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Top 25 Venture backed startups based in Germany

Name: Venture backed startups based in Germany
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 562 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 562 venture backed startups headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 4,128 professional contacts across them, including 1,398 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers venture backed startups 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 22, 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 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest venture backed startups based in Germany

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 562 venture backed startups based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to venture backed startups: 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	Innovis VC	Partial evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	280 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are Innovis VC - Europe’s largest student-led Venture Capital organisation, with Hubs in Amsterdam, Berlin, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, St.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	Htgf High-Tech Gründerfonds	Indirect evidence	Bonn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
3	Earlybird Venture Capital	Partial evidence	Europe, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	126 contacts →
	Partial 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 22, 2026
4	HV	Indirect evidence	München, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	114 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HV is one of the leading early-stage and growth investors in Europe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	First Momentum Ventures	Partial evidence	Remote, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	78 contacts →
	Partial 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 22, 2026
6	Picus Capital	Indirect evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	71 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	UVC Partners	Strong evidence	Garching (munich), GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
8	LEA Partners	Partial evidence	Karlsruhe, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
9	World Fund	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	53 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We help to decarbonise the global economy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	The Delta	Partial evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	51 contacts →
	Partial evidence “The Delta is a venture ecosystem helping ambitious founders build industry-leading ventures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	Yttrium	Indirect evidence	Frankfurt Am Main, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	49 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Yttrium (formerly Digital+ Partners) is a growth equity investment firm specialised in B2B technology companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	Foodlabs	Partial evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	49 contacts →
	Partial 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 22, 2026
13	Cherry Ventures	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We built the first wave of European tech.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	Spinlab	Partial evidence	Leipzig, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SpinLab based in Leipzig, Germany has been repeatedly recognized as one of Europe’s leading startup hubs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	LA Famiglia	Partial evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
16	Hitachi Ventures	Partial evidence	München, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Hitachi Ventures is the global venture capital arm of Hitachi Group, a global industrial player active in a broad range of technology sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Better Ventures	Partial evidence	München, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	38 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At better ventures, we believe that purpose-driven entrepreneurs will change our world for the better.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	D11z. Ventures	Indirect evidence	Heilbronn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	34 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “D11Z.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	Capacura	Indirect evidence	Köln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
20	EMH Partners	Indirect evidence	München, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “EMH Partners is a leading growth investment firm that partners with technology businesses and entrepreneurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	Ecapital Entrepreneurial Partners	Partial evidence	Münster, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial 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 22, 2026
22	Extantia	Strong evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	30 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Extantia is a venture capital firm backing pioneers in climate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	Wellington Partners	Partial evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Wellington Partners is one of the most successful pan-European venture capital firms.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	Capnamic	Partial evidence	Cologne, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	26 contacts →
	Partial 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 22, 2026
25	BMW Startup Garage	Strong evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	26 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The BMW Startup Garage is the Venture Client unit of the BMW Group.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 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: venture backed startups. 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 venture backed startups.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of venture backed startups, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name venture backed startups. 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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Venture backed startups based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

33.9%Verified-email coverage

7.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

28.5%Largest-city concentration · Berlin

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

438

11-50

112

51-200

201-500

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 562 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 venture backed startups, 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 “venture backed startups”. 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 venture backed startups), 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 venture backed startups, 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, 1,398 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 22, 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.

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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 venture backed startups, 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 venture backed startups are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 562 venture backed startups 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?

Innovis VC, headquartered in Munich, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most venture backed startups?

Berlin leads with 160 headquartered companies, followed by Munich (60) and Hamburg (35).

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 1,398 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 562 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 22, 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 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.