Top 50 Manufacturing VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Germany in October 2023
Top 50 Manufacturing VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Germany in October 2023
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High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is a seed investor that finances high-potential, tech-driven startups. With EUR 895.5 million in total investment volume across three funds and an international network of partners, HTGF has already helped forge more than 500 startups since 2005. Driven by their expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion, its teamof experienced investment managers and startup experts help guide the development of young companies. HTGF’s focus is on high-tech startups in a range of sectors, including software, media, internet, hardware, automation, health care, chemistry, and life sciences.To date, external investors have injected over EUR 2 billion into the HTGF portfolio via about 1,400 follow-on financing rounds. HTGF has also successfully sold interests in more than 100 companies. Investors in this public-private partnership include the Federal Ministry For Economic Affairs and Energy, the KfW Banking Group, and Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft e.V., as well as the companies ALTANA, BASF, BAYER, B.Braun, Boehringer Ingelheim, Robert Bosch, BÜFA, CEWE, Deutsche Post DHL, Dräger, Drillisch AG, EVONIK, EWE AG, FOND OF Haniel, Hettich, Knauf, Körber, LANXESS, media + more venture Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, PHOENIX CONTACT, Postbank, QIAGEN, RWE Generation SE, SAP, Schufa, Schwarz Gruppe, STIHL, Thüga, Vector Informatik, WACKER and Wilh. Werhahn KG.
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- Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
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- Inovedis — Inovedis offers innovative solutions in medical technology that contribute both to optimized patient care as well as time and cost reductions in the healthcare sector.
- Resourcify — Mein Recycling is developed by Resourcify GmbH from Hamburg. The app is the easiest solution for businesses to easily manage all of their waste, collections, and recyclers in one app, and for waste management companies to seamlessly connect with their customers online. Their vision is zero-waste: enabled with the digital transformation of the wastesector as the foundation for the circular economy.
- traceless materials — traceless materials offer a holistically sustainable alternative to plastics: 100% biobased on plant residues, compostable under natural conditions, and free of toxic chemicals. For a future free of pollution and waste!
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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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, United States, Finland
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- memtime — memtime shows you everything you worked on during the day. Each program is recorded so that you can quickly remember. Add-on available for any software. | memtime
- FERNRIDE — Fernride enables automated, sustainable logistics by combining the skills of remote drivers with autonomous technologies.
- Driveblocks — driveblocks' Mapless Autonomy Platform enables heavy duty vehicles to reliably detect objects and perceive their sourrounding without relying on high-definition maps. It's applications are container terminals, mining, agriculture, and hub-to-hub logistics. The technology unlocks cost-saving potentials, safety improvements and more efficient workflows.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Germany, United States
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- MiViA — From microstructure segmentation to grain size measurement! Our AI engine provides a fast and reliable metallographic analysis for metallic products.}
- BeeOLED — BeeOLED’s technology enables OLED displays with significantly improved efficiency, brightness and operational stability at lower overall costs due to a less complex device structure.
- BirdsView — BirdsView is to 'assist small e-commerce firms in transforming their own consumer data into effective, tailored marketing tactics and turning one-time purchases into devoted patrons.
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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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, Denmark
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- Stabl Energy — Stabl Energy is a developer of a technology that significantly improves battery storage systems.
- Proxima Fusion — We are a European fusion energy startup pursuing the clearest path to grid deployment.
- ChargeX — ChargeX provides electric car charging solutions. Tobias Wagner, Michael Masnitza, and Johannes Engeln founded it in 2017, with its headquarters in Munich in Germany.
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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- Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Seed, Funding Round, Series A
- Germany, United States, Austria
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- Neotiv — Enabling cognitive health
- Wingfield — Wingfield ist dein Zugang zu einem virtuellen Tenniserlebnis.
- InLine-Med — Radiologists perform safe, precise & easy interventions with the InLine-Med surgical tools and assistance devices.
Zusammen gestalten wir die Unternehmen von morgen.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Pharmaceutical
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Germany, Austria, Canada
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- AMSilk — AMSilk produces and distributes high-quality silk biopolymers for use in textile products, medical devices, and cosmetics.
- mbiomics — mbiomics is a biotechnology company.
- Look Up Space — Lookup space is the next global leader for space safety, security and sustainability
eCAPITAL is a venture capital investor that provides early to growth stage funding to technology and deep tech companies.
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- Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Series A, Funding Round, Series B
- Germany, United States, Italy
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- BeeOLED — BeeOLED’s technology enables OLED displays with significantly improved efficiency, brightness and operational stability at lower overall costs due to a less complex device structure.
- Build38 — Build38 is a global provider of mobile application protection solutions. Its solution represents a new generation of app-hardening technologies and service that protects apps from known and unknown attacks and opens the market to new digital business models. Build38 protects applications across various industries including automotive, financial,public transport and health care. Build38 is headquartered in Munich with global offices in Barcelona and Singapore. The company is a spin out of Giesecke + Devrient and ranks among the best IT Security startups in Germany. Build38 is an official GARTNER In-App Shielding Market Guide Vendor since 2019 and the first to combine: In-App Shielding + In-App Monitoring + AI-based In-App Reaction.
