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coparion

Venture capital

Cologne · Seed–Growth · 26 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Coparion backs young German technology companies with innovative products and above-average growth potential, focusing on the start-up and early growth phase. It looks for excellent, motivated teams and companies showing initial traction such as successful product launches or developed sales channels. The fund only finances companies headquartered in Germany and invests across all technological sectors, excluding EIB-defined excluded activities. Coparion always co-invests alongside private investors who commit at least equal sums on the same terms, and can partner with national and international co-investors. It invests up to EUR 15 million per company, typically across several rounds of EUR 0.5-8 million, taking a long-term, non-opportunistic approach focused on increasing portfolio company value.

Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.

Stage
Seed–Growth
Check
$550K – $16.5M
HQ
Cologne, DE
Leads rounds
Follows
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2016
AUM
$300M
Tracked investments
61
IPOs
1
Acquisitions
2

Team · 26 people

from the firm's website & public directories
Rafael Hautumm· Investment Managerin
Linda Erb· Associatein

What they invest in

from 50 of 61 portfolio companies

SaaS ×23AI & Machine Learning ×14Enterprise Software ×11Fintech ×11Healthtech ×9Biotech ×8Future of Work ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×4

HQs:Germany×33United Kingdom×2United States×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 17 portfolio companies
53%
solo founders
9 of 17 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founder×92 founders×53 founders×3

Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin ×2Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ×2The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ×2WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with field-of-study data

Business & Management ×5Economics ×3

Investments · 61 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

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Diginexdiginex.comin𝕏NASDAQ: DGNXJan 2021

Diginex is a sustainable RegTech company offering a suite of software and advisory services for ESG, climate, and supply chain data collection, reporting, and risk management.

Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSCentral, GB

Paul Ewing(Chief Financial Officer)inRichard Byworth(Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Issuer)

BoardAndrew Watkins(Director of the Issuer)Paul Smith(Director of the Issuer)Richard Petty(Director of the Issuer)Yoon Chi-Won(Chairman and Director of the Issuer)

Co-investorsCyberport Hong KongWorking Capital FundHearst VenturesRhino Ventures

Tacalyxtacalyx.com✓ verified

Tacalyx develops novel anticancer therapeutics that target Tumor-Associated Carbohydrate Antigens (TACAs), including antibody-drug conjugate programs.

BiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesBerlin, DE

Peter Seeberger(Co-founder (Prof. Dr.))Oren Moscovitz(CSO & Co-founder)

Co-investorsCreathor VenturesKurma PartnersBoehringer Ingelheim Venture FundThuja CapitalApollo Health Ventures

35Up35up.comSeed · Mar 2021 · $3M

Co-investorsCapnamicDvH VenturesLA ROCA Capital

3YOURMIND3yourmind.cominNov 2017 · $12M

3YOURMIND provides on-demand and additive manufacturing workflow software that lets companies build digital inventories of qualified parts, analyze printability and cost, and distribute production jobs to approved suppliers.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardwareSaaSBerlin, DE

Aleksander Ciszek(Co-founder)inStephan Kühr(Co-founder)Philip Korn(Chief Financial Officer)inJos Burger(Executive Chairman)inWilliam Cuervo(Vice President, North America)inAnna Laura Casciaro(Vice President of People & Culture)in

Co-investorsAM VenturesEnBW New Ventures GmbHLBBW Venture Capital GmbHStartXUVC PartnersAramco Ventures+2 more

Abalos Therapeuticsabalos-tx.comin

Abalos Therapeutics develops immunotherapy treatments using arenavirus-based approaches for cancer.

BiotechHealthtech

Co-investorsVentura BioMed InvestorsApollo Health VenturesBoehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund

Acatusacatus.comNov 2019

A content site offering personal finance guidance, including budgeting and debt-reduction tips, investment analysis on stocks and bonds, and economic trend forecasts for individual readers.

FintechMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsPartech VenturesBerliner Volksbank VenturesDIP Capital

Autovioautovio.de

AUTOVIO operates a network of driving schools across Germany and provides an app for learner drivers to book driving and theory lessons, study for the official theory exam, track progress, and pay.

