About Creathor Venture
Creathor Venture is a venture capital firm founded in 2003. It is primarily based out of Bad Homburg, Germany. As of Apr 2026, Creathor Venture has invested in 97 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 Life Sciences and High Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Tacalyx Overall, Creathor Venture portfolio has seen 5 IPOs and 36 acquisitions including key companies like InfoVista, Native Instruments and Klara. A lot of funds co-invest with Creathor Venture, with names like HTGF sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Creathor Venture has team of 3 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 3 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Creathor Venture's List of Top Investments
Creathor Venture has a portfolio of 97 companies. Their most notable investments are in PlanetHome Investment and Memorado.Their portfolio spans across Germany, Switzerland, France and 8 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences, High Tech and 26 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 3 more. Here is the list of top investments by Creathor Venture:1. Ledgy
Equity management software for startups and businesses. It features solutions for cap table management, employee participation plan, round and exit modeling, collaboration and due diligence, and investors relation and portfolio management.
Key facts about Ledgy
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Zurich (Switzerland)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $33.5M
- Employee Count: 78 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: b2venture, Crew Capital and 19 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Sep 21, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. InfoVista
Cloud based platform offering network management solutions. It enables fixed, mobile, and broadband communications service providers and IT intensive enterprises for the performance of the infrastructure by optimizing network performance configurations. It provides real time network and customer intelligence that help in managing network performance, optimizing network configurations, and planning technology upgrades.
Key facts about InfoVista
- Founded Year: 1996
- Location: Massy (France)
- Annual Revenue: £1M - £10M as on Jun 30, 2023
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $10.1M
- Employee Count: 833 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Artiman, Innovacom and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Conventional Debt, Jul 31, 2014, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Developer of catheter technology for interventional cardiology to treat heart attacks. The company focuses on creating a device for use by interventional cardiologists. This technology aims to treat areas of coronary arteries that are prone to causing heart attacks. The goal is to promote arterial repair without the need for a stent.
Key facts about CryoTherapeutics
Native Instruments is a manufacturer of software and hardware for computer-based audio production and DJing. It offers products for musicians, producers, and DJs. The products offered by the company are KOMPLETE 12, TRAKTOR KONTROL S4, which is 4-Channel DJ controller with motorized Haptic Drive, and KOMPLETE KONTROL M32, which is micro-sized keyboard controller with synth-action key, smart play feature, NKS integration, OLED display, and touch strips. Also provides DJ software for clubs and DJ apps for iPad and desktop.
Key facts about Native Instruments
- Founded Year: 1996
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Annual Revenue: €50M - €100M as on Dec 31, 2021
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $58.9M
- Employee Count: 553 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Bryant Stibel, BayernLB and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: PE, Oct 19, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
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5. Tacalyx
Tacalyx is developing therapeutic agents for cancer treatment. The lead products are developed to target cancer-specific carbohydrate antigens that are located on the surface of metastatic malignant tumors (TACAs and other related cell surface glycans).
Key facts about Tacalyx
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $35.6M
- Employee Count: 16 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: HTGF, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Apr 29, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Creathor Venture's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Creathor Venture has invested in 97 companies over the last 20 years, with an average of 2 new investments annually in the last 10 years. As of Apr 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Tacalyx and most recent follow-on round was in Tacalyx.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
2023 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 5 | 3 | 8 |
2018 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2017 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Creathor Venture's Investments by Stage
Creathor Venture has made 21 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $4.48M, 19 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.48M, 9 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $9.7M, 1 investment in Series C stage and 1 investment in Series G stage with an average round size of $10.7M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 21 |
Seed | 19 |
Series B | 9 |
Series C | 1 |
Series G | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Creathor Venture's Investments by Sector
Creathor Venture has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences, Consumer, High Tech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 77 Tech companies, 69 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 39 Software companies and at least 23 companies focusing on Consumer (B2C).Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 24 |
Life Sciences | 13 |
Consumer | 9 |
High Tech | 9 |
Vertical SaaS | 7 |
Others | 42 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Creathor Venture's Investments by Geography
Creathor Venture has made most investments in Germany (34), followed by Switzerland where it has made 4 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Germany | 34 |
Switzerland | 4 |
Finland | 3 |
France | 3 |
Austria | 2 |
Others | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Creathor Venture's recent investments
Creathor Venture has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Tacalyx.Here are the most recent investments by Creathor Venture:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Apr 29, 2026 | Germany | Seed | 8935 | ||
Jun 11, 2024 | Germany | Seed | 6384 | [+6] | |
Mar 24, 2022 | Germany | Series B | 9193 | [+3] | |
Feb 17, 2022 | Belgium | Series B | 5656 | ||
Sep 07, 2021 | Switzerland | Series A | 4226 | [+9] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Creathor Venture's Portfolio
5 of Creathor Venture's portfolio companies have become public. Paion got listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FRA), in Feb 2005 at marketcap of $153M and Epigenomics got listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FRA) at marketcap of $179M.Here are Creathor Venture's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 11, 2005 | - | - | 6929 | |
Jul 19, 2004 | - | - | 4667 | |
- | Oct 02, 2008 | Series B | 1908 | |
- | - | - | 7052 | |
- | - | - | 1014 |
Acquired companies in Creathor Venture's Portfolio
36 companies from Creathor Venture's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Native Instruments in May 2026 by inMusic Brands for $*****.Here are Creathor Venture's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 08, 2026 | - | - | 4967 | |
Mar 20, 2025 | Jan 2010 | Seed | 9602 | |
Mar 04, 2025 | Nov 30, 2006 | Series A | 6828 | |
Jun 13, 2023 | Oct 06, 2016 | Series A | 2115 | |
Oct 06, 2022 | Nov 03, 2009 | Series B | 1787 |
Team profile of Creathor Venture
Creathor Venture has a team of 3 members including 2 Partners and 1 Principal located in Germany and Switzerland. Creathor Venture's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in Creathor Venture:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Zurich | - | - | |
Partner | Germany | - | - | |
Principal | Frankfurt | - | - |
Co-investors of Creathor Venture
Over the past 20 years, 203 investors have co-invested in Creathor Venture's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Creathor Venture: Kfw, NRW.Bank and 51 others have invested in rounds before Creathor Venture. There are 4 companies where Kfw has invested before Creathor Venture and 2 companies where NRW.Bank has invested before Creathor Venture.
- Top Co-investors of Creathor Venture: 68 investors entered a company along with Creathor Venture. These include investors like HTGF (4 companies).
- Invested after Creathor Venture: A total of 82 investors have invested in Creathor Venture's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Europa (3 companies), Peppermint VenturePartners (2 companies) and Sequoia Capital (1 company).
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