Blum Ventures

About Blum Ventures

Smart living, green building, industrial & motion tech, mobility, hardware, B2B SaaS. Global, DACH & Europe focus. Seed, Series A; venture capital plus venture building (tickets €500k–€3M). Fund size undisclosed.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionAustria

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Built Environment

Iot

Manufacturing

Mobility Transport

Robotics Automation

Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Deep-tech hardware/software founder, DACH/UK, early-stage B2B

smart living

industrial tech

green building

autonomous & motion

hardware + software

Bullish Signals

Backed by Blum Group, €2.4bn revenueexternal

120+ markets distribution access for portfolioexternal

Up to €10m follow-on per startupexternal

Recent investment: Optimuse AI building platformexternal

70+ years engineering know-how availableexternal

Blum acts as early adopter reference customerexternal

2,100+ patents — deep IP network accessexternal

Kinematics, damping, mechatronics expertise on tapexternal

Pitch deck upload — low-friction inbound processexternal

Corporate + investor + public institution networkexternal

Contrarian Signals

CVC — strategic fit may limit deal freedomexternal

Narrow thesis: furniture/building adjacent focusexternal

Small tickets: max €3m initial checkexternal

Website bios placeholder text — low transparencyexternal

Founder Do's

Have hardware at TRL 6+

Show proven software customer traction

Pitch B2B or B2B2C model

Target DACH, UK, or Nordics

Bring experienced founding team

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch pure consumer with no B2B angle

Don't come pre-product / pre-traction

Don't ignore industrial scalability

Key GPs & Partners

André Hammerer

Managing Director

corporate VCinnovation-focusedventure builder

Philipp Roth

Lead VC Activities

deal leadearly-stageB2B tech

Georg Terlecki-Zaniewicz

Venture Manager

venture opsstartup support

Carolin Kunert

Venture Architect

venture buildinginnovation design

Wen-Long Cheok

Investment Analyst

deal sourcinganalyst

Markus Engel

Venture Architect

venture buildingproduct development

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Fund Overview

Fund SizeEUR

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Key People

André Hammerer, Philipp Roth

André HammererManaging Director

Philipp RothLead VC Activities

Georg Terlecki-ZaniewiczVenture Manager

Carolin KunertVenture Architect

Wen-Long CheokInvestment Analyst

Markus EngelVenture Architect