42CAP

42CAP is a venture capital firm based in Munich, Germany, established in 2014. The firm specializes in seed-stage investments, focusing on technology and data-driven business-to-business software companies across Europe. With an investment range of €0.5 to 1.5 million, 42CAP targets startups that demonstrate global potential. The firm's founders previously built eCircle, one of Europe’s largest SaaS companies, which was sold to Teradata in 2012, showcasing their experience in scaling successful tech ventures.

Julian von Fischer

Partner

Craig Forrest

Venture Partner

Alex Meyer

General Partner

Daniel Smeds

Investor

Moritz Zimmermann

General Partner

Past deals in Database

simplyblock

Seed Round in 2024
Simplyblock develops low-latency high-performance storage software that helps businesses maximise the efficiency of their cloud storage for IO-intensive workloads, Kubernetes, databases & applications. The software can be deployed on public clouds such as AWS, Google Cloud and Azure and in private clouds. Simplyblock’s technology offers up to 50x improved cost-to-performance ratio compared to legacy storage solutions.

Qdrant

Series A in 2024
Qdrant is an open-source vector database developed in Rust that specializes in high-dimensional vector similarity search. It provides an API service that enables users to leverage embeddings and neural network encoders for various applications, including matching, searching, and recommending. Qdrant is designed to facilitate the effective utilization of unstructured data, making it suitable for next-generation artificial intelligence applications. Additionally, it offers a managed cloud solution, allowing users to adopt the technology more easily while minimizing resource requirements and costs.

DBtune

Seed Round in 2023
DBtune is a developer of a database tuning platform that enhances system performance by optimizing databases in both cloud and on-premises environments. The platform utilizes machine learning algorithms to customize optimizations based on specific customer workloads and the hardware in use. By applying artificial intelligence, DBtune enables businesses to achieve scalable performance improvements, ultimately reducing the strain on their underlying hardware. This approach allows organizations to move beyond conservative default settings typically found in databases, tailoring parameters to better suit their particular applications and improving overall efficiency.

Qdrant

Seed Round in 2023
Qdrant is an open-source vector database developed in Rust that specializes in high-dimensional vector similarity search. It provides an API service that enables users to leverage embeddings and neural network encoders for various applications, including matching, searching, and recommending. Qdrant is designed to facilitate the effective utilization of unstructured data, making it suitable for next-generation artificial intelligence applications. Additionally, it offers a managed cloud solution, allowing users to adopt the technology more easily while minimizing resource requirements and costs.

Qdrant

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Qdrant is an open-source vector database developed in Rust that specializes in high-dimensional vector similarity search. It provides an API service that enables users to leverage embeddings and neural network encoders for various applications, including matching, searching, and recommending. Qdrant is designed to facilitate the effective utilization of unstructured data, making it suitable for next-generation artificial intelligence applications. Additionally, it offers a managed cloud solution, allowing users to adopt the technology more easily while minimizing resource requirements and costs.
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