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Venture capitalBerlin · Pre-Seed–Seed · 4 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Pace Ventures focuses on two interconnected global challenges: human illness and climate change, believing that people thrive only when their health and environment are in balance. The firm invests as a co-lead or follower in health-tech and industrial-tech startups, predominantly in Europe and the US, at Pre-Seed and Seed stages. It emphasizes hands-on founder support, likening an investment to a marriage, and prides itself on making game-changing commercial and financial introductions.
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Team · 4 people
from curated & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 18 of 20 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×8Deep Tech ×7Healthtech ×7Biotech ×6Cleantech ×5Digital Health ×4New Materials ×4Climate Tech ×3
HQs:United States×7Germany×2United Kingdom×2Latvia×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×43 founders×4
Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data
Latvijas Universitate ×2University of California, Berkeley ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 16 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×4Life Sciences ×4Business & Management ×3Computer Science ×3Chemistry ×2Economics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 15 founders with career history
GSK ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 20 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 52024 · 42022 · 110 dated
Aerones provides robotic inspection, cleaning, coating, and repair services for wind turbine blades.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyRoboticsRiga, LV
Dainis Kruze(Founder)inJanis Putrams(Founder)in
BoardBala Nagarajan(Director)Paul Neal Jordan(Director)Andris Berzins(Director)inPHILIPP GOEHRE(Director)
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSAhren Innovation CapitalCarbonChange VenturesEvergy VenturesFranz Haniel & Cie. GmbH+18 more
Bitfount provides a federated learning and data science platform that enables organizations to run AI models, conduct analytics, and perform model training on private data without transferring it to third parties.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechLondon, GB
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsSpeedinvestAhren Innovation CapitalForesight GroupParkwalk AdvisorsPortfolio Ventures
Cellbyte automates regulatory workflows and data analysis for pharmaceutical drug launches, helping manufacturers prepare treatments for global markets faster.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechMedical DevicesSaaSMunich, DE
Felix Steinbrenner(Founder)inDanielSamuel
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsFrontline VenturesSoma CapitalY CombinatorFAST — by GETTYLABFoundersXSARAS CAPITAL+3 more
ChemFinity develops advanced chemical separation technologies for recovering critical minerals and other resources.
CleantechDeep TechNew MaterialsBrooklyn, US
Adam Uliana(Executive Officer, Director)inEver Velasquez(Director)in
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsAt One VenturesCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Climate CapitalWovenEarth
Clearly is an online platform that matches users with verified psychologists and provides tools to support therapy between sessions.
Digital HealthHealthtechMarketplacesMental Health
Dima Kovalenko(Founder)in
Co-investorsPragmatechPurple VenturesArgon VenturesBasis Set VenturesCrosspoint Capital PartnersM1720+4 more
Creasallis develops CreaTap, a patented "plug-and-play" antibody modification technology that improves the penetration of antibody-based drugs into solid tumours, applicable to monoclonal, bispecific, and antibody-drug conjugates.
Biotech
Zahra Jawad(Founder)in
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsBlueYard CapitalZAKA VCKdT Ventures
Dunia operates an autonomous laboratory platform that combines physics-informed AI, robotic automation, and a large-scale experimental data engine in a closed-loop Design-Make-Test-Analyze cycle to discover and optimize materials such as electrochemical catalysts.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew Materials
Marcus Tze-Kiat Ng(Founder)in
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsDeep Science VenturesElaiaKindred CapitalThird DerivativeEICredalpine
FabricNano develops cell-free biocatalysis technology that immobilizes engineered enzymes onto scalable, environmentally friendly support materials for use in bio-processes.
BiotechCleantechNew MaterialsClaymont, US
Grant Aarons(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inFerdinando Randisi(Director)
BoardSiraj Khaliq(Director)inRobert Kniaz(Director)in
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsAtomicoBackedEntrepreneur FirstHoxton VenturesOlima VenturesAir Street Capital+17 more
Holobiome discovers and develops therapies derived from the human gut microbiome, working to translate microbiome science into probiotics and targeted treatments for whole-body health.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechLongevityBoston, US
Philip Strandwitz(Co-founder & Director, Chief Executive Officer)inKim Lewis(Co-founder, Director)Mike La Fleur(President, Co-founder, Director)Michael LaFleur(Executive Officer)
BoardJoan LaRovere(Director)inIain Chessell(Director)
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsAble PartnersAstanor VenturesBantam GroupDeep FutureHealthtech CapitaliSelect Fund+4 more
Metri is a biotech company developing first-in-class, disease-modifying therapeutics for endometriosis and other uterine diseases originating in the endometrium.
