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Best Autonomous Vehicles Companies in Germany
The 81 best Autonomous Vehicles companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Vay.
By Riya SenguptaFinancials
81companies tracked
$441.9Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
35have raised
Sources & further reading
- Latest News Autonomous vehicles market size to grow by USD 319.41 bill
- Autonomous Vehicles Market to Grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of
Ranked: Best Autonomous Vehicles companies in Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Employees | Founder | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vay Platform focused on remote-driven mobility and transportation technology 64Growth top 27%Talent top 28%Customers top 30%Funding top 31% All 11 signals ▾Growthtop 27% Talenttop 28% Customerstop 30% Fundingtop 31% Moattop 31% Techtop 35% Fin. healthtop 44% Producttop 46% Newsbottom 43% Globalbottom 39% Marketbottom 38% Growth: Revenue +321% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 64/100 | $125M | 7 mo ago | 64 | Fabrizio Scelsi Co-Founder & CTO | WordPressApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+28 | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 2 | Fernride Developer of autonomous driving platform for container terminals and yard operations 42Funding top 28%Talent top 28%Growth top 35%Moat top 39% All 8 signals ▾Fundingtop 28% Talenttop 28% Growthtop 35% Moattop 39% Newstop 46% Techbottom 46% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 24% Funding: Raised $58.4M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 7 yrs (0.7/yr) Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $58M | 9 mo ago | 11 | Jean-Michael Georg Chief Engineer & Co-Founder | WebflowApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+16 | — | — |
| 3 | DeepDrive Provider of autonomous modular electric vehicle platform 53Talent top 23%Moat top 25%Funding top 33%Growth top 35% All 10 signals ▾Talenttop 23% Moattop 25% Fundingtop 33% Growthtop 35% Patentstop 35% Innovationtop 36% Techbottom 41% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 31% Newsbottom 18% Talent: 7 named leaders on record · 7 C-suite/founder profiles curated Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 52 patents rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 53/100 | $54M | 21 mo ago | 40 | Alexander Rosen Co-Founder | Apple iCloud MailNode.jsGSAP+7 | 52 patents High-efficiency radial‑flux double‑rotor electric machines for wheel‑hub drives | 1 job opening · 1 award |
| 4 | Goggo Provider of autonomous vehicle technology for safety | $49M | 78 mo ago | 44 | Yasmine Fage Co-Founder | — | — | — |
| 5 | Blickfeld Manufacturer of three-dimensional light detection and ranging sensors and software 62Talent top 15%News top 28%Moat top 29%Growth top 35% All 11 signals ▾Talenttop 15% Newstop 28% Moattop 29% Growthtop 35% Patentstop 36% Fundingtop 38% Innovationtop 40% Techbottom 49% Marketbottom 45% Globalbottom 42% Partnersbottom 35% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 23 tracked, 5 types) · Top themes: M&A, Contracts rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 62/100 | $39M | 30 mo ago | 109 | — | WordPressMySQLPHP+19 | 113 patents High‑resolution lidar and fiber‑laser scanning systems with advanced point‑cloud processing | — |
| 6 | Silexica Development tools for automated multi-core programming & optimization 42Talent top 15%Growth top 34%Funding top 47%Fin. health top 50% All 9 signals ▾Talenttop 15% Growthtop 34% Fundingtop 47% Fin. healthtop 50% Moatbottom 42% Marketbottom 41% Globalbottom 39% Patentsbottom 26% Innovationbottom 21% Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5 Growth: Headcount 49 → 49 (+0%) across vintages · Revenue +336% YoY rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 42/100 | $26M | 45 mo ago | 49 | — | — | 2 patents Optimizing software compilation and execution for multicore processors. | — |
| 7 | Motor Ai Developer of self-driving technologies 50AI top 20%Growth top 35%Funding top 46%Tech top 48% All 7 signals ▾AItop 20% Growthtop 35% Fundingtop 46% Techtop 48% Talentbottom 49% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 32% AI: Classified as an AI company Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 50/100 | $20M | 11 mo ago | 30 | Roy Uhlmann Co-Founder & CEO | Cart FunctionalitySquarespace CommerceSquarespace+12 | — | 1 partnership |
| 8 | SCANTINEL PHOTONICS Developer of frequency modulated continuous wave LiDAR sensor technology solutions 45Patents top 28%Innovation top 32%Moat top 32%Growth top 45% All 10 signals ▾Patentstop 28% Innovationtop 32% Moattop 32% Growthtop 45% Fundingtop 47% Techtop 47% Talentbottom 49% Newsbottom 41% Globalbottom 40% Marketbottom 33% Patents: 79 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 71 filings since 2022 vs 8 in 2017-21 Innovation: 79 patents (top 42% of patent-holders) · 71 filings since 2022 vs 8 in 2017-21 rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 45/100 | $20M | 44 mo ago | 38 | Andy Zott Founder & MD | WordPressMySQLPHP+24 | 79 patents FMCW LiDAR range/velocity sensing and on-chip polarization splitting for automotive optics | — |
