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Best Auto Companies in Berlin, Germany

The 45 best Auto companies in Berlin, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: AUTO1 Group.

45companies tracked
$2.1Bdisclosed funding
0unicorns
19have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · AUTO × BERLIN

Our analysis of 50 Auto companies

$3.5b in tracked funding; 52% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2023.

50companies analysed
52%cloud-native stacks
2023funding peak (by rounds)
2011median founding year
33median Fliar Index™

Ranked: Best Auto companies in Berlin

#CompanyLast roundDisclosed fundingEmployeesFounderTech stackWeb popularityPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Apache Friends
Manufacturer and supplier of automotive air conditioning components
400PHPAnimate.cssNginx+4Top 10M
2Autodoc
Online retailer of vehicle parts and accessories
Alexej Erdle
Managing Director
WordPressMySQLPHP+20Top 5M
3Auton Varaosat24
Online retailer of auto parts and accessories
Rainer Binder
Chairman & CEO
Cart FunctionalityFirebaseKineticJS+14Top 10M
4berlin millhouse
Berlin Millhouse is a manufacturing firm offering mechanical processing of aluminum die-cast and other…
150
5CarFellows
Online platform that allows consumers to lease cars
5Nina Geiss
CEO
6Catena-X
Open data ecosystem for the automotive industry designed to create data chains that enhance the value chain
Oliver Ganser
CEO
WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+20Top 5M
7CSB Schimmel Automobile
Provider of automotive sales, service, and parts for multiple brands
Steffen Gorlitz
MD
SentryNode.jsTypeScript+16Top 5M
8deltatech controls
DeltaTech Controls designs and manufactures advanced operator controls and integrated systems.
73

Top 12 Auto companies in Berlin

#1
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022 · 20 employees
$5.4Mraised

Online marketplace of electric vehicles. It is a C2B digital platform that allows users to sell electric cars online. The platform allows users to evaluate the cars to list, and sell it online.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 38%
Funding
top 44%
Tech
top 50%
Global
bottom 45%
Market
bottom 28%
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $5.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Seed (Jun 2024)
Tech: 22 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Turnstile, Hsts
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2024Seed$4.3M
  • Sep 2023Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Patrick RaicFounder's AssociateHenrik SachsFounder
Investors
Silence, FJ Labs, DEPO Ventures, ACP Partners, Voyagers, Gaingels
#2
Public · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2012 · 6094 employees
$1.4Braised

Online B2B marketplace for used cars. Dealers can create an account to get access to exclusive & approved dealer vehicles. They can search for vehicles of their choice, get detailed vehicle descriptions & access to relevant vehicle information.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 76how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 15%
Funding
top 24%
Product
top 29%
Market
top 32%
Global
top 38%
Moat
top 41%
AI: Holds AI/ML patents (G06N-family CPC)
Funding: Raised $1.4B across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 14 yrs (0.4/yr) · Last round Series F (Jul 2020)
Product: 0 product launch events in 12 mo, 2 the year before · 12 distinct product lines · Company stage: Public
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2020Series F$299.7M
  • Jan 2018Series F$561.1M
  • May 2017Series E$83.8M
  • May 2017Conventional Debt$318.5M
Founders & team
Hakan KocCo-FounderChristian BertermannCo-Founder & CEOLien De Kimpe
Investors
SoftBank Vision Fund, Princeville Global, Target Global, DN Capital, Baillie Gifford, Farallon Capital Management
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesAws Certificate ManagerBootstrapCdnjs
#3
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2020 · 12 employees
$2.8Mraised

Brand of cars

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 5how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 47%
Global
bottom 37%
Market
bottom 15%
Tech
bottom 15%
Funding: Raised $2.8M · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Seed (Dec 2023)
Global: Investors from 2 countries beyond Germany
Market: 12 employees · Top-50,000,000 web property
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers — 14.2% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Investors
Relay Ventures, F-LOG Ventures, IBB Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center
#4
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2016 · 73 employees
$553Mraised

