incubator) is the early stage investor and innovation unit of Commerzbank Group.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Estonia
Investor stats
- Total investments: 56
- Round size: Seed $743k–$7.7M; Series A $4.4M–$14M
- Lead/follow: 27% lead, 73% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Terra One — Terra One engages in the development and operation of large-scale battery storage systems.
- Fairown — Fairown is a fintech company helping banks, brands, and retailers offer products as a service. Unlike BNPL solutions, we provide a unique payment platform, which allows environmentally conscious businesses to offer products for monthly subscriptions, and manage product renewal cycles.
- Bling.de — The pocket money card and app that empowers children & teens to be money-smart. Safe, simple and educational.
We are the investment arm of a 100 year+ Austrian family business and specialise in acquiring, managing, and operating profitable niche businesses in Online Marketplaces, Consumer Apps and SaaS.
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- Industry: Rental, Travel, iOS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Austria, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 8
- Round size: Seed $1.9M–$4.1M; Series A $1.4M–$7.7M
- Lead/follow: 25% lead, 75% follow
Portfolio highlights
- PaulCamper — Hire out a private motorhome with insurance. Hire and hire out campers & caravans with PaulCamper. Personal, easy & safe.
- PlanRadar — Proven to save time, cut costs and increase project quality. Try now for free. Over 120,000 users
- Der Brutkasten — Der Brutkasten is an austria's multimedia platform for startups. They focus on both the startups, as well as the context in which they move. They are dealing with the topic of entrepreneurship, the digital and innovative economy, technology, but also socio-political, forward-looking topics that they will have to solve in this context.
Venture Stars is a Munich based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in innovative, digital B2C and B2B business models.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Pet, Retail
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 43
- Round size: Seed $274k–$9.8M; Series A $5.5M–$20M
- Lead/follow: 23% lead, 77% follow
Portfolio highlights
- VoiceLine — VoiceLine is AI-powered field sales revenue intelligence. Document any customer interactions in seconds, get actionable insights and boost sales performance. Start today!
- Synera — Accelerate product development and unlock potential with powerful workflows that connect your data, tools and teams.
- Hundeland.de — Hundeland.de is retails pet food online.
Howzat Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed, start up, growth capital, early stage, and mid venture investments. The firm seeks to invest in digital businesses with a focus on internet, digital media, e-commerce companies. It invests globally. It acts as as sounding board. The firm also makes co-investments. HowzatPartners was founded in 2006 and is based in Luxembourg and London.
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- Industry: Travel, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: United Kingdom, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 93
- Round size: Seed $318k–$2.2M; Series A $1.5M–$11M
- Lead/follow: 17% lead, 83% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2015
Portfolio highlights
- Wingly — Wingly is a flight sharing platform. Find pilots or passengers for your trip.
- Handiscover — Handiscover is the first community based Holiday accommodation-booking website, dedicated to people with special needs and disabilities. At the core of Handiscover lies a unique classification system which allows users to select accommodation based on their different levels of mobility/physical disability. It was founded by SebastienArchambeaud in 2014, a father to a boy with a muscle disease.
- Mymoria — MYMORIA offers an one-stop-online-shop for full configuration and complete commissioning of funerals. Mymoria is able to offer its services significantly cheaper than traditional mortician homes. The company is offering its services nationwide and work hard to organize our processes efficiently while maintaining thehigh service standards.
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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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 205
- Round size: Seed $2.2M–$16M; Series A $6M–$44M; Series B $16M–$91M
- Lead/follow: 35% lead, 65% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Fuse Games — Based in Istanbul, Fuse Games’ vision is to build mobile games that are loved by wide and diverse player groups. Founded by a team that has strong gaming, growth and execution background, Fuse Games’ initial focus is on developing a MOBA game that includes strong meta elements and innovative ways to create a sense of ownership.
- Aleph Alpha — Aleph Alpha develops AI systems for modern security challenges.
- Neko Health — Try the Neko Body Scan. Get answers right away, and let us monitor your health - so you don't have to.
Venista Ventures backs aspiring founders in pre-seed and seed rounds with a strict geographical focus on Germany.
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- Industry: Mobile, Software, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 33
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.9M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 137
- Round size: Seed $1.8M–$8.6M; Series A $2.8M–$25M; Series B $5.3M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $216M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Omegga GmbH — Omegga is developing a non-invasive, purely optical, Al-powered method for in-ovo sex detection of chicken embryos at an early stage.
- SurFunction — SurFunction is a system provider for contactless surface modification. It employs surface structures inspired by nature to improve and make items more sustainable, while actively contributing to society and beneficial ecological change.
- Logistikbude — Logistikbude is a web-based software to automate the load carrier management. It is independent of load carrier types and addresses both the tracking of own load carriers and the management of exchange processes in open pools.
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.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 99
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- AUTOVIO — Autovio offers digital concepts for driving schools.
- Protembis — ProtEmbo is designed to be a simple and reliable solution for one of the most feared complications during TAVR.The advent of transcatheter treatments for valvular heart disease has been a major revolution in the care of patients with disabilities or intercurrent illnesses that precluded undergoing stressful open cardiac surgical procedures.Nonetheless, in spite of ongoing improvements in TAVR procedures and outcomes, the occurrence of cerebrovascular events represents a significant morbidity of TAVR.Protembis was founded based on the vision to reduce the risk of cerebrovascular events, thereby improving outcomes and making TAVR even safer – especially in light of TAVR shifting to younger and lower-risk patients. The ProtEmbo System is an adjunctive device used during TAVR and removed following completion of valve implantation. The ProtEmbo is an intra-aortic filter device that is designed to deflect embolic material arising during TAVR away from the cerebral circulation.
