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UVC Partners
UVC Partners is a Munich/Berlin-based deep-tech and B2B enterprise VC, founded 2011 with origins at UnternehmerTUM (TU München). Fund IV €250M (2024 vintage), total AUM >€600M across four funds.
Investment thesis
UVC Partners is a Munich/Berlin-based deep-tech and B2B enterprise VC, founded 2011 with origins at UnternehmerTUM (TU München). Fund IV €250M (2024 vintage), total AUM >€600M across four funds. Invests pre-seed to Series B across industrial tech, enterprise software, mobility, and deep tech. Cheques €500k-€10M, lead or co-lead.
Quantum bets are concentrated on Bavaria's emerging hardware cluster: lead investor in planqc (neutral-atom quantum computers, Max Planck spin-out, Munich, Series A 2024 at €50M co-led with DTCF) and early backer of HQS Quantum Simulations (quantum chemistry, Karlsruhe). Both companies sit at the intersection of TUM research networks and the Munich deep-tech corridor.
Value-add via tight UnternehmerTUM integration: portfolio access to TU München research labs, the Max Planck / IBM Quantum Munich testbed, and the broader Bavarian industrial network (BMW, Siemens, MAN, Airbus corporate programs).
Differentiated as the anchor venture investor of the Munich quantum cluster, uniquely positioned for TU München and Max Planck spin-outs.
Anti-thesis
The patterns that trigger a fast no with this fund.
- B2B-only mandate: enterprise software, mobility, industrial tech, deep tech, climate, pure B2C quantum or consumer-flavoured plays are out
- Stage-capped: first cheques 500k to 10M EUR through Series A, late-growth quantum hardware mega-rounds (post-Series B) are off-mandate
- Strong TUM / UnternehmerTUM gravitational pull: non-German, non-TUM-network quantum founders without a Munich industrial-customer angle face a steeper bar
- Industrial-application bias (mobility, manufacturing, enterprise SaaS): quantum science without a near-term industrial B2B customer story is a structural pass
Notable quantum portfolio
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