Baobab is a cyber insurance company protecting organizations.
LiveEO GmbH is a Berlin-based company specializing in real-time earth observation applications. Founded in 2017, it leverages satellite imagery and geolocation services to provide infrastructure monitoring solutions for sectors such as railway, electricity, and pipelines. By analyzing environmental factors like vegetation growth, height changes, and external interactions, LiveEO enables operators to proactively manage risks and reduce operational expenses. The company's innovative approach supports long-term observations and short-term analyses, offering valuable insights for maintaining infrastructure integrity.
Deep Neuron Lab specializes in creating artificial intelligence products aimed at enhancing the accessibility and analysis of financial data. The company has developed a financial analysis platform that employs AI and machine learning technologies to automatically extract key indicators from financial statements. This innovation allows clients to streamline their processes by minimizing the need for manual data handling, thereby enabling them to concentrate on their core business activities. The platform not only simplifies the analysis of financial reports but also facilitates a digital annex audit, improving efficiency for users in the financial sector.
INHUBBER is a SaaS Contract Lifecycle Management platform based on Blockchain and AI. INHUBBER simplifies contracts, making them comprehensible, interactive and easy to manage. It reduces the time, costs and risks associated with negotiating, creating, approving and managing contracts. Founded in 2018 from an R&D project, INHUBBER received two competitive grants and evolved into a software company specializing in cloud-based Contract Management and digital signature solutions. In its MVP, INHUBBER offers a digital signature, a repository and an audit trail at the highest security level. The use of blockchain saves costs, increases transparency, compliance, and security.
Deep Neuron Lab specializes in creating artificial intelligence products aimed at enhancing the accessibility and analysis of financial data. The company has developed a financial analysis platform that employs AI and machine learning technologies to automatically extract key indicators from financial statements. This innovation allows clients to streamline their processes by minimizing the need for manual data handling, thereby enabling them to concentrate on their core business activities. The platform not only simplifies the analysis of financial reports but also facilitates a digital annex audit, improving efficiency for users in the financial sector.
Lition Energy is an marketplace that connects renewable energy prodcuers and consumers directly. It is a governmental-licensed electrecity provider in Germany. It supplies over 10.000 households with electricity and gas and currently growing by over 100 customers a day.
TRACKS GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in software solutions that utilize artificial intelligence to predict and optimize fuel consumption in the road freight industry. By employing machine learning techniques, the company analyzes data from trucks and environmental factors to enhance visibility into the elements affecting fuel efficiency. Given that fuel costs represent over 30% of a truck fleet operator's expenses and the industry contributes significantly to CO2 emissions, TRACKS aims to increase efficiency and sustainability in freight transport. The platform offers real-time performance analytics, enabling fleet owners to assess individual vehicle performance and compare efficiencies across their fleets. This data-driven approach provides actionable insights that assist companies in making informed decisions, ultimately improving their profitability and competitive standing. Furthermore, TRACKS facilitates effective CO2 emissions management, promoting transparency and sustainability for shippers through automated emissions reporting and performance analysis. The overall goal is to foster a more efficient, safer, and environmentally friendly road freight sector.
Smart Host GmbH, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing customer relationship management (CRM) software tailored for the hotel industry. The company provides a comprehensive platform that consolidates guest-related information from various sources, including property management systems (PMS). This integration enables hotels to conduct highly targeted and automated marketing campaigns, ensuring compliance with GDPR regulations. Smart Host's services include data cleansing, surveys, campaign planning, segmentation, dynamic content generation, and analytics. With additional offices in Austria and South Tyrol, the company aims to enhance guest engagement and increase bookings through its user-friendly tools that facilitate the management of marketing efforts in multiple languages.
clous GmbH designs and develops CAD-design software solutions. It offers nails.engine, a software that enables companies to decompose and distribute their engineering tasks locally; clous.platform, a tool that distributes engineering tasks, data exchange, communication, and later also contracting and payment; and clous.community, a tool for community consists of freelancers and service providers and is curated, supervised, and skilled by clous. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Berlin, Germany.
