Investors in Automation

Yttrium is a growth equity investment firm specializing in B2B technology companies, partnering with management teams to scale their businesses globally. With over €750 million in assets under management, they focus on providing targeted, high-impact support for growth-stage investments. Yttrium operates from offices in Frankfurt, London, and Munich, backing companies to become global leaders in their sectors.

Atlantic Labs is a European first-round investor, headquartered in Berlin. They believe entrepreneurs shape the future and work hard to support ambitious founders throughout their entire entrepreneurial journey. Since 2013, they have led over 150 first-round investments, backing category creators such as Soundcloud, GetYourGuide, Clue, Vimcar, Zenjob, Choco, and Wandelbots. Emerging technologies excite them as much as startups tackling social challenges. Recent investments have focused on decarbonization, artificial intelligence, and industrial automation.

vent.io GmbH develops, researches, and invests in digital solutions for customers of the Deutsche Leasing Group. Their focus is on digital business models, digital customer interfaces, and data science.

Tribal is a venture firm that empowers entrepreneurs on their unique path to success. They invest early and with conviction, using their experience and networks to guide founders and their teams as needed. With a structured evergreen investment entity, Tribal can be flexible, long-term partners, investing up to €2.5M at seed or series A stages. Their investment portfolio includes successful ventures such as Boxever, PaySlip, BrightFlag, Grid Beyond, and Glofox, among others.

AlfaStar Capital is an Evergreen venture capital fund, focused on finding and supporting the AlfaStars - exceptional founders of early-stage start-ups and disrupting innovators, taking on the challenge to reshape our future. With this purpose in mind, we created AlfaStar Capital – an open-ended investment opportunity. The Fund backs early-stage ventures, focused on breakthrough innovation ideas, enabled by cutting-edge technologies like AI, Machine & Deep Learning, Big Data, Cloud, Metaverse, Blockchain.

Hitachi Ventures is the global venture capital arm of Hitachi Group, a global industrial player active in a broad range of technology sectors. Hitachi Ventures invests in innovative companies that address society’s key technological, social and environmental challenges in areas like IT, industrial automation (robotics, sensor technology and IoT). Hitachi intends to leverage its strong position in multiple global technology markets, its expertise and network to support and promote Hitachi Ventures portfolio companies.

EEC Ventures is a venture capital company specializing in utilities, energy, environment, sustainable, and advanced materials sectors. The company provides IT solutions for artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, blockchain, and big data. It also provides target companies with both early-stage and growth/expansion capital financing. They create value using sustainable resources, lower the environmental burden or provide higher efficiency in the utilization of traditional resources.

574 Invest is SNCF group's corporate venture capital fund. It was launched in May 2019 and will enable SNCF group to invest 60M€ over 4 years in startups reinventing mobility, at Series A and B stages. 574 Invest also manages SNCF group's fund of fund activities.

Peppermint Group is a privately-owned mid-sized industrial holding, that invests in the industrial tech, textiles, and food sectors. Peppermint develops sustainable, digital and intelligent industrial products. The owner-managed industrial group based in Berlin employs around 700 people in Germany and other European locations. The company made a commitment to sustainability years ago.

Symbia VC is an energetic venture capital firm that serves as a sparring partner for innovative entrepreneurs and businesses. They invest in their sustainable and environmentally friendly core business throughout the wood and forestry value chain. We believe on supporting individuals who work relentlessly to change, improve, and initiate new thinking. We provide a supporting surrounding that enables us to redefine this industry as we know it for the long run.

Mucke Roth & Company is a management consultancy that provides business models, transformation, marketing, distribution, & venture services. Mücke Roth & Company is a management consultancy specializing in digital growth strategies for businesses, offering expertise in go-to-market, data & AI strategy, and sustainable growth solutions. We are an owner-run management consultancy. We support our clients in realizing growth opportunities through digitalization.

AccuraCast is a digital marketing & performance marketing technology consultancy based in London, UK..AccuraCast: Leading international digital marketing agency offering SEO, online advertising, and social media marketing to help businesses grow globally.