Creathor Venture

Creathor Ventures invests in technology-oriented companies that are driving the automation of industry and business as well as the personalization and digitalization of the healthcare sector. The regional focus is on Germany and Switzerland. From its offices in Bad Homburg and Zurich, the 15-strong team currently supports over 30 tech and life science companies. Over the past 30 years, the management team has financed over 200 companies as lead or co-lead investors. More than 20 companies have been listed on international stock exchanges. Creathor Ventures currently manages a fund volume of over 230 million euros.

Cédric Köhler

Managing Partner

Gert Köhler

Founder and Chairman

CL

Christian Leikert

Investment Manager

Karlheinz Schmelig

Managing Partner

Alex Stöckl

Investment Manager

Marianne Uddman

Investment Manager

CW

Christian Weiss

Investment Manager

92 past transactions

HUMANOO

Series A in 2018
HUMANOO is a digital health platform. HUMANOO boosts the company’s performance, balancing the body and mind of employees and providing tailored and customized daily exercises. HUMANOO aims to promote health and increase overall wellbeing, reducing the number of annual doctor’s visits and increasing happiness both in the workplace and in private life.

Cube Biotech

Series A in 2012
Cube Biotech offers innovative products and solutions for membrane protein research – a hotspot for pharmaceutical research. The business model is a two pillared model based on a service business unit that has the potential to generate significant milestone payments and a product business that is securing a constant revenue stream. The major focus of Cube’s service business unit is the structural analysis of membrane proteins – a highly sought after discipline. Those play a crucial role in the aetiology of various diseases and are one of the most sought after targets in drug discovery. Structural analysis of membrane proteins is still a huge challenge. This is particularly true for pharmaceutically relevant human membrane proteins, e.g. transporters or G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs). The design of efficient drugs depends on the availability of membrane protein structure information. The competitive advantage of Cube is the coverage of the full value chain in membrane protein research through both value adding products and services based on an unique technology. With this portfolio Cube offers unseen opportunities in membrane protein research for customers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnological industry and aca-demia. The relevance of the scientific arena Cube is operating in was recently confirmed with the award of the 2012’s Nobel Prize in chemistry for two US-scientists for their membrane protein research. The Cube Biotech team shares more than 40 years of experience on membrane protein expression, purification, and crystallization.

SOFIALYS

Venture Round in 2010
SOFIALYS is the leading mobile advertising and marketing service provider for operators, ad networks, advertisers (interactive agencies and brands), publishers and application developers. Since its inception in 2002, the company's unique goal has been to work with those actors of the value chain in order to facilitate the creation of a new ecosystem where the Mobile Phone would become a mass market media. Headquarters in France, SOFIALYS has developed a mobile advertising ad server, the Mobile Adbox, that allows the monetization of any types of mobile inventory including applications, mobile internet, SMS and Video. The Sofialys ad-server currently serves over 150 million impressions and 200 campaigns a month across Europe, Asia, Middle East, LATAM and the US. Sofialys also supports communication agencies and leading FMCG brands in the development and execution of their mobile strategy.

Mila

Venture Round in 2015
Mila is all about providing access to progress. The world around us is moving fast. Technical and digital innovations appear daily. There’s no way they can all keep up with this development. Perhaps you don’t have time or you’re just not up to a technical challenge. Still, everyone should be able to benefit from technological progress. Mila enables people to find an expert partner in their neighborhood on demand. Conveniently and easily, at a fair price.

Wunderflats

Series C in 2021
Wunderflats is an online platform that enables users to find and rent furnished apartments in Germany. It brings together tenants, landlords, and companies on one platform and makes renting a furnished apartment as convenient as possible. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin.

iFunded by iEstate GmbH

Series A in 2018
iFunded is the new online market place for global online real estate investments using the state of the art technology. iFunded makes real estate investing highly accessible, simple, transparent and affordable. Private & institutional Investors can invest alongside experts from the real estate industry and participate in the development of selected real estate projects and generate high returns. Real Estate Developers get access to an alternative financing opportunity. In addition they can increase public awareness in the early phase of their project and profit from the marketing effect on the platform of iFunded. iFunded accompanies as an investor throughout the entire investing process: from selecting the right real estate project for from their platform, to the right investment strategy for , to continuous information on current investments. In order to provide with a variety of real estate projects, we cooperate with national and international building contractors and project developers. Their investments are transparent - can inform on the progress of the project invested in at any time online. private / institutional investor dashboard will supply with current market data and reports.

Mobiles Republic

Series B in 2013
Mobiles Republic is an online resource that offers news applications and services on smartphones and tablets. It partners with more than 800 top global and regional news sources ranging from Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Elle, Al Jazeera, The Financial Times and The Guardian, to AOL and CBS Interactive. The company’s popular mobile apps are News Republic®, Appy Geek™, Appy Gamer™, Sports Republic™ and GlamLife™. In addition to its apps, the company is also dedicated to mobile technology innovation. Its proprietary multilingual and localization smart search technology, TagNav®, delivers news personalized to a user’s specific tastes and needs based on more than 1,000,000 topics. Mobiles Republic is also the technology partner powering such mobile ecosystem innovations as BlinkFeed™, the breakthrough content user-interface on HTC One smartphones. Mobiles Republic, headquartered in Bordeaux Cedex, France.