Upvest GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, specializes in providing a blockchain application programming interface (API) designed to enhance wallet experiences for end users. The company's technology supports decentralized applications, tokenized platforms, exchanges, and wallet services, enabling them to integrate with major open-source protocols such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and ERC20, with plans to support additional platforms like Stellar, EOS, and Tezos. Upvest also empowers financial institutions by offering a modular and scalable API that facilitates the inclusion of diverse investment products within their applications. By connecting to leading asset providers and exchanges, Upvest aims to deliver competitive investment options with high execution speed and favorable pricing.
Solvemate GmbH, founded in 2015 and based in Berlin, Germany, offers an artificial intelligence platform designed for customer service automation. The platform allows users to train, test, customize, and deploy their own expert systems tailored to specific fields by incorporating relevant knowledge. Solvemate's advanced chatbot technology facilitates self-service support, delivering near-instantaneous solutions around the clock. This innovative approach enables the system to learn quickly, integrate seamlessly, and resolve customer inquiries more efficiently than traditional chatbots. As a result, businesses can enhance customer satisfaction while reducing operational costs.
Envio Systems develops cloud-based building technologies for existing commercial buildings. It offers BASE, a building management software that helps property owners and managers to overcome technical barriers to energy efficiency upgrades; and CUBE, which enables users to find qualified professionals to install and connect digital controls and sensors in buildings. Matthew Standish, Reza Alaghehband, and Rodolfo del Valle founded Envio Systems on November 15, 2013. It has its headquarters in Calgary in Canada.
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.
outsmart.ai GmbH develops software robots for automation of document-heavy processes. The company offers intelligent process automation platform workist. It offers AI workers, software robots for automating manual processes, such as registration of orders in SAP, forwarding of incoming e-mails to the correct department, and processing of customer inquiries. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Berlin, Germany.
3YOURMIND GmbH, founded in 2013 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with additional offices in San Francisco and Wroclaw, develops an innovative software platform for industrial 3D printing. The company provides enterprise software that automates additive manufacturing processes, streamlining workflows for various industries. Its product suite encompasses tools for managing the entire additive manufacturing supply chain, from analyzing historical data to optimizing order management and production scheduling. By standardizing workflows and automating associated business processes, 3YOURMIND enables data-driven decision-making and supports agile manufacturing practices. Their solutions, including Agile PLM and Agile ERP, enhance product innovation and order tracking, while Agile MES improves transparency and information flow on the production floor. The company has successfully partnered with notable clients such as GKN, DB Schenker, and EOS, offering expert guidance throughout the additive manufacturing workflow, from concept to execution.
Yolife’s mission is to help 1 million people add 15 healthy years to their lives. This science-based app is designed to make life-extending easy and accessible. Therefore, Yolife creates an AI-driven personalized health program based on each user's specific areas of improvement: nutrition, exercise, sleep, stress and social life. The app’s lifestyle suggestions are fueled by more than 300 scientific studies and constantly updated.
INHUBBER is a SaaS Contract Lifecycle Management platform based on Blockchain and AI. INHUBBER simplifies contracts, making them comprehensible, interactive and easy to manage. It reduces the time, costs and risks associated with negotiating, creating, approving and managing contracts. Founded in 2018 from an R&D project, INHUBBER received two competitive grants and evolved into a software company specializing in cloud-based Contract Management and digital signature solutions. In its MVP, INHUBBER offers a digital signature, a repository and an audit trail at the highest security level. The use of blockchain saves costs, increases transparency, compliance, and security.
viasto GmbH, founded in 2010 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in video interviewing solutions tailored for various industries and organizations. The company provides an interview suite that serves as a video interview and assessment tool, allowing recruiters to evaluate candidates' skills and competencies effectively. viasto employs psychologically valid selection processes to ensure the right match for specific roles, teams, and companies, enhancing the recruitment experience for both employers and candidates.
Thermondo GmbH is a Berlin-based company founded in 2013 that operates an online platform for comparing and purchasing home heating systems. It specializes in the installation of these systems and offers a comprehensive range of services designed to enhance energy efficiency. By digitizing the entire process—from lead generation to installation and after-sales support—Thermondo has become the largest installer of heating solutions in Germany. The company focuses on providing innovative heat solutions that facilitate the energy transition, aiming to reduce energy costs for consumers while ensuring high-quality service and a superior customer experience.
