Investors / Germany / Planet A
Planet A
Venture capital · Berlin, Germany · Europe
Planet A is an early-stage European technology venture capital firm that backs founders solving systemic challenges. It makes initial investments of €500k to €4m in pre-seed to Series A companies across Europe.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsclimatedeep techsciencesustainabilityearly stage
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Or find every investor that fitsPlanet A lists 27 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 7 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 57% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (26%), AI & Machine Learning (15%) and Space & Defense (11%). 35% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside Extantia, IFB Innovationsstarter and AlbionVC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Planet A, 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 Planet A's whole history. Rounds on record name 7 companies; its own site lists 27. 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 | 57% |
| Series A | 14% |
| Series B | 29% |
| 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 | 4 | 1 |
| '26 | 3 | 2 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 64th | 27 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 74th | 57% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 93th | 22% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 39th | 26% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 93th | 9 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 26% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 15% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 11% | 3% |
| Climate & Energy | 9% | 1% |
| Education | 9% | 7% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 7% | 6% |
| Food & Agriculture | 7% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 4% | 3% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Extantia | 3 |
| IFB Innovationsstarter | 3 |
| AlbionVC | 2 |
| Hub71 | 2 |
| Kompas VC | 2 |
| Sand River | 2 |
| byFounders | 2 |
| 212 | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers27100%
- 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 togetherCompare Planet A head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Planet A| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Nov 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 3 Jun 2026 | Series A | |
| 17 Feb 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 22 Jul 2025 | Series B | |
| 3 Jul 2025 | Series B | |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Seed | |
| 27 Feb 2025 | Seed Led |
Round details for Planet A
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Planet A's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
27 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a process called mineralisation. | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Aris Machina develops and provides an Agentic Operating System for modern manufacturing, utilizing artificial intelligence and other technologies to improve industrial processes. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Arsenale Bioyards is building Industrial Biological AI, the intelligence layer that makes industrial biology scalable, and the factory it learns from. | Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Feb 2025Seed | Page + round | |
| AUAR provides automated construction technology, including MicroFactories and software, to help homebuilders increase output and reduce costs. | Real Estate & ConstructionRobotics & Hardware | Portfolio page | ||
| C1 Green Chemicals AG develops and produces green methanol using a new ultra-efficient catalysis process. | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| ECAIR provides financing solutions for energy transition | FintechEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| GA Drilling develops and commercializes drilling technology for geothermal and oil & gas wells | Industrial & ManufacturingIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Gama develops and provides drag sails and solar sails for space exploration | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Nov 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| Gigaton develops and implements self-learning control systems for energy-intensive industries to manage production and reduce emissions | Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy | Jun 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Hived provides same-day, next-day, and two-day electric parcel delivery services | E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense | Jul 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| INERATEC produces synthetic fuels and chemicals using carbon dioxide and hydrogen, and offers power-to-x plants and other products | EducationEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Makersite provides product lifecycle intelligence software to help companies manage product sustainability, cost, and compliance | Space & DefenseIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jul 2025Series B | Page + round | |
| Mondra provides supply chain intelligence for the food industry using AI-powered digital twins and data services. | Food & AgricultureAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company operates a platform that matches packaging requirements with suitable materials for brand owners and material suppliers. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Optiml provides a real estate decision intelligence platform | Real Estate & Construction | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Paleo produces myoglobin, a food ingredient that makes meat and fish alternatives taste, smell and look more like the real deal. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| PHLAIR develops and implements Direct Air Capture technology to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. | Climate & Energy | Portfolio page | ||
| Podero develops software for utilities to manage and optimize energy flexibility from devices such as heat pumps, electric vehicles, and batteries. | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company powers the future of protein with fiber-tech technology | Food & AgricultureIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Pulsetrain reinvents electric powertrains for next generation mobility by combining advanced hardware and smart software into a single software-defined unit. | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Mar 2025Seed | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- planet-a.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 27 Feb 2025
- Companies checked
- 27
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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