Variolytics
Venture Round in 2025
Variolytics is a developer of advanced measurement technologies, specializing in mass spectrometry for environmental applications, particularly in sewage treatment plants. The company focuses on measuring all gas components, including greenhouse gases, within aeration tanks. Variolytics offers a range of products including measuring devices, sensor technologies, and monitoring systems that facilitate accurate data collection and process integration. In addition to its innovative measurement solutions, the company conducts process engineering research and development, providing expert advice and implementation services to help businesses optimize their industrial processes. By delivering insights into process dynamics, Variolytics enables companies to make informed decisions and enhance operational efficiency.
Quantum Optics Jena
Series A in 2024
Quantum Optics Jena specializes in quantum-based solutions, focusing on state-of-the-art communication systems. The company develops advanced photon sources, including a compact and high-performance entangled photon source, which is utilized for quantum key distribution and various quantum optical experiments. Their products enhance data security and support applications in biomedical imaging and scientific research, allowing businesses to gain critical insights into matter and biology through innovative imaging and sensing technologies.
AVES Reality
Pre Seed Round in 2024
AVES Reality is a technology company that specializes in the development of AI-based software for generating virtual 3D maps of various locations. Utilizing data from satellite and overflight images, AVES Reality creates georeferenced 3D worlds that can be applied across multiple industries. The company's simulation systems are designed to be modular, allowing for seamless integration into Unreal Engine-based simulation pipelines. This flexibility enables businesses to create tailored simulation environments that enhance training, planning, and visualization processes.
Volytica Diagnostics
Seed Round in 2023
Volytica Diagnostics GmbH, founded in 2019 and based in Dresden, Germany, specializes in Battery Diagnosis as a Service for manufacturers of batteries and electric vehicles. The company provides a telematics diagnostics platform that utilizes self-learning algorithms to analyze and forecast battery systems. This platform enables the monitoring of warranty management challenges, assisting battery system and vehicle manufacturers, third-party telematics platforms, and risk assessors in managing their operations effectively. Volytica's services include design, monitoring, and warranty management, allowing businesses to issue warranty infringement warnings to customers through a user-friendly web dashboard.
Logistikbude
Seed Round in 2023
Logistikbude is a web-based software platform designed for efficient load carrier management. It offers a comprehensive solution that is independent of load carrier types, facilitating the tracking of both owned and exchanged load carriers in open pools. The platform employs a scanning application to mark load carriers for easy identification and digitally records related processes, enabling users to manage and monitor exchanges seamlessly. By automating account debits and providing a clear, legal framework for transactions, Logistikbude empowers businesses to optimize their logistics operations, significantly reducing costs while enhancing visibility and control over their transport logistics.
constellr
Seed Round in 2023
Constellr is a company that develops advanced imaging technology for the agriculture sector, focusing on evaluating soil health, vegetation, and industrial monitoring through proprietary space infrastructure. By measuring critical factors such as water, temperature, and carbon, Constellr provides essential data that supports high-precision smart farming services, thereby contributing to global food security. The company addresses climate change by offering accountability and monitoring solutions across multiple markets. Its technology underpins various remote sensing products, including models for evapotranspiration, water stress, and crop yield prediction, enabling farmers, agronomists, agricultural companies, and infrastructure managers to gain precise insights and make informed decisions.
At DGG, we work towards a future where the real world is back at the center of our everyday lives, thanks to accessible, efficient 3D computing. Our mission is to 100x the productivity of digital production & marketing pipelines, by making 3D digital products as easy to handle as 2D images.
Quantagonia
Seed Round in 2023
Quantagonia is a technology company that specializes in Decision AI and advanced quantum algorithm development. It focuses on transforming global operations across various sectors, including logistics, production, and workforce management. Quantagonia's adaptive, real-time AI solutions help businesses tackle complex scheduling and routing challenges, making them accessible to a wide range of users. Additionally, the company provides translation tools that enhance existing program codes for compatibility with quantum computers, enabling performance improvements on classical hardware while facilitating further gains through quantum computing. This dual approach allows businesses to effectively address previously insurmountable complex and time-sensitive problems using innovative algorithmic strategies.
Flowsight
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Flowsight is a developer of predictive maintenance software designed specifically for the brewing industry. The company offers tools that enable breweries to plan maintenance activities in a safe and cost-effective manner. One of its key products, Flowsight Brewcast, provides real-time monitoring and visual representation of the entire brewing process, allowing on-site workers to observe process steps as they occur. This transparency enhances communication among staff from the outset. Flowsight's software also includes features that notify users of any anomalies, facilitate parts maintenance, and optimize brewing processes. By improving production efficiency and quality, Flowsight helps breweries reduce operational costs.
