LEA Partners
Growth equityKarlsruhe · Seed–Late Stage · 11 people tracked
Also known as LEA PARTNERS GMBH
Investment thesis
LEA Partners acts as an entrepreneurial equity partner to founders and management teams of software and service companies in the DACH region. It focuses on market-leading software businesses with a high share of recurring revenue, including vertical software providers with deep industry expertise and clear market leadership. LEA supports companies across various growth stages, often pursuing focused buy-and-build strategies to consolidate fragmented markets, and helps portfolio companies scale internationally, migrate to cloud platforms, and reach leading market positions.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 54 of 99 portfolio companiesSaaS ×31AI & Machine Learning ×25Enterprise Software ×16Advanced Manufacturing ×9HR Tech ×8Construction Tech ×6Deep Tech ×6Developer Tools ×5
HQs:Germany×26United States×4Austria×1Netherlands×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 15 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×144+ founders×1
Investments · 99 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 42024 · 12023 · 12021 · 12016 · 29 dated
AR venture capital company based in Karlsruhe, founded 2019
Aleph Alpha develops specialized language models and AI solutions for enterprise and public sector organizations in Europe, prioritizing data sovereignty, regulatory compliance, and domain-specific customization on European infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareHeidelberg, DE
Samuel Weinbach(Co-Chief Research Officer, Co-Founder)Ilhan Scheer(Co-Chief Executive Officer)inReto Spörri(Co-Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBosch VenturesBurda Principal InvestmentsCavalry VenturesD11ZEarlybird DWES Management GmbH & Co. KGEarlybird Venture Capital+8 more
The Alignment Research Center (ARC) is a non-profit research organization working on aligning future machine learning systems with human interests.
AI & Machine LearningDeep Tech
IT Systemhäuser private equity company based in Ulm, founded 2003
Engineering Technology private equity company based in Wildpoldsried, founded 1984
AI for Architecture venture capital company based in London, founded 2022
AskUI is an agentic test automation platform where users write tests in plain English and a computer-use agent executes them by observing the screen and reasoning, rather than relying on the DOM or UI selectors.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaSKarlsruhe, DE
Dominik Klotz(Founder)
Co-investorsHeartfelt Capital468 CapitalEurazeo
Assemblio is an AI-powered software that converts CAD data into standardized digital assembly instructions and automatically generates manufacturing bills of materials (MBOMs), while managing engineering changes and versioning.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Co-investorsMätch VC
Atlas builds a foundational model of human biology used to predict patient outcomes and run virtual clinical trials.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtech
Co-investorsFirst MomentumAccel
Legal Tech venture capital company based in Berlin, founded 2022
Construction Tech private equity company based in Neubeuern, founded 1982
binderholz is an Austrian family-owned wood processing group that manages the full value chain from forestry and sawmills to solid-wood products, packaging solutions, timber construction systems, and residential housing.
Advanced ManufacturingConstruction TechNew MaterialsFügen, AT
AI research lab developing visual intelligence technology including image generation and manipulation models.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsFreiburg, DE
Robin Rombach(Founder)Andreas Blattmann(Founder)Patrick Esser(Founder)Tim Dockhorn(Founder)
BoardAnjney Midha(Director)in
Co-investorsAir Street CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBroadLight CapitalCherry VenturesEarlybird Venture CapitalHeadline+11 more
Bliro is an AI assistant for sales teams that automates administrative work such as meeting preparation, follow-ups, CRM updates, emails, and note-taking during online and in-person meetings.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechMunich, DE
Maurice Schweitzer(Founder)
Co-investorsRockstart468 Capital
Software For Blue Collar venture capital company based in Stuttgart, founded 2020
Developer productivity venture capital company based in Karlsruhe, founded 2020
Circular Economy private equity company based in Erftstadt, founded 2023
Cardisio develops Cardisiography, an AI-supported cardiac diagnostic method that uses digital vectorcardiography to generate a 3D-ECG and 19-channel ECG derivation for detecting ischemia, arrhythmias, and structural heart disease.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthMedical DevicesFrankfurt am Main, DE
Klaus Tenderich(Founder)
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)Jonas Zipprick(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardCarl Fritjofsson(Director)
Co-investors42CAPBegin CapitalFirestreak VenturesHOF Capital468 CapitalCreandum
Financial Technology private equity company based in Schmitten, founded 1990
e-Invoicing & After Sales private equity company based in Kaarst, founded 2007
Daedalus provides cloud infrastructure and tools for precision manufacturing operations, offering manufacturing-specific functionality similar to AWS's broader cloud services.
Advanced ManufacturingRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Jonas Schneider(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirst MomentumNGP CapitalY CombinatorAdditionKhosla VenturesTechstars
Daisytuner offers a compiler and optimization platform with developer tools that compile applications written in PyTorch, NumPy, or C/C++ into a single native artifact and retarget them across CPUs, GPUs, RISC-V accelerators, and photonic processors without code rewrites.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsLinden Capital
.EU.COM is a domain registry offering an unrestricted, globally accessible domain extension as an alternative to the .eu ccTLD, allowing anyone to register without EU residency or business requirements.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsHPE GrowthZen11 Holding
Edenspiekermann is an international independent design consultancy offering design strategy, digital product design, and design systems services for brands and public-sector clients.
Enterprise SoftwareMedia & Entertainment
Erik Spiekermann
Future of Mobility venture capital company based in Karlsruhe, founded 2016
enabl operates a materials-handling-as-a-service platform combining semi-autonomous forklifts with remote human operators to carry out warehouse transport tasks such as truck loading, pallet moves, and high-rack storage.
Co-investorsRethink VenturesVenture Stars
Batteries For Solar venture capital company based in Amsterdam, founded 2024
EnergyEdison, US
Steven Amendola(Director)Steve Hellman(Executive Officer, Director)Phil Black(Executive Officer, Director)Ben Rogers(Executive Officer, Director)George Adamson(Executive Officer)
BoardMichael Oster(Director)
Financial Technology private equity company based in Ettenheim, founded 1998
New York, US
Betsy Z Cohen(Director)James J McEntee III(Executive Officer)Daniel G Cohen(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardShami Patel(Director)Walt Beach(Director)William Lamb(Director)
Developer Productivity venture capital company based in Darmstadt, founded 2024
Flip offers a branded employee app that connects a company's entire workforce, including deskless and frontline workers, through news, chat, knowledge sharing, and HR services in a single mobile experience.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsNAPHV CapitalNotion Capital