- QuoIntelligence — Our finished intelligence will significantly reduce your operational risks and allow you to make informed security decisions.
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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- Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
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- Finoa — Finoa is the leading European crypto-asset management platform, empowering businesses and institutions to engage with crypto safely and intuitively.
- 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.
- Finanzguru — Finanzguru is an AI based financial assistant.
Innovative post-revenue startups with first customers trust us as highly reliable investors. We have been an active player in the venture capital market for over 25 years. Due to our evergreen approach, we offer institutional venture capital without the limitations of the usual fund structure. Predominantly we invest straight equity. Additionally,we can offer venture debt to mature startups close to break-even in order to avoid further dilution for founders. Being a private investment company we act as both lead investor or co-investor. We can also fulfill the private lead investor role for public investors like Bayern Kapital. Together we are increasing YOUR company's value.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Germany, Italy, United States
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- memtime — memtime shows you everything you worked on during the day. Each program is recorded so that you can quickly remember. Add-on available for any software. | memtime
- ChargeOne — The complete charging solution for your e-mobility.
- SUSHI Bikes — SUSHI Bikes has developed the perfect e-bike for modern urban people.
Project A is an early-stage venture capital firm, combining financial and operational support for technology companies. In addition to $600 M 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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- Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
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- 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.
- ARX — ARX is a defence technology company that specialises in developing autonomous unmanned systems and sensors for the European defence sector.
- twig bio — twig bio operates as a bioengineering startup. twig bio using AI and robotics to find sustainable replacements for harmful ingredients.
Born2Grow is a german venture fund focusing on early stage investments. They invest up to 500k€ in innovative business models. They are based in Heilbronn in Baden-Wuerttemberg. Born2Grow focus on investments lies within the MedTech, BioTech, FinTech area as well as some other online industries
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- Software, Health Care, Medical Device
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United States
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- Semorai — Semorai - Intelligent error management for manufacturers We are reinventing the future of quality and error control in the industrial industry with our unique AI-as-a-Service solution.
- Doinstruct — Doinstruct offers mobile training solution for frontline workers.
- traplinked — Digitale Fallensysteme - Endlich wissen, was los ist! Mit den traplinked Sensormodulen JERRY und TOM erhalten Sie in Echtzeit ein digitales Abbild Ihrer Kontrollpunkte.
We back trailblazing entrepreneurs who transform the world with industrial 3D printing.
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- 3D Printing, Advanced Materials, Software
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
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- Evove — Evove envisage a day when precision membrane technology underpins circular economies by recycling water & harvesting valuable resources.
- SCRONA Inc — Scrona is all about simplifying micro- and nanotechnology, from the consumer- and industry-perspective. We offer solutions for convenient microscopic visualization and develop an ink-jet related printing technology that will revolutionize micro- and nanofabrication.
- Headmade Materials — Headmade Materials is a provider of the 3D-printing process Cold Metal Fusion (´Metal SLS`) for the serial production of metal parts.
Matterwave Ventures invests in early-stage industrial hardware and software companies, empowering them to become global leaders. The company's solutions are those that will influence how value will be created in industry in the future. Matterwave Ventures, as sector-neutral investors, is on the lookout for ground-breaking hardware and softwaresolutions, including materials, components, systems, and software. With a sincere interest in their products, extensive market knowledge, solid connections in the industry, and unmatched investment expertise in the field, Matterwave Ventures supports the companies in its portfolio.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, Austria, Belgium
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- Tvarit — Reduce Rejections in Casting with easy to use, secure & fast to implement industrial AI.
- Visplore — Visplore is a graphical software for the exploration and preparation of massive time series data from machines or sensors.
- fruitcore robotics — fruitcore robotics is a robotic system that leverages intelligent software and innovative mechatronics.
Deep Tech Start-Ups without a proven use case have hard times raising capital in early stages. We help to overcome this financing gap.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Manufacturing
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Germany, Switzerland
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- DGG — 3D production teams rely on RapidCompacts speed, quality, and scalability to meet the growing demand for 3D content.
- constellr — Smart Farming and Climate Monitoring from Space. At constellr, we are using cutting-edge beyond-visual imaging technology to revolutionise the way we assess crucial aspects of our planet's health.
- 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.
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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- Software, FinTech, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
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- Buycycle — Buycycle is an online market place that offers pre-owned bikes. Buycycle is headquartered in Munich, Bayern and was founded in 2021.
- HOLOGATE — HOLOGATE is the market leading virtual reality and immersive media company offering innovative extended reality solutions for entertainment and enterprise applications.
- Narval — Securely use your digital assets with web3-native policy controls over any key storage & custody model
Btov Partners is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in digital and industrial technology companies. With investment teams in Digital and Industrial Tech, Btov invests EUR 50m per year in high-growth companies with ticket sizes from EUR 0.25m to 3.5m.
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- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom
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- AI21 Labs — AI21 Labs is an AI lab & product company whose mission is to reimagine the way we read and write by making the machine a thought partner to humans.