3D Spark
Seed Round in 2023
3D Spark is a software-as-a-service platform that specializes in optimizing the manufacturing process through advanced 3D printing technology. It provides tools for precise cost computation, orientation optimization, and manufacturability analysis, enabling users to identify parts that can be produced more efficiently, quickly, and sustainably. The platform is tailored for industrial manufacturers, allowing them to analyze production costs in seconds, which significantly accelerates quoting processes. By maximizing the efficiency of industrial components and assemblies, 3D Spark helps original equipment manufacturers reduce production costs, lead times, and improve overall supply chain security and part performance.
Koralo
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Koralo is a pioneering company that specializes in the development of co-fermentation technology utilizing microalgae and mycelium to produce whole-cut seafood. This innovative approach allows Koralo to create a product that is rich in complete protein, prebiotic fiber, and Omega-3 fatty acids, promoting health and wellness. By mimicking ocean environments, the company aims to deliver a unique culinary experience in the emerging seafood market. With production facilities in both Europe and Asia, Koralo is positioned to make a significant impact on the food industry by offering a nutritious and sustainable alternative to traditional seafood.
Sovity is a SaaS provider specializing in data management solutions. It enables companies within data ecosystems to share and leverage data securely while maintaining sovereignty over it. Sovity's platform allows businesses to control access to their data, fostering innovation and new business models based on international data spaces standards.
Variolytics
Seed Round in 2022
Variolytics is a developer of advanced measurement technologies, specializing in mass spectrometry for environmental applications, particularly in sewage treatment plants. The company focuses on measuring all gas components, including greenhouse gases, within aeration tanks. Variolytics offers a range of products including measuring devices, sensor technologies, and monitoring systems that facilitate accurate data collection and process integration. In addition to its innovative measurement solutions, the company conducts process engineering research and development, providing expert advice and implementation services to help businesses optimize their industrial processes. By delivering insights into process dynamics, Variolytics enables companies to make informed decisions and enhance operational efficiency.
3D Spark
Seed Round in 2022
3D Spark is a software-as-a-service platform that specializes in optimizing the manufacturing process through advanced 3D printing technology. It provides tools for precise cost computation, orientation optimization, and manufacturability analysis, enabling users to identify parts that can be produced more efficiently, quickly, and sustainably. The platform is tailored for industrial manufacturers, allowing them to analyze production costs in seconds, which significantly accelerates quoting processes. By maximizing the efficiency of industrial components and assemblies, 3D Spark helps original equipment manufacturers reduce production costs, lead times, and improve overall supply chain security and part performance.
constellr
Seed Round in 2022
Constellr is a company that develops advanced imaging technology for the agriculture sector, focusing on evaluating soil health, vegetation, and industrial monitoring through proprietary space infrastructure. By measuring critical factors such as water, temperature, and carbon, Constellr provides essential data that supports high-precision smart farming services, thereby contributing to global food security. The company addresses climate change by offering accountability and monitoring solutions across multiple markets. Its technology underpins various remote sensing products, including models for evapotranspiration, water stress, and crop yield prediction, enabling farmers, agronomists, agricultural companies, and infrastructure managers to gain precise insights and make informed decisions.
CargoKite
Seed Round in 2022
CargoKite is a Munich-based company founded in 2022 that specializes in micro cargo ships aimed at enhancing maritime logistics. The company has developed sailing cargo vessels that leverage high-altitude winds for propulsion, promoting emission-free shipping solutions. By utilizing this innovative technology, CargoKite enables clients to operate small ships with greater efficiency while significantly reducing personnel costs through digitization. The vessels are designed for optimal trackability and autonomous operation, eliminating the need for large energy storage systems and contributing to the decarbonization of the shipping industry.
Logistikbude
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Logistikbude is a web-based software platform designed for efficient load carrier management. It offers a comprehensive solution that is independent of load carrier types, facilitating the tracking of both owned and exchanged load carriers in open pools. The platform employs a scanning application to mark load carriers for easy identification and digitally records related processes, enabling users to manage and monitor exchanges seamlessly. By automating account debits and providing a clear, legal framework for transactions, Logistikbude empowers businesses to optimize their logistics operations, significantly reducing costs while enhancing visibility and control over their transport logistics.
