# Top 50 Wellness Startup Investors in Germany in May 2026

## Atlantic Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 11
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Information Technology

Atlantic Labs supports and invests in mission-driven founders working on transformative technology ventures.&nbsp;<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.

## Calm/Storm Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 6
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Medical

Calm/Storm is an exclusive founder network and venture capital firm. We invest in purpose driven founders changing our life & health for the better. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria we invest in early-stage companies all over Europe and the US. We focus on the pre-seed and seed stages but also invest up to Series A.

## High-Tech Grunderfonds
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 5
- 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.

## HV Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Munich, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 5
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: E-Commerce, Internet, Software

We support exceptional founders in building market leading digital companies.

## Jenny Saft
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Jenny Saft is the Co-Founder and Managing Director at OVIAVO. She attended Hult International Business School during 2013 - 2014.

## Sinan Güler
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Wellness, Fitness

Sinan Güler is a Co-Founder at Guler Legacy. He attended Carroll College.

## Rheingau Founders
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

Rheingau Founders is a Berlin&Munich based Venture Capital firm active since 2011. Focusing on pre-seed to Series A investments in Europe, predominantly B2B in the fields of Marketplaces, Software as a Service, InsurTech, and eHealth. Rheingau targets start-ups that have the potential to sustainably disrupt existing processes and value chains.Besides the financial investment, we offer strategic support through the mentorship of our partners.

## IBB Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 4
- 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.

## Ralf Dummel
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Product Design

Ralf Dummel, born on 02.12.1966 in Bad Segeberg in Germany, started his career on 01.04.1988 at DS Produkte as a sales assistant to the then founder. Over the years he learned the business from the ground and took full responsibility for purchases and sales after only a year. He vastly participated in the establishment of the company and has been apartner since 1996. Today, the group has an annual turnover of ca. € 250 000 000, 400 employees, and more than 4 000 products in its portfolio. He often travels the world to visit suppliers and customers, and to find inspiration in new innovative products. Dümmel knows Asia inside out, but Northern Germany is the place he calls home. Since 2016 he takes part in the TV program “Die Höhle der Löwen” (literally: The Lions’ Cave, German version of Dragons’ Den on German TV channel VOX ) where he plays one of the “lions”, looking for young entrepreneurs with brilliant products.Ralf Dummel is very convincing with his genuine and appreciative style. From day one, Ralf Dümmel brightened up the surroundings, thanks to his enthusiasm for business and for new products. He has a unique sense for trends and products; he can market them with more success than hardly anyone else. He proudly claims that there hardly is any household without a “DS product” in Germany. Dümmel is often on the road for professional reasons, and when he sees that a customer adds a DS product in their shopping cart, he feels the same tingle of joy after 28 years that he felt in the early days. The 400 employees are Dümmels’s most important asset. They actively take part in the company, invest themselves in it, and help it develop further. Dummel is very proud that the DS products are the result of such a varied cast of people and skill sets. These are people with different personalities and talents that complement each other in a cooperation shaping always innovative business and product ideas.

## Thomas Madsen-Mygdal
- Type: Angel
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Angel, Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Computer, Collaboration, Software

Thomas Madsen-Mygdal is a Danish designer, entrepreneur and activist behind companies like Mondo, 23, Podio and the reboot festival.

## Monkfish Equity
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 4
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Marketplace

Monkfish Equity is the investment vehicle of the trivago founders. As Co-investors, with a focus on later stage phases, they invest in companies which can benefit from their entrepreneurial experience. Running the world´s biggest travel meta portal with over 500 M$ revenue (2015), the people behind Monkfish Equity understand entrepreneurs needs andfocus on value adding activities. As “low maintenance” investors, they offer the leeway that entrepreneurs need to build their businesses.

## Nils Glagau
- Type: Angel
- Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Personal Health, Food Processing

Nils Glagau

## Alper Akcan
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, mHealth

Alper Akcan

## Think.Health
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Bayern, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Medical Device

Think.Health invests as a boutique risk-taker in healthcare ventures. We continuously seek innovations and disruptive business models in digital healthcare, medical technologies and health service providers,

## DvH Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Software

Investing early in Europe's most passionate founders.

## Judith Williams
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Manufacturing, Wellness, Sales

Judith Williams

## TQ Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Software, Internet

Led by Schuster Tanger, Andrew Marks, and Scooter Braun, TQ Ventures is a leading venture capital firm based in New York City and Los Angeles.