- Calvin Risk — We help companies manage the risks of their AI algorithms!
- NVision Imaging Technologies — NVision Imaging Technologies is leveraging advances in quantum physics to enable the first routine, convenient and affordable use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for assessing early patient response to cancer treatment at the metabolic level.
The IFB Innovationsstarter is an innovation funding and investment company of the City of Hamburg providing grants and investments.
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- Software, SaaS, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Funding Round, Grant
- Germany, United States
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- 3D Spark — Profitability and Sustainability Aligned using 3D Spark's Platform - Empowering Manufacturing with Insights and Efficiency!
- Stargazr — Stargazr is a AI-powered software that enables you to understand your financial data
- Neuralfinity — Neuralfinity provides computer AI services. They generalise machine learning models by utilising an ML API as a service.
EXIST is a support programme of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). This programme aims at improving the entrepreneurial environment at universities and research institutes. It also aims at increasing the number and success of technology and knowledge based business start-ups. The BMWi supports university graduates,scientists as well as students to this end in preparing their technology and knowledge based start-ups. EXIST also promotes a lively and lasting entrepreneurial culture at public and private universities.The EXIST programme comprises three schemes: EXIST Culture of Entrepreneurship supports universities in formulating and implementing a comprehensive and sustained university-wide strategy for increasing entrepreneurial culture and spirit.EXIST Business Start-up Grant supports students, graduates and scientists in preparing innovative technology and knowledge based start-up projects.EXIST Transfer of Research funds both the resource development necessary to prove the technical feasibility of start-up ideas based on research and the preparation necessary to launch a business.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning
- Pre-Seed, Grant, Seed
- Germany, France, United Kingdom
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- DocVox — meeting recording, meeting video recording, meeting notes, meeting protocol, conference video recording, meeting transcript, video transcript, task management for meetings, time management for meetings, live video recording, conference recording, meeting audio translator
- benchANT — benchANT enables reliable, efficient and sustainable IT decisions for cloud resources and database technologies. Optimise your cloud costs and database performance based on performance measurements.benchANT's unique Cloud Database Benchmarking-as-a-Service platform offers a unique 100% automated benchmarking platform for all popular cloudand database providers.
- 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.
KfW gives impetus to economic, social and ecological development worldwide. As a promotional bank under the ownership of the Federal Republic and the Länder (federal states), it offers support to encourage sustainable improvement in economic, social, ecological living and business conditions, among others in the areas of small and medium-sizedenterprise, entrepreneurialship, environmental protection, housing, infrastructure, education finance, project and export finance, and development cooperation.
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- Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Funding Round, Series A, Series B
- Germany, India, Kenya
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- Uniper — Uniper is an international energy company with about 11,000 employees. They combine a balanced portfolio of technologically advanced large-scale assets with outstanding technical and commercial expertise. Uniper is a German energy company based in Dusseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed by the separation of E.ON's fossil fuel assetsinto a separate company that began operating on 1 January 2016.
- NamPower — NamPower is the national power utility of Namibia and specializes in the generation and transmission of electricity.
- Electrochaea — Electrochaea is commercializing a disruptive, scalable technology to convert electric power into methane, the principal component of natural gas. Using CO2 as a feedstock gas, power can be efficiently converted to renewable natural gas for power storage, for transportation fuels, or for transmission via a natural gas network. The company licensedtechnology from the University of Chicago and is led by the Nidus Partners, a St. Louis investment group specializing in renewable energy. Mich Hein, a Nidus Managing Partner, serves as CEO.Electrochaea has developed a commercially viable and disruptive solution for utility-scale energy storage, grid balancing, and carbon reuse. Their proprietary process converts low-cost and stranded electricity and carbon dioxide into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid, a conversion process known as “power-to-gas”.
Atlantic Labs supports and invests in mission-driven founders working on transformative technology ventures. <br><br>We partner with founders early, providing the capital, tools and network necessary to growing their companies and accompanying them on their entrepreneurial journey. We are currently active in areas including Digital Health, Future of Work, Machine Learning, Decentralized Networks, Mobility and Industrial Applications.
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- Health Care, Software, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
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- SureIn — small business insurance manager
- Colonia — Colonia is a logistics company that brings all global trucks and trailers into one shared fleet.
- Purpose Green — Purpose Green operates as a climatetech company.
Cavalry is an early-stage venture capital investor focused on European technology companies.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
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- Openvolt — A developer friendly API for unlocking access to smart meter data across Europe. Build more impactful apps in Energy Efficiency, ESG, EV Charging, Demand Response and a host of other use cases.
- Oblivious — Oblivious builds tools to allow you to use your sensitive data with internal and external partners while keeping it private and secure.
- SERA Intelligence — SERA Intelligence is an AgTech company that offers a cultivation management & analytics platform for greenhouses using machine learning.
We are an early-stage venture capital fund backing the best tech entrepreneurs across Europe and the US
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United States, France
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- Equipme — Gear up your teams to do their best work with Equipme. Simplify asset and cost management, and partner with best-in-class service providers for seamless service delivery.
