Fueling planet-positive
‍ Frontier Tech
‍straight from Munich

We back founders who solve global

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nation

failures with frontier tech

Europe
The current geopolitical climate, an immigration crisis and stagnating growth have led politicians, but more notably, entrepreneurs, towards a call to action: Accelerate Europe!

Tomorrow
We need entrepreneurial experience, strong industry partners, and frontier-tech expertise to drive innovation, create sustainable value, and lead the global market in new and emerging sectors.

Legacy
Last decades' exploitive mindset, industrial paradigms and yesterday's technology stack won’t cut it anymore if we want to capitalize on the opportunities ahead of us.

Invest together
‍‍grow together

35+

Partners

2022

FOUNDING YEAR

Funded companies

MUC

Deep tech Hub

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Our Approach

We help top-tier technology and industry experts to become top-tier entrepreneurs.

We focus on top-tier industry experts with a farsighted tech vision. They have the skillset to continuously strike a balance between technological capabilities and market demands. Founders choose Vanagon because we provide more than capital: we understand firsthand the challenges of leaving a safe harbor, betting it all, and becoming a founder. We're with them from day one, setting them up for success with access to premier networks & advice.

Expect hands-on tactics instead of generic macro advise.

Stage: Pre-Seed - Seed

Theme: Frontier Technologies

Climate, Finance & Data, Industrial

Target Geography: DACH

Investment up to €500k

Work with us

A Munich-based VC Fund
to back the most ambitious founders

Stage: Pre-Seed to Seed
Theme: B2B Tech
Sectors: FinTech, Climate & Digital Industrial
Initial Investment: €100 - €300k
GEO: DACH with a Focus on Germany, Opportunistic US

Powering the Twin Transition

Climate

More than half of our global GDP directly depend on nature. Digital Environmental Assets will become the core of our economy and our most important asset class. Technology enables Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs) and other Natural Capital Markets to overcome limitations such as lack of quality, transparency, and market liquidity.

Finance & Data

Harnessing FinTech innovations to streamline the integration of environmental objectives within traditional financial systems. By employing advanced APIs and transparent data-sharing practices, it supports sustainable investment, enriching both the scope and effectiveness of green financing solutions. This strategic approach significantly propels the financial sector toward a more ecologically responsible and sustainable future.

Industrial

We invest in the enabling technologies of the coming industrial mega-cycle: the era of circularity, how we observe our planet from space and how we change R&D and production processes at scale. We source for teams who rebuild billion-dollar industries and empower the transition towards a resilient economy.

Our Journey

We are B2B transformation and digitalization experts and have worked on the rollout of first and second-wave Internet technologies such as web, mobile and cloud, which have completely changed our global economy. We know that the frontier software of the third wave of the Internet will cause an even larger transformation. This progression enables us to create products that harness software's unique attributes its widespread distribution, customization, interconnectedness, and powerful processing capabilities. But now for the first time software is touching the tangible, physical world around us - so we have developed deep expertise during the last decades giving us unparalleled access to teams who build meaningful companies with real-life impact and for the betterment of tomorrow.

Our commitments go towards outstanding founders to create the best possible future - together.

Sandro Stark

General Partner
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From founding his first own venture to shaping Innovation projects at Allianz. With a past at Microsoft and a Master's from Imperial College London, he is championing emerging technologies for global good.

Susanne Fromm

General Partner
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Susanne is a former strategy consultant, corporate executive, and ex-CEO of a listed investment company, with extensive networks within corporate, startup and investor communities.

Axel Roitzsch

General Partner

Axel is a technology B2B entrepreneur turned investor with a proven track record in founding, scaling and exiting companies in Germany, Belgium and the UK

Jörg Walden

Venture Partner
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As a multi-entrepreneur, Jörg knows all aspects of business. His sensors are configured for product innovation as well as business necessity. He places a special focus on culture, which is the foundation of successful and sustainable corporate development.

David Gassner

Advisor‍
Capital market expert former consultant for Deutsche Börse AG and managing director of a corporate finance boutique in Munich. dvised prominent publicly listed companies on investor relations and supported numerous IPOs.