Participated · Series B · Jul 2025

EDURINO offers a platform that combines educational games, ergonomic input tools, animated characters and physical elements (figures and an ergonomic pen) to teach reading, logical thinking, coding and environmental knowledge. The product blends digital storytelling, age-appropriate interactive content and analogue play to create intuitive learning experiences for children aged four to eight. The company was founded in 2021 and has an interdisciplinary team of over 40 educators, game designers, psychologists and scientists; learning effects are evaluated with the University of Cambridge. EDURINO has sold over one million products and is used in more than 1,500 educational institutions. The company is developing a low-code system to enable content creation without manual programming. Future plans include new content such as video formats, hybrid digital-analogue products, integration with popular children’s brands, and international expansion including the UK. Edurino, founded in 2021 in Munich by Irene Klemm and Franziska Meyer, builds a hybrid learning platform combining a digital app, haptic play figures and an ergonomic stylus for children aged 4–8+. Its offering is used by more than 160 educational institutions and the company has sold over 100,000 products to families in the DACH region. Last year Edurino signed distribution agreements with over 10 major retail and online partners in the DACH region, including Media Markt, Saturn, Müller, Thalia and MyToys. The company employs a remote team of over 45 people. Edurino intends to use recent funding to accelerate international expansion within the DACH region. Edurino offers a hybrid learning system combining an ergonomic stylus, a toy fox named Mika and a learning app designed for preschoolers aged four and up. The product blends physical toy figurines with digital content so children learn through play while parents can track progress and regulate screen time. The app independently announces the end of play time and switches off when allotted screen time has elapsed, and the learning journey adapts to each child’s developmental stage. The company has tested integration in over 20 kindergartens and ran a crowdfunding campaign that exceeded its target by 60%. Founded by Irene Klemm and Franziska Meyer, Edurino is positioning itself to expand content beyond literacy into numeracy and to build a holistic learning system for preschool and older children. The startup plans to bring more figurines to market and launch its products in retail this year.

Participated · Series A · Jan 2025

OCELL processes aerial imagery, LiDAR, and terrestrial forestry data with AI to create high-precision digital twins of forests, claiming greater accuracy than satellite- or drone-based solutions. These digital twins provide insights into forest growth, current carbon storage capacity, and other metrics used to predict and implement climate-optimized forest management. OCELL’s technology underpins data-driven climate projects and aims to restore trust in carbon credits by delivering measurable, accurate, and transparent data. The company manages forests covering more than 810,000 hectares, with the potential to store an additional 1.62 million tons of CO₂e per year. The newly raised capital will be used to advance the core technology, fuel growth, and expand climate projects across Europe, with a focus on the Nordics and Baltics. OCELL also plans to expedite development of a platform to transparently track and showcase project progress and impact through live data.

Led · Equity · Jul 2024

Sdui Group offers a fully integrated, modular cloud suite supporting messaging, attendance, scheduling, grading and other administrative needs for K‑12 schools and preschools. The company says its software is trusted by individual schools, districts, and governments and is used by thousands of institutions across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Spain. Sdui has grown through both organic growth and acquisitions, having integrated several regional software players to expand capabilities. The business emphasizes a user-first approach and scalable, compliant cloud architecture to simplify daily workflows for teachers, students, administrators, and parents. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Koblenz, Germany, and currently employs around 230 people across several European countries. Sdui is continuing to expand into new regions and is investing in innovation, reliability, and user experience to support that growth. Sdui Group develops digital operating systems and communication/messaging solutions for schools, preschools and education providers. The company supports educational institutions, providers and ministries in digitalisation and offers products for school and preschool administration and communication. Sdui employs around 230 people and is active in more than 70 countries. Following its acquisition of FoxEducation, Sdui Group now serves 22,000 educational institutions; FoxEducation’s FoxApps (SchoolFox, KidsFox, TeamFox) were used by over 9,000 institutions in the DACH region. The company says it will invest part of the newly raised funds into the FoxEducation acquisition and to further develop its offerings, including payment management tools such as FoxPay. Financially, Sdui now has a total of €46M available for investment, combining the recent €21M round with a prior €25M Series A. Sdui Group builds a digital schools operating system offering communication and diary tools that let institutions stay in touch with children, parents and teachers. The company pitches its product as a digital operating system for virtual school workflows and aims to scale across Europe. More than 10,000 institutions across seven European markets, including Italy, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Belgium, use Sdui's back-end software. Founded in 2018 and based in Germany, the scale-up reported revenue growth of more than 300 percent since its initial Series A in March 2021. Management says the extended funding will support Sdui's ambitions to continue scaling in Europe and further develop its platform. Sdui provides a central communication platform on which teachers, students and parents can exchange information in a GDPR-compliant manner. The solution delivers timetables, substitution schedules, letters to parents and announcements via a smartphone app or on desktop. Its cloud digitizes class registers, room bookings and supports other integrations. The company was founded by Daniel Zacharias (22) and Jan Micha Kroll (21) and is based in Koblenz, Germany. The app is already being used by around 1,000 schools throughout Germany and Sdui employs a team of more than 30 people. Financially, Sdui extended its seed financing to around €2m in a seed round extension involving new and existing investors.

Led · Seed · Jan 2024

Founded in 2019 in Hamburg, encentive delivers flexOn, an AI-based software platform that automatically schedules and controls industrial assets—such as refrigeration, heating processes, batteries and production lines—to use electricity when it is cheapest and greenest. By coordinating on-site generation, storage and intraday spot-market pricing, the system can reduce energy costs for clients by up to 20 % while lowering emissions. The solution is already deployed at customers including Metro Logistics, Dachser and Klingele, and is being adopted by utilities as a flexibility platform. Target users are medium-sized and large industrial companies with annual consumption of at least 2 GWh. Management reports a seven-figure order volume from its core industries, supporting plans to make flexOn the standard for intelligent energy management. With fresh funding, the team will hire additional talent, expand into new sectors and markets, and build a dedicated onboarding suite for major customers and partners.

Participated · Series A · Apr 2023

Founded in 2020, 4screen has built what it calls the world’s first Driver Interaction Platform, seamlessly embedding branded content into in-car infotainment systems. Its suite includes Branded and Co-Branded Pins, Sponsored In-Car Search, context-aware Recommendations, and Detail Screens that surface promotions when drivers most need them (e.g., low fuel or battery). The technology now works across 16 automotive marques such as Mercedes-Benz, Audi, Volkswagen, Toyota, Hyundai, Kia and Stellantis, and is commercially live in 12 markets throughout Europe and the United States. Early case studies show strong engagement: Shell recorded an 82% jump in navigations to promoted stations and a 68% lift in sponsored search clicks. 4screen estimates its total addressable market for driver interactions will reach $110 billion by 2030. The company has secured more than $40 million in funding to date, backed by notable automotive and advertising executives. With fresh capital, management plans to accelerate U.S. expansion, deepen OEM partnerships, and enhance its data and product capabilities.