Berlin · Seed–Series A · 9 people tracked
Also known as 42CAP GmbH Co. KG
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Investment thesis
42CAP invests initial checks of roughly €0.5m to €3m in seed-stage, technology- and data-driven B2B software companies across Europe that have global ambition. The partners are entrepreneurs turned investors, having built major European software companies (eCircle and Hybris) during the first internet wave, and are investing from their fourth fund generation. They bring hands-on operating and scaling experience to founders, backing product- and engineering-led teams building enterprise software.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 9 people
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What they invest in
from 57 of 73 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×42SaaS ×32Enterprise Software ×23Data & Infrastructure ×18Developer Tools ×13Fintech ×8Logistics & Supply Chain ×8E-commerce ×7
HQs:Germany×11United States×5France×4Spain×3Austria×2Switzerland×2
Who they back
founder profiles across 25 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×103 founders×7
Where their founders studiedfrom 39 founders with education data
RWTH Aachen University ×4CentraleSupélec ×2Ecole nationale supérieure de l'Electronique et de ses Applications ×2Stanford University ×2The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 33 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×17Business & Management ×11Engineering ×9Economics ×3Finance & Accounting ×3Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 39 founders with career history
FSB - Franz Schneider Brakel GmbH + Co KG ×2Keystone Advisers ×2Telespazio VEGA Deutschland GmbH ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
5 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 38 with degree data)
Investments · 73 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 22025 · 82024 · 42023 · 32022 · 32021 · 32020 · 22019 · 12018 · 127 dated
Leanspace provides a cloud-native ground segment data platform for satellite operators to manage multiple assets, integrate legacy systems, and build custom mission-specific applications.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeep TechSaaSSpace TechStrasbourg, FR
Guillaume Tanier(Co-founder & CEO)inAlvaro Alonso Ruiz(Co-founder & CCO)in
Co-investorsKaristaIsaiISAI GestionBpifrance
Occtoo's Product Onboarding App is a tool for large-scale retail operations to bring supplier product data live, handling column mapping, data validation, media management, and SKU cross-checking with AI assistance.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureE-commerceRetail TechSaaS
K.A Niclas Mollin(Founder)inJimmy Ekbäck(Founder)inNiclas Mollin(CEO)in
Co-investorsIndustrifondenNewion
SimplicityDX provides infrastructure that extracts data from creator content and product recommendations to help brands win visibility with AI-powered search engines and shopping bots across social media and modern purchase paths.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningE-commerceBoston, US
Charles Nicholls(Founder)inSteve Brown(CTO)inLindsay Moorein
Co-investorsEpisode1
Wingback provides a platform for B2B SaaS companies to manage monetization, pricing, packaging, and invoicing.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Torben Friehe(Founder)inYANN LERETAILLE(Director)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorKarma Ventures
42 CAP is a European venture capital firm that invests €0.5–3 million in seed-stage B2B software companies with global ambitions.
