About Next Commerce Accelerator
Next Commerce Accelerator, an accelerator and incubator program founded in 2017, is based in Hamburg, Germany. With a presence in 7 countries, it has supported around 75 startups in sectors like Enterprise Applications, Retail. As of Oct 2026, Next Commerce Accelerator has witnessed 3 portfolio exits. Most notable companies in
its portfolio include Localyze, heycare and Beam. The program is backed by a team of 10 people who primarily support Seed startups based in Germany. Its latest investment was a $1.7M Seed round in hypt on Sep 10, 2025, which also saw participation from Venpace and Gateway Ventures.
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2017
Location
Hamburg, Germany
Sectors of Investment
Stages of Investment
Seed
Locations of Investment
Next Commerce Accelerator's List of Top Investments
Next Commerce Accelerator has a portfolio of 75 companies. Their most notable investments are in pockid and Forward.Their portfolio spans across Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom and 4 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Retail, Consumer and 19 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Next Commerce Accelerator:
1. Localyze
Cloud-based HRMS platform for employee mobility management. The platform offers answers for immigration, visa changes, temporary mobility, office relocation, and other issues. It has a dashboard for managing case progress, duties, time, and date, as well as the ability to manage numerous offices. The platform may be linked to Google, Okta, BambooHR, Workday, and other services.
Key facts about Localyze
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $47.3M
- Employee Count: 45 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Frontline Ventures, Blossom Capital and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 07, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. heycare
HeyCare offers a mobile app for appointment booking, personal health records and medicine delivery and adherence. Features include appointment booking with certified doctors, diagnostics centre and hospitals, vaccination tracking and reminder, prescription storage and pills reminder. Also offers a hyperlocal marketplace of pharmacies to order medicine and a mobile wallet called Care Wallet. Yet to launch as of March 2016.
Key facts about heycare
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: Hochstadt (Germany)
- Annual Revenue: ₹50 - ₹100 Cr as on Mar 31, 2025
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $6.52M
- Employee Count: 50 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Scalehouse Capital, Next Commerce Accelerator and 16 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Mar 12, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Beam
Autonomous AI agents to automate processes. The platform enables organizations to build and deploy agents. It provides multiple capabilities for AI and ML pipelines, including data processing, model training, and inference. It integrates with orchestration tools to automate and track AI and ML workflows.
Key facts about Beam
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: New York City (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $132K
- Employee Count: 64 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Robin Capital and Next Commerce Accelerator
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, 2023, $*****
4. Vinlivt
Provider of a pension management and investment app. Its offering includes pension consolidation, expenses management, insurance protection, investment opportunities, saving plans, risk management, and professional advisory services. Its features include automated asset accumulation, a digital household book, and a contract optimizer. It caters to brokers, financial advisors and sales departments-
Key facts about Vinlivt
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Munich (Germany)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $6.02M
- Employee Count: 7 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Tenity, Next Commerce Accelerator and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 21, 2025, $*****
5. Quin
AI-based customer analytics solutions for e-commerce businesses. Its features include behaviour prediction, personalisation, conversation, and more.
Key facts about Quin
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $2.15M
- Employee Count: 9 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: SFC Capital, Blackfinch and 3 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Sep 26, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Next Commerce Accelerator's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Next Commerce Accelerator has invested in 75 companies over the last 9 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 3 investments. Its most recent first time investment was in hypt and most recent follow-on round was in TestResults.io.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2024 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
2023 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2022 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
2021 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
2020 | 10 | 1 | 11 |
2019 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
2018 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Next Commerce Accelerator's Investments by Stage
Next Commerce Accelerator has made 73 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $265K.Next Commerce Accelerator's Investments by Sector
Next Commerce Accelerator has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Retail, Vertical SaaS and HealthTech. Notably, it has invested in 68 Tech companies, 47 Software companies, 43 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 32 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 37 |
Consumer | 21 |
Retail | 20 |
Vertical SaaS | 17 |
HealthTech | 6 |
Others | 52 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Next Commerce Accelerator's Investments by Geography
Next Commerce Accelerator has made most investments in Germany (56), followed by Switzerland where it has made 4 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Germany | 56 |
Switzerland | 4 |
United Kingdom | 4 |
United States | 4 |
Portugal | 1 |
Others | 2 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Next Commerce Accelerator's recent investments
Next Commerce Accelerator has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Next Commerce Accelerator:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 10, 2025 | Switzerland | Seed | 2075 | [+4] | |
Sep 08, 2025 | Switzerland | Seed | 2287 | [+4] | |
Feb 13, 2025 | Sweden | Seed | 7264 | [+1] | |
2024 | Germany | Seed | 2646 | - | |
2024 | Switzerland | Seed | 7261 | - |
Acquired companies in Next Commerce Accelerator's Portfolio
3 companies from Next Commerce Accelerator's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Localyze in Oct 2025 by Boundless for $*****.Here are Next Commerce Accelerator's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 01, 2025 | 2018 | Seed | 4537 | |
Jul 05, 2023 | Nov 04, 2019 | Seed | 3369 | |
Jun 01, 2020 | 2020 | Seed | 1986 |
Team profile of Next Commerce Accelerator
Next Commerce Accelerator has a team of 10 members including 3 Partners and 1 Venture Partner located in Germany and India. Next Commerce Accelerator's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Next Commerce Accelerator:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Hamburg | - | - | |
Partner | Hamburg | - | ||
Partner | India | - | - | |
Venture Partner | - | - | - |
Co-investors of Next Commerce Accelerator
Over the past 9 years, 102 investors have co-invested in Next Commerce Accelerator's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Next Commerce Accelerator: Allygatr, Robin Capital and 11 others have invested in rounds before Next Commerce Accelerator. There is 1 company where Allygatr has invested before Next Commerce Accelerator and 1 company where Robin Capital has invested before Next Commerce Accelerator.
- Top Co-investors of Next Commerce Accelerator: 23 investors entered a company along with Next Commerce Accelerator. These include investors like Venpace (2 companies).
- Invested after Next Commerce Accelerator: A total of 66 investors have invested in Next Commerce Accelerator's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include TechFounders (2 companies) and Cavalry Ventures (2 companies).
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