- Tubulis — Reimagining Antibody Drug Conjugates Tubulis generates uniquely matched protein-drug conjugates through the combination of novel proprietary technologies and disease-specific biologic insight. Our goal is to expand the therapeutic potential of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) by increasing design flexibility while overcoming constraints of toxicity, efficacy and indication. Tubulis will build new conjugates to fill its pipeline and
Cherry Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm led by a team of entrepreneurs with experience building fast-scaling companies such as Zalando and Spotify. The firm backs Europe's boldest founders, usually as their first institutional investor, and supports them in everything from their go-to-market strategy and the scaling of theirbusinesses. Cherry Ventures has previously invested in the seed stage of over 50 companies across Europe, including FlixBus, Auto1 Group, Infarm, Rows, Forto, and TourRadar. Cherry Ventures is based in Berlin and invests across Europe with operations in London, Paris, and Stockholm.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 254
- Round size: Seed $2.1M–$14M; Series A $7.2M–$44M; Series B $14M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $340M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Lunos —
- Fullview — Fullview let's you instantly monitor, control and analyze user sessions for faster real time customer support. No downloads. Easy to integrate.
- JULIENNE BRUNO — Julienne Bruno made with naturally plant-based ingredients like fermented legumes & slow roasted vegetables.
Axel Springer Digital Ventures is the Venture Capital unit of Axel Springer SE, investing in digital companies globally.
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- Industry: Internet, Real Estate, Digital Media
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Germany, United States, The Netherlands
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $475k–$4.5M; Series A $2.9M–$34M
- Lead/follow: 16% lead, 84% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Wunderflats — Find furnished apartments for temporary or longer stays with 1 click on Wunderflats. Verified and complete online booking for relocation, business, or students.
- Goggo Network — Goggo is developing the legal and engineering framework of European autonomous mobility networks.Goggo strives to lead the driverless revolution in order to solve the transportation challenges of today heavy traffic, pollution etc. their vision is to provide all people with autonomous, electric and shared mobility solutions through the creation ofAutonomous Mobility Networks.
- Group Nine Media — Group Nine Media is a family of digital media brands - Thrillist, NowThis, The Dodo, Seeker, and POPSUGAR.
HR Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm, which is part of the HahnAir Group. HR Ventures is based near Frankfurt am Main in Germany. HR Ventures is also an EVCA member, the European private equity & venture capital association.HR Ventures was founded to support exceptional entrepreneurs in achieving their goals together aspartners. We define ourselves as an equal partner for all entrepreneurial challenges with in-depth expertise and a large network. The company builds a strong relationship with each founder to create outstanding companies. We are here to
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Spain, Switzerland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 27
- Round size: Seed $137k–$1.6M; Series A $2.2M–$6.6M
- Lead/follow: 7% lead, 93% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- Nezasa — Discover how to grow your business with Nezasa TripBuilder, the world's leading travel commerce solution for travel businesses.
- Caravelo — Caravelo provides travel subscription solutions that increase revenue & market share, reduce seasonality, and create better customer experiences.
- BYHOURS — The leader in Microstays and Hotels for the day. Book Hotel rooms in hourly rates for day use, also for the night. Choose the check-in time and pay per use in more that 4,000 Hotels near Airports, City Centres, Hospitals and Train stations in 20 countries. Join 250K customers worldwide who are enjoying flexibility in their hotel booking.
Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments and its portfolio is managed by Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners, the investment management group of Deutsche Telekom: www.telekom-capital.com
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- Industry: Software, Mobile, Information Technology
- Stage:Series B, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, Canada
Investor stats
- Total investments: 113
- Round size: Series A $2.2M–$11M; Series B $4.1M–$36M
- Lead/follow: 22% lead, 78% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2012
Portfolio highlights
- ZenMate — At ZenMate VPN we strive towards providing users around the world with a free and anonymous Internet experience.
- Everphone — Everphone is the clever way to equip your workforce with smartphones and tablets. It's flexible, safe and cost efficient. everphone reduces your costs while making employees happier and more productive.
- Helium — Helium allows anyone to build and own massive wireless networks.
We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Software, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 427
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$12M; Series A $3.3M–$33M; Series B $7.5M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 32% lead, 68% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $834M in 2023
Portfolio highlights
- Payrails — Payrails enables high-growth companies to craft their payment experiences and financial services globally.
- Yapily — Scalable and reliable open banking infrastructure that is built to power the next wave of innovation. Connect to thousands of banks within minutes and access financial data and payment infrastructure via our secure open banking API.
- Impossible Cloud — Experience Impossible Cloud Storage: Secure, scalable, performant. Decentralized architecture, S3 API compatibility, 100% durability. Start free trial now.
Motu Ventures is a Berlin based seed fund focused on building lean startups and boosting talented entrepreneurs. They specialize in first round financing of seed stage companies . Leveraging their network and experience, they support their portfolio companies from their early stage and they accelerate them as active investor.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Analytics
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 19
- Round size: Seed $296k–$3M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- LiveEO — LiveEO is the leading solution provider for AI-powered satellite-based monitoring of large infrastructure networks. Trusted worldwide.
- ecoworks — Ecoworks uses industrial pre-fabrication, digital processes, and highly efficient energy systems to modernize multi-family houses with up to four floors within a few weeks.
- Mindpeak — Harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence and machine learning, Mindpeak products can help make pathology diagnosis faster and more accurate.
bmp Ventures is an innovative Venture Capital Company from Berlin. Since 1997 we’ve been investing Smart Money in Early Stage and Growth Startups. We finance ingenious business models with outstanding teams, who build fast-growing and sustainably profitable enterprises.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 118
- Round size: Seed $151k–$3.4M; Series A $30k–$5.9M
- Lead/follow: 40% lead, 60% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2024
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- Sedivention — Fight obesity within 20 minutes - fast, effective, long-term. A new weight-loss therapy for the treatment of obesity. Just a view minutes will change your life.
