What VENTIS CAPITAL does

VENTIS CAPITAL is a family-backed venture capital fund headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany, operating as a limited partnership under the legal name VENTIS GmbH & Co. KG and founded in 2016. The firm targets early growth stage companies—primarily Seed and Series A/B rounds—based in Germany with occasional investments in neighboring countries. Initial ticket sizes range from €250K to €1M, with the ability to double down on successful follow-on rounds. The fund is managed by three partners—Christoph Sagemann, Franz Schabmüller, and Herbert Fürst—who draw on direct operating experience from their own companies within the Schabmüller Group family business.

The firm operates as a hands-on investment partner rather than a passive capital provider. Portfolio companies receive direct support across strategic, legal, finance, administrative, organizational, and personnel matters, leveraging the partners' entrepreneurial backgrounds and a network across industry, finance, and the DACH startup ecosystem. The disclosed portfolio spans at least ten companies across defense technology (INLEAP Photonics), space technology (Atmos Space Cargo, Dcubed), sovereign AI/SaaS for public administration (Ayunis), EV charging infrastructure (Eliso), employee care benefits (Heycare), surgical health technology (Medical Decision Alliance), reusable packaging (Vytal), manufacturing safety software (Modelwise), and rail/logistics workforce management (Menlo79).

The fund follows traditional venture capital revenue mechanics—management fees and carried interest on exits—with no publicly disclosed financial figures. VENTIS deploys family capital without external institutional LPs identified in the available record. Co-investment activity is documented, most notably alongside High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) in the INLEAP Photonics pre-seed round in 2025. The fund's effective "customer" base is its portfolio of operating companies rather than external corporate clients.

Name

VENTIS CAPITAL

Legal name

VENTIS GmbH & Co. KG

Website

https://ventis.capital

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

VENTIS CAPITAL is a family-backed venture fund based in Ingolstadt, Germany, investing €250K–€1M in Seed and A/B rounds across defense, space, sovereign AI, and deep-tech, providing hands-on operational support to early-stage German companies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Micro-VC & Angel Funds (FSANAAAI)

Keywords

• Venture capital
• Seed stage investing
• Early stage investment
• Family backed fund
• Growth capital

Headquarters

HQ city

Ingolstadt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Core offering

VENTIS CAPITAL is a family-backed venture fund that invests its own capital in early growth companies (Seed, A/B rounds) in Germany and occasionally neighboring countries, with initial tickets of €250K to €1M and the potential to double down on follow-on rounds. Beyond capital, the firm acts as an involved sparring partner, providing hands-on operational support in strategic, legal, finance, administrative, organizational, and personnel matters to portfolio founders.

Product overview

VENTIS CAPITAL is a family-backed venture fund that provides investment capital and operational support to early growth companies (Seed, A/B stage) in Germany. Rather than offering a software product platform, the firm functions as an investment and partnership vehicle, supporting portfolio companies through strategic, legal, finance, administrative, organizational, and personnel guidance. The fund's portfolio includes investments in various sectors including defense technology (INLEAP Photonics), space technology (Atmos Space Cargo, Dcubed), government AI/SaaS (Ayunis), electric vehicle charging (Eliso), employee benefits (Heycare), health tech (MDA), sustainable packaging (Vytal), manufacturing safety software (Modelwise), and rail/logistics workforce management (Menlo79).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• VENTIS Early Growth Venture Fund
• VENTIS Hands-On Founder Support

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Schabmüller GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRelated family business group from which VENTIS partners originate, demonstrating their own operational experience as entrepreneurs who have built businesses.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF): Germany's largest public-private seed investor. Directly comparable because it operates in the same German pre-seed/seed VC niche and is an active co-investor with VENTIS (e.g., on INLEAP Photonics).
• Earlybird Venture Capital: One of Germany's longest-standing early-stage VCs, investing across Seed and Series A in technology companies. Comparable in stage, geography, and sector breadth (deeptech, SaaS, fintech).
• Speedinvest: Vienna-based European early-stage VC with sector-focused funds (deeptech, SaaS, fintech, industrial). Comparable to VENTIS in ticket size and Seed/Series A orientation across DACH and beyond.
• UVC Partners: Munich-based early-stage VC focused on B2B tech and deeptech in the DACH region. Direct competitor for German Seed/Series A rounds, especially industrial and enterprise software.
• Capnamic Ventures: Cologne-based early-stage VC investing in German and European tech startups across B2B SaaS, marketplaces, and deeptech. Comparable stage, ticket size, and sector mix to VENTIS.
• Cherry Ventures: Berlin-based pre-seed and seed VC focused on European tech founders. Operates at a similar stage and ticket size as VENTIS, with comparable portfolio breadth across SaaS, deeptech, and consumer.
• btov Partners: European early-stage VC with a strong industrial-tech and AI focus, founded by entrepreneurs. Comparable to VENTIS in its operator-led value-add orientation and German roots.
• Project A Ventures: Berlin-based early-stage VC and operational support platform. Comparable in providing hands-on operational support (legal, finance, ops) to German/European Seed-stage founders.
• Target Partners: Munich-based early-stage VC focused on technology and life-sciences companies in Germany and Europe. Comparable stage, geography, and emphasis on deeptech and industrial-tech investments.

Broad incumbents

• HV Capital: One of Germany's most established VC firms investing across Seed through Growth stages. Broader incumbent that overlaps with VENTIS at the early-growth end but operates at materially larger fund sizes.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ventiscapital

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments11 records

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