ZEISS Ventures Overview
ZEISS Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of ZEISS Group, dedicated to enabling and accelerating the development and commercialization of market-shaping innovations that are between, beyond, or disruptive to the current ZEISS Strategic Business Units. They invest in technology-driven startups with interlinked software and hardware systems, targeting scalable business models for global B2B markets.
Is ZEISS Ventures the right investor for your startup? Browse their investment focus, stage preferences, and geographic scope to see how well they align with your fundraising goals. Your full match score with ZEISS Ventures, along with a list of other relevant VCs, is available on Hopohopo.io.
ZEISS Ventures
Investment focus
Customer types
- B2B
Product type
- Software
- Hardware
- Software-enabled hardware
- Drugs / Pharma
Industries / verticals
- BioTech & Life Sciences
- Built Environment (Real Estate, Construction & PropTech)
- Energy
- Engineering / Manufacturing
- Health Data, Healthcare Systems & Infrastructure
- Industrial Automation
- IT Infrastructure & Cloud
- MedTech & Devices
- Travel / Hospitality
Stages
Seed, Series A
First ticket size
€500,000 - €5,000,000
How to approach funds like ZEISS Ventures
When engaging ZEISS Ventures, founders should highlight how their technology can create synergies with ZEISS’s existing ecosystem or open new adjacent markets. Emphasize the scalability of your solution and its potential to disrupt or complement established industrial, medical, or scientific workflows. Demonstrating a clear path to commercialization and a strong fit with global B2B applications will resonate, especially if your innovation bridges hardware and software in a way that leverages ZEISS’s expertise.
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