# 42CAP: portfolio, investments and team

> 42CAP is a vc firm based in Germany. 56 investments on record, 14 in the last 12 months, latest Oct 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/42cap (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# 42CAP

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 56 cheques on record.

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Deploying now New fund $650K, Jul 2024 VC firm

Pre-seed Seed Series A Software Prosumer Recurring

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**100%** of best year **14** **cheques in 12 months**, 56 on record

Since the last cheque **25** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$4.8M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $2.0M** Rounds led **3 of 56** Sole investor **8 rounds** Mostly in **Germany, 39%**

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## 42CAP highlights

- 01 14 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 58% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 8 rounds, median $1.9M

## What they do

> We initially invest € 0.5 to 3m in seed-stage tech- and data-driven B2B software companies across Europe with global ambition. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $2.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Software Prosumer Recurring
- **Based in:** Munich, Germany
- **Cold pitches:** Not accepted

## The record

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

- **2026** 13 rounds
- **Oct** **[Deepslate](https://millionrounds.com/company/deepslate)** Seed · DE · Firms' own news pages **$8.6M** *Led*
- **Oct** **[Osavul](https://millionrounds.com/company/osavul)** Series A · LU · The Recursive **$9.6M** With 3 others
- **Sept** **[Marble](https://millionrounds.com/company/marble)** Series A · Smartfin **$7.4M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[Kontext](https://millionrounds.com/company/kontext)** Seed · US **$4.0M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[ARC Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/arc-intelligence)** Seed · DE **$4.6M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[Operations1](https://millionrounds.com/company/operations1)** Venture · DE **$13M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[ACCURE Battery Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/accure-battery-intelligence)** Venture · DE **$16M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[ALP Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/alp-bio)** Grant · CH **$187K** With 1 other
- **Apr** **[Quillon](https://millionrounds.com/company/quillon)** Pre-seed · US **$1.5M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Osavul](https://millionrounds.com/company/osavul)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Mar** **[Qdrant](https://millionrounds.com/company/qdrant)** Series B · DE · Ventureburn **$50M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Galtea](https://millionrounds.com/company/galtea)** Seed · ES **$3.2M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[cognee inc](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognee-inc)** Seed · DE **$7.5M** With 1 other
- **2025** 10 rounds
- **Nov** **[Leanspace](https://millionrounds.com/company/leanspace)** Series A · FR **$12M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Katana](https://millionrounds.com/company/katana)** Series B · EE · Cogito Capital Partners **$16M** With 6 others
- **Oct** **[Desktop Commander](https://millionrounds.com/company/desktop-commander)** Pre-seed · LV **$1.3M** Sole investor
- **Jul** **[AskEarth](https://millionrounds.com/company/askearth)** Seed · CH **$2.9M** With 3 others
- **Jul** **[Novee AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/novee-ai)** Pre-seed · GB **$2.1M** Sole investor
- **Jun** **[Waypoint AI](https://millionrounds.com/company/waypoint-ai)** Pre-seed · US · TechStartups **$3.1M** *Led*
- **Jun** **[Impulso](https://millionrounds.com/company/impulso)** Seed · SE **$6.9M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Phase](https://millionrounds.com/company/phase)** Series A · DE · TechCrunch **$13M** With 12 others
- **Feb** **[ACCURE Battery Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/accure-battery-intelligence)** Series B · DE **$16M** With 3 others
- **Jan** **[Grid Raven](https://millionrounds.com/company/grid-raven)** Seed · EE **$4.2M** Sole investor
- **2024** 4 rounds
- **Nov** **[simplyblock](https://millionrounds.com/company/simplyblock)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[Osavul](https://millionrounds.com/company/osavul)** Seed · US **$3.0M** Sole investor
- **May** **[Codesphere](https://millionrounds.com/company/codesphere)** Series A · US **$31M** With 3 others
- **Feb** **[Go Autonomous](https://millionrounds.com/company/go-autonomous)** Series A · DK **$10M** With 4 others
- **2023** 9 rounds
- **Dec** **[Temper](https://millionrounds.com/company/temper)** Pre-seed **$1.6M** Sole investor
- **Dec** **[Unnbound](https://millionrounds.com/company/unnbound)** Pre-seed · DE **$1.6M** Sole investor
- **Nov** **[Frenetic](https://millionrounds.com/company/frenetic)** Series A · ES **$12M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[scnd](https://millionrounds.com/company/scnd)** Seed · FR **$4.2M** With 1 other
- **Sept** **[kyp.ai](https://millionrounds.com/company/kyp-ai)** Series A · DE **$19M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[Flawless](https://millionrounds.com/company/flawless)** Seed · GB **$2.2M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[DBtune](https://millionrounds.com/company/dbtune)** Seed · SE **$2.7M** With 3 others
- **Apr** **[Customs4trade (C4T)](https://millionrounds.com/company/customs4trade-c4t)** Venture · BE **$4.4M** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Nostos Genomics](https://millionrounds.com/company/nostos-genomics)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **2022** 9 rounds
- **Nov** **[Occtoo](https://millionrounds.com/company/occtoo)** Seed · SE **$4.8M** With 2 others
- **Sept** **[CANDIS](https://millionrounds.com/company/candis)** Series C · DE **$16M** With 5 others
- **Jun** **[ENLYZE](https://millionrounds.com/company/enlyze)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Lumiform](https://millionrounds.com/company/lumiform)** Series A · DE **$6.8M** With 1 other

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 **5 named**

AM **Alex Meyer** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

AM **Alexander Meyer** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

JV **Julien von Fischer** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

MZ **Moritz Zimmermann** Executive Officer i Filing they signed

TW **Thomas Wilke** Executive Officer 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

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

Who backs their funds

## 1 LP on record in 42CAP's funds

- **Funds:** 1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: an LP list.

