Motu Ventures

Motu Ventures is a Berlin-based venture capital firm established in 2013 that focuses on seed-stage and early-stage companies. The firm specializes in first-round financing and aims to build lean startups by supporting talented entrepreneurs. Motu Ventures invests in a diverse range of sectors, including information technology, augmented reality, B2B payments, big data, blockchain, cryptocurrency, cybersecurity, e-commerce, robotics, SaaS, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. By leveraging its extensive network and experience, the firm actively engages with its portfolio companies to accelerate their growth from the early stages of development.

Michael Schmitt

Partner

Karsten Stein

Managing Partner

Past deals in Berlin

LiveEO

Series B in 2024
LiveEO GmbH, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in real-time earth observation technology that utilizes satellite imagery to enhance infrastructure monitoring across various sectors, including railways, electricity, and pipelines. The company offers insights-as-a-service, allowing clients to monitor their assets effectively while managing risks associated with ground movement, vegetation, and deforestation. By leveraging artificial intelligence and Earth observation data, LiveEO provides both short-term analyses and long-duration observations, enabling improved operational efficiency and safety. Their innovative solutions help industries optimize asset management practices, reduce operational costs, and ensure the sustainability of critical infrastructure.

LiveEO

Series B in 2022
LiveEO GmbH, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in real-time earth observation technology that utilizes satellite imagery to enhance infrastructure monitoring across various sectors, including railways, electricity, and pipelines. The company offers insights-as-a-service, allowing clients to monitor their assets effectively while managing risks associated with ground movement, vegetation, and deforestation. By leveraging artificial intelligence and Earth observation data, LiveEO provides both short-term analyses and long-duration observations, enabling improved operational efficiency and safety. Their innovative solutions help industries optimize asset management practices, reduce operational costs, and ensure the sustainability of critical infrastructure.

ecoworks

Convertible Note in 2022
Ecoworks GmbH, based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in climate-neutral renovations and modernizations for apartment buildings. The company focuses on the renewal of facades, roofs, windows, and basement insulation, utilizing industrial prefabrication and digital processes to efficiently modernize multi-family houses of up to four floors within a few weeks. Ecoworks also provides net-zero modernization services, enabling the generation of carbon dioxide-free heat and electricity through solar panels installed on roofs. Their offerings include planning, construction management, and the implementation of meters for electricity and heat, allowing property owners to meet tenants' energy needs while promoting environmental sustainability.

LiveEO

Venture Round in 2021
LiveEO GmbH, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in real-time earth observation technology that utilizes satellite imagery to enhance infrastructure monitoring across various sectors, including railways, electricity, and pipelines. The company offers insights-as-a-service, allowing clients to monitor their assets effectively while managing risks associated with ground movement, vegetation, and deforestation. By leveraging artificial intelligence and Earth observation data, LiveEO provides both short-term analyses and long-duration observations, enabling improved operational efficiency and safety. Their innovative solutions help industries optimize asset management practices, reduce operational costs, and ensure the sustainability of critical infrastructure.

Sharpist

Seed Round in 2019
Sharpist GmbH, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in digital coaching focused on leadership development. The company's online platform offers a range of services including video coaching, personalized exercises, micro-tasks, and evaluations. It also features expert chat capabilities, allowing organizations to implement and scale executive coaching across their workforce. Sharpist aims to enhance professional growth through its innovative approach to coaching and learning development.

realxdata

Seed Round in 2018
realXdata GmbH is a Berlin-based company established in 2016 that specializes in data-driven analytical solutions for the real estate industry. The company focuses on providing comprehensive market data analysis, benchmarking, reporting, and integration services specifically tailored for commercial real estate. By leveraging proprietary data, crowdsourced information, and valuable public data, realXdata aims to enhance transparency and accessibility in the commercial real estate sector. Its platform enables clients to compare properties effectively, assists lenders in underwriting loans, supports hedge funds in making informed investment decisions, and aids brokers in closing deals. Through its innovative approach, realXdata seeks to facilitate a more informed and efficient real estate market for all stakeholders.

Opinary

Venture Round in 2018
Opinary GmbH, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in a user engagement platform designed for global publishers. The platform enhances content interactivity, fosters user engagement and retention, and facilitates monetization of engaged traffic. It enables users to share their opinions with a single tap, providing real-time insights into opinion trends. With a user base of 84 million monthly users, Opinary partners with prominent publishers like The Times, HuffPost, and NBC, as well as global brands such as Toyota and Mastercard, to boost audience engagement, drive conversions, and generate valuable insights.

Opinary

Angel Round in 2016
Opinary GmbH, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, specializes in a user engagement platform designed for global publishers. The platform enhances content interactivity, fosters user engagement and retention, and facilitates monetization of engaged traffic. It enables users to share their opinions with a single tap, providing real-time insights into opinion trends. With a user base of 84 million monthly users, Opinary partners with prominent publishers like The Times, HuffPost, and NBC, as well as global brands such as Toyota and Mastercard, to boost audience engagement, drive conversions, and generate valuable insights.
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