## Vela Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

Vela Partners is an AI-enabled venture investor based in San Francisco.

## Mustafa Vardalı
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Health Care

Mustafa Vardalı is the CMO & Founder at Teknasyon.

## Global Founders Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, Software, FinTech

Over the past two decades, GFC have backed over five hundred entrepreneurs worldwide, e.g. Facebook, LinkedIn, Slack, and Away Travel.

## Cherry Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, FinTech, Information Technology

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.

## APX
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

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.

## Rolf Schromgens
- Type: Angel
- Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Internet, Software, Information Technology

Rolf Schromgens - Co-Founder @ leadership.sprouts

## Creathor Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bad Homburg, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Series A, Series B
- Focus: Software, Health Care, Biotechnology

We have been investing at the frontier of technology and science for over 30 years. We know what it takes to succeed.

## Antler
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Singapore, Central Region, Singapore
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Build your next company with Antler, a global day zero investor enabling exceptional founders to start great companies, from the very beginning. Apply now!

## Bitburger Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Bitburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Consumer Goods, Marketplace

In the mid of 2018, Bitburger Holding founded the investment company Bitburger Ventures for its investments in start-ups. The aim is to combine the growth potential of young, innovative companies with the financial strength and access to different expertise along the value chain of the Bitburger Group. Our heritage as a medium-sized family businesswith a long-term orientation distinguishes Bitburger Ventures from pure financial investors and offers young entrepreneurs a unique added value. Our activities focus primarily on the German-speaking area, where we have been operating for 200 years. Through our industrial holdings in leading medium-sized companies that are successful in various industries and in international markets, we have direct access to different networks and various competencies. We are pragmatic, accessible and credible and expect the same from our venture partners.Bitburger Ventures invests venture capital in the form of minority holdings in already established start-ups, preferably in the Seed to Series B phase. Our investment focus is on consumer-facing business models, but we are also interested in leading alternative technology and service solutions. Following the tradition of a family business, we sustainably support our portfolio companies on their growth path. Bitburger Ventures also invests in international venture capital funds.

## Crista Galli Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Health Care, Wellness, Medical

Crista Galli Ventures invests in ambitious European healthtech companies at Seed and Series A. Our deep medical expertise, powerful network and agile approach enable founders to build important, world-class healthcare businesses.

## Saarbruecker 21
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Internet, E-Commerce

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.

## Matthias Hilpert
- Type: Angel
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, SaaS, Information Technology

Matthias Hilpert - CEO @ MH2 Capital

## Johann "Hansi" Hansmann
- Type: Angel
- Location: Vienna, Wien, Austria
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Fitness, Software

Dr. Johann ‘Hansi’ Hansmann was born in Austria and studied economics in Vienna. He spent the major part of his professional life working as an executive in the pharmaceutical industry in Austria, Germany, UK and Spain. He gathered several years of entrepreneurial experience running successfully his own pharmaceutical company in Spain afterconducting a management buy-out of a big pharmaceutical plant, making an exit in 2003. Since this time he is active as investor and business angel. He currently holds investments with a geographical focus on Austria, Germany, UK and Spain both internet and in the health industry. He led Runtastic, shpock, mysugr and just recently durchblicker and Busuu to extraordinary exits. He was president of the ‘Austrian Angels Investors Association’ until 2021, was awarded 'Best European Early Stage Investor' in 2016 by eban.org and is now based in Vienna and tries to find spare time to ride his mountain bike.

## TA Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: E-Commerce, Software, Internet

TA Ventures is globally-minded and network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups in Europe and North America shaping the industries of tomorrow. Our ticket size starts from $100k up to $1M.
We offer speed of execution, proactive support, and access to a broad international network. Drawing upon our network, we support our portfoliocompanies by proactively soliciting large, growth-minded co-investors in subsequent rounds. We utilize our industry knowledge and network to give portfolio companies and partner VCs access to the highly skilled and cost-effective R&D outsourcing teams in Central and Eastern Europe.

## Döhler Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Food and Beverage, Health Care, Food Processing

Döhler Ventures is a long-term oriented & entrepreneurial investor empowering early-stage startups in the nutrition & technology ecosystem.