- Solar Materials — SOLAR MATERIALS developed a recycling technology for solar modules, which recovers all raw materials for a circular solar industry.
- Litherm Technologies — Litherm Technologies GmbH is a German deep‑tech startup focused on decarbonizing lime and cement production using fully electric kiln technology.
Speedinvest is a globally active European venture capital firm built on a simple belief: many move more. From six offices across EMEA, our sector-focused investment teams back relentless founders from pre–Seed to Growth with long-term conviction, providing day-one access to our global network of corporate customers, experts, industry leaders, andtop-tier follow-on investors to scale smarter and faster. Building lasting companies like Bitpanda (Austria), Moove (Nigeria), Gigs (U.S.), Tide (UK), ARX Robotics (Germany), Wayflyer (Ireland), GoStudent (Austria), Seqera Labs (Spain), and Cylib (Germany) — together. Big ideas may start with one. But scaling and winning take The Power of More.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Austria
Investor stats
- Total investments: 518
- Round size: Seed $823k–$8M; Pre-Seed $406k–$3.8M; Series A $3.7M–$38M
- Lead/follow: 42% lead, 58% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $384M in 2022
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- Findery — Find and leave notes anywhere in the world, discover local knowledge, hidden secrets, and exciting stories. Share your travel knowledge, geoblog, or local news!
- MinersAI — Unlock valuable insights from intricate geological data with Miners AI. Our AI-driven platform empowers exploration teams to make informed decisions and optimize mining operations.
- Primer — Primer is the first open automation platform for payments, enabling you to build end-to-end payment flows with no code, and a checkout developers love.
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Browse database — It's Free!Groupe Arnault SAS is a principal investment firm. The firm seeks to hold stake in companies and is owned and controlled by Mr. Bernard Arnault. Groupe Arnault SAS was founded in 1978 and is based in Paris, France.
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- Industry: Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care
- Stage:Series C, Series A, Series B
- Geography: United States, Germany, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 41
- Round size: Series A $5.5M–$19M; Series B $9.9M–$45M; Series C $20M–$80M
- Lead/follow: 10% lead, 90% follow
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- CarThera — Revolutionizing severe brain disease treatments
- Ledger — Secure your crypto assets such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Monero, and more. Give yourself peace of mind by knowing that your cryptocurrencies are safe
- Open — Mindfulness studio
Project A is an early-stage venture capital firm, combining financial and operational support for technology companies. In addition to $1bn in assets under management, Project A provides its portfolio companies with a wide range of operational support services. This includes more than 100 experts from key areas such as software engineering,business intelligence, marketing, and recruiting. The portfolio includes companies such as Trade Republic, sennder, KRY, Catawiki, WorldRemit, Spryker, and Voi.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 205
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$9.7M; Series A $3.8M–$28M; Series B $11M–$75M
- Lead/follow: 36% lead, 64% follow
- Last fund: Likely actively investing — fund raised in 2025
Portfolio highlights
- Heyflow — Create better customer interactions with conversational flows. More personal. More conversions. Build your flow today! No coding required.
- Claimer — Claimer is a self-service application that gets credit claims done easily of money spent on research and development. Its platform empowers company owners and advisors to prepare their claims, without any specialist knowledge, no matter how big or small the claim. It also prepares and submits the amended tax return for free.Claimer was founded in2019 by Adam McCann and is headquartered in Croydon, United Kingdom.
- Ello — Ello is an app-based reading coach that listens to your child read from real books, teaches and motivates them, and transforms them into enthusiastic readers.
EQT Ventures is a European VC fund with just over €2.3 billion in total capital raised. EQT Ventures I launched in May 2016, with commitments totaling €566 million and a simple mission - to be the kind of VC the team would have liked to have had on their own startup journeys. Recognizing that building and growing a company takes more than justcapital, the EQT Ventures team provides founders with support and advice throughout different stages of growth. EQT Ventures doesn't focus on particular markets or industries, but on bold and ambitious founders who have the grit and determination to build global success stories. EQT Ventures II launched in November 2019, with commitments totaling €660 million. EQT Ventures III launched in 2022, with commitments totaling €1.1 billion, making it the biggest European Venture Capital fund committed to early-stage tech startups. The EQT Ventures team is based across six offices in London, Stockholm, Berlin, Paris, Amsterdam, Paris, and San Francisco, taking a locals-with-locals approach and supporting founders on the ground. Motherbrain, EQT Ventures' in-house-developed artificial intelligence (AI) platform, ensures the team has a data-driven approach and has driven more than $100 million in portfolio company investments.
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- Industry: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Sweden, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 231
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$14M; Series A $6M–$44M; Series B $15M–$100M
- Lead/follow: 58% lead, 42% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $1.1B in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Unmind — Unmind is a workplace mental health platform. We empower employees to measure, understand, and improve their mental wellbeing.
- Verkor — Verkor is a battery cell manufacturer whose goal is to increase the production of low-carbon batteries to fulfill the growing demand for electric vehicles. The company focuses on the development of low-carbon batteries with a carbon footprint that is many times smaller than standard batteries. This reduces the logistics footprint, includingemissions, and provides businesses with batteries that are very inexpensive and use carbon-free electricity.
- Standard Cognition — Standard Cognition is an artificial intelligence platform that allows buyers to grab what they want without having to go to a cashier. It empowers consumers to shop and pay without waiting in line, scanning or stopping to check out. Available to any retailer, the solution helps reduce labor costs, improve the customer experience, and improve profitmargins. It also helps small-size retailers to compete with larger chains and online offerings.Standard Cognition was founded in 2017 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Jochen Engert - Founder & CEO @ FlixBus
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- Industry: Software, Rental, Travel
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 31
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$7.7M; Pre-Seed $1.5M–$6M; Series A $4.2M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Gixel — Creating breakthrough AR display technology for AI glasses and spatial computing.
- Minitap — Minitap is an AI-driven mobile development company that assists with monitoring mobile devices.
