# Top 50 Music Startup Investors in Germany in May 2026

## Rudolf Fuchs Kapitalanlagegesellschaft mbH
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Music, Mobile Apps, Artificial Intelligence

Family Office

## Impulse VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Moscow, Moscow City, Russian Federation
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Advertising, Software, E-Commerce

Fund for technological internet companies

## Plus Eight Equity Fund LP
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Music, E-Commerce, Media and Entertainment

Founded in 2014, Plus Eight Equity Partners is an early stage venture capital firm that has partnered with electronic music industry leaders to invest in groundbreaking music technology companies. The Principals of Plus Eight have over 100 years of combined experience in electronic music and music technology. Plus Eight possesses deep institutionalknowledge and relationships within these industries. The firm specializes in sourcing propriety investment opportunities and building value through organizational development and organic growth. Plus Eight drives significant momentum in its portfolio company investments by leveraging its robust network in music, technology, finance, operations and manufacturing.

## Yat Siu
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Software

Yat Siu is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Outblaze a messaging communications company that services over 40 million users today based out of Hong Kong.Yat has previously worked for Atari Germany, served as Director and Head of East Coast Operations for Lexicor, established Hong Kong Cybercity (the first free web page and e-mail providerin Asia, later renamed Freenation), as well as AT&T Solutions System Integration practice.He has been named a Global Leader of Tomorrow and a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum.It has been reported that Yat Siu sold Outblaze messaging to IBM to become Lotus iNotes.Yat is also responsible FON's operations in China.

## Amazon Alexa Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Seattle, Washington, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things

The Amazon Alexa Fund is Amazon’s venture capital fund investing in artificial intelligence, frontier tech, voice, robotics, and digital health across consumer and enterprise. We invest in early- to growth-stage companies globally. To learn more, visit us at alexafund.com.

## NRW.BANK
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Biotechnology, Software, Health Care

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.

## High-Tech Grunderfonds
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Biotechnology

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.

## IBB Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Internet

IBB Ventures is a venture capital and mezzanine arm of Investitionsbank Berlin specializing in seed/startup, early venture, and mid venture investments. The firm invests in technology-oriented companies and companies from the creative industries. It typically invests in information and communication sector with a focus on hardware andsoftware, network technology, new media, and internet and mobile technologies; life science sector with a focus on biotechnology and media technology; and industrial technologies sector with a focus on software, PPS, supply chain management, micro and nanotechnology, environmental and power technology, automation, manufacturing technology, transport technology and logistics, and new materials. The firm also invests in movies, broadcast, television, publisher, music, entertainment, advertising, fashion, design, architecture, multimedia, games, software, and art and culture. It invests in companies based in Berlin. It typically invests between €0.25 million ($0.32 million) and €3 million ($3.83 million) per transaction. The firm prefers to take a board seat in its portfolio companies. IBB Ventures was founded in 1997 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

## Hasso Plattner Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Internet

Hasso Plattner Ventures invests in fast-growing, information technology-driven companies in Europe and the USA on behalf of Prof. Dr. h.c. Hasso Plattner, co-founder and chairman of software giant SAP. The support we offer reaches beyond financial commitments. Our multifaceted work includes acting globally as a strategic partner for our informationtechnology growth companies. In Germany, our commitment has taken also the form of a seed program for information technology startups coming out of the Hasso Plattner Institute.After retiring from the operative business of SAP in 2003, Hasso Plattner was appointed Chairman of the company’s Supervisory Board. He has devoted his time to the promotion of science, innovation and entrepreneurship ever since.To further these goals, Hasso Plattner founded Hasso Plattner Ventures on July 1st, 2005 in Potsdam, Germany. Hasso Plattner Ventures Africa launched as an affiliate in 2008, operating from Cape Town, South Africa.Hasso Plattner Ventures manages four funds. HP Ventures I started in 2005, focusing on early stage software companies in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In 2008, HP Ventures II and HP Ventures Africa launched, looking for investment opportunities in startup- and expansion-stage companies across the USA, Europe, Israel and South Africa.As of 2015, HP Ventures III, a €150 million fund, focuses on fast-growing enterprise and infrastructure software companies mainly in Germany and the Silicon Valley.

## Dumont Venture
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series C
- Focus: E-Commerce, Retail, Fashion

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

## Earlybird Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Health Care

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.

