Cologne · Pre-Seed–Series A · 20 people tracked
Investment thesis
Capnamic invests in early-stage teams, backing founders from the pre-product or MVP stage through first revenues. It is willing to invest whenever convinced by a young team and idea, regardless of whether a product or revenue exists. The firm has a strong background working with B2B and SaaS companies, though its interests are not confined to any single sector or industry. It looks for teams that have built a strong foundation to change an industry. Capnamic supports founders across the company lifecycle, reserving part of its funds for follow-on rounds to continue backing initial investments as they grow.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 20 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 62 of 86 portfolio companiesSaaS ×33AI & Machine Learning ×20Enterprise Software ×15Consumer ×7Logistics & Supply Chain ×7HR Tech ×6Retail Tech ×6Climate Tech ×5
HQs:Germany×23United States×2Switzerland×1Sweden×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 12 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×72 founders×33 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with education data
Harvard University ×2
Investments · 86 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 12023 · 24 dated
Co-investorsDvH VenturesLA ROCA Capital
Co-investorsPeakStorm Ventures
Co-investorsHighland EuropeIris CapitalNexo
Aifora, now part of Centric Software's Centric Planning & Pricing, provides an AI-powered retail decision engine that unifies assortment planning, lifecycle price optimization and inventory management using demand forecasting and real-time market intelligence.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaS
Accure offers a predictive battery analytics platform that uses AI and cloud computing to monitor Li-ion battery fleets across procurement, quality assurance, commissioning, operations, and augmentation.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergy
Co-investors42CAPBlue Bear Capital PartnersEnergize CapitalIncharge Capital PartnersPear VCPowerhouse
Black Semiconductor develops graphene-based photonics integrated directly onto electronic chips, converting electrical signals to optical signals to enable faster, lower-power chip-to-chip communication.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Daniel SchallSebastian Schall
Co-investorsCambium CapitalOnsight VenturesProject A VenturesTechVision FondsVsquared Ventures
Capmo is project management software for construction projects in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSNot specified, DE
Co-investorsBessemer Venture PartnersUVC Partners
Co-investorsAlstin CapitalStorm Ventures
cleverly provides online tutoring (Nachhilfe) and personal mentoring for schoolchildren from grades 1 to 13, covering all subjects and school types.
EdTechMarketplaces
Co-investorsRubio Impact Ventures
Contiamo is a full-service consultancy and implementation partner that develops AI strategies and builds data and AI products, covering data science, machine learning, generative AI, and data infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
ConsumerTech company (exited); Series A, based in Berlin.
Co-investorsEarlybird Venture CapitalVentechVorwerk Ventures
Dexory builds autonomous robots that scan warehouses and a software platform, DexoryView, that turns the captured data into a live digital twin with AI-driven inventory and space analytics.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
Adrian Negoita(Founder)Andrei Danescu(Founder)inOana Andreea Jinga(Founder)in
Co-investorsBeyond CapitalBootstrap EuropeDTCPElaiaKindred CapitalMaersk Growth+5 more
Lumiform is an AI-powered platform for digitizing inspections and audits, letting field teams complete checks on mobile devices (online or offline) while operations managers get real-time visibility across sites.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investors42CAPCaesar Ventures
Eir is a full-stack embedded insurance carrier that provides an API-driven platform for underwriting, claims, and compliance, letting digital platforms, MGAs, and e-commerce businesses launch white-label non-life insurance products.
FintechInsurTechSaaS
Co-investorsBOMKfW CapitalPeakEndeit CapitalFounders FuturePorsche Ventures
Munich Logistics-as-a-Service platform that connects e-commerce and retail brands to a network of third-party warehouses and carriers, managed through one software layer for inventory, fulfillment, shipping, and returns.
Munich, DE
Boris Bösch(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)inFelix Haberland(Co-Founder & CTO)inJohannes Tress(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)in
Co-investorsActon CapitalRocket Internet SE
Experial is an AI-native market research platform that turns a plain-language business question into a full study—methodology, questionnaire, sampling, and a board-ready report—using AI-simulated audiences, real human panelists, or both.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Outdoor adventure platform connecting consumers with businesses, destinations and brands.
ConsumerSocialSports Tech
Co-investors83NorthEpisode1European Super Angels ClubP101 Ventures
Filics builds the Streamliner, an autonomous mobile robot with a dual-fork system for transporting pallets and various load carriers in tight spaces.
HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
Co-investors10x Founders
Freshflow provides an AI replenishment and demand-forecasting layer for fresh produce departments in grocery retail, using 120+ signals (weather, holidays, promotions, seasonality) to generate order proposals that account for actual saleable inventory.
AI & Machine LearningFoodTechLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechBerlin, DE
Avik Mukhija(Co-Founder & CEO)inCarmine Paolino(Founding CTO)in
Co-investorsCaesar VenturesEntrepreneur FirstVenture StarsWorld Fund
Getsafe is a fully digital insurance provider offering policies such as liability, legal protection, contents, income protection, travel and pet health, private/public health, term life, and pensions, all managed through an app.
ConsumerFintechInsurTech
Christian Wiens(Founder)in
Co-investorsActon CapitalCaesar VenturesCommerzVenturesEarlybird Venture CapitalIris Capital468 Capital
Sunhat operates a collaborative proof platform that connects a company's systems and documents, validates data, and generates source-linked answers for sustainability assessments, ratings, and customer questionnaires such as EcoVadis, CDP, and CSRD.
Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSKöln, DE
Alexander Behr(Founder)
Co-investorsCommerzVentures
HAPPYCAR is an online rental car comparison service that lets travelers compare prices and additional services from various car rental companies.
MarketplacesMobility & TransportationTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsCoastCap
HiPeople is a recruiting platform for hiring teams that offers candidate assessments and automated reference checks, using AI to detect fraud, verify references, and generate a job-fit score.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechHR TechSaaS
Sebastian Schüller(Founder)inJakob Gillmann(Founder)in
Co-investorsMoonfire Ventures
how.fm offers an operational excellence platform for training and onboarding warehouse and contract logistics staff, using multilingual video-based training, quizzes, and digital documentation.
HR TechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsKindred Capital
Innoactive provides a platform for streaming and scaling spatial computing workflows—design reviews and digital twins—across tools like NVIDIA Omniverse Kit, Autodesk VRED, Unreal Engine, and Unity to devices such as Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest.
Advanced ManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsUVC Partners
Co-investors42CAPCNBB Equity PartnersProject A VenturesVentech ChinaVorwerk Ventures
SaaS application for managing and optimizing enterprise IT architecture.
Co-investorsDawn CapitalDTCPInsight Partners
Logistikbude offers a cloud-based Load Carrier Management System (LCMS) that digitizes and automates the tracking and account reconciliation of reusable load carriers such as pallets, containers, and racks.
Circular EconomyLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsFraunhofer Tech Transfer FundRethink VenturesXPRESS Ventures
MARKT-PILOT provides a pricing performance platform for machine and equipment manufacturers, offering real-time competitor and market intelligence, pricing decision workflows, and performance tracking across SKUs and markets.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS
marta operates an online platform and app that helps German families find and compare vetted live-in caregivers ("24h care") for in-home senior care.
Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplacesBerlin, DE
Jan Markus Hoffmann(Founder)
Co-investorsGerman Media Pool
Nanoleq develops components and materials for smart textiles, including stretchable e-components that let garments track EMG, ECG, and EEG signals and deliver electrical muscle stimulation.
HealthtechNew MaterialsWellness & Fitness
Nomagic develops robots and automation systems to assist warehouse operators and managers with repetitive manual tasks.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
Kacper Nowicki(Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsCogito Capital PartnersDN CapitalEBRD Venture Capital Investment ProgrammeEvolution VC PartnersFf Venture CapitalHoxton Ventures+5 more
Octonomy offers an AI platform built around a "Visual Cortex" engine designed to extract answers and knowledge from complex documents.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsTechVision FondsTechVision Fund
Omegga is developing a non-invasive, optical, machine-learning-based method for early in-ovo sex detection of chicken embryos, allowing egg-laying farms to avoid male chick culling.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTech
Co-investorsIQ Capital
Ordio is a workforce management platform for shift-based businesses, combining AI-assisted shift scheduling, time tracking, absence management, payroll data, and digital personnel files in one system.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Co-investors3VCSimon Capitalallygatr
Paebbl produces carbon-storing materials, including its Rebond 200 additive used to partially replace traditional cement in ready-mix concrete, reducing the concrete's embodied carbon while meeting standard strength specifications.
