MANSIO is a technology company specializing in logistics software. Its innovative platform optimizes truck traffic by facilitating trailer handovers between different transport companies, enabling trucks to return home empty and reducing idle time. This process is guided by an AI algorithm that uses real-time data to streamline routes and support all parties involved in the transportation process. By minimizing empty runs and maximizing trailer usage, MANSIO's solution enhances operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness for logistics companies.
Golfstrom Energy GmbH
Seed Round in 2024
Embedded financial services for renewable energy
GIPEDO
Venture Round in 2024
GIPEDO is a technology company that empowers sports clubs and rights holders by transforming stadiums into digital assets. Its platform streamlines and automates advertising processes, enabling clubs to manage their advertising business more efficiently, increase sales and brand awareness, and make data-driven marketing decisions. This ultimately helps sports clubs and brands enhance their brand engagement in live sports.
Tilta is a company that specializes in providing white-labeled infrastructure for credit-backed payment flows specifically designed for business-to-business transactions on marketplaces and platforms. By enabling these platforms to offer financial services, Tilta helps drive gross merchandise revenue while creating additional revenue streams for its clients. The company's solutions focus on ensuring frictionless payment experiences, allowing platforms to enhance their service offerings without the complexities associated with managing financial services directly.
Replique
Seed Round in 2024
Replique is an online platform specializing in sustainable spare part management for large original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) through a decentralized 3D printing network. The company offers an on-demand manufacturing service that integrates seamlessly with existing corporate systems, such as enterprise resource planning and web shops. Replique provides comprehensive services, including screening, design, material expertise, simulation, and advanced 3D printing technology. This enables businesses to digitally store parts and produce them as needed, ensuring that the right products are available in the appropriate quality and quantity. By focusing on efficiency and sustainability, Replique transforms the way companies manage their spare parts inventory.
SUSHI Bikes
Funding Round in 2023
SUSHI Bikes has developed the perfect e-bike for modern urban people.
Replique
Seed Round in 2023
Replique is an online platform specializing in sustainable spare part management for large original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) through a decentralized 3D printing network. The company offers an on-demand manufacturing service that integrates seamlessly with existing corporate systems, such as enterprise resource planning and web shops. Replique provides comprehensive services, including screening, design, material expertise, simulation, and advanced 3D printing technology. This enables businesses to digitally store parts and produce them as needed, ensuring that the right products are available in the appropriate quality and quantity. By focusing on efficiency and sustainability, Replique transforms the way companies manage their spare parts inventory.
Mogenius
Venture Round in 2022
Mogenius is a cloud infrastructure platform tailored for software developers, enabling them to publish and run applications automatically in the cloud. The company offers a user-friendly interface that simplifies the setup and management of cloud projects, allowing users to allocate resources, connect data sources, and implement user authentication effortlessly. By providing self-service environments, Mogenius reduces the complexity and repetitive nature of cloud configurations, thereby minimizing DevOps overhead and enhancing developer productivity. This automated workflow facilitates the deployment of applications using scalable cloud resources, allowing software teams to focus on creating high-quality applications without the burden of intricate infrastructure management.
Swaarm is a performance-based marketing platform founded in Berlin in September 2020 by Yogeeta Chainani and Alexandru Dumitru. With over a decade of technology experience each, the co-founders established Swaarm with a focus on simplicity, affordability, and collaboration. The platform offers a comprehensive solution for agencies, advertisers, and networks to manage, track, analyze, and optimize their marketing campaigns effectively. Unlike existing market offerings that often provide limited data insights and require extensive manual processes, Swaarm is designed to address these challenges. It features an intuitive interface and powerful data-driven campaign automation, enabling users to monitor and enhance their marketing efforts in real-time. By streamlining these processes, Swaarm aims to facilitate profitable growth for its clients while delivering a cost-effective alternative in the adtech industry.
