Best Venture Capital Funds Companies in Germany
The 876 best Venture Capital Funds companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Axel Springer Digital Ventures.
Germany's Venture Capital Funds sector is bigger and more concentrated than most people realize: 876 firms tracked, $3.6B in total disclosed funding, and one unicorn sitting at the top of the stack. Axel Springer Digital Ventures accounts for $3.2B of that figure on its own, which tells you something about how lopsided the distribution is. Scalable Capital follows at $375M, and then the curve drops fast. So if you're mapping where the real capital lives in Germany's VC ecosystem, two names are doing most of the heavy lifting.
What's interesting right now is the momentum underneath. Median install growth across fund-raising and capital markets apps is running at roughly +18% year-on-year, and as shown in 2019 research on tech-driven financial services adoption, digital engagement tends to lead deployment cycles by a couple of quarters. Currency ETFs and capital markets themes are heating up across the coverage universe, which lines up with what active investors like Europa and Mojo.capital appear to be circling. I'd watch the currency basket ETF angle specifically, because that's where search and deal interest are converging fastest. The sector isn't waiting around, and neither should your due diligence.
Ranked: Best Venture Capital Funds companies in Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Patents & IP focus | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Axel Springer Digital Ventures Venture capital firm backed by Axel Springer SE | $3.2B | 99 mo ago | Late Stage | Mathias Dopfner CEO & Chairman | 1946 | TYPO3 CMSApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+11 | 96 patents Personalized media recommendation and content delivery algorithms for streaming platforms | 1 internship · 1 award |
| 2 | Scalable Capital 🦄 Founded in 2014, with offices in Munich and London, we are a young financial technology startup with… | $375M | 30 mo ago | Series E | — | 2014 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceBootstrap+15 | — | — |
| 3 | UnternehmerTUM Accelerator and VC firm focused on multiple sectors | $2M | 63 mo ago | Funding Raised | Helmut Schonenberger Co-Founder & CEO | 2002 | Craft CMSApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+19 | — | 1 partnership |
| 4 | Finance in Motion Diversified investment management firm | $445K | 90 mo ago | Funding Raised | Christoph Freytag Managing Director | 2009 | Apple iCloud MailTypeScriptJava+22 | — | 2 awards |
| 5 | Deepwave Ventures Venture capital firm focused on investing and supporting entrepreneurs | $202K | 61 mo ago | Funding Raised | Massimo Portincaso Founder and Managing Partner | 2021 | — | — | — |
| 6 | Yunus Social Business Venture capital fund focused on early-stage offline and energy industry | $45K | 37 mo ago | Funding Raised | Hans Reitz Co-Founder | 2011 | WebflowSlickjQuery+11 | — | — |
| 7 | BASF Venture Capital Corporate backed VC fund focused on investing in chemical startups | — | 33 mo ago | Deadpooled | Markus Kamieth CEO | 1865 | ZoeyCart FunctionalityApple iCloud Mail+24 | — | — |
| 8 | Collective Ventures Gmbh Venture capital-backed accelerator focused on early-stage startups | — | 42 mo ago | Acquired | Julian Kappus Founding Partner | 2020 | — | 3 patents Patents concentrated in computing, sensing & instrumentation | — |
Top 10 Venture Capital Funds companies in Germany
#1
Series E · Munich, Germany · founded 2014 · 547 employees$374.8Mraised▾
Founded in 2014, with offices in Munich and London, we are a young financial technology startup with excellent funding by prominent VCs. Please visit our website www.scalable.capital for more information.
#2
Late Stage · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2013 · 18000 employees$3.2Braised▾
Axel Springer SE is a German digital publishing company that operates various newspapers, tabloid magazines, and lifestyle magazines. The company has organized itself into four business segments: Classifieds Media, News Media, Marketing Media, and Services/Holding. The company's digital media offerings generate revenue through paid subscriptions, followed by advertising revenue from companies placing content in its print and digital offerings. The company generates most of its revenue from the News Media and Classified Media segments, and roughly half of the company's revenue is earned in Germany.
- Mar 2018PE$3.2B
#3
Funding Raised · Germany · founded 2011 · 13 employees$45.2Kraised▾
Venture capital fund focused on early-stage offline and energy industry. It majorly invests in offline companies engaged in sectors such as healthcare, agriculture and livelihood, education, and also in energy start-ups operating in areas like renewables.
- May 2023Grant (prize money)$45.2K
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)—
#4
Funding Raised · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2002 · 173 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Accelerator and VC firm focused on multiple sectors
- Mar 2021Grant (prize money)$296K
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$377.2K
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$367.7K
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$127.2K
#5
Funding Raised · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2021$201.7Kraised▾
Venture capital firm focused on investing and supporting entrepreneurs. It invests in and accelerates the growth of sustainable and impactful businesses.
- May 2021Grant (prize money)$201.7K
#6
Funding Raised · Frankfurt Am Main, Hesse · founded 2009 · 374 employees$444.8Kraised▾
Diversified investment management firm
- Nov 2018Grant (prize money)$444.8K
#7
Deadpooled · Ludwigshafen, Rhineland Palatinate · founded 2001 · 1264 employees—raised▾
Founded in 1865 and based in Germany, BASF is the world's largest chemical company, with products spanning the full spectrum of commodities to specialties. In addition, the company is a strong player in agricultural crop protection chemicals and emissions control catalysts for cars and trucks. Given its sheer size, BASF has a top-three market position in approximately 70% of its businesses.
#8
Acquired · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2020—raised▾
Venture capital-backed accelerator focused on early-stage startups
- Dec 2022Grant (prize money)—
#9
Funding Raised · Leinfelden Echterdingen, Baden Wurttemberg · founded 1928—raised▾
Network of organizations certifying biodynamic agricultural practices and related products. It provides standards, inspections, and certification services for producers and processors. The organization supports the biodynamic movement through education, consultancy, research, market development, and political engagement. It aims to ensure high-quality, sustainable agriculture.
#10
Acquired · Oldenburg, Lower Saxony · founded 1943—raised▾
Venture capital investment firm. It seeks to invest in early stage of companies.
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