Climate TechConstruction TechNew Materials
Co-investors2050Wave VenturesHolcim MAQER VenturesPale Blue Dot
parcelLab offers a post-purchase experience (PPX) platform for retailers, unifying order tracking, delivery updates, returns, engagement, AI personalization, and analytics into one API-first, headless system.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechSaaS
Co-investorsEndeit CapitalInsight Partners
Playbook builds "Operating Memory," a hypergraph platform with industry-specific ontologies that connects controlled documents such as SOPs, policies, and training records so people and AI agents act on defined, traceable rules.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
QuantPi provides a validation and testing platform for enterprise AI, checking models, agents, and AI systems before and after deployment to produce statistical evidence of reliability.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsPreston-Werner VenturesFirst MomentumNew Forge
Rencore provides a governance platform for the digital workplace, covering Microsoft 365 apps, automations, BI tools, LLMs, AI agents, and the underlying data.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsUVC PartnersHi Inov
reverse.supply provides fashion brands with a circular retail solution to launch and manage a secondhand resale (recommerce) channel through their own branded shop, covering software integration and logistics handling.
Circular EconomyE-commerceRetail Tech
Max(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsMission One CapitalPUSH Ventures
Rex operates veterinary clinics for pets, focusing on dogs, cats, and rabbits, offering general care, dental treatments, and surgeries.
ConsumerHealthtechSaaSBerlin, DE
Jonathan Loesing(Co-Founder & CEO)inJulian Lechner(Co-Founder & COO)in
Co-investorsBridge to GrowthPICUS CAPITALR/GA VenturesVorwerk Ventures
SAP LeanIX provides enterprise architecture management software that gives organizations visibility into their software and IT landscape, including interdependencies, to plan transformations, manage risk, and support ERP transitions.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
André Christ(Founder)in
Co-investorsGapMinderIris CapitalDawn CapitalGoldman Sachs
Co-investorsRockstart
Sharpist provides a digital coaching platform that pairs employees with certified coaches and an AI coach, plus group and peer coaching, micro-tasks, and an L&D analytics dashboard.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaSBerlin, DE
Fabian Niedballa(Founder)
Co-investorsEndeit CapitalHeartfelt CapitalVorwerk Ventures
Staffbase offers an AI-powered employee communications and experience platform that lets enterprises target and orchestrate internal communications, run an intranet and employee hub, support frontline workers, and deliver knowledge and services across channels.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Frank Wolf(Founder)in
Co-investorsBootstrap EuropeHeadlineHeadline Growth Management, LLCInsight PartnersIris CapitalLEA Partners+1 more
Co-investorsKickstart Innovation
A German online service that lets individuals prepare and file their own tax returns, with guided workflows tailored to specific professions such as police officers, soldiers, and retirees.
ConsumerFintechSaaS
Strava is a mobile app and online platform where athletes track and share their workouts, activities, and athletic performance with a community of fitness enthusiasts.
ConsumerHealthtechSocialSports TechSan Francisco, US
Michael Horvath(Founder)inDavis Kitchel(Founder)inMark Gainey(Founder)in
Co-investors4M HoldingFounders Circle CapitalJackson Square VenturesSecond Alpha PartnersTCV
SurFunction builds ELIPSYS®, a platform for programmable functional metasurfaces that engineer surface properties such as friction, wear, contact resistance, wettability, and optical behavior directly into materials via laser-based micro- and nanoscale geometry.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew MaterialsSaarbrücken, DE
SWARM Biotactics develops bio-robotic cyborg swarms of living organisms equipped with sensors, edge AI, and secure communications, controlled through its SWARM OS orchestration platform for command, autonomy, and sensor fusion.
AI & Machine LearningDefense TechRobotics
Stefan Wilhelm(CEO)
Co-investorsVertex Ventures
Synctive offers an IoT platform for machine data acquisition and fault diagnosis, giving machine builders' service teams real-time monitoring, dashboards, asset management, and automated alerts.
Advanced ManufacturingIoTSaaS
Co-investorsMücke Roth & Company
Tanso provides software for calculating Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) using automated processes, a TÜV-certified methodology and ISO 14067 compliance.
