Speedinvest

Speedinvest GmbH is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 and based in Vienna, Austria, specializing in early-stage investments in technology-related startups across Europe. The firm focuses on sectors such as deep tech, fintech, health, industrial tech, consumer marketplaces, software as a service, and climate tech. Speedinvest typically invests between €0.25 million and €3 million in pre-seed to Series A stages, aiming to take minority stakes of up to 20% in its portfolio companies. The firm emphasizes operational support, often taking on active roles within the companies it invests in for periods ranging from six months to a year. With additional offices in cities including San Francisco, Berlin, Paris, London, and Munich, Speedinvest seeks to leverage a global network to enhance its contributions to Europe’s startup ecosystem.

Marie-Helene Ametsreiter

General Partner, Portfolio Success

Jeroen Arts

Partner

Charlie Boles

Senior Associate

Erik Bovee

Partner and Co-founder

Michael Breidenbrücker

Partner

Felix Faltin

Principal

Felix Fein

Associate

Jörg Flöck

Managing Partner

Heinrich Gröller

Partner

Guzel Gumerova

Partner

Frederik Hagenauer

Partner

Rick Hao

Partner

Marcel van der Heijden

General Partner

Oliver Holle

CEO and Managing Partner

Daniel Keiper-Knorr

Founding Partner, Fundraising

Stefan Klestil

General Partner Sif

Namratha Kothapalli

Principal

Timothy Krause

Associate

Markus Lang

Partner

Tom Lesche

Partner

Alexis Majos

Fintech & Software Investor

Enrique Martínez-Hausmann

Associate

Klaus Matzka

Partner

Marie Muhr

COO

Deepali Nangia

Partner

Florian Obst

Principal

Mathias Ockenfels

General Partner

Toyosi Ogedengbe

Senior Associate

Alvaro Perezcano

Associate

Franz Salzmann

Partner

Leonard Schmid

Associate

Michael Schuster

Co-Founder, Chief Investment Officer and Managing Partner

Andreas Schwarzenbrunner

Partner

Olga Shikhantsova

Partner

Michael Sieghart

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer & Managing Director

Evgeny Slavin

Associate

Philip Specht

Senior Associate

Nina Wöss

Associate

Werner Zahnt

Partner and Co-Founder

Andrea Zitna

Partner

Severin Zugmayer

Senior Associate

Michael breidenbruecker

Partner

Schremser, Klaus-M.

Venture Partner

Past deals in EEA

TIER Mobility

Convertible Note in 2023
TIER Mobility is a Berlin-based provider of sustainable micro-mobility sharing-solutions. TIER is the fastest-growing micro-mobility company worldwide, expanding its operations to 32 European cities in less than nine months. Through its platform and focus on operational excellence, TIER allows for the integration of all micro-mobility assets. This enables TIER to enter strategic partnerships with public transportation, and other mobility providers such as SIXT. Currently, TIER has strategic partnerships with public transportation providers in Berlin, Munich, and Bonn. The company is lead by an experienced founder team with a proven track record in sustainability and technology with the vision to transform the quality of life in cities.

Prewave

Series A in 2023
Prewave GmbH researches and develops machine learning technology. The company's solution analyzes social media data with machine learning techniques to predict upcoming risk events in supply chain networks. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Necture

Series A in 2023
Necture is a company based in Vienna, Austria, focused on enhancing urban mobility through data-driven solutions. By transforming raw urban data into actionable insights, it enables mobility services to become profitable and sustainable. Necture offers core services that include demand prediction, demand fulfillment, predictive charging, policy compliance, and dynamic pricing. Founded in 2014, the company is dedicated to improving mobility decisions and shaping the future of urban transportation on a global scale.

Sunhero

Series A in 2023
Sunhero delivers custom-built solar panel solutions. Sunhero offers consumers a hassle-free method of installing customised photovoltaic solar systems on their homes, be that either purchasing outright or renting for a 20 year period.

LIZEE

Series A in 2023
LIZEE is a logistics and managed services solution to kick-start your rental business.

Bliq

Series A in 2022
People and goods move inefficient today because actionable information is missing. At Bliq, we build a powerful mobility information engine that boosts productivity of urban street mobility. We leverage real-time data streams from more than 24M connected vehicles and Computer Vision on the Edge to build the world’s most advanced street-level sensor network. Today, we provide street-level intelligence with two products: Bliq Park helps drivers find car parking 3x faster with predictions and real-time data on available car parking. Bliq Ride makes taxi and rideshare drivers earn 30% more with better positioning close to passengers.

Julaya

Seed Round in 2022
Julaya is a financial technology company that specializes in a mobile payment software application designed to facilitate money transfers and other financial services. Founded in 2017 and based in Bondy, France, the company operates a platform that enables users to deposit and withdraw money through various networks, as well as pay utility bills and reload credit cards. The service allows users to transfer money without fees, catering to both individuals and businesses. Julaya's innovative approach provides access to digital payment solutions, bulk mobile money transfers, prepaid corporate cards, and cash collection services for retailers and fast-moving consumer goods. The company is headquartered in Lagunes, Côte d'Ivoire, and aims to enhance the financial transaction landscape in the region.