| 9 | LiangDao Provider of LiDAR sensors 24Funding top 45%Talent bottom 49%Market bottom 37%Global bottom 36% All 4 signals ▾Fundingtop 45% Talentbottom 49% Marketbottom 37% Globalbottom 36% Funding: Raised $15.8M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 24/100 | $16M | 23 mo ago | — | Xueming Ju Founder & CEO | — | — | — |
| 10 | sensmore Online platform for deploying AI solutions on heavy machinery to enable intelligent automation 27AI top 30%Talent top 38%Funding top 47%Tech bottom 43% All 7 signals ▾AItop 30% Talenttop 38% Fundingtop 47% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 39% Moatbottom 38% Marketbottom 19% AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 27/100 | $7M | 13 mo ago | 5 | Bjarne Johannsen Co-Founder | Node.jsSvelteKitTailwind CSS+8 | — | 1 partnership |
| 11 | Hybrid Lidar Systems Developer of solid-state LiDAR systems 9Funding bottom 49%Talent bottom 45%Tech bottom 39%Global bottom 36% All 5 signals ▾Fundingbottom 49% Talentbottom 45% Techbottom 39% Globalbottom 36% Marketbottom 12% Funding: Raised $5.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 9/100 | $5M | 36 mo ago | 10 | Ingo Dietterle CEO | Webflow EcommerceWebflowcore-js+7 | — | 1 award |
| 12 | Kopernikus Auto Developer of automated valet parking systems | $3M | 38 mo ago | 28 | — | — | — | — |
| 13 | AVES Reality AI-enabled simulation solution for autonomous vehicle 16Funding top 44%Talent bottom 49%Tech bottom 43%Global bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾Fundingtop 44% Talentbottom 49% Techbottom 43% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 25% Funding: Raised $3.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 16/100 | $3M | 5 mo ago | — | Matthias Heger Co-Founder & CPO | WordPressMySQLPHP+21 | — | — |
| 14 | Toposens Developer of 3D ultrasonic sensors for robotics and autonomous systems | $3M | 48 mo ago | 20 | Alexander Rudoy CEO | CTO | — | 20 patents Acoustic sensor arrays for 3‑D sound source localization and positioning | — |
| 15 | Understand Provides image annotation services | $3M | 101 mo ago | 60 60 → 63 (+5%) | — | Apple iCloud MailNginxCloudflare+16 | — | — |
| 16 | NAVENTIK Satellite-based navigation & localization solution | $2M | 79 mo ago | 14 | Robin Streiter Co-Founder & MD | — | — | — |
| 17 | driveblocks Developer of AI-powered autonomy software for off-road vehicle applications 35Talent top 23%AI top 30%Funding top 47%Global bottom 37% All 5 signals ▾Talenttop 23% AItop 30% Fundingtop 47% Globalbottom 37% Marketbottom 20% Talent: 6 named leaders on record · 6 C-suite/founder profiles curated AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 35/100 | $2M | 4 mo ago | 7 | Alexander Wischnewski Co-Founder & CEO | — | — | 1 job opening · 1 launch |
| 18 | Videantis Developer of computer vision and video coding semiconductor IP solutions | $2M | 36 mo ago | 14 14 → 15 (+7%) | Hans-Joachim Stolberg CEO & CTO | — | — | — |
| 19 | e.GO MOOVE Manufacturer of electric minibuses | $918K | 77 mo ago | 56 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Ibeo Automotive Systems Provider of LiDAR-based sensor systems | $735K | 60 mo ago | 411 | Ulrich Lages CEO | — | 340 patents Automotive lidar systems for precise optical distance measurement and 3D environment sensing. | — |
| 21 | Objective Software solutions for autonomous vehicles | $501K | 77 mo ago | 130 | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Automotive Artificial Intelligence Autonomous driving simulation platform | $434K | 59 mo ago | 26 | Intakhab Khan Founder & Managing Director | BackdropOdooCart Functionality+13 | — | 2 job openings |
| 23 | Deep Safety Developer of spatial artificial intelligence sensors for environment understanding applications | $429K | 22 mo ago | 8 | — | — | 8 patents Uncertainty quantification and management in autonomous vehicle perception and object detection | — |
| 24 | INCHRON Provider of methods, tools, and services for embedded systems development | $274K | 127 mo ago | 16 16 → 15 (-6%) | Frank Slomka Co-Founder | — | 64 patents Verification, testing, and simulation of real-time embedded system functionality | 1 launch |
| 25 | Theo Provider of web-based autonomous delivery vehicles for last-mile delivery | $150K | 49 mo ago | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| 26 | RealSynth Virtual simulation platform for training and testing autonomous systems | $120K | 108 mo ago | — | Prantl Bernhard Co-Founder | — | — | — |
