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Berlin · Pre-Seed–Seed · 13 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Seed+Speed invests early in startups developing scalable B2B software and software-driven hardware solutions. The firm emphasizes rapid decision-making and a sales-driven VC model, providing portfolio companies with an extensive network, hands-on workshops on sales and marketing, and hiring support. Initial tickets typically range from €500K to €2.0M, with follow-on funding up to €5.0M to support long-term, sustainable growth. Having supported over 50 companies, the firm positions itself as a value-add partner that engages founders from the very beginning of their journey.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 13 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 30 of 47 portfolio companiesSaaS ×24Enterprise Software ×17AI & Machine Learning ×15Fintech ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×4Cleantech ×4Climate Tech ×4Cybersecurity ×3
HQs:Germany×13Austria×2Switzerland×1France×1Luxembourg×1United States×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 19 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×93 founders×24+ founders×5
Where their founders studiedfrom 26 founders with education data
Technische Universität Wien ×4University of Stuttgart ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×9Business & Management ×7Engineering ×6Economics ×4
Where their founders worked beforefrom 28 founders with career history
Handelsblatt Media Group ×4Baylor University ×2FinCompare - Smarter SME Financing ×2Merantix ×2REWE Digital GmbH ×2Siemens Healthineers ×2zeb consulting ×2
5 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 28 with degree data)
Investments · 47 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12023 · 12022 · 13 dated
Filestage provides online proofing and content review software that streamlines the approval process for files including videos, documents, PDFs, images, and audio.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaS
Niklas DornMaël FrizeSimon Kontschak
Co-investorsNewion
RIIICO builds products based on 3D intelligence, working with industrial companies to help them apply 3D technology, and develops these offerings through co-creation with global industry leaders.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Mertens Patrick(Executive Officer, Director)Jan Buchsenschutz(Executive Officer)Felix Fink(Founder)Jan Buechsenschuetz(Founder)Jan Büchsenschütz(Founder)Patrick Mertens(Founder)
Co-investorsEarlybird Venture CapitalPi Labs
Briink builds AI tools for extracting, structuring, and verifying ESG and sustainability data from reports, policies, questionnaires, and supplier disclosures, turning scattered information into structured data reusable across reporting frameworks.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Tomas van der HeijdeninSamuel King(Founder)in
Co-investors13books CapitalTranspose Platform ManagementEquityPitcher VenturesMerantix Capital
Calvin Risk develops AI solutions that enable trustworthy, aligned artificial intelligence for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSZurich, CH
Julian Riebartsch(Founder)Syang Zhou(Founder)
Co-investorsb2ventureFounders FactoryKickstart InnovationJoin Capital
Carbonfuture operates a digital platform for the monitoring, reporting, and verification of durable carbon removal, supporting projects from due diligence through third-party verification and certification.
CleantechClimate TechImpact & Social GoodSaaS
Co-investors4impact capitalCarbon Removal PartnersThird DerivativeÜbermorgen VenturesSustainable Future Ventures
Cashlink operates a regulated, DLT-based issuance infrastructure for tokenized securities, replacing traditional securities infrastructure with a fully regulated token-based register.
Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintech
Co-investorsFutury CapitalTX VenturesC3 Venture Capital
Delicious Data provides AI-powered analytics and automation tools for bakeries and food retail operators, helping them analyze sales data, detect anomalies, optimize inventory management, and automate ordering across multiple locations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRetail TechGermany, DE
Jakob Breuninger(Founder)inValentin Belser(Founder)inDaniel Smeds(CEO)in
Co-investorsBasinghall PartnersBayern KapitalPeakBridge VCÜbermorgen Ventures
e-mobilio provides a comprehensive SaaS platform and consulting services that help car dealerships, insurance companies, and fleet operators simplify electric vehicle purchasing decisions and advisory for their customers.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareMobility & TransportationSaaSMunich, DE
Co-investorsSET VenturesÜbermorgen VenturesVireo VenturesZAKA VC
Enginsight builds a cybersecurity platform for IT security and monitoring, covering automated penetration testing, vulnerability management, IT inventory, intrusion detection and prevention, microsegmentation, file integrity monitoring, and SIEM.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Mario Jandeck(Founder)in
Co-investorsSIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures)UVC Partners
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 VenturescoparionRedstoneTane FundVenture StarsDeutsche Bank+4 more
Fundrbird provides software solutions for GP (general partner) firms to build and scale their fund management operations.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS
Co-investorsAmino CollectiveCuriosity VCEndeit CapitalHealthy.CapitalHolland CapitalMundi Ventures+5 more
happyhotel provides software that automates and digitalizes hotel operations, helping hoteliers make better decisions through dynamic pricing algorithms and property management system integrations to increase revenue.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTravel & Hospitality
Co-investorsReimann Investors
Kertos offers a no-code compliance platform that automatically discovers and monitors a company's systems, data sources, and processing activities to reduce shadow IT risk and support GDPR and ISO 27001 requirements.
