Millions of dollars: Momox founder joins the profitable girls' flea market

1. October 2021: The second-hand platform Mädchenflohmarkt has completed a financing round and won Momox founder Christian Wegner as an investor. In total, a seven-figure sum flowed into the company. In addition to Wegner, the existing investors Vorwerk Ventures and Catalpa also took part in the round. Girls’ flea market says it has broken even in the current financial year. The company has a double-digit million turnover, an overall growth of 50 percent compared to the previous year and around 150 employees across Europe. (Source: Startbase , textile industry , ho.)

SaaS startup receives money from Project A and Philipp Westermeyer

30. September 2021: The Hamburg startup Heyflow closes a seed round worth 5.2 million euros (six million dollars). The Berlin VC investor Project A leads the round. Other investors are Atlantic Labs and angel investors such as OMR boss Philipp Westermeyer. Heyflow develops a no-code modular system for companies. With the help of the software, corporate customers can create so-called clickflows and integrate them into their website. Customers can use these interactive elements in marketing and advertising campaigns, for example. This is intended to improve the conversation rates and the UX experience. Heyflow was founded in Hamburg in 2020 by Dustin Jaacks and Amir Bohnenkamp. They launched their software at the beginning of this year and, according to their own statements, have since recorded “hundreds of paying customers”. (Source: Company, heu)

Cherry Ventures provides CO2 start-up with money

2 3. September 2021: Climatiq from Berlin has received 1.7 million euros (two million dollars) in the pre-seed financing round. The main shareholder of the round is Cherry Ventures, who got on board with Message in a Bottle or Flixbus at an early stage. Indeed founder Paul Forster and ex-Techstars manager Jens Palinski are also invested. With the Climatiq tool, companies can measure their carbon footprint. To do this, the Berlin-based company relies on a database that contains energy data from 150 countries and factors such as transport, logistics and cloud computing. Climatiq launched in April and is currently in beta. The founders are Hessam Lavi, Isis Baulig and Philipp von Bierberstein. (source: company, gr)

Insect burger startup goes to family business

21. September 2021: The startup Bugfoundation was taken over by Kupfer Innovative Food, a subsidiary of the family company Kupfer. That sells original Nuremberg sausages and vegan brands such as Loz Veganoz. The Osnabrück start-up of the two founders Baris Özel and Max Krämer sells burgers made from buffalo worms. When the company was founded in 2014, it was still illegal in Germany. Since 2018 it has been allowed in this country to process insects in food. The new owner, Kupfer, had previously invested in the food startup, together with the PHW Group, the company behind the Wiesenhof sausage brand. (Source: Linkedin , gr)

Exit for Amazon shop buyers from Glossybox founder

21. September 2021: The Berlin Brands Group (BBG) has taken over Orange Brands. Both companies specialize in buying up so-called direct-to-consumer brands, including Amazon shops. Orange Brands maker Charles von Abercron previously started the rocket venture Glossybox, which he sold in 2017. His current company differs from BBG in that it acquires, keeps and develops existing teams. BBG recently collected 600 million euros , including from Bain Capital. It became the youngest European unicorn. (source: company, gr)

Telefónica’s innovation laboratory joins the Berlin AI startup

21. September 2021: The AI ​​startup Tucan.ai has collected a seven-digit amount in a financing round. IBB Ventures, Faraday Venture Partners and APX, the early-stage investor of Axel Springer and Porsche, have invested. Telefónica’s innovation laboratory, Wayra, is also participating and, in addition to the investment, is holding out the prospect of working with the listed communications company Telefónica. The Tucan.ai team around the founders Lukas Rintelen, Florian Polak and Michael Schramm has developed software that automatically transcribes and summarizes video conferences and business appointments. To do this, the software uses automated speech and content recognition to summarize the content of the conversation in a clear manner. The startup was founded in Berlin in 2019. (source: company, fm)

Diabetes startup gets money from Peter Thiel

20. September: Healthtech 9am.health has received a seed investment of 3.2 million euros (3.7 million dollars). The money comes from the investors Speedinvest, Define Ventures, Iseed Ventures and Founders Fund von Peter Thiel. The startup offers a monthly subscription to a virtual clinic for diabetes patients, including advice, medication, treatment plans and home tests. 9am.health was started by the Viennese Mysugr founders Anton Kittelberger and Frank Westermann, who made a mega exit to the pharmaceutical company Roche. The company is based in the USA. There it currently offers its service in 33 states. (Source:

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Founders start new million-dollar fund

20. September: Stefan Jeschonnek and Jan Deepen, two founders of the accounting startup Zeitgold, set up their third fund. The aim is to achieve a target figure in the double-digit million range. Under the name Discovery Ventures, Jeschonnek and Deepen invested in companies such as Trade Republic and Gorillas at an early stage. They make up to eight investments per year. Between 200,000 and 500,000 euros go to the respective startups. Zeitgold itself did not run smoothly for months , among other things struggled with layoffs, and was then sold to US competitor Deel in the summer. (Source: Financefwd.com , gr)

3.5 million for AI company from Heidelberg

16. September: The Heidelberg AI startup Paretos has concluded a seed financing of 3.5 million euros. Lead investor is the B2B-Tech-VC LEA Partners, which specializes in companies in the field of artificial intelligence. On the basis of existing company data, Paretos identifies optimization potential and visualizes relationships in a dashboard, which managers can use to obtain well-founded insights even without data expertise. The company was founded in 2020 by Fabian Rang and Thorsten Heilig. (source: company, hue)

Construction robotics company gets millions from Silicon Valley

16. September 2021: The Munich-based construction startup Kewazo has raised funding of the equivalent of 4.25 million euros (5 million US dollars). The round was led by Silicon Valley investor True Ventures. The existing investor MIG AG also invested. Kewazo develops a robotic freight elevator for scaffolding. Instead of assembling scaffolding completely manually, construction companies can use the elevator to automate their material transport. The start-up’s test customers include the industrial service provider Bilfiger Arnholdt. (Source: Company, heu)

The Xing investor wants to give 135 million to further startups

16. September 2021: The venture capital company Btov Partners has announced a new early-stage fund with a volume of 135 million dollars. The investments of the new fund will focus on topics such as AI, digital health, fintech, logistics, B2B SaaS and marketplaces. Over 70 members of the network are said to have personally invested in the new funds. Among them are well-known Super Angels such as Logitech founder Daniel Borel, Scout-24 founder Joachim Schoss, and Global Unicorn Hunter Daniel Gutenberg. Previous generations of funds invested in companies such as Deepl, Raisin, Sumup, Orcam, Seven Senders, Ottonova, Urban Sports Club, Ledgy, Foodspring (acquired by Mars) and Data Artisans (acquired by Alibaba). (source: company, sis)

Millions for packaging startup from Berlin

15. September 2021: In a seed round, the Packmatic company raised a mid-single-digit million amount. HV Capital has joined as lead investor. A number of business angels, including the Zalando founders, have also invested. With its business model, the startup wants to respond to the increasing environmental awareness among consumer goods manufacturers by offering a marketplace where medium-sized companies can search for packaging suppliers. The company makes its money through commissions that are paid after referrals. Packmatic is currently working with 60 packaging suppliers, and the network is expected to grow to 100 by the end of the year. In addition, the company expects single-digit million sales this year and double-digit million sales in 2022. The founding team, consisting of Paul Schraven, Jonas Boland, Tobias Linnardi and Matthias Geiss, founded Packmatic in January 2021. (Source:

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Robotics startup Coboworx raises millions

14. September 2021 : The robotics startup Coboworx collects millions. In a seed financing round, Picus Capital and the technology holding Team Global have financed the company with 4.5 million euros. Paua Ventures and business angels such as Rubin Ritter from Zalando and Florian Huber from United Domains have also participated. The company develops process-capable robot cells that are particularly easy to install. For a palletizing task, there is then, among other things, an app with which the robot can easily be switched over to the activity. (Source: Handelsblatt, sis)

5.5 million for Geneva Proptech

14. September 2021: New million dollar investment for the Geneva Proptech backbone. The company is an on-demand property visualization service and has closed over $ 5.5 million in a seed round. The financing was completed under the direction of VR Ventures with additional participation from the existing investors Wingman Ventures and ACE & Company. EquityPitcher Ventures and TX Markets also participated in this financing round. Backbone has developed an online platform that enables real estate companies to order all types of real estate images easily and instantly. (Source:

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Millions for Berlin startup Lhotse

September 13, 2021: The Berlin-based Procure Tech company has raised 5 million euros in a seed financing round. The investment is led by Cavalry Ventures, followed by the existing investor Paua V. entures. Prominent business angels such as Hometogo founder Patrick Andrä and Felix Jahn, founder and CEO of the broker portal McMakler, have also invested. The startup wants to support companies with tactical purchasing by means of specially developed software in order to save money and costs. Accordingly, the software should have a supplier database that searches for cheaper offers. According to the company, its customers include medium-sized companies such as the Funke media group or the Berlin Unicorn Gorillas. The startup plans to use the money to hire additional staff and invest in product development. Henning Hatje, Jan Berssenbruegge and Can Akin founded the startup in 2020. (source: company, fm)

Xing investor joins digitization startup from Hamburg

9. September 2021: Procuros has completed a € 1 million financing round to recruit staff in the areas of product development and sales. The round was led by the investor Btov Partners, who gave money to well-known companies such as Blacklane, Deepl, Volocopter and Xing. Procuros from Hamburg connects companies via a platform in order to digitize the ordering process. The startup was founded this year by Patrick Thelen and Benjamin Wulff. (source: company, gr)

The “Google Analytics for Batteries” from Aachen gets millions

9. September 2021: The Aachen battery specialist Accure has collected 6.8 million euros (eight million dollars) in the Series A. The US business is to be expanded with the new funds, including an office on site. Accure software analyzes the data supplied by batteries. The battery and the connected systems can then be further developed and optimized and fires can be prevented, for example. According to its own information, Accure currently manages over 220,000 battery systems with over 750 megawatt hours of power. (Source: PV-Magazine, gr)

Sequoia invests 10 million dollars in Swiss Saas startup

7. September 2021: As part of a Series A financing round, Ledgy has raised 10 million dollars, the equivalent of around 8.5 million euros. The round is led by the US-American VC Sequoia Capital, which is among other things in the Fintech Klarna has invested. The Berlin investor Visionaries Club and other Saas founders such as Daniel Dienes from Uipath. Existing investors such as Myke Näf, Paul Sevinç, btov Partners, Creathor Ventures and Vi Partners also took part in the round. The start-up from Switzerland has developed software to help companies manage their assets by bundling equity plans and employee participation plans on one platform. The company currently has 23 employees. According to the company, the software is already used by prominent companies such as Trade Republic, Wefox and Gorillas. Yoko Spirig, Timo Horstschaefer and Ben Brandt founded the startup in 2017. (source: company, fm)

Berlin proptech startup Upmin collects millions

6. September 2021: The Berlin startup Upmin has raised around four million euros in a seed financing round. The donors include the listed company Scout24 and Apeiron, the family office of the investor Christian Angermayer. Other business angels such as the former Immoscout24 boss Marc Stilke and the founder of the proptech startup Numa Christian Gaiser have also participated. Upmin is building a digital platform for homeowners and landlords that will digitize and accelerate real estate management processes. With the new money, the Berlin company wants to double its team from 25 to 50 people. Upmin is a spin-off from Zenhomes CEO and founder Jannes Fischer. Fischer founded Upmin together with Henning Frank. (source: company, fm)

Millions for delivery startup from Munich

3. September 2021: As part of a seed financing round, the startup Arive has raised six million euros from 468 Capital, La Famiglia and Balderton Capital. The startup promises to deliver consumer goods such as smartphones, as well as clothing and housewares, to your doorstep in just 30 minutes. Customers can only place orders through the app. The service is currently offered in Munich, Berlin, Frankfurt and Hamburg. With the new financing, Arive does not only want to expand internationally before the end of the year. The money will also be invested in product development, supply chain infrastructure and expanding the team. The delivery startup was founded in February 2021 by Linus Fries and Maximilian Reeker in Munich. (Source: Eu-Startups, fm)