ArtNight
Venture Round in 2022
ArtNight GmbH is a company based in Berlin, Germany, that specializes in organizing do-it-yourself art workshops in local bars, cafes, and restaurants. Founded in 2016, ArtNight provides a platform for participants to create their own artwork under the guidance of skilled artists. The company distributes tickets online, making it accessible for individuals seeking creative and entertaining experiences. By facilitating these workshops, ArtNight not only supports artists in monetizing their talent but also fosters social interactions among participants, offering an enjoyable alternative to traditional cultural events.
GetSteps
Seed Round in 2021
GetSteps specializes in producing and marketing custom orthopedic insoles tailored to individual foot anatomy and specific shoe types. The company utilizes various materials in its insoles, optimizing them based on footprints, shoe shapes, and any existing foot ailments. Designed to alleviate pain and support movement, GetSteps’ insoles aim to prevent discomfort in the feet, knees, hips, back, and neck by addressing issues related to foot misalignment and providing crucial support for joints. Additionally, the company offers free shipping, ensuring accessibility for its customers seeking relief from musculoskeletal concerns and enhanced stabilization during sports activities.
Swaarm is a performance-based marketing platform founded in Berlin in September 2020 by Yogeeta Chainani and Alexandru Dumitru. With over a decade of technology experience each, the co-founders established Swaarm with a focus on simplicity, affordability, and collaboration. The platform offers a comprehensive solution for agencies, advertisers, and networks to manage, track, analyze, and optimize their marketing campaigns effectively. Unlike existing market offerings that often provide limited data insights and require extensive manual processes, Swaarm is designed to address these challenges. It features an intuitive interface and powerful data-driven campaign automation, enabling users to monitor and enhance their marketing efforts in real-time. By streamlining these processes, Swaarm aims to facilitate profitable growth for its clients while delivering a cost-effective alternative in the adtech industry.
Vantik GmbH is a Berlin-based startup founded in 2017 that specializes in providing digital private pension products tailored for millennials, young professionals, and freelancers. The company offers a user-friendly online platform and application for retirement planning services, allowing customers to manage their savings flexibly. Vantik's innovative approach incorporates a peer-based safety buffer, enabling users to adjust their savings rates as needed. The company aims to inspire young individuals to prioritize saving for their future through a simple and secure pension solution that aligns with their dynamic lifestyles.
Rebike Mobility
Series B in 2021
rebike1 GmbH, established in 2018 and located in Krailling, Germany, operates a platform for buying and selling used electric bikes (e-bikes). The company sources new e-bikes from prominent manufacturers such as Winora/Haibike, Husqvarna, Flyer, KTM, and Orbea, which are rented to businesses and consumers before being refurbished and sold with a two-year warranty. Additionally, rebike1 acquires used e-bikes from rental stations and retailers, refurbishes them, and markets them to consumers. In Oberstdorf, a popular tourist destination near Munich, rebike1 manages the largest e-bike rental station in the region. The company, which employs 18 people, is expanding its rental services under the brand ebike1verleih in collaboration with local bike shops in various tourist areas.
Talentspace
Seed Round in 2020
TalentSpace GmbH is a Berlin-based company that operates an online recruiting event platform designed to enhance the recruitment process. Founded in 2017, TalentSpace enables users to attend and engage in virtual career events, allowing them to connect with various companies seeking talent. The platform aims to replicate the authentic experience of in-person recruiting, making opportunities more accessible to job seekers. Employers can utilize the platform to search for candidate profiles before and after events, facilitating effective talent engagement and measurable hiring outcomes.
Rebike Mobility
Series A in 2019
rebike1 GmbH, established in 2018 and located in Krailling, Germany, operates a platform for buying and selling used electric bikes (e-bikes). The company sources new e-bikes from prominent manufacturers such as Winora/Haibike, Husqvarna, Flyer, KTM, and Orbea, which are rented to businesses and consumers before being refurbished and sold with a two-year warranty. Additionally, rebike1 acquires used e-bikes from rental stations and retailers, refurbishes them, and markets them to consumers. In Oberstdorf, a popular tourist destination near Munich, rebike1 manages the largest e-bike rental station in the region. The company, which employs 18 people, is expanding its rental services under the brand ebike1verleih in collaboration with local bike shops in various tourist areas.
snabBus
Seed Round in 2019
snabBus brings together travelers and bus companies for a unique chartered-bus experience.