- [**Multiple Capital** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/multiple-capital) Fund Vintage Committed 42Cap - -

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**8** of 58 we have independently watched raise

[AI-driven Chronic Disease Therapy](https://millionrounds.com/company/kaia-health)[AI-driven Drug Development](https://millionrounds.com/company/exscientia)[Build & Ship](https://millionrounds.com/company/codesphere)[Customs Trade Automation](https://millionrounds.com/company/customs4trade)[IoT Edge Streaming Analytics](https://millionrounds.com/company/crosser)[Marketing Data Intelligence](https://millionrounds.com/company/adverity)[On-demand Regional Transport](https://millionrounds.com/company/ontruck)[Vector Database & Search](https://millionrounds.com/company/qdrant) AI Autonomous Prospecting AI Customer Success Platform AI Customer Support Engineer AI Intelligence for Underwriting AI Memory Engine AI Supply Chain Integrations AI That Executes AI for Augmented Insurance AI for Industrial AI-native Geospatial Platform AI-powered Data Preparation AI-powered Database Tuning AI-powered Fraud & Compliance AI-powered Supply Chain Resilience Accelerating Computing Agentic Procurement Spend Intelligence Autonomous APIs Autonomous Commerce Battery Intelligence Battlefield Management System Boost Production Quality Circular Retail Stock Marketplace Connected Worker Platform Connecting the Fashion Industry Data-driven Recruitment Design Programming Platform Digital Audits and Inspections Digital Design Reinvented Digital Invoice Management Digital Space Infrastructure Elastic Block Storage Evaluation for AI Agents Experience Data Platform Financial Cockpit for Freelancers Generative AI for Genomics Analytics Platform Global Shipping API Immunogenecity Intelligence Information Environment Assessment Intelligent Customer Data Platform Legal Intelligence Magnetics Design Platform No-Code Robotics No-Code WebApps Pricing & Packaging Infrastructure Productivity Mining Sensorless Dynamic Line Ratings Service Marketplace Solution Smart Manufacturing Software Smarter Supplier Discovery

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

**$650K**

raised in Jul 2024

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 **$4.8M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$1.9M**

Led 3 of 56 rounds **5%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $2.0M
- **Sole investor:** 8 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Oct 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Seed said *18*
- Series A said *11*
- Venture *9*
- Pre-seed said *7*
- Series B *5*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Dec 2023 Nov 2026

Often in the room with

- [Capnamic](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capnamic) 3
- [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) 3
- [Industrifonden](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industrifonden) 3
- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) 3
- [Spintop Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spintop-ventures) 3
- [468 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/468-capital) 2

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as 42CAP. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Capnamic** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capnamic)[**Entrepreneur First** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first)[**Industrifonden** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industrifonden)[**Lightspeed Venture Partners** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners)[**Spintop Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spintop-ventures)[**468 Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/468-capital)[**Almi Invest** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/almi-invest)[**Atomico** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/atomico)[**Benhamou Global Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/benhamou-global-ventures)[**Blue Bear Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/blue-bear-capital)[**Bpifrance** Government **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bpifrance)[**Craft Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/craft-ventures)

## Recently backed

The latest companies 42CAP put money into.

[**Kontext** $4.0M · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/kontext)[**ARC Intelligence** $4.6M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/arc-intelligence)[**ACCURE Battery Intelligence** $16M · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/accure-battery-intelligence)[**ALP Bio** $187K · Jul 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/alp-bio)[**Qdrant** $50M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/qdrant)[**Galtea** $3.2M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/galtea)

## Quick answers about 42CAP

### What does 42CAP invest in?

42CAP invests most often at Seed and Series A (58% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Software, Prosumer and Recurring.

### How active is 42CAP?

56 investments on record, 14 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

### What has 42CAP invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Deepslate (Seed, Oct 2026), Osavul (Series A, Oct 2026) and Marble (Series A, Sept 2026).

### How big are 42CAP's cheques?

The median round it joins is $4.8M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $2.0M.

### Does 42CAP lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 3 of its 56 investments on record (5%).

### Where does 42CAP invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in Germany (39%), the United States (16%) and Sweden (8%).

### Is 42CAP investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 14 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does 42CAP invest alongside?

Most often Capnamic (3 rounds together), Entrepreneur First (3 rounds together) and Industrifonden (3 rounds together).

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