Participated · Equity · Mar 2026

WeSort.AI develops a patented AI- and X-ray-based platform designed to identify and recover valuable raw materials from mixed waste, including e-waste and batteries. The company highlights that more than 50% of e-waste and batteries are mis-sorted, causing fires at recycling facilities and loss of critical materials like lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements. Founded in 2022 by Nathanael Laier and Johannes Laier, WeSort.AI intends to expand its technology capabilities and accelerate system deployments using the newly raised capital. With €10 million in funding from impact-focused investors and organizations, the company aims to scale operations and tap into the “urban mine” of recoverable resources. The articles do not report revenue, user, or other operating metrics.

Participated · Series A · Jun 2025

German-based Unchained Robotics automates industrial processes with a unified software platform and its MalocherBot turnkey robotics cell. Its LUNA OS is a standardized control system that integrates robots from various manufacturers, described as an operating system for factory robots and designed to be as easy to use as a smartphone. The company’s online platform lets customers search for, find, and integrate robots quickly without prior programming experience. MalocherBot is positioned as a flexible, no-specialist deployment option suitable for SMEs as well as large firms. More than 300 companies across Europe use the solution, including Vorwerk. The company is accelerating expansion into the U.S. and is using new capital to scale internationally and push toward a global robotics standard. Financially, Unchained Robotics has just closed an €8.5M Series A extension to support this growth. Unchained Robotics provides a plug-and-play automation platform that can automate common manual processes in logistics and metalworking within a few hours. Its MalocherBot product is already in use worldwide after a few weeks, enabled by a software platform and an online marketplace for searching and selecting automation. The platform supports integrations with over a dozen robotics manufacturers, aiming to give SMEs broad-based access to standard robotics. The company positions its technology as a low-barrier solution to compensate for skilled labor shortages in industry. Unchained Robotics plans to expand sales and services to meet growing demand and to broaden MalocherBot applications. The article identifies the company as a German startup and reports its total funding to date.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2024

syte develops a B2B SaaS platform that aggregates and analyses real-estate data in real time, covering property searches, construction potential, project cost calculations, and energy-efficiency metrics. By layering artificial intelligence on a broad set of property datasets, the company aims to help industry stakeholders digitise workflows and reduce the carbon footprint of the built environment. syte plans to use newly raised capital to further develop its AI data platform and accelerate its mission to digitise and decarbonise the real-estate sector. Beyond equity financing, the company also secured €800K for its “ENERsyte” initiative under the “Grüne Gründungen.NRW” funding competition, adding non-dilutive resources for product development. The platform is positioned for banks, estate agents, developers, and planners seeking faster, data-driven decisions. No public operating metrics or revenue figures were disclosed. syte is led by CEO Matthias Zühlke and CTO David Nellessen.

Participated · Series A · Jan 2024

Founded in 2021, Rabot Charge offers dynamic, market-based electricity tariffs to households across Germany—even to customers without smart meters—by purchasing power on day-ahead and intraday markets through proprietary AI algorithms. Its mobile app tells users when electricity is cheapest and can automatically shift loads such as electric-vehicle charging, enabling average bill reductions of about 35 percent and annual savings of several hundred euros. The company has attracted more than 35,000 customers in its first year of nationwide service and currently employs around 60 people at offices in Hamburg, Berlin and Munich. Beyond the consumer offering, Rabot Charge licenses its software as a white-label solution to utilities and smart-asset providers. The platform’s smart-home integrations are being expanded to additional high-consumption devices such as heat pumps and other household or industrial assets. Future product development will focus on enhancing the AI trading engine that buys renewable power at optimal prices and increasing automation for end users. By passing wholesale savings directly to consumers, Rabot Charge positions itself as both a cost saver and an enabler of Germany’s energy transition.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2023

Colonia Technologies operates a B2B sharing platform that lets logistics providers list, share and manage commercial vehicles to improve fleet utilisation. The company was founded in 2021 by Jakob Sadoun and Kaspar Filipp. Its marketplace model targets the mismatch between vehicle availability and demand in commercial logistics. The startup recently launched a feature that adds payment security via an external payments partner. Leadership says demand for commercial vehicle sharing increased in the first half of the year and expects that trend to continue. Colonia completed a €6 million Seed financing to support growth and expand its platform across Europe.