EdTechMobility & TransportationSaaS

Co-investorsbmp Ventures

Bits & Pretzels 30.09.2026bitsandpretzels.comin

Bits & Pretzels is a European startup conference and networking hub held in Munich that brings together founders, venture investors, and institutional limited partners for deal-making, fundraising, and relationship building.

Future of WorkMarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSector AgnosticMunich, DE

Felix(Chairman & Co-Host)

Building Radarbuildingradar.comin𝕏

Building Radar offers an AI-based platform for construction sales teams that identifies new building projects and sales opportunities, enriches them with project and contact data, and recommends next best actions.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSales TechMunich, DE

Leopold Neuerburg(Co-Founder, Managing Director & Chairman)inPaul Indinger(Co-Founder & Managing Director)inRaoul Friedrich(Co-Founder (former CPO))in

Co-investorsBayBG Venture CapitalPICUS CAPITALPT1Socii Capital

Cardior Pharmaceuticals GmbHcardior.deAug 2021

Clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing RNA therapeutics for cardiac disease.

Co-investorsBioMedPartnersHadean VenturesInkefEQT Life SciencesFund+Sunstone Capital

CatalYmcatalym.cominNov 2020

CatalYm develops immunotherapies for solid tumors by neutralizing GDF-15, a factor cancer cells use to suppress immune responses and resist treatment.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMunich, DE

Jörg Wischhusen(Scientific Co-founder)Scott Clarke(Chief Executive Officer)inPeter Garcia(Chief Financial Officer)Sujata Rao(Chief Medical Officer)inStefan Ries(Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Munich Site)inAndrea Goddard(Chief Technical Officer)in

Co-investorsJeito CapitalBioqube VenturesForbionBayern KapitalBioGeneration VenturesCanaan Partners+2 more

CEPREScepres.com

CEPRES operates a data and analytics platform for private markets, providing verified fund and deal data sourced directly from GPs for due diligence, portfolio monitoring, benchmarking, cash flow forecasting, and risk assessment.

Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS

Daniel Schmidt(Founder & CEO)in

Clarkclark.dein𝕏

CLARK is a digital insurance broker app that aggregates, compares, and manages insurance policies for consumers.

FintechInsurTechNew York, DE

Co-investorsAllianz XCaesar VenturesDiagramGerman Media PoolIsomer CapitalKreos Capital+7 more

CNC24cnc24.cominAug 2022 · $8.3M

CNC24 operates a digital procurement platform for custom plastic and metal production parts, connecting commercial buyers with a network of manufacturing suppliers worldwide.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesLogistics & Supply ChainBerlin, DE

Willi Ruopp(Co-Founder & CEO)inMarlon Gerat(Co-Founder & CPO)inJonathan Seoane(CTO)Claudius Tadesse(CRO)inStefan Sommer(Chief Procurement Officer)in

Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesPolytech Ecosystem VenturesRedstoneSBI Ventures Europe GmbHTane FundEquityPitcher Ventures+1 more

ContractHerocontracthero.de

ContractHero is a contract management software that centralizes a company's contracts in a searchable database, using AI to read contracts in over 30 languages, extract clauses, deadlines and risks, and automate deadline tracking, approvals and reporting.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaS

Co-investorsVenista Ventures

emlenemlen.ioOct 2021 · $4.2M

emlen is a digital sales room platform that gives buyers a single branded space to explore sales and marketing content, invite colleagues, and get AI-generated answers to questions about pricing, features, and implementation.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsE Nugget Ventures UG (Haftungsbeschränkt)

Fasciotensfasciotens.de

fasciotens develops medical devices based on fascial traction for abdominal wall surgery, addressing open abdomen, complex hernias, and abdominal wall defects in newborns.

HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices

FastBillfastbill.com

FastBill is a German invoicing and accounting tool that lets freelancers, small businesses, consultants, agencies, and companies create and send legally compliant invoices and e-invoices, automate VAT pre-registration filings to the tax office, and manage bookkeeping and finances.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Finanzgurufinanzguru.de

Finanzguru is a personal finance app that connects a user's bank accounts, automatically categorizes transactions, and gives an overview of contracts and fixed monthly costs.

