Andercore receives 30 million – Stenon collects 18 million – alqem receives 8 million

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+++ #DealMonitor +++ Andercore receives 30 million +++ Stenon collects 18 million +++ alqem receives 8 million +++ CCRAFT collects 7.8 million +++ FENKA Robotics receives 3 million +++ Vytal receives further millions +++ Holidu takes over Gites.com +++

In the #DealMonitor For July 6th 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

Andercore
+++ UniCredit and KfW grant the Berlin startup Andercore a revolving credit line worth 30 million euros. “The financing positions Andercore to accelerate across Europe, in one of the largest and most fragmented sectors of the global economy,” says the team. The Berlin company, founded in 2021 by Elsa Cordonnier and Philipp Andernach, who were previously active at Service Partner One (now SoniQ), positions itself as an “AI-supported trading platform for industrial procurement”. The Czech ClimateTech investor Inven Capital, Atomico, Project A and Co. recently invested $40 million in Andercore. A total of $75 million has already flowed into the young company in recent years. More about Andercore

Stenon
+++ The Dutch impact investor Pymwymic, DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF) as well as existing investors such as Atlantic Labs, Oyster Bay Venture Capital, Founders Fund, Time Ventures and Bernd Hoffmann are investing 18 million euros (Series B) in Stenon. The company from Potsdam, which was run by Niels Grabbert and Dominic Roth in 2018, uses sensor technology to carry out laboratory-independent soil analysis. With the so-called FarmLab, a type of mobile laboratory for soil analysis, farmers no longer have to send their samples to a laboratory, but can analyze them directly on site. “This investment will help us accelerate our mission of bringing real-time nitrogen and soil intelligence to agriculture at scale, expand our presence in key markets, and advance the next generation of Stenon technology,” says the team. Founders Fund, The Production Board, Cherry Ventures and Atlantic recently invested $20 million in the company. Atlantic most recently held 16% of the company. More about Stenon

alqem
+++ The Munich-based financier UVC Partners and the US investor Union Square Ventures (USV) are investing 8 million euros in alqem as part of a pre-seed investment round. The DeepTech startup, founded in 2026 by Hanh Nguyen, Tiago Cerqueira and Milan Allan (CSO) in Garching near Munich, is developing an AI platform for the “commercialization of novel materials”. Our own laboratory capacities for synthesis ensure “that digital predictions become real materials”. The team behind alqem previously made a name for itself with the material database Alexandria. UVC now holds around 14% of alqem. UPS accounts for around 13%. More about alqem

CCRAFT
+++ The Swiss investor QBIT Capital, Zürcher Kantonalbank, Apprecia Capital, Spacewalk, Blue Wonder Ventures and “a leading European company in the field of AI infrastructure” are investing $7.8 million in CCRAFT. “In addition, CCRAFT has already secured more than USD 3.5 million (CHF 3 million) in public funding and cantonal support,” it said in a press release. The Swiss DeepTech company based in Neuchâtel, founded in 2025 by Andreas Voelker, Hernán Furci and Hamed Sattari, develops “photonic chips based on thin-film lithium niobate”. More about CCRAFT