- BLOCKS — BLOCKS deploys an AI agent to monitor cloud usage patterns continuously. The agent identifies wasteful resource allocations and applies real-time optimizations autonomously. It differs from dashboards by taking direct action instead of just alerting users.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, Finland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 227
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.5M; Series A $3.9M–$31M
- Lead/follow: 15% lead, 85% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — raised $26M in 2010
Portfolio highlights
- EcoG — EcoG connects and enables monetizing charging infrastructure with an API-software platform. EcoG is the first cloud-based platform to enable shared revenue streams and value-added services in fast charging. With EcoG a personalized and customized EV fast charging experience is easy to implement and operate.
- XO Life — XO Life is to build the largest real-world evidence platform for patient insights for all medications and therapies. Together with one of Europe's leading research institutes for patient-centered research, the PROMIS Institute Germany of the Charité, and various pharmaceutical manufacturers, patient experiences are to be recorded in astandardized and systematic manner across a wide range of diseases. Patients are to be enabled to record their therapy course and outcome independently as well as scientifically validated so that these patient insights from real treatment practice can be used in the life science industry and by medical professions.
- inContAlert — inContAlert is a deep tech start-up disrupting the field of incontinence. The technology of inContAlert helps people with bladder dysfunction to monitor the filling level of their urinary bladder.inContAlert, therefore, developed an mHealth device, which collects and analyzes data with the help of deep learning algorithms. The information is thendisplayed on an app and sends an alert to incontinence patients when a predefined filling level is reached. inContAlert thereby minimizes the risk of an uncontrolled loss of urine or the harmful distension of the bladder. With the help of inContAlert, incontinence patients can go back to normal and live a carefree life.
Backing early-stage startups that drive positive impact for people and planet
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Health Care, Software
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 88
- Round size: Seed $3.3M–$11M; Series A $5.5M–$33M; Series B $10M–$88M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — fund raised in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Rebike Mobility — rebike1 purchases new E-Bikes from Top manufactures and brands like Winora/Haibike, Husqvarna, Flyer, KTM, Orbea. After renting the E-Bikes to businesses and consumers, the fully refurbished E-Bikes are sold with a 2 yr. warranty on rebike1. rebike1 also purchases used stock of E-Bikes from rental stations and retailers and sell them fullyrefurbished to consumers. In Oberstdorf, a Top tourist location south of Munich, rebike1 operates the largest E-Bike rental station in the area. Under the brand ebike1verleih, the rental business is expanding within tourist areas in partnership with local bike-shops. rebike1 GmbH was founded 2018 and has 18 employees today.
- Farmless — A farmless fermentation platform has the potential to create an entirely new food repertoire, producing proteins, carbohydrates, beneficial fats, vitamins, and minerals from the ground up," explained Oner. "We are creating a new interface between food and electricity by domesticating microbes chosen for their food properties and abilityto grow on renewable energy-based feedstocks.
- Ruuky — Pockid GmbH offers a bank account with virtual and physical debit Mastercard.
Technology is transforming the way we live, work and play. Loric Ventures invests in innovative and disruptive solutions globally, with a focus on fin- and urbantech and impact.
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- Industry: Real Estate, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 32
- Round size: Seed $743k–$5.3M; Series A $12M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 3% lead, 97% follow
Portfolio highlights
- SaveIN — SaveIN is your all-in-one Pay Later platform for healthcare, furniture, lifestyle, travel, consumer durables and more. Shop with 7000+ trusted merchants, split payments into No-cost EMIs, and enjoy seamless financing with zero down payment.
- SKYSEED — Mit Drohnen und Saatpellets
- Lun — Your all-in-one heat pump platform. Streamline system design, lead qualification, scheduling, quoting and much more.
Senovo is an early-stage VC funding global B2B SaaS category-leaders from Europe in Seed or Series A fundraising rounds. The fund invests into enterprise software startups in the areas of process optimization, industry 4.0 and data-enabled solution. The investor supports tech entrepreneurs in scaling marketing, sales, organisation, finance and KPIs.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States, Sweden
Investor stats
- Total investments: 64
- Round size: Seed $2M–$9.2M; Series A $2M–$13M; Series B $5M–$68M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2019
Portfolio highlights
- FINDIQ — FINDIQ is a young company based in the heart of the Ostwestfalen-Lippe industrial zone. We have developed a novel strategy as a software producer to intelligently integrate knowledge management and help solutions for machine service. FINDIQ develops its service solution with the industry, whether for machine makers, operators, or service providers.
- synthavo — synthavo: Identifizieren Sie jedes Ersatzteil mit nur einem Smartphone-Foto in unter 2 Sekunden.
- FlowFuse — FlowForge is an open-source and low-code development platform for integration and automation at enterprise scales, built on Node-RED. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy. We work together with daring technology companies to build successful, global companies challenging the status quo and shaping tomorrow.
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- Industry: Financial Services, Software, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: Germany, United States, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 338
- Round size: Seed $1.5M–$11M; Pre-Seed $549k–$4.5M; Series A $3.7M–$30M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $140M in 2024
Portfolio highlights
- Everstores — Everstores makes use of your store data to speed up the sales process and give you a reasonable and transparent offer.
- Silverflow — Silverflow offers global payment technology to power financial institutions.
- Getpaid — Payments infrastructure for B2B marketplaces, wholesalers and SaaS platforms. B2B checkout to process all B2B transactions online & offline | payout instantly | automate complex money flows, end-to-end reconciliation.
aws Gründerfonds is Austria's 70m venture capital fund. We invest as co-investor in Austrian high-growth start-ups in their later seed and (pre-)series-A stages.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Austria, Germany, United States
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- Total investments: 83
- Round size: Seed $1.1M–$5.2M; Series A $1.1M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
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- Upnano — Upnano engages in the manufacture and commercialization of 3D printing systems.
