High-Tech Grunderfonds

High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH, established in 2005 and based in Bonn, Germany, is a venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage investments in high-tech startups across various sectors, including information and communication technology, software, healthcare, and life sciences. The firm focuses on companies that are less than one year old and have a turnover of less than €10 million. High-Tech Gründerfonds typically invests between €0.5 million and €3 million, acquiring a minority stake of up to 25% in its portfolio companies. The firm often acts as the lead investor and provides follow-on financing, having facilitated over €2 billion in additional funding from external investors. With a commitment to nurturing innovation, it has supported the development of more than 500 startups and has successfully exited over 100 investments. The firm’s backing includes participation from various public and private entities, reflecting its role as a key player in the German startup ecosystem.

Marie Asano

Investment Manager

Michael Brandkamp Ph.D

Managing Director

Tobias Faupel

Principal

Bernd Georgen

Partner

Bernd Goergen

Partner

Gregor Haidl

Investor

Ansgar Kirchheim

Partner

Lena Krzyzak

Principal

Maurice Kügler

Investor

Klaus Lehmann

Partner

Kristin Müller

Investment Manager

Claudia Raber

Partner Relationship Management

Frank Reinecke

Partner

Romy Schnelle

Managing Director

Michael Strzyz

Investment Manager

Past deals in Seed Round

Nia Health

Seed Round in 2023
Nia Health is a medical software developer focused on supporting individuals with chronic skin conditions, particularly atopic dermatitis. Its primary product, the Nia eczema app, delivers personalized, clinically validated information aimed at alleviating the burden and stigma associated with these conditions. The platform is designed to empower parents of children with eczema by providing them with effective treatment options and enhancing their confidence in managing the disease. By addressing inefficiencies in the healthcare system, Nia Health's solutions aim to lower costs while improving access to necessary medical resources for patients.

DearEmployee

Seed Round in 2023
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 the workplace 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.

akirolabs

Venture Round in 2022
Akirolabs is a web development procurement management solution. They offer services that include frameworks, augmented market capabilities, and knowledge repository solutions.

GS Bavaria

Seed Round in 2022
GS Bavaria is a manufacturer of industrial-scale nano-sized carbide powders. The production of the nanomaterials is extremely cost-efficient, sustainable and with minimal energy consumption due to the revolutionary bioleaching extraction process for tungsten, tungsten carbide and other metals.

Syte

Seed Round in 2022
Syte is an artificial intelligence engine that helps real estate developers in their search for sites. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Münster, Germany.

C-mo Medical Solutions

Seed Round in 2022
C-mo is the solution providing a complete assessment of cough, adressing key use-cases across the patient management lifecycle.

Doinstruct

Seed Round in 2022
Doinstruct is a digital-based company with video functionality created for industry personnel onboarding and training. With the use of the company's platform, businesses can train their staff members and service providers via smartphones, throughout supply chains, and from any place, allowing all front-line personnel to participate in training at their convenience.

Emproof

Seed Round in 2022
Emproof provides security solutions for embedded systems that address multiple layers of the software security stack. Emproof was founded in 2017 and was headquartered in Bochum, Germany.

DeepSkill

Pre Seed Round in 2022
DeepSkill is an educational platform focused on digital coaching programs designed to enhance personal and professional development. By leveraging a modular learning system and intelligent algorithms, DeepSkill creates tailored learning experiences in areas such as leadership, transformation, and work-life balance. The platform integrates e-learning with digital coaching, allowing participants to engage in customized workshops and programs that align with their individual goals and preferences. DeepSkill aims to digitalize the entire coaching journey, making sustainable coaching accessible to a broader audience through the use of machine learning.

eeden

Seed Round in 2022
Eeden is a recycling technology company focused on promoting circular textiles through an innovative green chemistry process. By extracting cellulose and polyester from polycotton blends, Eeden facilitates the production of lyocell or viscose, contributing to the sustainable recycling of clothing. The company's methods aim to repurpose textile waste into new products, thereby advancing the apparel industry's shift towards circularity. Eeden's approach not only helps reduce dependence on virgin resources but also minimizes textile waste, aligning with global environmental regulations. This enables clients to effectively implement circular economy principles within the fashion sector.

IO-Dynamics

Seed Round in 2022
Fleet- and energymanagement software by integrating vehicle, company and weather data.

Invasight

Seed Round in 2022
Invasight is a clinical biotech company that focused on revolutionizing cell invasion research. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Certivity

Seed Round in 2022
Certivity RegTech Software solution makes regulatory management smarter, more transparent, more efficient, and way cheaper.

7Learnings

Seed Round in 2022
7Learnings provides a software service to help e-commerce companies optimize their prices. Thanks to our algorithm, online retailers can save up to 10% of discounts while achieving the same revenue. This works by identifying and eliminating unnecessary discounts. At the same time, more discounts will be channeled into products with higher price elasticity. Our software also enables smaller pricing teams to use advanced retail pricing methods with our easy to use front-end.