Milano Vice

Seed Round in 2022
Milano Vice's objective is to create a new virtual food brand by collaborating with cooks to create and transport pizzas to your home. Milano Vice concentrates on the partners, goods, and technologies that will help provide efficient customer service. Milano Vice was established in October 2021 in Berlin, Germany.

Skyfri

Convertible Note in 2022
Skyfri, founded in 2017, specializes in asset performance management software tailored for renewable energy plant owners. The company's platform leverages machine learning and a comprehensive library of operational algorithms to deliver actionable analytics, allowing users to identify and address performance issues automatically. By automating operations, maintenance, and asset management, Skyfri aims to enhance revenue generation and minimize downtime in production. The company is supported by prominent investors and boasts a management team with extensive experience in developing and managing renewable energy and technology ventures, including overseeing over 3GW of assets across Europe, Asia, and North America.

CELUS

Series A in 2022
CELUS provides a cloud-based software platform designed to automate the development of electronics. As demand for electronics and embedded systems rises, the shortage of qualified electronics engineers poses a significant challenge, as the number of engineers is declining. CELUS addresses this issue by streamlining the complex and time-consuming processes involved in electronics development, which include parts selection, schematic design, PCB layout, and embedded software development. By integrating these interdependent tasks, CELUS enhances efficiency and supports the growing needs of the electronics industry.

Charles.co

Seed Round in 2022
Charles helps men regain control over their daily health concerns by starting with their personal health. The company was founded in Paris, Ile-de-France, France in 2019.

planqc

Seed Round in 2022
planqc's quantum computers store information in individual atoms – nature's best qubits. Quantum information is processed by arranging these qubits in highly scalable arrays and manipulating them with precisely controlled laser pulses. planqc’s unique combination of quantum technologies is the fastest way to scale to thousands of qubits, a prerequisite for industry-relevant quantum advantage.

Flowdesk

Series A in 2022
Flowdesk is a French Fintech company based in Paris. Since it was founded in early 2020, Flowdesk has developed a tech solution to allow traders to interact with multiple exchanges simultaneously. Flowdesk is a digital assets service provider registered in France with the French Market Authority (AMF). It focuses on the development of its platform which integrates more than 30 exchanges and can trade on hundreds of pairs (fiat/crypto and crypto/crypto). Built on a financial and technical culture, with a significant experience on traditional market, Flowdesk designed its product for professional traders valuing security, risk management and compliant operations. Flowdesk offers a range of services gravitating towards this technology with brokering, market making and asset management. Flowdesk addresses financial companies, global companies and high net worth individual who intend to diversify their portfolio with crypto-assets. Its knowledge of decentralized finance and its place at the core of the French crypto-sphere help Flowdesk to bring the best services and unique opportunities to its clients. Flowdesk also offers "market-making as a service" to token issuers to help them sustain their liquidity and market composure of their tokens.

Upvest

Series B in 2022
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.

Molecule

Seed Round in 2022
Molecule GmbH is a company that has developed a virtual accelerator platform aimed at facilitating the translation of scientific discoveries into new therapeutics. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland, with an additional office in Berlin, Germany, Molecule connects scientists with the necessary funding for therapeutic development. This platform also links private investors directly with scientists, promoting the advancement of various treatments for patients. By streamlining the innovation process within the pharmaceutical industry, Molecule seeks to enhance the efficiency of bringing novel therapeutics to market.

CoachHub

Series C in 2022
CoachHub operates a digital coaching platform that provides personalized coaching services through bi-weekly video sessions with certified business coaches. Founded in 2018 and based in Berlin, Germany, the company caters to a diverse range of industries, including automotive, consumer goods, energy, fashion, financial services, and more. The platform is designed to be accessible via web and smartphone applications, enabling live coaching interactions that aim to enhance leadership skills, improve team performance, and support professional growth for employees at all career levels. CoachHub's vision emphasizes the importance of individualized coaching, striving to have a personal coach for every employee to guide them in achieving measurable progress in their professional endeavors.

Actiondesk

Seed Round in 2022
ActionDesk designs and develops data management solutions. The company’s suite enables data synchronizing, data visualization, and management services. Additionally, it provides data importing services from other applications. ActionDesk is based in Asnières-sur-Seine, France.

Timberhub

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Timberhub is a digital marketplace that facilitates international timber trading by connecting buyers and sellers. The platform streamlines the entire sawn timber procurement process, encompassing purchasing, transportation, and financing of raw materials. By digitizing these operations, Timberhub enhances efficiency and provides essential support and services to businesses involved in the timber industry.