- EthonAI — EthonAI develops accessible software tools that empower manufacturers to detect, monitor, and prevent quality losses at scale.
- Replo — Customizable landing pages for serious e-commerce teams. Made for marketing, integrated with Shopify - learn more about building stores faster with Replo
European Investment Bank (EIB) provides lending, borrowing, and treasury services primarily in the European Union.The company offers project loans for the public and private sectors; loans to banks and other intermediaries; structured finance products; guarantees and securitization instruments for senior and subordinated debts; project bonds;equity and fund investment products such as infrastructure equity and debt funds, and environmental funds; and venture capital funds and security packages for funds.The company also offers microfinance; risk sharing finance for research, development, and innovation projects; finance and technical expertise for sustainable energy projects; infrastructure project advisory services; support for urban development projects; guarantees for transport infrastructure; and funding for public-private partnerships and small- and medium-sized enterprises.EIB serves the transportation, global loans, energy, industry, health, education, water, sewerage, infrastructure, services, telecommunications, agriculture, and fisheries sectors.European Investment Bank was founded in 1958 and is based in Luxembourg.
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- Biotechnology, Health Care, Software
- Debt Financing, Post-IPO Debt, Funding Round
- France, Germany, Ireland
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- Valmet — Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries.
- CTP — CTP NV is a real estate company that owns and develops industrial and logistics parks.
- Cofina Ivory — Cofina Ivory is a savings and credit institution that operates in the sector of mesofinance.
Looking for venture capital? We are the Munich based corporate VC arm of ams OSRAM and invest in startups in photonics, opto-electronic and sensing.
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- Software, Manufacturing, Agriculture
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
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- Blickfeld — Discover the world's first smart LiDAR solution that combines state-of-the-art hardware with powerful software to digitalize whole industries!
- iThera Medical — Due to its spatiotemporal resolution, penetration depth, sensitivity and specificity, optoacoustic imaging (OAI) can be used for a multitude of applications.
- iLoF — iLoF is a digital health company pioneering a breakthrough AI-platform to accelerate the future of personalized drug discovery and development
HZG Group offers investments and focuses on establishing young enterprises as well as sustainable, successful business models.
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- 3D Printing, Software, 3D Technology
- Series A, Seed
- Germany, United States
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- Axtra3D — We are a leading-edge company comprised of industry experts with years of experience in multiple disciplines, dedicated to developing innovative solutions in additive manufacturing processes that utilize optoelectronics.
- Q.BIG 3D — large scale 3D printing
- xolo — Xolo is a 3D printing firm that offers a volumetric printing solution to various industries.
With a track record of over 20 years in venture capital and experience from more than 200 investments in numerous companies BFB Brandenburg Kapital GmbH (BFB) is the most active equity investor in Brandenburg. BFB invests in fast-growing technology-orientated companies throughout the whole life-cycle. Target sectors are ICT/Digital Economy,Life Science, MedTech, Proptech, Industrial Applications. BFB invests in companies based in or with facilities in Brandenburg. The current VC fund is financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) an Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB).
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, United Kingdom
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- Doctorflix — Doctorflix is a medical education platform that allows doctors around the globe to learn about methods of treatment while accelerating their system-required professional development. We are on a mission to build an engine that simplifies and democratizes the consumption and exchange of medical knowledge by interlinking doctors, hospitals, andpharmaceutical companies.
- mama health — mama health is a platform to find others around the world living the same journey as you - and learn form each other's experience.
- DearEmployee — DearEmployee is the Workplace Mental Health Platform. As a corporate health start-up, we support employers in designing healthy and motivating working conditions for their employees in order to reduce mental stress and to increase employee productivity. Using the DearEmployee platform, companies can easily and digitally measure mental stress at theworkplace in a scientific way, and subsequently sign up to tailored health and HR measures. The solution also meets the legal requirements for mental health risk assessment in Germany.
Vito Ventures invests in break-through tech and business startups in the fields of IoT, B2B marketplaces, enterprise, SaaS and energy tech. Vito Ventures backs ambitious founders and startups applying technology to solve fundamental problems of society ranging from climate change to energy security. They believe that superb engineering andradical entrepreneurial thinking is needed to tackle major challenges of the upcoming decades. With its investments they empower startups, which will make a difference both within their industry and beyond. Through its industrial investor base, they have access to extensive resources (e.g., R&D facilities, global market reach, mass production capabilities). Its portfolio companies can actively leverage their investor’s domain expertise and knowledge base in the fields of Cooling-, Heating- and Energy-technology, Industry 4.0 and Internet of Things. Whether it is developer capacity or prototyping experience, they want to build bridges and open doors whenever possible.
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- Software, Information Technology, Internet of Things
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, Finland, United States
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- IQM Quantum Computers — IQM is the leading European quantum hardware company in superconducting circuits. We build quantum computers
- Crate.io — CrateDB is the leading open-source, distributed SQL database, empowering customers to turn data into business value
- Micropsi Industries — Micropsi Industries is a robotics software company. Our AIs allow robots to learn from humans and act in dynamic environments.
