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Extantia Capital

Geography
Germany
Stage
Seed
Fund size
€204M
Focus
AI/ML and Climate & Sustainability
Signals
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N°01 / About

About Extantia Capital

Extantia Capital is a venture capital firm based in Germany, focusing on Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Climate & Sustainability, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionGermany
Funding StageSeed
Industry Focus
AI/ML
Climate & Sustainability

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Inception-to-pre-PMF physical AI founders, EU-based, autonomous systems focus

European resilience
cross-border teams
physical AI
autonomous systems
embodied AI
robotics
industrial deployment
EU re-industrialization
sensors & actuators
compute infrastructure
world models
robotics deployment

Bullish Signals

Pluto House bootcamp: 20 founders, €20k+ creditslinkedin
Late-stage founders, industrial customer access onsitelinkedin
Physical AI stack thesis: embodied AI→robotics deploymentlinkedin
Hardware-ready infrastructure: robots, 3D printers, toolslinkedin
Partnered with microagi, Loki, Mosaico, daphni, Transitionlinkedin
Re-industrializing Europe focus, autonomous systems prioritylinkedin
21,632 followers, high-velocity content activitylinkedin
No equity, no cost bootcamp: founder-first mindsetlinkedin
Spanning frontier embodied AI, sensors, actuators, computelinkedin
Switzerland Innovation Park Zurich partnership expansionlinkedin
Fundraising masterclasses + VC access integratedlinkedin
MVP→first client, pre-seed ready, explicit focuslinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Heavy EU-focus, limited US exposureexternal
Thesis depends on EU cross-border execution speedlinkedin

Founder Do's

Apply for Pluto House bootcamp: €20k credits + mentorship
Land first industrial contract before seed
Build embodied AI + physical stack (sensors, actuators, compute)
Show MVP→first client progression
Work cross-border EU, not single-country
Demo real hardware + execution track record

Founder Don'ts

Single-country market approach
PowerPoint vision without real execution
Bootstrapping without industrial customer traction

32 signals on Extantia Capital

12 bullish · 2 contrarian · 6 pitch do's · 3 don'ts · 9 GP profiles, each with its source. From €9/month, cancel anytime.

Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€204M
Saves0
People

Key People

Sebastian Heitmann, Joern Carlos Kuntze, Yair Reem

Fran Infante AguirrePartner
Tom HubregtsenPartner
Dominik FaißtPartner
Andreas KlingerPartner
Jacob von ManteuffelPartner
Carlota Ochoa Neven Du MontPartner
Nina Litman-RoventaPrincipal
Jaisal S. S.Fund Operations Associate
Melina Sánchez MontañésVenture Advisor
Backers

Known LPs

KfW CapitalPublic / State institution
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