- OPTIMUSE — Optimuse provides an AI-based solution that supports the pre-design phase of building renovation. The platform converts building data into a digital twin to create accurate models for planning. It integrates data such as room types, thermal properties, and HVAC systems. The system runs energy simulations to calculate heating, cooling, lighting, andequipment needs. It helps design technical systems by defining the quantity, sizing, and configuration of components. The platform develops renovation plans by modeling financial, energy, and emissions outcomes. It also offers tools for cost calculation, performance monitoring, and collaboration across project teams.
- HelloBello — HelloBello offers freshly cooked and cooled delivered human-grade food tailored to each dog’s nutritional needs. HelloBello is a PetTech company with a strong focus on the German speaking markets (for now). HelloBello’s personalized meals are free of any by-products and are portioned, packaged, and delivered directly to your door. By working with aspecialized veterinarian, HelloBello is able to derive each dog’s exact nutritional needs based on a proprietary algorithm. The recipes are made of natural sources like millet and seaweed, instead of heavy use of supplements, which makes it easier for the dog to absorb and get true nutritional benefits.Our credo in German is " ... Frisch. Individuell. Geliefert. - Frischfutter ist einfach besser ..."
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Browse database — It's Free!Chris is an Australian entrepreneur and investor based in Munich, Germany. He co-founded Australia's largest comparison shopping site Getprice.com.au in 2005 and sold it to News Corp in 2010. He became News Corp's Executive Director of Commerce before leading a management buyout of Getprice in 2012, then repositioned the business asNext Commerce, including acquiring south east Asian price comparison Pricepanda and securing investment from Rocket Internet, Tengelmann Ventures, PLDT and Kinnevik, before selling the group to UK-listed Future plc in 2016.Chris also co-founded programmatic video business Audience TV, native ecommerce advertising company Hynt.com and the autonomous vehicle software company Unleash Aerial.Chris is also the founding investor and chairman of Munich-based vacation rentals business Holidu and an industrial advisor to Swedish private equity group EQT.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Internet
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, Australia, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 42
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$4.6M; Pre-Seed $584k–$3.8M; Series A $3.1M–$16M
- Lead/follow: 5% lead, 95% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Holidu — Holidu is one of the fastest-growing travel tech companies worldwide that aims to finally make the search and booking of vacation rentals easy. Its search engine uses proprietary image recognition technology to compare the prices of millions of rental properties across hundred of websites including Airbnb, Booking.com, and Homeaway. This enablesusers to quickly find the ideal accommodation and to save up to 55% on their bookings. It was founded in 2014 by brothers Johannes and Michael Siebers and is headquartered in Munich, Bayern, Germany.
- Classcamp — Classcamp is building the next generation of online learning. Our unique group-learning format is 10x more engaging than conventional online courses, by leveraging community and human-to-human interaction. We're building the tooling required to run a next-gen online teaching business, as well a consumer-facing marketplace for discoveringnext-gen programs.
- Knowunity — Knowunity is the digital learning platform with summaries, study notes, presentations, answers, and more in one app.
Samuel Shank is a Board Member at Operto Guest Technologies. He attended Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and the University of Virginia.
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- Industry: Marketplace, Mobile, Apps
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: United States, Germany
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- Total investments: 16
- Round size: Seed $1.2M–$3M; Pre-Seed $200k–$2.5M
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
Portfolio highlights
- Hitch — Hitch is Uber for Long Distances. We Offer Private and Shared Ridesharing Services, both Door-to-Door and Station-to-Station. View Rates here - over 1 million seats sold.
- Foraged — 13K Followers, 701 Following, 195 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Foraged Market (@foraged.market)
- YieldClub — YieldClub is a mobile app that helps you grow your savings with higher returns than a traditional bank.
We've been investing in pre-seed and seed stage product companies since 2012, from our home in London.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Stage:Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Geography: United Kingdom, United States, France
Investor stats
- Total investments: 156
- Round size: Seed $669k–$6M; Pre-Seed $1.2M–$3.9M; Series A $5M–$55M
- Lead/follow: 52% lead, 48% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $80M in 2023
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- ONE FIIT — Fiit offers a real-time performance feedback and live leader boards that allows users to challenge their friends from around the world.
- Torg — Torg puts the largest base of suppliers in F&B at the fingertips of buyers with an intuitive SaaS to simplify sourcing.
- MedAll — MedAll is a training platform for healthcare professionals and students: a 'virtual medical school'. MedAll enables healthcare organisations to deliver and store their training courses, conferences and teaching sessions in one place - and to share that training with the healthcare community internationally.
Hasso Plattner Ventures invests in fast-growing, information technology-driven companies in Europe and the USA on behalf of Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner, co-founder and chairman of software giant SAP. The support we offer reaches beyond financial commitments. Our multifaceted work includes acting globally as a strategic partner for our informationtechnology growth companies. In Germany, our commitment has taken also the form of a seed program for information technology startups coming out of the Hasso Plattner Institute.After retiring from the operative business of SAP in 2003, Hasso Plattner was appointed Chairman of the company’s Supervisory Board. He has devoted his time to the promotion of science, innovation and entrepreneurship ever since.To further these goals, Hasso Plattner founded Hasso Plattner Ventures on July 1st, 2005 in Potsdam, Germany. Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa launched as an affiliate in 2008, operating from Cape Town, South Africa.Hasso Plattner Ventures manages four funds. HP Ventures I started in 2005, focusing on early stage software companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In 2008, HP Ventures II and HP Ventures Africa launched, looking for investment opportunities in startup- and expansion-stage companies across the USA, Europe, Israel and South Africa.As of 2015, HP Ventures III, a €150 million fund, focuses on fast-growing enterprise and infrastructure software companies mainly in Germany and the Silicon Valley.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Internet
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Germany, United States, South Africa
Investor stats
- Total investments: 98
- Round size: Seed $55k–$4M; Series A $1.1M–$8.6M
- Lead/follow: 12% lead, 88% follow
- Last fund: May invest from a new fund soon — last raise in 2013
Portfolio highlights
- Conatix — Conatix is reinventing business research, helping companies to do market, investment and strategic research better, faster and cheaper. Conatix is building a semi-automated business intelligence system based on recent advances in machine learning to enable companies to discover, source, structure and share previously unstructured data andinformation from outside their organizations. The system will be licensed to companies to use for all of their research work on a per-month, per-seat online knowledge management as a service (KaaS) basis.Conatix disrupts the business research value chain: rethinking online search and discovery, organizing the research process, creating a system that learns, and iterating the process to create knowledge that scales. Companies need to do more than one-off keyword searches using an advertising-driven consumer search tool. Conatix does not just sell a technical solution to the narrow problem of internet search, or a search engine. Conatix sells an end-to-end business system solving a business problem to a business customer, developed in response to a real business need.
