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Top 20 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Germany in January 2026

Last updated: Jan 2026 A list of 20 VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Venture capital startups based in Germany. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Venture capital companies from Germany. We update this investor list every month.

Top 20 VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Germany in January 2026

Investor	Venture Capital Germany investments
Advanced Blockchain	3
seed + speed Ventures	3
C3 Venture Capital	2
Mutschler Ventures AG	2
TX Ventures	2
Molten Ventures	1
Nanz medico	1
Heliad AG	1
German Media Pool	1
DEWB	1
HV Capital	1
Futury Capital	1
Helaba	1
TEV Ventures	1
BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen	1
Klaus Eckstein KG	1
HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)	1
CNB Capital	1
Caesar Ventures	1
w3.fund	1

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Advanced Blockchain AG is a publicly listed investor, incubator, and partner in the blockchain industry.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Financial Services, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A, Angel
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Backd — Backd offers to maximize the power of assets and begin generating yield. Backd is a protocol for reactive liquidity decentralized finance (Defi).
Contango — Contango is a decentralised exchange bringing expirable futures to DeFi. In DeFi, only perpetual futures exist. But since funding rates are unpredictable, traders do not have control over their costs. With expirable futures, a final price is paid upfront to avoid any bad surprises. Contango is here to bring futures with expiry dates.
Polymer Labs — Polymer Labs is building a universal IBC routing/roll-up protocol to enable E2E IBC connectivity across ecosystems.

Empowering visionary founders with pre-seed and seed funding for B2B software innovation. Partner with us to turn your aspirations into thriving businesses. Our expert support ensures your journey to success.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Covalo — Covalo™ is disrupting how formulation-driven products are developed in the 3 trillion euro consumer goods industry so brands can reduce time to market by scouting ingredients and packaging, collaborating on projects, and purchasing -- all from one place. . Today it's one of the largest beauty ingredient search platforms that connects beautybrands with suppliers of ingredients, packaging, and services such as contract manufacturing, formulation, regulatory, compliance and testing. It also arms suppliers with the tools and real-time industry insights needed to effectively market products. Covalo launched in 2021 and is based in Switzerland.
Prewave — Prewave and stems from five years of advanced machine learning research.
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.

C3 Management is an asset management company focused on managing venture funds which invest in technology companies worldwide.

Investment focus

FinTech, Software, Cryptocurrency
Seed, Series A
Germany, South Korea, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Gatenox — Gatenox brings 4x more clients by streamlining the Corporate KYC process while enhancing the user experience
Cashlink — The financial technology start-up (Fintech) Cashlink has developed one of Europe's leading Tokenization-as-a-Service solutions. A modular, technological infrastructure enables the legally compliant issuance and management of digital securities for banks and investment platforms as an all-in-one solution. Compared to a traditional security,tokenized financial instruments create significant cost reductions and opportunities for opening up new markets and products, giving issuing companies, banks and investment platforms a sustainable competitive advantage. Renowned companies such as the Frankfurt securities specialist Bankhaus Scheich are already successfully using the Cashlink solution today. Cashlink is an official partner of Deutsche Börse Venture Network and completes its comprehensive range of digital securities by cooperating with experienced and specialized partners such as the globally operating law firm Ashurst. Renowned European investment companies such as the listed FinLab AG and the seed + speed-VC of the Maschmeyer Group are invested in the Fintech. As a founding member of the European forum "International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications" (INATBA), the Hesse regional group of the Blockchain Bundesverband and the International Token Standardization Association (ITSA), Cashlink is already shaping tomorrow's capital market today.
Wyden — AlgoTrader is the global institutional leader in algorithmic trading and execution infrastructure for both digital and traditional assets. With its advanced software solutions, AlgoTrader gives banks, hedge funds, brokers, crypto funds and other financial institutions an end-to-end platform for best execution and event-driven alpha generation. Thecompany's offering includes WIRESWARM, a digital asset trading and connectivity platform for banks and brokers, AlgoTrader QUANT, an end-to-end quantitative trading solution with automated trade signal generation and order execution, and AlgoTrader OEMS, a state-of-the-art Order and Execution Management System for systematic and discretionary buy-side institutions with managed connectivity to over 400 liquidity venues. AlgoTrader’s interdisciplinary team of quantitative strategy developers, senior software engineers and financial and crypto experts is shaping institutional trading. Founded in Switzerland and based in Zurich, New York and Singapore, AlgoTrader operates globally.

Mutschler ventures has been actively investing in start-up or young internet companies in the areas of e-commerce and / or "matchmaking".