BiotechFemTechHealthtech
Ashley Abel(Co-Founder & CEO)inBerna Sozen, PhD(Academic Co-Founder & SAB Chair)
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsFifty YearsPillar VC
Neurable develops brain-computer interface (BCI) technology via smart headphones designed to enhance employee focus, productivity, and well-being in corporate settings.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareHealthtechHR TechAnn Arbor, US
Dr. Ramses Alcaide(Co-Founder & CEO)Michael Thompson(Executive Officer)inAdam Eizenberg-Molnar(Co-Founder & COO)
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsBramalea PartnersCapital FactoryCorteza CapitalDeepwater Asset ManagementFront Row FundFundersClub+15 more
Pally is a personal assistant that lives in iMessage and connects to multiple communication and productivity tools to automatically organize information from emails, messages, calendars, and documents.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US
Haz Hubble(Founder)inWyatt Lansford(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoundersPioneerY Combinator468 CapitalAndreessen HorowitzBand of Angels+13 more
Builds tools to replace silver with copper in solar manufacturing.
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsBaruch Future VenturesPrelude VenturesAhren Innovation CapitalVoyager PartnersWovenEarth
Prenostics develops a blood test to detect the earliest stages of cancer (stages 0-2), earlier than current methods, aiming to enable curative treatment.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtech
Sarah Blagden(Founder & CSO)
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsSie Ventures
Project Omega recycles spent nuclear fuel to rebuild the domestic nuclear fuel cycle, using chemistry processing to remove key isotopes and develop new products for the nuclear economy.
Deep TechDefense TechEnergy
Staff Sheehan(CEO)in
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsGoAhead VenturesMantis CapitalStarship VenturesVirta VenturesWashington Harbour PartnersDecisive Point+1 more
Ternary develops AI-driven drug discovery technology focused on targeted protein degradation and induced proximity platforms.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Chris Tame(CEO & Co-Founder)inAndrew Potterton(CTO & Co-Founder)in
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsDaphnii&i Biotech FundUK Innovation & Science Seed Fund
Turnover Labs builds a durable electrolysis system that converts dilute CO2 emissions into pure, high-value chemical products on-site at any scale.
CleantechClimate TechNew Materials
Marissa Beatty(Founder & CEO)in
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsCollaborative FundGC Ventures
Vema Hydrogen develops Engineered Mineral Hydrogen (EMH), a patented production method that stimulates naturally occurring subsurface geochemical reactions in ophiolite and BIF rock formations to produce carbon-free hydrogen at under $1/kg.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHouston, US
Pierre Levin(CEO)inColin McCulley(Director of Operations)in
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsExtantia CapitalPropeller VC
Virtonomy develops virtual patient simulations using digital twin and AI technology to accelerate medical device development and validation.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesMunich, DE
Dr. Simon J. Sonntag(Founder)inWen-Yang Chu(Founder)in
PartnerMarius Swart· solo GP
Co-investorsBayern KapitalCompanistoDvH VenturesHoneystone VenturesAccenture Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesProject Omega · finsmes.com · Feb 12, 2026
Neurable Inc. · finsmes.com · Dec 19, 2025
Virtonomy · trysignalbase.com · Dec 9, 2025
Metri Bio · finsmes.com · Dec 2, 2025
Cellbyte · finsmes.com · Nov 18, 2025
Photara · wsgr.com · Aug 28, 2025
ChemFinity · prnewswire.com · Aug 19, 2025
Bitfount · eu-startups.com · Jul 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Pace Ventures made?
- Pace Ventures has 20 tracked investments, including 8 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Pace Ventures invest at?
- Pace Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Pace Ventures's typical check size?
- Pace Ventures typically writes checks of $550K – $1.6M.
- What sectors does Pace Ventures focus on?
- Pace Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, Healthtech, New Materials.
- Where is Pace Ventures located?
- Pace Ventures is headquartered in Berlin, DE.
- Does Pace Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Pace Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does Pace Ventures co-invest with?
- Pace Ventures most often shares deals with GoAhead Ventures, Metaplanet, Y Combinator, among 74 tracked co-investors.
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