Vectornator: 20 million for the startup of a “Jugend forscht” winner

1. September 2021: Vladimir Danila founded his startup at the age of 17. The company, which comes from North Rhine-Westphalia and has since moved to Berlin, is called Linearity, employs 40 people and offers the Vectornator drawing software that runs on iPads and Mac computers. Apple, Disney and Microsoft are among the customers. Danila has now received new capital for his project. Under the leadership of EQT Ventures and 468 Capital – whose co-founder Florian Leibert invested in Danila’s company very early on – $ 20 million will flow into the startup. A number of business angels from the Google environment are also participating in Vectornator as part of the financing. (source: company, ho) You can read more about Vladimir Danila and his project read here:

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Ex-Softbank manager collects millions for his new startup

31. August 2021: In the seed financing round, the fintech Sikoia raised around two million euros. In addition to Earlybird and Seedcamp, prominent business angels such as the founder of Auxmoney Raffael Johnen and the CFO of Wefox Fabian Wesemann have also invested. Sikoia is working on a platform that will help business customers from the financial sector to collect data from various partners on a dashboard. The software is currently in beta. It should officially be launched at the end of the year. Alexis Rog founded Sikoia at the end of 2020. He previously worked as an investor for the Softbank Vision Fund. (Source: Financefwd.com , fm)

Six million euros for software organizer Sastrify

30. August 2021: In a second financing round, the one year old Saas startup Sastrify the equivalent of six million euros (seven Million dollars). In addition to HV Capital, the founders of the unicorn startups Flixmobility, Personio and Sumup have also invested in the Berlin start-up. Sastrify has developed a tool that organizes, if necessary, terminates and renegotiates all Saas software and licenses of its customers. According to the startup, tech companies such as Gorillas, Westwing and Scalable Capital use the service. According to its own statements, Sastrify has already generated six-figure recurring sales since it started in early 2021. (source: company, lks) Impact donor Revent increases fund by 20 million 27. August 2021: The European Investment Fund (EIF) supports the Berlin venture capital fund Revent with 20 million euros. This includes the Impact Fund Revent , which focuses on environmental protection, sustainability and social relevance, among other things, a total of 60 million euros. “We have now made seven investments,” says co-founder Otto Birnbaum about the start-up scene. These include the AI ​​startup Sylvera, which monitors CO2 offset projects, and the Hamburg-based mobile bank Tomorrow. The fund was launched in March of this year. Well-known donors such as Verena Pausder, N26 founder Max Tayenthal, Urban Sports Club founder Benjamin Roth and Project A frontman Florian Heinemann are involved. (Source: Company, mw)

Celonis hires prominent scientists

25. August 2021: The AI ​​startup Celonis has appointed scientist Wil van der Aalst as Chief Scientist. Aalast is one of the most cited scientists in the world, according to the Guide2Research platform. Among other things, he is an expert in process mining, i.e. in the field of business data analysis. The startup from Munich helps companies to record and evaluate digital processes such as deliveries and production. With the scientist from the Netherlands, Celonis wants to let academic knowledge flow into the technological development of the software start-up. The former students of the Technical University of Munich Alexander Rinke, Martin Klenk and Bastian Nominacher founded Celonis in 2011. They currently employ 1,400 people. (source: company, fm)

Baden-Württemberg starts fund over 50 million euros

25. August 2021: The state of Baden-Württemberg wants to use the start-up BW Innovation Fund to invest in startups that are in the “high-risk initial phase”. The fund’s target size is 50 million euros. So far, the first closing has raised 35 million euros. The money comes from banks and insurance companies. Financing of one to three million euros is planned for each startup. The first deals should take place this year. MBG Mittelstandsische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg takes care of the selection and support of the investments. (source: company, gr)

DvH Ventures invests in the health startup Health Caters

24. August 2021: The Berlin Healthtech Health Caters has received pre-seed financing in the millions. The group is led by Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures and their Digital Health Fund, which was closed with an amount of 60 million euros. Health Caters wants to bring corporate health care to the workplace. The company of the founders Tatyana Eliseeva and Lilia Kruse offers a so-called health kiosk. This is a device that continuously monitors employees’ biometric data and makes them available via an app. The app then provides advice on possible next steps, such as a visit to the doctor. The HR department gets the data aggregated, as well as tools for surveys and the management of service offers. (source: company, gr)