PT1
Venture capitalBerlin · Pre-Seed–Seed · 9 people tracked
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Investment thesis
PT1 is a thesis-driven VC backing founders who tackle structural problems in the physical world across energy, buildings, and infrastructure. Its core convictions center on infrastructure resilience amid aging European systems, electrification driven by cheap clean energy, and AI, robotics and automation reaching critical mass for industrial use. The firm invests at day one with deep sector fluency in InfraTech, electrification, and AI-driven industrial systems, claiming to understand pain points, incumbents, and leverage points so founders build with them rather than educate them. PT1 can (co-)lead rounds up to €4M and offers a European network of LP customers and venture partners providing strategic, financial, and operational support.
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Team · 9 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 38 of 50 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×17SaaS ×16Energy ×13PropTech ×9Cleantech ×8Construction Tech ×8Enterprise Software ×7Hardware ×5
HQs:Germany×14United Kingdom×5Switzerland×2Austria×1Finland×1France×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 20 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×63 founders×44+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with education data
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ×4UCL ×4RWTH Aachen University ×3Columbia University ×2ESCP ×2HEC Paris ×2San Diego State University ×2Technische Universität Wien ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 25 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×7Business & Management ×5Economics ×4Design & Architecture ×3Engineering ×2Finance & Accounting ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 29 founders with career history
Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London ×2Glovo ×2
5 founders hold a PhD · 1 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data)
Investments · 50 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 72024 · 22023 · 111 dated
NeoCarbon converts industrial waste heat into captured CO₂, cooling, and recovered water by retrofitting existing industrial cooling and waste-heat infrastructure.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyBerlin, DE
Tobias Sodoge(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsRAISESpeedinvestAntlerInvesting for Purpose AEDAKESUnruly CapitalSemantic Ventures
42watt provides manufacturer-independent planning, installation, and ongoing optimization of home energy systems such as heat pumps, working with certified regional master installers and handling subsidy processing for homeowners.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyMünchen, DE
Co-investorsBONVENTUREContrarian VenturesEneco VenturesBetter Ventures Central Llc
Ample builds a modular battery-swapping technology that delivers a full charge to any electric vehicle in under five minutes using lego-like swappable battery modules, without requiring carmakers to redesign their cars.
CleantechEnergyHardwareMobility & Transportation
Khaled Hassounah(Founder)
Co-investorsCivilization Ventures Management, LlcHemi Ventures, LlcJazzya InvestmentsNew Ground VenturesPrefix CapitalStart Capital+7 more
Architrave provides an AI-powered document and asset intelligence platform for commercial real estate, automatically classifying, extracting, and validating data from property documents against a standardized data language of 468 document classes and 1,361 data fields.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsBitStone CapitalPride Capital Partners
Arctis AI analyzes construction bids across price, scope, and other dimensions to help evaluators compare general contractor and EPC tenders, flagging hidden exclusions and cost gaps.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSMunich, DE
Duc-Trung Nguyen(Founder)in
AskVinny provides an AI teammate that handles customer conversations across voice, WhatsApp, chat, and email for property management operations, connecting to existing PMS, CRM, and messaging systems.
AI & Machine LearningPropTechSaaS
Rory Buchanan 👷(Founder)in
Co-investorsAngel InvestAscensionFuel Ventures
Atmen is a regulatory technology company that provides a data platform automating certification and compliance workflows for renewable fuel producers, covering green hydrogen, e-methane, ammonia, biomethane, HVO and SAF.
Climate TechEnergySaaSMunich, DE
Flore de Durfort(Co-founder & CEO)Quentin Cangelosi(Co-founder)inErika Degoute(Co-founder)
Co-investorsProject A VenturesReventVireo VenturesXPRENEURS
autarc provides AI-powered software for heating engineers and electricians to manage heat pump, PV system, storage, and charging station installations.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBerlin, DE
Etienne-Noel Krause(Founder)inThies Hansen(Founder)inMarius Seufzer(Founder)in
Co-investorsVisionaries ClubY CombinatorBetter Ventures Central LlcChristian VollmannLava Energy
AUAR builds robotic MicroFactories that deploy directly onto live construction sites to produce housing, working alongside homebuilders in the construction industry.
