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+++ #StartupTicker +++ Climentum launches second fund (100 million) +++ Start-up university launches CODE Capital (10 million) +++ Prima Beta: Startuppers found angel alliance +++ Senovo closes fourth fund (100 million) +++ This is how EnBW invests in startups +++
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Climate Capital
+++ Fresh money for ClimateTech startups! The German-Danish early-stage investor Climate Capital announces the first closing of its second fund (60 million euros). In the long term, the new fund is expected to grow to 100 million euros. The investor’s first fund was worth 150 million euros. The team around Dörte Hirschberg, Morten Halborg, Yoann Berno and Stefan Maard continues to invest specifically in European ClimateTech and HardTech startups with a focus on energy, industry and supply chains. The successful first closing is a positive signal for the ClimateTech market, where startups and investors have recently found it much more difficult to raise fresh capital. In Germany, Climentum has so far financed Scale Energy, ecoLocked and one.five, among others. The team usually invests between 1 and 5 million euros in emerging startups. More about Climentum Capital
CODE Capital
+++ A fund for CODE founders! The Berlin start-up university CODE is involved CODE Capital its own early-stage fund (target volume: 10 million euros). As a so-called first-check investor, the fund invests between 50,000 and 100,000 euros in startups from the private university environment, which was founded in 2017. CODE Capital was initiated by the serial founders Stephan Schambach and Younes Ouaqasse. The fund is led by an entrepreneurship professor Julia Koehn. The fund, which invests across Europe, focuses, among other things, on AI software for industry and healthcare, infrastructure technologies and solutions relating to quantum-secure encryption. With CODE Capital, the Berlin start-up university is following a trend that the Munich-based CDTM recently picked up with its own venture fund. More about Code University
Great beta
+++ The next fishing alliance! The former SquareOne investor Pablo Karnbaum co-founded with Dennis Agidigbi (Founding Chief of Staff at Zauber) and Alexander Worbs (Chief of Staff at Tacto) the fishing collective Great beta. Behind Prima Beta is a group of more than 20 experienced operators – managers from successful startups (ElevenLabs, Mercor, Lovable, Langdock, Parloa, Mistral, HappyRobot, Isar Aerospace). Together, the Prima Beta team invests 10,000 euros each in pre-seed and seed startups. So far, the group has supported ten start-ups – including: Magic, Button Labs and Bayshore. Prima Beta is part of the trend that experienced managers are increasingly joining together to form investment collectives in order to pool capital, know-how and networks. Most recently, Lakestar partner Enrico Mellis launched his own angel investment vehicle, the Animal Syndication Company. More about Prima Beta
Senovo
+++ More money for B2B startups! The Munich early-stage investor Senovo closes its fourth fund ($100 million). At the beginning of 2025, the investor initially reported a first closing for 80 million euros. In recent years, Senovo has invested in emerging companies such as Parloa, HiveMQ and Quantilope. The B2B investor usually invests between 1 and 5 million euros (Seed and Series A). The team primarily focuses on AI and enterprise software for medium-sized and large companies. More about Senovo
EnBW New Ventures
+++ InvestorsToWatch! With EnBW New Ventures The energy supplier also mixes it EnBW has been an investor in the startup scene for some time. The corporate venture capital offshoot invests with its 100 million euro evergreen fund in European startups that are making infrastructure more digital and sustainable. Most recently, the team invested in the Berlin AI startup Elephant Company. The financier’s portfolio also includes companies such as: Sunhat, Holo Light, inspired, Spoor, Deepomatic and Intigriti. Since its launch, EnBW New Ventures has looked back on 24 startup investments, 8 exits and 4 fund investments (including Auxxo). The successfully sold investments include, among others gridscale, replex, Greenbird and Deepomatic. EnBW New Ventures typically invests between 1 and 10 million euros in Series A and growth rounds. The focus is particularly on topics such as energy, mobility, batteries, network infrastructure, decarbonization and enterprise software. More about EnBW New Ventures
automation
+++ The best automation quick wins answer leads faster, sort support more cleanly and make reporting more decision-making. Startups should start with a workflow that sucks on a daily basis. More in the guest article by Theodore Bergqvist
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Investments & Exits
+++ DefenseTech Quantum Systems receives 1.2 billion +++ Sophora entrepreneurial capital invests in Squer +++ Livekindly Collective takes over veggie startup Greenforce. More in the deal monitor
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Agile Robots
+++ Our job of the day! Agile Robots is looking for a (Senior) Robotics Software Engineer – Reinforcement Learning (m/f/d). Agile Robots SE is an international high-tech company based in Munich, Germany with a production site in Kaufbeuren and more than 2300 employees worldwide. Our mission is to bridge the gap between artificial intelligence and robotics by developing systems that combine state-of-the-art force-moment-sensing and world-leading image-processing technology.
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