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Top 25 Pre-seed venture capital firms based in Germany

RevenueBase identified 180 company matches for pre-seed venture capital firms associated with Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 1,086 professional contacts across them, including 306 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers company matches for pre-seed venture capital firms 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 September 29, 2026.

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The 25 largest pre-seed venture capital firms based in Germany

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 180 company matches for pre-seed venture capital firms based in Germany, ordered by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase, largest first. Recorded Sep 29, 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 matchBonn, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202651-200154 contacts →

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“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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2Exact matchRemote, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 2026n/a78 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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3Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5024 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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4Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5022 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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5Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-1021 contacts →

Exact match

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

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6Exact matchBonn, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5020 contacts →

Exact match

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

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7Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5019 contacts →

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

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8Exact matchDortmund, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5019 contacts →

Exact match

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

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9Exact matchGarching, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202651-20019 contacts →

Exact match

“Hi, We're XPLORE by UnternehmerTUM your early-stage start-up hub.”

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10Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5018 contacts →

Exact match

“Visionaries is a European early-stage venture capital firm built for a new era where hungry beats big.”

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11Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5016 contacts →

Exact match

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

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12Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-5013 contacts →

Exact match

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

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13Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-109 contacts →

Exact match

“We back founders everyone wants to meet but nobody dares to invest in.”

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14Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-109 contacts →

Exact match

“Venture Stars is a Munich-based early-stage venture capital firm backing the next generation of category-defining AI-native B2C and B2B companies.”

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15Exact matchStuttgart, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-509 contacts →

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Recorded description not available.

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16Exact matchCologne, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-108 contacts →

Exact match

“We support exceptional teams with Venture Capital.”

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17Exact matchCologne, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-107 contacts →

Exact match

“Venista Ventures is a Cologne, Germany-based pre-seed investor backing tech-driven enterprise and consumer startups.”

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18Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-107 contacts →

Exact match

“As a partner, we actively support founders in achieving their goal of building great companies.”

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19Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 202611-507 contacts →

Exact match

“REAL CHANGE AND SOLVING PROBLEMS IS WHAT DRIVES US EVERY DAY [Burckhardt Bonello | CEO | Founder | Investor] Found Fair is a company builder focussed on creating & supporting…”

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20Exact matchCologne, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-106 contacts →

Exact match

“Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures (DvH Ventures) is one of Europe's leading early stage investors.”

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21Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-106 contacts →

Exact match

“SquareOne is a venture capital firm focused on pre-seed and seed investments in B2B technology.”

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22Exact matchPotsdam, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-106 contacts →

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“HPI Ventures was founded in 2024, shaped by the entrepreneurial mindset of Hasso Plattner, co-founder of SAP.”

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23Exact matchBerlin, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-105 contacts →

Exact match

“Magnetic is a European venture capital firm.”

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24Exact matchMunich, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-105 contacts →

Exact match

“A pre-seed/seed fund for the technology building blocks that our world runs on.”

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25Exact matchCologne, GermanyHQ recorded Sep 29, 20261-105 contacts →

Exact match

“While VCs generally invest in companies with a unicorn growth trajectory, not every company is made and able to fulfill those ambitious goals regardless of how hard they try.”

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Pre-seed venture capital firms based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 29, 2026
28.2%Verified-email coverage
6.0Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
31.1%Largest-city concentration · Berlin
Sep 29, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
144
11-50
33
51-200
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 180 companies.

How this list was built

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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 venture capital firms” 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 306 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
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Record context
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Pre-seed venture capital firms by metro

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 venture capital firms”; each Exact match badge shows search membership, not an individual similarity or quality score.

How many pre-seed venture capital firms are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 180 company matches for pre-seed venture capital firms associated with Germany as of September 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?

Htgf High-Tech Gründerfonds tops the displayed preview by professional contacts tracked in RevenueBase. Recorded headquarters appear in the company rows.

Which city has the most pre-seed venture capital firms?

Berlin leads with 56 company records, followed by Munich (18) and Hamburg (14).

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 306 professional contacts with verified work emails tracked across these 180 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 September 29, 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 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.