HeyJobs

Series B in 2022
HeyJobs is a Talent Platform that helps employers find the right talents at a friction of the traditional cost per hire. It helps talents find jobs that enable them to live a fulfilling life. Through a combination of machine learning, automation and software, we have created >50'000 hires already.

HeyJobs

Series A in 2019
HeyJobs is a Talent Platform that helps employers find the right talents at a friction of the traditional cost per hire. It helps talents find jobs that enable them to live a fulfilling life. Through a combination of machine learning, automation and software, we have created >50'000 hires already.

Zadego

Venture Round in 2011
Easybooking for the tourism industry by Zadego

stylefruits GmbH

Series B in 2010
stylefruits GmbH operates a style advice platform for fashion and home design. Its platform allows users to create individual outfits by combining a selection of fashionable clothing and accessories in the categories of women's fashion, men's fashion, and interior design from a range of online partner shops; recommend, rate, and discuss styles with other users online; and share them on the social media sites. The company’s solution is available as online platform, and as an application for smartphones and tablets. It serves customers in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Munich, Germany. As per the transaction announced on April 22, 2016, stylefruits GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Ströer SE & Co. KGaA.

SIRION BIOTECH

Venture Round in 2011
Viral Vector Technology as key enabler for innovative therapeutics. Viral vectors are a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic material into cells. This technique enables research of gene function and innovative therapeutics designed to correct defective genes and cancer. These technologies also assist in the discovery of new drug, food and cosmetic compounds. SIRION is a global leader in viral vector technology for gene modification of mammalian cells. Along with custom services, the company stands ready to outlicense its unique technologies. An initial target currently being pursued by one of SIRION's partners is a gene therapeutic for cervical cancer. The company started business in 2007 and since then has been changing the paradigm of viral vector supplies. Specifically, all commonly applied vector types are now available within a matter of weeks - adenovirus, adeno-associated virus (AAV) and lentivirus - and a full range of virus related services is at your fingertips spanning from particle production to virus driven cell modelling, all at highest titers and in quantities required for preclinical, clinical and animal testing. The company is easily accessible with presence in Munich, Tokyo, New Hampshire and Tel Aviv. Commercial arrangements range from fee-for-service over exclusive rights on single clones all the way to milestone & licensing arrangements. The business model proves successful: an annual 70% growth since 2007 and experienced in more than 500 projects for both the academic and industry sector. The company is privately held and has over the years raised funds from 8 investors both private and government. In order to support further growth and to benefit from technology development in this exciting industry, the company welcomes new investors. Please contact Management for further information about the company and its future plans.

Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG

Series B in 2008
Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG, a drug discovery and development company, focuses on small-molecule drug discovery with a special emphasis on the target class of nuclear receptors. The company’s small-molecule drug discovery targets various disease areas, including liver diseases, intestinal diseases, and cancer. Its products under research and development include retinoid-acid receptor-related orphan receptor gamma t (RORγt) inverse agonists for the treatment of autoimmune diseases; and farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonists for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Ludwigshafen, Germany with additional laboratories and offices in Heidelberg. Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG is a former subsidiary of Sygnis Pharma AG.

Shopgate

Series B in 2013
Shopgate GmbH provides mobile shopping solutions. It offers mobile shopping applications for iPhone, iPad, Android, Samsung Bada, and Windows phones. The company has strategic partnerships with plentyMarkets, Beezup, SOFORT.com, Actindo, Gambio, ClickandBuy, ConCardis, Ogone, and CLUDES. Shopgate GmbH was founded in 2009 and is based in Butzbach, Germany with additional offices in Frankfurt, Germany, Magdeburg, Germany; and Austin, Texas
CEVEC is a center of expertise for the production of biopharmaceuticals using a unique human cell-based expression system. CAP-Go enables the production of proteins “beyond antibodies”. Complex, glycosylated proteins represent a significant portion of the human proteome and are notoriously difficult to express in conventional cell lines such as CHO. The CAP-Go expression platform comprises a portfolio of glyco-optimized human suspension cell lines for the highly efficient production of a broad range of difficult to express recombinant proteins with authentic human post-translational modifications or on demand tailor-made glycosylation patterns.

Kigo

Series A in 2013
An innovative and dynamic startup, Kigo offers vacation rental software and channel manager solutions designed for the unique needs of vacation rental managers. Kigo provides reservation systems, SEO friendly websites, with templates or a custom design, completely integrated with the calendar & booking systems, and channel manager solutions to help vacation rental professionals increase bookings. Located in the US, Spain and Thailand, Kigo has an international team with backgrounds as diverse as software business, programming, political science and sales.

Roombeats

Seed Round in 2013
Roombeats turns every image into an interactive display window. For publishers and bloggers, it offers Affiliate Marketing with Pictures; readers who discover a product image are now able to learn more about this item and are given a link so that they can buy it. Roombeats provides manufacturers with a complete solution to Image Content Marketing by linking images to relevant product and brand information and then distributing this throughout the Web. This increases brand presence online and directs interested customers straight to an online shop. Manufacturers receive real time reporting on the performance of their product images online. This Berlin startup was founded in 2012 by Markus Berger-de Léon, formerly CEO of Jamba, MyHammer and StudiVZ, and Florian Beba, the onetime Head of User Experience with Zalando.

