Berlin VCs 🇩🇪

THE GUIDE to the Berlin Venture Capital Scene. Fueled by a thriving startup culture, global talent, and a network of top-tier funds, Berlin has become Europe’s capital of early-stage innovation. Home to breakout sectors like fintech, SaaS, AI, climate tech, and consumer, the city attracts ambitious founders and active VCs from across the globe. With strong public support, diverse co-working hubs, and a high density of capital across all stages, Berlin continues to lead the way for scalable innovation in Europe. Did I miss anyone? Reach out here.

VC´s in Berlin 🇩🇪

Early to Late stage VCs

Earlybird

Intro: Pan-European tech VC with a strong Berlin and Munich hub founded in 1997. Pre-Seed to Series A founders in emerging tech – from fintech to nuclear fusion. Sectors: Deep tech, healthtech, fintech, SaaS. Ticket size: €1 M–20 M+. Notable investments: UiPath, N26, isar areospace, sennder, smava,

Project A Ventures

Intro: Berlin-based operational VC with dedicated support teams. Sectors: e‑commerce, SaaS, healthtech. Ticket size: €1 M–10 M. Notable investments: Trade Republic, Spryker.

Cherry Ventures

Intro: Founded by Zalando/Spotify alums—Berlin early‑stage expert. Sectors: E-commerce, software, fintech, climate tech. Notable investments: FlixBus, Auto1.

HV Capital

Intro: Major German multi-stage VC with Berlin presence. Sectors: Tech, e‑commerce, SaaS. Ticket size: €0.5 M–60 M. Notable investments: Delivery Hero, HelloFresh, Penta.

Point Nine Capital

Intro: Berlin micro‑VC specializing in SaaS & B2B marketplaces. Sectors: SaaS, marketplaces, mobile. Notable investments: Delivery Hero, Clio, Zendesk.

La Famiglia VC

Intro: Gegründet 2016 und 2023 zu General Catalyst in Berlin und München umgezogen – Betreibt jedoch kein Büro in München. Sectors: B2B‑Tech – KI/ML, Logistik/Supply, FinTech/InsurTech, Sustainability, Industrie 4.0. Ticket size: Bis zu €5 M Seed; Wachstum via Growth‑Fond (~€90 M). Notable investments: Personio, Deel, Forto, Y42, Sweep, Buynomics, Ethon.ai.

High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH

Intro: Germany’s leading seed fund & follow-on investor. Sectors: Deep tech, industrial tech, life sciences. Notable Investment: Proxima Fusion, Ineratec, Mister Spex.

EQT Partners

Intro: EQT Ventures is a multi-stage, sector-agnostic fund firm investing in entrepreneurs who are building the next generation of global winners with 1.1 billion euro invested. Sector: Sector agnostic Ticket size: Notable Investments: Flix, Netlify, Wolt, and Beamery

Speedinvest (Berlin)

Intro: Pan-European early-stage VC founded in Vienna (2011), with key offices including Berlin and Munich. Sectors: Deep Tech, Fintech, Health & TechBio, Climate & Industrial Tech, Marketplaces & Consumer, SaaS & Infra. Ticket size: €700K–1.3M initial checks. Notable investments: Bitpanda, GoStudent, TIER Mobility, Wefox, CoachHub, Schüttflix, Adverity, TWAICE.

Atlantic Labs

Intro: Visionary founder-first VC led by Christophe Maire. Sectors: AI, mobility, digital health, fintech. Notable investments: Beat81, Softr, Zenjobs, Metwing, GetyourGuide, SoundCloud, Choco.

Fly Ventures

Intro: From day-zero to seed, backing founders from all over Europe Sectors: Hard tech, deep tech. Notable investments: 9Fin, Orbital, Wayve, Gitbutler,

BlueYard Capital

Intro: BlueYard invests in in Computation & Intelligence, Engineering, Aerospace & Defense, Biology & Chemistry & Crypto. Ticket size: $500K – $5M in pre‑seed to Series ‌‌A‌‌ rounds as a lead or co‑lead investor‌‌.‌‌ Sectors: Blockchain, Web3, biotech, decentralised infra. Notable investments: Delivery Hero, Vectary, Meatable.

Heartcore Capital

Intro: Pan‑European early‑stage VC with a dedicated Berlin office since 2024. Sectors: Consumer tech, future of work, sustainability, synthetic biology, space, Web3, health, travel, climate tech. Ticket size: €1.5 M–3 M per round, with growth follow-on funds (€50 M Opportunity, €170 M Fund V). Notable investments: Ethereum, GetourGuide, tink, Peakon

APX venture

Intro: VC-backed builder by Axel Springer & Porsche. Sectors: Multi‑sector early-stage. Ticket size: €0.05 M–0.5 M. Notable investments: Ridebee, Cyclio, Eleos.

Target Global

Intro: Pan‑European tech VC founded in 2012 with HQ in Berlin. Sectors: Fintech, marketplaces, SaaS, AI/ML, e-commerce, travel, insurtech, proptech, pet tech. Ticket size: €250K–€50M across stages. Notable investments: Delivery Hero, Revolut, Auto1, Rapyd, Copper, Wefox, Flink, TravelPerk, Zego, Cazoo."

