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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.

    40% of their portfolio is in Hardware & Semiconductors.

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    Portfolio

    5

    Fund Size

    $150M

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    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

    Portfolio

    5 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    LIDROTEC logoLIDROTECUnknown$13.5MJan 2025
    SeeTrue Technologies logoSeeTrue TechnologiesUnknown——
    Custom Surgical logoCustom SurgicalSeries A——
    Surgify Medical logoSurgify MedicalSeries A——
    SSenoricsUnknown——

    Top Co-Investors

    Luminate2 shared
    GOOSE Capital1 shared
    Lam Capital1 shared
    NRW.BANK1 shared
    Redstone1 shared
    Superhero Capital1 shared
    Ventech1 shared
    Innovestor1 shared
    European Innovation Council (EIC)1 shared
    Rockstart1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026