Main Incubator GmbH, or main incubator for short, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Commerzbank. The company is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. As Research & Development Unit of the Commerzbank Group main incubator deals with future topics and emerging technologies such as blockchain, big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, biometrics, robotics, virtual reality, cloud, open API, wearables, IoT and quantum computing.
Through strategic investments in tech-driven start-ups main incubator participates in innovations and makes them available for Commerzbank and its customers. By developing own prototypes main incubator is proactively shaping innovations  and is thus a strong partner for Commerzbank on its way to a digital technology company. By promoting the FinTech ecosystem and the monthly ""Between the Towers"" series of events main incubator pursues the goal of identifying innovations at an early stage.

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OptioPay raised $5250000 on 2020-09-18 in Venture Round

OptioPay GmbH provides a payment solution software for marketing money by processing payments. It allows users’ customers, employees, and partners to receive their payments with multiple payment options, including pre-paid cards from retailers; and enables users’ recipients to turn their payments into gift cards and transform their outgoing payment into revenue. Its software solution enables users to connect to their payment processing system, and offers employees/customers with flexibility and options to receive their payments via gift cards; and manages and adds value to users’ benefit and payroll payments to motivate their employees. It also allows retailers to distribute and sell their gift cards to large audiences. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

OptioPay GmbH

OptioPay raised $13216293 on 2021-05-04 in Series B

TransFICC raised $17000000 on 2022-03-30 in Venture Round

TransFICC Limited designs and develops application programming interface (API) which provides solutions for the fixed income and derivatives market. The application offers streamlined interface to multiple fixed income trading platforms, and cloud-based hosting to support microsecond timestamping of data and a full audit trail for best execution requirements. TransFICC Limited was incorporated in 2015 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

TransFICC

21strategies raised $1629825 on 2020-04-20 in Seed Round

21strategies applies AI technology to hedge financial market risks such as currency, interest rate and commodity price risks optimally to improve the financial resilience of corporations. 
As a Fin Tech we innovate hedging by using AI algorithmic decision support for CFOs and their treasurers. Easy to integrate as SaaS, our flagship product Hedge 21 is quickly adaptable to the specific conditions and KPIs of individual companies. In the long run, our AI technology contributes to the integration and alignment of the overall corporate strategy.

Major industry clients are convinced from our technology and glad that we receive funding from a leading German Bank, international investors, and a major consulting company.

As an international start up based in Munich, Germany we strive to contribute to the overall improvement of financial services globally.

21strategies

Fairown Finance raised an undisclosed amount on 2021-01-13 in Seed Round

Fairown offers companies a financing platform for subscriptions and payment services.

Fairown Finance

Pliant raised $14096483 on 2021-12-20 in Seed Round

Pliant

Userlane raised an undisclosed amount on 2016-11-15 in Seed Round

Userlane automates user onboarding and employee training with interactive guides to help companies boost trial conversion, reduce support cost & increase user engagement. 
Userlane provides a technology to create step-by-step guides within minutes, without any coding or having to change the underlying software. This allows online businesses to implement and adapt interactive guides in every part of their existing software without implementation effort.

Userlane

DABBEL raised $4400111 on 2021-05-18 in Series A

DABBEL is an AI-Autonomous Building Management System with the ability to self-manage building control systems more efficiently than any human. Controls include, but are not limited to, building temperature, ventilation and lighting. It makes its own decisions, through a self-learning, self-adapting and self-configuring system with cognitive artificial intelligence. 

DABBEL reduces implementation, energy and operational costs (20-40%) and simultaneously increases the wellness and productivity of tenants providing a healthy environment.

DABBEL can transform your office building into an AI Self-Driving building in just 2 weeks! 

Do you want to know how? Let's have a talk!

DABBEL - Automation Intelligence

Scompler raised $7356758 on 2022-05-02 in Series A

Scompler GmbH operates as a SaaS company that helps companies to operationalize content strategies. The company is based in Munich, Germany. As of March 14, 2016, Scompler GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Scribble Technologies Inc.

Scompler

Traxpay raised $15000000 on 2014-09-23 in Series B

Traxpay AG operates a cloud-based B2B dynamic payments platform that provides secure bank-grade and regulatory compliant financial process automation and B2B payments services to corporates, digital marketplaces, and B2B commerce networks. It enables buyers to optimize working capital, liquidity, and cash flow. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany with an additional office in Mountain View, California.

Traxpay

Fairown Finance raised $4869266 on 2021-11-02 in Seed Round

Circula raised $13475272 on 2022-01-31 in Series A

Designed with European tax standards in mind, the mobile and web app support your individualized expense invoicing process in real time, helping to create a seamless and straightforward experience for road warriors, accountants and managers alike.

Circula GmbH

Squake raised an undisclosed amount on 2021-12-20 in Seed Round

Squake

Etvas raised an undisclosed amount on 2021-01-20 in Seed Round

We help businesses to bring more diversity and empathy into the everyday life of their customers.Etvas is the customer engagement platform for extra- services that optimizes customer touchpoints to drive better monetization, boost retention and prevent churn.Our cloud API-based marketplace connects to all providers of services with customers of banks, insurers and E-Tailers, while using machine learning for individual offering

Etvas GmbH

Open as App raised $5725630 on 2019-10-10 in Series A

Open as App is a provider of an automated application development services intended to create instant application. The company's platform facilitates users to build application which are based on spread sheet formats and automatically integrates with calculations, dashboards, lists, maps, enabling businesses to create mobile applications from their spreadsheet data and without any coding or macro writing.

