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    ZEISS Ventures

    Oberkochen, GermanyFounded 1846
    www.zeiss.com/corporate/en/about-zeiss/future/new-business-at-zeiss/zeiss-ventures.htmlLinkedIn
    Hardware & SemiconductorsHealthcareBiotech & Life SciencesManufacturingRobotics & Automation

    ZEISS Ventures is the strategic corporate venture capital arm of the ZEISS Group, a global leader in optics and optoelectronics founded in 1846 and headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany. As a deep-tech investor, it identifies and invests in external innovations and new business models for ZEISS, focusing on Industrial Tech, MedTech, and Life Sciences with interlinked software and hardware systems for global B2B markets.

    47% of their portfolio is in Healthcare. Their most common stage is series-a (53% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $11.6M (across 6 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    12

    Fund Size

    $150M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    AA

    Asad Azhar

    Venture Manager

    JH

    Johannes Hofmann

    Investment Manager

    JS

    Julian Schroth

    Investment Team

    BK

    Benedikt Kläs

    Deep Tech VC

    BH

    Boris Hofmann

    Head of ZEISS Ventures

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    17 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Lidrotec logoLidrotecUnknown$13.5MJan 2025
    Surgify Medical Oy logoSurgify Medical OySeries A—Jan 2025
    MMindPeak GmbHSeries A$15.3MSep 2024
    Odne logoOdneSeries A$5.5MMar 2024
    MMindPeak GmbHSeries A$15.3MJan 2024
    SScantinelSeries A—Jan 2024
    Hypervision Surgical logoHypervision SurgicalSeed—Jun 2023
    Scantinel Photonics logoScantinel PhotonicsSeries A$10MDec 2022
    SScantinelSeries A$10MNov 2022
    Surgify Medical Oy logoSurgify Medical OyUnknown—Jan 2021
    SeeTrue Technologies logoSeeTrue TechnologiesUnknown——
    Custom Surgical logoCustom SurgicalSeries A——
    MMindPeak GmbHSeries A——
    ZOMP logoZOMPSeed——
    SSenoricsUnknown——
    SScantinelGrowth——
    SeeTrue logoSeeTrueUnknown——

    Top Co-Investors

    PhotonDelta4 shared
    Scania Growth Capital4 shared
    Luminate3 shared
    Fund+3 shared
    European Commission3 shared
    Superhero Capital2 shared
    private angel investors2 shared
    Innovestor2 shared
    Schox Venture Capital2 shared
    GOOSE Capital1 shared
    Lam Capital1 shared
    NRW.BANK1 shared
    Redstone1 shared
    UnternehmerTUM1 shared
    Ventech1 shared
    APEX Ventures1 shared
    BGF1 shared
    Cambridge Enterprise1 shared
    European Innovation Council (EIC)1 shared
    Rockstart1 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026