ConsumerFintechInsurTech

Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesRedstoneSeed+SpeedTane FundVenture StarsDeutsche Bank+4 more

Finoafinoa.ioin𝕏

Finoa provides custody and financial services for digital assets and cryptocurrencies aimed at institutional clients, addressing their regulatory and security needs.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Christopher May(Founder)Henrik Gebbing(Founder)

Co-investorsBalderton CapitalBlockrocketMaven 11Signature VenturesVenture Stars

foodcirclefoodcircle.com

FoodCircle offers order financing for food businesses, providing up to €500K per order with real-time applications and payment terms of up to 120 days.

B2B MarketplacesFintechFoodTech

Co-investorsDiscovery Ventures III Gmb H & Co. KG

Fractalfractal.is

Fractal is a gaming platform offering free browser-based games, tournaments and rewards, plus tooling for game studios.

Julian Leitloff(Founder)Justin Kan(Founder)inPranay Agrawal(Founder)Srikanth Velamakanni(Founder)

Co-investors1/1 CapitalEniac VenturesMulticoin CapitalParadigmPosition Ventures8VC+4 more

Fresh Booksfreshbooks.comin𝕏

FreshBooks is a cloud-based accounting and invoicing platform designed for small service-based businesses.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechHR TechSaaS

Mike McDerment(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccompliceAgman PartnersEvolution VC PartnersOak Investment PartnersSaints CapitalSand Hill Angels+2 more

Fundamentalpharmafundamentalpharma.comin𝕏

FundaMental Pharma is a preclinical biopharmaceutical company developing dual-acting NMDAR modulators for treatment-resistant depression.

BiotechDigital HealthHeidelberg, DE

Co-investorsBioGeneration Ventures

German Autolabsgermanautolabs.comFeb 2019

German Autolabs builds voice assistant technology and NLP software development kits for last-mile delivery drivers and mobile workers, integrating with existing logistics workflows to improve delivery efficiency and road safety.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation

Holger Weiss(Founder)

Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesRedstoneTane FundTarget Partners

Green City Solutionsgreencitysolutions.de

Green City Solutions builds modular biological air filters that use moss to filter fine dust, cool the surrounding air, and reduce CO2e emissions in urban environments.

CleantechClimate TechHardware

gridXgridx.de

gridX offers a white-label connectivity and flexibility platform that links distributed energy resources in homes and at EV charging sites to optimize energy flows and monetize their flexibility.

CleantechEnergySaaS

Grovergrover.comin𝕏Jul 2018 · $71M

Grover offers technology products such as smartphones and other consumer electronics through flexible rental subscription plans, allowing customers to pay for the duration they use a device.

Circular EconomyConsumerE-commerceMarketplaces

Michael Cassau(Founder)in

Co-investorsAssurant VenturesAugmentum FintechEnergy Impact PartnersEnjoyventure ManagementGerman Media PoolGPO Fund+10 more

Hastyhasty.aiNov 2020 · $3.7M

The page hosts a Computer Vision Wiki maintained by CloudFactory, documenting terms, concepts, and code examples for computer vision and vision AI tasks such as image classification, object detection, and segmentation.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsiRobot VenturesShasta Ventures

HepaRegeniXheparegenix.com

HepaRegeniX is a clinical-stage biotech company developing therapies that treat acute and chronic liver diseases by promoting liver regeneration.

BiotechHealthtechTuebingen, DE

Co-investorsBoehringer Ingelheim Venture FundHTGFNovo Holdings

Holiduholidu.com

Munich, DE

Johannes Siebers(Founder)inMichael Siebers(Founder)

Co-investors83NorthBootstrap EuropeClaret Capital PartnersKey1 CapitalNewtown PartnersNorthzone+6 more

Kopplakoppla.dein

koppla is a construction scheduling software that lets general contractors, planners, project developers and architects create schedules, track site progress in real time, standardize processes and generate reports.

Construction TechPropTechSaaS

Jerome Lange(Founder)inLasse Steffen(Founder)Marco Trippler(Founder)

Co-investorsBrandenburg KapitalEarlybird Venture CapitalNewion

Lanes Planeslanes-planes.comin

Lanes & Planes offers automated services for business travelers, including recovering foreign VAT on international travel expenses (hotels, rental cars, taxis, fuel) and automatically filing Deutsche Bahn passenger compensation claims for delayed or cancelled trains.

