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Top 25 Pre-seed startups based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 469 company matches for pre-seed startups associated with Germany as of November 2026 and tracks 3,242 professional contacts across them, including 836 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for pre-seed startups associated with Germany, found by RevenueBase SmartSearch using the meaning of business descriptions in its company graph at Exact. Ranked by professionals tracked, largest first. Rows show recorded descriptions where available, Exact search membership and the snapshot date. Data refreshed November 6, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase SmartSearch, 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.

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The 25 largest pre-seed startups based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 469 company matches for pre-seed startups based in Germany, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Nov 6, 2026. The RevenueBase SmartSearch column shows Exact match membership in this saved search. Click a contact count to view that company's people. Totals use company locations recorded by RevenueBase; the displayed preview is a smaller selection.
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1Exact matchGarching (munich), GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500364 contacts →

Exact match

“At UnternehmerTUM, visions turn into value.”

Recorded in the RevenueBase company graph · Nov 6, 2026 · View company records in RevenueBase
2Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-500224 contacts →

Exact match

“EWOR is a fellowship for outlier founders building transformative tech.”

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3Exact matchBonn, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200157 contacts →

Exact match

“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…”

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4Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202651-200130 contacts →

Exact match

“TUM Venture Labs are a joint initiative by TUM, the top-ranked technical university in the EU, and UnternehmerTUM, Europe’s largest entrepreneurship centers.”

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5Exact matchRemote, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026n/a66 contacts →

Exact match

“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.”

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6Exact matchNuremberg, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5046 contacts →

Exact match

“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…”

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7Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5044 contacts →

Exact match

“The Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) of the Munich University of Applied Sciences offers training and research programs in the field of entrepreneurship, and encourages…”

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8Exact matchNuremberg, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5042 contacts →

Exact match

“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.”

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9Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 2026201-50040 contacts →

Exact match

“The Delta is a venture ecosystem helping ambitious founders build industry-leading ventures.”

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10Exact matchLeipzig, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5039 contacts →

Exact match

“SpinLab based in Leipzig, Germany has been repeatedly recognized as one of Europe’s leading startup hubs.”

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11Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5026 contacts →

Exact match

“Acton Capital is a leading European growth-stage venture capital firm with a presence in Munich and Vancouver.”

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12Exact matchFrankfurt, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5025 contacts →

Exact match

“LAUNCH Rhein-Main is a startup incubator dedicated to fostering entrepreneurial spirit in the Rhein-Main region.”

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13Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5025 contacts →

Exact match

“bmp is a venture capital firm based in Berlin and Magdeburg.”

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14Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5022 contacts →

Exact match

“Vorwerk Ventures is an independent venture capital fund (in its 4th fund generation) from Germany with assets under management of over €400 million.”

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15Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1022 contacts →

Exact match

“Der Business Angels Club Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.”

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16Exact matchDortmund, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5021 contacts →

Exact match

“We are a company builder and early stage investor.”

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17Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5020 contacts →

Exact match

“We're the network-powered early-stage investor that unites more than 300 entrepreneurs to back the most ambitious tech startups.”

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18Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5020 contacts →

Exact match

“Angel Invest is one of Europe's most active Super Angel fund.”

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19Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1020 contacts →

Exact match

“Beam is a Berlin-based startup company builder with a bias for logistics and technical challenges.”

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20Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5019 contacts →

Exact match

“Wir unterstützen Startups & Investoren: Startup Services: Wir sind die hands-on Beratung, die Startups aller Größenklassen im Bereich Finance unterstützt.”

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21Exact matchBonn, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5019 contacts →

Exact match

“Freigeist Capital is a privately-owned investment fund working with visionary founders to build disruptive technology companies.”

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22Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5018 contacts →

Exact match

“We are a seed investor focussing mainly on Enterprise- and B2B-software startups in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and Europe.”

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23Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 20261-1018 contacts →

Exact match

“Tiburon, led by Daniel Wild and Felix Artmann, has been investing successfully into inspiring founders for over a decade.”

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24Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5017 contacts →

Exact match

“Early investors in Infra.Market, Enter, Permitflow, Tazapay, Speckle, Snaptrude, Wiz Freight.”

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25Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Nov 6, 202611-5017 contacts →

Exact match

“Vali empowers exceptional founders to build high-impact European startups by connecting them with world-class corporate partners, industry leaders, and the top-tier academic…”

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Pre-seed startups based in Germany at a glance

As of Nov 6, 2026
25.8%Verified-email coverage
6.9Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
25.6%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Nov 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
363
11-50
83
51-200
13
201-500
4
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
3

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 469 companies.

How this list was built

The recorded descriptions help you assess these company matches. Check a company’s website for its current services and locations.

Source
The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase SmartSearch, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies
Company records associated with Germany whose business descriptions match “pre-seed startups” by meaning at the Exact setting. Descriptions are compiled in the RevenueBase company graph from public websites, profiles and company information where available; they are not guaranteed quotations from the company's website.
RevenueBase SmartSearch
Describe a niche company in your own words to find businesses by meaning. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control the breadth of RevenueBase SmartSearch. This saved list uses Exact. Each row's Exact match badge shows inclusion in that search, not an individual score or a service-quality judgment.
Public preview
The public preview omits records without a verified work email. Where headquarters information is recorded, preview rows are also filtered to this page’s location. Dataset totals and geographic summaries describe the full matched records before these preview filters.
Match quality
RevenueBase's August 25, 2026 study assessed 4,198 description/company pairs across matching settings. The publisher reports 86% good or better at Exact. This evaluates the method across queries; it does not audit this individual list. Recorded company descriptions, where available, help you judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built and what the study measures.
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 displayed company carries at least one verified work email. RevenueBase tracks 836 professional contacts with verified work emails across the full matched dataset. 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 November 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Record context
Company records and descriptions can change. Check the company's website for its current services and locations.

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase SmartSearch?

RevenueBase SmartSearch finds niche companies by the meaning of their business descriptions in the RevenueBase company graph. Exact, Similar, Related and Broad control how closely companies must fit your description. This list uses Exact for “pre-seed startups”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many pre-seed startups are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 469 company matches for pre-seed startups associated with Germany as of November 2026, using the meaning of business descriptions at Exact. This is the recorded matched set in the RevenueBase company graph.

What is the largest company on this list?

Unternehmertum tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most pre-seed startups?

Berlin leads with 120 company records, followed by Munich (52) and Hamburg (32).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work limited free results with 500 credits to start. Upgrading provides access to the 836 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 469 companies; direct dials are available where recorded.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on November 6, 2026.

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About this data

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 SmartSearch, 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.