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+++ #DealMonitor +++ Sinpex receives 10 million +++ Financial injection for Lovinn +++ ClickHouse buys Langfuse +++ DTCP launches DefenseTech fund (500 million) +++ Ananda announces first closing (73 million) +++ Vanagon launches first fund (20 million) +++
In the #DealMonitor For January 19th 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
Sinpex
+++ The French investor BlackFin Capital Partners and existing investors such as ACE Ventures and TX Ventures are investing 10 million euros in Sinpex. The FinTech from Munich, founded in 2019 by Camillo Werdich and Jannik Metzner, offers “automated identification and compliance solutions in the B2B environment”. The fresh capital “is intended to further accelerate Sinpex’s growth, consolidate its position as the leading KYB automation platform in Europe and drive expansion into other EU markets such as France and the Netherlands.” TX Ventures, ACE & Company, EquityPitcher, AI.Fund, Michael Stephan, Stefan Loacker and Serge Marquie recently invested 4 million euros in the company. More about Sinpex
Lovinn
+++ Ex-Parship maker Marc Kiste, Daniel Thung (founder of Brille.de), Fredrik Harkort (Cleverly, BodyChange, ImakeYouSexy) and Detlef Soost invest 300,000 euros in Lovinn. The dating startup from Kirchseeon, founded in 2025 by Ilias Pappas (known from “Love is Blind – Germany”), Lucas Rothbauer and serial founder and investor Fredrik Harkort, relies on personal exchange instead of swiping photos. “Images, voice and other details are only progressively unlocked in the chat, after a match and while writing,” says the team about the concept. More about Lovinn
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
ClickHouse – Langfuse
+++ The American company ClickHouse (“Fast Open-Source OLAP DBMS”) is taking over the Berlin startup Langfuse, which makes the performance and costs of AI applications visible. “With ClickHouse behind us, we can invest more deeply into performance, reliability, and our roadmap that helps teams build and improve AI applications in production,” shares the Langfuse team. The startup, founded in 2022 by Clemens Rawert, Marc Klingen and Maximilian Deichmann, recently raised $4 million – including from Lightspeed Venture Partners. More about Langfuse
VENTURE CAPITAL
DTCP
+++ The Hamburg venture capital provider DTCP is launching “Project Liberty”, a fund around the booming topic of DefenseTech. The target volume of DTCP’s eighth fund is 500 million euros. “The aim is to support the growth of efficient European defense technology and dual-use companies and thus contribute to Europe’s technological capability and security policy resilience,” says a press release. DTCP, founded in 2015, now manages 3 billion euros. In recent years, the team has invested in over 50 companies. One of the most recent hits in the lender’s portfolio was Cognigy (exit to NICE for 955 million). With the Project Liberty fund, the DTCP team now wants to invest in up to 30 companies from the DefenseTech and dual-use segments (Series A to C). Investments of an average of 20 million euros are planned. More about DTCP
Ananda Impact Ventures
+++ The Munich-based early-stage investor Ananda Impact Ventures announces the first closing of its fifth fund (73 million euros). 50 million were planned. Even in difficult times, established VCs can raise millions. The sum to date is “also the largest first closing in the impact investor’s 16-year company history.” Ananda Impact Ventures, founded in 2009 by Johannes Weber and Florian Erber, invests in “visionary founders who develop scalable solutions in areas such as climate, health, biodiversity and social inclusion”. In recent years, Ananda has invested in around 50 emerging companies – including Jua, Differential Bio, Klim, Ovom, Quantistry, Resourcify and OroraTech. Ananda initially invests between 1.5 and 3.5 million. “In sixteen years and four funds, Ananda has shown that impact investing works – including the successful return of the first fund to investors,” shares the investor. In total, the Ananda team currently manages 270 million. There were 108 million in the fourth fund. More about Ananada Impact Ventures
Vanagon Ventures
+++ The Munich-based early-stage investor Vanagon Ventures, backed by Axel Roitzsch, Susanne Fromm and Sandro Stark, announces the final closing of its first fund (20 million euros). The anchor investor is the fund-of-funds lender Allocator One. Vanagon Ventures, founded in 2022, invests in “B2B startups that address fundamental systemic challenges and create new business models and markets through artificial intelligence and deep tech.” The team initially invests up to 500,000 euros. In recent months, the Bajuwaren have invested in emerging startups such as Holy Technologies, 36ZERO Vision, Particula, ExoMatter, LoopID and The Landbanking Group. The team is targeting a total of 30 investments. The first Vanagon fund was originally supposed to be worth 30 million. But times are tough at the moment. 20 million is already an announcement. More about Vanagon Ventures
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