Investment focus

Health Care, Software, Information Technology
Seed, Series A, Series B
Germany, Switzerland, United States

Portfolio highlights

Predium — Predium is the software platform for real estate owners to measure, manage and communicate their ESG performance.
Invenda — Smart vending software and hardware by Invenda Group AG that powers connected devices, turns transactions into insights, and drives revenue for brands, operators, and retailers.
Invenda Group — Smart vending software and hardware by Invenda Group AG that powers connected devices, turns transactions into insights, and drives revenue for brands, operators, and retailers.

We help smart startups to establish and enhance their products and services. We also assist our holdings with their strategic planning activities and offer them shared services and networking platforms. Our collaboration with these entrepreneurs is focused on the pursuit of long-term goals.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Finance
Seed, Series A, Series B
Switzerland, Germany, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

Lyfegen — Lyfegen is the first of its kind, a company making value-based healthcare contracting for high-cost therapies a reality for all healthcare stakeholders.
Trustap — Learn how we make buying & selling online safe & secure, every time. Create an account for free today!
Particula — At Particula, we're at the forefront of the digital asset ecosystem. We've launched the first rating and data platform for tokenized real-world assets, focusing on alternative investments.

Molten Ventures is a venture capital company. They invest in software, telecoms, electronics, the internet, MedTech, and cleantech services. They support visionary entrepreneurs who will invent the future.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Financial Services
Series A, Series B, Funding Round
United Kingdom, United States, Germany

Portfolio highlights

BeZero Carbon — The Carbon Ratings Agency | BeZero Carbon
Sightline Climate — A market intelligence platform bringing clarity to the new climate economy.
SatVu — SatVu captures high resolution thermal data from space for a safer and more sustainable Earth.

Nanz medico offer high-quality rehabilitation.

Investment focus

Health Care, Wellness, Venture Capital
Seed, Series A
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Aescuvest — Aescuvest’s mission is to facilitate and enable impactful investments into medical breakthrough innovation to disrupt and improve healthcare delivery models, products, and services. Aescuvest enables its investors to build their very individual portfolio of healthcare start-ups - according to their personal investment focus. A cooperation with EITHealth, and a growing network of partnerships across Europe, allow Aescuvest to source and evaluate the most promising healthcare investment opportunities, structure their financing rounds, and enable healthcare technology-driven investors, such as Business Angels, HNWIs, Family Offices, and Corporate Investors, to participate in healthcare investment opportunities by direct investments via SPV structures. The Investment Committee, composed of Aescuvest’s very own investment team and members of tthe Advisory Board of Aescuvest, both deeply rooted in the healthcare industry and with proven track records, have developed a strong and over the last years well tested, pre-screening and due diligence process, to identify and select healthcare start-ups. Aescuvest’’s Management (circle of General Partners) put their ‘skin’ into each investment by committing capital to each company prior introduction to the wider Aescuvest investor base. The combination of innovative ways for equity capital provision, with healthcare industry and investment expertise, provides the Aescuvest portfolio companies a unique platform to develop their business solution, accelerate their path towards commercialization, and lower market access barriers.
Let's Flow — Let's Flow helps in Work-Life-Balance and counselling.

Frankfurt-based venture capital firm, Heliad supports visionary startups and growth companies across Europe through strategic investment and long-term partnership.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Financial Services
Series B, Funding Round, Series A
Germany, India, Austria

Portfolio highlights

fija Finance GmbH — Fija offers high-yield, regulated DeFi products without its own token. MiCA-compliant, transparent & secure.
MODIFI — Explore digital trade finance and B2B payment solutions that empower your business to grow globally.
lemon.markets — lemon.markets provide a REST API to support creating and executing orders at the stock market and retrieving market data.

German Media Pool is Germany's leading independent media for equity fund combining television, out of home, print and radio. We have invested more than 100 million Euro in gross media volume in more than 45 investments rounds into 20 startups.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Retail, Media and Entertainment
Seed, Series B, Funding Round
Germany, Luxembourg, United Kingdom

Portfolio highlights

JUCR — JUCR is revolutionizing the way people charging their electric vehicles. Don’t think about the process itself - just pick the right location and you’re ready to go! Never worry about where to charge, how much it will cost, or when is the best time for doing this. With a global charging flatrate and more than 250,000 charging points you can enjoythe freedom every time.
Tryp.com — Find the best travel deals with artificial intelligence. Our algorithm connects flights, trains, and buses for perfect trips with matching hotels.
Startup Insider — Startup Insider is an industry portal for the startup scene in Germany, Austria and Switzerland helping them grow.

