12 Startups from Cologne, all of which have entered the market

In Cologne it is a lot of fun, quite and all the time. In the aisles of women and countries there are some exciting Kölner Startups, Scaleups and Grownups that have made millions of investments or a large amount of Seed investments on their brand name. Here are some exciting Kölner Startups, Scaleups and Grownups, which are a number of cases. Try to find the next Unicorn from Domstadt.

bezahl.de
PayPal Ventures, Seaya Ventures, Walter Ventures and Altinvestor Motive Ventures are investing 22 million euros in bezahl.de. The Kölner FinTech, which was founded in 2018 by Lasse Diener and Ulrich Schmidt, has a Forderungs- en Zahlungsmanagement. The fresh capital is involved in the expansion flights. Motive Ventures invests Family Offices and Business Angels 11 million euros in the company. Insgesamt sammelte das Unternehmen bislang 38 Millionen ein. More about bezahl.de

Deep skill
The Kölner EdTech training DeepSkill, 2020 by Miriam Mertens and Peter Goeke learned that they have developed “emotional skills and personal development”. Angel investors from the incentive ventures network, ex-Lufthansa-CHRO Bettina Volkens, the Altinvestoren High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Kienbaum have invested 1.5 million euros in DeepSkill. More than DeepSkill

epilot
The Kölner Startup epilot, 2017 by Michel Nicolai, Szilard Toth and Rolf Benken have founded energy providers and grid operators to sell their products. Expedition Growth Capital invests 10 million euros in the Unternehmen. Over the years, the team has made a run of 7 million. The old company of the external company is affiliated with the Essener Beteiligungsfirma ATV Energie and the energy providers of the badenova. More epilot

Hellgrün
Beim Kölner FinTech Hellgrün, von Lucas Josten, Wenzel Gerstner and Roman Steigertahl started with everything related to solar energy investments. “With everything in mind: from the objects, from the planning and installation to the construction of the products and from the marketing of the electricity and the installation”, the team says. Angel investors with Joan Dyckhoff-Schlieker, Hans-Peter Villis, Florian Meyer-Delpho, Philipp Waldstein, Moritz Waldstein and Tobias Schütt invest in the Jungfirma. More about Hellgrün

Jupus
The Kölner LegalTech jupus, von René Fergen and Jannis Gebauer, “as lawyers of the KI Secretariat” are the mandate holders for the automatic automation of legal cases – “for first contact to complete the deed, regardless of the personal involvement during the legal process zu ersetzen”. High Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Combination VC, Business Angels and Altinvestoren with Foodpanda-Gründer Felix Plog invests 1.3 million euros in the Unternehmen. More about Jupus

magius
The Kölner Startup may be founded in 2021 by Behrang Alavi, Benedikt Iltisberger, Herbert Möckel, Jan Lekspy and Gerrit Schumann, focusing on their usefulness: an “einfaches setup and management” of its own cloud infrastructure. Conceptum, Seed + Speed Ventures and Smart Infrastructure Ventures are investing 2.5 million in the Unternehmen. STS Ventures, Smart Infrastructure Ventures, Inovexus Ventures and more Business Angels invest in one of the best results. More über magius

Naro
La Famiglia, Discovery Ventures, Robin Capital and more Business Angels invest 3 million euros in Naro. Das Kölner FinTech, von Christoph Püllen and Nils Krauthausen have joined a Software, with other proprietary funds and ETFs developed. “Our fund infrastructure enables companies to build their own fund own ETFs and funds, without any operational and regulatory burdens, while receiving a fair share of the returns fund market,” teilt das Team mit. More about Naro

Coneflower
EnBW New Ventures and the Altinvestors Capnamic Ventures, Wepa Ventures and xdeck ventures invest in Sunhat. Insgeamt sammelte das Unternehmen in seiner Seed-Investmentrunde nun 5 Millionen Euro ein. The Kölner Startup, founded in 2022 by Lukas Vogt, Alexander Behr and Ali Kamaliza, can carry out the “Beantwortung von Nachhaltigkeits-Fragebögen and ESG ratings for large companies in the automation of the dairy industry”. More über sun hat

United production hub
Freigeist Capital (Frank Thelen and Co.) and DnA Ventures are investing in United Manufacturing Hub in a new year. Das Kölner Startup, 2021 by Christian Proch, Alexander Krüger and Jeremy Theocharis in Aachen, would help Unternehmen to network their digital machines. “With the seed funding and the support of existing investor DnA Ventures, the product and engineering team will be further expanded to meet the increasing demands of large companies,” says das Team mit. More United Manufacturing Hub

W1NNAS
W1NNAS from Cologne, 2022 by Pablo Klüppelberg and Ben Decker, started with sports nutrition. “Our performance pouches are designed for the champions of today and tomorrow and provide powerful support without nicotine or tobacco,” says das Team mit. Business Angels such as Willy Umland, Thomas Sailer, Lucas Teuchner, Arndt Wippert, Johannes Meyer, Christian Zott, Florian Hoffmann and Stefan Bauer invest in W1NNAS. More about W1NNAS

Xavier
Motive Ventures, Cavalry Ventures, Sequoia, a16z, EQT Ventures, Robin Capital as well as Business Angels with Martin Blessing, Julian Teicke, Matthias Setzer, Thomas Münkel, Felix Ohswald, Elmar Broscheit and Fußballweltmeister Mario Götze invest 5 million euros in Xaver. At FinTech from Cologne, von Max Bachem and Ole Breulmann as Numos gründet, everything is an alternative. Creates an “AI-enabled B2B platform for the sale of Lebensversicherungen and private Altersvorsorgeproducts”. More about Xaver

Vytaal
Das Kölner GreenTech Vytal, 2019 by Tim Breker and Sven Witthöft have started setting up a “software-based solution for multi-way packaging”. Zielgruppe were zunächst Take-away- en Delivery-Dienste. Inzwischen, the team started with “Flughäfen, Einkaufs- and Stadtzentren, Messen, Festivals and other Veranstaltungs- and Unterhaltungsorte”. Emerald Technology Ventures, Ventis and Altinvestors, with Grazia Equity, Kiko Ventures and Rubio investing 6 million euros in Vytaal. More about Vytal

Durchstarten in Cologne – #Koelnbusiness

In our Themenschwerpunkt Cologne there are a number of genaueren Blick auf das Startup-Ökosystem der Rheinmetropole. Who is the future of the gründerinnen and the gründer, who wants to invest in a good start-up that loves its reason? More than 600 Startups have created Köln Mittlerweile zu ihrer Basis. With many potential investors, coworking spaces, meetings and networking events, Cologne offers an exciting environment for young residents. Diese Rubrik wird unterstützt von der KölnBusiness Wirtschaftsförderung. #Koelnbusiness on LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram.