seed + speed Ventures
seed + speed Ventures is a Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Carsten Maschmeyer and Alexander Koelpin, part of the Maschmeyer Group, backing pre-seed and seed B2B and enterprise software founders. It writes initial tickets of EUR 500k to EUR 2.0m with follow-on up to EUR 5.0m and provides hands-on sales and go-to-market support, historically focused on the DACH region and expanding across Europe with its 2026 Fund III.
Key facts
Coverage notes
2 funds tracked, 20 portfolio companies (18 active · 2 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Funds & portfolio
Every fund seed + speed Ventures has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
seed + speed IIIVC2026 · 0yr€90M4 active
Unrealized
4 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eleven Dynamics | Industrials | Switzerland | 2025 |
| Optimuse | Software | Austria | 2025 |
| Orq.ai | Software | Netherlands | 2025 |
| RIIICO | Industrials | Germany | 2025 |
seed + speed Fund IEvergreen2016 · 10yr14 active · 2 realized
Unrealized
14 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonfuture | Energy | Germany | 2021 |
| Cashlink | Fintech | Germany | 2017 |
| Delicious Data | Software | Germany | 2022 |
| e-mobilio | Mobility | Germany | 2022 |
| Enginsight | Cybersecurity | Germany | 2022 |
| Filestage | Software | Germany | 2021 |
| Finanzguru | Fintech | Germany | 2018 |
| Kertos | Software | Germany | 2023 |
| Meisterwerk | Software | Germany | 2022 |
| Orderlion | Software | Austria | 2022 |
| Pliant | Fintech | Germany | 2021 |
| Prewave | Software | Austria | 2020 |
| TeamEcho | Software | Austria | 2021 |
| Workmotion | Software | Germany | 2021 |
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