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Best Mobile Companies in Bavaria, Germany

The 60 best Mobile companies in Bavaria, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: fraud0.

60companies tracked
$7.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
7have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · MOBILE × BAVARIA

Our analysis of 127 Mobile companies

$17.0b in tracked funding; 88% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2024.

127companies analysed
88%cloud-native stacks
2024funding peak (by rounds)
17unicorns
2018median founding year

Ranked: Best Mobile companies in Bavaria

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackRecent signals
1fraud0
Cloud based ad fraud detection software
$7M34 mo agoSeries ATilman Pfeiffer
Co-Founder & CEO
2020WordPressMySQLPHP+25
2Cliqz
Browser with in-built search
$300K79 mo agoSeries AJean Paul Schmetz
Founder and CEO
2008
3HandyGames
Game development studio
$170K91 mo agoAcquired2000WordPressMySQLPHP+22
4Fairytale Distillery
Video game developer focusing on MMORPGs
$136K145 mo agoPublicAlexander Zacherl
MD & Co-founder
2013
5Wagawin
Mobile advertising campaign management and DMP platform
53 mo agoSeries ADominik Hagl
Co-Founder & CTO
2012WordPressMySQLPHP+18
6Games Group
Game marketing solution provider
118 mo agoSeries AJohannes Sevket Gözalan
Founder & CEO
2012
7MegaZebra
Social and mobile games developer
183 mo agoSeries AHenning Kosmack
CEO / Co-founder
2008Cart FunctionalityWooCommerceWordPress+22
87green
RTB enabled ad exchange
DeadpooledMartin Schneider
CEO
2010

Top 7 Mobile companies in Bavaria

#1
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2020
$6.5Mraised

Cloud based ad fraud detection software. It provides an analytical dashboard that includes insights for decision making. It offers a bot detection tool to intercept bots in real time. The platform analyzes the requests, data points, and behavioural patterns to provide information about traffic. The features of the product include prevention of click fraud, impression fraud, retargeting fraud, and affiliate fraud, google analytics exporting and importing, campaign score comparison, campaign performance optimization, and analytics, social media blacklisting, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 20.1% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2023Series A$6.5M
Founders & team
Tilman PfeifferCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Signals Venture Capital, OMR, arc investors, Müller Medien, Nevoc Ventures, Stallions Online
Tech stack
CalendlyCore-JsFacebook PixelFramer SitesGodaddyGoogle Analytics
#2
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2008 · 120 employees
$300Kraised

Cliqz is a multi-platform browser with integrated search function. The browser offers a website suggestion as the user types a search term or website address. The browser suggests with direct links to their most important services and subpages for popular websites. The browser allows the user to find answers to common queries like weather forecast, flight information, and conversion of currencies and units directly in the browser. The browser is available for iOS, Android, Mac OS, Windows, and Linux devices.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2019Grant (prize money)$300K
  • Aug 2016Series A
Founders & team
Jean Paul SchmetzFounder and CEO
Investors
Mozilla
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesNginxHstsAws Certificate Manager
#3
Acquired · Giebelstadt, Bavaria · founded 2000 · 69 employees
$170.1Kraised

HandyGames is one of the European publishers and developers of mobile games. The company develops and publishes games for PC consoles, wearable devices and smart TV's. Popular games include 'Clouds and Sheep'(iOS, Android, Amazon) - a sandbox game, '1941 Frozen Front' (iOs, Android, Amazon, Windows) - an action strategy game, 'Townsmen' (Android, iOS) - a build up strategy game. The company has won "Best German Game Studio" award in Dec, 2015.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 53.6% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public)
Activity: 5 product launches · 1 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. Amazon Luna) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2018Grant (prize money)$170.1K
Investors
Europa
Tech stack
Animate.CssAnime.JsApache Http ServerBorlabs CookieCloudflareCloudflare Bot Management
#4
Public · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2013 · 4 employees
$136Kraised

