UVC Partners
Venture capitalMunich · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 11 people tracked
Investment thesis
UVC Partners backs B2B startups across Europe from their earliest stages up to Series A, with initial investments ranging from €500,000 to €10 million. The firm emphasizes long-term partnership with founders and supports deep tech, industrial, climate, mobility, and enterprise software companies. Its portfolio spans quantum computing, fusion energy, space launch, robotics, construction tech, battery storage, procurement, and sustainability software, reflecting a focus on technically ambitious founders building foundational technologies for the future.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 11 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 51 of 60 portfolio companiesSaaS ×20AI & Machine Learning ×16Enterprise Software ×13Cleantech ×12Deep Tech ×9Energy ×9Mobility & Transportation ×9Advanced Manufacturing ×8
HQs:Germany×31Switzerland×1Denmark×1United States×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 20 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×122 founders×43 founders×14+ founders×3
Where their founders studiedfrom 14 founders with education data
Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) ×4University of California, Berkeley ×4Technical University of Munich ×3FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 14 founders with career history
Stanford University ×2
Investments · 60 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 42024 · 22023 · 17 dated
Hypatos provides AI-based document processing automation, using intelligent document processing to extract data and enable straight-through processing for finance and back-office workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSPotsdam, DE
Ulrich Exleben(Founder)
Co-investorsDN CapitalGrazia Equity GmbHBlackFin Capital PartnersAspenwoodBerliner Volksbank VenturesBrandenburg Kapital+6 more
3YOURMIND provides software for on-demand manufacturing, including AI-powered part identification and manufacturing intelligence tools that automate ordering and part production.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaS
Co-investorsAM VenturesEnBW New Ventures GmbHLBBW Venture Capital GmbHAramco Ventures
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
Alqem uses AI combined with domain expertise in chemistry and physics to discover new crystalline materials, aiming to identify breakthrough materials validated in the real world.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew Materials
Milan Allan(Co-founder)inHanh Nguyen(CEO)inTiago Cerqueira(CTO)
Co-investorsUnion Square Ventures (USV)
AMW GmbH is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops biodegradable drug delivery systems for controlled release of medications, with production facilities in Germany.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Bitfone made over-the-air firmware update and mobile device management software for handset makers and wireless operators; acquired by HP.
Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHardware
Enrique Loresin
Co-investorsAccess Venture PartnersNorwest Venture PartnersTrue North Cos.Windspeed Ventures
Blickfeld builds high-precision 3D LiDAR sensors combined with on-device perception software for object detection and real-time analysis.
Deep TechHardwareIoT
Co-investorsBayern Kapital
Capmo is a construction project management software platform serving general contractors, developers, and planners in the German-speaking regions (D-A-CH).
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
Sebastian Schlecht(Founder)in
Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners
Capmo is project management software for construction projects in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaSNot specified, DE
Co-investorsCapnamicBessemer Venture Partners
Certivity is an AI-powered product compliance platform that converts regulations, standards, and internal documents into engineering-ready requirements, keeping them linked to source, traceable, and up to date.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMunich, DE
Sami Vaaraniemi(Founder)
Co-investorsEarlybird Venture CapitalAlmaz Capital
ChargeX provides EV charging infrastructure for businesses and the real estate industry, offering its modular Aqueduct charging system along with installation, billing, operation, and support as an integrated package.
CleantechEnergyMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsBONVENTUREBayern KapitalMove EnergyVerve Ventures
Cirql One provides a business context layer that extracts and formalizes business logic, semantics, rules, and governance from SAP and enterprise systems into reusable reasoning assets for enterprise AI applications, analytics, and automation.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareHeidelberg, DE
Gregor Stoecklerin
Co-investorsFly Ventures
Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesRedstoneTane Fund
Co-investorsBlue Lion Global
DeepDrive develops electric motor and drivetrain solutions for electric vehicles, including in-wheel and central drive systems.
