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Gründerfonds Ruhr
Venture capital · Essen, Germany · Europe
Gründerfonds Ruhr is a venture capital fund based in Essen, Germany, that invests in early stage startups. It provides financial capital as well as entrepreneurial expertise and access to industry through a network of international corporations.
Invests inEducationHealthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsb2blife sciencescybersecurityindustry 4.0medtechedtech
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Or find every investor that fitsGründerfonds Ruhr lists 24 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Education (26%), Healthcare & Biotech (23%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (17%). 82% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside High-Tech Gründerfonds, Angel Invest and Astanor.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Gründerfonds Ruhr, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Gründerfonds Ruhr's whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 24. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 100% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 59th | 24 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 100th | 100% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 89th | 17% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 37th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 42th | 2 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
Show as a table
| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Education | 26% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 23% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 17% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 9% | 18% |
| Cybersecurity | 6% | 4% |
| Fintech | 6% | 12% |
| Enterprise Software | 3% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 3% | 6% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| High-Tech Gründerfonds | 2 |
| Angel Invest | 1 |
| Astanor | 1 |
| At One Ventures | 1 |
| Backbone Ventures | 1 |
| Baleon Capital | 1 |
| BiomedVC | 1 |
| Blockrocket | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers24100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with High-Tech Gründerfonds
Compare Gründerfonds Ruhr head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
as stated on its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Gründerfonds Ruhr| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 17 Mar 2026 | Seed | |
| 13 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 19 Sept 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Gründerfonds Ruhr
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Gründerfonds Ruhr's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
24 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company combines nanotechnology and AI to measure RNA biomarkers at the single-cell level for precision diagnostics | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Abalos Therapeutics is developing a new class of systemically administrable candidates that trigger precise innate and adaptive immune responses from within a patient's tumor to treat cancer. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Advosense is developing the next generation of incontinence care products to empower clinicians to respond to their patients' needs. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| CODE University is a private university of applied sciences that offers Bachelor's and Master's programs for ambitious talents striving to become software engineers, designers, and entrepreneurs. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| CyberDesk provides a platform for managing and securing data access across human and non-human identities | CybersecurityEnterprise Software | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| DIMATE digitalizes non-destructive testing workflows to make them a key source of information in industry | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides an online calendar system for medical practices and clinics to manage appointments and reduce no-shows. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Eduneon provides software for managing assets in public administrations | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides digital solutions for shopfloor automation, including pick-by-light, e-kanban, and digital labeling | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Factor2 Energy utilizes CO2 as a geothermal working fluid for power generation | EducationIndustrial & Manufacturing | Sept 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Fasciotens provides medical solutions for treating open abdomen, complex hernias, and congenital abdominal wall defects in newborns. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| iDEL Therapeutics is advancing a new class of cancer medicines by delivering therapeutic payloads directly into the cytosol of tumor cells through a unique, pan-cancer uptake mechanism. | Healthcare & Biotech | Mar 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| LIDROTEC develops and manufactures laser technology for wafer dicing in various industries, including semiconductor, energy, medicine, electronics, and material science. | Industrial & ManufacturingRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| Masterplan.com provides an e-learning platform for companies with various features and functions for upskilling and personal development. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Re-Twin provides a platform to evaluate, benchmark, and maximize the profitability of battery energy storage systems. | EducationFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Reltix provides property management services to various clients, including homeowners and institutional customers. | Real Estate & Construction | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Reshape leverages cutting-edge AI to streamline risk analysis and optimize engineering workflows | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company converts sewage sludge into energy on site, producing electricity and heat for municipal and industrial customers. | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Spexa makes human performance measurable for companies | Human ResourcesHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- gruenderfonds-ruhr.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 19 Sept 2025
- Companies checked
- 24
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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