Sividon Diagnostics

Private Equity Round in 2011
Sividon Diagnostics GmbH develops a portfolio of treatment-related diagnostic tests. The company specializes in molecular tumor diagnostics. Its portfolio includes ImmunoPredict biomarker test. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Cologne, Germany. Sividon Diagnostics GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Myriad Services GmbH.

Allthings

Series A in 2018
Allthings Technologies AG develops a mobile application for communication between real estate owners, service providers, and tenants. The company has developed micro-apps to access the Allthings platform using Application Programming Interfaces (API) to pull information about the apartment and other connected objects inside of it. It serves real estate asset managers, developers, and property managers. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Basel, Switzerland. Allthings Technologies AG has additional offices in Berlin and Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

fromAtoB GmbH

Series A in 2016
fromAtoB GmbH operates a travel search engine that compares and combines various means of transportation in Europe, North America, and internationally. It offers deals and information about trains, flights, ride share, long distance buses, taxis, rental cars, public transportation, and route planner, as well as helping users to book transport with providers for their next trip. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Munich, Germany.

video intelligence AG

Series A in 2008
vi is a contextual video platform. We connect publishers, content creators and brands with video storytelling. Our contextual matching engine finds the perfect videos to complement page text. So publishers increase engagement, content creators find new distribution outlets and advertisers reach attentive audiences. The result is users that spend longer on sites. Using machine learning, we help over 1,000 web publishers and 200 video creators to deliver millions of contextual video stories every day.

Tellja

Series A in 2009
Tellja provides digital recommendation marketing services. It began operation in 2009 as Pelvit, with its headquarters in Frankfurt in Germany.

Netbiscuits GmbH

Series B in 2011
Netbiscuits GmbH provides device detection tools that allow web developers to customize and optimize their website. The company offers Visitor ID, a visitor identification for cross-device marketing; Device Detection, an enterprise-grade solution for implementing an adaptive web strategy; Analytics that allows users to track data on their content marketing across tablet, smartphone, feature phone, PC, wearables, and more; and professional services. Netbiscuits GmbH was formerly known as Dynetic Solutions GmbH and changed its name in June 2008. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

lengoo

Series B in 2021
lengoo powers the future of translation. The AI-first translation tech company has automated the custom-training of neural machine translation systems for enterprise customers, who use the service to have professional translations made in more than 400 language combinations. Over 3,000 business clients, including some of Europe’s biggest enterprises and unicorns, already trust in lengoo’s technology. Headquartered in Berlin, the company was founded in 2014 in Karlsruhe by Philipp Koch-Büttner, Christopher Kränzler, and Alexander Gigga. In 2016, lengoo participated in the Techstars accelerator program in Berlin and in 2018 was awarded with the Deloitte Fast 50 Award as one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Germany with over 600% growth. Christopher Kränzler also holds a seat on the Board of Directors at bitkom, Germany's digital association. Find more info on https://www.lengoo.com lengoo is a certified Language Service Provider according to ISO 17100 and ISO 18587. Find out more! Success stories: https://www.lengoo.com/references Join the team: https://www.lengoo.com/careers

aka-aki networks

Venture Round in 2009
The berlin-based aka-aki team builds apps to discover the people nearby. with a little help from aki, a very well connected moose thanks to his antenna antlers

lengoo

Series A in 2019
lengoo powers the future of translation. The AI-first translation tech company has automated the custom-training of neural machine translation systems for enterprise customers, who use the service to have professional translations made in more than 400 language combinations. Over 3,000 business clients, including some of Europe’s biggest enterprises and unicorns, already trust in lengoo’s technology. Headquartered in Berlin, the company was founded in 2014 in Karlsruhe by Philipp Koch-Büttner, Christopher Kränzler, and Alexander Gigga. In 2016, lengoo participated in the Techstars accelerator program in Berlin and in 2018 was awarded with the Deloitte Fast 50 Award as one of the fastest-growing tech companies in Germany with over 600% growth. Christopher Kränzler also holds a seat on the Board of Directors at bitkom, Germany's digital association. Find more info on https://www.lengoo.com lengoo is a certified Language Service Provider according to ISO 17100 and ISO 18587. Find out more! Success stories: https://www.lengoo.com/references Join the team: https://www.lengoo.com/careers
CEVEC is a center of expertise for the production of biopharmaceuticals using a unique human cell-based expression system. CAP-Go enables the production of proteins “beyond antibodies”. Complex, glycosylated proteins represent a significant portion of the human proteome and are notoriously difficult to express in conventional cell lines such as CHO. The CAP-Go expression platform comprises a portfolio of glyco-optimized human suspension cell lines for the highly efficient production of a broad range of difficult to express recombinant proteins with authentic human post-translational modifications or on demand tailor-made glycosylation patterns.

Imverse Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Imverse SA develops software for content creation in Mixed Reality. The company has developed a software that lets users convert 360-degree images from 2D into 3D and both manipulate and create virtual-reality content in real time with the help of virtual-reality glasses. The company also offers B2B services to allow anyone to easily create a VR/MR experience with live hologram actors and real-time VFX from a single 360° photo. Imverse SA was founded in 2017 and is based in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland.

HappyCar

Seed Round in 2015
HAPPYCAR GmbH offers a meta-search for rental cars. It enables users to compare the price cars and provides transportation services in Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

Serinus GmbH

Seed Round in 2019
Serinus was named after one of the first alarm systems in history: canaries. Latin "Serinus canaria forma domestica" called. In mining, they should warn of escaping carbon monoxide underground. When the birds stopped singing, the mates immediately left the tunnel. The canary is more than just a logo and namesake.

