Crocus Labs develops advanced lighting systems using sensors and specialty LEDs to create the ideal light environment. Their technology supports human circadian rhythms and enhances precision-controlled horticulture.

SiPearl is the European fabless designer of sovereign high-performance energy-efficient processors for HPC, AI and data centres. These processors will help address strategic dual-use challenges in the fields of security, defence, medical research, energy, climate and engineering with a reduced environmental footprint. In June 2025, SiPearl completed the design of the most complex processor ever designed in Europe, Rhea1. Featuring 80 Arm Neoverse V1 cores, with 61 billion transistors, it is currently in production at TSMC in Taïwan and will be available for sampling in early 2026. Rhea1 processors will equip JUPITER, the first European exascale supercomputer owned by the EuroHPC JU and operated by the Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany. Incubated within the European Processor Initiative (EPI) consortium and seed-funded by the European Union, SiPearl employs 200 people in France, Spain and Italy. Following a successful €130 million Series A, the company is launching its Series B round.

Backbone Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Zurich and Frankfurt am Main. Founded in 2018, we started out by investing without a fund, on a deal-by-deal basis. In four years we invested in 26 teams, mostly in Switzerland but also in Germany, the US, and Israel. Since September 2022 we have invested almost exclusively out of our Backbone Ventures 5502 Fund, a EUR 20m pre-seed fund with a strong geographical focus on Germany and Switzerland. We strive every day to justify the trust that our investors and our founders put in us and to become the trusted partner for the best founders who are still about to start their ventures.

Who We Are: At Zebra Embassy, we empower startups and scale-ups in Germany to grow sustainably and operate efficiently. Inspired by the Zebra Movement, we believe business success should merge profitability with positive impact. What We Do: We help companies get 35% of their R&D costs back! Our core expertise lies in public funding: we’ve already helped 250+ clients secure over €100 million in non-dilutive financing through the German Research & Development tax incentive and other funding programs. From strategy to execution, we make sure innovative companies get the support they deserve. How We Work: We’re more than consultants, we’re partners. Most of us have founded companies ourselves, so we know first-hand how crucial time and funding are. That’s why we deeply identify with the challenges founders face and can support startups with real empathy and practical experience. With deep expertise, hands-on support, and a passion for entrepreneurship, we simplify complex processes so founders can focus on what matters most: building great companies. Why Zebra Embassy: Because we share your ambition. We’re convinced that the future belongs to companies that grow responsibly, balancing financial performance with social good. Curious how much funding your startup could unlock? Let’s talk.

Henkel operates worldwide with leading innovations, brands and technologies in two business areas: Adhesive Technologies and Consumer Brands. Founded in 1876, Henkel looks back on more than 145 years of success. The company holds leading positions with its two business units in both industrial and consumer businesses thanks to strong brands, innovations and technologies such as Persil, Schwarzkopf and Loctite. Henkel, headquartered in Düsseldorf / Germany, counts among the most internationally aligned German-based companies in the global marketplace. Our company purpose expresses what unites us all at Henkel: Pioneers at heart for the good of generations. We are a diverse team of about 47,000 colleagues worldwide, striving to enrich and improve life every day through our products, services, and solutions. Our Purpose is built from our roots and carries a long-standing legacy of innovation, responsibility, and sustainability into the future. Our shared values and Leadership Commitments guide our decisions and actions every day. Imprint: http://www.henkel.com/imprint Data Privacy: https://www.henkel.com/data-protection-statement-social-media

Capmont is an entrepreneurial private capital investment manager. We concentrate on Europe with a particular focus on the DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland), Northern Italy and Poland. Capmont operates four offices in Europe and two investment strategies: Private Equity and Technology With strong roots in our focus regions and deep integration into European and global networks, Capmont excels in value creation and field-level operational support. This expertise combined with proprietary access to unique investment opportunities, a highly selective approach and superior execution skills, results in a leading risk-return profile through majority or protected minority stakes. Feel free to contact us as an entrepreneur, investor or seller.

ICEYE’s multi-peril solutions (Flood, Wildfire and Wind) empower insurers, governments, and utilities with the fastest, most reliable hazard and damage insights available today. As the global leader in persistent monitoring using spaceborne radar imaging, ICEYE delivers near real-time, objective data that transforms how organizations prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters. Follow this page to receive the most up-to-date information on the latest natural disasters that ICEYE is monitoring and learn about how our solutions are bringing truth to data in an era of extreme events. Like you have never seen before.