Graswald

Seed Round in 2022
Graswald engages in the creation of natural and digital 3D worlds for the entertainment industry. The company offers nature models and 3D vegetation that can be used in virtual worlds. A variety of variant groupings are available in Graswald to produce photoreal ecosystems in various variants.

Tangany

Seed Round in 2022
Tangany GmbH specializes in developing blockchain infrastructure solutions tailored for businesses. Founded in 2019 and based in Munich, Germany, the company provides Wallet as a Service, allowing clients to seamlessly integrate blockchain technology into both legacy and new systems via API. This service includes an offline custody wallet that ensures secure storage of cryptocurrencies. Tangany’s offerings support various sectors, including finance, real estate, energy, loyalty, gaming, and government, by facilitating asset tokenization and cryptocurrency management. The platform is designed to simplify blockchain adoption, providing the ability to create and manage private keys securely in a certified environment while enabling transaction signing and sending through multiple blockchain connectors.

Ebenbuild

Seed Round in 2022
Ebenbuild’s provides patients suffering from Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) with individually tailored accurate mechanical ventilation settings to improve their odds of survival and recovery.
Industrial Technology & Witchcraft is a game development company focused on creating entertaining experiences for personal computer and console users. Their offerings include core games that utilize voxel and pixel graphics, accompanied by engaging soundtracks. The company aims to enhance leisure time for players through diverse gaming experiences, showcasing a commitment to both innovative design and immersive audio.

Valispace

Seed Round in 2022
Valispace is a browser-based software platform designed to enhance productivity in the development of complex hardware such as robots, drones, satellites, and rockets. Founded in 2016, the company provides a collaborative environment for engineers to manage dynamic engineering data, offering a single source of truth that integrates various software tools. Valispace facilitates technical change management by automatically propagating updates through documentation and simulations. Its features include full traceability, streamlined collaboration, and efficient management of test procedures and engineering values, ultimately enabling clients to reduce development time, improve quality, and lower costs across their projects. The company is headquartered in Bremen, Germany.

natif.ai

Seed Round in 2022
natif.ai is a deep-tech start-up that educates machines to solve a growing global demand of cognitive document analysis. Natif.ai provides a fast and efficient way to productively bring artificial intelligence into the economy. It was founded by a German-French team and is an official spin-off of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).

Senodis

Seed Round in 2022
Senodis Technologies GmbH, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Dresden, Germany, specializes in marking solutions for hot-formed metal components, enabling continuous identification and comprehensive digital tracking and tracing. The company offers a robust marking solution based on ceramic phosphors, alongside Ceracode marking, which serves as a digital fingerprint for metal components. Additionally, Senodis provides labeling solutions to enhance identification processes. Through its expertise and collaboration at the intersection of materials research, optical sensors, and digital data analysis, Senodis aims to facilitate the digital transformation of industrial production by implementing innovative solutions tailored to specific applications.

HQS Quantum Simulations

Seed Round in 2022
HQS Quantum Simulations GmbH, founded in 2017 and located in Karlsruhe, Germany, focuses on developing quantum algorithms to predict molecular properties for industries such as performance materials, specialty chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. The traditional development of these products involves a lengthy and costly process, requiring numerous synthesis, formulation, and testing steps to achieve desired specifications. While simulations can significantly reduce time-to-market and R&D costs, they often fall short in efficiency or capability for complex problems. By leveraging quantum computing, HQS Quantum Simulations aims to enhance the predictive power of simulations, thereby addressing current limitations in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.

Aegiq

Seed Round in 2022
Aegiq Ltd. specializes in the development of semiconductor-based quantum photonic chips, utilizing III-V materials such as Gallium, Indium, and Arsenic. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Sheffield, United Kingdom, the company focuses on creating technology that supports various applications, including broadband quantum communication, imaging, and scalable quantum computing. Aegiq's innovative platform employs a hybrid integrated photonics approach, facilitating economies of scale for quantum technology while enabling multi-million qubit operations. This positions Aegiq to offer a comprehensive range of products and systems in quantum cybersecurity, networking, and computing, significantly enhancing reliability and security compared to traditional silicon-based solutions.

MetisMotion

Seed Round in 2022
MetisMotion GmbH develops actuators. The company offers lightweight force optimized actuators for robotics, aviation, vehicle, and safety applications. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Banxware

Seed Round in 2022
Banxware is a Berlin-based software provider specializing in embedded financial technologies that enable companies to offer financial services to their customers. Founded in 2020 by Miriam Wohlfarth, Jens Röhrborn, and Fabian Heiß, Banxware's lending-as-a-service platform allows digital platforms, marketplaces, and payment service providers to offer loans to their merchants using transaction data. The company's first product is an instant business lending solution, which streamlines the onboarding, verification, credit decision, and payout processes, completing them in under 15 minutes. Banxware's platform incorporates essential features such as KYC and AML checks, credit scoring, risk management, loan origination, and collection, facilitating a comprehensive approach to financial services. By leveraging Banxware’s white-label software, businesses can enhance their offerings while benefiting from the expertise of its founders.