IBB Ventures

Intro: Berlin government-backed early‑stage fund. Sectors: Tech & creative industries. Ticket size: €0.2 M–1 M. Notable investments: (Public portfolio)

Global Founders Capital

Intro: Rockets internet investment arm based in Berlin. Sectors: All major tech verticals. Notable investments: Adjust, FlixBus, CureVac.

World Fund

Intro: Berlin HQ’d climate tech fund (also office in Munich). Sectors: Climate tech/cleantech. Notable investments: IQM, Customcells, CYLIB, Farmless

JOIN Capital

Intro: Berlin deep-tech & enterprise tech VC. I Sectors: Industry 4.0, enterprise software. Ticket size: $1 M–10 M. Notable investments: Codacy, CloudNC.

Lunar Ventures

Intro: Deep-tech Berlin VC launched 2017. Sectors: AI/ML, cybersecurity, blockchain, health. Ticket size: €0.3 M–1 M. Notable investments: Hathora, Mutable, Kyso.

identity.vc

Intro: Berlin-based VC firm focused on supporting underrepresented LGBTQ+ founders across Europe. Sectors: Sector-agnostic, with investments across AI, e-commerce, sustainability, health, and SaaS. Notable Investments: Frontnow, Omni, eco.mio, Paxton.AI.

bmp Ventures AG

Intro: Berlin-based VC with over 25 years of experience and additional Magdeburg presence. Sectors: Digital solutions, life sciences & eHealth, industry & deep tech, media & gaming, cleantech & mobility, fintech & legaltech. Ticket size: From €500K seed to €15M per round; up to €15M total per company. Notable investments: Immunic, Therapeutics, Tesvolt, Twinner, Solar Materials, InLine-Med, Raydiax.

caesar.

Intro: Munich-based VC founded in 2023 by Carolin Gabor, Gregor Unger, Sebastian Büchte in 2023 with second office in Berlin, focusing on sustainable tech and purpose-driven entrepreneurship. Sectors: Deep tech, greentech, digital health, fintech. Stage: Pre-Seed und Seed. Notable investments: Lucid Genomics, Venmate, VITAS, FireDome, Vamo und Freshflow

NAP

Intro: Berlin-based VC spun out of Cavalry; relaunched as NAP in 2025 with a refined, founder-centric approach. Sectors: B2B software, industrial platforms, frontier tech, enterprise. Notable investments: Aleph Alpha, Ampeco, Flip, PlanRadar, Spread, Usercentrics.

Merantix Capital

Intro: Berlin-based AI venture studio and early‑stage VC founded 2016. Operates the Merantix AI Campus as Europe’s largest dedicated AI hub. Sectors: AI-first applications across healthtech, fintech, industrial AI, legal, ESG. Notable investments: Vara, Cambrium, Company Shield, Libra (legal AI), Plus external AI startups since 2023.

b2ventures

Intro: Pan-European seed investor with office in Berlin and MunichMunich. Sectors: AI, fintech, logistics, climate tech. Notable Investment: SumUp, DeepL, Quanta, 1Komma5°.

Redstone

Intro: Pan-European early-stage VC founded in 2014 with offices in Helsinki, Munich and Zurich. Experienced VC with 100+ Investments. Sectors: Fintech, medtech, deep tech, greentech, SaaS, industrial software. Notable investments: Thermondo, Qwist, and Careloop, Finanzguru.

IRIS

Intro: Paris‑origin, Franco‑German VC with established offices in Berlin and Munich. Sectors: Fintech, InsurTech, Enterprise Tech, Industry 4.0, Supply Chain, E‑commerce, Sustainability. Notable investments: Adjust, reBuy, Searchmetrics, Forto, LeanIX, Getsafe, Careem, Exotec.

Visionaries Tomorrow

Intro: Berlin-based climate deep-tech fund spun out of Visionaries Club in 2024. Sectors: Industrial climate tech, energy, advanced materials, clean industry, carbon removal. Notable investments: Proxima Fusion, Cosmic Aerospace, Radical Dot.

Ananda Impact Ventures

Intro: Munich-founded impact VCwith offices in Berlin and London. Sectors: Digital health, education, ageing, future of work, sustainable consumption—primarily B2B. Notable investments: Auticon, Company Bike Solutions, VerbaVoice, Careship, HomeTouch, Talea, OroraTech, NatureMetrics, IESO Digital Health, Klim.

Extantia

Intro: Berlin-based climate-tech VC founded in 2020. Sectors: Climate tech generalist investing across software and hardware solutions focused on industrial decarbonization, clean energy, advanced materials, carbon removal, and circular economy. Notable investments: Reverion (carbon-negative power plants), INERATEC (e-fuels), BeZero (carbon ratings), MAGNOTHERM, H2Pro, GA Drilling.

