# DUDE CHEM funding: rounds and investors

> DUDE CHEM has raised $7.0M across 1 round since 2024. Investors include Vorwerk Ventures, Octopus Ventures and Frontline Ventures. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/dude-chem (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Germany · [Seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *DUDE CHEM*

One round we have observed, with the 7 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Chemicals & Materials

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$7.0M** raised across 1 round since 2024, from 2 sources

- **Latest round:** Seed, $7.0M Feb 2024
- **Led by:** Vorwerk Ventures
- **Investors:** 7 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Feb 2024** Seed **$7.0M** [Vorwerk Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vorwerk-ventures) Lead [Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) [Frontline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frontline-ventures) [B2venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b2venture) [Borski Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/borski-fund) [PUSH Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/push-ventures) [Auxxo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/auxxo-female-catalyst-fund) Reported by Firms' own news pages and 1 other

## Founders and team

From DUDE CHEM's own website: 8 on the team.

- **Prof. Klaus-Robert Müller** CEO RHI (Former CEO Lonza)
- **Sonja Jost** CEO
- **Stefan Borgas** CEO RHI (Former CEO Lonza)
- **Eugene Lednov** Interim Chief Technology Officer
- **Gonzalo Tobaruela** Chief Business Officer
- **Henriette Nowothnick** Chief Scientific Officer
- **Mathis Han** Chief Data Scientist
- **Tino Mundt** Chief Engineer

## Everyone who backed them

[Vorwerk Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vorwerk-ventures) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[Octopus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/octopus-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Frontline Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/frontline-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[B2venture](https://millionrounds.com/fund/b2venture) VC firm **1** round

[Borski Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/borski-fund) VC firm **1** round

[PUSH Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/push-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Auxxo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/auxxo-female-catalyst-fund) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list DUDE CHEM as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vorwerk-direct-selling-ventures) Growth equity Per its own site

[PUSH VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/push-vc) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about DUDE CHEM

### Who invested in DUDE CHEM?

DUDE CHEM's investors include Vorwerk Ventures, Octopus Ventures, Frontline Ventures, B2venture and Borski Fund, and 2 more on record. Vorwerk Ventures led its latest round.

### How much has DUDE CHEM raised?

DUDE CHEM has raised $7.0M across 1 round since 2024.

### When did DUDE CHEM last raise?

DUDE CHEM's most recent round was a Seed of $7.0M in Feb 2024, led by Vorwerk Ventures.

### What was DUDE CHEM's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $7.0M in Feb 2024, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed DUDE CHEM first?

DUDE CHEM's first round on record, in Feb 2024, was backed by Vorwerk Ventures, Octopus Ventures and Frontline Ventures and 4 others.

### What stage is DUDE CHEM at?

DUDE CHEM's latest named round is a Seed, in Feb 2024.

### Where is DUDE CHEM based?

DUDE CHEM is based in Germany.

### Who led DUDE CHEM's rounds?

Vorwerk Ventures led the Seed in 2024.

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