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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- Software, Internet, E-Commerce
- Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Germany, United States, Israel
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- SECJUR — Secjur provides a platform for automated compliance using AI. The startup's technology streamlines procedures in the Digital Compliance Office for areas including data security, anti-money laundering, and whistleblowing.
- Synctive — Synctive enables equipment-as-a-service and pay-per-use business models for machine and plant manufacturers.
- Kranus Health — Kranus Health is a global provider for Men‘s Health Prescription Digital Therapeutics (PDTs). Our therapies make millions of men live a better and longer life and enable doctors to treat their patients more efficiently.
We are looking for the newcomers, the architects of the future, the movers & shakers.
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- Information Technology, Software, Internet
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, France, Switzerland
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- Rail-Flow — Rail-Flow provides purchase and tender management, rail offer management, intermodal transportation management, intermodal capacity brokers, transport management, and automatic order entry. Their customers contact them through phone, email, and online applications.
- seedtrace — Manage, prove and communicate the social and ecological impact along your products' supply chains through our digital platform.
- Digital Spine — Our mission is to disrupt the paradigm that buildings are mainly defined by bricks, concrete & steel. We are enhancing their purpose and definition with digital technology, realtime connectivity & user-centric software applications. We distill 90 years of experience in machinery & engineering into cutting edge cloud-based solutions& services.Our core competency is the digital transformation of vertical mobility & transport within the ecosystem of smart buildings.
At better ventures we invest in early-stage founders who aim to change our world for the better.
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- Software, Environmental Consulting, Advanced Materials
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, Switzerland
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- 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.
- Dr. Vivien Karl — Dr. Vivien Karl relies on a cream for moisturizing care against vulva dryness.
- MAGNOTHERM — Next generation cooling - zero GWP, no toxicity, no explosivity
Future Energy Ventures is a unique venture capital fund that brings together corporate partners and world-class start-ups to shape the future energy landscape. Future Energy Ventures invests in digital and digitally enabled technologies and business models that have the potential to redefine the future energy landscape.From its operational hubsin Germany, Israel and Silicon Valley, Future Energy Ventures looks for both investments and scaling opportunities for its portfolio globally and new investment opportunities.Future Energy Ventures is the venture capital investment and collaboration platform of E.ON, one of Europe’s largest operators of energy networks and energy-related infrastructure.
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Israel, United States
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- Piclo — Piclo develop software to make our electricity grids smart, flexible and sustainable.
- Sunvigo — Sunvigo provides you with cheap solar power from your roof and real green power from the grid.
- Virta — The Virta platform for electric vehicle charging gives you an accelerated and cost-effective channel to launch, operate, and grow an EV charging business.
BM H Beteiligungs-Managementgesellschaft Hessen mbH operates as an investment arm of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale.
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- Software, Consulting, B2B
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany
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- Blaue Helden — Blaue Helden set up a DTC operation producing and selling sustainable cleaning products.
- leonardo. impact — Impact investing is a $2.3 trillion industry. Per definition the investment should be linked to positive outcomes that benefit people & planet. Measuring impact is a complex and expensive process, which has led to institutions using their own unique methodology to suit their needs and budget. This leads to reporting errors at best. At worst, itleaves the industry vulnerable to greenwashing. A standardised and automated approach would result in millions in savings, more accuracy & trust.leonardo's B2B SaaS solution combines effective & trustworthy impact measurement with the challenges of fund management & investor relations. We enable effective primary data collection to provide actionable insights into the actual effects of products & services on people & planet through automatically generated surveys and API connections to IoT devices & third party software. With the tool being used by impact businesses & their capital providers, leonardo provides streamlined data pipelines and consistent communication throughout the entire capital flow. The high quality impact data is compliant with regulatory requirements & acknowledged impact reporting standards. Additionally, we leverage machine learning at several stages. First, recommendation engines help the user to select the right frameworks & standards. Large language models help to extract qualitative information from interviews & reports and to utilise it for impact calculations. Most importantly, ML-powered data validation enables us to assess the impact and strongly increases data quality & reporting credibility, thus mitigating the risk for greenwashing while reducing the need for third-party audits.
- Quantagonia — Advanced quantum algorithms, for your most important business problems, delivering breakthrough performance on today's high-performance computers, with seamless migration for later use on quantum computers.
Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. With EUR 2 billion under management,eight IPOs and 30 trade sales, Earlybird is one of the most established and active venture capital firms in Europe.
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- Software, Information Technology, Health Care
- Series A, Seed, Series B
- Germany, United States, United Kingdom
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- Binalyze — Binalyze enhances all your digital forensics and incident response processes at max speed.
- ColibrITD — Quantum Computing Software Algorithm
- Re-Fresh Global — Re-Fresh Global brings sustainability innovation into the manufacturing industry. Our patented biotechnology transforms textile waste into recycled raw materials: nanocellulose, ethanol, and sanitized textile pulp.
Pan-european early-stage deep-tech VC
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- Manufacturing, Industrial Manufacturing, Printing
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Austria
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- xolo — Xolo is a 3D printing firm that offers a volumetric printing solution to various industries.