Flowers is a business process automation software that digitizes and automates workflows across areas such as accounting and customer orders, with open interfaces to integrate into existing IT systems.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Gendo builds a collaborative AI rendering platform that lets architects and designers turn sketches into photorealistic renders, swap materials, and apply style transfers on a shared canvas for team iteration and client approval.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
Co-investorsPT1RLC VenturesAscension Ventures
Betriebliche Altersvorsorge venture capital company based in Offenburg, founded 2021
Gixel develops a display technology for AI and AR glasses, using a novel architecture designed to work with low-cost microOLED light engines instead of waveguides.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardware
Co-investorsLinden Capital
gyde is a mobile training platform for frontline teams that uses AI to turn documents, manuals, and presentations into interactive microlearning courses, translated into 35+ languages and accessible via browser or app without an email address.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechHR Tech
Co-investorsCrystal Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture PartnersMätch VCMVP VenturesOptum Ventures
Haufe Group provides content, software, and professional training aimed at making people more successful at work.
EdTechHR TechSaaS
Birte Hackenjos(Chief Executive Officer (CEO))Harald Wagner(Chief Financial Officer (CFO))
DYNO offers a digital platform for occupational pension schemes (betriebliche Altersvorsorge/bAV) that lets employers set up and manage pensions and lets employees track their contributions and net pension like a modern investment depot.
FintechHR TechSaaS
Co-investors468 CapitalMätch VC
Inpixon (Intranav) provides a hardware-independent location intelligence platform that tracks the real-time location and status of assets, orders, and components for industrial manufacturers with high-value products and high error costs.
Advanced ManufacturingIoTLogistics & Supply Chain
Software for Engineers venture capital company based in Stuttgart, founded 2023
Construction Tech private equity company based in Hannover, founded 1985
Photonic Computing venture capital company based in Stuttgart, founded 2018
MAGAZINO, a Jungheinrich company, develops autonomous mobile robots for intralogistics automation, including the SOTO tugger robot for transporting small load carriers and the TORU picking robot for handling boxes and containers from shelving.
HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRobotics
3D Visualization & Design Workflow private equity company based in Karlsruhe, founded 2017
Midpage provides an AI-powered legal research and drafting tool that lets litigators search case law, statutes, and regulations, draft briefs and memos, and run cite checks with responses hyperlinked to real opinions and laws.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSWilmington, US
Otto Zastrow-Marcks(Executive Officer, Director)
Moonwatt develops energy optimization and management software for grid-scale operations, leveraging renewable energy storage systems.
CleantechCloud ComputingEnergyHardwareSaaSDiemen, NL
Zukui Hu(Founder)in
Co-investorsAFI VenturesDaphniFounders FutureKima Ventures
Future of Work venture capital company based in Offenburg, founded 2013
NEXOWARE is an AI-powered platform for IT service providers and managed service providers (MSPs), combining ERP, ITSM, B2B e-commerce, and service automation with configurable AI agents in one connected system.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Travel Tech private equity company based in Wiesbaden, founded 1999
Orca Group is a German software group that consolidates construction software brands (BauerSoftware, ISHAP, NetzWerkPlan, PROJEKT PRO, AUSSCHREIBEN.DE) covering CAD, tendering (AVA), controlling, BIM and construction site documentation.
Construction TechPropTechSaaS
Paretos offers an agentic AI decision intelligence platform with pre-built AI agents that connect to existing ERP, BI, and planning systems to improve demand forecasting, inventory optimization, and production planning.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Fabian Rang(Founder)in
Co-investorsActon CapitalUVC Partners
Future of Work venture capital company based in Stuttgart, founded 2018
Munich, DE
Hanno Renner(Founder)inArseniy Vershinin(Co-Founder (former Chief Architect))inJonas Rieke(Co-Founder & COO)inRoman Schumacher(Co-Founder (former CPO))in
Co-investorsAccelAlkeon InnovationAppWorks VenturesGaldana VenturesGeneral CatalystIndex Ventures+6 more
Healthcare venture capital company based in Frankfurt, founded 2016
Email Security private equity company based in Neuenhof, founded 2001
Future of Industries venture capital company based in Berlin, founded 2019
Quality Match offers HARI, a computer vision data quality and analytics tool for engineers and data scientists to inspect, explore, and analyze training data with statistical QA guarantees.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Leisure Tech private equity company based in Hartberg, founded 2001
SEPPmail provides secure email solutions including a secure email gateway, cloud filter, digital signatures and MPKI, central disclaimer management, and secure large file transfer, all under a single management platform.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Future of Industries venture capital company based in Hofheim im Taunus, founded 2013
Smart Steel Technologies develops AI-based production planning and scheduling software for the steel industry, covering short-term scheduling, long product scheduling, mid-term planning, and material allocation.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS
AI venture capital company based in Freiburg im Breisgau, founded 2024
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 EuropeCapnamicHeadlineHeadline Growth Management, LLCInsight PartnersIris Capital+1 more
Artificial Intelligence venture capital company based in Heidelberg, founded 2019
Developer productivity venture capital company based in Karlsruhe, founded 2021
SYNQONY connects specialized software into an integrated system for operations, material flows, and legally compliant documentation in the waste and environmental management industry.
Circular EconomyEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Travel Tech private equity company based in Hilden, founded 2005
TURN2X produces certifiable renewable natural gas (RNG) by combining green hydrogen with biogenic CO2 through methanation at plants co-located with renewable power sources, then delivers it via existing pipeline infrastructure.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyMunich, DE
Benedikt Stolz(Founder)
Co-investorsTechFoundersFirst Momentum
Understand.ai provides AI, scenario engineering, data management, and simulation expertise to support the development and validation of autonomous systems from initial concept through production, operating as part of the dSPACE technology group.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsFrontline Ventures
Wandelbots develops Physical AI software for robotics that enables businesses to program and control robots without coding expertise.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Christoph Biering(Founder)in
Co-investors83NorthAtlanticAtlantic LabsFranz Haniel & Cie. GmbHInsight PartnersM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)+2 more
Workflow Management venture capital company based in München, founded 2019
Workist offers an AI agent that reads orders, quotes, and inquiries from emails, PDFs, Excel sheets, and iDocs, validates them against ERP master data, and converts them into structured ERP orders without manual entry.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBerlin, DE
Alexander Müller(Founder)in
Co-investorsEarlybird Venture Capital468 Capitalanother.vc
Future of Work venture capital company based in Heidelberg, founded 2020
Future of Work venture capital company based in Berlin, founded 2019
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioEnscape3Dacq. by Chaos
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Workwise · itwire.com · Aug 24, 2026