Haja Networks Oy

Venture Round in 2018
They build foundational distributed and decentralized technologies for the future Internet. With open-source, transparency and diversity as their core values, they are currently developing OrbitDB, a scalable and trustless peer-to-peer database, and database protocols for a global data layer to re-decentralize the web. The name Haja comes from the Finnish prefix that signifies decentralization.

Klara

Series A in 2018
Klara’s end-to-end patient engagement platform enables healthcare organizations to easily communicate with patients, provide virtual care, collaborate as a team, and automate many front-desk tasks. Thousands of healthcare teams across more than 40 specialties use Klara to make their workflows more efficient, deliver an exceptional patient experience across the entire care journey, and grow their patient volume.

Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG

Series C in 2010
Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG, a drug discovery and development company, focuses on small-molecule drug discovery with a special emphasis on the target class of nuclear receptors. The company’s small-molecule drug discovery targets various disease areas, including liver diseases, intestinal diseases, and cancer. Its products under research and development include retinoid-acid receptor-related orphan receptor gamma t (RORγt) inverse agonists for the treatment of autoimmune diseases; and farnesoid X receptor (FXR) agonists for the treatment of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. The company was founded in 2002 and is based in Ludwigshafen, Germany with additional laboratories and offices in Heidelberg. Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG is a former subsidiary of Sygnis Pharma AG.

HUMANOO

Series B in 2021
HUMANOO is a digital health platform. HUMANOO boosts the company’s performance, balancing the body and mind of employees and providing tailored and customized daily exercises. HUMANOO aims to promote health and increase overall wellbeing, reducing the number of annual doctor’s visits and increasing happiness both in the workplace and in private life.

CryoTherapeutics

Series B in 2019
CryoTherapeutics is focusing on the development, demonstration of clinical benefit, and early-stage commercialization of a proprietary cryotherapy system for use in the treatment of coronary artery disease that causes heart attacks. The safety and efficacy of cryoenergy in the cardiovascular system has been demonstrated and CryoTherapeutics intends to extend the benefits of cryoenergy to the problem of diseased coronary arteries.

News Republic

Series B in 2013
News Republic, Inc. develops a news application. Its application provides news, articles, videos, and photos from media partners worldwide. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Bordeaux, France. As of May 31, 2016, News Republic, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Cheetah Mobile Inc.

WiredMinds GmbH

Venture Round in 2006
WiredMinds’ core product “lead lab sales” generates new b2b sales leads via corporate websites. The company’s core product identifies a website’s enterprise-visitors and automatically retrieves company and contact information of the visitor. The system checks whether the visitor is a potential customer and inherent interfaces allow an easy transfer of the new lead into existing CRM systems. Further actions are triggered automatically, i.e., sales people are informed about the new lead or the lead will be subscribed to a newsletter. The company was founded in 2002 and is the market leader in automatic lead generation for enterprise customers. Strategic position: Enterprise webpages usually purely act as a source of information rather than a means to acquire new customers. More and more businesses discover the possibility to identify new business leads through their website. WiredMinds offers a unique and highly scalable Sales Automation solution, unleashing the full potential of a corporate website. Over the last years the company has won a number of attractive enterprise customers and publishers such as Heise Zeitschriften Verlag, Motorpresse, Osram and Porsche.

HUMANOO

Seed Round in 2016
HUMANOO is a digital health platform. HUMANOO boosts the company’s performance, balancing the body and mind of employees and providing tailored and customized daily exercises. HUMANOO aims to promote health and increase overall wellbeing, reducing the number of annual doctor’s visits and increasing happiness both in the workplace and in private life.

Shopgate

Series A in 2011
Shopgate GmbH provides mobile shopping solutions. It offers mobile shopping applications for iPhone, iPad, Android, Samsung Bada, and Windows phones. The company has strategic partnerships with plentyMarkets, Beezup, SOFORT.com, Actindo, Gambio, ClickandBuy, ConCardis, Ogone, and CLUDES. Shopgate GmbH was founded in 2009 and is based in Butzbach, Germany with additional offices in Frankfurt, Germany, Magdeburg, Germany; and Austin, Texas

Jaron Direct

Series A in 2004
Jaron Direct is an online marketing agency.

Caprotec Bioanalytics

Series B in 2010
caprotec bioanalytics has developed a ground-breaking, proprietary technology to reduce the complexity of protein mixtures and samples in a targeted and directed manner. caprotec's Capture Compound Mass Spectrometry (CCMS) Technology is based on multifunctional small molecules (Capture Compoundsâ„¢) that are used to target, capture, and isolate proteins based on their functionality. For many applications, CCMS is clearly superior to shotgun approaches - thus addressing an unmet need in the proteomics community.

joiz Group

Series A in 2010
JOIZ produces interactive cross media entertainment programs for the target group of ages 15 to 29. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Caprotec Bioanalytics

Series B in 2008
caprotec bioanalytics has developed a ground-breaking, proprietary technology to reduce the complexity of protein mixtures and samples in a targeted and directed manner. caprotec's Capture Compound Mass Spectrometry (CCMS) Technology is based on multifunctional small molecules (Capture Compoundsâ„¢) that are used to target, capture, and isolate proteins based on their functionality. For many applications, CCMS is clearly superior to shotgun approaches - thus addressing an unmet need in the proteomics community.