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Thomas(General Partner)Alex(General Partner)inMoritz(General Partner)in
Co-investorsIsomer CapitalKfW CapitalAtomico
Adverity provides a data platform that enables agencies and brands to collect, combine, and transform marketing and business data for improved decision-making and performance.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechVienna, AT
Alexander Igelsböck(Founder)in
Co-investorsFELIX CAPITALGaia VenturesMangrove Capital PartnersSapphire VenturesSoftBank Vision FundSpeedinvest
OneShot.ai provides an AI-driven outbound sales service that identifies high-intent target accounts using multiple data sources and pairs them with vetted US and UK human cold callers who book meetings.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Chip is an AI-powered tool that aggregates and classifies beta feedback from multiple channels—Slack, email, and intake forms—to give product managers a structured ship-readiness view instead of manual triage.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsBerkeley SkyDeck FundDreamcraft
Cognee provides a memory layer API for AI agents that enables fast ingestion, retrieval, and persistent storage of agent execution history.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsBerlin, DE
Vasilije Markovic(CEO & Founder)
Co-investorsPebblebedVermilion Cliffs Ventures
Kaia Health develops digital therapeutic programs for chronic pain management and COPD, serving enterprise companies, health plans, and health systems primarily in the US and Europe.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessMunich, DE
Konstantin Mehl(Founder)inManuel Thurner(Founder)
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalOptum Ventures3VC
DBtune offers agentic AI that automatically tunes PostgreSQL databases to improve query performance and transactions per second while reducing cloud and infrastructure costs.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsAxeleo CapitalTola Capital
Checkmarble provides an AI-powered case management platform designed to help banks, fintechs, and crypto exchanges automate and scale fraud and anti-money laundering investigations.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityFintechSaaS
Flowlity applies AI and supply-chain science to improve supply chain efficiency for its customers.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSParis, FR
Jean-Baptiste Clouard(CEO)inKarim Benchaaboun(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur First
Alp Bio operates a platform that combines human tonsil organoid technology with protein AI models to assess and reduce immunogenicity (anti-drug antibody) risk in therapeutic antibodies before clinical development.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Anatol Ehrlich(Founder)in
Co-investorsVenture Kick
Apollo Minerva is a defense technology company that builds battlefield management software, with a flagship platform called PERSES that lets soldiers coordinate targeting, intelligence gathering, and logistics via a tablet interface.
Deep TechDefense TechSaaS
Dan Henry(Co-founder)inClaude Peloux(Co-founder)in
ARC is an AI-native finance operating system that consolidates actuals, plan, and forecast data across multiple entities within corporate groups, showing variances (€/%) with drilldown to the booking level.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investors468 Capital
askEarth builds an AI-native geospatial intelligence agent that translates complex satellite and location data into actionable insights for energy, insurance, and government organizations.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSpace TechZurich, CH
Co-investorsKickfund
Workstation is a control center platform that provides real-time visibility and operational intelligence across quote-to-cash processes, unifying transactions from multiple channels including email, EDI, e-commerce, and CRM systems.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsOctopus Ventures
ACCURE provides battery analytics and monitoring software for storage operators to optimize performance, prevent failures, and extend asset lifetime across grid-scale and utility installations.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechData & InfrastructureEnergyIoT
Dr. Kai-Philipp KairiesinDr. Johannes PalmerinDr. Georg Angenendtin
Co-investorsBlue Bear Capital PartnersCapnamicEnergize CapitalIncharge Capital PartnersPear VCPowerhouse
Candis offers software for invoice and financial document management, letting mid-market companies collect incoming invoices, receipts, travel expenses, and contracts in one place, read them automatically with AI, route them through customizable approval workflows, export them, and archive them in a GoBD-certified format.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Co-investorsBootstrap EuropeFly VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersPoint NineSpeedinvestViola Ventures+2 more
Codesphere provides a cloud platform and consulting focused on helping enterprise IT and software teams deliver projects on schedule and within budget.
Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareKarlsruhe, DE
Elias Schneider(Executive Officer, Director)inJonas Zipprick(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCarl Fritjofsson(Director)in
Co-investorsBegin CapitalFirestreak VenturesHOF CapitalLEA Partners468 CapitalCreandum
Commander AI offers a customer relationship management platform designed to help sales teams track opportunities, manage pipelines, and close deals faster.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSales TechSouth Bay, US
David Berg(Chief Executive Officer (CEO))inShantanu Bhardwaj(Chief Technology Officer (CTO))inDave Meizlik(President & Chief Operating Officer (COO))
Co-investorsBarrel VenturesTribes VenturesWatchfire VenturesBADideas.fund
Crosser provides a hybrid-first stream analytics and integration platform enabling real-time processing of streaming, event-driven, and batch data across cloud, on-premise, and edge environments.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaSStockholm, SE
Uffe Bjorklund(Co-founder)inJohan JonzoninMartin Thunmanin
Co-investorsIndustrifondenSpintop VenturesAlmi InvestNorrlandsfonden
Desktop Commander is a local AI agent application that executes tasks on a user's computer — opening folders, running commands, writing and editing files, connecting apps, and automating workflows from plain-English prompts.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsFuture of Work
Co-investorsBADideas.fund
Lumiform provides mobile inspection software designed for frontline teams to conduct compliance and safety inspections across multiple sites.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFoodTechSaaSBerlin, DE
Philip Blasberg(Co-founder)Lukas Blasberg(Co-founder)
Co-investorsCaesar VenturesCapnamic
Emporix provides preconfigured value streams and reusable components that enable teams to quickly launch, test, and scale new business capabilities.