EnergyHardwareMobility & TransportationMünchen, DE
Alexander Rosen(Founder)Christopher Römmelmayer(Founder)Dean P(Founder)Markus Domme(Founder)Stefan Ender(Founder)
Co-investorsBayern KapitalBMW i VenturesLeitmotifTechstarsXPRENEURS
DyeMansion builds industrial post-processing systems and services for 3D-printed polymer parts, covering cleaning, surfacing, and coloring in an end-to-end "Print-to-Product" workflow.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareMunich, DE
Co-investorsAM VenturesMatterwave Ventures
Dynamic Biosensors develops the heliX biosensor instruments and switchSENSE and single-cell Interaction Cytometry (scIC) technologies for characterizing molecule-molecule and molecule-cell interactions and binding kinetics.
BiotechDeep TechHardware
Co-investorsBayern Kapital
Enginsight is an all-in-one cybersecurity platform that automatically scans IT environments for vulnerabilities (CVE scans), performs intrusion detection, automated penetration testing, and SIEM/MDR, and monitors servers, endpoints, and web applications.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Mario Jandeck(Founder)in
Co-investorsSeed+Speed
Co-investorsMunich Venture Partners
FAZUA develops electric drive systems for e-bikes, including the Ride 60 motor system, which bike brands integrate into their bicycles.
HardwareMobility & TransportationSports Tech
FINN offers a car subscription service where customers pay a fixed monthly rate for a new vehicle including insurance, maintenance, vehicle tax, and registration, with terms starting from 6 months and home delivery or station pickup.
ConsumerMarketplacesMobility & TransportationSilicon Valley, DE
Max-Josef Meier(Co-Founder and Former Chief Executive Officer)inMaximilian Wühr(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inNikolai Schröder(Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer)inAndreas Stryz(Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer)inMax Beyer(Co-Founder and Former Chief Financial Officer)Hans-Peter Ringer(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsHeliad AGHV CapitalKeen Venture PartnersKorelya CapitalPICUS CAPITALWhite Star Capital+1 more
FlixBus operates an intercity bus network offering online and app-based ticket booking, real-time journey tracking, and e-tickets across roughly 8,000 destinations in 40+ countries.
MarketplacesMobility & TransportationTravel & Hospitality
André Schwämmlein(Founder)in
Co-investorsCherry VenturesHoltzbrinck VenturesHV CapitalSilver Lake Partners
Co-investorsBuoyant Ventures Management, LlcCRV (Charles River Ventures)Foreground CapitalGunung CapitalHarmony PartnersInventure
fruitcore robotics develops industrial robots (the HORST series) and modular robotic cells with accompanying software for manufacturing automation tasks such as machine tending, pick & place, laser marking, quality testing, and gluing.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics
Co-investorsBLN CapitalCapricorn Venture PartnersKOMPAS VCMatterwave Ventures
HQS Quantum Simulations builds software for spectroscopy analysis, including its HQSpectrum product for predicting and analyzing NMR spectra and the HQStage quantum simulation and quantum computing toolkit.
Deep TechQuantum ComputingSaaSKarlsruhe, DE
Dr. Michael Marthaler(CEO & Co-Founder)Dr. Iris Schwenk(COO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsMatterwave VenturesQuantonation
i2x provides a real-time AI platform for contact centers that transcribes and analyzes 100% of calls, gives agents live on-screen coaching recommendations during conversations, and offers voicebots for inbound/outbound telephony and agent training.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
Co-investorsAsgard - human Capital for AIBerliner Volksbank VenturesBridge to GrowthMS&AD VenturesRedstoneTane Fund
Innoactive provides a platform for streaming and scaling spatial computing workflows—design reviews and digital twins—across tools like NVIDIA Omniverse Kit, Autodesk VRED, Unreal Engine, and Unity to devices such as Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest.
Advanced ManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsCapnamic
Isar Aerospace provides launch services for small and medium-sized satellites and satellite constellations, targeting global customers seeking access to space.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareSpace TechMunich, DE
Daniel Metzler(Chief Executive Officer)Josef Fleischmann(Chief Technical Officer)Stella Guillen(Chief Commercial Officer)
Co-investorsBayern KapitalCipio PartnersCoastCapEarlybird Venture CapitalHoltzbrinck VenturesHV Capital+5 more
KONUX provides an AI and IoT platform (CoBrix) and monitoring products like KONUX Switch for railway infrastructure, combining sensor data with field observations and inspection reports to predict asset failures and support maintenance planning.
