Investor Profile: UVC Partners — Thesis, Cheque Size & How to Apply

Introduction

UVC Partners, formally Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners, is a Munich and Berlin-based early-stage venture capital firm investing in European business-to-business technology startups. Established in 2011, it built its reputation on deep technology, industrial technology and mobility, where technical depth matters as much as commercial speed.

Thesis

The thesis is that Europe's next category leaders will come from business-to-business technology built on real engineering advantage, not consumer growth alone. UVC Partners backs founders who can build a sustainable competitive advantage in deep tech, climate tech, hard and software, mobility and software and artificial intelligence. It aims to stay an active partner through the full life cycle, and to help technical founders become commercial category leaders.

Sectors and stages

UVC Partners invests from pre-seed to Series A as its core, and now also supports growth-stage Series B rounds through its expanded fund. Focus areas are deep tech, climate tech, mobility and software and artificial intelligence, with a strong emphasis on industrial technologies and enterprise software. It looks for European business-to-business startups, including spinouts from leading technical universities.

Fund size and cheque size

UVC Partners manages over €700 million in assets, according to recent coverage of its expanded fund. Its new fund was expanded to €400 million, including €150 million for growth-stage investments. Typical initial investments range from €500,000 to €10 million, with total allocation of up to €30 million per company through follow-on and growth-stage funding. Older firm boilerplate cited about €400 million in assets under management, so founders should use the newer over €700 million figure as the current reported scale.

Notable portfolio

The portfolio includes category leaders across space, energy, mobility and industrial technology. Named investments include Flix, Isar Aerospace, FINN, Aleph Alpha, planqc, Proxima Fusion, Reverion, DeepDrive, Q.ANT, Tacto, Tanso, TWAICE, Vimcar, Blickfeld and KONUX. Isar Aerospace closed a $165 million Series C round in 2023, then extended that round to over €220 million in later coverage, showing the scale of deep tech ambition the firm will support.

Partners and team

UVC Partners was established in 2011 by Ingo Potthof, Helmut Schonenberger and Johannes von Borries. Ingo Potthof serves as managing partner. The team brings extensive investment and exit experience, plus a dedicated value-creation team that supports portfolio companies operationally.

Programs, credits and perks

UVC Partners does not publish a standalone accelerator, credits programme or perks catalogue in the sources reviewed. Its support comes through the value-creation team and the UnternehmerTUM ecosystem: access to corporate customers, industry partners, talent and follow-on financial partners. For deep tech founders, corporate pilot customers and technical talent often matter more than cloud credits, so ask which corporates and hiring channels are relevant to your sector.

How to apply for funding from UVC Partners

UVC Partners does not publish a public application portal in the sources reviewed, so founders should approach via the firm's official site and contact route only, at uvcpartners.com. Lead with the technical advantage, the industrial or enterprise customer problem, and evidence that the product can scale beyond research. State your stage clearly, since initial cheques run from €500,000 to €10 million and the firm now also considers growth-stage Series B rounds.