Developer ToolsE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investors10x Founders
Galtea provides AI assessment and integration services to help businesses evaluate and deploy AI models with technical visibility and data-driven insights.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSector AgnosticBarcelona, ES
Co-investorsMozilla Ventures
Recursion is an AI-driven drug discovery company that uses cellular imaging and machine learning to identify and develop new medicines, with a focus on reducing failure rates in pharmaceutical development.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Co-investorsAir Street CapitalPUSH VenturesWlanholding
Shine is an online business banking service offering pro accounts, Mastercard business cards, instant and international transfers, and sub-accounts, along with management tools like dashboards, URSSAF estimation, VAT tracking, compliant invoicing, and automated accounting.
FintechSaaS
Co-investorsDaphni
Frenetic develops software for designing and optimizing magnetic components used in power electronics, using an AI-based modeling approach to replace traditional engineering methods.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSaaSMadrid, ES
Chema Molina, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investorsKibo VenturesJoin Capital
A provider of modular, no-code robotic automation software and systems that enable factories and OEMs to deploy flexible industrial robots without specialized expertise.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsSaaS
Co-investorsKarista
MOSTLY AI offers a Data Intelligence Platform and an open-source Synthetic Data SDK that let enterprise data teams generate high-fidelity, privacy-safe synthetic data, mock data, and simulations while analyzing production data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareVienna, AT
Michael Platzer(Founder)inKlaudius Kalcher(Founder)inRoland Boubela(Founder)in
Co-investorsMolten VenturesPUSH VenturesPremji Invest
Impulso provides a dashboard that gives brands and retailers real-time visibility into sales, inventory, and demand across a shared view.
Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechRetail TechSaaSStockholm, SE
Co-investorsSpintop Ventures
Inceptron provides a platform for deploying, optimizing, and scaling AI models in production, offering compiler-driven performance optimization and inference infrastructure for machine learning teams.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper Tools
Steffen Malkowsky(Founder)in
Co-investorsInsiders VenturesLU InnovationDreamcraft
Katana provides a cloud inventory platform with built-in inventory, production, and reporting features for end-to-end inventory management aimed at modern manufacturing and product businesses.
Advanced ManufacturingCloud ComputingLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSTallinn, EE
Priit Kaasik(Founder)inKristjan Vilosius(Co-CEO & Founder)inHannes Kert(Chief Customer Officer & Founder)inBen Hussey(Co-CEO)Riikka Söderlund(Chief Operating Officer & CMO)inAndres Aava(VP of Data & AI)in
Co-investorsCogito Capital PartnersNorthzoneStartup Wise GuysAtomico
Katana.so is an educational platform providing guides, market analysis, and community support focused on the Ronin blockchain ecosystem, Katana DEX, and GameFi applications.
Crypto & Web3EdTech
Co-investorsCoinbase VenturesGSRAtomicoCogito Capital PartnersNorthzone
Taxy.io builds AI software for tax advisors and their staff, including Answers, an NLP-based tool that combines large language models with verified tax-law publishing content (in cooperation with the Dr.