Frontier Car Group builds and runs digital used car marketplaces in emerging markets across the world. Some of its C2B marketplaces include Vendenos tu Auto in Chile, VendeTuAuto in Mexico, Cars45 in Nigeria, Ototrink in Turkey, CarFirst in Pakistan, and BeliMobilGue in Indonesia. Its marketplaces enable sellers to get online quotes with instant pricing, schedule physical inspections and one of its inspection centers, and get a competitive offer from the dealer network. The company also offers a range of B2B and B2C financial products.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 18%
Funding
top 28%
Moat
top 39%
Market
bottom 42%
Global
bottom 38%
News
bottom 24%
Growth: Headcount 44 → 73 (+66%) across vintages
Funding: Raised $553M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 10 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Series D (Jan 2020)
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 6/10 · 7 curated direct competitors tracked
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2020Series D$400M
  • May 2018Series C$89M
  • May 2018Conventional Debt$17M
  • Mar 2018Series B$42M
Investors
Balderton Capital, EchoVC Partners, Satya Capital, New Enterprise Associates, Partech Partners, Oriflame
#5
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2016 · 54 employees
$40Mraised

Online platform that provides usage-based insurances. It offers insurance solutions for bicycles, e-bike, dog liability, household, personal liability, and more. It offers coverage for theft, fire, storm & hail, water, and burglary & robbery. It offers customizable policies on a monthly basis.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 16how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 42%
Tech
bottom 43%
Global
bottom 39%
Market
bottom 36%
Growth
bottom 25%
Funding: Raised $40.0M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 9 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Series A (Jun 2018)
Tech: 7 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare, Heroku · Security: Http/3
Global: Investors from 3 countries beyond Germany
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2018Series A$30M
  • Aug 2017Seed$10M
Investors
Valar Ventures, La Famiglia, Headline, Yabeo, Starexus, InsurTech Directory
Tech stack
Node.JsReactNext.JsHerokuCloudflareWebpack
#6
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2016 · 27 employees
$6.3Mraised

Provider of insurance coverage for mobile phones, laptops, bicycles, and scooters. The company offers policies covering theft or damage. Customers can manage coverage and claims through an application. Support is available to customers.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 25%
Tech
top 33%
Talent
bottom 49%
Funding
bottom 46%
Fin. health
bottom 46%
Global
bottom 45%
Growth: Revenue +110% YoY · Web rank 10,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY
Tech: 34 technologies across 5/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services · Observability: New Relic
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Audience (LinkedIn): 4k LinkedIn followers — 21.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Eir Insurance) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2021Seed$3.8M
  • Dec 2017Seed
  • May 2017Seed$1.2M
  • Aug 2016Seed
Founders & team
Meeri KlausenCo-Founder & Co-CEO
Investors
UNIQA Group, Helvetia, 500 Global, Change Ventures, Insurtech Hub, In Spire Management
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerCookie ScriptEmotionGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#7
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2015 · 103 employees
$20Mraised

Online aggregator of automotive repair services. It operates a complete customer lifecycle, including demand generation, sale closure, service request, and booking. It allocates a personal advisor to all service requests.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 30%
Funding
top 45%
Talent
bottom 49%
Market
bottom 40%
Global
bottom 39%
Tech
bottom 33%
Growth: Headcount 77 → 103 (+34%) across vintages
Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 10 yrs (0.1/yr) · Last round Series B (Jun 2018)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2018Series B$20M
  • Jul 2017Series A
  • Apr 2016Seed
Founders & team
Mark MichlFounder
Investors
DN Capital, FJ Labs, Cavalry Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Cherry Ventures, NGP Capital
Tech stack
Amazon AlbAmazon Web ServicesPhusion PassengerNginxGoogle Tag ManagerGoogle Font Api
#8
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2019
$11.1Mraised

Joonko provides an online platform for auto insurances. It offers customer-centric insurance policies.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
bottom 49%
Talent
bottom 45%
Global
bottom 36%
Funding: Raised $11.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 7 yrs (0.1/yr) · Last round Seed (Sep 2019)
Talent: 1 named leader on record
Global: Investors from 2 countries beyond Germany
Funding rounds
  • Sep 2019Seed$11.1M
Founders & team
Eric LangeCo-Founder
Investors
Ping An, Raisin, FinLeap, MS&AD Ventures
#9
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2015 · 88 employees
$10.3Mraised

Vehiculum offers online vehicle leasing solution and enables comparison of different providers and leasing offers to users in real-time. Users need to select the desired vehicle to check the leasing offers nationwide and place the order online. It also offers additional features such as contract management which simplifies management of the fleet, especially for smaller fleets.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 55how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 26%
Tech
top 33%
Funding
bottom 48%
Market
bottom 41%
Global
bottom 39%
News
bottom 22%
Growth: Headcount 38 → 88 (+132%) across vintages · Web rank 5,000,000 → 50,000,000 YoY
Tech: 43 technologies across 4/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon S3, Amazon Ses · Security: Hsts, Http/3
Funding: Raised $10.3M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 9 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Series A (Jan 2019)
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2019Series A$8M
  • Oct 2017Seed$2.3M
Investors
Runa Capital, MobilityFund, Coparion, Hartmann Holdings, BA4V, Lostsisters
Tech stack
Amazon S3Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCdnjsCloudflareCookiebot
#10
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2013 · 18 employees
$1.7Mraised