## Ebru Dorman
- Type: Angel
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Equity Crowdfunding
- Focus: Health Care, Apps, Fitness

Ebru Dorman

## Groupe Arnault
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series C, Series A, Series B
- Focus: Internet, E-Commerce, Health Care

Groupe Arnault SAS is a principal investment firm. The firm seeks to hold stake in companies and is owned and controlled by Mr. Bernard Arnault. Groupe Arnault SAS was founded in 1978 and is based in Paris, France.

## Murat Balcı
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, mHealth

Murat Balci is an angel investor.

## Heartcore Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Seed, Series B
- Focus: Software, E-Commerce, Artificial Intelligence

Heartcore Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm devoted to backing founders building category-defining consumer internet brands.Founded as Sunstone Capital in 2007, Heartcore has raised over $500 million in committed capital across four fund generations. The firm has offices in Copenhagen, Berlin, and Paris but invests across Europe andoccasionally in the United States. Heartcore has backed more than 70 exceptional founding teams.

## Teknasyon
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Maslak, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Health Care, Fitness

Turkey's leading mobile application developer and one of the fastest-growing IT company according to Deloitte Fast 50, Teknasyon, has achieved great success by reaching out to 1.5 billion people in 55 different languages and ​172 countries with dozens of mobile applications since their establishment in 2013.Besides developing hyper-growthmobile apps, Teknasyon is also an infrastructure and content provider. In addition to building successful products, the company provides additional support with B2C and B2B tools on the way to an early-stage startup’s global growth as an investor.Teknasyon is not a regular investor, which also opens the kitchen to all these startups to reach millions of new users worldwide. That means supporting startups with the tools developed on their own technologies such as advanced reporting & insights, commercial positioning/design, full integration with internal marketing tools, and 360-degree marketing production & management.Developing their vision with Facebook, Google, and leading telco operators’ collaboration from day one and creating a value-added ecosystem with the startups let Teknasyon enhance their services. In entertainment, wellness, photo/video, productivity, shopping, sports, and mobile gaming, portfolio companies always pursue global growth.

## Dagmar Wöhrl
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Angel, Seed
- Focus: Food and Beverage, SaaS, Sustainability

Dagmar Wöhrl

## Mustafa Sevinç
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Angel
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, Health Care

Mustafa Sevinç is the CFO and Founder at Teknasyon.

## Taavet Hinrikus
- Type: Angel
- Location: London, England, United Kingdom
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Series B
- Focus: FinTech, Financial Services, Software

Taavet Hinrikus is co-founder and CEO of TransferWise. Prior to starting TransferWise, Taavet was Skype’s director of strategy until 2008, starting as its first-ever employee. One of the World Economic Forum's Tech Pioneers, Taavet is an adviser to Prime Minister of Estonia on the digital agenda. He’s also a mentor and angel investor; hisinvestments include Tweetdeck, Mendeley, OMGPOP, Property Partner, Sunrise, Improbable and Mapillary.

## Michael Schweikart
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Michael Schweikart is a Co-Founder at Tomorrow.

## Inas Nureldin
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Inas Nureldin - Co-Founder & CEO @ Tomorrow

## Yigit Ihlamur
- Type: Angel
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Apps, Fitness, mHealth

Yigit Ihlamur - Co-founder, General Partner @ Vela Partners

## StartersHub
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Convertible Note
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology

We are StartersHub. We are here for people who want to grow their start-up and find their angel investors. Find your venture capital now!

## Heidrun Twesten
- Type: Angel
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Fitness, Wellness, Health Care

Heidrun Twesten is a Founder & Managing Partner at Impacct GmbH.

## TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Manufacturing

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.

## Union Square Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series A, Series B, Series C
- Focus: Software, Financial Services, FinTech

Union Square Ventures is a venture capital firm based in New York City.

## Jan Wilmking
- Type: Angel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: SaaS, Retail, Fitness

I believe in business can be a force of good. That’s why I invest in solutions for our world‘s most pressing issues. Passionate about human centred software, food tech, circularity, and mental positivity.
I was part Zalando's leadership team pre-IPO until 2019, several years in McKinsey in consumer industries, and am active as angel investorand mentor for early stage teams at TechStars and beyond.

## better ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Software, Environmental Consulting, Advanced Materials

At better ventures we invest in early-stage founders who aim to change our world for the better.

## Amino Collective
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Health Care, Biotechnology, Software

Amino Collective is an investment firm. They enable entrepreneurs and scientists to establish businesses that generate a better future for all species on Earth. The firm intends to invest in the sectors of biology, biotech, health tech, science, digital health, life science, and synthetic biology.

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