Molab is a biotechnology research firm focused on drug discovery, aiming to enhance patient outcomes through the development of precision molecules. The company utilizes data science models to predict molecular properties, thereby accelerating the process of drug and compound discovery. This approach benefits a wide range of applications in the field of drug discovery and chemistry, including in vivo ADME, toxicity assessments, and the evaluation of physicochemical properties. By providing tools and insights that enable scientists to create better molecules more efficiently, Molab contributes significantly to advancements in pharmaceutical research and development.
Acalta
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Acalta is a digital health company that specializes in creating applications for healthcare providers. Its primary offering, the Acalta health platform, facilitates secure digital interactions between patients and doctors, supporting patients throughout their treatment journey. This platform enables healthcare professionals to deliver comprehensive care plans within a single interface, enhancing patient engagement and satisfaction. By adhering to stringent data protection standards, Acalta ensures that sensitive health information is managed securely while providing valuable, treatment-relevant information to improve patient adherence and outcomes.
Senodis
Seed Round in 2022
Senodis is a company focused on advancing the digital transformation of the industrial sector, particularly in the metal industry. It specializes in developing innovative industrial automation technology that continuously identifies hot-formed metal components. By leveraging its expertise in materials research, optical sensors, and digital data analysis, Senodis addresses the challenges of digitization, providing essential solutions and applications that enhance production processes. The company aims to create transparency for its clients, enabling them to reduce costs effectively and improve operational efficiency through tailored technological advancements.
NODE Robotics
Seed Round in 2022
NODE Robotics specializes in developing end-to-end software solutions for autonomous intralogistics. Their flagship product, NODE.OS, enables seamless integration of heterogeneous Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) from various vendors into a single, autonomous fleet. This platform offers online route planning and dynamic motion planning, allowing businesses to operate multi-vendor AMR fleets with minimal commissioning efforts, thereby enhancing flexibility and autonomy in modern factories.
Quantagonia
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Quantagonia is a technology company that specializes in Decision AI and advanced quantum algorithm development. It focuses on transforming global operations across various sectors, including logistics, production, and workforce management. Quantagonia's adaptive, real-time AI solutions help businesses tackle complex scheduling and routing challenges, making them accessible to a wide range of users. Additionally, the company provides translation tools that enhance existing program codes for compatibility with quantum computers, enabling performance improvements on classical hardware while facilitating further gains through quantum computing. This dual approach allows businesses to effectively address previously insurmountable complex and time-sensitive problems using innovative algorithmic strategies.
Sovity
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Sovity is a SaaS provider specializing in data management solutions. It enables companies within data ecosystems to share and leverage data securely while maintaining sovereignty over it. Sovity's platform allows businesses to control access to their data, fostering innovation and new business models based on international data spaces standards.
Operaize
Seed Round in 2021
Operaize GmbH, based in Cologne, Germany, specializes in developing an artificial intelligence platform known as Cognitive Operations. This cloud-based solution is designed to enhance production planning for manufacturing clients by integrating seamlessly with existing planning infrastructures through APIs or SAP integration. Cognitive Operations effectively collects and transforms planning and master data from various ERP and planning systems into a format that supports AI-driven optimization processes. By analyzing a range of constraints and objectives, the platform generates optimal production plans in seconds. Additionally, Operaize's technology empowers clients to proactively identify faults, risks, and failures within their operations, facilitating informed decision-making and efficient problem-solving strategies throughout the industrial value chain.
SmartCloudFarming
Pre Seed Round in 2021
SmartCloudFarming is a developer of precision farming technology that aims to enhance food security in the face of climate change. The company creates soil intelligence for the agribusiness and farming sectors by leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms and transfer learning techniques. Its innovative technology quantifies soil parameters without the need for hardware or on-site personnel, utilizing deep neural networks to efficiently measure and map these parameters. This approach allows clients to improve crop yields, conserve resources, and minimize agricultural emissions, contributing to sustainable farming practices globally.
Fusion Bionic
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Fusion Bionic specializes in laser interference texturing solutions that enhance the surface properties of various materials. Its technology allows for precise modifications at the micro and nanometer levels, enabling improvements in biocompatibility, friction reduction, surface wettability, and anti-icing and anti-sticking characteristics. The company's innovative laser-based surface functionalization system serves multiple industries, including aerospace, automotive, and medical technology, facilitating the creation of tailored surfaces that meet specific performance requirements. Through high-speed laser processing, Fusion Bionic provides manufacturers with the ability to achieve well-defined surface patterns, enhancing product functionality and protection.
EcoPals
Pre Seed Round in 2021
EcoPals is a company focused on developing sustainable solutions for road construction by transforming waste plastics into innovative materials. It specializes in creating a carbon-reducing asphalt additive derived from non-recyclable plastics, providing a low-cost alternative to traditional bitumen additives. This approach not only helps address global plastic waste issues but also enhances the quality of road infrastructure. By offering eco-friendly and cost-effective alternatives, EcoPals aims to contribute to a more sustainable future in the construction industry.