Kiutra

Venture Round in 2021
Kiutra GmbH, established in 2018 and based in Munich, Germany, specializes in manufacturing refrigeration solutions that utilize innovative magnetic cooling technology. This technology enables cryogen-free cooling services, achieving sub-kelvin temperatures essential for various applications, including basic research, material science, quantum technology, and advanced electronics. As a spin-off from the Technical University of Munich, kiutra benefits from a strong foundation in low-temperature physics and cryo-engineering, with a team that collectively possesses over 50 years of experience in the field. The company is currently supported by the "EXIST Transfer of Research" initiative, a program of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, aimed at fostering research-based startups. Kiutra's all-electrical cooling devices combine magnetic refrigeration and closed-cycle pre-cooling, making them accessible and efficient for research and industrial purposes that require cryogenic temperatures.

Operaize

Seed Round in 2021
Operaize GmbH, based in Cologne, Germany, specializes in developing an artificial intelligence platform known as Cognitive Operations, which is designed to enhance production planning for manufacturing clients. This cloud-based platform integrates seamlessly with existing planning landscapes through APIs or specialized SAP integration, addressing various planning challenges. Cognitive Operations efficiently collects and restructures planning and master data from current ERP and planning systems, allowing it to generate optimal production plans within seconds based on predefined conditions and objectives. Additionally, the platform supports clients in identifying potential faults, risks, and failures in their operations, enabling them to devise effective strategies to mitigate these issues and improve overall efficiency in the industrial value chain.

Nebula Biocides

Seed Round in 2021
Nebula Biocides specializes in the development of innovative disinfection solutions aimed at effectively combating persistent bacterial spores and resistant viruses. The company focuses on creating application-oriented disinfection products that provide reliable protection against infections in various settings. Their offerings include advanced disinfection systems and devices designed to ensure comprehensive microbial control, addressing the challenges posed by stubborn pathogens. Through these solutions, Nebula Biocides aims to enhance health safety for users by delivering effective disinfection that can be utilized in diverse environments.

anybill

Seed Round in 2021
We provide technology and infrastructure to create smart added value for the connected POS of the future. anybill develops technology and software solutions based on the digital receipt to establish a contemporary and environmentally friendly alternative for receipt issuance. The aim is to use the receipt as the first digital touchpoint to the customer in stationary retail and to offer further smart and interactive added values. The anybill services can be integrated as white label modules into merchant apps, banking apps or used as a stand-alone solution.

FinMarie

Seed Round in 2021
FinMarie is an online financial platform for women for women in Germany. The firm supports clients with financial and wealth management projects and helps them find solutions appropriate for their personal situation.

Coinpanion

Seed Round in 2021
Coinpanion is the digital crypto manager of the future for crypto assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. It enables you to benefit from the crypto market without any prior knowledge by creating portfolios of carefully pre-selected cryptocurrencies and managing them with Coinpanion's unique automated trading algorithm.

FarmInsect

Seed Round in 2021
FarmInsect GmbH, founded in 2019 and located in Bergkirchen, Germany, specializes in automated insect breeding systems designed to support sustainable animal husbandry. The company’s innovative machine and IoT technology facilitate local insect fattening, allowing farmers to produce insect larvae that serve as protein-rich feed for chickens, pigs, and fish. By utilizing organic residues to generate larvae, FarmInsect helps reduce reliance on imported soy and fishmeal, enabling farmers to consistently obtain young larvae on a weekly basis. This approach not only enhances efficiency in animal feed production but also promotes regional insect breeding, contributing to the overall sustainability of farming practices.

Sunvigo

Venture Round in 2021
Sunvigo provides you with cheap solar power from your roof and real green power from the grid.

emax Digital

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of software as a service (SaaS) based analytics and reporting platform designed for brand manufacturers and agencies. The company's platform helps in auditing product portfolios, analyzing marketplaces, and making faster investment decisions in vendor-central, seller-central, and demand-side platforms (DSP), enabling brands and advertising companies to optimize their appearance at the digital point of sale and increase sales.

Dimpora

Seed Round in 2021
Dimpora AG, based in Zürich, Switzerland, specializes in the design and manufacture of eco-friendly waterproof membranes for the outdoor textile industry. The company produces functional membranes that are primarily composed of polyurethane and utilize a unique template removal method to achieve breathability while maintaining water resistance. Dimpora's innovative technology allows for the direct application of membranes onto various 3D surfaces, enabling fast sweat transport and complete protection from rain. Committed to sustainability, Dimpora aims to develop next-generation high-performance membranes that enhance outdoor experiences without compromising environmental integrity. The company focuses on creating products that not only perform well but also prioritize the use of recyclable materials, aligning with its vision of promoting responsible enjoyment of nature.