Bliq

Series A in 2022
People and goods move inefficient today because actionable information is missing. At Bliq, we build a powerful mobility information engine that boosts productivity of urban street mobility. We leverage real-time data streams from more than 24M connected vehicles and Computer Vision on the Edge to build the world’s most advanced street-level sensor network. Today, we provide street-level intelligence with two products: Bliq Park helps drivers find car parking 3x faster with predictions and real-time data on available car parking. Bliq Ride makes taxi and rideshare drivers earn 30% more with better positioning close to passengers.

byrd

Series C in 2022
byrd technologies GmbH is a third-party logistics and fulfillment company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2016. The company specializes in digital fulfillment services tailored for e-commerce businesses, offering solutions such as warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, quality control, and batch fulfillment. By operating an extensive fulfillment network, byrd connects online merchants with an international warehouse system, enabling retailers to provide advanced shipping options without the need to establish their own logistics infrastructure. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce systems like Shopify and collaborates with logistics partners across multiple countries. In addition to its core markets in Germany and Austria, byrd has expanded its operations to include fulfillment locations in the UK and plans to launch new sites in the Netherlands and France. With the capacity to ship 10,000 orders daily from over ten warehouses, the company manages a storage space exceeding 500,000 square meters while also offering services like shipment tracking and product return management.

kevin.

Series A in 2022
kevin. provides a secure and developer-friendly payment infrastructure, unlocking the benefits of Open Banking to a wide range of market players. Licensed to operate across the EEA and supervised by the bank of Lithuania, kevin.'s banking payment and account information solutions are fully compliant with the PSD2 framework and outcompete card networks on both quality and price. We are a team of 40 (and growing!) passionate people driven by our expertise, ambition, trust and sense of ownership.

Raus

Seed Round in 2022
Raus is a hospitality-tech startup that offers new opportunities to take a break from big city life. Raus serves as a welcome escape from the seemingly endless demands and constant stimuli of modern life with perfectly simple cabins, close enough for a spontaneous getaway, far enough away to completely unwind.

Go Tiger

Pre Seed Round in 2022
GoTiger is an online supermarket. That offers vegetables, beverages, fruits, meat, rice, noodles, soy, and stir sauces. They also offer gift vouchers.

+Simple

Series C in 2022
+Simple.fr S.A.S., founded in 2015 and based in Paris, France, operates as an insurance Robo-Broker catering to freelancers, small, and medium businesses. The company utilizes a unique technology platform that optimizes insurance coverage based on the duration of contracts. Its algorithm customizes insurance offers according to the specific activities of its clients and their evolving needs. +Simple.fr ensures a secure online subscription process and provides customers with an electronic safe for storing dematerialized contracts.

Finary

Series A in 2022
Finary is a digital wealth management platform based in Europe that enables individuals to track and manage their financial assets effectively. The platform caters to the mass affluent, offering tailored services for personal finance, real estate, cryptocurrencies, insurance, and various securities. Finary provides users with a comprehensive overview of their asset allocation, allowing them to monitor and analyze their investments. This functionality is designed to empower users to make informed decisions and optimize their financial strategies, ultimately enhancing their wealth management experience.

Resourcify

Venture Round in 2022
Resourcify GmbH, founded in 2015 and based in Hamburg, Germany, operates a neutral cloud platform designed for efficient management of waste and recycling operations. The platform offers various features such as container pick-up and exchange services, detailed container information, collection scheduling, and the generation of legally compliant documentation and reports. In addition, the company has developed an application called Mein Recycling, which simplifies waste management for businesses by allowing them to manage their waste, collections, and recyclers in a single interface. This app also facilitates seamless connections between waste management companies and their customers. Resourcify's overarching vision is to promote a zero-waste future by driving the digital transformation of the waste sector, thereby supporting the principles of the circular economy.

Sunhero

Seed Round in 2022
Sunhero delivers custom-built solar panel solutions. Sunhero offers consumers a hassle-free method of installing customised photovoltaic solar systems on their homes, be that either purchasing outright or renting for a 20 year period.

remberg

Series A in 2022
remberg GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Munich, Germany, specializes in digitizing the service of industrial machinery and equipment. The company provides a cloud-based Asset-Relationship-Management System designed for manufacturers, service providers, and operators. This innovative platform facilitates efficient management of assets, enhancing operational capabilities and service delivery within the industrial sector.

Skyfri

Convertible Note in 2022
Skyfri, founded in 2017, specializes in asset performance management software tailored for renewable energy plant owners. The company's platform leverages machine learning and a comprehensive library of operational algorithms to deliver actionable analytics, allowing users to identify and address performance issues automatically. By automating operations, maintenance, and asset management, Skyfri aims to enhance revenue generation and minimize downtime in production. The company is supported by prominent investors and boasts a management team with extensive experience in developing and managing renewable energy and technology ventures, including overseeing over 3GW of assets across Europe, Asia, and North America.

Packhelp

Series B in 2021
Packhelp sp. z o.o. is a packaging manufacturer based in Warsaw, Poland, founded in 2015. The company specializes in designing and producing custom-branded packaging products, including mailer and shipping boxes made from corrugated cardboard, as well as smaller boxes for items like cosmetics and jewelry. Packhelp provides an online platform that allows users to create and order their own packaging designs through a web application. Its services cater to a diverse clientele, including online stores, physical retailers, agencies, and various enterprises, addressing their specific packaging needs with options for production, engineering, prototyping, and supply chain optimization.

