What investment strategy does Lunar Ventures focus on?

Lunar Ventures focuses on VC strategies in the private equity space.

How many portfolio companies does Lunar Ventures have?

Lunar Ventures has 17 active portfolio companies and 3 completed exits and 2 funds tracked on GP Intel.

Where is Lunar Ventures headquartered?

Lunar Ventures is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

What is Lunar Ventures's assets under management?

Lunar Ventures manages approximately €90M in assets under management.

When was Lunar Ventures founded?

Lunar Ventures was founded in 2019.

What sectors does Lunar Ventures invest in?

Lunar Ventures invests across Software, TMT, Healthcare, Industrials.

What are Lunar Ventures's recent exits?

Recent realized exits by Lunar Ventures include: Electric SQL (2026) to Databricks; Mobius Labs (2025) to Dropbox; NannyML (2025) to Soda.

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Lunar Ventures

Berlin, Germany·Founded 2019·

Venture Capital

·lunar.vc

Lunar Ventures is a Berlin-based pre-seed deeptech venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Dr Elad Verbin, Mick Halsband and Luis Shemtov. It backs highly technical founders from day zero across AI infrastructure, autonomy, applications and techbio, writing initial cheques of roughly EUR 750k to EUR 1m. The firm closed Fund I at EUR 40m in 2021 (2x oversubscribed on a EUR 20m target) and launched a EUR 50m Fund II in May 2025, deploying about 80 percent in Europe and 20 percent in underserved US regions.

AUM

€90M

Funds

vintages 2021–2025

Portfolio

Exits

Lunar Ventures is a Berlin venture capital firm with €90M AUM, 17 active companies and 3 exits.

SectorsSoftware TMT Healthcare Industrials

Key takeaways

·3 exits in the last 5 years · consistent DPI cadence.
·Average hold across 3 realized deals: 4 years.
·Top sector focus: Software (35% of portfolio).
·Fund cadence: ~4Y between vintages · last raise 2025.

Sector breakdown

20 companies

Software

7 · 35%

Deep Tech

3 · 15%

Biotech

2 · 10%

Cloud Infrastructure

2 · 10%

MedTech

2 · 10%

AI/ML

2 · 10%

Cybersecurity

1 · 5%

Geography breakdown

8 geographies

6 · 30%

Germany

4 · 20%

United States

4 · 20%

United Kingdom

2 · 10%

Belgium

1 · 5%

Austria

1 · 5%

Finland

1 · 5%

France

1 · 5%

Key facts

HQBerlin, Germany

Founded2019

Employees13+

Websitelunar.vc

Recent exits

Lunar Ventures sold Electric SQL to Databricks in 2026 after 4 years.

Lunar Ventures sold Mobius Labs to Dropbox in 2025 after 4 years.

Lunar Ventures sold NannyML to Soda in 2025 after 5 years.

Coverage notes

2 funds tracked, 20 portfolio companies (17 active · 3 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.

Funds & portfolio

Every fund Lunar Ventures has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.

2 funds

Fund

Strategy

Vintage

Size

Assets

Exits

Lunar Ventures Fund II

VC2025€50M7 assets

2025 · 1yr

€50M

–

Unrealized

7 held

Company	Entry
Axiom Therapeutics Biotech · United Kingdom	–
Bruin Software · Germany	2025
Embucket Cloud Infrastructure · United States	–
Emm MedTech · UK	2025
InfrOS Cloud Infrastructure · United States	2026
Oshen Deep Tech · United Kingdom	2026
Xorq Software · United States	–

Lunar Ventures Fund I

VC2021€40M10 assets3 exits

2021 · 5yr

€40M

Unrealized

10 held

Company	Entry
deepset Software · Germany	2021
iLoF MedTech · UK	2022
Lodestar Deep Tech · UK	2024
Molecule Biotech · Germany	2020
Neurolabs AI/ML · UK	2020
Otera AI/ML · Austria	2024
Reach Industries Software · UK	2023
Runware United States	2024
Semiqon Deep Tech · Finland	2023
Zama Cybersecurity · France	2020

Realized

3 exits

Company	Entry	Exit	Type	Buyer	MOIC
Electric SQL Software · UK	2022	2026	Trade Sale	Databricks	–
Mobius Labs Software · Germany	2021	2025	Trade Sale	Dropbox	–
NannyML Software · Belgium	2020	2025	Trade Sale	Soda	–

Frequently asked questions

What investment strategy does Lunar Ventures focus on?: Lunar Ventures focuses on VC strategies in the private equity space.
How many portfolio companies does Lunar Ventures have?: Lunar Ventures has 17 active portfolio companies and 3 completed exits and 2 funds tracked on GP Intel.
Where is Lunar Ventures headquartered?: Lunar Ventures is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.
What is Lunar Ventures's assets under management?: Lunar Ventures manages approximately €90M in assets under management.
When was Lunar Ventures founded?: Lunar Ventures was founded in 2019.
What sectors does Lunar Ventures invest in?: Lunar Ventures invests across Software, TMT, Healthcare, Industrials.
What are Lunar Ventures's recent exits?: Recent realized exits by Lunar Ventures include: Electric SQL (2026) to Databricks; Mobius Labs (2025) to Dropbox; NannyML (2025) to Soda.