The Venture Codex

Led · Equity · Mar 2026

Enpulsion is an Austrian space-technology company that designs and produces electric propulsion systems based on Field-Emission Electric Propulsion (FEEP) for micro- and nanosatellites. To date, the firm has deployed more than 320 propulsion units in orbit, accumulating over 500 combined operational years, giving it one of the largest flight heritages in the small-satellite market. Moving beyond standalone thrusters, Enpulsion is broadening its offering to integrated mobility solutions that cover movement, positioning, and maneuverability of satellites, addressing the growing demand from megaconstellations and sovereign space infrastructure projects. The company serves both commercial and institutional customers around the world and has achieved profitability—an uncommon feat in the space sector—which it positions as a competitive advantage. Fresh capital will support scaling production capacity, penetrating international markets (with particular emphasis on the U.S.), and developing the next generation of products. Management believes this strategic shift will allow Enpulsion to capitalize on the increasing importance of in-orbit mobility for economic and security applications.

Led · Equity · Mar 2023

aimpower develops brainsuite, a SaaS platform that uses AI and neuroscientific insights to predict advertising effectiveness and optimize marketing campaigns automatically. The platform provides objective decision support for marketing processes and is available in 20 languages. brainsuite is used by advertisers in 25 countries and aims to make marketing and brand management more evidence-based and creative. The company plans to increasingly incorporate additional generative AI capabilities and to strengthen teams across Customer Success and Technology. Financially, aimpower secured growth capital in March 2023 to expand its technology and market leadership. The company was founded in 2020 and is based near Hamburg, Germany.

Led · Series B · Sep 2022

Pimcore offers a free, open-source platform that combines customer experience management, digital asset management, product information management, multi-channel publishing and e-commerce functionality. The vendor provides three editions: a free community edition, an enterprise edition for complex data and experience scenarios, and a new cloud edition as a configurable SaaS product. The community edition is used by most of Pimcore’s roughly 100,000 customers. The company emphasizes open-source licensing and customer control over intellectual property and software. Pimcore plans to use new funding to accelerate commercialisation of the platform and to continue developing its data and experience management capabilities. The raise is intended to support the company’s global expansion efforts. Pimcore offers an open-source, out-of-the-box platform for managing digital data and customer experience across channels and devices. The company positions itself as an alternative to proprietary data-management vendors such as SAP and Informatica. Pimcore says it aims to disrupt traditional licensing business models as enterprises increasingly adopt open source. Founded in 2013 and emerged out of Austria, it reports over 82,000 customers across 56 countries, including Audi, Burger King, Continental and Intersport. The company recently acquired U.S.-based Pimcore Global Services and its outsourcing infrastructure in Delhi to bolster services and delivery. Management plans to use new funding to accelerate expansion in the U.S. market.

Participated · Series B · Apr 2022

Productsup provides a product-to-consumer (P2C) platform that manages all product-to-consumer information value chains across any system, channel, or technology. The company serves brands, retailers, service providers, and marketplaces and works with over 900 global clients. Productsup processes over two trillion products a month and employs more than 250 people. Leadership includes Vincent Peters (CEO) and Marcel Hollerbach (Co‑Founder and Chief Innovation Officer). The company plans to use new funding to advance product development, pursue merger and acquisition opportunities, strengthen its partner network, and expand into new markets. Productsup is based in Berlin, Germany. Productsup provides a SaaS platform that allows brands and retailers to optimize and syndicate product content to digital marketing, shopping and business channels such as Google, Amazon, Facebook and Walmart. The platform is used by more than 800 businesses worldwide, including five Fortune 20 companies and customers like IKEA, Beiersdorf, ALDI and Superdry. Led by CEO and co-founder Johannis Hatt, the company focuses on enabling product feed management and channel-specific content optimization. Productsup plans to use new funding for product development and to scale marketing and sales initiatives. The company also intends to expand its ecommerce data integration solutions into new markets, particularly in North America. To date the company has raised $45M in total funding.