Online listing platform for buying & selling classic cars & motorcycles. Users can search the vehicles based on the make, model, and series or use the advanced search option on the platform to find the right vehicles. The platform also lists the classic vehicles based on make, model, and categories.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 29how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 30%
Talent
bottom 49%
Tech
bottom 36%
Market
bottom 34%
Global
bottom 32%
Funding
bottom 30%
Growth: Web rank 500,000 → 100,000 YoY
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Tech: 21 technologies across 2/8 capability areas · Cloud: Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers — 17.3% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2015Seed$1.7M
Founders & team
Christian PlagemannFounder & MD
Investors
Linden Capital, OCC, Röhlig
Tech stack
Amazon ElbAmazon Web ServicesBabelCdnjsCloudflareCookiebot
#11
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2017 · 5 employees
$120Kraised

Online blockchain-enabled B2B auction marketplace for used cars. It provides immutable records of location, bids, and ownership of a product. The system will be able to process & settle payments, and thereby be an increasingly efficient solution for auctions. It enables remote bidding of items from authenticated entities.

Funding rounds
  • 2018Seed$120K
Founders & team
Lasha AntadzeFounder
Investors
Techstars
Tech stack
Node.JsVue.JsNuxt.JsGoogle Font ApiHstsCloudflare
#12
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 1998 · 16 employees
$108.2Kraised

Developer and supplier of digital tachographs intended to provide fleet connectivity for commercial vehicles. The company manufactures digital tachographs and smart tachograph developed with innovative technology.

Funding rounds
  • Feb 2017Grant (prize money)$52.9K
  • Nov 2016Grant (prize money)$55.3K
Founders & team
Helmut RiederCEO
Investors
EIC Fund, Europa
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpAstraElementorTypekit

Funding & investor landscape

$2.1Btotal disclosed funding
14companies funded
26disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Change Ventures2 rounds
Cherry Ventures2 rounds
DN Capital2 rounds
FJ Labs2 rounds
Hartmann Holdings2 rounds
Helvetia2 rounds
High Rise Ventures2 rounds
InsurTech Directory2 rounds
MobilityFund2 rounds
Project A2 rounds

Notable founders

Patrick Raic
Founder's Associate · Cardino
Henrik Sachs
Founder · Cardino
Hakan Koc
Co-Founder · AUTO1 Group
Christian Bertermann
Co-Founder & CEO · AUTO1 Group
Meeri Klausen
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · Inzmo
Mark Michl
Founder · Caroobi
Eric Lange
Co-Founder · Joonko
Christian Plagemann
Founder & MD · Classic Trader
Lasha Antadze
Founder · Shelf
Helmut Rieder
CEO · Intellic Group
Johannes Stoffel
Co-Founder & CEO · Karosso
Victor Thoma
Co-Founder · Karosso
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 173,464 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Auto coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH FROM Berlin · institutions

What Berlin researches in autonomous vehicles

34 papersstance +0.2832% breakthrough39% concern
breakthrough · advancement · concern
local research themes
Autonomous Vehicle Technology and SafetyTransportation and Mobility InnovationsHuman-Automation Interaction and SafetyCerebrovascular and genetic disordersTraffic control and managementTransportation Planning and Optimization
top institutions
  • Technische Universität Berlin15
  • Freie Universität Berlin8
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin8
  • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin2
  • Zuse Institute Berlin1

Common questions

How many Auto companies are there in Berlin, Germany?
Radar tracks 45 indexable Auto companies headquartered in Berlin, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Auto companies in Berlin, Germany?
The Auto companies in Berlin, Germany on this list have raised a combined $2.1B in disclosed equity funding across 14 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Auto company in Berlin, Germany?
AUTO1 Group is the highest-funded Auto company in Berlin, Germany, with $1.4B in disclosed equity funding.
How many Auto companies in Berlin, Germany are funded?
14 of the 45 Auto companies in Berlin, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Auto unicorns are there in Berlin, Germany?
None of the Auto companies in Berlin, Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Berlin, Germany Auto companies?
The most active investors in Berlin, Germany Auto companies on this list include Change Ventures, Cherry Ventures, DN Capital, FJ Labs, Hartmann Holdings.
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