FintechSaaSTravel & Hospitality

Co-investorsAcurio VenturesBattery VenturesDN Capital

Lendislendis.ioinJan 2022

Lendis rents out preconfigured IT equipment (laptops, smartphones, monitors, accessories) delivered directly to employees' home offices, handling configuration, shipping, replacement and returns.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHardwareHR TechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSBerlin, DE

Julius Bolz(Co-Founder & Managing Director)inStavros Papadopoulos(Co-Founder & Managing Director)inEric Bean(Manager of the Manager)Michael Eizelman(Manager of the Manager)Everett K Sands(Manager of the Manager)

Co-investorsDN CapitalKeen Venture PartnersKPN VenturesPICUS CAPITALHV Capital

libifylibify.com

libify provides home care solutions for people in need of care and their relatives, including home emergency call systems with fall detection and GPS, care supply boxes of hygiene products, and certified online care courses.

Digital HealthHealthtechLongevityMunich, DE

Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesBridge to GrowthGerman Media PoolRedstoneTane FundYabeo

Lofeltlofelt.comNov 2017 · $5.4M

Advanced haptic technologies for content creators and device brands; acquired by Meta in 2022.

Co-investorsGET FundHorizons VenturesQ Venture Partners

micropsimicropsi-industries.comin𝕏

Micropsi Industries develops MIRAI, an AI-based vision and control system that trains industrial robots to handle tasks with variance, such as picking and insertion, and to adapt to changing factory conditions.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics

Ronnie Vuine(Founder)in

Co-investorsAsgard - human Capital for AIConvergeProject A VenturesVsquared VenturesAhren Innovation CapitalConvergence Ventures+3 more

Neodigital Versicherung AGneodigital.deinNov 2020

Neodigital is a German property and casualty insurer offering online-managed insurance products including auto, home, liability, pet, accident, and personal goods coverage.

InsurTechGermany, DE

Stephen Voss(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlstin CapitalElevat3 Capital

ONIQoniq.cominJul 2023

Oniq offers a software platform that combines Lean methodology and AI to help industrial and production companies operate more efficiently and sustainably.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS

Co-investorsSeed Fonds AachenTechVision FondsTechVision Fund

Parcellabparcellab.comin𝕏

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-investorsBayern KapitalCapnamicEndeit CapitalInsight Partners

Plan Aplana.earthin𝕏acquired by Diginex · Jan 2026 · $64M

Plan A provides a sustainability platform for corporate carbon management and decarbonization.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsKeen Venture PartnersOpera Tech Ventures

Protembisprotembis.cominMar 2024

Protembis is a German medical device company developing the ProtEmbo Cerebral Protection System, an intra-aortic filter device inserted via the left radial artery that shields the brain from embolic debris during transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) and other left-sided heart procedures.

HealthtechMedical DevicesAachen, DE

Karl von Mangoldt(Co-Chief Executive Officer)inConrad Rasmus(Co-Chief Executive Officer)inOliver Marseille(CTO)

Co-investorsEuropean Investment BankSeed Fonds AachenTechVision FondsTechVision FundXGEN Venture

Qualifyzequalifyze.comin

Qualifyze offers a centralized audit management platform for life sciences supply chains, letting quality and procurement teams plan, execute, and track supplier GxP audits globally with integrated CAPA tracking.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS

David Schneider(Founder)Florian Hildebrand(Founder)

Co-investorsAuxxoCherry VenturesCompanion M Gmb HHeartfelt CapitalHEARTFELT_Insight Partners+4 more

Refoxyrefoxy.cominSeed · Dec 2024 · $10M

Refoxy is a science-driven company focused on drug discovery, medicinal chemistry, and bioinformatics.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechLongevity

Victor Bustos(Co-Founder & CEO)inWolfgang Link(Scientific Co-founder & Advisor)inAndrew Pierce(Chief Science Officer)in

Co-investorsKorify CapitalApollo Health VenturesBoehringer Ingelheim Venture FundHTGF

Shoreshore.comin

Shore provides digital process and business management solutions for service providers and retailers, helping them streamline operations and improve efficiency.

