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 Western Europe

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.

Doccla

Series A in 2022
Doccla is the virtual ward company. We are the pioneers of tech-agnostic virtual wards. We partner with care organisations to enable early discharge and prevent hospital readmission by monitoring patients remotely using best of breed devices. Doccla’s Covid-19 support service evolved from a research project we were running for the NHS, and was designed collaboratively with Northampton General Hospital, where the service is now in live use.

Ledgy

Series B in 2022
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.

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.

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.

autone

Seed Round in 2022
Autone is an intelligent, invisible engine designed to make inventory management smarter and easier. It aims to help customers become heroes and make the retail industry run better. It offers accurate, confident inventory decisions that will satisfy the end consumer and drive sustainable business growth.

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.

Stotles

Seed Round in 2022
Stotles is giving suppliers to government the tools and insights required to effectively find and win public-sector contracts. They aggregate and standardize huge amounts of data in order to give suppliers a complete view of thier market and surface the most relevant opportunites and intelligence in real time. Stotles is ensuring the best fit suppliers work with governments by bringing transparency to the £7Tn that flows from governments to businesses every year.

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.

Greyparrot

Series A in 2022
Greyparrot provides AI-based waste recognition software to power next-generation smart systems that will monitor & sort waste at scale. Our mission is to digitise waste & create a world where waste is captured & reused in the most effective way. Our vision is of a fully digitised, automated and transparent waste system to unlock the financial value of waste, which will in turn keep our planet clean for generations to come.

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.

Bitfount

Seed Round in 2022
Bitfount is a privacy-preserving AI/ML and data collaboration platform for sending algorithms to data.

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.

Lollipop

Seed Round in 2022
Lollipop is an online grocery shopping platform that includes personalized meal plans.

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.

KETS

Venture Round in 2022
KETS Quantum Security Ltd, founded in 2016 and based in Bristol, United Kingdom, specializes in creating solutions for secure communications using quantum technologies. The company develops a range of cost-effective, future-proof technologies, including quantum key distribution (QKD) and quantum random number generation (QRNG). Its quantum chip facilitates reliable and secure communication encryption systems, utilizing optical microchips in compact and integrated packages. These innovations enable clients to achieve enhanced digital encryption and secure data communication in a low-power format, addressing the growing need for robust security solutions in the digital landscape.

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.

Sona

Seed Round in 2022
Sona provides an app for frontline staff to manage their work and engage with their employer. Features include live schedule view, absence management, instant messaging, and Open Shifts, a shift booking platform matching shift vacancies with employees willing to take on more hours.

Yokoy

Series B in 2022
Yokoy automates spend management for medium and large enterprises with artificial intelligence, combining expense management, supplier invoice management and smart corporate cards into one single intuitive platform.

+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.

Porotech

Series A in 2022
Porotech is a spin-out from the University of Cambridge. It mainly focuses on the development of wide-bandgap compound GaN semiconductors by applying material technologies and solutions to unleash the full potential of GaN to revolutionize the electronics industry. The company was co-founded by Dr. Tongtong Zhu, Dr. Yingjun Liu, and Prof. Rachel Oliver.

Fiat Republic

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of crypto-focused, e-money-regulated SaaS platform designed to unlock mainstream and local banking services for the top crypto sites. The company's platform offers a banking and payments application programming interface through real-time data that lets cryptocurrency sites easily embed and automate flows, enabling users to democratize access to the Web3 economy.

Pimloc

Seed Round in 2022
Pimloc is a British technology company founded in 2016, specializing in deep learning services for video security and data privacy applications. The company has developed a platform that excels in the ingestion, detection, classification, and protection of image and video content. Pimloc's offerings include two key products: Pholio, which identifies specialized visual content in extensive collections and streams, and Secure Redact, which anonymizes sensitive content in large-scale video. Through its innovative software tools, Pimloc enables private businesses and public organizations to safeguard sensitive data in video content, maintain secure online environments, and effectively manage video security. Based in London, Pimloc continues to enhance its platform to deliver contextual and individualized results for its users.

Vitt

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Vitt operates a financial platform that facilitates non-dilutive financing for SaaS companies by allowing them to convert their contracted revenue into upfront cash. This approach enables SaaS founders to secure funding quickly, bypassing the lengthy process typically associated with traditional fundraising methods. Through its web application, Vitt provides a streamlined experience where clients can apply for financing and receive decisions based on their financial data within minutes. By focusing on the performance of the business rather than the founders' network connections, Vitt aims to simplify the funding process for SaaS companies while also creating a new asset class for investors.

Lapse

Seed Round in 2021
Lapse is a social disposable camera app. The app lets close groups recreate the magic of old-school disposable cameras by taking 36 snaps to ‘rolls’ in private group chats.

Breathe Battery Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
Breathe Battery Technologies is a developer of electric vehicle battery charging control software for automotive manufacturers. The software improves battery capacity by 5% and allows for twice more uses in the battery’s lifetime, without requiring any costly or time consuming hardware changes.

Nook

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Nook offering is geared towards delivering simplified SME payments and invoicing solutions.

Admix.in

Series B in 2021
Admix is a monetisation platform for game developers enabling non-intrusive, programmatic product placements within their content. Admix is the first fully programmatic platform for everything from immersive technologies to mobile games, selling their inventory to popular demand side platforms and giving millions of advertisers the ability to buy game media in a couple of clicks.