Flip · startbase.com · Aug 20, 2026
Liebherr · constructionequipmentguide.com · Aug 10, 2026

Atlas · trysignalbase.com · Aug 7, 2026

Black Forest Labs · bloomberg.com · Jul 23, 2026

Aleph Alpha · tectonicdefense.com · Jul 17, 2026

Wandelbots · newmarketpitch.com · Jul 13, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has LEA Partners made?
- LEA Partners has 99 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does LEA Partners invest at?
- LEA Partners invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does LEA Partners focus on?
- LEA Partners focuses on Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- Where is LEA Partners located?
- LEA Partners is headquartered in Karlsruhe, DE.
- Does LEA Partners lead rounds?
- Yes, LEA Partners leads investment rounds.
- Who does LEA Partners co-invest with?
- LEA Partners most often shares deals with Earlybird Venture Capital, UVC Partners, Headline, among 66 tracked co-investors.
Co-investors · 17
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.
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.
General Catalyst is a venture capital firm operating as a partnership focused on company building and accelerating the growth of the businesses it backs.
Notion Capital is a B2B software-focused venture capital firm built by operators, backing SaaS, cloud and enterprise technology companies.
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies focused on technology, mobile, and clean energy sectors, including biotechnology applications. The firm provides capital and strategic support to entrepreneurs developing breakthrough technologies across multiple markets.
Addition is a venture capital firm that invests in early and growth-stage tech companies.
Creandum is a venture capital firm that invests in technology companies, backing them at early stages before their potential becomes widely obvious.
HV Capital is a European multistage venture capital firm that backs founders from the first check through IPO, investing across consumer, software, deep tech and AI.
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.
La Famiglia is a European venture capital fund investing at seed and growth stage in technology companies that enable or disrupt large industries.
HOF Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm investing in companies transforming foundational industries through advanced software and AI.
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.
▶5 more co-investors
Cavalry Ventures42CAPUnknown VenturesFreigeist CapitalCusp Capital
Firms observed investing alongside LEA Partners, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with LEA Partners's recorded portfolio.
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