Led · Seed · Jun 2026

Wakeline builds an architecture that integrates learning and deployment into a single continuous process, enabling AI systems to learn and adapt in real time rather than via periodic retraining. Its design is inspired by biological learning principles and is intended to operate independently of proprietary models and hyperscale cloud infrastructure. The company targets applications across sectors such as energy, manufacturing and research. Wakeline was founded in 2025 by Tim Gülke, Jan Böggering, Simon Sprünker and Merten Tiedemann and is based in Düsseldorf. Financially, the startup has secured €2.1 million in pre-seed funding to accelerate platform development, go-to-market efforts, and team growth.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2025

Octonomy is a German-founded AI company that builds agentic systems to automate complex enterprise support and service workflows, particularly in heavy-equipment industries. Its platform ingests technical manuals, schematics, SOPs, live maintenance logs, and ERP data to deliver human-like answers with approximately 95 percent accuracy. The solution can be deployed in fewer than 20 days and integrates directly into existing enterprise systems, allowing clients to expand service capacity without adding headcount. Octonomy’s multi-channel “digital coworkers” aim to reduce unplanned downtime and accelerate service response while overcoming the complexity limitations that derail many AI projects. Founded just 15 months ago, the company has raised a total of $25 million to date. The fresh capital will be used to speed development and broaden deployment of its agentic AI platform across Europe and the United States.

Participated · Series A · Apr 2025

eeden is a Münster-based startup that has developed a chemical upcycling process for textile recycling. Its technology recovers cellulose from cotton and breaks polyester into basic building blocks that can be reprocessed into high-quality fibers such as lyocell, viscose, and polyester. The process targets cotton–polyester blends and aims to avoid downcycling by enabling the production of fibers suitable for new textiles. eeden plans to use new funding to build a demonstration plant in Münster, optimize large-scale processing, and establish commercial projects with industry partners. The company is involved in the ReCircleTex project to promote a circular textile economy through technological and logistical optimizations. With rising textile waste and EU rules requiring separate collection of used textiles from January 2025, eeden’s technology aligns with regulatory drivers for circularity. EEDEN has developed a chemical upcycling process that converts used cotton and other cellulosic textiles into cellulose pulp for production of high-quality fibers like viscose and lyocell. The process tolerates higher proportions of foreign fibres, uses significantly fewer chemicals, and reduces by-products such as salt loads compared with competing methods. EEDEN positions its technology as true upcycling, turning inferior textile waste into high-value material rather than downcycling into low-quality products. With the new financing the company plans to expand R&D activities and build initial production capacities for its technology. The founding team is led by Steffen Gerlach (CEO) and Reiner Mantsch (CTO) and includes specialists in marketing, process engineering and chemical engineering. EEDEN is based in Mönchengladbach, Germany, and targets a large market where demand for recycled fibres already outstrips supply.

Led · Series A · Apr 2025

Gestalt's core product, PathFlow, is a digital pathology platform that integrates with laboratory information systems to enable remote case viewing, collaboration, and AI-powered image analysis. Customers include healthcare providers, academic medical centers, and research organizations that use the platform for faster, more accurate diagnoses and expert consultation. PathFlow supports biomarker scoring, image and data analysis for disease-progression studies, and interoperable workflows that reduce missed diagnoses and streamline pathologists' work. The company plans to use new funding to expand its customer base, enhance AI capabilities, and pursue FDA clearance. Management says the funding will also facilitate broader market adoption and increased profitability as the company scales. Founded in 2017 and based in Spokane, Gestalt positions its technology as a scalable, digital-first solution to address rising cancer rates and a declining number of practicing pathologists.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2025

Specter Automation offers a cloud platform that digitizes construction site execution through 3D model-based management, enabling digital planning, scheduling, visualization, documentation, and real-time progress monitoring. The software is designed to improve efficiency and transparency on construction projects. The company serves major construction firms across North America, the Middle East, Asia, and New Zealand, including Kajima Corporation, Domoplan, Implenia AG, and Nesseler Bau GmbH. Founded in 2021 and based in Cologne, Germany, Specter targets large construction clients with its 3D site-management tooling. Following the latest financing, the company plans to scale its go-to-market team, strengthen international expansion, and invest in a dedicated customer success team. Specter Automation is a Cologne-based construction tech startup founded in 2021 that builds a SaaS and automation platform for the construction industry. Its platform produces 3D graphical models of construction projects, running from the cloud to generate real estimates of cost, material usage, and lead times. The company says the platform can reduce up to 40% of "organisational effort" on site. Specter focuses on digitising on-site workflows to improve coordination, quality, adherence to schedules, and to automatically document what happens on site. The construction industry is noted in the article as having low digital adoption despite high revenue generation, which frames the market opportunity. Specter has recently raised seed funding to support its product and go-to-market progress.