# Manufacturing investors in Germany (2026 list)

> 78 manufacturing investors in Germany, 91% active in the last 12 months. Led by Sequoia Capital, Plug and Play, Lightspeed Venture Partners.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/manufacturing-investors-in-germany (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Manufacturing investors in Germany

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms observed backing a manufacturing company in Germany in the last two years, wherever the firm is based.

[See all 78 *→*](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&next=%2Fapp%2Finvestor-lists%2Fmanufacturing-investors-in-germany)The top 25

**78** investors on the list *+7* this week

**1,589** cheques in 12 months *-10%* against the market

**$12M** median round they joined *+47%* against the market median

**91%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**54%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (25)

- 1 [Sequoia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sequoia-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **2,099** **$35M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 2 [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **1,561** **$5M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 3 [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lightspeed-venture-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **1,341** **$35M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 4 [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) *Deploying now* Government · European Union **875** **$4.3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 5 [Spark Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/spark-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **471** **$40M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 6 [Speedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest) *Deploying now* VC firm · Austria **345** **$6.7M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 7 [Alchemist Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alchemist-accelerator) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **284** **$2.3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 8 [Earlybird Venture Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/earlybird) *Deploying now* VC firm · Germany **244** **$13M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 9 [Sofinnova Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · France **234** **$34M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 10 [Notion Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/notion-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **202** **$9.2M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 11 [VentureOut](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ventureout) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **202** **$1.6M** median round **Jun 2026** last seen
- 12 [Cherry Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/cherry-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Germany **179** **$13M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 13 [Bayern Kapital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bayern-kapital) *Deploying now* Government · Germany **173** **$7.1M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 14 [Lakestar](https://millionrounds.com/fund/lakestar) *Deploying now* VC firm · Switzerland **168** **$18M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 15 [IQ Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/iq-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · United Kingdom **165** **$17M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 16 [Charlie Songhurst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/charlie-songhurst) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **155** **$3.8M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 17 [Breakthrough Energy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/breakthrough-energy) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **150** **$28M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 18 [Deutsche Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deutsche-bank) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · Germany **144** **$175M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 19 [Verve Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/verve-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · Switzerland **144** **$10M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 20 [M Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/m-ventures) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · Switzerland **143** **$15M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 21 [468 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/468-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Germany **133** **$5.5M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 22 [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **127** **$5.3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 23 [Promus Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/promus-ventures) *Deploying now* VC firm · United States **124** **$20M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 24 [European Union](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-union) *Deploying now* Government · United Kingdom **118** **$2.3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 25 [Apollo](https://millionrounds.com/fund/apollo-global-management) *Deploying now* Private equity · United States **114** **$55M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen

**53 more on this list**

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **5** Nov **[T-Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/t-therapeutics)** Series B · $133M *With* [Sofinnova Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-partners)
- **5** Nov **[Kabilio](https://millionrounds.com/company/kabilio)** $11M *Led by* [Visionaries Club](https://millionrounds.com/fund/visionaries-club)
- **5** Nov **[Alethio Therapeutics](https://millionrounds.com/company/alethio-therapeutics)** Series A · $90M *Led by* [Sofinnova Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/sofinnova-partners)
- **5** Nov **[Return](https://millionrounds.com/company/return)** Debt · $936M *With* [Deutsche Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/deutsche-bank)
- **5** Nov **[Quint Computing](https://millionrounds.com/company/quint-computing)** Series A · $10M *With* [Nucleus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/nucleus-capital)
- **5** Nov **[VÆRIDION](https://millionrounds.com/company/v-ridion)** Series A · $34M *With* [World Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/world-fund)

## Stages This Year

1,385 rounds

- Seed **19%**
- Series A **18%**
- Venture **17%**
- Series B **9%**
- Pre-seed **6%**
- Other **30%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **557**
- Biotech **126**
- Healthcare **100**
- Fintech **85**
- Energy **75**
- Big Data & Analytics **71**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

477 Q1 25

448 Q2 25

487 Q3 25

466 Q4 25

494 Q1 26

468 Q2 26

356 Q3 26

110 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

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## Reading for founders in industrial and manufacturing

- The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Robert C. Allen · 2009 3.99 from 277 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing About the book Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing Vaclav Smil · 2013 3.77 from 518 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without… On AmazonListen on Audible
- PRODUCT DESIGN+DEVELOPMENT >IN Karl T. Ulrich · 1994 4.00 from 482 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book This book presents a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. It treats issues such as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design. On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen · 2010 3.93 from 1,401 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Innovation Company building About the book If all measures of human advancement in the last hundred centuries were plotted on a graph, they would show an almost perfectly flat line, until the eighteenth century, when the Industrial Revolution would cause the line to shoot straight up, beginning an almost uninterrupted… On AmazonListen on Audible

More books for founders and investors on the [Reading List](https://millionrounds.com/reading-list?role=founder&industry=industrial).

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## Quick answers about manufacturing investors in Germany

### Who are the most active manufacturing investors in Germany?

By cheques observed, the most active are Sequoia Capital, Plug and Play, Lightspeed Venture Partners, EIC Accelerator and Spark Capital.

### How many manufacturing investors in Germany are there?

78 are on record. 91% made an investment in the last 12 months and 54% have led a round.

### Which stages do manufacturing investors in Germany back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Seed (26%) and Series A (24%).

### How big are the rounds manufacturing investors in Germany join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $13M.

### Which sectors do manufacturing investors in Germany back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Biotech and Healthcare.

### Which manufacturing investors in Germany lead the most rounds?

Sequoia Capital (91 led), Lightspeed Venture Partners (83 led) and Spark Capital (26 led).

### Where are manufacturing investors in Germany based?

Among the most active, most are based in the United States (11), Germany (5) and the United Kingdom (3).

### What have manufacturing investors in Germany invested in recently?

Recent rounds include T-Therapeutics (Series B, Nov 2026, with Sofinnova Partners), Kabilio (Nov 2026, with Visionaries Club) and Alethio Therapeutics (Series A, Nov 2026, with Sofinnova Partners).

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