Rethink Ventures
Rethink Ventures is a Munich-based specialist venture capital firm founded in 2022 by Jens-Philipp Klein (formerly Atlantic Labs) and Matthias Schanze (formerly Next47), investing at seed and Series A stage in mobility, automotive, logistics and energy technology startups across Europe. It launched a 50 million euro first fund in March 2023, backed by the European Investment Fund and corporate LPs including ZF Ventures, KION Group, Hellmann Worldwide Logistics, HAVI and Berylls, and invests as an SFDR Article 8 climate-tech fund writing tickets of roughly 0.5 to 2 million euro.
Key facts
Recent exits
No exits recorded yet.
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 18 portfolio companies (18 active · 0 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
18 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Rethink Ventures has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Rethink Ventures Fund IVC2023 · 3yr€50M18 active
Unrealized
18 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Energy |  Netherlands | 2023 | |
| Energy |  Germany | 2025 | |
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2023 | |
| Software | Netherlands | 2026 | |
| Software |  Finland | 2023 | |
| Deep Tech | Germany | 2023 | |
| Software | Germany | 2024 | |
| Software | Estonia | 2026 | |
| Industrials | Germany | 2025 | |
| Software |  UK | 2025 | |
| Software | Germany | 2023 | |
| Industrials |  Switzerland | 2025 | |
| Software | Germany | 2023 | |
| Logistics | Germany | 2023 | |
| Software | Germany | 2024 | |
| Software |  France | 2024 | |
| Software | Germany | 2023 | |
| Software |  Denmark | 2025 |
Netherlands· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2023Netherlands· Entry 2026Finland· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2025UK· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2023Switzerland· Entry 2025Germany· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2023Germany· Entry 2024France· Entry 2024Germany· Entry 2023Denmark· Entry 2025Saved GPs appear in your watchlist, one click from your workspace.
Investment team
Senior partners. Hand-checked from public filings and the firm's own site.
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