TIER Mobility

Series D in 2021
TIER Mobility is a Berlin-based provider of sustainable micro-mobility sharing-solutions. TIER is the fastest-growing micro-mobility company worldwide, expanding its operations to 32 European cities in less than nine months. Through its platform and focus on operational excellence, TIER allows for the integration of all micro-mobility assets. This enables TIER to enter strategic partnerships with public transportation, and other mobility providers such as SIXT. Currently, TIER has strategic partnerships with public transportation providers in Berlin, Munich, and Bonn. The company is lead by an experienced founder team with a proven track record in sustainability and technology with the vision to transform the quality of life in cities.

Billie

Series C in 2021
Billie GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, is a fintech startup founded in 2016 that specializes in pre-financing invoices and online factoring services for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The company aims to improve working capital management through a fully automated invoice financing solution, addressing the order-to-cash challenges faced by SMEs. Billie's platform facilitates expedited B2B invoicing and payments by utilizing big data analytics and digital processes, allowing for instant financing of purchases directly at the online point-of-sale. In addition to its invoice factoring services, Billie offers a pay-after-delivery product to help SMEs secure improved payment terms, enabling them to manage outgoing invoices efficiently without hidden fees or excessive paperwork.

kevin.

Seed Round in 2021
kevin. provides a secure and developer-friendly payment infrastructure, unlocking the benefits of Open Banking to a wide range of market players. Licensed to operate across the EEA and supervised by the bank of Lithuania, kevin.'s banking payment and account information solutions are fully compliant with the PSD2 framework and outcompete card networks on both quality and price. We are a team of 40 (and growing!) passionate people driven by our expertise, ambition, trust and sense of ownership.

Unstoppable Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Unstoppable Finance is building an intuitive crypto wallet bringing Decentralized Finance to everyday investors globally.

Unstoppable Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Unstoppable Finance is building an intuitive crypto wallet bringing Decentralized Finance to everyday investors globally.

Inkitt

Series B in 2021
Inkitt GmbH owns and operates an online community for writers and readers of stories. The company also publishes books based on crowd wisdom. It offers Inkitt, an online platform for authors to share, review, and promote their writings. The company provides its services for various categories, such as horror, fandoms, fantasy, romance, sci-fi, thriller, mystery, humor, action, adventure, children, drama, poetry, erotica, and more. It also operates an application for readers. Inkitt GmbH was formerly known as Inkitt UG (haftungsbeschränkt). The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Schüttflix

Venture Round in 2021
Schüttflix GmbH provides construction material delivery services through its application. It offers sand, crushed rock, and gravel. It connects suppliers, customers, and truckers via an application. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Gütersloh, Germany.

Qovery

Seed Round in 2021
Qovery is a company that provides a Container as a Service (CaaS) platform, facilitating the development and deployment of applications with minimal infrastructure management. Founded in 2019 and based in Paris, France, Qovery's platform is designed to accelerate the application development cycle, allowing developers to focus on building and managing their applications rather than dealing with underlying infrastructure. By offering integrated developer accounts and enhancing the overall development experience, Qovery enables users to operate with greater autonomy, significantly reducing the time required to bring applications to market.

Seqera Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Seqera Labs is a Barcelona-based business creating solutions for high-performance computing workloads across cloud and clusters. It was founded by the creators of the popular open-source workflow software Nextflow (http://www.nextflow.io).

CoachHub

Series B in 2021
CoachHub operates a digital coaching platform that provides personalized coaching services through bi-weekly video sessions with certified business coaches. Founded in 2018 and based in Berlin, Germany, the company caters to a diverse range of industries, including automotive, consumer goods, energy, fashion, financial services, and more. The platform is designed to be accessible via web and smartphone applications, enabling live coaching interactions that aim to enhance leadership skills, improve team performance, and support professional growth for employees at all career levels. CoachHub's vision emphasizes the importance of individualized coaching, striving to have a personal coach for every employee to guide them in achieving measurable progress in their professional endeavors.

Afilio

Series A in 2021
Afilio - Gesellschaft für Vorsorge mbH operates an internet platform designed for the preparation and administration of pension and estate documents. Founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, Germany, Afilio enables users to create and manage a variety of important legal documents, including living wills, preventive powers of attorney, pension plans, and testament templates. The platform also facilitates the ordering and drafting of individual authorizations, transmission of information to government authorities, and notifications regarding legal changes affecting users' documents. By focusing on the automated management of pension documents, Afilio aims to help individuals protect themselves and their families against emergencies and the challenges associated with aging, such as illness.

Refurbed

Series B in 2021
Refurbed GmbH is an online marketplace based in Vienna, Austria, specializing in the sale of refurbished electronic goods. Founded in 2017, the company focuses on offering a wide range of products, including smartphones, laptops, tablets, televisions, and kitchen appliances, all at prices up to 40% lower than new items. Refurbed's products undergo a comprehensive 40-step refurbishment process, ensuring they look and function like new. Each device comes with a minimum 12-month guarantee, highlighting the company's commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. By promoting the purchase of refurbished products, Refurbed not only helps consumers save money but also supports environmentally sustainable practices in the electronics market.