Openasapp

TransFICC raised $7234214 on 2020-04-30 in Series A

Grover raised $12029049 on 2019-10-01 in Series A

Grover Group GmbH operates an online platform to find and rent consumer electronic products. It enables customers rent products in various categories, including computers, phones and tablets, wearables, cameras, gaming and VR, home entertainment, audio and music, drones, e-mobility, and smart home products. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Berlin, Germany with additional offices in Austria and the Netherlands.

Grover Group GmbH

Gini raised an undisclosed amount on 2014-12-18 in Series A

Gini provides SaaS solution for extracting content from documents such as invoices, receipts, letters, contracts & offers. Gini was founded in 2011 as "smarchive", now employs over 20 employees and is financed in part by T-Venture, as well as the independent comparison website CHECK24 and experienced business angels.

Gini GmbH

Bilendo raised $806903 on 2016-05-02 in Seed Round

Bilendo GmbH develops and markets a credit management platform. The platform helps in output management, receivables management, accounts receivable, and collection. Bilendo GmbH was founded in 2015 and is based in Munich, Germany.

Bilendo

OptioPay raised an undisclosed amount on 2019-07-18 in Venture Round

AUTHADA raised an undisclosed amount on 2020-09-22 in Corporate Round

AUTHADA revolutionizes existing identification processes using the eID of the identity card and the NFC interface of the smartphone.

This allows the transmission of your customers identity within seconds, based on sovereign master data. The users can increase their customer base in a short period of time via the mobile, uncomplicated and fast legitimization. For the markets banking, insurance, eGovernment, eHealth and eCommerce additional identities are available online in the Know Your Customer (KYC) area, in line with anti money laundry legislation.

AUTHADA GmbH

TransFICC raised an undisclosed amount on 2017-10-11 in Seed Round

Gini raised an undisclosed amount on 2017-12-10 in Venture Round

AUTHADA raised an undisclosed amount on 2018-08-21 in Venture Round

CANDIS raised an undisclosed amount on 2017-01-26 in Venture Round

CANDIS automates financial processes such as the collection of invoices, data capture, pre-accounting, and payments - for small and medium-sized companies through artificial intelligence. That enables companies and tax advisors to save time and have a better collaboration within finance teams. To date, Candis serves thousands of customers and invests heavily in technology.

CANDIS

Zenhomes raised $14405948 on 2019-08-19 in Series A

Zenhomes

Gini raised an undisclosed amount on 2015-12-10 in Venture Round

Circula raised $5180972 on 2021-02-05 in Seed Round

Lana Labs raised an undisclosed amount on 2018-01-30 in Seed Round

Lana Labs GmbH designs and develops LANA, a process mining software. The company designs a process model for its customers. It offers LANA’s automated root cause analysis system that uses an intelligent machine learning algorithm to identify patterns in processes. The company provides customizable dashboards. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Lana Labs

Circula raised an undisclosed amount on 2019-04-03 in Seed Round

e-bot7 raised $6094824 on 2019-08-19 in Series A

e-bot7 integrates Artificial Intelligence to increase the efficiency of Customer Service. Through its pre-trained machine learning algorithms the system can automate answers and processes and suggest the best answers to agents. This reduces average handling times, increases sales and saves up to 80% of costs.

e-bot7 GmbH

Conpend raised an undisclosed amount on 2019-03-15 in Seed Round

Conpend offers automated workflow to keep trade transactions safe and consistent. Conpend offers a leading technology to support and streamline back-office operations. Trade Operations are at a high risk of missing essential sanction and compliance red flags, while document checking is time intensive and inconsistent inhibiting growth.

Conpend B.V.

Vermietet.de raised an undisclosed amount on 2019-02-25 in Venture Round

Vermietet.de is an association of Berlin entrepreneurs and investors whose vision is to make real estate ownership simple and intelligent. They know from their own experience how complex the management of a property can be - and have therefore founded rented.de.

Vermietet.de

Tillhub raised $4868241 on 2018-04-25 in Series A

Tillhub GmbH develops mobile iPad point of sale (POS) and payment solutions. It offers a cash register cloud based software to record and process transactions. The company offers point of sale terminals and hardware devices, such as printers, POS receipt printers and label printers; payment devices, stationary, mobile, and portable EC terminals; and barcode scanners, CCD, laser, 2D barcode, hand, stationary, inventory, and industrial scanners through its online store. Tillhub GmbH was founded in 2016 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Tillhub

Grover raised $1096190 on 2015-11-03 in Seed Round

e-bot7 raised $659131 on 2017-08-10 in Seed Round

Bilendo raised $1858992 on 2017-05-02 in Seed Round

OptioPay raised an undisclosed amount on 2015-08-20 in Seed Round

Scompler raised an undisclosed amount on 2020-04-15 in Seed Round

Retresco GmbH raised an undisclosed amount on 2016-06-10 in Series B

Retresco GmbH develops and offers search engine software. The company offers services such as semantic searches, information extraction, and real-time aggregation of content. Retresco GmbH’s clientele includes regional newspapers such as Südwest Presse and Märkische Oderzeitung. Retresco GmbH was founded in 2008 and is based in Berlin, Germany.