Top 12 Autonomous Vehicles companies in Germany
#1
Series B · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2018 · 64 employees$125Mraised▾
Series B · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2018 · 64 employees
Platform focused on remote-driven mobility and transportation technology. It develops systems that allow vehicles to be operated remotely, enabling new models of transport and fleet operations. The platform supports safer, more flexible mobility by combining connectivity, sensing, and real-time control.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 64how this company ranks against its industry peers
Growth
top 27%Talent
top 28%Customers
top 30%Funding
top 31%Moat
top 31%Tech
top 35%Growth: Revenue +321% YoY · Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Customers: Play-Store rating 4.69★ across 453 ratings (1 apps)
Audience (LinkedIn): 20k LinkedIn followers — 6.9% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Nov 2025Series B$60M
- Oct 2024Venture Debt$37M
- Dec 2021Series B$95M
- Jan 2019Series A$30M
Founders & team
Investors
Kinnevik, Coatue, Eurazeo, Atomico, Creandum, Visionaries Club
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCloudflare TurnstileCore-JsElementor
#2
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2019 · 11 employees$58.4Mraised▾
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2019 · 11 employees
Developer of autonomous driving platform for container terminals and yard operations. The platform automates cargo movement in container terminals, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers. It enhances container movement efficiency and safety in mixed-traffic operations. The platform reduces risks and frees up personnel with unmanned vehicles. It optimizes yard operations, reducing idle time, eliminating inefficiencies, and boosting productivity. The autonomous trucks automate cargo movements between ports, facilities, and logistics hubs.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 28%Talent
top 28%Growth
top 35%Moat
top 39%News
top 46%Tech
bottom 46%Funding: Raised $58.4M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 7 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Series A (Sep 2025)
Talent: 3 named leaders on record · 3 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Audience (LinkedIn): 15k LinkedIn followers — 5.1% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2025Series A$21M
- Sep 2023Series A$19M
- Jun 2023Series A$31M
- Nov 2022Series A—
Founders & team
Investors
Schenker Ventures, DeepTech & Climate Fonds, Munich Re, Bayern Kapital, 10x Founders, Promus Ventures
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailCdnjsCloudflareCookiebotGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Font Api
#3
Seed · Garching, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 7 employees$2.4Mraised▾
Seed · Garching, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 7 employees
Developer of AI-powered autonomy software for off-road vehicle applications. The company delivers production-ready technology to customers in agriculture, construction, and defense. Its software processes sensor data, determines optimal routes, and executes tasks. The company's technology is designed to operate reliably under harsh conditions, vegetation, and complex terrain.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 35how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 23%AI
top 30%Funding
top 47%Global
bottom 37%Market
bottom 20%Talent: 6 named leaders on record · 6 C-suite/founder profiles curated
AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-powered
Funding: Raised $2.4M across 2 rounds · 2 rounds over 3 yrs (0.7/yr) · Last round Seed (Feb 2026)
Audience (LinkedIn): 6k LinkedIn followers — 2.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Chief of Staff, Expert Perception Data Engineer
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Feb 2026Seed$4.2M
- Sep 2023Seed$2.4M
Founders & team
Investors
Rethink Ventures, Bayern Kapital, Friedrich & Wagner, FORWARD.one
#4
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2017 · 30 employees$20Mraised▾
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2017 · 30 employees
Motor AI Technology is developing self-driving technologies utilizing cognitive neuroscience, based on human frontal cortex decision making. Its cognitive AI system covers all aspects of self-driving such as environmental perception, sensor fusion, path planning, and decision making to offer Level-5 autonomy in vehicles. As per the company's claim, its self-driving technology adheres to European legal and ISO certification standards.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 50how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 20%Growth
top 35%Funding
top 46%Tech
top 48%Talent
bottom 49%Global