CybersecurityGovTechSaaS
Dr. Kilian Schmidt(Founder)inAlexander Prams(Founder)Johannes Hussak(Founder)Kilian Schmidt(Founder)Killian Schmidt(Founder)
Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesPi LabsRedstoneTane Fund10x Founders
Meisterwerk is a modular software for skilled-trade businesses (SHK, electrical, solar, painting and similar) with 1–50 employees handling high volumes of service, maintenance and repair jobs.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSBerlin, DE
Nick Sonnenberg(Founder)inBertram Wildenauer(Founder)
Co-investorsre:capSemapa NextSpeedinvest
Mogenius offers a tunneling solution that provides secure access to databases, internal tools, and APIs running in Kubernetes clusters without exposing them publicly or requiring VPN management.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Gerrit Schumann(Co-founder & CEO)inBehrang Alavi(Co-founder & Co-CTO)inBenedikt Iltisberger(Co-founder & Co-CTO)inJan Lepsky(Co-founder & CPO)inHerbert Möckel(Co-Founder & CXO)in
Co-investorsD11ZInovexusSIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures)STS Ventures GmbH
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 LearningCleantechPropTechVienna, AT
Fabian Pitscheider(Co-founder & CPO)inDominik Pezzei(Co-founder & CEO)inFelix Maximilian Hoffer(Co-founder & CTO)in
Co-investorsaws GründungsfondsMatterwave Ventures
Orderlion provides an eCommerce and order-management platform for food & beverage wholesalers and distributors, offering a branded online ordering app, ERP integration, customer-specific pricing, sales analytics, and an AI inbox that converts email, WhatsApp, and voicemail orders into integrated orders.
E-commerceFoodTechSaaS
Patrick Schubert(Founder)in
Co-investorsAxeleo CapitalBloomhaus VenturesGateway Trustee GmbHRockstartSICTICZAKA VC+1 more
PAXLY offers AI-based packaging optimization and digital packaging procurement for mid-sized companies, automating tenders, structuring article data, and indexing supplier offers against market prices.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsbmp VenturesSIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures)
Pliant offers payment infrastructure enabling businesses to issue physical and virtual credit cards, monitor expenditures, and integrate payment data with their existing finance systems.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBerlin, DE
Malte Rau(Founder)inFabian Terner(Founder)inAlex Korotkikh(Founder)Malte Rau Fabian Terner(Founder)
Co-investorsAlstin CapitalE Nugget Ventures UG (Haftungsbeschränkt)Fin CapitalMolten VenturesMotive PartnersMS&AD Ventures+9 more
Prewave provides supply chain risk management software that helps companies monitor suppliers for sustainability and resilience risks.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Lisa Smith(Founder)inHarald Nitschinger(Founder)inLisa Madlberger(Founder)
Co-investorsaws GründungsfondsIsaiISAI GestionKOMPAS VCSpeedinvestVentech+6 more
Prismic is a headless CMS that enables marketing teams to quickly create and manage dynamic web pages using reusable components called slices, with design system integration and scalable architecture.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechSaaSParis, FR
Guillaume Bort(Founder)Sadek Drobi(Founder)
Co-investorsAglae VenturesEurazeoPrudential FinancialWarburg Pincus
Sweap is an event and guest management platform for planning, running, and evaluating in-person, virtual, and hybrid events, offering event website and email builders, guest lists, on-site check-in with badge printing, a virtual event platform, and analytics.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
TeamEcho is a software platform for continuous employee feedback and organizational development.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsGateway Trustee GmbH
Thermosphr provides predictive intelligence and real-time control software for building HVAC systems to optimize energy consumption and reduce CO2 emissions.
CleantechClimate TechConstruction TechIoTSaaSBerlin, DE
Nicolas Le Borgne(CEO)inMark Aaron Chan(CTO)in
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstKickstart Innovation
UMH is a platform that helps manufacturing teams address their data architecture challenges, with support for real production scenarios.
Advanced ManufacturingData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaS
AlexJeremy
Co-investorsFreigeist Capital
vAudience is a German SaaS company offering an all-in-one AI platform called Nexus, plus AI training and consulting, to help businesses build custom, GDPR- and DORA-compliant AI workflows and knowledge bases.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWürzburg, DE
Dr. Toni Wagner(CEO)inDr. Claudia Leikam(CCO)in
Co-investorsCurious Capital GmbH & Co. KG
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
Harald Piringer(Founder)in
Co-investorsBasinghall PartnersMatterwave Ventures
WorkMotion is an Employer of Record (EOR) platform for hiring, onboarding, paying, and managing international employees and contractors across 160+ countries without opening local entities.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaSBerlin, DE
Felix Steffens(Founder)inKarim Zaghloul(Founder)inCarsten Lebtig(Founder)inHR Tech SaaS Felix Steffens(Founder)Islam Abdelaziz(VP Engineering / CTO)Jan-Peter Böckstiegel(Founder)
Co-investorsActivant CapitalBootstrap EuropeCanaan PartnersGR CapitalPICUS CAPITALXAnge+2 more
Zortify provides AI-powered personality diagnostics and team composition analysis to help organizations identify talent gaps and build high-performing teams.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaSLuxembourg, LU
Dr. Marcus Heidbrink(Co-founder)Prof. Dr. Florian Feltes(Co-founder and Co-CEO)in
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AdtribaAgatonAimoArticlyCovaloEleven DynamicsFinperksFuturisedGreenmnkyImplifyMytaagNetzbeweisPresizePromptwatchSOUSThryveTokenize
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCERPRO · thesaasnews.com · Nov 12, 2025
Optimuse · thesaasnews.com · Oct 2, 2025
Pliant · getpliant.com · Apr 28, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Seed+Speed made?
- Seed+Speed has 47 tracked investments.
- What stage does Seed+Speed invest at?
- Seed+Speed invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Seed+Speed's typical check size?
- Seed+Speed typically writes checks of $540K – $2.2M.
- What sectors does Seed+Speed focus on?
- Seed+Speed focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Hardware, SaaS.
- Where is Seed+Speed located?
- Seed+Speed is headquartered in Berlin, DE.
- Who does Seed+Speed co-invest with?
- Seed+Speed most often shares deals with SIVentures (prev. Smart Infrastructure Ventures), Pi Labs, Redstone, among 76 tracked co-investors.
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