Sinopsys Surgical, Inc.

Series C in 2015
Sinopsys Surgical, Inc. develops therapies for the treatment of chronic sinus disease (CRS). It manufactures devices including Sinopsys Lacrimal Stent (SLS) and Lacrimal Ethmoid Access Procedure (LEAP). Sinopsys Surgical, Inc. was formerly known as DCS Surgical, Inc. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Boulder, Colorado.

Acousia Therapeutics GmbH

Series B in 2018
Acousia Therapeutics GmbH is a biotech company that specializes in identifying small molecules for the treatment of hearing loss. It develops drugs for local application, which protect hearing function or restore hearing in patients who have lost their hearing ability due to various reasons, such as noise trauma, treatment with ototoxic drugs, or sudden deafness. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Tubingen, Germany.

Netbiscuits GmbH

Venture Round in 2012
Netbiscuits GmbH provides device detection tools that allow web developers to customize and optimize their website. The company offers Visitor ID, a visitor identification for cross-device marketing; Device Detection, an enterprise-grade solution for implementing an adaptive web strategy; Analytics that allows users to track data on their content marketing across tablet, smartphone, feature phone, PC, wearables, and more; and professional services. Netbiscuits GmbH was formerly known as Dynetic Solutions GmbH and changed its name in June 2008. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Alrise Biosystems

Venture Round in 2005
ALRISE Biosystems GmbH operates as a drug-delivery company focuses on nano and micro-encapsulation for drug development. It offers controlled-release formulations and targeting of gastrointestinal tract. The company’s ImSus technology allows encapsulation of hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs independent of the molecule size from small molecules to peptides and proteins and is a tool for the engineering of controlled-release formulations. ALRISE Biosystems GmbH was founded in 2004 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Ledgy

Series A in 2021
Ledgy AG, a technology company, operates Software-as-a-Service platform to manage and exchange securities in private companies. Its platform is used for shares management for companies and shareholders. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Adaptive Simulations

Venture Round in 2017
Adaptive Simulations offers a cloud-based service (SaaS), providing customers with fully automated flow simulations. It's automated cloud-solution increases accuracy, flexibility and cost efficiency when simulating flow. The accessibility and ease of use of the solution enables designers and architects without any prior knowledge of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) or simulations to accelerate and improve their design.

Zimory GmbH

Venture Round in 2013
Founded in 2007, Zimory provides carrier-grade cloud infrastructure management software that allows service providers, enterprises and cloud brokers to fully leverage the power and elasticity of cloud computing. Zimory’s intelligent Cloud Suite simplifies, automates and expedites the creation, launch and management of all types of cloud environments – whether public, private, virtual private or hybrid. Zimory software is also a key enabler of cloud marketplaces for enterprise services, applications and infrastructure. Headquartered in Berlin, Zimory has development centers in Erfurt, Germany and Minsk, Belarus, a subsidiary office in New York City and is expanding its expertise and presence globally.

AYOXXA

Series B in 2014
AYOXXA is a biotech company commercializing innovative technology developed at the National University of Singapore (NUS). AYOXXA’s patented technology platform is producing a new generation of biochips – merging biology with IT. This allows the biochip to accumulate large numbers of applications – measuring multiple protein markers for cancer, allergies, cardiovascular and infectious diseases – in a single test.

Cevec Pharmaceuticals GmbH

Venture Round in 2011
CEVEC is a center of expertise for the production of biopharmaceuticals using a unique human cell-based expression system. CAP-Go enables the production of proteins “beyond antibodies”. Complex, glycosylated proteins represent a significant portion of the human proteome and are notoriously difficult to express in conventional cell lines such as CHO. The CAP-Go expression platform comprises a portfolio of glyco-optimized human suspension cell lines for the highly efficient production of a broad range of difficult to express recombinant proteins with authentic human post-translational modifications or on demand tailor-made glycosylation patterns.

R3 Communications

Seed Round in 2017
Reliable Realtime Radio Communications GmbH (R3Coms) was founded in July 2015 as a spin-off from two leading engineering universities with the focus on research and development, production and sales/distribution of ultra-reliable low-latency wireless communication systems and solutions.

Hojoki

Series A in 2012
Hojoki makes all your cloud apps work as one. It sends push notifications and lets you discuss your work as it happens. Works with Google Docs & Drive, Google Calendar, Dropbox, Evernote, Box, Highrise, CloudApp, Delicious, Google Reader, Google Contacts, Basecamp, Twitter, Zendesk, Mendeley, Pivotal Tracker, GitHub, Ta-Da List, Salesforce Chatter, Yammer and Beanstalk.

News Republic

Series A in 2012
News Republic, Inc. develops a news application. Its application provides news, articles, videos, and photos from media partners worldwide. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Bordeaux, France. As of May 31, 2016, News Republic, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Cheetah Mobile Inc.

Allthings

Seed Round in 2017
Allthings Technologies AG develops a mobile application for communication between real estate owners, service providers, and tenants. The company has developed micro-apps to access the Allthings platform using Application Programming Interfaces (API) to pull information about the apartment and other connected objects inside of it. It serves real estate asset managers, developers, and property managers. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Basel, Switzerland. Allthings Technologies AG has additional offices in Berlin and Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.

