About Abacus Alpha
Abacus Alpha is a venture capital firm founded in 2006. It is primarily based out of Frankenthal, Germany. As of Mar 2025, Abacus Alpha has invested in 20 companies. It primarily invests in Series A round in Germany based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Karriere-Mts-Knobloch Overall, Abacus Alpha portfolio has seen 2 acquisitions, namely AddVolt and Applied Nano Surfaces. A lot of funds co-invest with Abacus Alpha, with names like Portugal Ventures sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Abacus Alpha has team of 6 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
Rounds of Entry
Series A & Seed
Portfolio Acquisitions
Abacus Alpha's List of Top Investments
Abacus Alpha has a portfolio of 20 companies. Their most notable investments are in AddVolt and JobTender24.Their portfolio spans across Germany, Italy, Portugal and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by Abacus Alpha:1. AddVolt
AddVolt provides a non-invasive plug-in electrical system that enables refrigerated trucks/reefers to run cold-chain/refrigeration operations on electrical power instead of diesel/fuel. This enables truck operators to reduce their carbon footprint & noise levels. The solution is compatible with standard/traditional vehicles as well with hybrid, LNG, and fully electric vehicles. Offers multiple variants depending on the refrigeration needs along with a remote control system in the driver's cabin and an online platform to manage/track energy savings & carbon footprint. Claims to be compliant with CE and ECE R10 standards.
Key facts about AddVolt
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Porto (Portugal)
- Stage: Acquired
- Employee Count: 57 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: EIC Fund, Portugal Ventures and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Feb 28, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Applied Nano Surfaces provides nanomaterial-based surface coatings for reducing friction and wear & tear of metal and non-metal products. Their main methods of coating include ANS Triboconditioning, low friction and smooth finish coating procedure which is their patented technology which is licensed to manufacturers. ANS Tricolit is a patented coating technology for reducing friction as well as wear and tear.
Key facts about Applied Nano Surfaces
- Founded Year: 2007
- Location: Uppsala (Sweden)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $1.75M
- Employee Count: 8 as on Mar 31, 2026
- Investors: BASF, Fouriertransform and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Mar 18, 2019, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
ASB GlassFloor provides modern flooring solutions. Provides glass, marble, cement flooring solutions to sports facilities such as squash courts, tennis courts etc, outdoor facilities among others.
Key facts about ASB GlassFloor
- Founded Year: 1965
- Location: Traunreut (Germany)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 47 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Abacus Alpha
Online job board platform for blue-collar jobs. The platform allows users to find matching jobs based on their skills, career, job category, location, experience, etc. The platform also allows employers to manage applications and advertise jobs. It also allows employers to communicate with applicants.
Key facts about mobilejob.com
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Stage: Seed
- Employee Count: 12 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: HTGF, Ananda Impact Ventures and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 21, 2015, $*****
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5. Fireboard
Fireboard is an operational management and documentation software for public safety organizations. It provides a Fireboard Suite with the add-ons including operation control, situation map, state-of-emergency, SCBA monitoring, and patient management. The app is available on Google Play Store and Apple App Store. County Lichtenfels, City Klotze, and Meinrad Lebold Country Fire Authority are part of its clientele.
Key facts about Fireboard
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: Rodgau (Germany)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 13 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Abacus Alpha
Abacus Alpha's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Abacus Alpha has invested in 21 companies over the last 11 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 1 investment. Its most recent first time investment was in Karriere-Mts-Knobloch.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2024 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2021 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2018 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Abacus Alpha's Investments by Stage
Abacus Alpha has made 4 investments in Series A stage and 1 investment in Seed stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 4 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Abacus Alpha's Investments by Sector
Abacus Alpha has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Industrial Goods and Manufacturing, Auto Tech and Chemicals and Materials Tech. Notably, it has invested in 12 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 7 Tech companies, 6 Software companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
High Tech | 2 |
Industrial Goods and Manufacturing | 2 |
Auto Tech | 1 |
Chemicals and Materials Tech | 1 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Abacus Alpha's Investments by Geography
Abacus Alpha has made most investments in Germany (2), followed by Portugal where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Germany | 2 |
Portugal | 1 |
Sweden | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Abacus Alpha's recent investments
Abacus Alpha has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Abacus Alpha:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Mar 26, 2025 | - | Seed | 9620 | - | |
Mar 18, 2019 | Sweden | Series A | 3230 | [+1] | |
Mar 21, 2017 | Portugal | Series A | 2849 | [+1] | |
Feb 01, 2017 | Germany | Series A | 8666 | ||
Mar 20, 2015 | Germany | Series A | 2980 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in Abacus Alpha's Portfolio
2 companies from Abacus Alpha's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was AddVolt in May 2025 by Carrier for $*****.Here are Abacus Alpha's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 02, 2025 | Mar 21, 2017 | Series A | 2581 | |
May 13, 2022 | Mar 18, 2019 | Series A | 8191 |
Team profile of Abacus Alpha
Abacus Alpha has a team of 6 members located in Germany. Abacus Alpha's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Abacus Alpha
Over the past 11 years, 14 investors have co-invested in Abacus Alpha's portfolio companies. This includes only funds.
- Invested before Abacus Alpha: 2bpartner, Innovationsbron and 5 others have invested in rounds before Abacus Alpha. There is 1 company where 2bpartner has invested before Abacus Alpha and 1 company where Innovationsbron has invested before Abacus Alpha.
- Top Co-investors of Abacus Alpha: 5 investors entered a company along with Abacus Alpha. These include investors like Portugal Ventures (1 company).
- Invested after Abacus Alpha: Europa (1 company) and EIC Fund (1 company) are the investors which have invested in Abacus Alpha's portfolio after their investments.
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