# 10x Founders: portfolio, investments and team

> 10x Founders is a vc firm based in Germany. 56 investments on record, 10 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/10x-founders (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# 10x Founders

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 56 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $1.4M, Feb 2025 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Banking Collaboration Tools Finance

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**43%** of best year **10** **cheques in 12 months**, 56 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$6.7M** Cheque size, as they say **$300K – $2.0M** Rounds led **0 of 56** Sole investor **4 rounds** Mostly in **Germany, 38%**

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## 10x Founders highlights

- 01 10 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 66% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $3.1M

## What they do

> We are the leading early-stage investor partnering with Europe’s most ambitious founders and supporting them as they build the next global tech giants. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $300K – $2.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Banking Collaboration Tools Finance
- **Based in:** Munich, Germany
- **Cold pitches:** Not stated

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **56 appearances**

- **2026** 6 rounds
- **Sept** **[Arlequin AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/arlequin-ai)** Series A · FR **$33M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Qorelo](https://millionrounds.com/company/qorelo)** Seed · DE **$3.5M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Logicc](https://millionrounds.com/company/logicc)** Seed · DE **$2.9M** Sole investor
- **Mar** **[NodeShift](https://millionrounds.com/company/nodeshift)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Harper](https://millionrounds.com/company/harper)** Seed · US · TechCrunch **$47M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Freeform](https://millionrounds.com/company/freeform)** Series B · US · TechCrunch **$67M** With 8 others
- **2025** 23 rounds
- **Dec** **[Cylib](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylib)** Grant · DE **$75M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Cerrion](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerrion)** Series A · CH · Silicon Canals **$18M** With 13 others
- **Nov** **[mimic](https://millionrounds.com/company/mimic)** Seed · CH **$16M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Songscription](https://millionrounds.com/company/songscription)** Seed · US **$5.0M** With 1 other
- **Oct** **[ThreatFabric](https://millionrounds.com/company/threatfabric)** NL · Rabo Investments **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[ReOrbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/reorbit)** Series A · FI · TechCrunch **$53M** With 6 others
- **Sept** **[FERNRIDE](https://millionrounds.com/company/fernride)** Series A · DE **$21M** With 5 others
- **Sept** **[Kertos](https://millionrounds.com/company/kertos)** Series A · DE **$17M** With 2 others
- **Aug** **[Valuecase](https://millionrounds.com/company/valuecase)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Filics](https://millionrounds.com/company/filics)** Series A · DE **$16M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Arlequin AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/arlequin-ai)** Seed · FR **$5.0M** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[Lyceum](https://millionrounds.com/company/lyceum)** Pre-seed · CH **$12M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Flank](https://millionrounds.com/company/flank)** Series A · DE **$10M** With 4 others
- **May** **[Way](https://millionrounds.com/company/way)** Pre-seed · FI **$2.9M** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[node.energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/node-energy)** Series B · DE · DTCF DeepTech & Climate Fonds **$17M** With 5 others
- **Apr** **[Artisan](https://millionrounds.com/company/artisan)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$25M** With 9 others
- **Apr** **[SaveIN](https://millionrounds.com/company/savein)** Venture **$4.3M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Qeen.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/qeen-ai)** Seed · AE · TechCrunch **$10M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Hydra Host](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydra-host)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Floy](https://millionrounds.com/company/floy)** Seed · DE **$3.8M** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[NodeShift](https://millionrounds.com/company/nodeshift)** Seed · US **$501K** With 2 others
- **Jan** **[Ivy](https://millionrounds.com/company/ivy)** Venture · DE **$30M** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Magic](https://millionrounds.com/company/magic)** Venture · US **$805K** With 3 others
- **2024** 11 rounds
- **Oct** **[iGent](https://millionrounds.com/company/igent)** Seed · GB **$8.1M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[fynk](https://millionrounds.com/company/fynk)** Seed · AT **$3.4M** Sole investor
- **Oct** **[Beyond Presence](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-presence)** Pre-seed · DE **$3.1M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[HELLO INSIDE](https://millionrounds.com/company/hello-inside)** Seed · AT **$1.8M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Thera](https://millionrounds.com/company/thera)** Seed · US **$4.5M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[WorkerHero](https://millionrounds.com/company/workerhero)** Series A · DE **$5.0M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Tilta](https://millionrounds.com/company/tilta)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **May** **[simpleclub](https://millionrounds.com/company/simpleclub)** Venture · DE **$4.4M** With 2 others
- **Apr** **[Huzzle](https://millionrounds.com/company/huzzle)** Pre-seed · GB **$1.8M** Sole investor
- **Feb** **[Formlogic](https://millionrounds.com/company/formlogic)** Debt · US **$20M** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[ThisThat](https://millionrounds.com/company/thisthat)** Seed · GB **$2.5M** With 3 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

## The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named**

CD **Christian Dengler** Head of Finance of Managing Limited Partner i Filing they signed

CJ **Claudius Jablonka** Managing Director of Managing Limited Partner i Filing they signed

JR **Jan Reichelt** Managing Director of Managing Limited Partner i Filing they signed

RS **Rupert Schafer** Managing Director i Filing they signed

We also hold **12** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

## What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

**2+** funds on file numbered funds in its name

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**60** of 60 we have independently watched raise