AI & Machine LearningIoTMobility & Transportation
Johanna Leisch LL.M., Executive MBAin
Co-investorsBootstrap EuropeNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)SalviaTechFoundersBoundary Holding
Co-investorsSICTIC
Metafuels develops aerobrew®, a proprietary technology that converts green methanol into sustainable aviation fuel (e-SAF) for airlines and fuel manufacturers.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Co-investorsContrarian VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersVerve Ventures
Molten Industries develops chemical reactor technology that splits natural gas into hydrogen and graphite using electrical resistive heating for battery anode production and industrial hydrogen supply.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergyNew MaterialsWest Oakland, US
KevininCaleb Boyd(Cofounder)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesFifty YearsJ4 VenturesMoai CapitalSozo VenturesUnion Square Ventures (USV)
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 CapitalLEA Partners
Patronus provides a smartwatch and companion app designed for elderly users to enable emergency calling, location tracking, and family connectivity.
Digital HealthHealthtechIoT
Co-investorsBurda Principal InvestmentsCavalry VenturesLightspeed Venture PartnersFactorial CapitalGreenfield PartnersNotable Capital+2 more
planqc builds quantum computers using neutral atoms as qubits, offering full-stack quantum solutions from hardware to algorithms and software for industry and scientific research.
Deep TechHardwareQuantum ComputingGarching, DE
Alexander GlätzleSebastian BlattJohannes Zeiher
Co-investorsAmadeus Capital PartnersDeepTech & Climate FondsSpeedinvest
Predium offers a real estate intelligence software platform that consolidates building, financial, and sustainability data—completing it via AI and satellite imagery—to help institutional investors, housing companies, and the finance industry manage and optimize their property portfolios.
Climate TechPropTechSaaS
Jens Wax (Thumm)(Founder)in
Co-investors2bXNorrsken VC
Proxima provides a data layer for blockchains and decentralized systems, letting developers stream, index, and build on blockchain data with cryptographic proofs.
Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsCherry VenturesYoubi CapitalBurda Principal InvestmentsDCVC (Data Collective)KfW CapitalLightspeed Venture Partners+1 more
Proxima develops stellarator fusion power plants designed to deliver clean, grid-ready electricity.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyMunich, DE
Dr. Francesco Sciortino(CEO and co-founder)Dr. Lucio Milanese(Co-founder and Chief External Affairs Officer)Dr. Jorrit Lion(Chief Scientist and co-founder)Martin Kubie(Chief Engineer and co-founder)inJonathan Schilling(Head of Labs and co-founder)in
Co-investorsBalderton CapitalBayern KapitalBurda Principal InvestmentsCherry VenturesDeepTech & Climate FondsElaia+8 more
Radical develops chemical recycling processes to convert complex, unrecycled plastic waste into carbon-based resources for the chemical industry.
Circular EconomyCleantechClimate Tech
Andreas Wagner(Founder)in
Reel is an electricity supplier that offers businesses fixed-price power purchase agreements sourced from solar, wind and battery storage, along with tools to optimize on-site solar and battery assets and track the source of every MWh purchased.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Co-investorsFuture Energy VenturesThe Footprint Firm
Reverion builds reversible fuel cell systems that operate as high-efficiency power plants, electrolyzers, energy storage, and carbon capture units, converting biogas, hydrogen, or natural gas into power and surplus renewable electricity into methane or hydrogen.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyEresing, DE
Luis Poblotzki(Founder)
Co-investorsCarbonEnergy Impact PartnersGGFGreen Generation FundSpinLabTechFounders+2 more
Scenarium provides software that automates the creation and updating of electrical schematics from floor plans, automatically syncing plan changes, generating labeled elements and tags, and managing custom symbol libraries.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechSaaS
STABL Energy builds modular stationary battery storage systems that use second-life batteries from electric vehicles, employing a modular multi-level converter (MMC) design that allows mixing modules of different health states and manufacturers.
