LEVERAGING ENTREPRENEURIAL AMBITION
As an entrepreneurial-minded multi-stage private equity and venture capital firm LEA Partners funds and supports ambitious B2B Tech founders and executives by leveraging them with practical, hands-on growth expertise to achieve market leadership.
As an entrepreneurial-minded multi-stage private equity and venture capital firm LEA Partners funds and supports ambitious B2B Tech founders and executives by leveraging them with practical, hands-on growth expertise to achieve market leadership.
Location: Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2002
Investment Type: Private Equity Firm; Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Private Equity
Portfolio 54
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 09.08.2026 | refyne | refyne-group.com | - | - |
| 18.02.2026 | little bir... | little-bird.de | - | - |
| 18.02.2026 | ORCA Group | orca.group | - | - |
| 27.11.2025 | NEXOWARE | nexoware.com | - | - |
| 20.11.2025 | Bliro | bliro.io | - | - |
| 20.11.2025 | Moonwatt | moonwatt.com | $8.39M | - |
| 20.11.2025 | Gyde | gyde.io | - | Germany, B... |
| 09.11.2025 | Atlas Bio | atlas.bio | - | - |
| 05.11.2025 | TAC | tac.eu.com | - | - |
| 03.10.2025 | SEPPmail | seppmail.com | - | - |
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Persons 50
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Felix | Wiese | Analyst | linkedin.c... | - | f*********... | - |
| - | Laura | Schäfer | Business D... | linkedin.c... | - | l*********... | - |
| - | Philipp | Hertel | Partner | linkedin.c... | - | p*********... | - |
| - | Linda | Schmalbroc... | Head of Su... | linkedin.c... | - | l*********... | - |
| - | Rebecca | Alfano | Executive ... | - | r*********... | - | |
| - | Kilian | Mayer | Principal | linkedin.c... | - | k*********... | - |
| - | Nils | Berger | Partner | linkedin.c... | - | n*********... | - |
| - | Alexi | Malikotsin... | Principal | linkedin.c... | - | a*********... | - |
| - | Philipp | Joggerst | Finance Ma... | linkedin.c... | - | p*********... | - |
| - | Sara | Schneider | Venture Fu... | - | - | - |
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News 57
| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.02.2026 | - | Karlsruhe/Berlin/Würzburg/Freiburg, February 12, 2026: Little Bird Group was formed through the merger of four established software companies (LITTLE BIRD, KIKOM, Stay Informed, Kita-Planer), uniting their expertise under one umbrella. Thi... |
| 28.11.2025 | - | Karlsruhe/Ulm, November 27, 2025: LEA Partners ("LEA"), a leading growth partner for B2B SaaS companies, announces the formation of NEXOWARE. The strategic combination of four specialized software providers creates an integrated p... |
| 08.11.2025 | - | Karlsruhe/Hartberg, November 5, 2025: LEA becomes the new shareholder of TAC, the leading provider of software solutions for hotel spas, pools and fitness clubs headquartered in Hartberg (Austria). LEA is a leading strategic growth partner ... |
| 15.10.2025 | - | Karlsruhe/Neuenhof, September 18, 2025: SEPPmail, a leading provider of email security in the DACH region, brings LEA, a leading partner for B2B SaaS companies, on board as a strategic growth partner. After years of successful organic growt... |
| 13.07.2025 | - | Neubeuern/Karlsruhe, July 10, 2024: ORCA Software GmbH ("ORCA"), based in Neubeuern and a leading German software company in the construction industry, is undergoing a change of ownership. The founder and sole shareholder of ORCA... |
| 12.04.2022 | - | Transaction marks already the fourth realization achieved by LEA’s EUR 200 million B2B tech fund focusing on software companies in the DACH region |
| 12.04.2022 | zvoove further expands market leadership in Europe through merger with Dutch SaaS provider Pivoton | Pivoton becomes part of the zvoove Group – Accelerated expansion of zvoove's market leadership in the European market for temporary staffing software – Excellent prospects for Pivoton's customers and employees |
| 24.03.2022 | - | |
| 19.01.2022 | AOE secures 13 million EUR investment from LEA Partners to fuel international growth and expansion of its OM³ Airport Suite | Karlsruhe, January 11th 2017 – AOE, a leading global provider of services and Enterprise Open Source solutions for digital transformation and digital business models, today announced a 13 million EUR investment from German private equity fi... |
| 19.01.2022 | Supported by LEA Partners, PROCAD, keytech and ACATEC join forces to create one of the leading software vendors for the digitalization of product lifecycle management | The merger further accelerates the development of highly efficient, user-friendly PLM solutions with a low code/no code approach, as part of a continued buy and build strategy |
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Mentions in press and media 29
| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.08.2026 | Private-Equity backed SEPPmail acquires CyberPilot | SEPPmail AG has acquired the Danish company CyberPilot ApS, based in Aarhus. With this acquisition, the email security specialist extends its offering beyond technical protection for the first time and addresses the subject of human risk. ... |
| 24.07.2026 | +++ Venture Capital +++ Fresenius Ventures +++ BW-Capital +++ Scalable Capital +++ FUSION +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Freitag, 24. Juli). #STARTUPLAND: NUR DER FRÜHE VOGEL SPART! STARTUPLAND is where the future begings +++ Sch... |
| 15.07.2026 | Ardian übernimmt Pflegia – VisualLogix kauft refyne – Apryse übernimmt PDF Tools | Im #DealMonitor für den 15. Juli werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 02.11.2025 | AI's Light Speed Revolution: Q.ANT Secures $80M for Photonic Future | Q.ANT, a Stuttgart-based deep-tech leader, dramatically expanded its Series A funding to $80 million. Duquesne Family Office, Stanley F. Druckenmiller’s investment firm, joined this significant round. Q.ANT pioneers photonic processors, usi... |
| 01.11.2025 | Q.ANT: Series A Funding Expanded To $80 Million Following Duquesne Family Office Investment | Q.ANT, a Stuttgart-based deep-tech company pioneering photonic processing for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC), has expanded its Series A funding round to a total of $80 million following an additional inves... |
| 30.10.2025 | Q.ANT secures additional investment from Duquesne Family Office, bringing total funding to $80M | Stuttgart-based Q.ANT, a pioneer in photonic processing for artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC), announced the second closing of its Series A, bringing total funding to $80 million. The additional investment ca... |
| 24.07.2025 | Photonics Powers AI: Q.ANT Secures €62 Million To Reshape Computing's Future | Q.ANT secures €62 million for photonic processors, transforming AI and high-performance computing. These innovative, light-based chips deliver up to 50x higher performance and 30x greater energy efficiency than traditional systems. They rad... |
| 24.07.2025 | Gixel bekommt 5 Millionen – Droidrun erhält 2,1 Millionen – Rail-Flow und Simply Deliver fusionieren | Im #DealMonitor für den 24. Juli werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-Arc... |
| 17.07.2025 | German photonic processing scale-up Q.ANT raises €62 million in largest round for photonic computing in Europe | Stuttgart-based Q.ANT, an innovator in photonic processing, today announced a €62 million Series A financing round to accelerate the commercialisation of its energy-efficient photonic processors for AI and high-performance computing (HPC). ... |
| 17.07.2025 | Fiber Elements raises €2.6M to replace steel reinforcement with basalt fiber technology | Austrian-based Fiber Elements, a startup specialising in automated basalt fiber manufacturing for the construction industry, has raised €2.6 million in seed funding. Fiber Elements, founded in 2023 by architect-turned-entrepreneur Wolfgang ... |
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