GERMAN ENGINEERING CAPITAL.
We invest in break-through technology and business innovations. Globally.
WHAT WE DO
We back ambitious founders and startups applying cutting-edge technology to challenge and re-invent the way of doing business. We believe that superb engineering and radical entrepreneurial thinking is needed to tackle major challenges of the upcoming decades. With our investments we empower startups, which will make a difference both within their industry and beyond.
WHAT WE SEEK
We look out for teams who question the status quo and think big. Our founders should be rigorous executors and creative visionaries who are restless to disrupt their industries. Based in Munich, we support successful early stage and growth phase startups with no geographical limitation.
- Internet of Things
- Machine Intelligence
- Frontier Tech Hardware
- Distributed Ledger Technologies
- Autonomous Systems
- Cyber Security
- New Age enterprise software
WHAT WE OFFER
Through our industrial investor base, we have access to extensive resources (e.g., R&D facilities, global market reach, mass production capabilities). Our portfolio companies can actively leverage our investor’s domain expertise and knowledge base. We want to build bridges and open doors whenever possible.
We invest in break-through technology and business innovations. Globally.
WHAT WE DO
We back ambitious founders and startups applying cutting-edge technology to challenge and re-invent the way of doing business. We believe that superb engineering and radical entrepreneurial thinking is needed to tackle major challenges of the upcoming decades. With our investments we empower startups, which will make a difference both within their industry and beyond.
WHAT WE SEEK
We look out for teams who question the status quo and think big. Our founders should be rigorous executors and creative visionaries who are restless to disrupt their industries. Based in Munich, we support successful early stage and growth phase startups with no geographical limitation.
- Internet of Things
- Machine Intelligence
- Frontier Tech Hardware
- Distributed Ledger Technologies
- Autonomous Systems
- Cyber Security
- New Age enterprise software
WHAT WE OFFER
Through our industrial investor base, we have access to extensive resources (e.g., R&D facilities, global market reach, mass production capabilities). Our portfolio companies can actively leverage our investor’s domain expertise and knowledge base. We want to build bridges and open doors whenever possible.
Location: Germany, Bavaria, Munich
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2015
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 13
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 15.06.2021 | Crate.io | crate.io | $29.11M | Austria, B... |
| - | Micropsi I... | micropsi-industries.com | $36.08M | Germany, B... |
| - | Isar Aeros... | isaraerospace.com | $1.08B | Germany |
| - | SimScale | simscale.com | $58.97M | Germany, B... |
| - | Quantitec | quantitec.de | - | - |
| - | ObjectBox | objectbox.io | $2M | Germany, B... |
| - | Wirepas | wirepas.com | $56.58M | Finland, M... |
| - | Soley | soley.io | - | - |
| - | Wirelane G... | wirelane.com | $32.97M | Germany, B... |
| - | zeuz.io | zeuz.io | - | Germany, B... |
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Mentions in press and media 5
| Date | Title | Description |
| 31.10.2023 | Finland’s Wirepas raises €20.7M to build low-cost wireless IoT networks | Finland’s Wirepas raises €20.7M to build low-cost wireless IoT networks 31 October, 2023, 13:54 Rostyslav Sobachynskyi --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Wirepas, a Tampere-based com... |
| 15.06.2021 | CRATE Technology GmbH announced that it has received $10 million in funding from Draper Esprit plc, Vito Ventures Management GmbH, Flatz & Partners AG | CRATE Technology GmbH announced that it has raised $10 million in a round of funding on June 15, 2021. The transaction involved participation from returning investors Draper Esprit plc (AIM:GROW), Vito Ventures Management GmbH, Flatz & ... |
| 09.07.2019 | IQM Finland raises €11.6 million to speed up advancements in quantum computing | Espoo-based IQM Finland is building scalable cryogenic hardware for general purpose quantum computers. The startup—a spinout from Aalto University and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)—is developing high-speed quantum processor... |
| 14.05.2019 | Tampere-based Wirepas raises €14.4 million to build IIoT and IoT connectivity on a massive scale | Tampere-based Wirepas has built a wireless connectivity platform for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), and to enable the broad adoption of massive IoT. Founded in 2010, ETF Partners, Inventure, KPN Ventures, TESI (Finnish Industry I... |
| 15.12.2016 | Berlin’s Crate.io raises €2.5 million to expand its San Francisco offices | SQL database developers Crate.io has raised a €2.5 million seed round led by Vito Ventures to expand its new headquarters in San Francisco. Dawn Capital, Draper Esprit, Speedinvest, and Sunstone Capital also participated in the round. As we... |