MetisMotion

Seed Round in 2021
MetisMotion GmbH develops actuators. The company offers lightweight force optimized actuators for robotics, aviation, vehicle, and safety applications. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

QphoX

Seed Round in 2021
QphoX builds quantum modem device, connecting quantum computers across a quantum network.

sewts

Seed Round in 2021
sewts GmbH, founded in 2019 and located in Munich, Germany, specializes in automation technology focused on the processing of easily deformable materials, particularly textiles. The company collaborates with the Technical University of Munich to create finite element (FE) simulations that accurately replicate textile behavior. Its flagship product, Velum, is an AI-driven technology that analyzes textiles and converts insights into robotic commands. This innovative solution supports real-time motion and trajectory planning, enabling efficient control of industrial robots and coordination among multiple robots. sewts' technology streamlines complex manual processes in industrial settings, such as laundries and garment manufacturing, while promoting sustainability and innovation in production methods. The company is supported by several investors, including APEX Ventures and Bayern Kapital, which underscores its commitment to advancing the robotics and textile industries.

PreComb

Seed Round in 2021
PreComb is a technology company focused on enhancing cancer treatment outcomes through innovative solutions tailored for difficult-to-treat cancers. The company has developed a 3D drug testing technology that utilizes automated microtumor-based profiling for in vitro cancer diagnosis. This technology enables clinical institutions to conduct on-site evaluations, allowing for the functional assessment of various cancer drugs, combinations, and concentrations using patient-derived micro-tumors. By optimizing the selection of therapies, PreComb aims to improve success rates in cancer treatment and ultimately enhance the quality of life for patients.

Relio

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Relio is the digital Swiss bank account for SMEs worldwide, built on proprietary compliance automation.

Venly

Seed Round in 2021
Arkane takes care of the complexity so you can offer a Web 2.0 experience while using the power of blockchain under the hood

Neural Concept

Seed Round in 2021
Neural Concept is a software company that employs deep learning algorithms to transform the industrial engineering process. This allows companies to focus on core strategic design choices, speed up R&D cycles, and reduce computational costs. The company was established in 2018 and is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Kranus Health

Seed Round in 2021
Kranus Health is a global provider for Men‘s Health Digital Therapeutics. Our therapies make millions of men live a better and longer life and enable doctors to treat their patients more efficiently.

Banxware

Seed Round in 2021
Banxware is a Berlin-based software provider specializing in embedded financial technologies that enable companies to offer financial services to their customers. Founded in 2020 by Miriam Wohlfarth, Jens Röhrborn, and Fabian Heiß, Banxware's lending-as-a-service platform allows digital platforms, marketplaces, and payment service providers to offer loans to their merchants using transaction data. The company's first product is an instant business lending solution, which streamlines the onboarding, verification, credit decision, and payout processes, completing them in under 15 minutes. Banxware's platform incorporates essential features such as KYC and AML checks, credit scoring, risk management, loan origination, and collection, facilitating a comprehensive approach to financial services. By leveraging Banxware’s white-label software, businesses can enhance their offerings while benefiting from the expertise of its founders.

MATCHBASE

Pre Seed Round in 2021
At Matchbase we are building the world’s first on-demand teamsports club. Our members can play teamsport when they want together with great people on the most beautiful venues. We believe that teamsport should be easy. That’s why starting with football our mission is to make all popular teamsport as easy as going to the gym.

Sunvigo

Seed Round in 2021
Sunvigo provides you with cheap solar power from your roof and real green power from the grid.

Etvas

Seed Round in 2021
Etvas GmbH operates an online marketplace based in Hamburg, Germany, that focuses on enhancing customer engagement through value-added services. The platform connects service providers with businesses, such as banks, insurers, and e-tailers, seeking to enrich their customer offerings. By utilizing cloud-based APIs and machine learning, Etvas enables businesses to optimize customer touchpoints, enhancing monetization and improving customer retention while minimizing churn. The company's mission is to foster diversity and empathy in customer interactions, ultimately driving better service delivery and satisfaction.

Lignopure GmbH

Seed Round in 2021
In Lignopure we produce natural degradable biopolymers from non-food sources. Our Lignopure product is the best-of-its-kind lignin, with proven non cytotoxicity and added functionality. No other lignin in the market can offer the safety of Lignopure and the tailored properties achieved through our protected technology. From the raw material production, we are able to deliver tailored lignin for different applications; these include particles for cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food supplements. Additionally, our biobased prototypes include insulating materials, biobased polyurethane foams, aerogels and filaments for 3D printing.

SKY ENGINE AI

Seed Round in 2021
About Sky Engine Sky Engine is an advanced data science technology and research company that develops innovative software solutions to improve computer vision. The company markets the Sky Engine deep learning platform, which is the next-generation of self-learning AI system for image and video analysis applications. The company was founded as a research and scientific spin-off in UK. About Sky Engine Platform The Sky Engine evolutionary AI platform for the deep learning in virtual reality is designed to overcome the complex object recognition challenges of modern machine/computer vision. It represents the future of self-learning in artificial intelligence technology, supporting efficient and cost effective workflows. Many image recognition tasks require acquisition of large amounts of data and manual data labelling. Sky Engine is designed to replace that. Sky Engine efficiently drives self-learning processes and offers advanced features for object discrimination, workflow automation and adaptive deep learning. Sky Engine is designed for tomorrow’s requirements in advanced analytics and decision support enabling AI business transformation. About Sky Engine client solutions Sky Engine creates flexible and innovative AI vision solutions tailored to customer needs and supports a wide range of industries, providing systems for a variety of data science needs, ensuring business partners get greater value from existing equipment.