UpsellGuru
Venture Round in 2019
UpsellGuru is a company that specializes in enhancing hotel revenue through its innovative up-selling system. The platform enables hotels to offer guests the opportunity to bid on room upgrades before their arrival, thereby increasing revenue from both room and service sales. By providing discounted rates for higher room categories and additional services such as breakfast and transportation, UpsellGuru helps minimize free upgrades and enhances guest satisfaction. The system is designed to integrate seamlessly with various Property Management Systems (PMS), automating the process and ensuring excellent results. Top-performing hotels using UpsellGuru have reported achieving up-selling revenues of up to €16,000 per month.
Autengo
Venture Round in 2019
Autengo is a provider of Software-as-a-Service solutions tailored for car dealerships, offering a comprehensive product and service cloud that enhances sales and marketing efforts. The company has developed a dealer management platform that digitizes essential functions of the car trade, including vehicle inventory management, and integrates various additional services and partnerships. This approach facilitates increased operational efficiency for car dealers, allowing them to effectively monitor and manage their vehicle inventory. With over 500 enterprise customers and more than 2 million euros raised, Autengo's capabilities have positioned it as a significant player in the automotive sector, culminating in its acquisition by Alzura, a prominent European B2B marketplace for the automotive aftermarket.
Baqend
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Baqend develops Speed Kit, a SaaS plugin solution to accelerate e-commerce websites by more than 50% within 2 days. Baqend is a research spin-off from the University of Hamburg on the mission of building a web without loading times. The founders pioneered a novel approach to speed up the delivery of dynamic data. Speed Kit bundles years of this research in a plugin for large-scale e-commerce and brand websites, that is easily implemented by just a line of JavaScript code. Today, some of the leading European e-commerce players like Decathlon, Galeria, and BMW already rely on Speed Kit to improve their conversion rates, user experience, and SEO ranking. Since the product’s speed uplift is cleanly proven by statistically sound A/B-tests, Baqend is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in Germany.
Vantik GmbH is a Berlin-based startup founded in 2017 that specializes in providing digital private pension products tailored for millennials, young professionals, and freelancers. The company offers a user-friendly online platform and application for retirement planning services, allowing customers to manage their savings flexibly. Vantik's innovative approach incorporates a peer-based safety buffer, enabling users to adjust their savings rates as needed. The company aims to inspire young individuals to prioritize saving for their future through a simple and secure pension solution that aligns with their dynamic lifestyles.
Loopline Systems
Venture Round in 2018
Loopline Systems GmbH is an HR technology company based in Berlin, Germany, founded in 2014. It specializes in developing software solutions aimed at enhancing employee feedback and performance management. The company's flagship products include Loop Now, a cloud-based platform that facilitates continuous employee surveys and 360-degree feedback, as well as OKR (Objectives and Key Results) management. Additionally, Loopline offers tools for conducting feedback meetings, performance reviews, and fostering employee development. By automating and digitizing feedback and appraisal processes, Loopline Systems aims to increase productivity and boost employee engagement, aligning individual development with overall business growth.
Seven Lanes
Series A in 2018
Seven Lanes GmbH, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, operates as a career marketplace that connects highly qualified professionals with employers across Europe. The company specializes in online recruitment and job listing services, catering to approximately 10% of Europe’s knowledge workers. It offers a diverse range of job opportunities, including permanent, work-from-home, and freelance positions primarily in online marketing, data science and analytics, product and design, and software engineering. With additional offices in major German cities such as Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, and Cologne, Seven Lanes emphasizes a commitment to delivering objective guidance and an exceptional user experience for both candidates and employers.
