69 Best Startups in Munich to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Startups in Munich

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 348 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $9.1b. The average funding per company in this subset is $131.4m.

Last update to the database: Sep 2, 2025. See changelog.

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$995.5m

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Luminar Technologies is an Orlando, Florida-based automotive industry company.

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$11.7m

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White-label custody solutions provider for digital assets on blockchain.

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$58.4m

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Deep North is an AI software company with products that read and analyze video data to offer companies real-time analytics and insights into the physical world

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$21.0m

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Planet A Foods is a cocoa-free chocolate maker founded in 2021 by Sara Marquart.

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9

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$90.0m

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SimScale is a cloud-based CAE software that helps users perform simulations of CAD models.

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6

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$129.3m

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AMSilk is a Munich-based synthetic biology company that produces fibers made from the same protein as spider silk.

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$1.8m

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SAT4m2m develops a forefront IoT platform at the convergence of Space IoT and LPWA devices for disruptive and interoperable services for Industrial IoT.

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$12.7m

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CryptoTax is helping individuals and companies in meeting their legal obligations arising from dealing with blockchain-based assets. We offer web-based tax reporting application for individuals and CryptoTax API solution for businesses.

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$750.5m

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Personio is a software company in Munich, Germany founded in 2015.

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$152.9m

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Holiday rentals booking platform.

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$58.4m

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ITM Isotopen Technologien Munchen is a developer of personalized cancer diagnostic solutions founded in 2004 by Oliver Buck.

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A company developing cryogenic cooling solutions for research, material science, quantum computing, high-performance electronics, and detector applications.

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$2.5b

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Celonis is company designing an intelligent big data technology analyzing and visualizing company processes.

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$80.6m

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A company with a car subscription service where users can book and use a car using the company's mobile application. It was founded in 2017 and is located in Munich, Germany.

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$191.6m

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Konux provides operation automation solutions based on machine learning and IoT for the railway industry.

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3

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$93.0m

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Marvel Fusion is a laser-powered fusion energy technology developer founded in 2019 by Moritz von der Linden.

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$32.5m

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MIC is a Munich-based company founded in 2011 by Christopher Altchek.

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$1.6m

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A company providing an ultrasonic sensor solution for three-dimensional positioning in vehicles in order to drive autonomously in close proximity and low-speed environments.

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$376.4m

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Lilium is a Munich-based startup developing an on-demand, all-electric, vertical take-off and landing air taxi service.

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$30.8m

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Fineway is company focused on the idea of artificial Intelligence guided travel, and was founded by Markus Feigelbinder and Markus Bohl in 2015.

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$5.3m

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NFT-based fantasy football manager hosting digital player cards and team competitions.

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4

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$295.9m

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Scalable Capital is a digital investment platform founded in 2014 by Adam French, Florian Prucker and Erik Podzuweit.

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4

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$40.0m

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IDnow is the world's fastest, most flexible and most secure identity verification platform, delivering instant verification of the identity documents used by 7 billion people.

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$45.0m

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Tech platform converting commercial spaces into stylish apart-hotels for business and leisure travelers.

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$19.3m

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Luminovo is a company specializing in AI and data-driven optimization of electronics manufacture processes.

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4

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$90.5m

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Tubulis Therapeutics is a Munich-based therapeutics company developing matched protein-drug conjugates.

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8

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$86.3m

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Blickfeld develops and manufactures LiDAR systems autonomous mobility and IoT applications.

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4

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$179.5m

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Tado° is a Munich, Germany-based manufacturer of thermostats and mobile applications that adjust to the real-time behavior of residents in private homes and small businesses for greater energy efficiency.

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$6.6m

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A technology company developing a tethered electric aircraft to produce energy from the wind.

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$200.8m

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Sono Motors is a car company manufacturing solar electric vehicles founded in 2016 by Jona Christians, Laurin Hahn and Navina Pernsteiner.

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$40.9m

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OroraTech is an AI-powered wildfire detection platform founded in 2018 by Thomas Grübler, Martin Langer, Rupert Amann and Florian Mauracher .