Gilytics

Seed Round in 2020
Gilytics AG specializes in advanced computing and 3D visualization technology for the complex planning of transportation and energy infrastructures. Founded in 2017 and based in Zurich, Switzerland, the company offers an interactive software package that aids in the management and planning of distributed energy and linear infrastructures. Its solutions cater to various sectors, including transportation networks, oil and gas pipelines, wind and solar energy projects, and utilities. Gilytics' software enhances the planning process by providing automated services for identifying optimal routes for new transmission lines, while also facilitating improved interactions with authorities and communities through its visualization capabilities.

Mediaire

Seed Round in 2020
Mediaire GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing software solutions for medical imaging in the field of radiology. The company's flagship application, md.Brain, provides quantitative brain volumetry reports aimed at early detection of senile dementia and the automated measurement of medullary lesions associated with multiple sclerosis. By utilizing artificial intelligence, Mediaire enhances the workflow of radiologists through efficient image analysis, delivering precise examination results and diagnostic suggestions. This software is locally installed and is primarily targeted at radiologists and healthcare centers, improving the quality and speed of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Hanko

Seed Round in 2020
Hanko GmbH designs and develops passwordless authentication security software. The company offers Hanko authentication that provides FIDO based infrastructure and authenticator device management API; Hanko authenticator application that offers authentication with fingerprint or through face recognition; Hanko FIDO server for on-premise deployments; and Hanko Identity that offers passwordless Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) solution. Hanko GmbH was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Kiel, Germany.

Threedy

Seed Round in 2020
Threedy GmbH, established in 2020 and located in Darmstadt, Germany, is a company that specializes in high-performance visual computing through its instant3Dhub platform. This platform supports visualization, virtual reality (VR), and augmented reality (AR) applications tailored for sectors such as automotive, aerospace, and energy. By enabling the integration of large data sets with business data and sensors, Threedy facilitates a wide range of applications across various devices and use cases, enhancing the way industries visualize and interact with complex data.

Synthara AG

Seed Round in 2020
Synthara AG is a Zurich-based company that specializes in designing advanced sensors for industrial Internet of Things (IoT) applications and other energy-constrained environments. Founded in 2019, Synthara offers solutions that enable consumer devices, such as wearables, augmented and virtual reality headsets, and health monitoring systems, to incorporate smart features that were previously limited due to computational constraints. The company’s technology supports a range of applications, including aerospace, automotive, and drone technologies, by providing server-class performance for neural networks with a remarkably low energy consumption of 10 TOPs per watt. Synthara AG's innovations aim to enhance the functionality of portable and wireless devices, ultimately improving their operational capabilities.

UNBIND

Seed Round in 2020
UNBIND is a trusted platform, that enables POS vendors to monetize their data by giving valuable AI-powered insights to brands and many more

Workpath

Seed Round in 2020
Workpath is the leading enterprise software provider enabling organizations to execute their strategies fast, flexible and effective in an increasingly dynamic and complex world. With simple and intuitive workflow tools Workpath engages all employees in the strategy and execution process. Its comprehensive analytics suite empowers executives to make better decisions on when to adapt focus, budgets or structures as early as possible.

ICO-LUX GmbH

Seed Round in 2020
ICO-LUX GmbH develops fraud detection software. It offers to detect forged documents, automatic processing of voucher documents, and real-time analysis of incoming documents. It serves private health insurance, banks, liability and household contents insurance, customs and tax authorities, and social service providers. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Jena, Germany.

natif.ai

Seed Round in 2020
natif.ai is a deep-tech start-up that educates machines to solve a growing global demand of cognitive document analysis. Natif.ai provides a fast and efficient way to productively bring artificial intelligence into the economy. It was founded by a German-French team and is an official spin-off of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).

Aignostics

Seed Round in 2020
Aignostics GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in AI-powered diagnostics and pathology software solutions aimed at enhancing pharmaceutical research and clinical diagnostics. The company focuses on precision diagnostics by utilizing its patented technology to provide explainable AI that addresses the limitations of traditional AI systems. Aignostics' platform generates precise heatmaps and image overlays that facilitate the interpretation of diagnostic results, allowing pathologists to quickly verify findings. This capability is essential for ensuring accurate diagnoses, particularly in the context of drug development and the discovery of tissue-based biomarkers for complex diseases like cancer. By improving the understanding of pathology, Aignostics supports more effective diagnoses and treatments in the medical field.