Synergist.io is used by procurement departments, commercial teams, and alternative legal service providers to execute high-volumes of recurring contracts with minimal effort. It provides a centralized and transparent workflow that is optimized for negotiating contract terms -- the most tedious and unpredictable step in the process. Users can manage increasing volumes of contracts required to onboard suppliers or close new business, all with minimal involvement from legal. They’re guided step-by-step through the process and are empowered to negotiate where necessary, within safe boundaries and using terms that have been pre-approved by their legal team.
Non Equity Assistance in 2017
Teraki GmbH develops software solutions for scaling of Insurance, predictive maintenance, and autonomous driving applications by enabling access to more qualitative data. Its software enables to fulfil low-latency SLAs required by the end-user and ultimately to adapt key KPIs such as cost-per-mile at the highest precision and lowest latency. The software also enables automotive insurance (UBI), predictive maintenance, fleet management and AD applications to perform in high volume, production series. It also offers crash detection, and autonomous driving services. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Berlin, Germany.
With omni:us, insurers can develop their own modules with the omni:us Platform and quickly deploy AI into their processes using the Cognitive Claims Kit (CCK), which tackles specific use cases throughout the claims value chain. Document intake, digital claims, coverage check and beyond are enhanced and accelerated by leveraging cutting-edge natural language processing (NLP) and computer vision techniques. Importantly, omni:us creates an environment where both human and machine complement each other in a thriving hybrid workflow. The omni:us Suite sits efficiently on top of legacy software, and requires no inhouse AI/data science expertise to operate. omni:us is proud to count Allianz, Baloise, and AmTrust among its clients. The company is headquartered in Berlin, with a research partnership in Barcelona and representations in the UK, France and the United States. For further information visit omnius.com
Synergist.io is used by procurement departments, commercial teams, and alternative legal service providers to execute high-volumes of recurring contracts with minimal effort. It provides a centralized and transparent workflow that is optimized for negotiating contract terms -- the most tedious and unpredictable step in the process. Users can manage increasing volumes of contracts required to onboard suppliers or close new business, all with minimal involvement from legal. They’re guided step-by-step through the process and are empowered to negotiate where necessary, within safe boundaries and using terms that have been pre-approved by their legal team.
Decimo GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in invoice pre-financing and factoring services tailored to freelancers and small to medium enterprises (SMEs). The company offers a range of financial solutions, including credit invoice, receivables, and bill payment factoring services, designed to improve cash flow for its clients. Decimo GmbH also operates under the brand RECHNUNG.de, which emphasizes its focus on providing accessible financial support to freelancers and SMEs. As of January 2020, it functions as a subsidiary of aifinyo AG.
Lofelt GmbH designs develops, and manufactures a music bracelet that works alongside headphones. The company offers haptic technology device for use in gaming, AR, VR, automobile, consumer electronics, toys, medical, and entertainment industry. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Berlin, Germany.
Bayes Holding, based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing tools and platforms aimed at enhancing the gaming experience for players. The company offers several products, including LOLSumo, a real-time virtual coaching application for League of Legends, which assists gamers in building orders and accessing critical match information. OVERSUMO serves as an overmatches virtual coach, providing performance analysis, gameplay tips, and hero guides. For DOTA 2 players, DOTASUMO offers post-game insights and tools for gameplay improvement. Additionally, Shadow.GG is a software-as-a-service platform that delivers analytics and data visualizations specifically for Counter-Strike. Bayes Holding also features BRUCE.GG, a platform that allows gamers to create and share videos of their gameplay, rate clips, and collaborate in coaching each other, while providing automatically generated highlights, match analysis, and tactical insights. The company was founded in 2014 by Christian Gruber, Jens Hilger, Markus Fuhrmann, and Mathias Kutzner.
Founded in 2014, finreach solutions is a Berlin based fintech company on a mission to make the enablement of consumer financial potential as simple and effective as possible. They enable their partners to realise new business opportunities by providing added value to their products and services. Their partners rely on us to stay agile, deliver faster solutions, and make the most of their IT investment with API-led connectivity. finreach solutions developed the first automated current account switch kit (ASK), allowing banks to increase their share of primary current accounts. Headquartered in Berlin, their team of 30 is led by CEO Markus Dränert and CPO Taner Akcok; both have profound experience in aspects that relate to entrepreneurship, technology and marketing, making them the perfect match to drive forth finreach solutions in a competitive environment.
Contentful GmbH is a Berlin-based company that provides a cloud-based content management platform designed for web and mobile applications. Established in 2011, it enables enterprises to create and manage digital experiences across multiple channels with enhanced speed and scalability compared to traditional content management systems. Contentful consolidates content into a central hub, allowing it to be structured for various digital platforms while integrating seamlessly with numerous tools via open APIs. Notable clients include Spotify, Urban Outfitters, and The British Museum, who utilize Contentful’s platform to enhance their digital content strategies. The company also offers the Optimizely application, which allows developers to incorporate content experimentation features into their projects. In addition to its headquarters in Berlin, Contentful has offices in San Francisco and Denver.
With an overall reach of 250 million marketable premium video views per month in Germany and Turkey, clipkit is one of the largest and fastest growing independent online video marketers in Europe. With the combined forces of their video syndication technology, their own video player technology and a huge video library clipkit builds new video reach every day and brings together advertisers, publishers, and video producers. The clipkit GmbH was founded by Cengiz Kurz (Managing Director) and Werner Vollert in October 2008 in Coburg, Germany. Since August 2009 their headquarter has been based in Berlin. By today, they employ a team of 55 in the fields of ad sales, publisher acquisition, content & licensing, product management, support, and IT. Following Berlin, new offices have been opened in Frankfurt, Cologne, Istanbul and Porto. They are experts for online video distribution and marketing. clipkit knows the demands of big video owners and publishers as well as the needs of specialized video producers and website editors. Through a long history and variety of online video campaigns they have a great understanding for advertisers and their wish for the best possible content and context. clipkit is constantly developing the future of online video advertising and content syndication with an integrated approach.
sprylab technologies GmbH specializes in developing mobile and web applications aimed at enhancing digital strategies for businesses. Founded in 2007 and based in Berlin, the company offers a range of products and services, including the Purple Publishing Suite, which allows users to create digital publications and applications. Additionally, sprylab provides mobile strategy workshops, mobile museum guides, and the Tripventure platform for location-based gaming and storytelling. The firm also delivers hardware and software solutions for audio and iBeacon localization, along with services related to innovation, strategy, design, application development, and operational support. Its clientele primarily includes publishers, museums, and galleries, benefiting from sprylab's expertise in mobile applications and strategies tailored for midsize and large enterprises.
DCMN is helping digital brands to grow their business. Their approach is simple: they develop and execute individual growth strategies that combine marketing services with their proprietary ROI-optimization technology to help their clients scale. The “right solution” is unique to every business model, industry, and growth goal. This is why they will never offer a one-size-fits-all solution to their clients. Instead, they choose the media mix that works best – across TV, radio, out of home, online, mobile, and print.
Aroundhome is a online broker for household products and services.
Labforward supports laboratory teams on their quest for groundbreaking discoveries and delivering innovative high-quality products. With digital tools for laboratories, it increases productivity and improves efficiency in laboratories. The company's products include the user-friendly electronic laboratory notebook (ELN) Labfolder and the Internet-of-Things (IoT) platform Laboperator. The digital connectivity of laboratories and innovative data management is a focus topic in industry and research. In a fragmented landscape of high-tech equipment and specialized software, Labforward links data silos and helps to eliminate costly and error-prone data transfers. Based on this horizontal connectivity, the software Laboperator enables the remote control and monitoring of laboratory equipment, the integration of LIMS systems, databases and special software as well as the automation of workflows. The Labfolder data platform aggregates both automatically recorded and manually added data and enables the review, sharing, retrieval and validation of data by means of a collaborative ELN. Whether life sciences, chemical synthesis, analytics, quality control or research and development: no matter how specific the field or task of a laboratory may be, the way it works and the requirements for data management have a common core. Labforward focuses on this core.
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Returbo GmbH, founded in 2010 and based in Berlin, operates an online retail platform specializing in returned goods, overstock, and promotional electronic items. The company provides a diverse range of products, including TVs, projectors, DVD and Blu-Ray players, portable media devices, headphones, home cinema systems, digital cameras, and various computing devices. Returbo sources its inventory from major brands such as Kodak, Philips, LG, Sony, and Samsung, offering customers the opportunity to purchase quality electronics at competitive prices. As of 2017, Returbo operates as a subsidiary of home24 SE and has previously received funding from German Startups Group. However, it entered liquidation in 2016.