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4

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$20.8m

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Demodesk provides a browser-based screen web conferencing tool for software-as-a-service product demos.

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$68.0m

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Bottle system offering scent-flavored water to enhance drinking experience.

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5

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$71.7m

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Twaice delivers solutions based on digital twins to reduce battery development and testing costs as well as to increase battery reliability and lifetime.

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$2.7m

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ZenML is the open-source MLOps framework for reproducible ML pipelines and production-ready Machine Learning.

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$742.0m

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Isar Aerospace is a small and medium-sized satellite launcher service provider founded in 2018 by Daniel Metzler.

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4

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$24.8m

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Build38 is a company that provides innovative and advanced AI-based app protection and management platform.

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3

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$212.0m

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Yokoy is a FinTech company that offers a spend management platform that automates expense, invoicing, and credit card processing.

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$42.8m

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Arculus is a company headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany.

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$6.7m

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Ecog is an other organization in philadelphia, united states founded in 2017 by Manuel Heckmann, Johannes Hund and Joerg Heuer.

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$33.0m

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Marketplace offering E-Bike subscriptions and used premium E-Bikes in Europe.

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$26.9m

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Silicon Line GmbH is a Munich-based manufacturing company founded by Holger Hoeltke, and Martin Groepl in 2005.

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$4.5m

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Fulfin is an e-commerce company that offers online financial solutions.

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4

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$49.9m

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Magazino is a company in Munich, Germany.

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$9.1m

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Talentry offers an enterprise-ready SaaS recruiting solution based on employee referrals.

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$17.3m

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Cloud-based software for optimizing transport in general cargo logistics.

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$130.4m

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FERNRIDE is a ground autonomy platform founded in 2019 by Hendrik Kramer, Maximilian Fisser and Jean Michael Georg.

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$15.0m

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GreenCom Networks is a Munich-based software company developing white-label solutions for the utility and energy service industry.

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$22.3m

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leon-nanodrugs is a Bayern, Germany-based company that specializes in researching and developing nanotechnology-based drugs.

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$17.1m

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Charging infrastructure solutions and products for electric vehicles.

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$6.8m

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Platform that helps companies share and understand their data.

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$5.0m

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HeyCharge is a Munich, Germany-based electric vehicle company developing charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

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$130.0m

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Real-time location intelligence for the Internet of Things.

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$71.5m

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ORBEM is an information technology & services company founded by Pedro Gómez.

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$63.5m

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Indoor Spatial Intelligence Technology and Enterprise Solutions company based in Munich, Germany.

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$14.8m

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DyeMansion is a Munich-based company that specializes in finishing 3D printed works and products.

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4

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$119.0m

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Kaia health is an artificial Intelligence company founded in 2016 by Konstantin Mehl.

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Eye-tracking technology enhancing productivity, security, and appeal in digital workplaces.

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$39.1m

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Userlane helps businesses automate user onboarding and employee training.

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$134.2m

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Finn is a car subscription platform founded in 2019 by Max Josef Meier, Andreas Stryz, Hans Peter Ringer, Maximilian Wühr, Nikolai Schröder and Max Beyer .

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$17.3m

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Electrochaea has developed a commercially viable solution for utility-scale energy storage grid balancing and carbon reuse. Their proprietary process converts low-cost and stranded electricity and carbon dioxide into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid a conversion process known as "power-to-gas".

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$12.7m

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Fos4x is a manufacturing industry founded by Lars Hoffman and Rolf Wojtech in 2010.

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$26.5m

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SaaS provider helping organizations maintain control over their Microsoft 365 cloud collaboration.

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$5.6m

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Capmo is developing an all-in-one construction management platform to make the hard things in construction feel easy

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$160.0m

Money raised

CatalYm is an innovative immunotherapies developer for cancer patients founded in 2016.

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$115.0m

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Digital platform providing tools to enhance physical fitness and mental strength.

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$46.3m

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Usercentrics is a munich/Germany based legal technology SaaS provider, redefining the way to secure compliant data via consent management.

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$1.8m

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Gini is a company founded in 2011 by Holger Teske, Steffen Reitz and Fabian Stehle.

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$9.3m

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