Investors in Germany

XPRESS Ventures is a pan-European pre(seed) investor focusing on the infrastructure industries of modern society, such as logistics, manufacturing, and enterprise software. We provide founders with deep sectoral knowledge and a collaborative approach to amplify their vision and accelerate growth. Our unique strengths lie in our research-informed investment approach and logistics and supply chain expertise, making us a valuable partner for startups and co-investors.

Founded in 1997, Earlybird invests in all development and growth phases of technology companies. Among the most experienced venture investors in Europe, Earlybird offers its portfolio companies not only financial resources but also strategic support plus access to an international network and capital markets. Earlybird Venture Capital has grown to four autonomous, dedicated and specialized teams, focusing on different geographies and sectors.

Founded in 2012, first as an angel fund, by Filip Dames and Christian Meermann, Cherry is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Berlin, London and Stockholm. They’re an investment team of former entrepreneurs and operators who’ve built fast-scaling companies such as Zalando, Spotify and Uber. At the moment, their entire team is working with +100 active portfolio companies across Europe with the support of their extensive entrepreneur pool of Europe’s top founders and operators from Dropbox, Zalando, Spotify, N26, Skype, Supercell, Wolt, Doordash and others.

Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures (DvH Ventures) is one of Europe's leading early stage investors. As an entrepreneurial venture capitalist, DvH Ventures invests in emerging technology companies and builds successful investment clusters in areas such as Digital Health, Education, DeepTech or Climate Tech/ESG. Founded in 2014, partners Duc Quyen Tran, Peter Richarz and Fabian von Trotha manage several venture capital funds from their Cologne office. In addition to financial investments, DvH Ventures supports its portfolio companies with management expertise, in-depth industry knowledge and an international investor network. An exclusive media-for-equity programme gives portfolio companies access to extensive media reach through leading publishing brands such as Handelsblatt, DIE ZEIT, Tagesspiegel and Apotheken Umschau.

Public VC, fostering the Start-Up Ecosystem in Rhineland-Palatinate; Germany. Looking for early stage ventures with strong innovative technical aproach, skilful founderteam and scaleable marketpotential. Investing equity or equity-like up to 500 k€ initially.

CommerzVentures is an independent, returns-driven specialist fintech venture capital fund based in Germany. Backed by a single LP, Commerzbank, CommerzVentures manages €550 million across three funds. While being a Europe-first investor, CommerzVentures also invests in Africa, Israel and the USA.