WAKU Robotics

Pre Seed Round in 2020
WAKU Robotics is a supplier-independent, SaaS-enabled procurement platform for mobile robots for warehouses and production facilities. We help our end-customers to make the best robot selection through our online comparison site lotsofbots.com and our online Robot Solution Designer. Once our customers are set-up we provide them with AI software to monitor, quantify and optimise their robot workforce.

onetool

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Onetool GmbH is a Berlin-based company that operates an online platform designed to provide access to a range of software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in 2019, Onetool functions as an app store for business software, allowing users to manage their software needs through a single membership. The platform simplifies the process of accessing various business applications by offering a centralized login, streamlined provisioning, and consolidated invoicing, all within one subscription. This approach enables businesses to efficiently handle their software requirements while reducing administrative overhead.

7Learnings

Seed Round in 2020
7Learnings provides a software service to help e-commerce companies optimize their prices. Thanks to our algorithm, online retailers can save up to 10% of discounts while achieving the same revenue. This works by identifying and eliminating unnecessary discounts. At the same time, more discounts will be channeled into products with higher price elasticity. Our software also enables smaller pricing teams to use advanced retail pricing methods with our easy to use front-end.

Loewi

Seed Round in 2020
LOEWI is a scientific spin-off of the Technical University of Munich and pursues the vision of making personalized health and nutrition available to everyone. In doing so, LOEWI stands for a healthy and active lifestyle in order to optimally support the individual health of customers and patients. With a strong scientific focus, LOEWI enables data-driven personalization based on evidence-based methods that have been developed and tested in competitive sports over the last twelve years. LOEWI promotes the analysis of individual nutrient needs and supports the achievement of your full potential through highly personalized products and recommendations. The unique combination of science and technology is a cornerstone of LOEWI’s corporate culture. Building on this, LOEWI cooperates with leading universities and research institutions to actively promote the development of the industry.

ZE Energy

Seed Round in 2020
ZE Energy is provides a hybrid solar plant solution featuring energy storage capabilities and photovoltaics. Equipped with a battery that stores the solar energy generated throughout the day, its power plants boast the advantages of solar power in terms of production costs, integration to the environment and power grid, as well as the generation of zero CO2 emissions.

PXL Vision

Seed Round in 2020
PXL Vision AG is a Swiss technology company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Zurich. The company specializes in designing and developing software solutions for identity verification and customer onboarding. Its primary product, Daego, utilizes advanced document and identity verification to create trusted digital identities for users. PXL Vision employs cutting-edge computer vision and machine learning technologies, leveraging expertise from former key employees of Dacuda AG, an award-winning computer vision firm. The company also has research and development centers in Novi Sad, Serbia, and Yerevan, Armenia, enhancing its capabilities in innovative software development.

StoryBox

Seed Round in 2020
StoryBox GmbH develops a software as a service (SaaS) based application for video creation. The company through its software allows companies and teams to create video content with customizable templates. It also allows users to store the video content and adapt their own corporate design of logos, animations, fonts, and video graphics. StoryBox GmbH was founded in 2017 and is based in Munich, Germany.

Emteria

Seed Round in 2020
emteria GmbH develops custom android platform operating system designed for industrial applications. The company offers building, extending, customizing, and maintaining embedded android platform for industrial applications and products. It offers intuitive interface, up-to-date security, millions of apps, automatic updates, cloud services, device management, customization, and long-term support. The company also offers device configuration, remote updates, application control, and data monitoring services. emteria GmbH was founded in 2017 and is based in Aachen, Germany.

Erium

Seed Round in 2020
Erium GmbH develops software for creating artificial intelligence (AI) models. The company offers HALerium, a software that allows people from various disciplines to create their own AI models. It enables process experts, engineers, and production managers to create the models independently. It helps in forensics, prediction, and control. The company was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Garching bei München, Germany.

iATROS

Seed Round in 2020
iATROS GmbH designs and develops mobile application and platform that connects cardiology patients with medical caregivers. The mobile application provides services, such as therapy and medication planning, progress tracking, ECG diagnosis, blood pressure and sugar database maintenance, consulting services with physicians, storing of health data. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Munich, Germany.

Tangany

Seed Round in 2020
Tangany GmbH specializes in developing blockchain infrastructure solutions tailored for businesses. Founded in 2019 and based in Munich, Germany, the company provides Wallet as a Service, allowing clients to seamlessly integrate blockchain technology into both legacy and new systems via API. This service includes an offline custody wallet that ensures secure storage of cryptocurrencies. Tangany’s offerings support various sectors, including finance, real estate, energy, loyalty, gaming, and government, by facilitating asset tokenization and cryptocurrency management. The platform is designed to simplify blockchain adoption, providing the ability to create and manage private keys securely in a certified environment while enabling transaction signing and sending through multiple blockchain connectors.