As a listed private equity company DEWB provides support for strong growth, medium capitalized technology companies in the form of equity capital, expertise in corporate development and its sector network. The investment focus lies in the areas of photonics and sensor systems as well as their fields of application in automation and industrialengineering and related areas which offer promising prospects for the future. Investors in the DEWB share gain access to the significant potential for added value offered by these key technologies of the 21st Century: Discover the light.Since 1997 we have invested over 360 million Euros in 59 companies and realized more than 465 million Euros through 43 exits, eight of which were IPOs. DEWB’s current investment portfolio covers seven companies from the areas of photonics and sensor systems, as well as biotechnology and IT.

Investment focus

Financial Services, FinTech, Information Technology
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Cashlink — The financial technology start-up (Fintech) Cashlink has developed one of Europe's leading Tokenization-as-a-Service solutions. A modular, technological infrastructure enables the legally compliant issuance and management of digital securities for banks and investment platforms as an all-in-one solution. Compared to a traditional security,tokenized financial instruments create significant cost reductions and opportunities for opening up new markets and products, giving issuing companies, banks and investment platforms a sustainable competitive advantage. Renowned companies such as the Frankfurt securities specialist Bankhaus Scheich are already successfully using the Cashlink solution today. Cashlink is an official partner of Deutsche Börse Venture Network and completes its comprehensive range of digital securities by cooperating with experienced and specialized partners such as the globally operating law firm Ashurst. Renowned European investment companies such as the listed FinLab AG and the seed + speed-VC of the Maschmeyer Group are invested in the Fintech. As a founding member of the European forum "International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications" (INATBA), the Hesse regional group of the Blockchain Bundesverband and the International Token Standardization Association (ITSA), Cashlink is already shaping tomorrow's capital market today.
nextmarkets — Nextmarkets is dedicated to `helps private investors to operate in a sustainable and better educated manner on the stock exchange.For this purpose, the company developed a very easy-to-use trading platform in which private investors can trade more than 1,000 CFDs on equities , foreign exchange ( forex , FX ), bonds and commodities veryintuitively - via web and mobile apps . It is scientifically proven that more than 80 percent of all private investors fail on the stock market . This has predominantly behavioral economic reasons.
Stableton Financial — Explore private blue-chip tech investment opportunities with Stableton. Diversify your portfolio with top private tech companies, offering liquidity, transparency, and growth potential.

We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Software, Internet
Series A, Seed, Series B
Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Portfolio highlights

n8n — n8n is a free and source-available workflow automation tool
Tzafon — Tzafon's vision is to broaden the lightcone of awareness by pushing the boundaries of machine intelligence, striving to extend the frontier of what intelligent systems can perceive, understand, and contribute.
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.

We are looking for the newcomers, the architects of the future, the movers & shakers.

Investment focus

Software, Information Technology, Internet
Seed, Series A, Funding Round
Germany, France, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Eduneon — Eduneon is developing a digital platform to help schools and municipalities plan and manage digital educational change in a systematic and ongoing manner. It uses software solutions to deliver sustainable and pedagogically meaningful media education.
Recyda GmbH — All-in-one Packaging Recyclability Management
Particula — At Particula, we're at the forefront of the digital asset ecosystem. We've launched the first rating and data platform for tokenized real-world assets, focusing on alternative investments.

Wholesale and Investment Banking

Investment focus

B2B, FinTech, Cryptocurrency
Series A, Debt Financing
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Cashlink — The financial technology start-up (Fintech) Cashlink has developed one of Europe's leading Tokenization-as-a-Service solutions. A modular, technological infrastructure enables the legally compliant issuance and management of digital securities for banks and investment platforms as an all-in-one solution. Compared to a traditional security,tokenized financial instruments create significant cost reductions and opportunities for opening up new markets and products, giving issuing companies, banks and investment platforms a sustainable competitive advantage. Renowned companies such as the Frankfurt securities specialist Bankhaus Scheich are already successfully using the Cashlink solution today. Cashlink is an official partner of Deutsche Börse Venture Network and completes its comprehensive range of digital securities by cooperating with experienced and specialized partners such as the globally operating law firm Ashurst. Renowned European investment companies such as the listed FinLab AG and the seed + speed-VC of the Maschmeyer Group are invested in the Fintech. As a founding member of the European forum "International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications" (INATBA), the Hesse regional group of the Blockchain Bundesverband and the International Token Standardization Association (ITSA), Cashlink is already shaping tomorrow's capital market today.
Amergin Asset Management — Tailor-made financing solutions for all our clients to enable them to invest, manufacture, divest and operate aircraft, rail and other long-lived transportation assets

Cusp Capital is a venture capital firm focused on European software and technology. The fund invests in early-stage companies on the cusp of redefining their industries by channeling new socioeconomic and technological paradigms.