Volytica Diagnostics
Seed Round in 2021
Volytica Diagnostics GmbH, founded in 2019 and based in Dresden, Germany, specializes in Battery Diagnosis as a Service for manufacturers of batteries and electric vehicles. The company provides a telematics diagnostics platform that utilizes self-learning algorithms to analyze and forecast battery systems. This platform enables the monitoring of warranty management challenges, assisting battery system and vehicle manufacturers, third-party telematics platforms, and risk assessors in managing their operations effectively. Volytica's services include design, monitoring, and warranty management, allowing businesses to issue warranty infringement warnings to customers through a user-friendly web dashboard.
HighLine Technology
Pre Seed Round in 2021
HighLine Technology specializes in the development and commercialization of advanced dispensing technology aimed at enhancing efficiency within the photovoltaics (PV) sector. The company focuses on reducing material consumption, which not only boosts the competitiveness of solar energy solutions but also promotes sustainability in the industry. HighLine's innovative technology applies front metal contacts onto solar cells, offering a modern alternative to traditional screen printing methods. This parallel dispensing technology can be seamlessly integrated into existing production lines for silicon solar cells, allowing clients to optimize resource usage, increase electricity yield, and improve overall production throughput. Additionally, HighLine Technology extends its dispensing solutions to various other sectors, showcasing its versatility and commitment to efficiency.
constellr
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Constellr is a company that develops advanced imaging technology for the agriculture sector, focusing on evaluating soil health, vegetation, and industrial monitoring through proprietary space infrastructure. By measuring critical factors such as water, temperature, and carbon, Constellr provides essential data that supports high-precision smart farming services, thereby contributing to global food security. The company addresses climate change by offering accountability and monitoring solutions across multiple markets. Its technology underpins various remote sensing products, including models for evapotranspiration, water stress, and crop yield prediction, enabling farmers, agronomists, agricultural companies, and infrastructure managers to gain precise insights and make informed decisions.
Quantum Optics Jena
Seed Round in 2021
Quantum Optics Jena specializes in quantum-based solutions, focusing on state-of-the-art communication systems. The company develops advanced photon sources, including a compact and high-performance entangled photon source, which is utilized for quantum key distribution and various quantum optical experiments. Their products enhance data security and support applications in biomedical imaging and scientific research, allowing businesses to gain critical insights into matter and biology through innovative imaging and sensing technologies.
NODE Robotics
Pre Seed Round in 2021
NODE Robotics specializes in developing end-to-end software solutions for autonomous intralogistics. Their flagship product, NODE.OS, enables seamless integration of heterogeneous Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) from various vendors into a single, autonomous fleet. This platform offers online route planning and dynamic motion planning, allowing businesses to operate multi-vendor AMR fleets with minimal commissioning efforts, thereby enhancing flexibility and autonomy in modern factories.
mySHOEFITTER
Pre Seed Round in 2020
mySHOEFITTER is a company specializing in biometric foot measurement technology aimed at transforming the shoe market. Its innovative smartphone application employs an AI algorithm that learns from user returns to provide accurate measurements and size recommendations. This technology allows online shoppers to determine their precise shoe size, with millimeter accuracy, by measuring their feet using a smartphone or tablet from the comfort of their home. The company also offers an online inquiry form on its website, facilitating user engagement and inquiries about its services.
XPOLI
Pre Seed Round in 2020
XPOLI GmbH, established in 2020 and located in Heroldsberg, Germany, specializes in artificial intelligence technology services tailored for the retail sector. The company employs advanced sensor technology combined with AI to analyze shopping patterns, enabling retailers to gain insights into customer behaviors and preferences. Its platform anonymously tracks in-store customer movements, providing tailored data packages that assist retail businesses in enhancing their marketing strategies and optimizing product placement. XPOLI's services are designed to support stationary retailers, event organizers, and operators of passenger transport systems in improving planning and customer engagement.
XPOLI
Pre Seed Round in 2020
XPOLI GmbH, established in 2020 and located in Heroldsberg, Germany, specializes in artificial intelligence technology services tailored for the retail sector. The company employs advanced sensor technology combined with AI to analyze shopping patterns, enabling retailers to gain insights into customer behaviors and preferences. Its platform anonymously tracks in-store customer movements, providing tailored data packages that assist retail businesses in enhancing their marketing strategies and optimizing product placement. XPOLI's services are designed to support stationary retailers, event organizers, and operators of passenger transport systems in improving planning and customer engagement.