CI HUB

Seed Round in 2020
CI HUB GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Potsdam, Germany, specializes in brand management software, particularly its product iBrams. The company targets global businesses, providing solutions for social content creators, marketing professionals, and sales managers by automating the creation of marketing materials. CI HUB offers a microservice that seamlessly integrates into existing marketing applications, allowing users to generate professional content without switching tools. This innovation aims to replace manual adaptations and approvals in marketing agencies, thereby enhancing efficiency and compliance with brand standards. The company’s digital asset aggregator platform connects various data systems, including on-premise and cloud-hosted solutions, facilitating access to centralized marketing data and assets. CI HUB's core team, with extensive experience in marketing, automation, design, and technology, is dedicated to setting high standards for brand compliance and marketing automation.

Sdui

Seed Round in 2020
Sdui GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Koblenz, Germany, offers a digital platform designed to enhance communication within educational institutions. The platform simplifies interactions between teachers, parents, and students by providing features such as messaging, class schedules, parent letters, and room bookings. By digitizing essential processes, Sdui aims to reduce administrative burdens and improve organizational efficiency in schools. Over a short period, the company has gained traction in the educational market, reaching hundreds of institutions and establishing a strong reputation for its user-friendly solutions.

Hprobe

Seed Round in 2020
Hprobe SA designs and builds automated wafer level magnetic test solutions for MRAM, HDD, magnetic sensors, and inductors. The company provides equipment and software for wafer prober testing automation. Hprobe SA was founded in 2017 and is based in Eybens, France.

Mindance

Seed Round in 2020
Mindance GmbH designs and develops a mobile application to train mental abilities. The company's application provides individual mental training plans and modes and track achievement. It application is available across the iOS and Android formats. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Leipzig, Germany.

Biograil

Seed Round in 2020
Biograil, established in 2019 and led by CEO Karsten Lindhardt, specializes in developing a medical device that aims to enhance drug delivery systems. The device, produced through injection molding, is designed to fit within a standard-sized capsule and delivers active substances directly into the gastrointestinal wall. By utilizing the body's natural peristaltic forces, Biograil's technology eliminates the need for mechanical moving parts, allowing for a more efficient and pain-free administration of biologics. This innovative approach addresses the common challenges associated with traditional injection systems, offering a promising alternative for patients requiring medication.

attenio

Seed Round in 2020
attenio digitizes and optimizes your production and your service processes for Industry 4.0. Our software solution tailored to your company visualizes fitters and technicians the information relevant to them - if, when and wherever they need them, a kind of IKEA construction manual for the assembly of complex products.

DearEmployee

Venture Round in 2019
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 the workplace 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.

PANDA

Seed Round in 2019
PANDA GmbH is a Hamburg-based company that specializes in developing industrial AI technology solutions. Founded in 2018, PANDA creates products that facilitate the digitization and monitoring of industrial processes. Its offerings include TIMESWIPE pHAT, an electronic board designed to digitize sensor data, and PANDA Drift, a software solution that ensures the quality of production processes through comprehensive monitoring. Additionally, PANDA DEV is a customizable industrial AI application tailored to meet specific client needs. The company employs a self-developed open source software framework to effectively manage diverse and unlabeled industrial data, such as images and sensor information, while ensuring auditability and significance. PANDA's integrated systems are designed to streamline data acquisition, analysis, and visualization, providing users with an all-in-one solution for their industrial data challenges.

Verovaccines

Seed Round in 2019
VEROVACCiNES GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company, develops novel types of vaccines that protect animals against infectious diseases. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Halle, Germany.

Newsenselab (M-sense)

Seed Round in 2019
M-sense is a certified medical app to combat migraines and headache. Our goal is to reduce 50% of headache days through a personalized therapy program - all in-app.

SPACEGOATS

Pre Seed Round in 2019
SPACEGOATS GmbH offers a software-as-a-service solution which automates sales on Amazon. The company’s software provides real time overview of sales, inventory and the current account balance. It helps small and mid-size companies to conquer the Amazon Marketplaces by sharing its sales infrastructure. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.

Datarade

Seed Round in 2019
Datarade GmbH, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, operates an online platform that facilitates connections between data-driven companies and data vendors. The platform enables users to evaluate, match, and discover data vendors, providing access to over 2,000 data providers across more than 210 categories. Datarade's services cater to corporate entities, government institutions, and educational organizations, empowering them to find, compare, and confidently select the most suitable commercial data products for their needs.

Datarade

Seed Round in 2019
Datarade GmbH, founded in 2018 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, operates an online platform that facilitates connections between data-driven companies and data vendors. The platform enables users to evaluate, match, and discover data vendors, providing access to over 2,000 data providers across more than 210 categories. Datarade's services cater to corporate entities, government institutions, and educational organizations, empowering them to find, compare, and confidently select the most suitable commercial data products for their needs.

Laclarée

Seed Round in 2019
Laclarée develops a pair of adaptive eyeglasses for presbyopia. Its patented technology allows the eyeglasses to adapt in real-time to the scene viewed by the wearer. This major innovation will help milllions of people 45+ years, who are not satisfied with current solutions (progressive lenses, multiple pairs, etc...).