Refurbed

Series B in 2021
Refurbed GmbH is an online marketplace based in Vienna, Austria, specializing in the sale of refurbished electronic goods. Founded in 2017, the company focuses on offering a wide range of products, including smartphones, laptops, tablets, televisions, and kitchen appliances, all at prices up to 40% lower than new items. Refurbed's products undergo a comprehensive 40-step refurbishment process, ensuring they look and function like new. Each device comes with a minimum 12-month guarantee, highlighting the company's commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. By promoting the purchase of refurbished products, Refurbed not only helps consumers save money but also supports environmentally sustainable practices in the electronics market.

Cobee

Series A in 2021
Cobee develops an online platform that automates and simplifies employee benefits management. The company also provides benefits for employees and flexible compensation that makes companies and employees fall in love. It facilitates the management of your benefits plan and allows you to focus on what really matters. Cobee provides a subsidy to your employees to complement the cost of the benefits you want. They eliminate intermediaries and external suppliers of each of the benefits, thus achieving such as reduce costs and improve service quality for companies and employees, create a single source of information, which facilitates the management, resolution of incidents and the visibility of what happens in each moment, and offer your employees a benefits package centralized on the same VISA card, with real-time visibility of the savings generated and controlled from their Cobee App. Cobee was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

Raus

Seed Round in 2021
Raus is a hospitality-tech startup that offers new opportunities to take a break from big city life. Raus serves as a welcome escape from the seemingly endless demands and constant stimuli of modern life with perfectly simple cabins, close enough for a spontaneous getaway, far enough away to completely unwind.

Toqio

Seed Round in 2021
Toqio Fintech is a SaaS-based global financial platform designed to facilitate the launch of financial solutions for businesses without the need for complex software development. The platform lowers entry barriers for innovation in the financial sector, enabling companies to swiftly and effectively introduce financial products and services. With the capability to establish a digital bank in under six weeks, Toqio utilizes AI algorithms to automatically recommend financial products to users. This approach allows various organizations to access and implement tailored financial solutions that meet their specific needs.

FERNRIDE

Series A in 2021
Fernride offers logistics customers the end-to-end integration of driverless vehicles into their processes. Building on 10 years of research, Fernride is developing the leading teleoperation platform which allows humans to safely remote monitor, assist and control vehicles from afar. Thus, Fernride is redefining the job of the driver who will evolve from a 1:1 remote operator to a highly effective fleet manager who assists up to 50 highly automated vehicles from the comfort of an office. Partnering with leading OEMs, Fernride enables the remote operation and full automation of driverless fleets - swap body or trailer trucks, forklifts, shuttles, or other vehicles.

byrd

Series B in 2021
byrd technologies GmbH is a third-party logistics and fulfillment company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2016. The company specializes in digital fulfillment services tailored for e-commerce businesses, offering solutions such as warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, quality control, and batch fulfillment. By operating an extensive fulfillment network, byrd connects online merchants with an international warehouse system, enabling retailers to provide advanced shipping options without the need to establish their own logistics infrastructure. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce systems like Shopify and collaborates with logistics partners across multiple countries. In addition to its core markets in Germany and Austria, byrd has expanded its operations to include fulfillment locations in the UK and plans to launch new sites in the Netherlands and France. With the capacity to ship 10,000 orders daily from over ten warehouses, the company manages a storage space exceeding 500,000 square meters while also offering services like shipment tracking and product return management.

FairMoney

Series B in 2021
FairMoney is a mobile banking platform that provides credit solutions to private and business borrowers by leveraging smartphone data to create instant credit scores. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Paris, France, the company operates with a team of 45 professionals across Paris and Lagos, Nigeria. FairMoney has successfully disbursed over 350,000 loans, aiming to expand financial access for millions in Africa and South-East Asia. The company is supported by a range of European and American investors, emphasizing its commitment to innovation and growth in the microfinance sector.

LIZEE

Seed Round in 2021
LIZEE is a logistics and managed services solution to kick-start your rental business.

Resourcify

Venture Round in 2021
Resourcify GmbH, founded in 2015 and based in Hamburg, Germany, operates a neutral cloud platform designed for efficient management of waste and recycling operations. The platform offers various features such as container pick-up and exchange services, detailed container information, collection scheduling, and the generation of legally compliant documentation and reports. In addition, the company has developed an application called Mein Recycling, which simplifies waste management for businesses by allowing them to manage their waste, collections, and recyclers in a single interface. This app also facilitates seamless connections between waste management companies and their customers. Resourcify's overarching vision is to promote a zero-waste future by driving the digital transformation of the waste sector, thereby supporting the principles of the circular economy.

wefox

Series C in 2021
wefox is a digital insurance company based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2015. It aims to enhance safety and minimize risks by transforming the insurance landscape through technology. The company focuses on selling insurance through intermediaries rather than direct channels, leveraging analytics to achieve better loss ratios than the market average. With over 90% straight-through processing, wefox operates a central product factory that enables rapid and cost-effective deployment of product innovations across international markets. The company has established a network of thousands of digitally enabled advisors throughout Europe, which enhances customer satisfaction, reduces customer acquisition costs, and improves cross-selling opportunities while decreasing churn.

