69 Best Manufacturing Startups in Germany to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Manufacturing Startups in Germany

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 173 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $12.1b. The average funding per company in this subset is $175.3m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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$875.5m

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C3 AI is an enterprise artificial intelligence software company providing a family of integrated products for accelerating digital transformation.

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$21.0m

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Planet A Foods is a cocoa-free chocolate maker founded in 2021 by Sara Marquart.

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9

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$90.0m

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SimScale is a cloud-based CAE software that helps users perform simulations of CAD models.

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6

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$129.3m

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AMSilk is a Munich-based synthetic biology company that produces fibers made from the same protein as spider silk.

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$779.0m

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Developer and manufacturer of systems for renewable industrial gas and fuel production.

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$23.5m

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Salience Labs is a hybrid photonic-electronic chips maker for AI founded in 2021 by Wolfram Pernice, Vaysh Kewada, Johannes Feldmann and Harish Bhaskaran.

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$18.3m

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German Autolabs is a Berlin, Deutschland-based automotive company founded by Patrick Weissert and Holger G. Weiss in 2016.

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$801.9m

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Infarm is a developer of vertical farms designed for indoor growing.

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$208.0m

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Rethink Robotics developed and patented Sawyer, a robot that can replace human labor where danger is likely or difficult.

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$41.1m

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Neuromodulation tinnitus treatment device manufacturer.

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A company developing cryogenic cooling solutions for research, material science, quantum computing, high-performance electronics, and detector applications.

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$2.5b

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Celonis is company designing an intelligent big data technology analyzing and visualizing company processes.

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$7.9m

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Semron is a 3D AI chips manufacturer founded in 2020 by Aron Kirschen.

$1.6m

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A company providing an ultrasonic sensor solution for three-dimensional positioning in vehicles in order to drive autonomously in close proximity and low-speed environments.

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$376.4m

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Lilium is a Munich-based startup developing an on-demand, all-electric, vertical take-off and landing air taxi service.

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$39.0m

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A company developing its own petawatt class and high energy laser system coupled with a sophisticated target physics infrastructure exclusively dedicated to commercial "neutron-lean" fusion energy.

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$194.0m

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Wingcopter is a drone manufacturer founded in 2017 by Ansgar Kadura, Jonathan Hesselbarth and Tom Plümmer.

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5

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$105.0m

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BRYTER's offers a no-code automation platform for users in the law, finance, tax and compliance industries

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$61.7m

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Skeleton Technologies is a Tallinn-based energy storage company developing energy storage technology and solutions.

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$86.3m

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Blickfeld develops and manufactures LiDAR systems autonomous mobility and IoT applications.

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$5.2m

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HQS Quantum Simulations Company is a Karlsruhe-based company developing quantum computing software and algorithms for predicting the properties of performance materials, specialty chemicals, and pharmaceutical companies.

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$200.8m

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Sono Motors is a car company manufacturing solar electric vehicles founded in 2016 by Jona Christians, Laurin Hahn and Navina Pernsteiner.

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$68.0m

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Bottle system offering scent-flavored water to enhance drinking experience.

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$144.9m

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EMnify is the leading cloud communication platform provider for IoT that enables businesses with high-growth IoT products to scale across networks worldwide with a single API.

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$147.0m

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Tado° is a Munich, Germany-based manufacturer of thermostats and mobile applications that adjust to the real-time behavior of residents in private homes and small businesses for greater energy efficiency.

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$237.9m

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A biotechnology company the develops tools for detection of microbial contamination

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Relimetrics is a computer vision and machine learning software provider offering inspection and diagnostic tools.

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$102.4m

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Dance is an e-bike subscription service.

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$3.7m

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CollectiveCrunch uses artificial intelligence in the forest industry that collects data for precise models.

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$12.3m

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Developer of robotic kitchen system created to individually prepare fresh and ready-to-serve food

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$47.4m

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inne is a biotechnology startup company developing a hormone-based mini lab for women.

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$117.4m

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NexWafe GmbH is a wafer company.