Construction TechPropTechRobotics
Mollie ClaypoolinGilles Retsinin
Co-investorsBacchus Venture CapitalConcrete Venture CapitalIcebook Investments Corp.Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)Planet A VenturesShadow Ventures+2 more
avoltra offers an AI-based platform that helps industrial companies optimize their energy costs through data-driven procurement, portfolio management, market intelligence, and demand-side flexibility.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaS
Franz Zünkler(Founder)inTim Hajek(Founder)in
Co-investorsProject A Ventures
Ample provides financing, grant support, and long-term protection for residential heat pump installations, serving both homeowners and installers.
CleantechEnergyFintechLondon, GB
Beagle Systems operates a drone-based data analytics platform that captures aerial imagery and transforms it into operational intelligence for infrastructure operators managing energy grids, pipelines, construction sites, and other critical assets across Europe.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsHamburg, DE
Beanstock is a turnkey rental property investment platform that helps individuals find, finance, and manage buy-to-let real estate.
FintechMarketplacesPropTech
Alexandre Fitussi(Founder)inEmma MALHA(Founder)in
Co-investors360 CapitalAxeleo CapitalEntrée CapitalFJ Labs
Bite is an AI infrastructure platform for the built environment that connects design tools (such as ETABS, Excel, SAFE, Revit, Bluebeam and TEDDS), automates workflows, provides plain-English search across a firm's projects, and maintains Building Safety Act-compliant audit trails.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechPropTechSaaSNew York, US
Daniel Anyanya(Co-Founder & CEO)inStanislav Nikiforov(Director)David Bates(Director)Brandon Barton(Executive Officer, Director)James Tenner(Director)
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 CapitalcoparionPICUS CAPITALSocii Capital
Climate X develops climate risk analytics software—including its Spectra, Adapt, and Carta products—that translates physical climate risks into financial loss metrics, adaptation CapEx estimates, and portfolio exposure mapping across millions of global assets.
Climate TechFintechSaaSLondon, GB
Lukky A.(Founder)inKamil Kluza(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlue Wire CapitalCommerzVenturesGV (Google Ventures)noaVentures TogetherWestern Technology Investment+5 more
ecoworks is a general contractor for serial, energy-efficient renovation of existing residential buildings, using digital planning and industrially prefabricated facade, roof, and building-services modules (insulation, windows, ventilation, heat pumps, photovoltaics).
Emanuel Heisenberg(Founder)in
Co-investorsDiscovery Ventures III Gmb H & Co. KGFranz Haniel & Cie. GmbHIsaiISAI GestionJLL Spark Global VenturesKOMPAS VC+4 more
Gendo provides an AI-native collaborative workspace for architecture teams to generate, iterate, and make visual decisions within their design workflow.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSUK, GB
George Proud(CEO & Co-founder)inWill Jones(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsAscensionLEA PartnersRLC VenturesAscension VenturesSoma Capital
GreenWorkx trains and certifies talent for the energy transition, helping employers upskill workers for green jobs.
EdTechEnergyHR Tech
Co-investorsMangrove Capital PartnersUfi VocTech TrustAda Ventures
Holy Technologies produces composite parts using an automated manufacturing process that optimizes fiber placement and design for lightweight, load-bearing components across industries.
Advanced ManufacturingHardwareNew MaterialsRobotics
Installer.com provides software that lets companies manage physical product installation operations in one system, from order creation to verified completion, including payments, workflow, and access to a verified installer network.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsBrighteye VenturesSondo CapitalSprettert
Kollabo offers a fast, simplified application process, letting users apply and get in touch quickly via email, phone, or WhatsApp.
HR Tech
Co-investorsSICTICZiano VenturesFounderful
MazeMap provides a digital wayfinding platform for large campuses including universities, hospitals, offices, hotels, and event venues, with additional capabilities for space booking, indoor positioning, and IoT integrations.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkIoTPropTechSaaSTrondheim, NO
Thomas(CEO)
Co-investorsFutury Capital
Metris is an AI-native operating system for renewable energy owners and operators, integrating asset data and automating workflows such as billing (FiT, PPA, CfD), O&M, and document management.
AI & Machine LearningEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB
Natasha Jones(CEO)inWilliam Whatley(Founding CTO)in
Co-investorsAENUEntrepreneur FirstOctopus VenturesBlackfinch Ventures
Offeri is an AI tool that automates quote calculation and pricing for metal parts, processing real-world PDF, DXF, DWG, and STEP files to identify BOMs, apply pricing, and integrate with ERP systems.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Ontik provides a platform for trade suppliers that automates invoice chasing, payment collection, and reconciliation across SMS, email, and letter, syncing settled payments back to the customer's ERP.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
John Smith(Founder)in
Co-investorsFJ LabsRLC VenturesSeed Xfirstminute capitalIllusianNorthzone
Desana provides an AI-powered platform for real estate brokers that automates quote collection, proposal creation, and procurement management across the global flexible workspace market.