- AR Technology — Trackers attached to or integrated into an object or tool are intended to ensure a dimensionally accurate digital replica of the object. The invention of the Tyrolean company can be used with any AR glasses on the market. Furthermore, receiving via the AR Technology receiver module and the associated AI-controlled app is an option. The goal is torun work processes on this virtual object and explain to users how to use a product correctly. I am convinced that in the future, industrial firms will wonder how they could manufacture their products without Augmented Reality technology.
- Refined Laser Systems — Refined Laser Systems is a dynamic biophotonics company.It specialises in creating innovative laser systems for SRS-microscopy and quantum technology.
The L-Bank is committed to ensuring a high-performing economy, a high quality of life and a secure future. For individuals who want to gainfully employ their strengths or need support to develop them. For businesses that create jobs through their commitment and for communities seeking to improve the quality of their inhabitants' lives. Inshort: for Baden-Württemberg.
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- Information Technology, Software, Manufacturing
- Pre-Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, Taiwan, Mauritius
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- cabuu — cabuu creates scalable interactive educational content for simple fact learning
- klaep — klaep is an app-based social network for musicians and singers, in which every user can record, edit and publish their own musical ideas and collaborate time-shifted with other users worldwide in split-screen videos (ReJam). All published compositions can be viewed, commented on and rated, so that pure music listeners also enjoy added value.
- WOO Network — WOO Network is the ultimate crypto trading platform featuring deep liquidity for superior order execution, lowest fee trading, and fully customizable trading workspaces.
Pre-Seed B2B Tech VC - Engineers at heart, investors by choice
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- Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, Switzerland
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- Turn2x — TURN2X decarbonizes the industry by producing Renewable Natural Gas with a unique methanation process.
- Daedalus — Daedalus develops reconfigurable production capacity that can be retooled instantly. Its robotics and AI technologies enable agile manufacturing for any process, volume, and part complexity.
- Software Defined Automation — Factory Control Solution
NRW.BANK is the development bank for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It supports its owner – the state of North Rhine-Westphalia – in fulfilling its tasks, notably in the fields of structural, economic, social and housing policy. NRW.BANK pools the promotion and development programmes of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the FederalRepublic of Germany and the European Union and combines them with its own equity and debt products and advisory services. It offers the full range of financial products in three areas “Economy”, “Housing”, and “Infrastructure/Municipalities”. NRW.BANK operates in a competitively neutral manner as a partner of banks and savings banks.
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- Biotechnology, Software, Health Care
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United States
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- bNear — bNear is the digital space for all distributed- & hybrid teams - Safe and convenient in Microsoft Teams!
- Companyon Analytics — Companyon Analytics provides data security, cloud infrastructure, information technology, technical solutions, and consultancy services.
- Refined Laser Systems — Refined Laser Systems is a dynamic biophotonics company.It specialises in creating innovative laser systems for SRS-microscopy and quantum technology.
Santo Venture Capital GmbH is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and which operates as a subsidiary of ATHOS Service Gmbh.
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- Energy, Clinical Trials, Environmental Engineering
- Series A, Series B, Series D
- Germany, Finland
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- IQM Quantum Computers — IQM is the leading European quantum hardware company in superconducting circuits. We build quantum computers
- Temedica — Temedica is a Munich, Germany-based digital health company with the mission to put the patient into the center of healthcare. To this end, the company offers solutions both for patients and for other stakeholders in the healthcare universe. Temedica’s two platforms, Temedica-Apps and Permea, enable customer-tailored solutions to advancepersonalized healthcare. To best support patients with complex, chronic conditions, the company develops state-of-the-art digital patient companions. These apps help patients with personalized guidance and navigate them through the healthcare system considering their individual needs. Temedica is also an expert in compiling, structuring and analyzing real world data. Its B2B-directed data analytics platform Permea is designed to enable unique insights along the whole healthcare value chain and patient journey.
- Efficient Energy — Efficient Energy GmbH is an innovative manufacturer and system supplier of environmentally friendly refrigeration technology, based in Feldkirchen near Munich, Germany. The company developed the Bluezero-technology, which uses water as a refrigerant and and thereby entirely avoids fluorinated refrigerants (HFCs). Efficient Energy helps itscustomers overcome the increasing regulatory challenges of refrigeration technology, and offers them long-term, sustainable solutions with its eChiller model range. The eChiller chilled water units are ideally suited for process cooling, machine cooling and the cooling of technical equipment and data centres and provide cooling capacities from 35 kW to 120 kW, depending on the model. With its outstanding cost efficiency and low CO2 footprint, companies benefit on many fronts. The pioneering technology has also been noticed by politics and the media, and has received multiple awards for the eChiller. These include among others the European Business Award for the Environment 2018/2019 from the European Comission and the Red Herring Europe Top 100 in 2020.
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.
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- E-Commerce, Internet, Fashion
- Series A, Funding Round, Seed
- Germany, Australia, United States
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- 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.
We support entrepreneurs to develop new solutions for a sustainable future - people, planet, profit - by leveraging our financially driven VC setup with the reach and skills of our corporate investor EnBW.