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$42.8m

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Arculus is a company headquartered in Ingolstadt, Germany.

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$65.7m

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Formo is a manufacturer of animal-free cheese alternative products founded in 2019 by Raffael Wohlgensinger.

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$6.7m

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Ecog is an other organization in philadelphia, united states founded in 2017 by Manuel Heckmann, Johannes Hund and Joerg Heuer.

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$26.9m

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Silicon Line GmbH is a Munich-based manufacturing company founded by Holger Hoeltke, and Martin Groepl in 2005.

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$22.0m

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Marketplace for metals and ferroalloys promoting efficient and liquid physical trading.

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10

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$269.6m

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Wandelbots is a revolutionary tools for training robots founded in 2017.

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$49.9m

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Magazino is a company in Munich, Germany.

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$30.0m

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Rokit Healthcare Inc. is a 4D Bioprinting and Biotechnology company.

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$36.1m

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Micropsi Industries is an artificial Neural Networks company founded in 2014 by Ulrik Deichsel, Ronnie Vuine, Dominik Welland, Priska Herger and Joscha Bach.

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$25.6m

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BigRep is a company that is revolutionalizing the 3D printing and manufacturing business.

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$38.0m

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We help organizations process any type of document faster than ever with the most complete intelligent document processing platform.

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$28.0m

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Airspace Technologies is a technology-enabled provider of time critical logistics.

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$1.9b

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1KOMMA5° is a provider of solar installation and services founded in 2021.

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$17.1m

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Charging infrastructure solutions and products for electric vehicles.

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$5.0m

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HeyCharge is a Munich, Germany-based electric vehicle company developing charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.

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$40.1m

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FORMEL Skin is a healthtech start-up with the goal of providing personalised, high-quality medical treatments through the internet.

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$12.8m

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KEWAZO is digitizing construction with robotics and data analytics

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$26.7m

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Innolume is a technology company that develops microchips.

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$17.5m

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Automation software to manage additive manufacturing part selection, ordering and production workflows for Industry 4.0.

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$282.8m

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Enpal is a solar power systems for homeowners founded in 2017.

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$30.0m

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Morpheus Space is a space technology company developing next-generation spacecraft propulsion founded in 2018.

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$17.3m

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Electrochaea has developed a commercially viable solution for utility-scale energy storage grid balancing and carbon reuse. Their proprietary process converts low-cost and stranded electricity and carbon dioxide into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid a conversion process known as "power-to-gas".

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$12.7m

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Fos4x is a manufacturing industry founded by Lars Hoffman and Rolf Wojtech in 2010.

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$47.8m

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ArangoDB is a nosql database founded in 2015 by Claudius Weinberger.

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$12.0m

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Unu offers a battery-powered, smart electric scooter that enables individuals to commute through an urban environment.

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$20.5m

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Platform improving motion control using advanced digital technology.

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$855.0m

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IONITY, a Munich-based company, is a electric vehicle manufacturing company.

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$52.4m

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Engineering platform to automate the development of electronics

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$66.0m

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Evum Motors is a manufacturer of electric utility vehicles founded in 2017 by Martin Šoltés.

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$3.0m

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We empower line-of-business teams to automate backoffice workflows without the help of a developer.

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$122.6m

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KoRo is a manufacturer of high-quality natural food products founded in 2014 by Constantinos Calios.

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$70.5m

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Reverion is a carbon-negative biogas power plant builder founded in 2022 by Jeremias Weinrich, Stephan Herrmann, Maximilian Hauck, Luis Poblotzki and Felix Fischer.

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Multiphoton Optics GmbH is a company founded by Markus Riester.

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$7.0m

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Proptech company that digitizes complex buildings and physical processes within offices, coworking spaces, and hotels.

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$374.7m

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The Exploration Company is a reusable and in-orbit refillable space capsule manufacturer founded in 2021 by Hélène Huby .

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Industrial procurement platform for custom made metal parts

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$1.5m

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Additive | Drives GmbH is a company that is using 3D printing of electric motor components.

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