Tactile receives 110 million – Maple Aviation collects 4 million – Talentir receives 4 million
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+++ #DealMonitor +++ Anti-fraud startup Tactile receives 110 million +++ Drone startup Maple Aviation collects 4 million +++ FinTech Talentir receives 4 million +++ IndustialTech mkind collects 3 million +++ LegalTech belaubigt.de buys firma.de +++
In the #DealMonitor For June 25th 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
Tactile
+++ Goldman Sachs, Balderton, Index Ventures, DIG Ventures, Tiger Global, Visionaries, and Y Combinator invest $110 million (Series C) in Tactile. The startup, which was founded in Berlin in 2020 by Maximilian Eber and Maik Taro Wehmeyer, takes care of “AI-supported, automated risk management for the financial sector”. “The successful fundraise opens Tactile’s next chapter, which centers on enabling financial institutions to transform themselves for the AI age,” says the team about the investment. Balderton Capital, Index Ventures, Tiger Global, Y Combinator, Prosus Ventures, Visionaries Club and Larry Summers recently invested $54 million in the company. In total, the team has already collected around 190 million. FinTechs such as Mercury, Kueski and Zilch as well as financial institutions such as Allianz and Rakuten Bank are already using Tactile. More about tactile
Maple Aviation
+++ ES Kapital, Bayern Kapital, superangels and business angels such as Rüdiger Schmidt, Stefan Eishold, Martin Giese and Bernd Baezner are investing 4 million euros in Maple Aviation. The startup from Ottobrunn, founded in 2022, is developing an autonomous drone system for the transport of medical goods. The young company’s solution enables the emission-free transport of laboratory samples, medication and other medical materials directly between healthcare facilities – even over densely populated areas. With the fresh capital, the company would like to “further develop its drone technology and further expand the charging infrastructure and its team for the start of operations.” More about Maple Aviation
Talentir
+++ The Berlin investor Redstone, Inovia Capital (Patrick Pichette), Shapers, Tenity, NewSchool, Noia Capital, BFC, Cambrena Capital and Mark Ransford are investing 4 million euros in Talentir. The company based in Vienna and Zurich, founded in 2022 by Lukas Sticksel-Steiner and Johannes Kares, recently transformed from a stock market for YouTube videos to a payment service for the creative industry. Blockchain Founders Capital, CV VC and Noia Capital recently invested a seven-figure sum in the young company. More about Talentir
mkind
+++ Berlin investor Lucid Capital, Possible Ventures from Munich, Kvanted, Fortino Capital and business angels such as Thomas Wolf are investing 3 million euros in mkind. The startup from Munich, founded in 2026 by Michael Sauer, Christoph Willibald, Gabriele Tiboni and Paul Kröger, develops intelligent robot systems for industrial manufacturing processes. The flexible robot cells automate demanding tasks such as welding, surface processing and coating to relieve companies in production. More about mkind
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
belaubigt.de – firma.de
+++ The young Munich-based LegalTech belaubigt.de is taking over the insolvent company firma.de, which has been taking care of digital company start-ups since 2012. “With over 30,000 customers and more than 1,000 connected notaries, belaubigt.de is now the market leader for completely digital company formation in Germany,” says a press release. Things continue “without interruption” for firma.de’s existing customers. A large part of the team is also taken over. belaubigt.de, founded in 2024 by Alexander Sporenberg and Felix Gerlach, positions itself as a “European platform for digital legal and notary infrastructure”. YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim (Y Ventures), Moonfire Ventures (Mattias Ljungman), Zeno Ventures, Combination VC, Orange Collective and numerous business angels recently invested $3.3 million in the young company. More about certified.de
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