Participated · Series B · Dec 2025

Founded in 2024 and led by CEO Robin Rombach, Black Forest Labs is a frontier visual-intelligence company focused on advancing production-grade generative AI. Its flagship product, FLUX, delivers 4-megapixel photorealistic image generation and editing with multi-reference control, enabling users to translate imagination into detailed visuals. The technology has already been integrated into the creative and enterprise workflows of partners such as Adobe, Canva, Deutsche Telekom and Meta. The company’s business model centers on licensing and embedding its models into partner platforms while scaling enterprise offerings. To accelerate growth, Black Forest Labs is investing heavily in R&D, expanding technical talent and upgrading computing infrastructure. Following its latest capital raise, the company has secured more than $450 million in total funding, providing significant resources to advance its product roadmap and commercialization efforts.

Led · Seed · Jul 2025

Gixel builds a modular, ultra-light optical display architecture designed for AI and AR eyewear, delivering smartphone-level image quality, excellent transparency when off, and low weight and heat. Its technology supports curved lenses, variable focal planes, and scalable fields of view up to full-lens coverage. The design is manufacturable at industrial scale and allows OEMs to customise display placement and field of view. Founded in 2019 by Fraunhofer optics experts Dr.-Ing. Miro Taphanel and Dr.-Ing. Ding Luo with entrepreneur Felix Nienstaedt, the team has about 15 specialists and has worked on AR display development since 2021. The company is building a fully functional prototype and preparing developer kits for pilot partners. Gixel recently raised a €5M seed round and plans a Series A next year to scale manufacturing and meet industry demand.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2025

Q.ANT is building photonic AI infrastructure, a technology stack that leverages photonics to accelerate artificial intelligence workloads. The company focuses on integrating quantum-inspired photonics with AI processing to increase computational speed and energy efficiency. Its platform aims to serve research institutions and commercial customers requiring high-performance AI capabilities. Q.ANT recently added $80 million through a second Series A tranche, underscoring investor confidence in its technology roadmap. The infusion of capital will support further product development and potential scaling of manufacturing capacity. Specific operating metrics such as revenue, user base, or customer count were not disclosed in the article.

Led · Seed · Jul 2025

Fiber Elements has developed fully automated manufacturing technology for three-dimensional basalt fiber structures as a sustainable alternative to steel-reinforced concrete. The company’s mineral composites are described as three times stronger than steel and two-thirds lighter, and basalt fibers resist corrosion and are fully recyclable. Its solution can cut CO2 emissions by up to 70% compared with traditional steel reinforcement. Fiber Elements has completed pilot projects, is serving five customers, and holds one granted patent with several additional applications submitted in 2025. The startup collaborates with Technical University of Leoben, BOKU Vienna, and TU Wien and plans AI-driven optimisation of its digital workflow. With the new funding it intends to industrialise production, deploy on-site "nano-factories," and double its team from 10 to 20 employees by year-end.

Led · Series A · May 2025

Founded in 2018, Flip builds a digital employee platform aimed at frontline workers in sectors like manufacturing, retail, logistics, care and hospitality. Its platform integrates internal communication, workflows, digital identity and AI tools to give deskless employees access to workplace systems. Key products include Fusion, which generates custom applications tailored to specific stores, teams or processes, and Frontline Identity, which allows access without a corporate email address. Flip positions itself to close the gap in AI adoption between office-based and frontline employees by providing the necessary identity and infrastructure layers. The company plans to use the new funding to further develop its infrastructure and expand its platform across frontline organizations. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article.