A brand new VC fund out of Münster has launched this morning, May Ventures has already raised over €30 million for its AI-focused mission to put money into early-stage startups from the DACH area.
The fund is backed by buyers reminiscent of NRW.BANK, banks from the Sparkassen and Volksbanken group, in addition to Helaba. The goal quantity is €50 million.
“We see ourselves as companions for Founders who’re daring sufficient to take new paths – identical to we did ourselves,” says Managing Accomplice Maximilian Derpa. “Our purpose is to help startups at an early stage and accompany their progress with capital, know-how, and a powerful community.”
The launch of Might Ventures comes at a time when European AI-focused funding exercise is accelerating. In Germany, startups reminiscent of yasp (€4.2 million seed for AI mannequin optimisation), Mercanis (€17.3 million Collection A for procurement automation), Makersite (€60 million Collection B for product sustainability) and 36ZERO Vision (€3.6 million pre-Collection A for AI inspection programs) have raised important rounds in 2025.
Alongside these startup financings, new funds are additionally rising, reminiscent of C4 Ventures, which launched a €100 million AI-centric car out of Paris. Towards this backdrop, Might Ventures’ first closing of greater than €30 million in the direction of a €50 million goal underscores the continued momentum in AI funding, with a specific deal with supporting early-stage Founders within the DACH area.
Commenting on the funding focus, Managing Accomplice Dominik Lohle provides: “We’re satisfied that the following wave of European tech successes will probably be pushed by synthetic intelligence. With Might Ventures, we’re constructing a fund out of Münster that not solely funds AI however applies it constantly – as an AI-native VC with worldwide ambition.”
Might Ventures explains that they differentiate themselves from conventional funds on three ranges:
- AI-native: The fund integrates AI and automatic workflows with AI brokers throughout all levels – from deal sourcing and due diligence to portfolio help. This frees up capability for the actually essential, human choices.
- Founder DNA: Two skilled VC buyers of their mid-30s who function at eye stage with Founders. Each deliver expertise from three VC funds every. The staff is complemented by a powerful community of enterprise companions reminiscent of Nils Engelking (profitable exit Founder), together with different well-known entrepreneurs and VC leaders to be introduced within the coming weeks.
- Funding technique: They take into account AI to be the important thing know-how of the approaching years, triggering an enormous technological transformation. Their funding theses deal with three central areas:
- Constructing the infrastructure and organisational foundations wanted to deploy AI broadly and effectively
- Unlocking markets that emerge from combining AI with different key applied sciences or by means of clever, industry-specific purposes
- Enabling and orchestrating AI brokers that may more and more be able to dealing with extra complicated duties.
With Osnabrück-based Droidrun, Might Ventures has already made its first funding, confirming its technique. The corporate is creating a platform that permits AI brokers to function cell apps robotically through pure language and is producing important worldwide curiosity.
“I’ve recognized Founder Christian Ninstel, a younger however already serial entrepreneur, for a number of years. We supported his journey early on and initially impressed him for the startup world by means of a college seminar. The success of Droidrun and its world consideration present that bold founding groups do not need to cover exterior of conventional startup hubs and may succeed internationally,” says Lohle.
Within the coming months, Might Ventures plans to make additional investments whereas concurrently rising the fund quantity to €50 million.
