Fund profile / Germany

UVC Partners Growth Fund

Geography: Germany
Stage: Growth
Fund size: USD
Focus
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About UVC Partners Growth Fund

UVC Partners has closed a €77M first close on a dedicated €150M Growth Fund to provide large follow-on checks to European deeptech companies in space, fusion energy, robotics, and dual-use — addressing a structural gap in homegrown European growth capital.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionGermany

Funding StageGrowth

Industry Focus

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Scientist-founder, deep tech, DACH, early-stage

deep tech

climate & energy

AI/ML

European sovereignty

hard science spinouts

Bullish Signals

Aleph Alpha Series B sovereign AI winexternal

Proxima Fusion first Max Planck spinoutexternal

Isar Aerospace scaling European launch accessexternal

Flix scaled to global mobility leaderexternal

PlanQC neutral atom quantum computing progressportfolio

Q.ANT photonic computing near deploymentportfolio

Scenarium AI automating construction CAD designportfolio

Cyclize defossilizing chemicals via plasma wasteportfolio

Contrarian Signals

Heavy Germany concentration, limited global reachexternal

Many early-stage hardware bets; long exit horizonexternal

Founder Do's

Come from top research institutions (TUM, Max Planck, MIT)

Building in deep tech: quantum, fusion, photonics, energy

Show radical ambition + scientific credibility

Germany/DACH HQ preferred

Have domain obsession + builder background

Founder Don'ts

Pure consumer / no hard tech angle

No IP or defensible science moat

Avoid if no European market fit

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund SizeUSD

Saves0

Website

People

Key People

Johannes von Borries, Benjamin Erhart

Benjamin ErhartPartner

Andreas UnseldPartner

Ingo PotthofPartner

Prof. Dr. Helmut SchönenbergerPartner

Johannes von BorriesPartner

Alexander KiltzPrincipal

Dr. Oliver SchoppePrincipal

Amanda BirkenholzPrincipal

Backers

Known LPs

KfW CapitalPublic / State institution

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