EverReal

Seed Round in 2019
EverReal GmbH, based in Munich, Germany, provides a B2B2C platform aimed at enhancing the efficiency of real estate management. The platform serves various stakeholders, including property managers, brokers, landlords, developers, and asset managers, by offering tools that streamline the rental process from tenant screening to property management. By facilitating real-time access to relevant information, EverReal's solutions promote productivity and collaboration among real estate professionals. The integrated ecosystem reduces the complexities associated with renting and selling properties, enabling users to lower costs, expand their business, and enhance the experience for tenants.

Qnami

Seed Round in 2019
Qnami AG manufactures non-invasive sensors. Its products include ProteusQ, non-invasive magnetic imaging microscope; and Quantum Diamond, which includes Quantilevers MX, diamond probes containing a single NV for high resolution magnetic imaging, and NV diamond membranes, ready-to-use diamond with NV centers. Its applications are multiferroic antiferromagnet, antiferromagnetic ram, microwave imaging, magnetic nanomemories, and superconductivity. Qnami AG was founded in 2017 and is based in Basel, Switzerland.

Draupnir Bio

Seed Round in 2019
Draupnir Bio is focused on developing innovative cholesterol-lowering medications aimed at preventing blood clots in the heart with greater efficacy than existing treatments. The company utilizes a platform that explores the glycome to create novel therapeutics, employing advanced techniques in array technology, protein chemistry, and carbohydrate chemistry. This platform enables the synthesis, screening, and selection of potent heparan sulfate glycomimetic drug candidates, targeting cardiovascular, inflammatory, and infectious diseases. Additionally, Draupnir Bio's technology includes the development of protein degraders that can target extracellular disease proteins, potentially addressing a wide range of unmet therapeutic needs across various medical conditions. This approach promises more convenient and accessible treatment options compared to traditional injectable therapies.

HQS Quantum Simulations

Seed Round in 2019
HQS Quantum Simulations GmbH, founded in 2017 and located in Karlsruhe, Germany, focuses on developing quantum algorithms to predict molecular properties for industries such as performance materials, specialty chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. The traditional development of these products involves a lengthy and costly process, requiring numerous synthesis, formulation, and testing steps to achieve desired specifications. While simulations can significantly reduce time-to-market and R&D costs, they often fall short in efficiency or capability for complex problems. By leveraging quantum computing, HQS Quantum Simulations aims to enhance the predictive power of simulations, thereby addressing current limitations in the chemical and pharmaceutical sectors.

Threedium

Seed Round in 2019
Threedium Limited is a London-based company that offers a platform for creating customizable three-dimensional (3D) advertisements and widgets for products. Established in 2017, Threedium focuses on enhancing online brand experiences through interactive and photorealistic 3D and augmented reality (AR) formats, which are applicable across eCommerce, digital advertising, and social media. Its key products, such as the Threedium 3D Web Configurator and Threedium 3D Advertising, allow brands to transform static images into fully interactive 3D/AR models that work seamlessly on any device. The platform not only facilitates the management and distribution of 3D assets but also provides a robust user experience that helps businesses of all sizes engage customers more effectively. By enabling real-time product personalization and visualization, Threedium aims to bridge the gap between online shopping and in-store experiences, ultimately increasing customer engagement and driving sales conversions.

Spherity

Seed Round in 2019
Spherity GmbH develops and offers decentralized applications to empower interoperable supply chains, M2M communication, data authenticity and privacy. It combines IoT, blockchain and modern cryptography to establish data audit trails, settlement, and asset management or token streaming. Spherity GmbH was founded in 2017 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Tacalyx

Seed Round in 2019
Tacalyx GmbH operates as an oncology company, which focuses on the discovery and development of Tumor Associated Carbohydrate Antigen (TACA) antibodies to treat cancer. It provides technology platform for TACAs as novel targets for cancer therapy. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.

Belyntic

Seed Round in 2019
Belyntic offers the first generally applicable purification kit for chemically synthesized peptides. HPLC-free Peptide Purification with Belyntic’s Catch & Release Technology. Belyntic’s team is dedicated to bring peptide purification to the next level. Don’t hesitate to contact them for information and inquiries.

Workpath

Seed Round in 2019
Workpath is the leading enterprise software provider enabling organizations to execute their strategies fast, flexible and effective in an increasingly dynamic and complex world. With simple and intuitive workflow tools Workpath engages all employees in the strategy and execution process. Its comprehensive analytics suite empowers executives to make better decisions on when to adapt focus, budgets or structures as early as possible.

Zahnarzt-Helden

Seed Round in 2019
As an independent platform, they help you to quickly and transparently get good offers for major investments in your dental practice. They advise you in the selection of the right product, negotiate with manufacturers and dealers for you and organize construction, maintenance and long-term technical support. As with Check24 or Booking.com, you can enjoy the benefits of a neutral portal through dentist heroes , such as ensuring reliable technical support and making sure you are not surprised by hidden costs.