#DealMonitor
+++ #DealMonitor +++ Battery company UniverCell receives 30 million +++ Procurement startup Lio collects 30 million +++ Cellbox receives 3.5 million +++ Financial injection for Fainite +++
In the #DealMonitor For March 6th 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
UniverCell
+++ DeepTech & Climate Fund (DTCF) and the European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund are investing 30 million euros in UniverCell – see also Handelsblatt. The Kiel-based company, founded in 2019 by Marius Strack and Stefan Permien, develops lithium-ion batteries. “We coat electrode foils according to individual recipes and individual material requirements, perfectly tailored to the respective application,” is what the concept says. “The capital will be used to build a production facility in which 50,000 classic round cells will be produced per month starting in June,” the report says. More about UniverCell
Lio
+++ American investor Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), SV Angels, 20VC (Harry Stebbings) and Y Combinator are investing $30 million in Lio (formerly known as askLio). The startup from Munich, founded in 2022 by Lukas Heinzmann and Vladimir Keil, positions itself as a “multi-agent system for procurement”. The idea states: “Every purchase request is managed by specialized agents working in parallel – researching vendors, negotiating terms, managing approvals, and tracking deliveries simultaneously. What once consumed your team’s hours is now executed by a coordinated network of AI Agents”. The team has collected a total of 33 million so far. Heliad, among others, previously invested in the young company. The fresh capital will, among other things, flow into US expansion. More about Lio
Cellbox
+++ The business angel network Companisto and existing investors such as NRW.BANK are investing 3.5 million euros in Cellbox. The Cologne-based company, founded in 2017 by Kathrin Adlkofer, takes care of “warm chain logistics technology”. This is about a “regulated environment for the transport of living cells, organoids, tissues and other novel biological materials”. The fresh capital will flow into the “expansion of international production and sales activities as well as the development of additional areas of application”. More about Cellbox
Fainite
+++ Venture Kick invests 165,000 euros in Fainite. The startup from Zurich, founded in 2025 by Alex Donzelli, is developing a physics-based AI platform that is intended to accelerate simulation workflows. This should enable engineers to “carry out precise analyzes more quickly and intelligently reuse previous results”. “Our intelligent AI agent supports you through the entire workflow, automating complex tasks and providing expert recommendations to optimize your process,” says the team about the concept. More about Fainite
VENTURE CAPITAL
amberra
+++ The Berlin financier amberra, the corporate venturing studio of the cooperative financial group Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken, announces the final closing of its first fund (100 million euros). “Around 180 cooperative banks and companies in the group took part, which together represent more than half of the FinanzGruppe’s consolidated balance sheet total,” says a press release. More about amberra
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