Finary

Seed Round in 2021
Finary is a digital wealth management platform based in Europe that enables individuals to track and manage their financial assets effectively. The platform caters to the mass affluent, offering tailored services for personal finance, real estate, cryptocurrencies, insurance, and various securities. Finary provides users with a comprehensive overview of their asset allocation, allowing them to monitor and analyze their investments. This functionality is designed to empower users to make informed decisions and optimize their financial strategies, ultimately enhancing their wealth management experience.

Finary

Seed Round in 2021
Finary is a digital wealth management platform based in Europe that enables individuals to track and manage their financial assets effectively. The platform caters to the mass affluent, offering tailored services for personal finance, real estate, cryptocurrencies, insurance, and various securities. Finary provides users with a comprehensive overview of their asset allocation, allowing them to monitor and analyze their investments. This functionality is designed to empower users to make informed decisions and optimize their financial strategies, ultimately enhancing their wealth management experience.

QphoX

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

receeve

Seed Round in 2021
Receeve is a digital debt servicing platform headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, focused on enhancing operational efficiency in the financial sector. The platform employs artificial intelligence to provide comprehensive debt servicing solutions, which aim to improve effectiveness and transparency in transactions for businesses, financial institutions, and investment funds. By leveraging advanced technology, Receeve seeks to transform traditional debt management practices, enabling its clients to achieve significant operational gains. The company is committed to assembling a team of dedicated professionals who share a common vision for success within the FinTech industry.

Avatao

Venture Round in 2021
Avatao provides an online training platform focused on teaching secure software development through hands-on exercises and tutorials. It caters to various technical teams, including developers, security champions, and DevOps professionals, by offering an interactive learning experience rather than simple tutorials or videos. With over 600 challenges and tutorials available in more than 10 languages, the platform addresses a comprehensive range of security topics, from web security to secure API design. Avatao immerses users in real-world scenarios, enabling them to learn to identify and address vulnerabilities effectively. This approach not only enhances the security awareness of software engineering teams but also equips them with the skills necessary to build high-quality products while managing risks more efficiently.

Hr Speedinvest Heroes

Venture Round in 2021
Operator of an HR management platform intended to provide recruiting and organizational development services for startups. The company's services include an audit of HR processes, HR Consulting, and workshops, compensation and benefits, HR biases, recruiting, culture, and employer branding, enabling businesses to outsource their HR functions and hire the right fit for their team.

SwipeGuide

Venture Round in 2021
Where the top manufacturing companies empower their teams to continuously improve first-time-right at the lines with scalable digital work instructions. SwipeGuide makes sure frontline workers can easily capture & create digital standard work through apps, share them from shopfloor to shopfloor so that every worker always has instant access to the actionable knowledge needed to perform their task with impact. SwipeGuide makes sure companies can easily capture their critical operational knowledge in smart algorithms, continuously improve them, and use them to optimize the human-machine collaboration.

Gitpod

Venture Round in 2021
Gitpod is a developer platform that automates the provisioning of ready-to-code development environments, designed to enhance productivity for software engineering teams. By eliminating the need for manual setup of local environments, Gitpod allows teams to save significant time and streamline their workflows. The platform is natively integrated with popular version control systems such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, facilitating the automatic and continuous prebuilding of development environments for various branches. This feature enables team members to instantly access fresh environments for new tasks, whether they are developing new features, fixing bugs, or conducting code reviews. Gitpod's open-source solution also supports language engineering and automated provisioning, further simplifying the development process and fostering collaboration among team members.

CoachHub

Series B in 2020
CoachHub operates a digital coaching platform that provides personalized coaching services through bi-weekly video sessions with certified business coaches. Founded in 2018 and based in Berlin, Germany, the company caters to a diverse range of industries, including automotive, consumer goods, energy, fashion, financial services, and more. The platform is designed to be accessible via web and smartphone applications, enabling live coaching interactions that aim to enhance leadership skills, improve team performance, and support professional growth for employees at all career levels. CoachHub's vision emphasizes the importance of individualized coaching, striving to have a personal coach for every employee to guide them in achieving measurable progress in their professional endeavors.

MyDataModels

Seed Round in 2020
MyDataModels SAS, founded in 2018 and based in Valbonne, France, specializes in developing TADA, a mathematical platform that creates predictive models from small datasets. TADA offers capabilities in binary classification, regression, and multi-class classification, functioning in both cloud and desktop environments. The platform is designed for data and domain experts, enabling users to leverage machine learning technology to extract valuable insights from their data. It is particularly useful in sectors where data is limited and data scientists are not readily available, such as manufacturing, medical research, supply chain, and production. By providing an accessible and cost-effective solution, MyDataModels empowers professionals to optimize processes and make informed predictions.