bottom 37%AI: Classified as an AI company
Growth: Fresh capital in last 24 mo
Funding: Raised $20.0M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 7 yrs (0.1/yr) · Last round Seed (Jul 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 7k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. KDAB) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Jul 2025Seed$20M
- Oct 2019Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Investors
IMPACT Accelerator, Segenia Capital, eCAPITAL, Viva Forever
Tech stack
AngularCart FunctionalityCore-JsGoogle Font ApiHstsModernizr
#5
Seed · Garmisch Partenkirchen, Bavaria · founded 2020$3.1Mraised▾
Seed · Garmisch Partenkirchen, Bavaria · founded 2020
AI-enabled simulation solution for autonomous vehicle
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 16how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 44%Talent
bottom 49%Tech
bottom 43%Global
bottom 37%Market
bottom 25%Funding: Raised $3.1M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 1 yrs (1.0/yr) · Last round Seed (Jan 2026)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Tech: 24 technologies across 3/8 capability areas · Cloud: Cloudflare · Security: Cloudflare Bot Management, Recaptcha
Audience (LinkedIn): 3k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jan 2026Seed$3.1M
Founders & team
Investors
Bayern Kapital, Matterwave Ventures, xista, xdeck, FTTF, Lightfield Equity
Tech stack
Apache Http ServerCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsElementorGoogle Analytics
#6
Series B · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 40 employees$54.4Mraised▾
Series B · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2021 · 40 employees
Provider of autonomous modular electric vehicle platform. The company develops an autonomous plug-and-play modular electric vehicle platform with features like 150 - 1800 kW power range, 18” rim with inverter, and more. It offers solutions for buses, trucks, and more.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 53how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 23%Moat
top 25%Funding
top 33%Growth
top 35%Patents
top 35%Innovation
top 36%Talent: 7 named leaders on record · 7 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 52 patents
Funding: Raised $54.4M across 3 rounds · 3 rounds over 4 yrs (0.8/yr) · Last round Series B (Sep 2024)
Audience (LinkedIn): 15k LinkedIn followers — 5.2% of this cohort's audience
Hiring (LinkedIn): 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Mitarbeiter Muster-/Prototypenbau Elektromaschinen, Prototypenbau Elektromaschinenfertigung
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- Sep 2024Series B$33.4M
- Mar 2023Series A$16.1M
- 2022Grant (prize money)—
- Feb 2022Seed$4.9M
Founders & team
Investors
Leitmotif, BMW i Ventures, Co-pace, Bayern Kapital, UVC Partners, EIT Urban Mobility
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailGsapHstsNode.JsNuxt.JsOpen Graph
#7
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022 · 5 employees$7.3Mraised▾
Series A · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2022 · 5 employees
Online platform for deploying AI solutions on heavy machinery to enable intelligent automation. It retrofits existing off-road vehicles like haul trucks and loaders with AI-driven vision, radar, and control systems. It provides modular layers like collision alerts, precision positioning, quality checks, and fleet coordination built on real-time perception and reasoning models.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 27how this company ranks against its industry peers
AI
top 30%Talent
top 38%Funding
top 47%Tech
bottom 43%Global
bottom 39%Moat
bottom 38%AI: Classified as an AI company · Product described with: ai-driven
Talent: 2 named leaders on record · 2 C-suite/founder profiles curated
Funding: Raised $7.3M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 3 yrs (0.3/yr) · Last round Series A (May 2025)
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Activity (LinkedIn): 1 partnerships (incl. senmore) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
- May 2025Series A$7.3M
- Nov 2023Grant (prize money)—
Founders & team
Investors
Europa, Point Nine, Acequia Capital, Tiny, Prototype Capital, Entrepreneur First
#8
Series B · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2018$15.8Mraised▾
Series B · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2018
Provider of LiDAR sensors. The platform offers full stack of LiDAR sensing systems with include perception algorithms, data acquisition vehicle platforms, and sensor calibration software.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 24how this company ranks against its industry peers
Funding
top 45%Talent
bottom 49%Market
bottom 37%Global
bottom 36%Funding: Raised $15.8M across 1 rounds · 1 rounds over 4 yrs (0.2/yr) · Last round Series B (Jul 2024)
