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Determined entrepreneurs, partnered all the way.

37 Portcos

€ 1-3 M

Up to €12M

DACH-Focus

Who we back.

Active
Seed

Aleph Alpha - Cohere

Develops specialized language models and AI solutions for enterprises and public institutions.

Founder

Jonas Andrulis and Samuel Weinbach

Partnered

2020

HQ

Heidelberg, DE

Sector

AI

Active
Seed

Andaris (formerly TryElement)

Modernises legacy mainframes into maintainable systems you fully own, module by module.

Founder

Lukas Marienfeld, Alexander Wiener and Julian Zeller

Partnered

2026

HQ

Lübeck, DE

Sector

Software

Active
Pre-Seed

AskUI

Enterprise agentic test automation for HMI.

Founder

Jonas Menesklou and Dominik Klotz

Partnered

2021

HQ

Karlsruhe, DE

Sector

AI

Active
Seed

Assemblio

AI that turns CAD geometry into shop-floor work instructions operators actually follow.

Founder

Dr. Alexander Neb, Florian Strieg, Greg Rauhöft and Dr. Jens Popper

Partnered

2024

HQ

Stuttgart, DE

Sector

Software

Active
Pre-Seed

Atlas Bio

Computational biology platform modelling protein-ligand interactions for small-molecule drug discovery.

Founder

Simon Romanski and Sebastian Bayer

Partnered

2024

HQ

Basel, CH

Sector

Commercializing Science

Active
Pre-Seed

Baseline Robotics

Benchmarks and robot interaction data for physical AI training.

Founder

Georges Pantalos

Partnered

2026

HQ

Zurich, CH

Sector

Commercializing Science

Active
Series-A

Black Forest Labs

Open research lab building generative image and diffusion foundation models.

Founder

Robin Rombach, Andreas Blattmann and Patrick Esser

Partnered

2024

HQ

Freiburg, DE

Sector

AI

Active
Seed

Bliro

AI meeting intelligence that transcribes, summarises and enriches CRM data, local-first.

Founder

Maurice Schweitzer and Martin Thoma

Partnered

2024

HQ

Munich, DE

Sector

Software

Active
Seed

Cardisio

Non-invasive diagnostics that flag heart disease decades before traditional imaging.

Founder

Meik Baumeister and Klaus Tenderich

Partnered

2022

HQ

Frankfurt, DE

Sector

Commercializing Science

Active
Pre-Seed

Chaser Robotics

A confidence layer for robotic models that predicts failures before they happen and triggers human correction.

Founder

Xiaogang Jia, Yufeng Jin and Jianfei Guo

Partnered

2026

HQ

Karlsruhe, DE

Sector

Commercializing Science

Active
Seed

Codesphere

Cloud platform that deploys and scales apps without DevOps, including air-gapped setups.

Founder

Elias Schneider and Jonas Zipprick

Partnered

2021

HQ

Karlsruhe, DE

Sector

Software

Active
Pre-Seed

Daedalus

Precision parts manufacturing: software-defined micro-factories producing mechanical components at the speed of code.

Founder

Jonas Schneider

Partnered

2020

HQ

Karlsruhe, DE

Sector

AI

Active
Pre-Seed

Daisytuner

Compiler platform that optimises code to run across CPUs, GPUs and accelerators without rewrites.

Founder

Lukas Trümper and Adrian Schmitz

Partnered

2025

HQ

Darmstadt, DE

Sector

Software

Active
Seed

Dyno

Digitises company pension schemes (betriebliche Altersvorsorge) for German employers and staff.

Founder

Mark Karkossa and Luis Weber

Partnered

2023

HQ

Offenburg, DE

Sector

Software

Active
Pre-Seed

enabl

Autonomous forklifts for warehouses and intralogistics.

Founder

Julian Jacob, Johannes Schantz, Nik Schmidt and Pedro Romano

Partnered

2023

HQ

Karlsruhe, DE

Sector

AI

Active
Seed

Fiber Elements

Robotic composite manufacturing that automates carbon-fibre lay-up at industrial scale.

Founder

Wolfgang Fiel

Partnered

2025

HQ

Leoben, AT

Sector

Commercializing Science

Active
Seed

Flip

Mobile-first frontline employee app bringing the digital workspace to the 80% of workers who don't sit at a desk.

Founder

Benedikt Brand and Giacomo Keller

Partnered

2020

HQ

Stuttgart, DE

Sector

Software

Active
Seed

Flowers

No-code workflow automation that digitises invoice approval and contracts for SMBs.