Enterprise SoftwareRetail TechSaaS

Co-investorsBayern KapitalLeadX Capital PartnersSenovoTiburon

shyftplanshyftplan.comin

shyftplan is a cloud-based shift-scheduling and workforce-planning software that uses algorithms and real-time data to automatically generate optimized shift plans covering demand, availability, qualifications and rotation groups.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaS

Co-investorsCapmontMaguar CapitalSenovoUVC Partners

Thermosomethermosome.com

Thermosome is a drug development company working on targeted tumor therapy combined with immune stimulation, using a tumor targeting approach designed to increase local drug concentrations for better treatment outcomes in cancer patients.

BiotechHealthtech

Co-investorsBayern KapitalOCCIDENT

Thing Itthing-it.comin

MazeMap Workplace offers a workplace management platform that integrates with Microsoft 365/Outlook for booking desks, meeting rooms, parking, and catering, along with features like colleague search, first-aider location, and building maps.

Future of WorkPropTechSaaSFrankfurt, DE

Co-investorsPT1

Tubulis GmbHtubulis.comin𝕏acquired by Gilead Sciences

The page is a placeholder shell showing only cookie/consent notices for embedded third-party content (Vimeo, YouTube, reCAPTCHA, social media) and contains no substantive information about the company.

Dominik Schumacher(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndera PartnersAscenta CapitalBayern KapitalBioMedPartnersFrazier Life SciencesFund++7 more

TwentyBN20bn.com

TwentyBN was an AI startup that built interactive, visual AI systems for smart home, fitness, and automotive applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechBerlin, DE

Veertlyveertly.comOct 2021

Veertly provides a platform for organizing and hosting online and hybrid events, with a focus on enabling networking and collaboration among attendees.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

AlexJoaoJoschka

Co-investorsSICTIC

Vimcarvimcar.dein𝕏

Vimcar offers Fleet, a fleet management software for company vehicle fleets that combines hardware and software to provide automatic digital driver's logbooks, live GPS tracking, and driver identification.

IoTMobility & TransportationSaaS

Co-investorsActon CapitalAtlanticUVC PartnersAtlantic LabsBattery Ventures

VirtualQ®virtualq.ioin𝕏

VirtualQ provides an AI-powered callback and appointment scheduling solution for contact center and sales operations across multiple channels.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsHigh Tech GruenderfondsTechFounders

Wirelanewirelane.com

Wirelane provides charging stations for electric vehicles along with software for managing charging infrastructure, flexible tariff structures, and automated billing of charging sessions.

CleantechEnergyMobility & Transportation

Co-investorsHigh Tech GruenderfondsCD-Venture

zeotapzeotap.comin𝕏

Zeotap provides a customer data platform (CDP) that operates warehouse-natively on client data infrastructure, offering both Zeotap-hosted and client-hosted deployment options with integrated AI capabilities for data governance and decisioning.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechBerlin, DE

Co-investorsCapnamicIris CapitalNew Science VenturesSalica InvestmentsSignalFireSommet AB

Zizoozizoo.comin𝕏

Borrow A Boat operates a global yacht and boat charter marketplace connecting boat owners and charter companies with people seeking to rent vessels of all types, from canal boats to luxury superyachts.

E-commerceMarketplacesTravel & Hospitality

Anna Banicevic(Founder)in

Co-investorsAlexander Geza Marcus PejacsevichCurious Capital GmbH & Co. KGLiquidity CapitalPUSH VenturesAxel Springer Digital VenturesRevo Capital

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

CardiorHomelikeNeodigitalZürich, CH

Exits · 3

1 IPOs · 2 acquisitions

DiginexNASDAQ: DGNXPlan Aacq. by DiginexTubulis GmbHacq. by Gilead Sciences

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has coparion made?
coparion has 61 tracked investments, 3 of which have exited, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does coparion invest at?
coparion invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth stages.
What is coparion's typical check size?
coparion typically writes checks of $550K – $16.5M.
What sectors does coparion focus on?
coparion focuses on Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, Media & Entertainment, Retail Tech, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
Where is coparion located?
coparion is headquartered in Cologne, DE.
Does coparion lead rounds?
coparion typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does coparion co-invest with?
coparion most often shares deals with Bayern Kapital, Berliner Volksbank Ventures, Redstone, among 129 tracked co-investors.

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