Fairytale Distillery is a German video game developer focusing on MMORPGs. It has developed a game known as "The Exiled( formerly Das Tal)" which is a sandbox MMORPG integrated with MOBA gameplay elements. The game is available on Steam to download. It generates revenue through the one-time purchase model.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2014Seed$136K
Founders & team
Alexander ZacherlMD & Co-founderSebastian DordaTechnical Director & Co-Founder
Investors
WERK1
#5
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2012 · 30 employees
raised

Mobile advertising campaign management and DMP platform. Enables advertisers to access apps and mobile websites, publish Living ads, video, and display ads. Publishers can combine internal and external data and merge them into anonymous target groups for audience targeting optimization and optimize to provide yield optimization solutions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 3k LinkedIn followers — 21.5% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Senior Sales Manager
Activity: 1 partnerships · 2 awards (incl. Publicis Media Thailand) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2022Series A
Founders & team
Dominik HaglCo-Founder & CTONicolas LeonhardtCo-Founder & CEOAndreas MeroldCo-Founder & CFO
Investors
Pride Capital Partners, German Accelerator, Gsccb Beteiligungsverwaltung, Gardtec
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesApache Http ServerCdnjsCloudflareCookiebotCore-Js
#6
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2012 · 14 employees
raised

European Games Group is a game marketing solution provider based in Germany. The company focuses on providing marketing service to the free-to-play browser and mobile games. The company works on a partnership model with independent game developers and offers worldwide payment management and optimization. The company also advises independent studios on their monetization strategies.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2016Series A
Founders & team
Johannes Sevket GözalanFounder & CEO
Investors
Ventech, Omnes Capital, Ventech China
Tech stack
WixReactGoogle CloudPolyfillLodashPriority Hints
#7
Series A · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2008 · 60 employees
raised

MegaZebra is a social and mobile games developer based in Munich, Germany. Founded in 2008, the company has developed popular games like " Mahjong Trails" (puzzle game for Facebook) and "Solitaire Chronciles" (cards game for facebook and iOS).

Funding rounds
  • Mar 2011Series A
  • Seed
Founders & team
Henning KosmackCEO / Co-founder
Investors
Kizoo, DH Private Equity Partners
Tech stack
AddtoanyApache Http ServerCart FunctionalityContact Form 7FancyboxGodaddy

Funding & investor landscape

$7.1Mtotal disclosed funding
4companies funded
4disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
DH Private Equity Partners2 rounds
WERK12 rounds
Europa1 rounds
Gardtec1 rounds
German Accelerator1 rounds
Gsccb Beteiligungsverwaltung1 rounds
HTGF1 rounds
Kizoo1 rounds
Mozilla1 rounds
Müller Medien1 rounds

Notable founders

Tilman Pfeiffer
Co-Founder & CEO · fraud0
Jean Paul Schmetz
Founder and CEO · Cliqz
Alexander Zacherl
MD & Co-founder · Fairytale Distillery
Sebastian Dorda
Technical Director & Co-Founder · Fairytale Distillery
Dominik Hagl
Co-Founder & CTO · Wagawin
Nicolas Leonhardt
Co-Founder & CEO · Wagawin
Johannes Sevket Gözalan
Founder & CEO · Games Group
Henning Kosmack
CEO / Co-founder · MegaZebra
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,103,432 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Mobile coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany

How research on 5G / 6G Networks is moving in Germany

A read on the academic research around 5G / 6G Networks — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 2,072 Germany-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
200820172026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 22% → 43% across 2008–2026.
top research entities
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg213
  • Technische Universität Berlin152
  • Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.149
  • Technical University of Munich110
  • RWTH Aachen University92
leading researchers
Robert Schober · Giuseppe Caire · Gerhard Krieger · Martin Haardt · Derrick Wing Kwan Ng · Gerhard Fettweis · Eduard A. Jorswieck · Marius Pesavento
Breakthroughs784 · 38%
▲ 36%→41% share
▲1.1× share momentum5 median citations43% since 2021mostly methods-led
Telecommunications research is surging in breakthroughs — papers nearly quadrupled from 8 to 29.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Beamforming144→239
  • Telecommunications8→29
  • Wireless3→18
  • Radar22→35
  • Base station13→25
Newly emergingPhase (matter) 0→7 · Reflection (computer programming) 0→6 · Monopulse radar 0→6
Landmark Fundamental trade-offs on green wireless networks · 1,148 cites
Advancements1,075 · 52%
▼ 54%→51% share
▼0.9× share momentum4 median citations39% since 2021mostly methods-led
Telecommunications advancements tripled from 11 to 37, signaling intensifying applied network engineering focus.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Beamforming233→264
  • Telecommunications11→37
  • Wireless13→28
  • Antenna (radio)44→56
  • Electronic engineering62→73
Newly emergingJoint (building) 0→13 · Phase (matter) 0→8 · Coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) 0→7
Landmark Digital Beamforming on Receive: Techniques and Optimization Strategies for High-Resolution Wide-Swath SAR Imaging · 516 cites
Concerns131 · 6%
▼ 7%→5% share
▼0.7× share momentum3 median citations32% since 2021mostly empirical
Concern-segment field-share is cooling from 7% to 5%, though Noise and SAR radar issues are rising.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Noise (video)1→4
  • Synthetic aperture radar1→4
  • Bandwidth (computing)2→4
  • Antenna (radio)4→5
  • Radar3→4
Landmark Massive MIMO for next generation wireless systems · 6,807 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany

Where 5g 6g 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.

Berlin177 · +0.63
Hot · BeamformingAdvancing · MIMOOpportunity · Aperture (computer memory)Concern · Directivity
Munich142 · +0.55
Hot · Quantization (signal processing)Advancing · PrecodingOpportunity · SoftwareConcern · Wireless
Aachen92 · +0.64
Hot · GNSS applicationsAdvancing · BeamformingOpportunity · User equipment
Karlsruhe83 · +0.50
Hot · RadarAdvancing · Continuous-wave radarOpportunity · LOFARConcern · MIMO
Dresden81 · +0.61
Hot · MaximizationAdvancing · Efficient energy useConcern · Beamforming
Jülich/Bonn25 · +0.71
Hot · LoudspeakerAdvancing · AcousticsOpportunity · Radio frequency
Stuttgart24 · +0.58
Hot · RadarAdvancing · SubcarrierOpportunity · Acoustics
Heidelberg7 · +0.77
Hot · BeamformingAdvancing · Beam steeringOpportunity · Transducer
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany

Who's filing 5g 6g patents in Germany

Germany 5g 6g patent filing is accelerating — 30,760 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Siemens, Deutsche Telekom, Fraunhofer GES Forschung; annual filings 2646→2919.

30,760 filings8,000 assigneespeak 3563/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Siemens7800
  • Deutsche Telekom3519
  • Fraunhofer GES Forschung3200
  • Robert Bosch2942
  • Volkswagen1986
  • Rohde & Schwarz1360
  • Intel1295
  • Infineon Technologies1281

Common questions

How many Mobile companies are there in Bavaria, Germany?
Radar tracks 60 indexable Mobile companies headquartered in Bavaria, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Mobile companies in Bavaria, Germany?
The Mobile companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list have raised a combined $7.1M in disclosed equity funding across 4 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Mobile company in Bavaria, Germany?
fraud0 is the highest-funded Mobile company in Bavaria, Germany, with $6.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Mobile companies in Bavaria, Germany are funded?
4 of the 60 Mobile companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Mobile unicorns are there in Bavaria, Germany?
None of the Mobile companies in Bavaria, Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Bavaria, Germany Mobile companies?
The most active investors in Bavaria, Germany Mobile companies on this list include DH Private Equity Partners, WERK1, Europa, Gardtec, German Accelerator.
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