#DealMonitor
+++ #DealMonitor +++ Cannabis startup Enua receives 25 million +++ Additive Drives collects double-digit million sum +++ Lanes & Planes receives double-digit million sum +++ enclaive collects 4.1 million +++
In the #DealMonitor For February 3rd we will take a look at the most important, exciting and interesting investments and exits of the day in the DACH region. All deals from the previous days are available in a large and clear format #DealMonitor Archives.
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INVESTMENTS
Enua
+++ Deutsche Bank is providing the cannabis startup Enua with 25 million euros as part of debt financing. The Rhinelanders would like to use the capital for “targeted takeovers,” among other things. The profitable Cologne startup, founded in 2018 by Lars Möhring and Markus Musiol, takes care of “research, production, import and distribution of cannabis”. Sales take place through more than 1,000 partner pharmacies. In 2025, the team generated sales of 50 million euros (previous year: 20 million). 55 employees currently work for Enua. More about enua
Additive Drives
+++ The Danish GreenTech financier Nordic Alpha Partners and existing investor AM Ventures are investing a double-digit million sum in Additive Drives. The company from Dresden, founded in 2020 by Philipp Arnold Jakob Jung and Axel Helm, takes care of the “development of new, more efficient and more powerful electric motors”. The Munich investor AM Ventures already invested $1.5 million in the profitable company in 2020. AM Ventures most recently held 24.6% of Additive Drives. Nordic Alpha Partners has already invested in Variolytics, Stabl and DyeMansion in this country. More about additive drives
Lanes & Planes
+++ The Spanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) is investing a double-digit million sum in Lanes & Planes as part of growth debt financing. The fresh capital is intended to support the “sustained growth and expansion of the scale-up”. The startup from Munich, founded in 2017 by Veit Blumschein and Daniel Nolte, positions itself as a B2B SaaS solution for business travel. Smash Capital, Battery Ventures, coparion, DN Capital and AllIron recently invested $35 million in Lanes & Planes. A total of 50 million euros will have flowed into the company by the end of 2023. Smash Capital recently held around 20% of the company. More about Lanes & Planes
enclave
+++ The Berlin DeepTech investor Join Capital, Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and Auriga Cyber Ventures are investing 4.1 million euros in enclaive. The Berlin startup, founded in 2022 by Sebastian Gajek and Andreas Walbrodt, relies on confidential computing. The team “enables companies to reliably protect sensitive data and applications with its multi-cloud platform without having to adapt their code, tools or processes.” F-Technologies (Udo Filzmaier), Ammar Alkassar, Rainer Baumgart and Norbert Pohlmann previously invested 1.65 million euros in the company. F-Technologies held 17.2% of enclaive before the current investment round. More about enclave
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