JustWatch
Pre Seed Round in 2017
JustWatch is an online streaming search engine that helps users find where to watch movies legally across various platforms, including Netflix, Hulu, and iTunes. The service allows users to search, filter, and compare prices, thereby streamlining the search and discovery process for entertainment content. Users can customize their settings using intuitive filters based on streaming providers, genres, or release years. JustWatch is optimized for tablets and smartphones, but it is also accessible on laptops and computers. The service is free for users, while its business model focuses on helping movie studios reach their target audiences through a fully integrated advertising technology stack. This approach aims to enhance the efficiency of movie marketing for advertisers while providing a more valuable experience for users.
Sapaso GmbH, founded in 2015 and based in Cologne, Germany, operates an online payment platform that specializes in the management of membership fees. The company provides comprehensive services that include payment processing, dunning, and receivables management. Additionally, Sapaso offers analysis of payment flows and accounting to help clients prevent payment losses and reduce administrative burdens. Its unique approach extends to non-digitized businesses, enabling them to access modern payment processing solutions. The platform is secure and compatible with various member software, allowing for the efficient transfer and processing of debit files. By outsourcing administrative tasks, Sapaso enhances operational efficiency and minimizes the risk of default for its clients.
Ottonova is a digital health insurance provider that simplifies the process of obtaining and managing health coverage. The company offers an online platform designed to enhance transparency in health care, allowing users to easily arrange doctor's appointments, find appropriate specialists, and access comprehensive information about health and insurance options. Ottonova’s services include private health insurance products with reasonable rates and flexible plans, empowering customers to make informed decisions regarding their health care needs. By positioning itself as a reliable health partner, Ottonova aims to improve the everyday experiences of its clients while addressing long-term health management.
Ottonova is a digital health insurance provider that simplifies the process of obtaining and managing health coverage. The company offers an online platform designed to enhance transparency in health care, allowing users to easily arrange doctor's appointments, find appropriate specialists, and access comprehensive information about health and insurance options. Ottonova’s services include private health insurance products with reasonable rates and flexible plans, empowering customers to make informed decisions regarding their health care needs. By positioning itself as a reliable health partner, Ottonova aims to improve the everyday experiences of its clients while addressing long-term health management.
Seven Lanes
Seed Round in 2016
Seven Lanes GmbH, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany, operates as a career marketplace that connects highly qualified professionals with employers across Europe. The company specializes in online recruitment and job listing services, catering to approximately 10% of Europe’s knowledge workers. It offers a diverse range of job opportunities, including permanent, work-from-home, and freelance positions primarily in online marketing, data science and analytics, product and design, and software engineering. With additional offices in major German cities such as Hamburg, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, and Cologne, Seven Lanes emphasizes a commitment to delivering objective guidance and an exceptional user experience for both candidates and employers.
Movinga GmbH is a Berlin-based logistics technology company that offers an online platform for relocation and moving services. Established in 2015, it enables customers to find and book movers from a variety of listed logistics service providers, catering to both private individuals and businesses. Movinga focuses on delivering a transparent and user-friendly booking process, providing comprehensive advice from personal relocation advisors, as well as ensuring loading, transport, and transport insurance through dedicated removal teams. The company's vertically integrated approach aims to optimize the moving process for users while supporting medium-sized moving companies by allowing them to list their services on the platform.
Ampido GmbH is a Cologne-based company that operates an online platform designed to help users find and rent parking spaces. The application enables users to locate available parking spots, including private driveways, garages, and designated parking areas, directly through their smartphones. Ampido facilitates both short-term and long-term rentals, allowing property owners to list their parking spaces while offering customers a diverse selection of options to meet their parking needs. Through its innovative approach, Ampido addresses the challenges of urban parking by providing a user-friendly solution for both parking space owners and those in search of convenient parking.
carsale24
Series A in 2012
Carsale24 is an innovative online platform that facilitates the sale of cars by allowing individuals to sell their vehicles free of charge through competitive bid rounds with certified used car dealers. The platform specializes in providing a digitalized auction experience, streamlining the car trade-in process. Additionally, Carsale24 offers users assistance in both buying and selling used cars, which includes services for car valuation and advertising. This integrated approach aims to enhance the overall efficiency and transparency of the used car market, benefiting both sellers and dealers alike.