## Egora Holding
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Martinsried, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series D
- Focus: Online Portals, Music, FinTech

Egora Holding is an investment company and concentrates on investments in Broadband Communications, Industrial Optronics,

## Holger Hübner
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: B2B, SaaS, Audio

Holger Hübner

## Techstars Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boulder, Colorado, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Techstars Ventures (formerly Bullet Time Ventures) is the venture capital arm of Techstars. Bullet Time Ventures is a $150 million fund based in Boulder, Colorado.

## DvH Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Investing early in Europe's most passionate founders.

## Henning Thies
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, Music, Big Data

Henning Thies

## Heartfelt Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Analytics, Service Industry, Satellite Communication

Earliest-stage startup investor. VC in Berlin.

## Cayuga Venture Fund
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Ithaca, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Information Technology, Telecommunications

Cayuga Venture Fund funds advanced technology and high growth companies in New York State.

## Powerhouse Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Gaming, Media and Entertainment, Audio

Consumer Media & Technology Fund

## Christophe Maire
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Financial Services

Christophe F. Maire is the Founding Partner and CEO of Atlantic Labs, a Berlin-based seed investor dedicated to identifying and investing in innovative digital startup companies. In the last 20+ years, Christophe has built an international track record both as a founder; including gate5 (sold first to Nokia and later developed into HERE and sold tothe German automotive industry) and Plazes.com (also sold to Nokia); and as a farsighted investor named best “European Seed Investor” by Techcrunch two years running. Exited investments include Brands4Friends (eBay), Readmill (Dropbox); StudiVZ, Fyber and Plista. Recent investments led by Atlantic Labs include Medigo, Clue, Jodel, and Campanda, amongst others. Christophe remains actively involved in all his investments, including as a board member of Soundcloud, EyeEm, and Monoqi, and an active promoter of the Berlin startup ecosystem.

## b2venture (formerly btov Partners)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Saint Gallen, Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

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.

## Michael Shaulov
- Type: Angel
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, B2B

Michael is the CEO and co-founder of Fireblocks, a secure digital asset infrastructure company. Prior to Fireblocks, he co-founded Lacoon Mobile Security, which was acquired by Check Point, and was then appointed the Head of Products, Mobile and Cloud Security for Check Point. Michael is a serial cybersecurity entrepreneur and investor. He is alsoa recognized industry speaker, delivering talks at RSA Conference, BlackHat and Infosec. Before his commercial endeavors, Michael pioneered the mobile security field in an elite military technological unit (8200), where he received the Israeli Presidential Excellency Honor for his contributions. He holds a BSc in Computer Sciences and Physics from Ben-Gurion University, Israel.

## ‪Daniel Kondermann‬
- Type: Angel
- Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Machine Learning, B2B, Music

Daniel Kondermann is the CEO and Founder at Quality Match.

## Yves Latour
- Type: Angel
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Search Engine, Internet

Yves Latour is the Co-Founder of 3wVentures. Yves Latour attended the University of St.Gallen.

## Ringier Digital Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Food and Beverage

Are you a digital startup with a clear unique selling proposition looking for investment? Find out how to partner with us.

## Michael Shmilov
- Type: Angel
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, Music, Big Data

Michael Shmilov has been a key member of the Viber Management team working alongside with the founding team since the launch of the company in December 2010. As Chief Operating Officer, Michael is responsible for the operational running of the fast-moving business. Viber has gained more than 800 million users since its launch. In his previous roleas Viber’s Head of Product, Michael was responsible for the long-term vision of the Viber platform, product planning, design and UX.Prior to Viber, Michael was Product Manager for iMesh, one of the world’s first peer-to-peer file sharing services. Michael’s love to product design and user experience drove him to establish a design and development studio and ‘UX Storytelling’, a hub designed for the UX and product management community to share stories and ideas.

## LionCorn Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, B2B, Music

Early-stage investment company investing 10-150k per ticket. Industries are B2B SasS and all things Gen Z, Games, eSports, Mobile.

## Target Global
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Target Global is a venture capital firm that invests in tech companies across their lifecycles. Target Global follows a lifecycle approach, investing in tech companies. Their partners have been investing for more than 15 years in the digital technology space, backing some of the European success stories.

## Guido Peters
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: CRM, Music, Mobile

Guido Peters - International Business Development Manager @ Continental

## Venture Stars
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Pet, Software

Venture Stars is a Munich based venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in innovative, digital B2C and B2B business models.

## MGO Digital Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bamberg, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Focus: Shopping, Apps, E-Commerce

MGO Digital Ventures provides digital media startups with long-term investments and is based in Bamberg, Germany.

## 3wVentures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herisau, Ausser-Rhoden, Switzerland
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Information Technology

3wVentures provides seed money and venture capital to international internet startups. As they focus on early stage projects and prototypes, our investments and co-investments target a volume of up to USD 250,000.