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- Software, Power Grid, Renewable Energy
- Series A, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, Austria, France
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- CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
- vialytics — vialytics is a system solution for the road maintenance management of municipalities. Their integrated road monitoring system enables municipal administrations collecting data of their roads and monitoring the results. Predictive Features enrich the user experience by data matching background processes.
- Vivacity Labs — VivaCity's AI solution provides detailed and anonymous data insights to help optimise transport networks, improve urban infrastructure efficiency & save lives.
Visionaries Club is a leading European early stage VC backed by Europe's most successful digital founders and family business entrepreneurs. We strongly believe that leveraging our entrepreneurial investors' authentic knowledge and access is the best support we can provide to entrepreneurs in their Seed and Early Growth stage to help themtake their companies to the next level.Visionaries Club is divided into two funds:A € 150m (seed stage fund leveraging its unicorn and digital founder LP base for very early and exclusive access to the most promising entrepreneurs across Europe.A €200m Early Growth fund leveraging especially the fund's industrial family business LP network is intended to support the most promising European B2B companies in their early growth stage from Series B onwards with global reach and scale.The firm was founded in 2019 by Robert Lacher and Sebastian Pollok and has offices in Berlin and London
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- Software, SaaS, FinTech
- Seed, Series A, Series B
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
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- CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
- Pivot — Pivot operates as a fintech company.
- Pigment — The all-in-one business planning platform for finance and revenue teams to plan & forecast your business in real-time, model scenarios and make better decisions
The corporate venture capital arm TRUMPF Venture extends TRUMPF’s comprehensive activities to promote innovation and to detect disruptive technologies and business models early on. TRUMPF is the world technological and market leader for machine tools used in flexible sheet metal processing as well as industrial lasers. TRUMPF Venture investsglobally in early-stage start-ups active in areas complementary or adjacent to the TRUMPF core, such as Advances Photonics and Smart Factory. Funded start-ups benefit from an extensive network, deep domain knowhow, proven skills in scalability as well as support to access the TRUMPF group and its ecosystem. The requirements for a potential investment are a strategic fit, a high innovation leverage and differentiation in business model or technology, an experienced management team and risk adequate financial returns.
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- Manufacturing, Software, Artificial Intelligence
- Series A, Series B, Funding Round
- Germany, Switzerland, United States
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- nyris — Our custom search engines make it easy for people to find products, spare parts, and components for industry and eCommerce
- Quside — Our QRNGs let innovators build advanced solutions for cybersecurity and computation.
- iThera Medical — Due to its spatiotemporal resolution, penetration depth, sensitivity and specificity, optoacoustic imaging (OAI) can be used for a multitude of applications.
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 totalling €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 bold and ambitious founders who have the grit and determination to build global success stories. EQT Ventures II launched in November 2019, with commitments totalling €660 million. EQT Ventures III launched in 2022, with commitments totalling €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 data-driven approach and has driven more than $100 million in portfolio company investments.
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- Software, Information Technology, SaaS
- Series A, Series B, Seed
- Sweden, Germany, United States
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- Fly.io — Fly.io offers an Application Delivery Network (ADN) intended to help website owners get connected with their customers easily. The company's application delivery network uses a global network of servers to accept visitor traffic, run middleware on requests, then route them to backend applications, enabling website owners to direct theirvisitors to their respective sites securely and in a few clicks.
- Verkor — Verkor is a French industrial company set to amplify battery cell production.
- Volt.io — Increase retention and digital sales by allowing your customers to initiate direct payments, from their bank accounts to yours in real-time. Your checkout in super-drive, powered by Volt.
BayStartUP prepares startups for investors talks and provides them with a network of several hundred investors and business angels.
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- Manufacturing, Information Technology, SaaS
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany
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- phelas — Phelas is developing an electricity storage system to use solar and wind power even when the sun is not shining and the wind is not blowing
- Plasmion — Plasmion is all about the real time analysis of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) - be it to simplify laboratory analysis or to enable automated industrial sensory systems.
- Mr Beam Lasers — Industrial laser cutters are digital tools for cutting and engraving a variety of materials based on a digital design file. Mr Beam Lasers offers a desktop laser cutter with an integrated connected ecosystem. Our target group are small businesses, professional service providers, educational institutions and private customers, who enjoy creative andartistic crafting. Mr Beam reduces the entry barrier for digital, automated labeling, personalization and prototyping to an absolute minimum. Due to child’s play handling, integrated online designs, material shops and service hubs, the mass market gets the opportunity to use this technology which originally was only possible for the industry.
APX Ventures offers digital solutions, including pay-per-click, custom web services, SEO, and cloud services.
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- Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Germany, Austria, United Kingdom
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- sewts — Founded in 2019 and based in Munich, sewts GmbH provides cutting-edge perception software, pushing the boundaries of robotics in processing of easily deformable materials. sewts has developed and demonstrated a unique technology that uses high-precision finite element method (FEM) simulations to efficiently train machine learning algorithms. Theintelligent software solution enables countless applications in industrial automation like the handling of textiles in industrial laundries or the manufacturing of garment. sewts is backed by APEX Ventures, Bayern Kapital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, UnternehmerTUM Initiative for Industrial Innovators and a couple of highly experienced business angels.
