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Top 25 Early-stage investment firms based in Germany

Name: Early-stage investment firms based in Germany
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026 598 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 598 early-stage investment firms headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 4,805 professional contacts across them, including 1,484 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers early-stage investment firms headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 14, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 14, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest early-stage investment firms based in Germany

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 598 early-stage investment firms based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 14, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to early-stage investment firms: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Unternehmertum	Indirect evidence	Garching (munich), GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	201-500	343 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At UnternehmerTUM, visions turn into value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
2	Start2 Group	Indirect evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	265 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Start2 Group is a global innovation leader and one of Europe’s top-ranked startup hubs (#2 by Financial Times and Statista;#1 for Hub Network and Alumni Track Record).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
3	EWOR	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	201-500	237 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “EWOR is a fellowship for outlier founders building transformative tech.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
4	Htgf High-Tech Gründerfonds	Indirect evidence	Bonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	154 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HTGF is one of the leading and most active VC investors in Germany and Europe, financing start-ups in the fields of Deep Tech, Industrial Tech, Climate Tech, Digital Tech, Life…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
5	Earlybird Venture Capital	Strong evidence	Europe, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	126 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in 1997, Pan-European VC Earlybird backs exceptional early-stage companies, supporting them through their growth and development phases and providing financial resources…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
6	HV	Strong evidence	München, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	51-200	114 contacts →
	Strong evidence “HV is one of the leading early-stage and growth investors in Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
7	First Momentum Ventures	Indirect evidence	Remote, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	n/a	78 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “As engineers at heart and investors by choice, we are a VC fund for Pre-Seed startups in the Industrial Tech and Deep Tech space in Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
8	Picus Capital	Strong evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	71 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
9	UVC Partners	Strong evidence	Garching (munich), GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	70 contacts →
	Strong evidence “UVC Partners is a Munich- and Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm investing in European B2B startups in the fields of Deep Tech, Climate Tech, Enterprise Software and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
10	LEA Partners	Partial evidence	Karlsruhe, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	57 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LEVERAGING ENTREPRENEURIAL AMBITION As an entrepreneurial-minded multi-stage private equity and venture capital firm LEA Partners funds and supports ambitious B2B Tech founders…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
11	The Delta	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	201-500	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Delta is a venture ecosystem helping ambitious founders build industry-leading ventures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
12	Yttrium	Partial evidence	Frankfurt Am Main, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	49 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Yttrium (formerly Digital+ Partners) is a growth equity investment firm specialised in B2B technology companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
13	Foodlabs	Strong evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	49 contacts →
	Strong evidence “FoodLabs is a globally active Early Stage VC investor and venture studio, assisting the bold in building iconic companies committed to planetary and human health.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
14	Cherry Ventures	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We built the first wave of European tech.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
15	Baystartup	Indirect evidence	Nürnberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “OUR OFFER TO STARTUPS: With intense feedback and financial coaching, we prepare startups for discussions with interested investors, and to develop the right financing strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
16	Spinlab	Indirect evidence	Leipzig, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	45 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SpinLab based in Leipzig, Germany has been repeatedly recognized as one of Europe’s leading startup hubs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
17	Zollhof Tech Incubator	Indirect evidence	Nürnberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We make entrepreneurship happen – for ambitious startups who want to successfully market their idea, for corporate innovators looking to future-proof their business and for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
18	LA Famiglia	Partial evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “La Famiglia is a European seed and growth-stage venture capital fund investing in technology companies that enable or disrupt large industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
19	D11z. Ventures	Indirect evidence	Heilbronn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “D11Z.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
20	Capacura	Indirect evidence	Köln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Wir bei capacura bringen Geld dort hin, wo es die Welt besser macht.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
21	EMH Partners	Partial evidence	München, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Partial evidence “EMH Partners is a leading growth investment firm that partners with technology businesses and entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
22	Ecapital Entrepreneurial Partners	Strong evidence	Münster, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Founded in eCAPITAL is an entrepreneur-led venture capital investor focusing on early- and growth-stage deep-tech companies with a positive impact on society.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
23	Wellington Partners	Indirect evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Wellington Partners is one of the most successful pan-European venture capital firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
24	Capnamic	Strong evidence	Cologne, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Capnamic is a venture capital firm based in Cologne, Berlin and Munich with a focus on early-stage investments in outstanding teams in the German-speaking regions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026
25	Cusp Capital	Indirect evidence	Essen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 14, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Deals can be send to deals@cuspcapital.com \| Cusp Capital is a venture capital firm focused on European software and technology.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 14, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: early-stage investment firms. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names early-stage investment firms.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of early-stage investment firms, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name early-stage investment firms. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Early-stage investment firms based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 14, 2026

30.9%Verified-email coverage

8.0Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

26.8%Largest-city concentration · Berlin

Sep 14, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

461

11-50

115

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 598 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among early-stage investment firms, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “early-stage investment firms”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names early-stage investment firms), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among early-stage investment firms, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,484 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 14, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Early-stage investment firms by metro

Early-stage investment firms in Berlin160
Early-stage investment firms in Munich52
Early-stage investment firms in Hamburg41
Early-stage investment firms in Munchen30

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names early-stage investment firms, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many early-stage investment firms are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 598 early-stage investment firms headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Unternehmertum, headquartered in Garching, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most early-stage investment firms?

Berlin leads with 160 headquartered companies, followed by Munich (52) and Hamburg (41).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,484 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 598 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 14, 2026.

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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.