innoWerft

www.innowerft.com

innoWerft focuses exclusively on early-stage B2B high-tech startups, providing pre-seed and seed-stage financing (up to €50,000 convertible loans) combined with comprehensive operational support including fundraising, sales enablement, customer acquisition, and investor introductions.

Check Size

$0 - $50K

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Ai Ml, Enterprise Saas, Healthtech

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Investment Thesis

innoWerft operates with a founder-centric philosophy focused on accelerating early-stage B2B high-tech startups through intensive hands-on support. Their success metric is explicitly tied to their startups’ success: ‘Unser Erfolg ist der Erfolg unserer Startups!’ (Our success is the success of our startups!). They employ a customized venture model that addresses the most critical challenges facing early-stage companies, moving beyond traditional venture capital to function as experienced sparring partners and strategic advisors.

What Sets Them Apart

Converted loans structured to be founder-friendly and well-regarded by follow-on investors
Personal venture manager assigned as dedicated point of contact throughout partnership
Extensive corporate network of 40+ established companies (SAP, BASF, Zeiss, ABB, Lidl) providing direct customer access
Broad investor network of 20+ institutional investors across multiple stages and sectors
Official accredited partner for Startup BW Pre-Seed program with co-investment capability
Participation in multiple specialized accelerators (Up2B Accelerator, AI Accelerator) offering free programs
Portfolio performance: 65% of portfolio startups completed seed rounds; €3.5M+ invested since 2019
Trust-based partnership on equal footing: 'Beziehung auf Augenhöhe' (relationship at eye level)