Insiteo

Venture Round in 2011
Insiteo SAS develops indoor location service platform for smartphones. It provides services to smart buildings, events, retail stores, exhibitions, restaurants, shopping centers, museums, airports, and transport stations. The company offers indoor positioning solutions. Insiteo SAS was founded in 2009 and is based in Colomiers, France with additional offices in Paris, France; Amsterdam, Netherlands; and London, United Kingdom.

Chundsell Medicals AB

Venture Round in 2013
Chundsell Medicals AB was founded in 2007 as a spin off from Karolinska Institutet, Solna, in order to commercialize the research results of Chunde Li and his group on prostate cancer genomics. The first product: The Prostatype® Test System can assess prostate cancer aggressiveness in conjunction with currently used clinical parameters. The Prostatype® Test System measures the expression pattern of three selected and specific prostate cancer embryonic stem cell genes in tumor cell tissue specimens. These expression patterns together with a group of a selected number of known clinical parameters will help the health care professional to predict the disease outcome, the overall survival as well as cancer specific survival of patients.

Purmeo

Seed Round in 2012
Purmeo GmbH retails customized vitamin packages online. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

COBI

Seed Round in 2015
COBI GmbH develops smart connected biking systems to provide bikes with intelligent assistance. It offers COBI, a modular system that connects smartphone to bike to revolutionize the overall cycling experience. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Frankfurt, Germany. As of September 28, 2017, COBI GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Bosch eBike Systems.

CryoTherapeutics

Series B in 2016
CryoTherapeutics is focusing on the development, demonstration of clinical benefit, and early-stage commercialization of a proprietary cryotherapy system for use in the treatment of coronary artery disease that causes heart attacks. The safety and efficacy of cryoenergy in the cardiovascular system has been demonstrated and CryoTherapeutics intends to extend the benefits of cryoenergy to the problem of diseased coronary arteries.

Kyto GmbH

Seed Round in 2015
Kyto is a Software-as-a-service company, which supports small and medium enterprises in optimizing and increasing their international online B2B presence. The proprietary platform synchronizes entered company and product data with a global network of business directories, market places, and search engines. In this way Kyto allows its customers to generate more leads and sales online in a cost and time efficient way. Kyto is supported by recognized investors and experts, and has established a strong network of international publishing partners, such as Europages, IndustryStock, EC21 and more. Kyto is headquartered in Berlin and was founded in May 2013 by Dr. Martin Mittermeier and Paul Wulff.

cloudControl

Series A in 2011
The cloudControl platform features agile deployments, rock-solid autoscaling infrastructure and pay-as-you-go pricing out of Amazon's European datacenters. With the cloudControl Add-on market they bring developers all the third party Cloud services they need easily integratable into their own apps and let them take projects from idea to product faster than ever before.

First1 Networks GmbH

Venture Round in 2008
First1 Networks GmbH provides interactive live game shows on the Internet. The company is based in Berlin, Germany.

Chundsell Medicals AB

Venture Round in 2015
Chundsell Medicals AB was founded in 2007 as a spin off from Karolinska Institutet, Solna, in order to commercialize the research results of Chunde Li and his group on prostate cancer genomics. The first product: The Prostatype® Test System can assess prostate cancer aggressiveness in conjunction with currently used clinical parameters. The Prostatype® Test System measures the expression pattern of three selected and specific prostate cancer embryonic stem cell genes in tumor cell tissue specimens. These expression patterns together with a group of a selected number of known clinical parameters will help the health care professional to predict the disease outcome, the overall survival as well as cancer specific survival of patients.

Iconicfuture

Series B in 2013
Iconicfuture GmbH offers brand licensing solutions for games and digital application developers. The company provides Launchpad, a digital brand licensing platform. Additionally, it offers intellectual property (IP) integration strategy, brand engagement campaigns, reporting, and pricing and business model consulting services. Iconicfuture GmbH was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Wunderflats

Series A in 2017
Wunderflats is an online platform that enables users to find and rent furnished apartments in Germany. It brings together tenants, landlords, and companies on one platform and makes renting a furnished apartment as convenient as possible. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin.

Klara

Seed Round in 2015
Klara’s end-to-end patient engagement platform enables healthcare organizations to easily communicate with patients, provide virtual care, collaborate as a team, and automate many front-desk tasks. Thousands of healthcare teams across more than 40 specialties use Klara to make their workflows more efficient, deliver an exceptional patient experience across the entire care journey, and grow their patient volume.

iFunded by iEstate GmbH

Seed Round in 2016
iFunded is the new online market place for global online real estate investments using the state of the art technology. iFunded makes real estate investing highly accessible, simple, transparent and affordable. Private & institutional Investors can invest alongside experts from the real estate industry and participate in the development of selected real estate projects and generate high returns. Real Estate Developers get access to an alternative financing opportunity. In addition they can increase public awareness in the early phase of their project and profit from the marketing effect on the platform of iFunded. iFunded accompanies as an investor throughout the entire investing process: from selecting the right real estate project for from their platform, to the right investment strategy for , to continuous information on current investments. In order to provide with a variety of real estate projects, we cooperate with national and international building contractors and project developers. Their investments are transparent - can inform on the progress of the project invested in at any time online. private / institutional investor dashboard will supply with current market data and reports.