Circular EconomyCleantechEnergy
Co-investorsTechFounders
Synera provides an agentic AI automation platform for engineers, aimed at helping engineering organizations automate time-consuming processes and product development workflows.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Dr. Moritz Maier(Chief Executive Officer & Co-founder)inDaniel Siegel(Chief Product Officer & Co-founder)Sebastian Möller(Chief Finance Officer & Co-founder)
Co-investorsCherry VenturesSpark CapitalBMW i VenturesDeepTech & Climate FondsIsaiISAI Gestion+2 more
Tacto builds AI agents for industrial procurement that connect internal data (ERP, technical drawings) with external market data to identify cost-saving potential, manage suppliers, optimize RFQ processes, and handle compliance.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
André Petry(Founder)inJohannes Groll(Founder)in
Co-investorsCherry VenturesIndex VenturesSequoia CapitalVisionaries Club
Tanso provides software for calculating Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) using automated processes, a TÜV-certified methodology and ISO 14067 compliance.
CleantechClimate TechSaaS
Co-investorshenQ vcCapnamicFortino Capital
Tanso offers a software platform for corporate and product carbon accounting (Scope 1-3), ESG reporting, and supply chain emissions management, with AI-assisted data collection and audit-proof reports compliant with standards like CSRD, GHG Protocol, and EU Taxonomy.
CleantechClimate TechSaaSMunich, DE
Fabian Sinn(Co-Founder (no longer active))Gyri Reiersen(Co-Founder & CPO)inLorenz Hetzel(Co-Founder & CTO)inTill Wiechmann(Co-Founder & CEO)in
Co-investorsCapnamicPICUS CAPITAL
Valuedesk offers a software platform for performance management that helps companies track and coordinate cost-saving, efficiency, and transformation initiatives by consolidating measures, data, and progress in one place.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBielefeld, DE
Torsten R. Bendlinin
Co-investorsEnjoyventure Management
Veact provides data-driven lead management and marketing software for the automotive industry, helping car manufacturers (OEMs), national sales companies, and dealerships identify revenue opportunities and increase customer lifetime value.
Marketing TechMobility & TransportationSaaS
Co-investorsBayern KapitalSeventure PartnersSenovo
Vimcar offers Fleet, a fleet management software for company vehicle fleets that combines hardware and software to provide automatic digital driver's logbooks, live GPS tracking, and driver identification.
IoTMobility & TransportationSaaS
Co-investorsActon CapitalAtlanticAtlantic LabsBattery Venturescoparion
Wire provides secure, end-to-end encrypted communication and collaboration tools for organizations, positioned as a business alternative to consumer messaging apps like WhatsApp.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsCipio PartnersMorpheus Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Proxima Fusion · proximafusion.com · Aug 19, 2026
Polytech · fijisun.com.fj · Aug 15, 2026
Finn · finsmes.com · Aug 11, 2026
Wire · gvwire.com · Aug 8, 2026
Aleph Alpha · tectonicdefense.com · Jul 17, 2026
Alqem · munich-startup.de · Jul 8, 2026
Proxima · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 7, 2026
Patronus · venturecapital.com · Jun 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has UVC Partners made?
- UVC Partners has 56 tracked investments, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does UVC Partners invest at?
- UVC Partners invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is UVC Partners's typical check size?
- UVC Partners typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
- What sectors does UVC Partners focus on?
- UVC Partners focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Circular Economy, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Construction Tech, Cybersecurity, Deep Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Mobility & Transportation, PropTech, Quantum Computing, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech.
- Where is UVC Partners located?
- UVC Partners is headquartered in Munich, DE.
- Does UVC Partners lead rounds?
- UVC Partners typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does UVC Partners co-invest with?
- UVC Partners most often shares deals with Bayern Kapital, Burda Principal Investments, Cherry Ventures, among 108 tracked co-investors.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
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