- Likeminded — Likeminded developed a digital platform for mental health that gives people fast, low-threshold access to psychological support.
- VersionEye — Open Source Security & License Compliance
At Wellington some of his investments include healthcare specialists PST, MediMedia and Medigene, a biotech company focussed on cancer and autoimmune diseases,which he co-invested in in 1998, before it was taken public at the top of the market in 2000.Rolf now focuses on Wellington's Technology and Life Science fundraising and investor relation activities and sits on the board of some portfolio companies.Prior to founding Wellington, Rolf was president of the Munich-based Matuschka Group, one of the first German investment banks, for 22 years. During the 1980s, he built long-lasting relationships with leading U.S. VC groups and investors, gaining an invaluable insight at how the American VC model could be adapted to Europe. In 1984 he co-founded TVM (Munich/Boston), one of Germany's first privately held VC firms.His entrepreneurial initiatives include the foundation of the LMU Entrepreneurship Centre at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich, the largest university in Germany. The main objective of this organisation is to familiarise students and scientists with the concepts of self-employment and entrepreneurship.From April 2007 to April 2009 Rolf was Chairman of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK). He holds a law degree from the LMU Munich and has been a member of the Munich Bar since 1974. Rolf is married since 1976 and has five children.
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- Industry: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 12
- Round size: Seed $2.5M–$6.2M; Series A $4.4M–$12M
- Lead/follow: 8% lead, 92% follow
Portfolio highlights
- bezahl.de — Bezahl provides digital and automated payment management and solutions.
- Fineway — 25$m+ funded, Munich-based travel SaaS startup. Running the most advanced B2B platform for individual travel. - Top3 Winner Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award 2019 - Top3 Winner Gründerszene Growth Award 2018 - Best Consumer Product @ EyeForTravel 2018 (London)
- Smart Reporting — Your top vendor for medical reporting and documentation software to enhance workflow productivity with our fully integrated reporting solution.
Alstin Capital is an independent early-stage venture capital fund based in Munich. Its investment activities focus on fast-growing (B2B) technology companies in the DACH region and Europe, primarily in the Seed and Series A phase.Founded in 2012, Alstin Capital invests between EUR 2-8 million per round, whereby up to EUR 15 million can beinvested over various rounds. Alstin Capital primarily invests in founders and supports them with capital and expert know-how in the areas of sales, marketing, PR and performance marketing as well as industry-specific contacts so that they can scale more quickly. Alstin's co-investors include banks, insurance companies and family offices.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, Austria
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- Total investments: 36
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- Nect — Nect delivers the self-service future of identity verification as a service – easy to use and with military grade security. We use patent pending self-developed deep technology to fulfil the market needs of regulated companies, serving a 20B$ market.
- etalytics — Etalytics develops software solutions for the structuring and analysis of energy and data to reduce energy and CO2 emissions.
- Usercentrics — Usercentrics offers advanced solutions for data privacy and regulatory compliance. Meet privacy requirements, manage user consent, and secure monetization.
WENVEST CAPITAL is a Munich-based early-stage venture capital firm focused on B2B software.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland
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- Total investments: 36
- Round size: Seed $2.7M–$9.3M; Series A $2.3M–$19M
- Lead/follow: 19% lead, 81% follow
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- repath — Our mission is to make climate risks visible to companies worldwide in order to enable a resilient and future-proof world.
- LawX — LawX is a legal technology company providing solutions to streamline legal processes and improve efficiency for law firms.
- Planted Green — Planted Green plants mixed forests to compensate for CO2 emissions.
European early-stage venture capital fund backed 100% by founders. Helping Pre-Seed and Seed SaaS, Marketplaces & Platforms with their Go-To-Market.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed
- Geography: The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden
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- Total investments: 99
- Lead/follow: no public data
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- DREM — Simplifying distributed energy saving solutions
- Delfio — Delfio is a data-driven procurement platform that facilitates collective purchase for professional buyers around Europe.
- Stack — Stack is an immersive experience of the internet with collaboration at its core. Achieve more with your peers in an organized environment
MAIRDUMONT operates as a travel publisher. The company provides travel, leisure, and mobility media in Europe. Its media portfolio includes printed and online media, as well as mobile navigation equipment. The company offers communication options, such as advertisements, and online advertising, including advertising forms, booklets and cross-mediaservices, cross-selling opportunities, POS and event-promotion campaigns, and the networking of services. MAIRDUMONT GmbH & Co. KG provides the falk navigator and Internet services, such as falk.de for travelers; the falk branch finder and the falk route planner for business customers; and markets and sells content. It also develops products and services that include mobile navigation systems, such as the Falk activepilot and Java-based offboard navigation system for mobile telephones; and tailor-made solutions for business customers. The company operates falk.de, gofalk.com, marcopolo.de, and European mobility portals. It involves in navigation systems and services, geographical information systems, and content segments. MAIRDUMONT was formerly known as Institut Kurt Mair and changed its name to Mairs Geographischer Verlag Kurt Mair GmbH & Co. KG in 1952. The name was further changed to MAIRDUMONT GmbH & Co. KG. in January 2005. The company was founded in 1948 and is based in Ostfildern, Germany.