Bitbar Technologies Ltd.

Series A in 2015
Bitbar Technologies Ltd. develops cloud-based mobile application testing solution. It offers mobile application testing; codeless application test automation; and other professional services, such as systems development, testing, consulting, and training. The company offers a customizable application testing infrastructure, deployed as a private mobile device cloud or an on premise mobile device lab for large organizations. The company caters to technology, financial services, gaming, retail and e-commerce, and media industries. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. As of August 29, 2019, Bitbar Technologies Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of SmartBear Software Inc.

Wunderflats

Series B in 2019
Wunderflats is an online platform that enables users to find and rent furnished apartments in Germany. It brings together tenants, landlords, and companies on one platform and makes renting a furnished apartment as convenient as possible. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin.

Blueprint Genetics

Series A in 2017
Blueprint Genetics Oy provides clinical genetics testing followed by blueprint and customized next-generation sequencing services. The company provide services that include one-off sequencing projects, and tailored sequencing and bioinformatics platforms to address specific sequencing needs. It also offers custom services for researchers and diagnostics providers. Blueprint Genetics Oy was founded in 2012 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. As of January 21, 2020, Blueprint Genetics Oy operates as a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated.

stylefruits GmbH

Series A in 2008
stylefruits GmbH operates a style advice platform for fashion and home design. Its platform allows users to create individual outfits by combining a selection of fashionable clothing and accessories in the categories of women's fashion, men's fashion, and interior design from a range of online partner shops; recommend, rate, and discuss styles with other users online; and share them on the social media sites. The company’s solution is available as online platform, and as an application for smartphones and tablets. It serves customers in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Munich, Germany. As per the transaction announced on April 22, 2016, stylefruits GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Ströer SE & Co. KGaA.

COBI

Series A in 2016
COBI GmbH develops smart connected biking systems to provide bikes with intelligent assistance. It offers COBI, a modular system that connects smartphone to bike to revolutionize the overall cycling experience. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Frankfurt, Germany. As of September 28, 2017, COBI GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Bosch eBike Systems.

HappyCar

Series A in 2016
HAPPYCAR GmbH offers a meta-search for rental cars. It enables users to compare the price cars and provides transportation services in Germany, France, Portugal, Spain, and the United States. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Hamburg, Germany.

Bitbar Technologies Ltd.

Venture Round in 2013
Bitbar Technologies Ltd. develops cloud-based mobile application testing solution. It offers mobile application testing; codeless application test automation; and other professional services, such as systems development, testing, consulting, and training. The company offers a customizable application testing infrastructure, deployed as a private mobile device cloud or an on premise mobile device lab for large organizations. The company caters to technology, financial services, gaming, retail and e-commerce, and media industries. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Helsinki, Finland. As of August 29, 2019, Bitbar Technologies Ltd. operates as a subsidiary of SmartBear Software Inc.

Toroleo

Venture Round in 2013
As a product- and price-comparison website focussed on the automotive space, Toroleo helps those who search online for products and services related to motor vehicles to find the best offers and retailers. Toroleo was founded in Berlin in May 2012 by Manuel Hinz with a seed investment from Project A Ventures.

SIRION BIOTECH

Venture Round in 2013
Viral Vector Technology as key enabler for innovative therapeutics. Viral vectors are a tool commonly used by molecular biologists to deliver genetic material into cells. This technique enables research of gene function and innovative therapeutics designed to correct defective genes and cancer. These technologies also assist in the discovery of new drug, food and cosmetic compounds. SIRION is a global leader in viral vector technology for gene modification of mammalian cells. Along with custom services, the company stands ready to outlicense its unique technologies. An initial target currently being pursued by one of SIRION's partners is a gene therapeutic for cervical cancer. The company started business in 2007 and since then has been changing the paradigm of viral vector supplies. Specifically, all commonly applied vector types are now available within a matter of weeks - adenovirus, adeno-associated virus (AAV) and lentivirus - and a full range of virus related services is at your fingertips spanning from particle production to virus driven cell modelling, all at highest titers and in quantities required for preclinical, clinical and animal testing. The company is easily accessible with presence in Munich, Tokyo, New Hampshire and Tel Aviv. Commercial arrangements range from fee-for-service over exclusive rights on single clones all the way to milestone & licensing arrangements. The business model proves successful: an annual 70% growth since 2007 and experienced in more than 500 projects for both the academic and industry sector. The company is privately held and has over the years raised funds from 8 investors both private and government. In order to support further growth and to benefit from technology development in this exciting industry, the company welcomes new investors. Please contact Management for further information about the company and its future plans.

Cevec Pharmaceuticals GmbH

Venture Round in 2015
CEVEC is a center of expertise for the production of biopharmaceuticals using a unique human cell-based expression system. CAP-Go enables the production of proteins “beyond antibodies”. Complex, glycosylated proteins represent a significant portion of the human proteome and are notoriously difficult to express in conventional cell lines such as CHO. The CAP-Go expression platform comprises a portfolio of glyco-optimized human suspension cell lines for the highly efficient production of a broad range of difficult to express recombinant proteins with authentic human post-translational modifications or on demand tailor-made glycosylation patterns.

stylefruits GmbH

Series C in 2011
stylefruits GmbH operates a style advice platform for fashion and home design. Its platform allows users to create individual outfits by combining a selection of fashionable clothing and accessories in the categories of women's fashion, men's fashion, and interior design from a range of online partner shops; recommend, rate, and discuss styles with other users online; and share them on the social media sites. The company’s solution is available as online platform, and as an application for smartphones and tablets. It serves customers in Germany, the Netherlands, France, and the United Kingdom. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Munich, Germany. As per the transaction announced on April 22, 2016, stylefruits GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Ströer SE & Co. KGaA.