Investment focus

E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Germany, Australia, United States

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.
Blickfeld — Discover the world's first smart LiDAR solution that combines state-of-the-art hardware with powerful software to digitalize whole industries!
Planted Foods — Planted is an ETH Spinoff that uses cutting-edge technology to turn four natural ingredients into plant-based meat that mimics the taste, texture, and mouthfeel of traditional animal meat. It takes only the best raw materials from plants and creates that tasty, nutritious, high-protein, and juicy planted that the customers love.It was founded in2019 and is headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland.

BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen mbH operates as an investment arm of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale.

Investment focus

Software, SaaS, Health Care
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Eduneon — Eduneon is developing a digital platform to help schools and municipalities plan and manage digital educational change in a systematic and ongoing manner. It uses software solutions to deliver sustainable and pedagogically meaningful media education.
Genow Ai — Genow centralizes and arranges enterprise knowledge, makes it readily available, and constantly enhances it using AI.
etalytics — Etalytics develops software solutions for the structuring and analysis of energy and data to reduce energy and CO2 emissions.

Klaus Eckstein KG

Investment focus

Health Care, Venture Capital, Financial Services
Funding Round
Germany

Portfolio highlights

Aescuvest — Aescuvest’s mission is to facilitate and enable impactful investments into medical breakthrough innovation to disrupt and improve healthcare delivery models, products, and services. Aescuvest enables its investors to build their very individual portfolio of healthcare start-ups - according to their personal investment focus. A cooperation with EITHealth, and a growing network of partnerships across Europe, allow Aescuvest to source and evaluate the most promising healthcare investment opportunities, structure their financing rounds, and enable healthcare technology-driven investors, such as Business Angels, HNWIs, Family Offices, and Corporate Investors, to participate in healthcare investment opportunities by direct investments via SPV structures. The Investment Committee, composed of Aescuvest’s very own investment team and members of tthe Advisory Board of Aescuvest, both deeply rooted in the healthcare industry and with proven track records, have developed a strong and over the last years well tested, pre-screening and due diligence process, to identify and select healthcare start-ups. Aescuvest’’s Management (circle of General Partners) put their ‘skin’ into each investment by committing capital to each company prior introduction to the wider Aescuvest investor base. The combination of innovative ways for equity capital provision, with healthcare industry and investment expertise, provides the Aescuvest portfolio companies a unique platform to develop their business solution, accelerate their path towards commercialization, and lower market access barriers.

High-Tech Grunderfonds finances startups with growth potential. Its team of investment managers supports young companies with expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion. The company focuses in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry, and related business areas. It also focuses on financial services in varioussectors.

Investment focus

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

Portfolio highlights

BTRY — BTRY is a spin-off of EMPA and ETH and is developing the industry's first energy-dense solid-state battery, using sophisticated semiconductor manufacturing technologies.
Zeeg — Create a customized landing page in just a few clicks and let your customers easily book appointments with you.
viboo — viboo offers self-learning predictive control on the basis of physics-informed Machine Learning as a cloud service to smart-thermostat and building automation companies.

CNB Capital believes in the power of technology-driven entrepreneurship. We understand real innovation creates moat and defensibility. We provide long-term commitment, building an enduring partnership without the usual exit pressure.

Investment focus

Software, Machine Learning, Information Technology
Series A, Funding Round, Seed
Germany, Austria, Switzerland

Portfolio highlights

Hydrogrid — All-in-one solution for optimizing hydropower plants. Increase revenues by up to 18%, reduce spill by up to 12%, and save valuable time with Hydrogrid Insight.
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.
Neural Concept — Neural Concept is the first AI software for enhanced engineering. Leverage your historical CAD and CAE data to drastically shorten and improve your design cycles.

Caesar Ventures is a venture capital firm.

Investment focus

Artificial Intelligence, Health Care, Biotechnology
Seed, Pre-Seed
Germany, Israel, United States

Portfolio highlights

Freshflow — Freshflow is harnessing AI to build the food supply chain technology of the future and tackle global food waste.
Myriad AI — Myriad AI solves regulatory enterprise compliance using autonomous AI agents.
ginkgo — ginkgo is the digital platform for holistic compensation packages starting with company pension plans (bAV).

A vibrant Web3 fund, involved in all things around web3 investments in ventures and digital assets, web3 media and bringing together likeminded people.

Investment focus

Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence
Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
Germany, United States

Portfolio highlights

Learn.xyz — Learn.xyz operates a generative AI-powered learning community. The platform enables users to create a course about any topic, in any language, and get hooked on learning.
Pave Bank — The world's first multi-asset and programmable bank
Mento Labs — Mento Labs is a decentralized EVM platform for launching and managing multi-currency stable assets.

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