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- Industry: SaaS, Travel, Hotel
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany
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- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: 0% lead, 100% follow
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- Fineway — 25$m+ funded, Munich-based travel SaaS startup. Running the most advanced B2B platform for individual travel. - Top3 Winner Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award 2019 - Top3 Winner Gründerszene Growth Award 2018 - Best Consumer Product @ EyeForTravel 2018 (London)
- LiveRate — LiveRates SaaS-platform offers a chatbot solution for the hospitality industry to connect hotels and guests via messaging and livechat.
- Zizoo — Charter a yacht or rent a boat in 65+ countries. 20,000+ boats, bareboat to fully crewed. Flexible booking terms. 4.8/5 on Trustpilot, 500+ reviews.
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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- Industry: Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Geography: Germany, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 75
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- 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.
- Meine Erde — Meine Erde is a provider of ecological burial option in Europe.
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Browse database — It's Free!NBank Capital invests in young, innovative companies in the seed and startup phase, N investments in SMEs with capital requirements for growth.
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- Industry: Travel, Tourism, Artificial Intelligence
- Stage:Seed
- Geography: Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 4
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Lambus — Your whole trip in your pocket: Waypoints, expenses, tickets, photos and more! Just for yourself or as a group!
- Flexxter — Flexxter offers a cooperation platform on which companies can plan together and communicate efficiently.
- VisioLab — Instantly scan products for self-checkout, using the iPad camera - no barcodes needed. Designed for speed, simplicity and human centricity.
Storm Ventures is a $600m (TAM) VC firm 100% focused solely on early-stage enterprise investments. We've been founders ourselves, of enterprise companies including Airespace (acquired by Cisco) and EchoSign (acquired by Adobe). We've had to go without pay as CEOs ourselves to make payroll. We've gone from $0 to $100m in ARR andlived all the stages in between. We've here to help, and add some strategic capital and insights. And not be in the way when we're not needed.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Seed
- Geography: United States, South Korea, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 229
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Circula — Designed with European tax standards in mind, the mobile and web app support your individualized expense invoicing process in real time, helping to create a seamless and straightforward experience for road warriors, accountants and managers alike.
- CarbonSix — CarbonSix delivers cutting-edge robotics automation for manufacturing, combining Six-Sigma robot dexterity and intelligence to transform industrial operations worldwide.
- Carta Healthcare — Unlock your clinical data with a healthcare AI platform that cuts costs, saves time, and boosts quality. See how Hybrid Intelligence works today.
Raffay is an investment group with early stage venture capital and real estate as its primary focus.
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- Industry: E-Commerce, Travel, Online Portals
- Stage:Series A, Seed
- Geography: Germany, Turkey, Singapore
Investor stats
- Total investments: 16
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- IDAGIO — IDAGIO is the leading streaming service for classical music with more than 1.8 million app downloads and subscribers in 190 countries. Crafted in Berlin by a world-class team of over 80 passionate experts in music, technology, business and design, IDAGIO offers a search tailor-made for classical music, expert curation, and an expansive catalogue ofover 2 million licensed tracks. IDAGIO is available through the web app and for download via mobile app with three tiers offered to listeners: IDAGIO Free, IDAGIO Premium, and IDAGIO Premium+. Idagio was founded by Till Janczukowicz and Christoph Lange, a duo that combines longstanding experience in the management of classical music stars with knowledge of the dos and don’ts in the founder scene around music streaming services. For more information, visit www.IDAGIO.com or download IDAGIO for your mobile device from the App Store or Google Play Store.
- Patience — Patience’s solutions are deployed foreducators of all kind: tutors, training companies, publishers, schools, universities and non-profit organizations.
- Blacklane — Blacklane is the global chauffeur service that offers safety, sustainability, and stress-free travel. Since 2017, the company has been carbon-neutral, combining a five-star guest experience with care for the planet. The customers can book their travels using Blacklane’s mobile app or website.Blacklane was co-founded by Jens Wohltorf and FrankSteuer and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
For 20 years, XAnge has been a key venture capital fund in Europe. With 70 startups in its portfolio, XAnge invests early in innovative tech companies.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: France, Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 160
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Animaj — Explore the future of storytelling where AI meets creativity at Animaj Lab. Join us on a journey to revolutionize kids' entertainment, crafting captivating content that keeps the digital-first generation engaged and inspired.
- elba — elba is the ultimate experience to secure your team in their daily work.
- Smart Tribune — Smart-platform is a turnkey solution that allows a company / association / e-merchant to establish a conversational space directly with its user community. Present on the entire site of a company / association / e-merchant Smart Platform will enable to gather opinions, suggestions, problems, praise, and exploit them toimprove service, reduce cost of its customer service and increase its conversion rate. In the trend of Social CRM, Smart -tribune is based on a simple and intuitive interface for its users and allows great mastery thanks to an advertiser perspective administration interface. An effective way to better know your community, your customers in order to better the satisfy.
Spark Capital invests in products we love by creators we admire across all sectors and stages.
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- Industry: Software, FinTech, Financial Services
- Stage:Series A, Series B, Series C
- Geography: United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Investor stats
- Total investments: 516
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Piston — The Smarter Way to Fuel Your Fleet
- Superblocks — Superblocks is the fast, easy and secure way for developers to build custom internal tools fast. Connect your databases & APIs. Drag and drop UI components. Extend with Python or Javascript. Deploy in 1-click. Secure and Monitor using your favorite tools
- Dataplor — Leveraging machine learning, AI, and human capital, dataplor delivers verified international places data to the world's leading companies.