[Accountable](https://millionrounds.com/company/accountable)[Ada](https://millionrounds.com/company/ada)[Adyen](https://millionrounds.com/company/adyen)[Aetherbio](https://millionrounds.com/company/aether-bio)[Airhelp](https://millionrounds.com/company/airhelp)[Arteris](https://millionrounds.com/company/arteris)[Artisan](https://millionrounds.com/company/artisan)[Augustus](https://millionrounds.com/company/augustus)[Beyondpresence](https://millionrounds.com/company/beyond-presence)[Blobr](https://millionrounds.com/company/blobr)[Candis](https://millionrounds.com/company/candis)[Capeanalytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/cape-analytics)[Cerrion](https://millionrounds.com/company/cerrion)[Cocrafter](https://millionrounds.com/company/cocrafter)[Cylib](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylib)[Energy-robotics](https://millionrounds.com/company/energy-robotics)[Enmacc](https://millionrounds.com/company/enmacc)[Equipmentshare](https://millionrounds.com/company/equipmentshare)[Fernride](https://millionrounds.com/company/fernride)[Filics](https://millionrounds.com/company/filics)[Floy](https://millionrounds.com/company/floy)[Formlogic](https://millionrounds.com/company/formlogic)[Fountain](https://millionrounds.com/company/fountain)[Freeform](https://millionrounds.com/company/freeform)[Fynk](https://millionrounds.com/company/fynk)[Helloinside](https://millionrounds.com/company/hello-inside)[Homeday](https://millionrounds.com/company/homeday)[Huzzle](https://millionrounds.com/company/huzzle)[Hydrahost](https://millionrounds.com/company/hydra-host)[Igent](https://millionrounds.com/company/igent)[Innovamat](https://millionrounds.com/company/innovamat)[Invitris](https://millionrounds.com/company/invitris)[Iwoca](https://millionrounds.com/company/iwoca)[Ixana](https://millionrounds.com/company/ixana)[Jodel](https://millionrounds.com/company/jodel)[Kertos](https://millionrounds.com/company/kertos)[Klara](https://millionrounds.com/company/klara)[Lastmileai](https://millionrounds.com/company/lastmile-ai)[Legalos](https://millionrounds.com/company/legal-os)[Lenco](https://millionrounds.com/company/lenco)[Lygos](https://millionrounds.com/company/lygos)[Nebenan](https://millionrounds.com/company/nebenan)[Noah](https://millionrounds.com/company/noah)[Nodeshift](https://millionrounds.com/company/nodeshift)[Polyspectra](https://millionrounds.com/company/polyspectra)[Qeen](https://millionrounds.com/company/qeen-ai)[Qualia](https://millionrounds.com/company/qualia)[Raus](https://millionrounds.com/company/raus)[Reorbit](https://millionrounds.com/company/reorbit)[Roadsurfer](https://millionrounds.com/company/roadsurfer)[Savein](https://millionrounds.com/company/savein)[Seedlegals](https://millionrounds.com/company/seedlegals)[Simpleclub](https://millionrounds.com/company/simpleclub)[Simscale](https://millionrounds.com/company/simscale)[Sketchfab](https://millionrounds.com/company/sketchfab)[Solideon](https://millionrounds.com/company/solideon)[Soveren](https://millionrounds.com/company/soveren)[Taulia](https://millionrounds.com/company/taulia)[Thermondo](https://millionrounds.com/company/thermondo)[Thisthat](https://millionrounds.com/company/thisthat) and 35 more

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

New fund on file

**$1.4M**

raised in Feb 2025

From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$6.7M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$3.1M**

Led 0 of 56 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $300K – $2.0M
- **Sole investor:** 4 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *22*
- Series A said *13*
- Venture *10*
- Pre-seed said *5*
- Series B *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Y Combinator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator) 6
- [HV Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hv-capital) 5
- [Speedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest) 5
- [Bonsai Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonsai-partners) 4
- [Founders Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund) 4
- [Leblon Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/leblon-capital) 4

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as 10x Founders. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **6** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**HV Capital** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hv-capital)[**Speedinvest** VC firm **5** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest)[**Bonsai Partners** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bonsai-partners)[**Founders Fund** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/founders-fund)[**Leblon Capital** VC firm **4** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/leblon-capital)[**Angel Invest** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/angel-invest)[**Bayern Kapital** Government **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bayern-kapital)[**FJ Labs** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/fj-labs)[**Gradient** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures)[**Picus Capital** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/picus-capital)[**Vsquared Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/vsquared-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies 10x Founders put money into.

[**Arlequin AI** $33M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/arlequin-ai)[**Qorelo** $3.5M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/qorelo)[**Logicc** $2.9M · Apr 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/logicc)[**Harper** $47M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/harper)[**Freeform** $67M · Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/freeform)[**Cylib** $75M · Dec 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/cylib)

## Quick answers about 10x Founders

### What does 10x Founders invest in?

10x Founders invests most often at Seed and Series A (66% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Banking, Collaboration Tools and Finance.

### How active is 10x Founders?

56 investments on record, 10 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has 10x Founders invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Arlequin AI (Series A, Sept 2026), Qorelo (Seed, Jun 2026) and Logicc (Seed, Apr 2026).

### How big are 10x Founders's cheques?

The median round it joins is $6.7M. It says it writes cheques of $300K to $2.0M.

### Does 10x Founders lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 56 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does 10x Founders invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Germany (38%), the United States (26%) and Switzerland (8%).

### Is 10x Founders investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 10 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does 10x Founders invest alongside?

Most often Y Combinator (6 rounds together), HV Capital (5 rounds together) and Speedinvest (5 rounds together).

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