Luko

Series B in 2020
Luko is an insurance company based in Paris, France, founded in 2016. It operates an online platform that provides brokerage services for home and electric vehicle insurance. Luko distinguishes itself by implementing a proactive approach to insurance, utilizing proprietary technology, including an AI-powered sensor designed to enhance home security and reduce electricity costs. This device monitors potential home accidents, aiming to shift the insurance model from a reactive claims-based system to one focused on prevention. By making insurance accessible, transparent, and user-friendly, Luko enables customers to select the most suitable coverage for their homes, properties, and vehicles.

Storyclash

Venture Round in 2020
Storyclash GmbH is a real-time social media monitoring and analytics software company based in Linz, Austria, founded in 2015. The platform enables users, including editors, marketers, and researchers, to track articles, posts, videos, and social media interactions such as shares, comments, and likes. By analyzing these interactions, Storyclash helps its clients identify trending content, monitor competitors, and make informed decisions to enhance website traffic. Key features of the platform include content analysis, competitor tracking, and a big screen mode for visualizing trends. Notable customers of Storyclash include leading media outlets such as Heute, EXPRESS, KURIER, Heftig, and SALZBURG 24.

Gitpod

Seed Round in 2020
Gitpod is a developer platform that automates the provisioning of ready-to-code development environments, designed to enhance productivity for software engineering teams. By eliminating the need for manual setup of local environments, Gitpod allows teams to save significant time and streamline their workflows. The platform is natively integrated with popular version control systems such as GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket, facilitating the automatic and continuous prebuilding of development environments for various branches. This feature enables team members to instantly access fresh environments for new tasks, whether they are developing new features, fixing bugs, or conducting code reviews. Gitpod's open-source solution also supports language engineering and automated provisioning, further simplifying the development process and fostering collaboration among team members.

Bitpanda

Series A in 2020
Bitpanda GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Vienna, Austria, operates a cryptocurrency trading platform that serves as a retail broker for buying and selling digital assets. The company aims to simplify the investment process, promoting transparency and accessibility in the financial market. By leveraging blockchain technology and digitized assets, Bitpanda removes traditional financial barriers, allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies with low fees and on a 24/7 basis. The platform emphasizes real-time settlement, empowering individuals to take control of their financial futures.

Factris

Series A in 2020
Factris Holding B.V. is a fintech company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that focuses on providing working capital solutions for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Established in 2017, Factris specializes in financing businesses by purchasing their unpaid invoices, thus offering services such as factoring, debt management, debtor insurance, and invoice finance. The company also provides financial automation solutions, enabling businesses to streamline their financial processes while improving cash flow.

IOMED

Venture Round in 2020
IOMED MEDICAL SOLUTIONS, S.L. develops and delivers artificial intelligence tools for transforming electronic medical records into structured data for clinical research. It offers Medical Language API that extracts the clinical variables from the medical records; DataMed, a federated multi-model database for clinical data; RealMed, a solution to perform multicenter observational studies remotely through a single access point; and MatchMed, a solution find patients for clinical trials with real-world data. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Barcelona, Spain.

Bnext

Series A in 2020
Bnext is a fintech platform headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Bnext is the first supermarket for financial products, it reflects a new way of banking that challenges traditional banking from its foundations. With Bnext users can do almost everything they do with a bank, without having to use a bank. It allows them to create their own current account in a matter of minutes, with nearly all the functionalities of an account in a traditional entity. Additionally, users can include their external accounts and hence have all their financial information on a single platform, regardless of the provider. However, the real innovation in Bnext lies on its Marketplace. Here, users have access to a wide range of financial products from fintechs and banks. The offering suplliers are meticulously selected in order to best fit the client's needs. On the platform, the user can scan through all different products, purchase them and control his acquisitions, all without ever leaving the app. Instead of charging the customer endless commissions and trying to sell as many products as possible, Bnext has developed a model that allows to really collaborate with the fintechs and get the best available offers on the market. The fintech portfolio to date includes real estate investment firms, mutual fund investment, loans and crowdlending, microloans or crowdfunding. Bnext is progressively integrating the most leading products in the market to expand the offer and thus become the first bank without balance.

byrd

Series A in 2020
byrd technologies GmbH is a third-party logistics and fulfillment company based in Vienna, Austria, founded in 2016. The company specializes in digital fulfillment services tailored for e-commerce businesses, offering solutions such as warehousing, pick and pack, shipping, quality control, and batch fulfillment. By operating an extensive fulfillment network, byrd connects online merchants with an international warehouse system, enabling retailers to provide advanced shipping options without the need to establish their own logistics infrastructure. The platform integrates seamlessly with popular e-commerce systems like Shopify and collaborates with logistics partners across multiple countries. In addition to its core markets in Germany and Austria, byrd has expanded its operations to include fulfillment locations in the UK and plans to launch new sites in the Netherlands and France. With the capacity to ship 10,000 orders daily from over ten warehouses, the company manages a storage space exceeding 500,000 square meters while also offering services like shipment tracking and product return management.