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.

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.

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.

Primer

Series B in 2021
Primer enables e-commerce merchants and online payments facilitators to consolidate their payments services stack, seamlessly connecting to third party services such as payment service providers (PSPs), fraud providers, chargeback services, subscription billing engines, BI tools, loyalty and rewards platforms. Primer's unified payments integration, checkout experience and workflows functionality allows merchants to quickly add new payment methods, unify fraud mitigation efforts and build sophisticated transaction routing with no code.

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.

Lapse

Seed Round in 2021
Lapse is a social disposable camera app. The app lets close groups recreate the magic of old-school disposable cameras by taking 36 snaps to ‘rolls’ in private group chats.

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.

Doccla

Seed Round in 2021
Doccla is the virtual ward company. We are the pioneers of tech-agnostic virtual wards. We partner with care organisations to enable early discharge and prevent hospital readmission by monitoring patients remotely using best of breed devices. Doccla’s Covid-19 support service evolved from a research project we were running for the NHS, and was designed collaboratively with Northampton General Hospital, where the service is now in live use.

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.

Sona

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Sona provides an app for frontline staff to manage their work and engage with their employer. Features include live schedule view, absence management, instant messaging, and Open Shifts, a shift booking platform matching shift vacancies with employees willing to take on more hours.

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.

tulipshare

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Tulipshare is an activist investor platform that empowers retail investors to influence the governance of major public companies. By combining crowdfunding with shareholder rights, it allows individuals to invest in well-known companies with as little as one euro. This innovative approach enables investors to express their values and advocate for ethical changes within corporate boardrooms. Through collective action, Tulipshare seeks to amplify the voices of retail shareholders, facilitating a new way for them to engage in the investment process and contribute to significant corporate reforms.

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.

Tide

Series C in 2021
Tide Platform Limited is a mobile-first banking service based in London, United Kingdom, established in 2015. The company primarily serves small and medium enterprises (SMEs) by providing business current accounts and a range of financial services designed to streamline their operations in an online and mobile environment. Tide aims to save time and money for SMEs by offering not only banking services but also administrative solutions, including seamless integration with accounting systems. With a focus solely on the needs of SMEs, Tide has emerged as a leader in the challenger banking sector within the UK, leveraging advanced technology to deliver user-friendly solutions tailored to the specific requirements of small businesses.

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.

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.

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.

Lollipop

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Lollipop is an online grocery shopping platform that includes personalized meal plans.

Porotech

Seed Round in 2021
Porotech is a spin-out from the University of Cambridge. It mainly focuses on the development of wide-bandgap compound GaN semiconductors by applying material technologies and solutions to unleash the full potential of GaN to revolutionize the electronics industry. The company was co-founded by Dr. Tongtong Zhu, Dr. Yingjun Liu, and Prof. Rachel Oliver.

Porotech

Venture Round in 2021
Porotech is a spin-out from the University of Cambridge. It mainly focuses on the development of wide-bandgap compound GaN semiconductors by applying material technologies and solutions to unleash the full potential of GaN to revolutionize the electronics industry. The company was co-founded by Dr. Tongtong Zhu, Dr. Yingjun Liu, and Prof. Rachel Oliver.

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.

KETS

Series A in 2021
KETS Quantum Security Ltd, founded in 2016 and based in Bristol, United Kingdom, specializes in creating solutions for secure communications using quantum technologies. The company develops a range of cost-effective, future-proof technologies, including quantum key distribution (QKD) and quantum random number generation (QRNG). Its quantum chip facilitates reliable and secure communication encryption systems, utilizing optical microchips in compact and integrated packages. These innovations enable clients to achieve enhanced digital encryption and secure data communication in a low-power format, addressing the growing need for robust security solutions in the digital landscape.

Porotech

Seed Round in 2021
Porotech is a spin-out from the University of Cambridge. It mainly focuses on the development of wide-bandgap compound GaN semiconductors by applying material technologies and solutions to unleash the full potential of GaN to revolutionize the electronics industry. The company was co-founded by Dr. Tongtong Zhu, Dr. Yingjun Liu, and Prof. Rachel Oliver.

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.

TurinTech AI

Seed Round in 2021
TurinTech AI is an artificial intelligence company based in London, founded in 2018. The company has developed an innovative optimization platform that automates the entire lifecycle of creating and deploying AI solutions. TurinTech AI focuses on enhancing business efficiency by enabling enterprises to leverage their data for AI-driven transformations with minimal human intervention. The platform supports users in developing and executing trading algorithms, offering tools for automation, data feeds, and machine learning capabilities. By integrating these features, TurinTech AI aims to provide organizations with the ability to optimize operations at scale, speed, and cost-effectiveness.

Wayflyer

Series A in 2021
Wayflyer is a revenue-based financing platform for eCommerce brands.

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.

Sylvera

Seed Round in 2021
Sylvera is a company focused on enhancing carbon markets to address climate change. It develops machine learning-based tools that track the performance of carbon offset projects, providing remote monitoring at intervals of up to one week. These tools facilitate the integration of carbon offset data into both internal and external reporting systems. By offering detailed insights into the effectiveness of carbon offsets, Sylvera aims to assist businesses and governments in minimizing reputational risks while enhancing transparency for their customers regarding carbon data.

QphoX

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