From its active funds TAC currently invests in Europe and the USA. They invest in all stages (seed, early and growth) of start-ups with capable teams and scalable business models. Their investment sizes go from as low as $200,000 to as much as $15 milion per transaction. They like opportunities in e-commerce, Internet, digital life and softwaredomains. They like to create and shape new markets. They are unconventional, caring and driven, and very fast. They are honest and fair in their daily dealings and in their transactions. They honor their commitments and deliver on their promises, on time. They see it their mission to provide entrepreneurs with the resources required to grow their companies and they exclusively partner with teams who share their values.
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- Industry: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, Israel
Investor stats
- Total investments: 30
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- Talixo — Talixo is revolutionising B2B ground transportation with innovative proprietary technology that integrates seamlessly with all corporate platforms such as Amadeus, Concur and Onesto.Their technology is fully customisable and provides total compliance for all individual corporate travel policies. Now operating in >750 cities globally andgrowing exponentially, Talixo is fast becoming the go to for all the ground transportation needs of Fortune 500 companies, Airlines, Travel Agencies and many other strategic partners. Talixo is backed by Private, Institutional and Strategic investors including Deutsche Bahn, Amman Group and TA Capital.
- AdEspresso — AdEspresso is a SaaS tool that allows to quickly create, analyze and optimize your Facebook Ads in an incredibly simple way. If you're not an enterprise you need two things: a) simplicity, to quickly get it done, b) automation, to save time. On average our users (startups, merchants and small agencies) save up to 70% of the manual workneeded to setup a Facebook Campaign and improve their performance up to 40%.The other players in the space are super sophisticated tools that only work best with a lot of training and/or very high volumes of Ad Spending. Our strength: AdEspresso is dead simple and blazing fast.We empowers users to quickly split test every aspect of their Facebook Campaigns. In a couple minutes users can create hundreds of Ads, testing everything from the creativity to the targeting.Once the campaign is created, simple yet meaningful analytics allow to understand what is performing best and optimize their campaigns both manually or automatically.
- Hoard — Hoard’s app enables any smartphone user to easily and conveniently pick up deliveries and make exchanges of small items through registered third party operated “pickup-points.
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.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States
Investor stats
- Total investments: 122
- Lead/follow: no public data
Portfolio highlights
- In.hub — in.hub is a specialist in condition monitoring of machines, processes, and products, offering digitalisation options in the industrial environment. It connects legacy and modern systems, creates condition monitoring systems, and generates information for optimal planning and control.
- Packwise — Packwise is bringing Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBCs) to the Internet of Things. Their Packwise Smart Cap makes a container intelligent and allows for improved and automated packaging management and logistics. Millions of IBCs are being used by chemical, pharmaceutical and food companies every day. Their Packwise Smart Cap is narrow-band LPWANconnected and provides users with real-time information on the state and location of containers.Packwise develops ready-to-use web applications and can be integrated with existing in-house IT or software through web service API.Packwise GmbH is a German company based in the Silicon Saxony. Packwise is Europe’s pioneer in digital industrial packaging management (IBCs and drums).
- 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.
We invest in B2B tech entrepreneurs who are obsessed with solving complex problems in huge markets at pre-seed and seed stage
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, E-Commerce
- Stage:Seed, Series A
- Geography: Germany, United States, Poland
Investor stats
- Total investments: 76
- Round size: Seed $329k–$4.8M; Series A $2.9M–$17M
- Lead/follow: 41% lead, 59% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $117M in 2022
Portfolio highlights
- Hero — Hero is a B2B payments and financing platform, offer direct online payment experience and receive your money immediately.
- Otterspace — Otterspace takes care of DAOs.
- Flinn — We are driven to impact the health of millions of people around the globe by enabling medical companies to launch and operate products more efficiently. To make this vision come true, we established a customer-centric, experimentation-driven product development approach.
Battery Ventures is a global investment firm with a 40-year history of backing innovative technology companies.
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- Industry: Software, SaaS, Enterprise Software
- Stage:Series B, Series A, Series C
- Geography: United States, Israel, United Kingdom
Investor stats
- Total investments: 616
- Round size: Series A $3.5M–$33M; Series B $8M–$65M; Series C $7M–$85M
- Lead/follow: 39% lead, 61% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $3.3B in 2022
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- Entelo — Entelo provides true source-to-hire automation technology alongside best-in-class managed services for a platform that actually focuses on results, not just AI.
- Nexite — Nexite develops a platform that provides item tracking, inventory transparency and business intelligence from manufacturing to the customer's home. Its miniature NanoBT batteryless tag can be read by any smartphone, costs a fraction of the cost of similar tags, and is small enough to embed into the item. The company was founded in 2017 andis headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
- Fundamental — Fundamental is an AI research company that focuses on overcoming the fundamental challenges of machine learning in large-scale tabular systems.
UVC Partners is a Munich- and Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm that invests in technology-based startups in the areas of enterprise software, industrial technologies, and mobility. The fund typically invests between € 0.5 - 10m initially and up to € 20m in total per company.
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- Industry: Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Stage:Series A, Seed, Series B
- Geography: Germany, Switzerland, Denmark
Investor stats
- Total investments: 128
- Round size: Seed $2M–$11M; Series A $5M–$55M; Series B $5.5M–$110M
- Lead/follow: 38% lead, 62% follow
- Last fund: Likely still investing — raised $57M in 2021
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- Tanso — Tanso aims at making sustainability accounting as integrated, transparent, and verifiable as financial accounting. Tanso Technologies enables industrial companies to become part of the solution to a lower-carbon economy.
- Predium — Predium is the software platform for real estate owners to measure, manage and communicate their ESG performance.
- Biomatter — Biomatter Designs is pioneering the technologies for generative protein design at the intersection of synthetic biology and AI.
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