Planet A

Intro: Berlin-based impact VC founded in 2020, led by founders & scientists with a strong science-driven investment method. Sectors: European GreenTech—agriculture, energy, manufacturing, mobility, waste & circular economy. Notable investments: traceless materials, Ineratec, C1, GA Drilling, 44.01, CarbonRe, Makersite, Wildplastic, goodcarbon, Podero.

AENU

Intro: Berlin-based Article 9 climate tech fund founded in 2022 by brothers Fabian & Ferry Heilemann. Sectors: Energy transition, carbon economy, clean tech (DAC, e-charging, sustainable materials). Notable investments: Alcemy (low-carbon cement), Monta (EV charging), Ocell (CO₂ monitoring), Trawa (industrial energy efficiency), HomeTree.

Revent - backing purpose-driven founders

Intro: Berlin-based early-stage VC founded in 2021, focused on mission-critical systemic change. Sectors: Energy transition, industrial decarbonisation, healthcare, reskilling, climate, societal empowerment. <br>Ticket size: €500K–3M initial, with ~50% reserved for follow-on. Notable investments: Avelios Medical, Sylvera, Tem Energy, Granular Energy, +26 others from Fund I; currently deploying €100M Fund II using their “Real Value Framework” to assess societal + planetary impact.

Xange

Intro: Franco‑German VC founded in 2004, headquartered in Paris with offices in Berlin, Munich, and Brussels. Sectors: Deep tech, SaaS, fintech, consumer tech, digital, impact-focused. Notable investments: Ledger, Odoo, Lydia, Believe, Deposit Solutions, Flink, Tomorro, Vertical Compute.

Peak

Amsterdam-founded, Berlin-based early-stage VC running a fully funded model by entrepreneurs since 2008. Sectors: SaaS, marketplaces, platforms (B2B, B2C, B2B2C, C2C). Notable investments: IENS (Tripadvisor exit), Radionomy, CheapCargo, United Wardrobe (Vinted exit), Catawiki, Lleverage, OpusFlow.

Future Energy Ventures

Intro: Berlin-based climate-tech investor spun out from E.ON/innogy in 2016, now fully independent with Fund II closing at €110M (target €250M). Sectors: Energy transition, future energy, smart cities, frontier climate-tech, AI/IoT-enabled green solutions. Notable investments: Thermondo, Jungle AI, Virta Ltd, Chloris Geospatial, Jua.ai.

Angel Invest

Intro: Angel Invest is Europes most active super angel fund. We do +50 angel investment per year and coach founders to Series A Sector: Technology, mainly AI, Fintech, and DeepTech Notable investments: Portco, Rasa, Usercentrics, Coachhub

Foundamental

Intro: Berlin-based deep-insight VC founded in 2019 as the largest global investor focused on construction tech with Over 70 investments. Sectors: Construction tech, design, 3D printing, logistics, B2B procurement, supply chain tech. Notable Investments: enter, infra.market,

Pace Ventures

Intro: Berlin-based VC founded in 2021, investing in early-stage health-tech and climate-tech ventures across Europe and the US. Sectors: Digital health, medical devices, biotech, climate-tech, clean energy, deep-tech. Notable investments: Neurable, Virtonomy, Aerones, Celeris Therapeutics, Clearly, FabricNano.

Creandum

Intro: Stockholm‑headquartered early-stage VC, with a fully operational Berlin office since 2017. Sectors: fintech, SaaS, consumer internet, deep tech, healthtech. Notable investments: Spotify, Klarna, iZettle, Trade Republic, Taxify, Epidemic Sound.

Vorwerk Ventures

Intro: Independent VC fund spun out from Vorwerk Group in 2019, now fully Berlin-based. Sectors: Consumer, FoodTech, Digital Health, ClimateTech. Notable investments: HelloFresh, Flaschenpost, Thermondo, Ottonova, Everdrop, Planted, Avi Medical, Medkitdoc, Spot My Energy, Alpakas.

FoodLabs

Intro: Berlin-based VC and venture studio founded in 2016 by Christophe F. Maire, focusing on food supply chain, alternative proteins, and climate-smart nutrition technologies. Sectors: Agri-food tech, alternative proteins, vertical farming, digital food supply chains, health, synthetic biology, environmental sustainability. Notable investments: Infinite Roots, Formo, Meatable, Klim, Voltrac, InPlanet, HolySoft, DSB.

VCs in Berlin 🇩🇪

Lightspeed Venture

Intro: Global VC (founded 2000, Silicon Valley) with a permanent Berlin office since 2019 for European expansion. Sectors: Enterprise tech, SaaS, fintech, cloud, consumer, health, deep tech. Notable investments: Personio, Vinted, Grafana, Lightyear, Multiverse, Tripledot Studios.

Lakestar

Intro: Zurich‑based VC founded in 2012 by Klaus Hommels, with a permanent Berlin presence. Sectors: B2B commerce, fintech, healthtech, mobility, logistics, deep tech, consumer tech. Notable investments: Spotify, Klarna, Omio, Sennder, Glovo, GetYourGuide.