ClearOps raises 8.5 million – coachbetter receives 8.2 million – ComplyDo receives 1.3 million
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+++ #DealMonitor +++ ClearOps collects 8.5 million +++ SportsTech coachbetter receives 8.2 million +++ ComplyDo receives 1.3 million +++ uni-assist invests in Compounder +++ Financial injection for Femi-ON +++ Infinite Roots takes over Bosque Foods +++
In the #DealMonitor For May 21st we’ll 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
ClearOps
+++ Hitachi Ventures, the venture capital offshoot of the industrial and technology group, Schoeller Group (packaging solutions, supply chain) and Barkawi Group, a venture builder specializing in supply chains, are investing 8.6 million euros in ClearOps. The startup from Munich, founded in 2020 by William Barkawi, positions itself as an “AI platform for industrial service and spare parts processes”. In this way, the company enables, among other things, “intelligent spare parts planning, predictive service processes and real-time coordination across global service networks”. The fresh capital should in particular “flow into international expansion”. 60 employees currently work for the company. So far, founder Barkawi has built his company “without institutional investors”. More about ClearOps
coachbetter
+++ Brighteye Ventures, Swiss Founders Fund, ZEN 11 Holding, Hansi Flick and Silke Flick, Paul Lambert, Julian Draxler and an unnamed strategic investor are investing $8.2 million in coachbetter. SportsTech from Zurich, founded in 2018 by Patrick Patzig, Thomas Grimm, Simon Arpagaus and Stefan Steuble, describes itself as the “most user-friendly planning and team management app for football coaches”. Knife Capital, Bogen & Partner Wealth Managers, Hansi Flick and Silke Flick, Brighteye Ventures, ZEN11Holding, John Gleasure, Uli Forte and Steven Nzonzi previously invested around 4 million euros in the company. More about coachbetter
ComplyDo
+++ Y Combinator, adesso ventures, a16z Scout, the Scout offshoot of Andreessen Horowitz, Twenty Two Ventures as well as Gokul Rajaram and Sanjay Sathe are investing $1.3 million in ComplyDo. The startup from Berlin, founded in 2025 by Leo Schuhmann, Matthias Schneider and Moritz Moser, aims to help companies comply with and automate corporate regulations. More about ComplyDo
Compounder
+++ uni-assist, a testing center for international study applications, is investing a six-figure sum in Compounder. The Cologne startup, founded in 2020 by Evelyn Wagner, Paula Vorbeck and Carmine Siena, wants to make the study application process easier for students and universities. Aschendorff Next, the investment holding company of the Aschendorff group, allygatr and business angel Marco Aschinger previously invested in the young company. More about compounders
Femi ON
+++ The Digital Hub Bonn operator Digitaler Hub Region Bonn, NRW.BANK and business angels are investing an undisclosed sum in Femi-ON. FemTech from Bonn, founded by Marion Schink and Meike Kreutel, wants to “take the pain out of menstruation”. To this end, the team is developing “modern, sustainable and effective solutions for relieving menstrual pain through low-frequency vibration” with Tamp-ON and Ring-ON. More about Femi-ON
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Infinite Roots – Bosque Foods
+++ The Hamburg-based BioTech Infinite Roots is taking over the mycelium company Bosque Foods, which was founded in 2022. With the acquisition, Infinite Roots aims to “position itself for the next phase of industrial mycelium applications in Europe”. Infinite Roots, founded in Berlin in 2018 by Mazen Rizk, Cathy Preißer and Thibault Godard, grows a type of meat substitute from fermented mushrooms. The young company recently collected 58 million. Bosque Foods, which was also based in New York, slipped into bankruptcy in 2024. At that time, the company also wanted to concentrate on the USA. More about Infinite Roots
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