We are a SpaceTech company from Munich/Germany, developing space technologies to defend Europe's high frontier. We were founded in 2023 and focus on orbital mobility systems and materials & components. Imprint: https://www.starflight-dynamics.com/imprint

The advisory service for the best innovators.

Maki.vc is a pre-seed & seed-stage VC firm dedicated to partnering with founders who never conform to category standards. From inception to series A and beyond, we partner with deep tech and brand driven companies obsessed in challenging category norms.

Nextmol advances chemical innovation through rigorous computational chemistry. Based in Barcelona, Nextmol accelerates the design of performing and sustainable chemicals with its easy-to-adopt “in silico” testing solutions. As a spin-off of the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, one of Europe's largest supercomputing facilities, Nextmol brings proven expertise to chemical R&D. NEXTMOL Lab, its Software-as-a-Service computational chemistry platform, combines molecular modeling, machine learning, and high-performance computing. This powerful solution enables R&D chemists in specialty chemicals companies to virtually test and optimize chemical compounds before synthesis. Specializing in polymer and surfactant applications, NEXTMOL Lab significantly reduces development time and costs while minimizing environmental impact in the pursuit of sustainable chemicals.

Tensor Ventures is a Deep Tech-focused fund investing in AI, IoT, Blockchain, Biotech, Quantum Computing in the CEE+, UK. We’re industry specialists and serial entrepreneurs who know opportunity when we see it.

Developer of a next-generation optical systems company intended to redefine the boundaries of precision manufacturing and nanoscale engineering. The company offers a paradigm-shifting approach to lithography by utilizing innovative optical systems and virtual masks, enabling customers to accelerate their product development cycles and drive advancements in hardware design while working within a collaborative and agile experimental environment.

Octopus Energy generation is venture capital arm of Octopus Energy.

Critical Metal Regeneration powered by the biological repertoire that evolution has forged over billions of years Magmatic thrives to establish novel integrated metal separation process for the recovery of the full range of metals. As bold as it sounds, we will assemble a broad repertoire of metal-binding proteins, robust, tolerant to a broad spectrum of operating conditions, reusable and highly selective. Our vision is to develop metal separation processes that are scalable, run reliably and in the most energy efficient way. Our technology enables a process that separates metals within critical fractions with significantly lower energy, water and chemical reagent consumption.

Resaro® was founded on the belief that every leap in AI innovation demands safeguards. Our mission is to enable an AI market worthy of trust. We are an independent, third-party AI assurance provider that builds AI testing tools to evaluate the performance, safety, and security of dual-use AI systems. With co-headquarters in Singapore and Europe, we combine our global engineering capabilities with deep domain expertise in mission-critical use cases to offer scientific and reliable approaches to testing.

Coher Sense brings a novel optical sensor for Intensity, wavelength and bandwidth measurements to the photonics market space. Coher Sense is proud to have been selected into Batch 4 of the Gateway49 program.

The company primarily operates in the Specialty Retail industry. Autohaus Zwingenberger Mike Zwingenberger was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Gersdorf, Germany.

Magentic provides an enterprise-grade AI Agent Platform for the world’s supply chains. Magentic helps global manufacturers hunt down and deliver P&L savings opportunities with AI teammates called “Mages”.

Der tägliche News-Podcast von Table.Briefings mit den entscheidenden Fragen und den entscheidenden Köpfen. Table.Today geht tiefer als die Schlagzeilen des Tages. Die Chefredakteure Michael Bröcker und Helene Bubrowski analysieren hier jeden Werktag ab 5 Uhr morgens die Themen, die heute wichtig sind und morgen wichtig werden. Analytisch, differenziert, überraschend.

ESMT European School of Management and Technology was founded in October 2002 by 25 leading global companies and institutions. The international business school offers a full-time MBA, an executive MBA, a master’s in management as well as open enrollment and customized executive education programs. ESMT focuses on three main topics: leadership and social responsibility, European competitiveness, and the management of technology. ESMT is based in Berlin, Germany, with Schloss Gracht as an additional location near Cologne. ESMT is a private business school, accredited by the German state, AACSB, AMBA, and FIBAA. Since 2013 ESMT has the right to grant PhDs.

We help researchers, scientists & manufacturers to reduce costs, emissions and scale up their milling process.

Developer of patented sailing wind turbine ships that leverage wind turbines for both energy production and sailing propulsion. The company offers industry-proven horizontal wind turbine technology, specifically designed to operate on the open sea, enabling customers to generate clean energy closer to consumption points, reducing grid dependency and lowering energy costs, and minimizing visual and noise impact.