In the #DealMonitor For May 29th 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
INJU
+++ The Berlin investor Heartfelt is investing an undisclosed sum in INJU. The Berlin startup, founded in 2015 by Bionade founder Peter Kowalsky as well as Steffen Kellner and Luise Tremel, relies on high impact liquids. “Our focus is on bioavailability! Because when it comes to nutritional supplements, everything depends on how well our body absorbs it,” says the concept. More about INJU
Reo
+++ butterfly & elephant, the investment company of GS1 Germany, is investing an undisclosed sum in Reo. The startup from Heilbronn, founded in 2022 by Steffanie Rainer, Samira Nabatian and Nina Hillemeir-Köhler, is developing a digital platform for packaging cycles. The young company’s system records the return of packaging at regular deposit machines and makes this data evaluable. More about Reo
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Carbonfact – Vaayu
+++ The Paris-based sustainability company Carbonfact is taking over the Berlin-based ClimateTech Vaayu, founded in 2020, a CO2 tracking platform that is specifically aimed at retailers. “Carbonfact and Vaayu spent the last few years building from the same conviction: that decarbonization in fashion is a data problem, and that the industry needs a purpose-built platform rather than retrofitted generic tools. Bringing these two platforms together gives the industry what it has been missing: a single, comprehensive, product-level environmental dataset,” it says about the takeover. Vaayu, founded in 2020 by Anita Daminov, Luca Schmid and Namrata Sandhu, has raised around 12 million euros in recent years – primarily from CapitalT and Atomico. Founded in 2021, Carbonfact’s investors include Alven, Headline and Y Combinator. Most recently, $15 million flowed into the young company in Series A. More about Vaayu
VENTURE CAPITAL
neoteq ventures
+++ The Cologne-based early-stage investor neoteq ventures, which launched in 2020, announces the first closing of its second fund. There is now over 25 million euros in the pot (target size: 50 million). In the past few years, the team around BJ Park and Simon Schneider invested with its first fund (worth 40 million) in 17 startups – including Jumingo, Detechgene and OMMM. neoteq invests throughout Germany, but the Rhineland is and remains a focus. Around 80% of the current portfolio companies come from the Rhineland. More about neoteq ventures
Marvelous
+++ The Berlin DeepTech investor Marvelous, launched in 2023, is launching the Marvelous Scito Fund together with the Joachim Herz Foundation. The new fund invests “in technology-oriented spin-offs and startups in early development phases”. The thematic focus includes Advanced Materials, Waste Valorization and Robotics. The Joachim Herz Foundation is investing 20 million euros in the newly launched fund, which also invests in “selected DeepTech funds” (Fund of Funds). More about Marvelous
EKK & Co.
+++ The Stuttgart investment company EKK & Co. announces the first closing of its third fund (EKK & Co. III Early Growth). There is currently 15.1 million euros in the pot (target volume: 75 million). “The closing confirms for us that our approach – the combination of ‘Success Stories – of People’ and a clearly focused early growth capital approach – works,” says the team. More about EKK & Co.
The Vibe VC
+++ With The Vibe VC, a micro-VC for vibe-coded startups is launching in Zurich. “We invest at the point where a vibe-coded startup starts to show real signal. The ticket is intentionally small and early, so we can back momentum while it is still forming,” says the team. Behind The Vibe VC are serial founder Oliver Flueckiger, former Apple employee (engineering manager) Marcel Germann and Gbanga founder Matthias Sala. More about The Vibe VC
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