Matterwave Ventures
Venture capitalMunich · Seed–Series B · 14 people tracked
Investment thesis
Matterwave Ventures invests in early-stage hardware and software companies working to reshape European industrial value chains. The firm targets three themes: industrial tech, supporting the digital transformation of industry to create competitive, high-value exports and superior products; deep tech, backing frontier-technology champions that build resilient supply chains and sovereign dual-use capabilities for industrial autonomy; and climate tech, funding smart industrial decarbonization and novel climate solutions with proven impact at scale. Its overarching aim is to fund companies contributing to a sustainable, sovereign, and digitalized European industry. The firm invests at seed and Series A stages.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 14 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 27 of 58 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×15SaaS ×13Enterprise Software ×8Advanced Manufacturing ×6Deep Tech ×6Biotech ×5IoT ×5Hardware ×4
HQs:Germany×5Austria×2Czechia×1European Union×1Netherlands×1United States×1
Investments · 58 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAI-based industrial knowledge management for sectors like aeronautics, nuclear, defense, and aerospace.
Ask for the moon provides generative AI assistants governed by a company's own subject-matter experts, combining internal documents with human expertise to deliver sourced answers and route complex questions to the right colleagues.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
AVES Reality builds AVES Launcher, a software platform that automatically generates georeferenced, semantic 3D digital twin worlds from geospatial and satellite data, including HD road maps in the ASAM OpenDRIVE standard and 3D mesh models exportable to engines like Unreal Engine 5.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSaaS
Large-format FDM 3D printers for serial and industrial additive manufacturing.
Codasip develops RISC-V processor IP and processor design tools for chip and embedded systems designers.
CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsHardwareSemiconductorsBrno, CZ
Karel MasaříkRon Black(Chief Executive Officer)Zdeněk Přikryl(Chief Technology Officer)Vladimír Koutný(Chief Financial Officer)Kateřina Smrčková(Chief People Officer)
Converts biomass-captured carbon into carbon-negative building materials.
Electrochaea is a Power-to-Gas technology company whose patented biomethanation process uses a proprietary strain of archaea to convert CO2 and green hydrogen into grid-quality renewable e-methane.
BiotechCleantechDeep TechEnergy
Laurens Mets(Founder / Scientific originator)Lars Angenent(Founding engineer)Jeff Fornero(Founding engineer)
HORST industrial robots enabling SMEs to adopt robotics in manufacturing and logistics.
Ultrafast portable molecular diagnostic platform using Pulse Controlled Amplification.
Materials enabling low-cost, scalable metal component production via 3D printing and sintering.
Ikerian applies data and AI to identify biomarkers linked to chronic and systemic disorders, aggregate clinical insights, and support treatment decisions.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtech
Stefanos Apostolopoulos(Executive Officer, Director)Sandro De Zanet(Executive Officer, Director)Carlos Ciller Ruiz(Executive Officer, Director)
Innatera develops ultra-low-power neuromorphic processor chips that bring brain-like intelligence to the sensor edge, enabling everyday electronics and IoT devices to sense, understand, and respond in real time while keeping data on-device.
AI & Machine LearningHardwareIoTSemiconductors
Sumeet Kumar(Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer)Amir Zjajo(Co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer)Shreyas Derashri(Chief Commercial Officer)Marc Bejas(Chief Financial Officer)Rene van Leuken(Co-founder & Chief Advisory Officer)Uma Mahesh(Co-founder & Managing Director – India)
Innerspace is a health-tech company that helps pharmaceutical companies improve quality, efficiency, and compliance in aseptic manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSaaS
Graph computing software for security investigators to analyze complex connected data.
AI-powered health data platform providing actionable insights from structured and unstructured data.
Automated wafer inspection systems for semiconductor fabrication; acquired by Nanometrics in 2011.
Develops quantum contrast agents that turn MRIs into sensitive metabolic imagers for early cancer detection.
NVision develops quantum computing and quantum-enhanced sensing platforms based on quantum spin control in organic molecules, with focus on healthcare applications including drug development and disease treatment.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesQuantum Computing
OKAPI:Orbits provides AI-based Space Traffic Management (STM) and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) software platforms along with consulting services for satellite operators.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSpace Tech
OPTIMUSE offers an AI-based platform that analyzes buildings across their lifecycle, using building physics calculations to evaluate design variants, lifecycle costs, energy performance, and decarbonization strategies for new construction and existing stock.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechPropTech
Products and solutions converting industrial waste heat into CO2-free electrical power.
World's most advanced supply chain visibility platform.
iSpin technology for accurate wind measurement; merged with Nabla Wind Hub in 2020.
Roseman Labs offers an encrypted computing platform that lets multiple organizations run analytics on each other's sensitive data without sharing or exposing raw records, in compliance with GDPR, NIS2 and AMLR.
CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeep Tech
Semalytix builds Project Atlas, an agentic AI platform that converts multilingual patient experience data into continuous intelligence for pharmaceutical medical, commercial, HEOR and pharmacovigilance teams.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
SoterAI is an AI platform for workplace safety and loss prevention that captures hazards from a phone photo, runs inspections and risk assessments, and auto-generates cited, jurisdiction-specific compliance reports across US and international frameworks.
AI & Machine LearningInsurTechSaaS
Threedy develops instant3Dhub, a technology for scalable 3D data automation that lets enterprises use their 3D data across various application scenarios.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSDarmstadt, DE
Christian Stein(CEO)Markus Lindemann(CCO)Maik Thöner(CTO)Johannes Behr(Chief Strategist)Sascha Räsch(VP Customer Success & Operations)Aylin Aygut(Head of HR)
TVARIT is a deep-tech company that develops a patented industrial AI platform (TiA) for foundries and metalworking manufacturers to improve overall equipment efficiency and reduce waste and energy use.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechDeep TechFrankfurt, DE
Suhas Patel(Founder)
Visplore builds interactive software for exploring and analyzing time series and sensor data, applying interactive graphics techniques from game development to advanced analytics.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSVienna, AT
HaraldThomas
Implantable leads for neuromonitoring and neuromodulation to treat chronic pain and Parkinson's.
Cambridge materials science company pioneering plant protein-based alternatives to single-use plastics.
Technology that delivers up to 50% higher performance per watt by optimizing information processing in microchips.
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioNanda Technologiesacq. by NanometricsROMO Windacq. by Nabla Wind Hub
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Matterwave Ventures invest at?
- Matterwave Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What is Matterwave Ventures's typical check size?
- Matterwave Ventures typically writes checks of $1.1M – $10.8M.
- What sectors does Matterwave Ventures focus on?
- Matterwave Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Healthtech, IoT, Logistics & Supply Chain, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, Quantum Computing, Robotics, SaaS, Semiconductors, Space Tech.
- Where is Matterwave Ventures located?
- Matterwave Ventures is headquartered in Munich, DE.
- Does Matterwave Ventures lead rounds?
- Matterwave Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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