Talent: 1 named leader on record · 1 C-suite/founder profile curated
Funding rounds
- Jul 2024Series B—
- Nov 2022Series B—
- Jan 2022Series A$15.8M
Founders & team
Investors
China Merchants Capital, E-Town International Investment & Development, Yizhuang State Investment, SDIC, ArcSoft, Langmafeng Venture Capital
#9
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2016 · 109 employees$39.2Mraised▾
Acquired · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2016 · 109 employees
Manufacturer of three-dimensional light detection and ranging sensors and software. These sensors are used for object detection and real-time analysis. The company's sensors are suitable for applications including people flow analysis, traffic monitoring, and industrial automation. The business also provides sensors for security and volume measurement applications.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 62how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 15%News
top 28%Moat
top 29%Growth
top 35%Patents
top 36%Funding
top 38%Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5
News: 4 BI events in 12 mo (of 23 tracked, 5 types) · Top themes: M&A, Contracts
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 113 patents · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 10k LinkedIn followers — 3.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
- Dec 2023Series B$8.2M
- Jul 2022Conventional Debt$15M
- May 2022Grant (prize money)$53.8K
- Dec 2021Series A—
Investors
European Investment Bank, Continental, Bayern Kapital, FLUXUNIT, HTGF, TEV Ventures
Tech stack
Borlabs CookieCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementElementorGoogle WorkspaceLazysizes
#10
Acqui-Hired · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2014 · 49 employees$26Mraised▾
Acqui-Hired · Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2014 · 49 employees
Silexica provides SLX Tool Suite which is an automated software development tool for Multicore Software Developers and HW/SW System Architects. Its features include automatic partitioning of legacy code, automatic software distribution to multicore platforms, and software/hardware co-design of next-generation autonomous products. As multicore processors become more mainstream, the Silixica tools find a market in various electronic fields such as autonomous driving, wireless communication, embedded vision, aerospace & defense, etc.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 42how this company ranks against its industry peers
Talent
top 15%Growth
top 34%Funding
top 47%Fin. health
top 50%Moat
bottom 42%Market
bottom 41%Talent: Analyst team rating 5/5
Growth: Headcount 49 → 49 (+0%) across vintages · Revenue +336% YoY
Funding: Raised $26.0M across 5 rounds · 5 rounds over 11 yrs (0.5/yr) · Last round Grant (prize money) (Sep 2022)
Funding rounds
- Sep 2022Grant (prize money)$415.6K
- May 2019Grant (prize money)$2.2M
- Dec 2018Grant (prize money)$198.6K
- Jun 2018Series B$18M
Investors
Merus Capital, TechVision Fonds, SquareOne, DSA Investments, EQT, Europa
#11
Series A · Oberkochen, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2019 · 38 employees$19.5Mraised▾
Series A · Oberkochen, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 2019 · 38 employees
Developer of frequency modulated continuous wave LiDAR sensor technology solutions. The company's technology offers integration on a silicon wafer platform. The LiDAR systems are designed for object detection, avoidance, and simultaneous localization and mapping. The technology is intended to improve object detection capabilities.
Fliar Intelligence Index™ 45how this company ranks against its industry peers
Patents
top 28%Innovation
top 32%Moat
top 32%Growth
top 45%Funding
top 47%Tech
top 47%Patents: 79 patents matched (strict assignee match) · 71 filings since 2022 vs 8 in 2017-21 · Latest publication 2026
Innovation: 79 patents (top 42% of patent-holders) · 71 filings since 2022 vs 8 in 2017-21 · Deep-tech classification: Tech Hardware
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 7/10 · IP moat: 79 patents · 10 curated direct competitors tracked
Audience (LinkedIn): 5k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Oct 2022Series A$10.3M
- May 2021Series A$9.2M
Founders & team
Investors
Scania Growth Capital, PhotonDelta, Scania, ZEISS, East Hill Equity, German Accelerator
Tech stack
AosApache Http ServerBackbone.JsBorlabs CookieCivicthemeCore-Js
#12
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2019 · 8 employees$429Kraised▾
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2019 · 8 employees
Developer of spatial artificial intelligence sensors for environment understanding applications. The company provides sensors that offer accurate environment understanding. These sensors have potential for use across various industries.
LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 987 LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
- Jul 2024Seed—
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$429K
Investors
Europa
Funding & investor landscape
$441.9Mtotal disclosed funding
26companies funded
52disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Notable founders
Fabrizio Scelsi
Co-Founder & CTO · Vay
Bogdan Djukic
Co-Founder · Vay
Jean-Michael Georg
Chief Engineer & Co-Founder · Fernride
Maximilian Fisser
Co-Founder & Director Strategic Projects · Fernride
Alexander Wischnewski
Co-Founder & CEO · driveblocks
Tim Stahl
Co-Founder · driveblocks
Roy Uhlmann
Co-Founder & CEO · Motor Ai
Matthias Heger
Co-Founder & CPO · AVES Reality
Alexander Rosen
Co-Founder · DeepDrive
Stefan Ender
Co-Founder & Co-CEO · DeepDrive
Bjarne Johannsen
Co-Founder · sensmore
Maximilian Rolf
Co-Founder & CEO · sensmore
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 67,845 docs
Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage
Share of Autonomous Vehicles coverage by sub-theme.
Regulatory-risk over time rising
Funding & growth over time
funding rising · growth rising
RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany
How research on Autonomous Vehicles is moving in Germany
A read on the academic research around Autonomous Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 845 Germany-affiliated papers.
research sentiment over time
201120192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 32% → 51% across 2011–2026.
top research entities
- Technical University of Munich131
- Institute of Automation42
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology32
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.25
- Technische Universität Braunschweig25
leading researchers
Matthias Althoff · Johannes Betz · Markus Lienkamp · Alois Knoll · Andrea Stocco · Andreas Geiger · Markus Maurer · Marco Duering
▲
Breakthroughs297 · 35%
▲ 36%→37% share
▲1.0× share momentum3 median citations80% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (36%→37% of field), led by Computer vision.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Computer vision11→39
- Trajectory5→27
- Human–computer interaction1→19
- Lidar4→20
- Robustness (evolution)3→17
Newly emergingReinforcement learning 0→22 · Perception 0→12 · Automotive engineering 0→11
Landmark Are we ready for autonomous driving? The KITTI vision benchmark suite · 14,099 cites
◆
Advancements250 · 30%
▲ 24%→29% share
▲1.2× share momentum2 median citations75% since 2021mostly methods-led
Advancements are rising (24%→29% of field), led by Reinforcement learning.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Reinforcement learning1→12
- Key (lock)1→11
- Human–computer interaction2→12
- Computer vision2→12
- Context (archaeology)3→10
Newly emergingObject detection 0→8 · Object (grammar) 0→8 · Motion (physics) 0→8
Landmark Learning driving styles for autonomous vehicles from demonstration · 466 cites
▼
Concerns156 · 18%
▼ 25%→17% share
▼0.7× share momentum2 median citations71% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (25%→17% of field), led by Human–computer interaction.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
- Human–computer interaction2→15
- Computer security1→8
- Context (archaeology)4→10
- Aeronautics1→4
- Key (lock)2→4
Newly emergingHumanities 0→11 · Philosophy 0→8 · Perception 0→7
Landmark Deep Multi-Modal Object Detection and Semantic Segmentation for Autonomous Driving: Datasets, Methods, and Challenges · 1,297 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany
Where autonomous vehicles is researched across Germany
Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.
Munich173 · +0.53
Jülich/Bonn43 · +0.36
Karlsruhe35 · +0.61
Berlin34 · +0.28
Stuttgart18 · +0.26
Dresden15 · +0.61
Aachen13 · +0.64
Heidelberg10 · +0.39
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany
Who's filing autonomous vehicles patents in Germany
Germany autonomous vehicles patent filing is cooling — 2,816 filings from 1,346 assignees (2016–2025), led by BASF SE, Robert Bosch, Bayer Cropscience; annual filings 294→127.
2,816 filings1,346 assigneespeak 392/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
- BASF SE430
- Robert Bosch264
- Bayer Cropscience158
- Siemens153
- Bayer IP149
- Bayer Materialscience92
- Evonik Degussa81
- Bayerische Motoren Werke79
Common questions
How many Autonomous Vehicles companies are there in Germany?
Radar tracks 81 indexable Autonomous Vehicles companies headquartered in Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Autonomous Vehicles companies in Germany?
The Autonomous Vehicles companies in Germany on this list have raised a combined $441.9M in disclosed equity funding across 26 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Autonomous Vehicles company in Germany?
Vay is the highest-funded Autonomous Vehicles company in Germany, with $125M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Autonomous Vehicles companies in Germany are funded?
26 of the 81 Autonomous Vehicles companies in Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Autonomous Vehicles unicorns are there in Germany?
None of the Autonomous Vehicles companies in Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Germany Autonomous Vehicles companies?
The most active investors in Germany Autonomous Vehicles companies on this list include Europa, Bayern Kapital, German Accelerator, Startup Autobahn, Plug and Play Tech Center.
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