Firms

U2V (University2Ventures)

U2V (University2Ventures)

u2v.vc

U2V is a European venture investment platform backing pre-seed and seed companies commercialising university and research discoveries. Its three investment themes are AI and novel computing, industrial technology and clean technology: it supports both AI applications and enabling systems such as semiconductors, quantum computing and photonics, alongside robotics, automation and resource-efficient industry. The team combines prior venture investing with engineering, scientific research and company-building experience. Its first fund is U2V Fund I GmbH & Co. KG; the own legal and SFDR disclosures identify Motu Ventures Management GmbH (HRB 156547 B, LEI 894500S3LLY84ZI0DX02) as the registered alternative investment fund manager. U2V is the public investment brand and is not automatically merged with Earlybird Venture Capital or assigned Earlybird-X’s historical corpus and holdings.

Founded
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Type
Venture capital

Funds1

  • U2V Fund I GmbH & Co. KG—

    First U2V university-spinout venture fund backing European pre-seed and seed deep technology in AI and novel computing, industrial technology and clean technology. The fund works with academic commercialisation networks and corporate investors to help research teams build scalable industrial businesses. Its legal AIFM is Motu Ventures Management GmbH.

Team

Philipp Semmer
$1M$100K – $5MBerlin, Germany
Michael Schmitt
—$100K – $5MBerlin, Germany
Johannes Triebs
—$100K – $5MGermany

Operations and support

Andreas WernerVenture Partner
Moritz von KlotPrincipal

Co-investing

No co-investors on record yet.

Investments

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