AI & Machine LearningB2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkPropTechSaaS
Co-investorsGroundBreak VenturesJLL Spark Global VenturesTechstart VenturesJLL Spark
Packmatic helps industrial manufacturers source and integrate customized protective packaging solutions that balance functionality with cost-efficiency.
Advanced ManufacturingB2B MarketplacesLogistics & Supply ChainNew Materials
Co-investorsEuropean Circular Bioeconomy FundHV Capital
PlanRadar provides construction project management software with integrated AI that analyzes project data recorded by teams.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechVienna, AT
Sander van de Rijdt(Founder)inClemens Hammerl(Founder)Ibrahim Imam(Founder)inConstantin Köck(CTO, Co-Founder)inDomagoj Dolinsek(Founder)inConstantin Koeck(Founder)
Co-investorsaws GründungsfondsBerliner Volksbank VenturesCavalry VenturesGR CapitalInsight PartnersLoric Ventures+5 more
Redoxion develops advanced cathode materials for lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries using sustainable, locally-sourced manufacturing methods.
CleantechEnergyNew MaterialsCambridge, GB
Jerry Barker(Founder & CEO)in
Seniovo, part of the HORNBACH group, provides barrier-free bathroom renovations and home modifications along with services such as emergency call systems, care aids, care consulting, and everyday assistance, many financeable through statutory subsidies.
Construction TechHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Jonathan Kohl(Founder)in
Terra One develops AI models and an automated trading platform to operate large-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS, 15–1000 MW) and trade energy on European power exchanges.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergy
Thomas Antonioli(Founder)inMalte Herberg(Founder)Tony Schumacher(Founder)
Co-investorsUnpopular Ventures468 Capital8VCBelief CapitalLux CapitalSilent Ventures+1 more
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-investorscoparion
FloodFlash provides parametric flood insurance using IoT sensors to detect flooding and enable rapid claim payouts, typically within 48 hours, targeting landlords and businesses seeking alternatives to traditional indemnity insurance.
InsurTechIoTLondon
Adam Rimmer(Executive Officer, Director)Edward Anderson(Director)Ian Bartholomew(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAmy Francetic(Director)
Co-investorsBuoyant Ventures Management, LlcGlobal BrainInsurtech Gateway FundLocalGlobeMS&AD VenturesPentech Ventures+1 more
Toggle provides real-time quality control and part inspection for custom fabrication using computer vision to automatically identify and measure parts against CAD libraries.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningHardware
Daniel Blank(Founder)Ian Cohen(Founder)
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBlackhorn VenturesGlobal BrainKoru CapitalPoint72 VenturesTribeca Venture Partners+3 more
Voltfang integrates battery energy storage systems for industrial and commercial companies, combining commercial and large-scale batteries with an energy management system for load-peak shaving, self-consumption optimization, and intraday power trading.
CleantechEnergyHardwareAachen, DE
Afshin Doostdar(CTO)inDavid Oudsandji(CEO)inRoman Alberti(CEO)in
Co-investorsAENUDaphniEviny VenturesF-LOG VenturesTechFoundersXPRESS Ventures+2 more
Wunderflats operates an online platform for renting furnished apartments, connecting tenants, landlords, and companies.
MarketplacesPropTechTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsAxel Springer Digital VenturesCreathor VenturesECONA AGTA VenturesIBB VenturesVerdane
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
42 WattABSORAAUARBeagleBite EngineeringDesanaFloodFlashRulemapping GroupTerra OneVinny
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAtmen · thesaasnews.com · Jun 4, 2025
Ontik · finsmes.com · May 26, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has PT1 made?
- PT1 has 50 tracked investments, including 9 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does PT1 invest at?
- PT1 invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is PT1's typical check size?
- PT1 typically writes checks of $540K – $4.4M.
- What sectors does PT1 focus on?
- PT1 focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Construction Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, Fintech, Future of Work, Hardware, InsurTech, PropTech, Robotics, SaaS.
- Where is PT1 located?
- PT1 is headquartered in Berlin, DE.
- Does PT1 lead rounds?
- Yes, PT1 leads investment rounds.
- Who does PT1 co-invest with?
- PT1 most often shares deals with AENU, FJ Labs, Global Brain, among 87 tracked co-investors.
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