## Ben Kubota
- Type: Angel
- Location: Los Angeles, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Internet

Geek, Founder, Builder, Angel Investor

## Supermoon Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Artificial Intelligence, Music

Supermoon Capital is a specialist platform helping visionary founders enhance our lives, organizations, and communities through healthy sleep.

## Patrick Joest
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, Music, Big Data

Patrick Joest is the Managing Director of musicwise.

## Lars Ettrup
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, Music, Big Data

Lars Ettrup - Co-Founder, CEO @ Linkfire

## 10x Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

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

## JCMB Beteiligungs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Consumer Goods, E-Commerce, Audio

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

## Prime Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, FinTech

Prime Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on investing in European companies in the technology and related industries and leverages its capital, experience and network to actively guide them into global category leaders. The firm has invested in companies in the Benelux countries, United Kingdom, France, Finland and Sweden. From itsoffices in The Netherlands and the UK the independent partnership manages over EUR700 million in committed capital.(Source : 

## RI Digital Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Travel, Online Portals

Raffay is an investment group with early stage venture capital and real estate as its primary focus.

## Roman Kirsch
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Logistics

Roman Kirsch is the Entrepreneur and Investor of Rapid Pioneers Group.

## Axel Springer
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Real Estate, Internet

Axel Springer is a media company engaged in publishing newspapers, magazines, and digital sales channels.Axel Springer founded the publishing house in Hamburg in 1946; the editors spent the first year working above a warehouse for tea and spices, often without electricity, and using borrowed typewriters. As a result of consistentinternationalization and digitization, Axel Springer SE today is not only market leader in the German print business, but is also active in more than 40 countries through subsidiaries, joint ventures and licenses. Now it is a question of pressing ahead with digitization even faster and more vigorously. For Axel Springer SE, informative and entertaining journalism is a viable business model also in future on the Internet, along with marketing and classifieds, the other two business segments in which the company is traditionally strong.In the tradition of its founder, who fostered journalistic and technological innovations in his time, Axel Springer SE is breaking new ground. The company is consistently pursuing the objective of building up a fast-growing and profitable digital portfolio and for this reason is networking today more than ever before with the current generation of founders: digital start-ups. Along with the transformation of their established strong media brands, their own new developments online and strategically-oriented acquisitions of web companies, this network is one of the building blocks of the company's international digitization strategy: Axel Springer SE wants to become the leading digital publisher.

## Julien Arnold
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Music

Julien Arnold is the Founder & Managing Director at Labs Management. He attended University of Bayreuth.

## Passion Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Financial Services

Passion Capital is an early stage venture capital firm based in London.

## Oke Göttlich
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, Music, Big Data

Oke Göttlich - Founder and CEO @ finetunes

## Oliver Lesche
- Type: Angel
- Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, Music, Big Data

Oliver Lesche

## Kima Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, SaaS

Kima Ventures is one of the world's most active early-stage investors, investing in 2 to 3 startups per week all over the world; providing founders with funding, network, and support for them to reach the next steps of their journey.The firm invests from seed to Series A, mostly as lead investor but also working alongside other investors;backing ambitious founders who work hard to build awesome things that more and more people use everyday. The company helps them to build a great team, to learn very quickly, to keep the right focus and execute towards growth.Kima takes pride of itself in working side-by-side with entrepreneurs. They claim to understand that fundraising is only one step in the company’s journey, that’s why they take quick decisions and make the fundraising process as smooth as possible so the founders can get back to the work of building their business. Kima considers itself not only an investor, but a network of founders and experts sharing a pay it forward mindset.Headquartered in Paris with an office in London, the company was founded and backed by Xavier Niel, founder of Iliad and supporter of entrepreneurs through such projects as 42, Station F and 101projets. Over the last 5 years Kima has invested in over 400 startups in 24 different countries.

## Edmund Ahrend
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: B2B, Music, Big Data

Edmund Ahrend

## Doughty Hanson & Co
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series C, Series B, Series A
- Focus: Software, Computer, Enterprise Software

Doughty Hanson & Co is one of Europe's largest independent private equity fund managers.Operating Private Equity Funds for Europe and North America, a European Real Estate Fund and a European Technology Ventures Fund, Doughty Hanson & Co has unrivalled breadth of expertise. With offices across Europe and in the US, Doughty Hanson& Co has over 50 investment professionals managing €5bn of fund commitments.

## Mülheim/Ruhr
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Apps, Music, Music Streaming

Mülheim/Ruhr

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