- Zetta Genomics — Zetta Genomics unleashes the power of genomic data to improve health outcomes for millions of patients around the world - and realise the potential of
- Refined Laser Systems — Refined Laser Systems is a dynamic biophotonics company.It specialises in creating innovative laser systems for SRS-microscopy and quantum technology.
IT-Farm is a venture capital firm which specializes in seed, start-up, and early stage companies. It primarily invests in mobile, big-data, connected car, IoT, OTT service, Helth care, Bio Tech and other IT industries. The firm actively invests in SF bay area and Japan, as well as other geometries including Asia and Europe. We support portfoliocompanies, especially on the partnership with Japanese enterprises.
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- Software, Health Care, Information Technology
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- United States, Japan, Germany
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- Finviet — Finviet operates a fintech platform with the goal of becoming a trustworthy and efficient financial technology company. The platform of the company specializes in financial services, telecommunication services, e-wallets and payment gateways, banking services, and agent banking.
- Cogsmart — Cogsmart provides services for brain function research and development. In hopes of helping prevent dementia and maintain and improve other cognitive functions, they manufacture and sell software for medical and healthcare devices.
- ImageBiopsy Lab — AI-driven software applications that enable orthopedists and radiologists to assess and predict bone health. A new dimension of MSK imaging diagnostics.
IBG Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt is a venture capital firm makes investments in territories such as Germany and Denmark.
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- Electronics, Software, Medical Device
- Funding Round, Seed, Series A
- Germany, Austria
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- Wingfield — Wingfield ist dein Zugang zu einem virtuellen Tenniserlebnis.
- Baby Sweets — Baby Sweets provides Online shop for beautiful and unusual baby clothes and accessories.Sales of own brands made in EU as well as international brands.
- COMAN Software — COMAN Software provides innovative software for project management in machine and plant construction.
We effectively support start-ups through early-stage capital, network, know-how, follow-up financing and personality development.
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- Manufacturing, Medical, Internet
- Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Germany
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- BDK Group — Autoglas der Zukunft
- Infrasolid — Innovative infrared sources for gas detection & spectroscopy. Infrasolid's infrared radiation sources are based on a patented nanotechnology in combination with the self-supporting monolithic structure.
- Suburban Seafood — Premium producer of shrimp larvae and prawns.
SeedCapital Dortmund GmbH & Co. KG is the right partner. They participate in innovative, technology-oriented companies in the start-up or early stage companies. And yet retain independence. Because when they are holding "only" partner on time. Together they participate in the appreciation and therefore the success of company.
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- Information Technology, Enterprise Software, Software
- Seed, Series A, Funding Round
- Germany, United States
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- ShopCo Technologies — Shop uses Artificial Intelligence to empower online shopping experience for customers. It is a universal shopping cart browser extension that keeps all the items of its users across the web in one spot. Stores can be registered online and without any hassle. It helps its users browse through a wide range of online stores and checkout from one spot.The company gives ability to connect to all its users existing retailer accounts. It also secures data with encryption methods and two-step verifications. Shop is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2014 by Jay Habib.
- pickshare — pickshare is a logistics platform for large retailers and brands.
- Volterion — Volterion was founded in 2015 as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT.Right from the start, they put their energy into the development of the stack – the energy converter of a redox flow battery and thus the basis for an efficient system.After extensive development work, they now produce their stacks using a unique manufacturingprocess that they are constantly improving.On this basis, they also develop innovative energy systems such as the powerRFB. A scalable battery in a compact housing that meets the highest industrial demands and is used in many different applications.Sascha Berthold, Thomas Gebauer and Thorsten Seipp are the founders of the company and have been involved in the development of Volterion technology. Together with Kees van de Kerk they form the management today.Volterion has received many awards for its technology and business model, including the ACHEMA Energy Founders Award, the TU Startup Award, the KUER Growing Business Award and the Best Pitches Award.
APX is Europe’s leading very-early-stage VC. Based in Berlin and backed by Axel Springer and Porsche, we support and partner with the most ambitious founding teams from Europe and beyond - often as their first investor.We invest up to EUR 500K in startups until a series A starting with a quick EUR 50K investment, and within a few months,depending on traction and speed, we can invest further. Each month we invest in new teams who become part of the APX community, counting hundreds of other founders. Since 2018, we have invested in 100+ startups across 20+ industries with founders from 20+ countries together with 100+ co-investors.
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- Software, SaaS, Information Technology
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
- Germany, United Kingdom, United States
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- askui — Use natural language to automate your UI tests. Our UI test solution is based on visual features and offers a real no-code black-box test.
- CYCLE — GetHenry is a rapidly growing subscription service for market-leading delivery companies. We make sure that thousands of couriers are on the move safely, quickly and comfortably every day. In this way, we not only create added value for delivery services, but also help to reduce transport-related CO2 emissions on the last mile.
- Genie — Genie is a productive web development framework in Julia. Build web applications, UIs, backends, integrate with databases, set up web services and APIs.
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