AI investors backing startups in Germany
129 investors hold two or more AI startups in Germany each, 405 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are High-Tech Gründerfonds (40), Helmholtz (37) and Plug and Play (22). 28 of them are accelerators.
Investors by their portfolio companiesRebuilt 9 Nov 2026
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129
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405
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28
Investors backing startups in Germany
| Investor | Startups here | Portfolio rounds, 12 mo | Latest activity |
|---|---|---|---|
 High-Tech GründerfondsAccelerator · Germany · LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions, SereneDB, Aignostics | 40 | 48 | Nov 2026 |
| HHelmholtzAccelerator · Germany · Aleph Alpha, Agile Robots, Mint Medical | 37 | 9 | Oct 2026 |
 Plug and PlayAccelerator · United States · Taktile, i2x, Aaron.ai | 22 | 152 | Nov 2026 |
 Y CombinatorAccelerator · United States · Langdock, Cogram, Comena | 21 | 256 | Oct 2026 |
 Bayern KapitalVenture capital · Germany · Elevatry, DRIMCO, Caire | 21 | 24 | Aug 2026 |
 IBB VenturesVenture capital · Germany · Vara, Smart Steel Technologies, Veecle | 20 | 5 | Sep 2026 |
 TechstarsAccelerator · United States · Bruin, Auxilius, Beatpulse Labs | 17 | 98 | Nov 2026 |
| XxdeckAccelerator · Germany · Augmented Industries, accompio, Floy | 15 | 9 | Sep 2026 |
 UVC PartnersVenture capital · Germany · Kuro, Aleph Alpha, i2x | 14 | 15 | Sep 2026 |
 CoCo FinanceVenture capital · Germany · Brighter, NEURA Robotics, Scoutbee | 14 | 5 | Aug 2026 |
 SpeedinvestVenture capital · Austria · TWAICE, CELUS, Kittl | 13 | 30 | Nov 2026 |
 AtlanticVenture capital · Germany · Synthflow AI, German Bionic, Caspar Health | 13 | 11 | Oct 2026 |
 LEA Partners GmbHVenture capital · Germany · Aleph Alpha, Black Forest Labs, bliro | 12 | 6 | Jul 2026 |
 KIT GründerschmiedeAccelerator · Germany · Caire, NextStepHR, Klangio GmbH | 12 | 2 | May 2026 |
 b2ventureAngel network · Switzerland · DeepL, i2x, NEURA Robotics | 11 | 13 | Oct 2026 |
 CapnamicVenture capital · Germany · Zeotap, Omegga, octonomy | 11 | 5 | Sep 2026 |
 AntlerAccelerator · Singapore · Teddy, Comet, clare&me | 10 | 52 | Nov 2026 |
 Project AVenture capital · Germany · Micropsi Industries, distil labs, Project Q | 10 | 13 | Sep 2026 |
 arise – Der Deep-Tech AcceleratorAccelerator · Germany · NextStepHR, Recyda, medicalvalues | 8 | 3 | Apr 2026 |
 Cusp CapitalVenture capital · Ahron, One Ware, Recyda | 8 | 2 | Apr 2026 |
 TU BerlinAccelerator · Germany · ai-coustics, acemate, Nowa | 8 | 1 | May 2026 |
 SeedcampAccelerator · United Kingdom · tl;dv, SE3 Labs, ask_ui | 7 | 61 | Nov 2026 |
 EarlybirdVenture capital · Germany · Black Forest Labs, CELUS, Workist | 7 | 13 | Oct 2026 |
 VisionariesVenture capital · Germany · Taktile, Langdock, Black Forest Labs | 7 | 13 | Nov 2026 |
 Cherry VenturesVenture capital · Germany · Flix, Tacto, Telli | 7 | 11 | Oct 2026 |
 D11Z. VenturesAccelerator · Germany · Aleph Alpha, Alago, Resourcly | 7 | 9 | Nov 2026 |
 AuxxoVenture capital · Germany · Alpas, Emidat, Recyda | 7 | 8 | May 2026 |
 Venture StarsVenture capital · Germany · SUMM AI, Solvemate, enabl | 7 | 6 | Aug 2026 |
 Cavalry VenturesVenture capital · Germany · Aleph Alpha, SPREAD, Almetra | 7 | 5 | Jun 2026 |
 AI NATIONAccelerator · Germany · SUMM AI, ai-coustics, navel robotics | 7 | 3 | Aug 2026 |
 ignitionAccelerator · Germany · Buying Journey Optimization | Pathmonk, dexter health, findIQ | 7 | – | Oct 2012 |
 EcapitalVenture capital · Germany · Apheris, nyris, Motor Ai | 6 | 8 | Sep 2026 |
 42CAPVenture capital · Germany · Deep Slate, Kontext, Qdrant | 6 | 5 | Oct 2026 |
 APEX VenturesVenture capital · Austria · Mindpeak, Spleenlab, GEMESYS | 6 | 5 | Apr 2026 |
 SquareOneVenture capital · Germany · Retorio, Semron, Procuros | 6 | 2 | Oct 2026 |
 Fraunhofer-GesellschaftAccelerator · Germany · bimeto, Slapstack, credium | 6 | 2 | Mar 2026 |
 The Migrant AcceleratorAccelerator · Germany · Nowa, MTED TGU bei TTI - Technologie-Transfer-Initiative GmbH, Abnoba | 6 | 1 | Apr 2026 |
 RedalpineVenture capital · Switzerland · Telli, microagi, Lyceum Technology Germany GmbH | 5 | 16 | Sep 2026 |
 RedstoneVenture capital · Germany · i2x, Hypatos, LiveEO | 5 | 16 | Sep 2026 |
 Point NineVenture capital · Germany · ZenML, Sereact, Procuros | 5 | 14 | Oct 2026 |
The most backed startups in Germany
| Startup | Investors in this list |
|---|---|
 Taktile | 8 |
 Synera | 8 |
 Black Forest Labs | 7 |
 LiveEO | 7 |
 hexafarms | 6 |
 Hypatos | 6 |
 Tacto | 5 |
 Phantasma Labs | 5 |
 omni:us | 5 |
 DUDE CHEM | 5 |
 Aleph Alpha | 5 |
 i2x | 5 |
 DeepL | 4 |
 Almetra | 4 |
 Zeotap | 4 |
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Who invests in AI startups in Germany?
129 investors hold two or more AI startups in Germany each, 405 portfolio startups in all. The most active here are High-Tech Gründerfonds (40), Helmholtz (37) and Plug and Play (22). 28 of them are accelerators.
How is this list built?
From what each investor holds: the portfolio page it publishes, the Y Combinator directory and the announced rounds that name it. An investor counts for Germany when at least two of its portfolio companies are based there; the list is rebuilt every night from 2,417 portfolios.
Source: investors' portfolio pages and announced rounds, 2,417 portfoliosUpdated 9 Nov 2026MethodologyJSONCC BY-SA 4.0