Funded Startups in Cologne
Cologne’s most recent disclosed round is a clear outlier: Empact raised $116M on 2025-11-02, far above the next-largest disclosed amounts in this slice (be…
Cologne’s most recent disclosed round is a clear outlier: Empact raised $116M on 2025-11-02, far above the next-largest disclosed amounts in this slice (bezahI.de at $26M on 2025-05-21; buynomics at $30M on 2025-03-20; and a $17M Series A for The Icon League on 2025-11-06). Most disclosed rounds here sit well below that peak, with several in the $10M–$20M band (e.g., Jupus $15M on 2026-06-23; aedifion $20M on 2025-06-23; Sunhat $11M on 2025-09-26).
Timing also clusters tightly near the top of the list: multiple rounds fall in late 2025, including five disclosed financings in November 2025 between 2025-11-02 (Empact $116M) and 2025-11-09 (maesn $3M). Sector-wise, AI appears repeatedly across the 45 rows (Jupus 2026-06-23; eternal.ag 2026-03-19; specter automation 2025-03-26; buynomics 2025-03-20; DeepL 2023-01-11; Operaize 2021-11-18; ONIQ 2022-07-20), while “undisclosed” amounts recur (at least 7 rows) and “Series Unknown” is also frequent (at least 5 rows). Disclosed amounts span from a low of $20K (PyroCCS on 2024-07-23) up through the Empact outlier, across a window from 2026-06-23 (most recent) back to 2021-03-01 (nextmarkets).
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Frequently asked
Which disclosed round is the standout outlier in this Cologne slice, and what does it imply about the rest of the financings?
Empact’s $116M on 2025-11-02 is dramatically above the other disclosed rounds shown; the next-largest disclosed amounts include buynomics at $30M (2025-03-20) and bezahl.de at $26M (2025-05-21), with many other disclosed entries clustered far below that level.
Does the funding activity cluster into a narrow recent window (late 2025), or is it spread evenly across the date range?
The list concentrates around late 2025, with multiple dated rounds in November 2025 (e.g., Empact $116M on 2025-11-02, The Icon League $17M on 2025-11-06, and maesn $3M on 2025-11-09). Earlier years include fewer dated entries at the top of the stack, such as DeepL’s $100M on 2023-01-11 and nextmarkets’ $30M on 2021-03-01.
Are there repeat sectors (AI, for example) that are over-represented relative to singletons?
AI recurs across the 45 rows: Jupus ($15M, 2026-06-23), eternal.ag ($9M, 2026-03-19), specter automation ($5M, 2025-03-26), buynomics ($30M, 2025-03-20), DeepL ($100M, 2023-01-11), ONIQ ($4M, 2022-07-20), and Operaize ($2M, 2021-11-18). This is more frequent than sectors that appear only once or twice in the visible set (e.g., Law Practice at RAKETENSTART 2023-03-23).
How often are amounts or stages not disclosed, and does that affect the ability to compare rounds?
“Undisclosed” appears at least 7 times (e.g., Averia on 2026-05-18; Sacred Valley Tech on 2025-11-10; socialbnb on 2024-10-18), and “Series Unknown” appears at least 5 times (e.g., Empact on 2025-11-02 and Studitemps on 2021-04-14). Those rows limit apples-to-apples comparisons versus disclosed rounds like Empact $116M (2025-11-02) or DeepL $100M (2023-01-11).
Which disclosed rounds sit at the extremes (smallest vs. largest), and are they concentrated in a particular sector?
At the low end, the smallest disclosed amount is PyroCCS at $20K on 2024-07-23 (Information Technology). At the high end, Empact at $116M (Energy, 2025-11-02) is the top disclosed outlier; the next-largest disclosed amounts shown ($30M by buynomics in AI on 2025-03-20; $26M by bezahl.de in Financial Services on 2025-05-21) indicate that top-end rounds span multiple sectors rather than a single niche.
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