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Merantix Capital AI Fund

Germany
Pre-Seed
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About Merantix Capital AI Fund

Merantix Capital AI Fund is a €103M vehicle from Berlin's Merantix AI group — roughly 3x its first fund. Uniquely structured with half the capital funding pre-idea company-building inside the Merantix AI Campus and half going into direct pre-seed and seed deals, targeting ~40 AI-native companies. Led by co-founders Rasmus Rothe (PhD ETH Zurich, chairs German AI Association) and Adrian Locher (exited DeinDeal). Key LPs include Union Investment, Jungheinrich, KPMG Germany, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionGermany
Funding StagePre-Seed
Industry Focus
AI/ML
Digital Health
Energy Tech
Enterprise Software
Manufacturing
Robotics & Automation
Supply Chain

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

AI/robotics founders in European industrial & scientific verticals pre-seed→seed

industrial AI
venture studio
physical robotics
European AI sovereignty
materials-science data infrastructure
scientific AI systems
lab automation & readiness

Bullish Signals

€103M — 3x first fund in tough European fundraisingblog
50/50 studio + direct investing structural advantageblog
80+ resident companies in Merantix AI Campus Berlinblog
Strategic LPs: Jungheinrich, KPMG, Union Investment alignedblog
Early bets: Droidrun, Arqh, Outpost Bio momentumblog
Whistle Robotics backing signals robotics vertical prioritysocial
DevDay Sept 10: scientific AI data infrastructure centerpiecesocial
Materials science data readiness emerging portfolio themesocial
CuspAI speaking on lab AI-readiness & data systemssocial

Contrarian Signals

Venture studio operationally heavy and inconsistent historicallyblog
50/50 split requires excelling at two disciplinesblog
Studio-origin companies carry perception discount laterblog

Founder Do's

Engage at pre-idea stage — studio builds from conception
Pitch AI/robotics for manufacturing, logistics, energy, healthcare
Leverage Jungheinrich, KPMG, Union Investment network
Technical founders without co-founder or GTM — studio scaffolds team
Repeat founders with deep industry ops experience welcome
Data infrastructure for science labs—**emerging priority** (Sept DevDay focus)

Founder Don'ts

Not for consumer AI or horizontal software
Avoid if you want passive capital only
Weak fit without willingness to co-build in Berlin

Key GPs & Partners

RR
Rasmus Rothe
Co-founder
deep-techacademiccommunity-builder
AL
Adrian Locher
Co-founder
ex-founderserial-entrepreneur
NB
Nicole Büttner
Founding Partner
applied-AIoperatorstudio-builder
TW
Thomas Wollmann
Advisor/Thought Leader
AI-infrastructurematerials-sciencesystems-thinking

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€103M
Saves0
Website
LinkedIn

Key People

Rasmus Rothe, Adrian Locher

Rasmus RotheCo-founder
Adrian LocherCo-founder
Nicole BüttnerFounding Partner
Thomas WollmannAdvisor/Thought Leader

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