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Venista Ventures
Venture capital · Cologne, Germany · Europe
Venista Ventures operates two business areas: an AI studio that builds and runs AI agent teams for mid-sized companies, and a venture arm that invests early in European technology companies. The venture arm backs founder teams with capital, network and operational experience.
Invests inFintechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsb2bconsumer internettechnologyai
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Or find every investor that fitsVenista Ventures lists 27 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Fintech (23%), AI & Machine Learning (21%) and Consumer (10%). 62% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside KfW Capital, Entrepreneurs First and Accel.
No funding round on record names Venista Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Venista Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 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.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 23% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 21% | 18% |
| Consumer | 10% | 3% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| Space & Defense | 8% | 3% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
| Cybersecurity | 5% | 4% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| KfW Capital | 3 |
| Entrepreneurs First | 2 |
| Accel | 1 |
| Acrobator Ventures | 1 |
| Activant Capital | 1 |
| Atlantic | 1 |
| BlueYard Capital | 1 |
| Creative Destruction Lab | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 62th | 26 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 28th | 23% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2696%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company14%
- 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 Venista Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
27 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company backs AI founders with global ambition from day one | AI & Machine LearningFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Blitzhype provides a marketing and sales platform for marketing teams to activate influencers and agents across various challenges and commerce | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| The company invests in early-stage software businesses across Europe. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company helps launch and scale product-as-a-service models | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Connect Earth provides a sustainable finance operating system for financial institutions to meet regulation, activate customers, and originate green finance. | FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides contract management software for medium-sized businesses. | Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides construction analytics and dashboards | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Delta enforces mandates for agentic payments, checking proposed actions before funds move and creating auditable execution receipts. | FintechCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| Eyva identifies growth opportunities and empowers teams to create, optimize, and launch products that win in the beauty and personal care industry. | AI & Machine LearningConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides a family locator app that allows users to share their location with family and friends | ConsumerCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Finvise provides valuation services, including Red Book reports, for lenders, insurers, and public bodies | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Fundably offers access to 50+ lenders for businesses, allowing them to embed business lending into their platform or refer directly via the Fundably Portal. | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Need develops and provides a cancer protection system with three modes of operation: healthy, treatment, and recovery | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page | ||||
| GTX Messaging provides SMS solutions for businesses to send messages securely and cost-efficiently around the globe | Enterprise SoftwareHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a WhatsApp marketing platform with various solutions such as Click-to-Message Ads and customer service automation. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company connects dog lovers with responsible breeders and animal shelters to find a dog | Consumer | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- venista-ventures.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- 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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