Founder

Andreas Martin and Daniel Vöckler

Partnered

2022

HQ

Munich, DE

Sector

Software

Active
Seed

Gendo

AI rendering tool for architects that turns concept sketches into photorealistic images fast.

Founder

George Proud and Will Jones

Partnered

2024

HQ

London, UK

Sector

AI

Active
Seed

Gixel

Develops augmented-reality display and optics technology for smart glasses.

Founder

Miro Taphanel, Felix Wing and Ding Luo

Partnered

2025

HQ

Karlsruhe, DE

Sector

Commercializing Science

Active
Pre-Seed

Goya

Automates back-office finance and digital factoring for medical practices.

Founder

Jannik Fritz and Markus Leyrer

Partnered

2022

HQ

Heidelberg, DE

Sector

Software

Active
Seed

Gyde

Mobile training and upskilling software for blue-collar and frontline industrial workers.

Founder

Lukas Heinzmann, Omar Sanches

Partnered

2024

HQ

Stuttgart, DE

Sector

Software

Active
Pre-Seed

hzero

The foundational software layer for hybrid quantum-classical computing.

Founder

Bruno Taketani and Martin Rüfenacht

Partnered

2026

HQ

Munich, DE

Sector

Commercializing Science

Active
Seed

Loki Robotics

Autonomous robots that clean commercial restrooms the way a person would.

Founder

Miks Ozols and Antonio Arbues

Partnered

2026

HQ

Zurich, CH

Sector

Commercializing Science

Active
Series-A

Midpage

AI for legal research and drafting that helps lawyers find case law and build arguments faster.

Founder

Otto von Zastrow-Marcks

Partnered

2022

HQ

New York, USA

Sector

AI

Active
Seed

Moonwatt

Battery storage systems designed specifically for solar power.

Founder

Zukui Hu, Guillaume Mancini and Valentin Rota

Partnered

2024

HQ

Amsterdam, NL

Sector

Commercializing Science

Active
Seed

neoBIM

AI-driven BIM software that automates architectural design and generates 3D models and drawings.

Founder

Florian Marthaler and Moritz Luck

Partnered

2025

HQ

Karlsruhe, DE

Sector

AI

Active
Seed

Paretos

AI that optimises enterprise decisions across demand forecasting and supply-chain planning.

Founder

Thorsten Heilig and Fabian Rang

Partnered

2021

HQ

Heidelberg, DE

Sector

AI

Active
Series-A

Q.ANT

Photonic processors that run AI and HPC workloads natively in light instead of electrons, cutting energy use and heat.

Founder

Dr. Michael Förtsch

Partnered

2025

HQ

Stuttgart, DE

Sector

Commercializing Science

Active
Seed

Quality Match

Verifies, monitors, and improves the quality of datasets for computer vision and machine learning.

Founder

Daniel Kondermann, Mirko Schmidt, Sascha Lange, Jemima Hastings

Partnered

2020

HQ

Heidelberg, DE

Sector

AI

Active
Seed

SafeAD

Camera-based perception and HD mapping for autonomous driving that works without pre-made maps.

Founder

Julius Kümmerle, Tilman Kühner and Niels Ole Salscheider

Partnered

2025

HQ

Karlsruhe, DE

Sector

Commercializing Science

Exit
Series-A

Sevdesk

Cloud accounting and invoicing software that automates bookkeeping for freelancers and small businesses.

Founder

Fabian Silberer and Marco Reinbold

Partnered

2017

HQ

Offenburg, DE

Sector

Software

Active
Seed

Smart Steel Technologies

AI software that optimises production planning and quality across the steel manufacturing process chain.

Founder

Dr. Falk-Florian Henrich

Partnered

2019

HQ

Berlin, DE

Sector

AI

Active
Seed

TURN2X

Renewable methane from CO2 and green hydrogen, a drop-in fuel for the existing gas grid.

Founder

Philip Kessler, Dr. Dominik Schollenberger and Benedikt Stolz

Partnered

2024

HQ

Munich, DE

Sector

Commercializing Science

Exit
Seed

understandAI

Data annotation for autonomous driving.

Founder

Marc Mengler and Philip Kessler

Partnered

2017

HQ

Karlsruhe, DE

Sector

AI

Active
Seed

Workist

AI that turns B2B orders and invoices into structured ERP data.

Founder

Tim Wegner, Alexander Müller and Fabian Brosig

Partnered

2020

HQ

Berlin, DE

Sector

AI

Active
Series-A

Workwise

Runs a digital recruiting platform for SMEs, pairing candidate matching with hiring consulting.

Founder

Martin Trenkle and Jannik Keller

Partnered

2022

HQ

Karlsruhe, DE

Sector

Software

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