CANDIS

Series B in 2020
CANDIS GmbH, founded in 2015 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing software that automates financial processes for small and medium-sized enterprises. The company's solutions streamline tasks such as invoice collection, data capture, pre-accounting, and payments by utilizing artificial intelligence. This automation allows businesses and their tax advisors to save time and enhance collaboration within finance teams. With a commitment to advancing its technology, CANDIS serves thousands of clients, reflecting its significant impact on the financial operations of its users.

Lizza

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Finnu is a financial services technology company based out of Barcelona, Spain, giving its users access to affordable asset-backed consumer loans via its mobile app. Finnu leverages machine learning and alternative phone usage data points, as well as mobile device management (MDM) technology to deliver credit to those, who are usually overlooked by other lenders. With Finnu, users can not only fully digitally apply and receive loans via their phones, but use their phones as collaterals to significantly reduce interest rates. Finnu is backed and supported by top-tier venture capital funds from Europe and Latin America.

doctorly

Seed Round in 2020
doctorly GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, Germany, offers a cloud-based practice management platform designed to streamline operations for healthcare professionals. The application provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution that enables digital appointment booking, video conferencing, and management of electronic health records. Additionally, doctorly includes features for patient health analysis, aimed at enhancing efficiency and reducing costs for medical practices. The company's team consists of a diverse group of tech entrepreneurs, healthcare professionals, and design specialists, all committed to improving the healthcare landscape in Germany.

ivary

Series B in 2020
Ivary is a company that specializes in developing diagnostic devices aimed at helping users monitor and enhance their health. Founded by Dr. Angelica Kohlmann and Thomas Kupper, Ivary is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, with additional offices in Vienna and New York. The company offers a home test kit that utilizes a small blood sample and advanced software algorithms to provide users with insights into their fertility trajectories related to Anti-Müllerian Hormone (AMH) levels until menopause. While originally based in Vienna, Ivary has expanded its services to customers in various regions, including Austria and Spain.

Valuebeat

Seed Round in 2020
Platypus is the HR tech solution that helps you discover what people value at every stage of the talent lifecycle, from attraction to management to retention.

LIZEE

Seed Round in 2020
LIZEE is a logistics and managed services solution to kick-start your rental business.

Schüttflix

Venture Round in 2020
Schüttflix GmbH provides construction material delivery services through its application. It offers sand, crushed rock, and gravel. It connects suppliers, customers, and truckers via an application. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Gütersloh, Germany.

Bitpanda

Venture Round in 2020
Bitpanda GmbH, founded in 2014 and based in Vienna, Austria, operates a cryptocurrency trading platform that serves as a retail broker for buying and selling digital assets. The company aims to simplify the investment process, promoting transparency and accessibility in the financial market. By leveraging blockchain technology and digitized assets, Bitpanda removes traditional financial barriers, allowing users to trade cryptocurrencies with low fees and on a 24/7 basis. The platform emphasizes real-time settlement, empowering individuals to take control of their financial futures.

Planetly

Seed Round in 2020
Planetly is building the software to analyze, reduce and offset your carbon footprint. They believe in transparency & action to fight the climate crisis. Therefore we made it our mission to build the tools for the economy to step up to their responsibility! With our software you analyze the footprint of your organization based on your real data, you find where you can reduce it in the most pragmatic way and you offset the rest.

TWAICE

Series A in 2020
TWAICE Technologies GmbH develops battery analytics software in the form of digital twins. The platform enables electric vehicle and battery manufacturers, fleet operators, and financial service providers to accelerate product development, improve performance, ensure long-term reliability, extend life, and mitigate financial risks of batteries. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Munich, Germany.

FinCompare GmbH

Series A in 2020
FinCompare GmbH operates a financing platform for small and medium-sized enterprises where they can overview the financing options available for their company. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Cobee

Seed Round in 2020
Cobee develops an online platform that automates and simplifies employee benefits management. The company also provides benefits for employees and flexible compensation that makes companies and employees fall in love. It facilitates the management of your benefits plan and allows you to focus on what really matters. Cobee provides a subsidy to your employees to complement the cost of the benefits you want. They eliminate intermediaries and external suppliers of each of the benefits, thus achieving such as reduce costs and improve service quality for companies and employees, create a single source of information, which facilitates the management, resolution of incidents and the visibility of what happens in each moment, and offer your employees a benefits package centralized on the same VISA card, with real-time visibility of the savings generated and controlled from their Cobee App. Cobee was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Madrid, Spain.

CELUS

Funding Round in 2020
CELUS provides a cloud-based software platform designed to automate the development of electronics. As demand for electronics and embedded systems rises, the shortage of qualified electronics engineers poses a significant challenge, as the number of engineers is declining. CELUS addresses this issue by streamlining the complex and time-consuming processes involved in electronics development, which include parts selection, schematic design, PCB layout, and embedded software development. By integrating these interdependent tasks, CELUS enhances efficiency and supports the growing needs of the electronics industry.