Here are ten active family offices from our database that are based in German and invest in startups, along with their websites:
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dievini Hopp BioTech holding GmbH & Co. KG (Walldorf)
dievini Hopp BioTech holding is a single family office based in Walldorf investing in European life sciences companies, managing the Hopp family's biotech portfolio. -
Harald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen (HQIB) (Bad Homburg)
Harald Quandt Industriebeteiligungen (HQIB), based in Bad Homburg, is the long-term investment holding of the Harald Quandt family, focused on established SMEs. -
Barkawi Group (Munich)
Barkawi Ventures, based in Munich, is a venture builder and investor providing passion, expertise and capital to ventures reshaping global supply chains through technology. -
Sterling Concorde (Lüneburg)
Sterling Concorde is the single family office of Andreas Kupke, based in Lüneburg, focusing on direct investments and company building in the technology space. It co-founds, builds and invests in deep tech companies, applying a hands-on entrepreneurial approach to forming teams, raising capital and scaling organisations, and holds minority stakes as co-founder or early investor. -
Schörghuber Gruppe (Munich)
Schörghuber Corporate Group operates across five divisions—development and real estate, beverages, hotels, and seafood. Its holdings include Bayerische Hausbau, one of Germany's largest real estate developers with a portfolio valued around 3 billion euros, the Paulaner Brewery Group, hotels in Germany, Switzerland, and Mallorca, and Ventisqueros, one of Chile's largest salmon-breeding companies. -
SKion GmbH (Bad Homburg)
SKion GmbH is an investment company founded by Dr. h.c. Susanne Klatten, focused on return-based and value-based industrial investments. The firm targets companies with successful business models and strong management, preferring significant minority stakes with a decade-long investment horizon centered on growth financing and succession solutions. -
3e Capital (Düsseldorf)
3e Capital, based in Düsseldorf, focuses on start-up and early-stage companies with capital requirements typically between €0.25 million and €3.0 million. As a selective, active investor, it works closely in partnership with each entrepreneur, often holding a seat on the supervisory or advisory board. -
Acquarium (Königswinter)
Acquarium, based in Königswinter, is an active co-investor specializing in small- and medium-sized technology and industrial companies. It also offers support to institutional investors, family offices and industrial holdings to identify and create value in investment portfolios, including advisory, board functions and management-board responsibilities. -
AEM Unternehmerkapital GmbH (Munich)
AEM Unternehmer Kapital, based in Munich, is an investment company focused on medium-sized companies in German-speaking countries, investing the private capital of several German families including the AEM partners themselves. As a family office, it is committed to a long-term development perspective and is actively involved in its investments with operational management experience and personal on-site presence. -
Aton (Munich)
Aton is the investment company of the Helmig family, based in Munich. Its portfolio companies operate primarily in business-to-business sectors including engineering, mining, med tech, and aviation. The firm recently added a Digital Services segment focused on digitalization.
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