Pinstyle is operates an online fashion network that is tailored to users’ shopping style. Its network enables users to pin their favorite fashion looks and connect with an international style set; create wishlists; browse styles; and shop products online.
Expertcloud.de GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, operates as a virtual call center, offering customer service solutions through calls, emails, and live chat. Founded in 2010, the company specializes in providing scalable contact center services that effectively handle fluctuating call volumes, including peak inquiries and seasonal variations. Expertcloud.de leverages advanced technologies to connect agents globally and employs a specialized assessment center for recruiting skilled agents, ensuring high-quality performance and adherence to client standards. With a core team of 12 employees at its headquarters and a network of 250 specialized agents worldwide, the company focuses on optimizing service delivery to meet diverse customer needs.
Outfittery provides an online personal shopping service for men. OUTFITTERY’s mission is to take the pain out of shopping for men – as an online version of the “personal shopping”.Their personal style experts put together two or three outfits for each of their customers based on their preferences and personality from a range of top brands. Each customer is served and advised personally after a first online contact and an (optional) phone call. They keep the range of clothes constantly up to date by looking for the most interesting men´s fashion brands and the best items of popular designers worldwide.Their service is free and the individually selected items are sent to their customers free of charge. Customers only pay for the pieces that they want to keep in their wardrobe and feel comfortable in. OUTFITTERY today is the pioneer and market leader in curated shopping for men in Europe, shipping to eight countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Sweden and Denmark).
sofatutor GmbH, an edtech company, owns and operates an online learning platform for K-12 pupils and students in Europe. It offers sofatutor.com, an online platform that provides video lessons, practice problems, worksheets, and homework chat for students. The company’s website provides courses and videos in German, mathematics, primary school, English, physics, chemistry, biology, and other subjects. It serves students, teachers, and parents in Germany and internationally. sofatutor GmbH was founded in 2008 and is based in Berlin, Germany.
Crowd Guru GmbH is a Berlin-based company founded in 2008 that specializes in crowdsourcing and data verification services. It provides a platform that allows businesses to outsource various assignments to a network of crowd workers, facilitating the management of multiple projects through task distribution. The company's internal management system helps break down large projects into smaller, manageable tasks, enabling efficient data processing and mass categorization. Additionally, Crowd Guru offers research services, allowing businesses to handle significant amounts of data and content effectively.
Zapitano was a social TV startup from Berlin. The company went bankrupt in eary 2014. ZAPITANO offered a completely new interactive TV experience. While watching TV, viewers could login to ZAPITANO via a second screen device, such as a Laptop, Smartphone or Tablet-PC. They could then check into TV-Shows, talk about it with their friends, comment on TV-Stars, vote for their favourite TV-show and more.
Neonga GmbH offers online game publishing solutions. The company offers its product for free as personal computer downloads, browser games, facebook or to be played on mobile handsets. Neonga GmbH was founded in 2010 and is based in Berlin, Germany.
Private Equity Round in 2010
Fyber is a global technology company that specializes in developing advanced monetization platforms for mobile publishers. By leveraging proprietary technologies and expertise in mediation, real-time bidding (RTB), video, and audience segmentation, Fyber offers comprehensive solutions designed to enhance the mobile app economy. The company aims to create an environment where users can access quality content affordably while enjoying a relevant and engaging experience. Fyber's mission focuses on empowering mobile publishers to maximize the value of their properties through efficient and seamless ad monetization strategies across all connected devices.
Babbel, founded in 2007, is a leading language learning app that has garnered international acclaim for its innovative approach to education. With millions of active subscribers, Babbel offers meticulously designed courses that enable users to acquire practical language skills quickly. Research indicates that 73% of its users can engage in a simple conversation within five hours of using the app. Babbel provides lessons in 14 languages, with content tailored to real-world scenarios, making it easy for learners to integrate language learning into their daily lives. The app employs effective game mechanics to maintain user motivation, with many learners continuing their studies for over a year. Each course is developed by a team of education experts, linguists, and language teachers, ensuring high-quality and relevant content. Recognized for its innovative contributions, Babbel continues to be a prominent player in the online language learning sector.