CleantechClimate TechSaaS
Co-investorshenQ vcFortino CapitalUVC Partners
Tanso offers a software platform for corporate and product carbon accounting (Scope 1-3), ESG reporting, and supply chain emissions management, with AI-assisted data collection and audit-proof reports compliant with standards like CSRD, GHG Protocol, and EU Taxonomy.
CleantechClimate TechSaaSMunich, DE
Fabian Sinn(Co-Founder (no longer active))Gyri Reiersen(Co-Founder & CPO)inLorenz Hetzel(Co-Founder & CTO)inTill Wiechmann(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsPICUS CAPITALUVC Partners
Travador is an online travel deals platform offering short getaways and wellness holidays at hotels across Germany, Austria, and Italy.
E-commerceMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsXAngeIris Capital
Userlane is a digital adoption platform that combines application intelligence (app discovery, usage analytics, and license/portfolio insights) with contextual in-app assistance and workflow guidance to help enterprise staff complete tasks and reduce software training and support costs.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS
Co-investorsFive Elms Capital
Workpath offers enterprise software for strategy execution and corporate performance management, using AI agents and analytics to help teams set goals (including OKRs), track progress, and align decisions with business outcomes.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsIris CapitalStructure Capital
yasp builds an Agentic AI Compiler that automatically optimizes AI model training and inference across different hardware systems through a single API call (yasp.compile).
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Cambridge, US
Florian Wegener(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)David Pumberger(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Kilian Veer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardAlec Rauschenbusch(Director)inLarry Bohn(Director)Josef Von Rickenbach(Director)
Co-investorsCaesar VenturesGrazia Equity GmbHGeneral Catalyst
Zeotap is a customer data platform (CDP) that uses its ZeoAI system to handle setup, onboarding, data mapping, and catalogue creation, and enriches customer profiles with verified, consented identifiers to improve ad match rates.
AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing Tech
Co-investorsIris CapitalNew Science VenturesSalica InvestmentsSommet AB
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioFATMAPacq. by StravaLeanIXacq. by SAP
Portfolio news
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How · 22ndcenturyfrontier.com · Aug 20, 2026
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Getsafe · insurance-edge.net · Aug 17, 2026
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Rex · dailynews.com · Jul 31, 2026
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Capnamic made?
- Capnamic has 84 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Capnamic invest at?
- Capnamic invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Capnamic's typical check size?
- Capnamic typically writes checks of $540K – $3.2M.
- What sectors does Capnamic focus on?
- Capnamic focuses on Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Capnamic located?
- Capnamic is headquartered in Cologne, DE.
- Does Capnamic lead rounds?
- Yes, Capnamic leads investment rounds.
- Who does Capnamic co-invest with?
- Capnamic most often shares deals with Iris Capital, 42CAP, Caesar Ventures, among 83 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamJörg Binnenbrücker, Capnamic: €1B Exit, Flywheel Thinking & Building a DPI-Minded VC Firm
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Co-investors · 29
IRIS is a European venture capital firm that invests in technology innovators and disruptors across seed, Series A, growth, and late-stage funding rounds.
Insight Partners is an investment firm focused on accelerating revenue and profit growth in software companies, providing capital and operational support through its Insight Onsite team.
Earlybird Venture Capital is a European venture capital investor that backs early-stage technology founders with capital, strategic support, and access to an international network.
Acton Capital is an early-growth-stage venture investor with over 25 years of industry experience, partnering with a small number of founder-led companies each year to support their growth strategies.
General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.
GV (Google Ventures) is a venture capital firm that has invested in artificial intelligence and machine learning since its early days, building a global portfolio of more than 100 AI companies across infrastructure, life sciences, and applications.
Headline is a global venture capital firm investing in early- and growth-stage founders, with teams on the ground across multiple continents.
Lakestar is an investment firm founded by Dr. Klaus Hommels in 2012, managing venture capital funds and personal investments across stages and geographies, with a focus on technology companies supporting Europe's sovereignty and prosperity.
Episode 1 is a UK venture firm that invests in Pre-Seed and Seed B2B software companies, aiming to help them reach a successful Series A.
▶17 more co-investors
Sommet ABBlue Bear Capital PartnersSignalFireFlybridge Capital PartnersStride VCEQT VenturesZetta Venture PartnersCoelius CapitalIrishAngelsL CattertonHTGFKOMPAS VCCavalry VenturesTarget PartnersAnanda Impact VenturesSunfish PartnersJoin Capital
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