About Montan-Ventures-Saar
Montan-Ventures-Saar is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Volklingen, Germany. As of Oct 2021, Montan-Ventures-Saar has invested in 12 companies. It primarily invests in Seed 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 emlen Overall, Montan-Ventures-Saar portfolio has seen 3 acquisitions, namely Rhebo and Increase Your Skills. A lot of funds co-invest with Montan-Ventures-Saar, with names like Coparion sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Montan-Ventures-Saar has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Montan-Ventures-Saar's List of Top Investments
Montan-Ventures-Saar has a portfolio of 12 companies. Their most notable investmentis in emlenTheir portfolio spans across Germany, Belgium, Sweden and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Consumer and 9 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by Montan-Ventures-Saar:
1. Lattice Flow
Provider of an AI-based platform for building and deploying machine learning models. It enables ML teams to deliver robust and performant AI models by auto-diagnosing and improving data and models.
Key facts about Lattice Flow
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Switzerland
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $14.8M
- Employee Count: 43 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: b2venture, Zalando and 7 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Oct 24, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Crosser
Crosser provides edge computing software for industrial and enterprise IoT applications. The platform acts as an on-site middle-layer between sensors and cloud services, analyzing the streaming data in real-time and enabling cost savings and real-time local actions for time-sensitive applications. It collects data from sensors in real-time, analyzes it, aggregates, filters, and takes actions on the same in a distributed way. It includes a cloud-based management platform with a drag -n-drop feature and features over-the-air configuration and software updates. Additionally, features a library of pre-built adapters and connectors for sensor data, industrial protocols, enterprise data sources and applications, cloud apps, and cloud services. One of the clients of the company is SCA Forest.
Key facts about Crosser
- Founded Year: 2016
- Location: Stockholm (Sweden)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $8.71M
- Employee Count: 14 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Industrifonden, 42 Capital and 6 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Mar 09, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Sensolus
Developer of a cloud-based cargo and asset tracking solution. Its product facilitates the automation of inventory management, finding the asset's location, detecting anomalies, and improving asset utilization in the supply chain. Its use cases are in the manufacturing, waste management, transport, and logistics industries.
Key facts about Sensolus
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Ghent (Belgium)
- Annual Revenue: €0 - €1M as on Mar 31, 2021
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $7.37M
- Employee Count: 55 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: b2venture, Matterwave Ventures and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jan 25, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Rhebo
Rhebo detects industrial automation processes and critical infrastructure from external threats and internal malfunctions in interconnected devices and networks. Product Industrial Protector is an appliance which monitors and analyzes the data traffic in industrial control networks using advanced Deep Packet Inspection technology. Solution learns these patterns and establishes a baseline for normal communication and reports any deviation from the learned communication patterns in real-time.
Key facts about Rhebo
5. emlen
Provider of digital sales room software for managing buyer interactions. This platform enables the creation of centralized spaces for sharing sales materials, tracking document engagement, and facilitating communication between sellers and buyers. It includes tools for content management, automated responses to inquiries, and analytics to monitor prospect activity throughout the sales cycle. The software integrates with existing business systems to organize documentation and streamline the exchange of information during commercial negotiations.
Key facts about emlen
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $7.53M
- Employee Count: 18 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Coparion, Montan-Ventures-Saar and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Oct 01, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Montan-Ventures-Saar's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Montan-Ventures-Saar has invested in 12 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in emlen.Montan-Ventures-Saar's Investments by Stage
Montan-Ventures-Saar has made 1 investment in Seed stage with an average round size of $4.2M.Montan-Ventures-Saar's Investments by Sector
Montan-Ventures-Saar has a portfolio focused on Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Tech companies, 8 Software companies and at least 4 companies focusing on Saas.Montan-Ventures-Saar's Investments by Geography
Montan-Ventures-Saar has made most investments in Germany (1).Montan-Ventures-Saar's recent investments
Montan-Ventures-Saar has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Montan-Ventures-Saar:
Date | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 01, 2021 | Germany | Seed | 3990 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in Montan-Ventures-Saar's Portfolio
3 companies from Montan-Ventures-Saar's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Rhebo in Apr 2026 by Everfield for $*****.Here are Montan-Ventures-Saar's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 30, 2026 | - | - | 3046 | |
Nov 15, 2023 | - | - | 3524 | |
Feb 08, 2022 | - | - | 7905 |
Team profile of Montan-Ventures-Saar
Montan-Ventures-Saar has a team of 1 member. Montan-Ventures-Saar's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Montan-Ventures-Saar
Over the past 5 years, 2 investors have co-invested in Montan-Ventures-Saar's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of Montan-Ventures-Saar: 2 investors entered a company along with Montan-Ventures-Saar. These include investors like Coparion (1 company).
Recent News related to Montan-Ventures-Saar
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Emlen Raises $4.2M Toward Netflix-Style B2B OperationPYMNTS.com•Oct 04, 2021•emlen, Coparion, Montan-Ventures-Saar, HolzerGruppe and 2 others