HeyJobs

Seed Round in 2016
HeyJobs is a Talent Platform that helps employers find the right talents at a friction of the traditional cost per hire. It helps talents find jobs that enable them to live a fulfilling life. Through a combination of machine learning, automation and software, we have created >50'000 hires already.

Netbiscuits GmbH

Series A in 2007
Netbiscuits GmbH provides device detection tools that allow web developers to customize and optimize their website. The company offers Visitor ID, a visitor identification for cross-device marketing; Device Detection, an enterprise-grade solution for implementing an adaptive web strategy; Analytics that allows users to track data on their content marketing across tablet, smartphone, feature phone, PC, wearables, and more; and professional services. Netbiscuits GmbH was formerly known as Dynetic Solutions GmbH and changed its name in June 2008. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Knip

Series B in 2015
As of June 29, 2017, Knip AG was acquired by Komparu B.V.. Knip AG develops an application software that allows users to manage their insurances. The application offers users a biannual review of their finances to provide them with tariffs and products. Knip AG was founded in 2013 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

News Republic

Seed Round in 2009
News Republic, Inc. develops a news application. Its application provides news, articles, videos, and photos from media partners worldwide. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Bordeaux, France. As of May 31, 2016, News Republic, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Cheetah Mobile Inc.

Ledgy

Seed Round in 2018
Ledgy AG, a technology company, operates Software-as-a-Service platform to manage and exchange securities in private companies. Its platform is used for shares management for companies and shareholders. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Zurich, Switzerland.

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.

Memorado

Series A in 2015
Memorado is the leading mobile gym for the brain. They strive to significantly improve people’s quality of life around the world through brain training based on neuroscience. Their goal is to redefine how people think about mental performance and help them unlock their true potential. Based in Berlin, they have attracted $5M in funding from some of the best investors across Europe. In just 12 months they are already serving over 4 million members in 25 languages across 229 countries. Memorado has also launched the “Global Cognition Initiative (GCI)”, an open-source research collaboration connecting Memorado's in-house scientists with scientists, researchers, practitioners and teachers around the world who are interested in the research on cognition.

Zimory GmbH

Venture Round in 2010
Founded in 2007, Zimory provides carrier-grade cloud infrastructure management software that allows service providers, enterprises and cloud brokers to fully leverage the power and elasticity of cloud computing. Zimory’s intelligent Cloud Suite simplifies, automates and expedites the creation, launch and management of all types of cloud environments – whether public, private, virtual private or hybrid. Zimory software is also a key enabler of cloud marketplaces for enterprise services, applications and infrastructure. Headquartered in Berlin, Zimory has development centers in Erfurt, Germany and Minsk, Belarus, a subsidiary office in New York City and is expanding its expertise and presence globally.

Tellja

Series B in 2011
Tellja provides digital recommendation marketing services. It began operation in 2009 as Pelvit, with its headquarters in Frankfurt in Germany.

Kyto GmbH

Venture Round in 2013
Kyto is a Software-as-a-service company, which supports small and medium enterprises in optimizing and increasing their international online B2B presence. The proprietary platform synchronizes entered company and product data with a global network of business directories, market places, and search engines. In this way Kyto allows its customers to generate more leads and sales online in a cost and time efficient way. Kyto is supported by recognized investors and experts, and has established a strong network of international publishing partners, such as Europages, IndustryStock, EC21 and more. Kyto is headquartered in Berlin and was founded in May 2013 by Dr. Martin Mittermeier and Paul Wulff.

Mobiles Republic

Series A in 2012
Mobiles Republic is an online resource that offers news applications and services on smartphones and tablets. It partners with more than 800 top global and regional news sources ranging from Associated Press, The Huffington Post, Elle, Al Jazeera, The Financial Times and The Guardian, to AOL and CBS Interactive. The company’s popular mobile apps are News Republic®, Appy Geek™, Appy Gamer™, Sports Republic™ and GlamLife™. In addition to its apps, the company is also dedicated to mobile technology innovation. Its proprietary multilingual and localization smart search technology, TagNav®, delivers news personalized to a user’s specific tastes and needs based on more than 1,000,000 topics. Mobiles Republic is also the technology partner powering such mobile ecosystem innovations as BlinkFeed™, the breakthrough content user-interface on HTC One smartphones. Mobiles Republic, headquartered in Bordeaux Cedex, France.

Doodle

Series A in 2008
Doodle radically simplifies the process of scheduling events, whether they’re board or team meetings, dinners with friends, reunions, weekend trips, or anything else.This smart assistant saves time for millions of people worldwide, and in the end, it brings people together. Doodle is free and doesn’t require registration by either the initiator or the participants of a meeting poll.Doodle also provides solutions for 1:1 scheduling and customer appointment scheduling. The world’s leading online scheduling service, Doodle (www.doodle.com) takes the pain out of finding the right date and time for a group of people to meet and makes scheduling virtually effortless.