AI & Machine LearningFintechLegalTech
Co-investorsTechVision FondsAccel
Noodl is a low-code, AI-assisted development platform that uses a visual node graph to build full-stack applications, orchestrate business assets, and accelerate integrations while keeping data flow and logic clear.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Nostos Genomics develops genetic testing interpretation tools to improve the accuracy, speed, and accessibility of variant analysis for patients with rare and genetic diseases.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechBerlin, DE
David Gorgan(Founder)inRocio Acuna Hidalgo(CTO)in
Co-investorsAcequia Capital (AceCap)Entrepreneur FirstFaberFrontline VenturesAmino Collective
Novee builds an AI assistant for insurance underwriters that layers on top of existing systems to surface risk insights and automate manual work behind each submission.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsCanaan PartnersYL VenturesZeev Ventures
Ontruck offers an AI technology layer that connects to transport management systems to optimize road freight operations, including smart pricing, route planning, and shipment forecasting.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesLogistics & Supply Chain
iñigo juantegui(Founder)in
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesClimate InvestmentEmblemPoint NineCathay Innovation
Onedot provides AI-driven automation to transform fragmented product data into structured, standardized formats for retailers, wholesalers, manufacturers, and marketplaces.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaSKreuzlingen, CH
Bernhard Bicher(Founder & CEO)inFernando Jiménez(Founder & VP Engineering)in
Co-investorsCapnamic
Industrial corporate resilience with real-time data and automated operational workflows.
Co-investorsCherry VenturesOpenOcean
Osavul develops Janus, a threat intelligence platform that identifies hostile actors and analyzes vulnerabilities and supply chain risks to predict threat exploitation.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDefense TechGovTechWilmington, US
Dmytro Bilash(Executive Officer, Director)Dmytro Plieshakov(Executive Officer, Director)
Packlink is an online shipping comparison tool that lets individuals and businesses compare courier services and send national and international parcels without registration, paying only per shipment.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplaces
Co-investorsAccelActive Venture PartnersEight Roads Ventures
Productsup operates a feed management and syndication platform that lets brands and large-scale commerce operations manage, optimize, and distribute product content to retailers, distributors, data pools, and emerging AI/agentic commerce channels from a single system.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
Qdrant provides enterprise-grade vector search infrastructure for AI applications, offering secure and scalable deployment options including cloud, hybrid, and private infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
André Zayarni(CEO & Co-Founder)inAndrey Vasnetsov(CTO & Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsBosch VenturesCaesar VenturesRobert Bosch Venture CapitalUnusual VenturesSpark Capital
Scoutbee operates an AI-powered B2B procurement network that connects corporate buyers with suppliers using data-rich supplier profiles for supplier discovery and strategic sourcing.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US
Gregor Stühler(Co-founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsBootstrap EuropeNext47Toba CapitalAtomicoLakestar
A platform that helps companies build custom marketplaces by discovering and connecting customers with vetted business partners.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesSaaS
Co-investorsSalesforce Ventures
Simplyblock provides software-defined block storage built on NVMe-over-TCP and the Storage Performance Development Kit (SPDK), delivering low-latency, scale-out storage on standard x64 and ARM64 hardware.
Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBerlin, DE
Rob Pankow(Founder)Michael Schmidt(Co-Founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsBegin Capital
Smatch is a B2B marketplace connecting brands and retailers to facilitate sustainable and efficient trade in the fashion industry.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesCircular EconomyRetail TechHamburg, DE
Co-investorsGGFGreen Generation Fund10x Founders
Temper is an AI-native platform that enables supply-chain teams to build integrations with trading partners without requiring engineering skills, automating what traditionally takes months into hours.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Daniel HagemanninHeinrich BrunhöberinNick Raziborskyin
Co-investorsSlingshot
Velaris is a customer success platform for mid-market and enterprise B2B SaaS companies that combines AI capabilities with a proprietary context graph to track customer data, usage, and engagement signals.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsOctopus VenturesZAKA VC
WeWeb is a no-code platform for building web applications and full-stack applications, designed for both coders and non-coders.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSParis, FR
Raphael Goldsztejn(Founder)inFlorian Briou(Founder)inMarc Fabre(Founder)in
Co-investorsAglae VenturesBenhamou Global VenturesOyster VenturesY CombinatorYaday
Zelros (now part of Earnix) offers an AI decisioning and orchestration system built for insurers, covering pricing, underwriting, and customer engagement across multiple lines of business.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsIsaiISAI GestionBenhamou Global VenturesBGV
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Autonomous APIsCustoms4trade (C4T)Data-driven RecruitmentDigital Design ReinventedFlawlessGo AutonomousGridravenIntelligent Customer Data PlatformProductivity MiningscndSensorless Dynamic Line RatingsSuperfaceTeemycoWaypoint AI
Exits · 3
3 acquisitions · showing 1Exscientia (NASDAQ: EXAI)acq. by Recursion
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Commander · vgtimes.com · Aug 16, 2026
Second · finsmes.com · Aug 11, 2026
Katana · kanaandkatana.com · Aug 1, 2026
OSavul · foresightiq.co · Jul 4, 2026
Adverity · sports.yahoo.com · May 31, 2026
Emporix · trysignalbase.com · May 12, 2026
Packlink · trysignalbase.com · May 12, 2026
Onedot · trysignalbase.com · May 12, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has 42CAP made?
- 42CAP has 73 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 10 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does 42CAP invest at?
- 42CAP invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is 42CAP's typical check size?
- 42CAP typically writes checks of $550K – $3.3M.
- What sectors does 42CAP focus on?
- 42CAP focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Marketing Tech, SaaS.
- Where is 42CAP located?
- 42CAP is headquartered in Berlin, DE.
- Does 42CAP lead rounds?
- Yes, 42CAP leads investment rounds.
- Who does 42CAP co-invest with?
- 42CAP most often shares deals with Caesar Ventures, Capnamic, Entrepreneur First, among 77 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamEarly Investments in Munich - Julian von Fischer, parter at 42Cap - What's In Store Show Episode 5
What's In Store Show · Julian
Co-investors · 20
Octopus Ventures is a founder-focused European venture capital firm that backs mission-driven startups across seven core sectors, investing from idea stage through growth with a focus on pre-seed to Series A.
Entrepreneur First (EF) is a talent investor that helps individuals build and launch startups, providing support such as US visa guidance, office space, fundraising preparation, and investor introductions culminating in a San Francisco Demo Day.
Speedinvest operates a Portfolio Success program that connects its 400+ portfolio startups with customers, follow-on investors, industry experts, talent, discounted tools, and fellow founders across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and beyond.
468 Capital is a technology investment firm with offices in Berlin and San Francisco that invests across multiple stages in software, AI, and internet companies. The firm focuses on thesis-driven investments in businesses with experienced founding teams.
Icebreaker is an early-stage venture capital firm that has backed over 100 teams from the idea stage to seed and beyond since 2017, investing in the Nordic and Baltic region.
Begin Capital is a venture capital fund that began investing in 2020, backing 28 companies across many industries, and now focuses its second phase on DeepTech, AI, and physical-world technologies.
Picus Capital is a privately financed venture capital investor focused on early-stage technology ventures, having backed over 170 companies with a long-term, entrepreneur-aligned approach.
Ridge Ventures is a focused venture capital fund that backs experienced founders building revenue-first enterprise software companies at the late seed and early Series A stages.
Creandum is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies, backing them at early stages before their potential becomes widely obvious.
83North is a global venture capital firm that invests in and helps entrepreneurs build large, category-defining companies, backing startups across multiple stages and sectors.
HOF Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm investing in companies transforming foundational industries through advanced software and AI.
Amino Collective is an early-stage venture firm that backs bold, unconventional founders willing to explore uncharted territory.
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