Investors / Germany / Heartfelt
Heartfelt
Venture capital · Berlin, Germany · Europe
Heartfelt is a first-cheque fund that makes initial investments of €100–400k in startups, either alone or alongside other early backers, and also makes follow-on investments in later rounds. It is backed by Axel Springer and Porsche, among others, and its team has been an initial investor in over 300 startups.
Invests inAI & Machine Learning
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Or find every investor that fitsHeartfelt lists 138 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 24 funding rounds, 2 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 77% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (22%), Fintech (11%) and Healthcare & Biotech (10%). 36% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside IFB Innovationsstarter, APX and Auxxo.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Heartfelt, 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 Heartfelt's whole history. Rounds on record name 24 companies; its own site lists 138. 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 | 14% |
| Seed | 77% |
| Series A | 9% |
| 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 | 2 | 0 |
| '25 | 9 | 2 |
| '26 | 13 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 97th | 137 companies |
| Recent activity | 97th | 14 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 86th | 91% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 83th | 13% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 22th | 22% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 99th | 18 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 22% | 18% |
| Fintech | 11% | 12% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 10% | 15% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 9% | 7% |
| Enterprise Software | 9% | 8% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 8% | 6% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 3% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| IFB Innovationsstarter | 4 |
| APX | 3 |
| Auxxo | 3 |
| Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund | 3 |
| Backbone Ventures | 3 |
| Caesar Ventures | 3 |
| FIRSTPICK | 3 |
| GGF | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers13598%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company32%
- 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 IFB Innovationsstarter
Compare Heartfelt head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Heartfelt| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 1 Oct 2026 | Pre-Seed | |
| 7 Sept 2026 | Seed | |
| 6 Jul 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 19 May 2026 | Series A | |
| 23 Apr 2026 | Seed |
Round details for Heartfelt
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Heartfelt's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
138 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company develops and manufactures a patented metamaterial structure for sound protection called ABSORA-Blech. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Aide Health partners with healthcare and life sciences companies to improve patient outcomes using artificial intelligence | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Along provides software for B2B sales and onboarding, including call agents and digital sales rooms. | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| Ambr provides a training platform for high-stakes workplace conversations using ultra-realistic AI conversation simulations | AI & Machine LearningEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Antares carries Europe's high-precision manufacturers into the next generation through a software-enabled network. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| AnyTax provides digital tax solutions for financial platforms and institutions, allowing users to file, estimate, and plan their taxes directly within the platform. | FintechSpace & Defense | Oct 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Cato provides an AI platform to help businesses participate in public procurement auctions | AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | |||
| Asynchronics simulates spacecraft systems before hardware arrives | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Jun 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| Atrya provides a native payment and treasury infrastructure for programmable money | FintechE-commerce & Marketplaces | Oct 2024Seed | Page + round | |
| Augmented Hearing develops and provides real-time speech enhancement and noise control technology | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Aurium Labs transforms proprietary and regulated enterprise data into training data and trains models with full control and visibility | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Axe AI provides AI-driven cloud native offensive platform for cybersecurity testing and penetration testing capabilities | CybersecurityAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Beatvest provides an app to learn about investing and manage investments | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Bending Words is a company with a mission to increase the number of A-students in the world. | Education | Portfolio page | ||
| Certific provides a platform for pre-appointment information gathering and communication between patients and clinics. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Chainreactor combines physical AI, process engineering, and patented advanced manufacturing to predict the behavior of cells at scale | Industrial & ManufacturingHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Chargetrip provides electric vehicle routing and charging station planning services for businesses. | Mobility & LogisticsSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Claimit provides AI-powered software for courier claims and invoice auditing | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Colossyan creates AI-generated training videos from various sources such as PDFs, PowerPoint, and URLs. | EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- heartfelt.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 6 Aug 2024
- Companies checked
- 138
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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