Fund profile / Germany

Senovo Fund IV

Geography: Germany
Stage: Seed
Fund size: $100M+
Focus: AI/ML, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Software and IoT
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Senovo Fund IV

Munich- and Berlin-based Senovo closed its fourth fund above $100M. Across 12 years and four funds the firm has made 40+ initial investments, produced 13 exits, and counts three unicorns. Fund IV continues its specialist B2B software thesis: high-conviction Seed and Series A checks (€1-5M) into European teams building category-defining enterprise software, with a growing tilt toward AI-native, cybersecurity, and industrial tech.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionGermany

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Cybersecurity

Enterprise Software

IoT

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

European B2B SaaS founder post-PMF targeting enterprise at Seed/A

B2B SaaS

AI-first

cybersecurity & infra

European seed/Series A

category redefiners

industrial tech

open source

deep tech

enterprise digitalization

Bullish Signals

Parloa hit $3B valuation (unicorn)external

3 unicorns, 13 exits in portfolioexternal

IBM acquired portfolio co Mantaexternal

40+ investments since 2013external

Active new deals: Synthavo, Mondaexternal

Recent exit: shyftplan acquisitiontwitter

€1-5m ticket size, >2000 jobs createdwebsite

Parloa Series C + $3B valuation 7mo latertwitter

Portfolio includes Dive, IamIP, Quantilope, Anyline, Riskmethodswebsite

B2B SaaS Financial Model v4.0 actively maintainedtwitter

Deep operational playbooks published for founderswebsite

Focus on scalable sales model + HR + expansionwebsite

Category redefiners thesis, high-conviction modelwebsite

Operational support: GTM, US expansion, budgetswebsite

Contrarian Signals

Very few deals per yearexternal

Europe-first bias; US secondaryexternal

Strict post-PMF entry onlyexternal

High conviction, handful of commitments annuallywebsite

Founder Do's

Show early revenue + first customers

Target mid/large enterprise digitalization

Build AI-first or deep tech B2B product

Plan for US expansion early

Come with scalable GTM thinking

Have bottom-up financial planning ready

Pitch trust, innovation, boundary-pushing vision

Founder Don'ts

No pre-revenue / pre-PMF

No B2C or consumer plays

No top-down-only financial planning

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$100M+

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Lucas (last name unknown)Partner

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