At DGG, we work towards a future where the real world is back at the center of our everyday lives, thanks to accessible, efficient 3D computing. Our mission is to 100x the productivity of digital production & marketing pipelines, by making 3D digital products as easy to handle as 2D images.
ViboTec
Seed Round in 2020
ViboTec AG, founded in 2020 and based in Thierachern, Switzerland, specializes in virtual perimeter advertising during live sports broadcasts. The company utilizes advanced artificial intelligence technology to operate virtual LED perimeter boards that display banner advertisements. By synchronizing these ads with static field cameras, ViboTec enables brands to effectively reach their target audiences during sporting events. This innovative approach allows for dynamic marketing opportunities, enhancing the visibility of advertisements in real-time as part of the live viewing experience.
MonitorFish
Seed Round in 2020
MonitorFish GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based diagnostic tools for the aquaculture industry. The company utilizes advanced computer vision and sensor networks to monitor critical variables such as water quality, fish movements, and behavior patterns. This technology allows fish farmers to detect illnesses early and in real time, significantly reducing fish mortality rates and ensuring the sustainability of their operations. By providing precise action plans and actionable insights, MonitorFish empowers local fish farmers to maintain optimal fish quality and quantity while making efficient use of resources. The company is committed to enhancing economic outcomes and crop security in fish farming, ultimately contributing to more sustainable aquaculture practices.
Senodis
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Senodis is a company focused on advancing the digital transformation of the industrial sector, particularly in the metal industry. It specializes in developing innovative industrial automation technology that continuously identifies hot-formed metal components. By leveraging its expertise in materials research, optical sensors, and digital data analysis, Senodis addresses the challenges of digitization, providing essential solutions and applications that enhance production processes. The company aims to create transparency for its clients, enabling them to reduce costs effectively and improve operational efficiency through tailored technological advancements.
Mecorad
Pre Seed Round in 2020
mecorad GmbH, established in 2018 and based in Cologne, Germany, specializes in server-based applications that deliver advanced radar-based digitalization solutions for producers of hot-rolled steel and metals. The company focuses on enhancing the quality and efficiency of production processes by offering in-line measurement and artificial intelligence-driven optimization technologies. These innovations enable precise measurement of width, thickness, and length of hot-rolled metals, allowing manufacturers to optimize production costs while improving product quality. Through the use of high-frequency sensors, mecorad's technology facilitates connectivity and real-time monitoring, helping operators in steel and hot rolling mills minimize production losses and better connect their operations with end customers.
Volytica Diagnostics
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Volytica Diagnostics GmbH, founded in 2019 and based in Dresden, Germany, specializes in Battery Diagnosis as a Service for manufacturers of batteries and electric vehicles. The company provides a telematics diagnostics platform that utilizes self-learning algorithms to analyze and forecast battery systems. This platform enables the monitoring of warranty management challenges, assisting battery system and vehicle manufacturers, third-party telematics platforms, and risk assessors in managing their operations effectively. Volytica's services include design, monitoring, and warranty management, allowing businesses to issue warranty infringement warnings to customers through a user-friendly web dashboard.
Multiphoton Optics
Series B in 2019
Multiphoton Optics GmbH, founded in September 2013 and based in Würzburg, Germany, specializes in the development and sale of 3D printing equipment and software solutions for additive manufacturing. The company’s technology enables the creation of intricate three-dimensional structures on various materials, including polymers, hybrid materials, glasses, and metals. Its flagship products include the LithoProf3D printing platform, along with software solutions such as LithoStream3D and LithoSoft3D, which support applications in photonics, biomedicine, life sciences, and functional materials. Additionally, Multiphoton Optics offers high-precision automation processes for opto-electronics assembly, facilitating the interconnection of optical components and photonic chips. The company also provides prototyping, engineering support, and consulting services to enhance its customers' capabilities.
MonitorFish
Pre Seed Round in 2019
MonitorFish GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing artificial intelligence-based diagnostic tools for the aquaculture industry. The company utilizes advanced computer vision and sensor networks to monitor critical variables such as water quality, fish movements, and behavior patterns. This technology allows fish farmers to detect illnesses early and in real time, significantly reducing fish mortality rates and ensuring the sustainability of their operations. By providing precise action plans and actionable insights, MonitorFish empowers local fish farmers to maintain optimal fish quality and quantity while making efficient use of resources. The company is committed to enhancing economic outcomes and crop security in fish farming, ultimately contributing to more sustainable aquaculture practices.