Axel Thierauf

Venture Capital Deep Tech Investor

📍 Greater Munich Metropolitan Area, Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 9 investments📅 18 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2021
VC🌍 Germany
9
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18y
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Board Observer
Jan 2021
German Bionic is a European robotics firm that develops and manufactures smart power suits and other wearable technologies. It was the world’s first company to deliver connected exoskeletons for the workplace, applying self-learning and artificial intelligence to support lifting movements and prevent poor posture, and thereby becoming an intelligent link between humans and machines. The German Bionic smart power suits and wearables protect the health of workers and markedly reduce the risk of accidents and injury to consequently improve work processes. In recognition of this innovative technology, which puts people back at the center of Industry 4.0, German Bionic has received numerous awards, including the CES 2023 “Best of Innovation” Award, the Fast Company “Innovation by Design Award”, the German Entrepreneur Award, and a nomination for the prestigious Hermes Award at the Hannover Messe. German Bionic is headquartered in the USA and Germany with offices in Boston, Berlin, Augsburg, and Tokyo.
Board Member
Dec 2018
KEWAZO is a leading construction robotics company with offices in Germany (Munich) and the USA (Houston). KEWAZO automates and digitizes on-site material handling with robotics and data analytics. KEWAZO’s unique solution, LIFTBOT, is a battery-powered, remote-controlled lifting robot for construction sites and industrial plants, powered by a data analytics platform. In its first application, scaffolding assembly, the robotic system saves up to 70% of man-hours and improves safety.
Board Member
Nov 2014
BUILD BETTER REALITY — Bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds through reality capture technology that provides the digital foundation for the world you want to live in. We supply fast, reliable spatial data to service providers and enterprises seeking to capture photorealistic digital twins of the built environment. And our digital factory solutions enable greater organizational operability, productivity, agility, and profitability. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, and with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China, NavVis serves global customers across the surveying, AEC, and manufacturing industries. Learn more at www.navvis.com.
Board Member
Jun 2011
CYNORA is a leader in TADF technology for OLED products. The company’s focus is on high-efficiency blue OLED emitters system which will enable a significant reduction in power consumption of OLED devices. Founded in 2008, CYNORA is headquartered in Bruchsal, Germany. The company develops innovative, patent protected OLED materials. The international and multidisciplinary team of CYNORA is highly focused on meeting customers’ requirements. As a material provider, CYNORA is working closely with manufactures of OLED displays and OLED lighting in Asia, Europe and the United States. For more information: www.cynora.com Media contact: cynora GmbH . Joanna Wrzezcz . +49 7251 919 670 . info@cynora.com Werner-von-Siemens-Strasse 2-6 . Building 5110 . 76646 Bruchsal . Germany
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Board Observer
Dec 2010
AMSilk is the world's first industrial supplier of smart biotech materials with current scale-up phase by applying an outstanding technology protein platform based on silk proteins for a variety of applications such as textile fibers, medical devices and consumer goods. Always one step ahead, the Company aims to make smart biotech materials a part of everyday life through its customizable solutions. Furthermore, AMSilk’s smart biotech materials outperform existing, fossil-based products not only through their optimal relationship between performance and positive environmental impact, but also through the adaptability of multiple benefits to a broad range of meaningful applications. AMSilk aims to expand the use of its vegan, biodegradable, recyclable, and biocompatible products, reducing our dependence on the natural resources of our planet. The company has already collaborated with industry-leading global companies and plans to continue partnering with influential worldwide enterprises in its vision to make smart performing biotech materials part of everyday life.
Board Member
Oct 2010
certgate is one of the leading German IT security providers in the field of "Secure Workplace", a long-standing member of the alliance "IT Security Made in Germany" and was awarded as one of the 10 best IT security companies in 2020. The German Bundestag, the Office of the Federal President, most of the German federal ministries, many German authorities, globally leading companies, research institutions, as well as government security agencies protect their data and infrastructures with patented certgate products at home and abroad. The uniquely user-friendly certgate products and solutions are approved up to “classified” data classification and marketed worldwide through partners. Every day, they provide real protection against hackers, mobile data leakage and unauthorized access for thousands of users everywhere - even by government organizations.
Board Member
Apr 2009
Board Observer
Oct 2008
Efficient Energy GmbH is an innovative manufacturer and system supplier of an environmentally-friendly refrigeration technology, called Bluezero and is based in Feldkirchen near Munich, Germany. Datenschutzerklärung: https://efficient-energy.de/en/data-protection-social-media-platforms/ The company uses pure water (R718) as the refrigerant in its eChiller product range, and thereby entirely avoids fluorinated refrigerants. The eChiller models are the only chillers worldwide which use the natural safety refrigerant water (R718), offer outstanding energy efficiency, and are manufactured in mass production. The eChillers already comply with the F-Gas Directive and any refrigerant-related safety requirements. The eChillers’ cooling capacities range from 20 to 120 kW depending on model, and the individual units can be scaled modularly to up to 500 kW. The refrigeration machines are ideally suited to cool industrial processes, machines and technical equipment like server rooms. Efficient Energy GmbH helps its customers overcome the inreasing regulatory challenges of refrigeration technology, and offers them long-term, sustainable solutions with its eChiller model range. With its outstanding cost efficiency and low CO2 footprint, companies benefit on many fronts. The pioneering technology has also been noticed by politics and the media, and has received multiple awards for the eChiller. These include: Red Herrings Top100 Business Award, EC’s European Business Award for the Environment 2018/2019, the RAC Cooling Industry Award and the Partslife Umweltpreis, both in 2017. Privacy Policy: https://efficient-energy.de/datenschutzinformationen-social-media/
Experience · 12 entries
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2023
Member of Advisory Board and Investment Committee, Quantum Fund
Jul 2023
We support Quantum Technologies Innovators from Lab to IPO through tailored acceleration programs and patient capital investments.
2021
Board Observer
Jan 2021
German Bionic is a European robotics firm that develops and manufactures smart power suits and other wearable technologies. It was the world’s first company to deliver connected exoskeletons for the workplace, applying self-learning and artificial intelligence to support lifting movements and prevent poor posture, and thereby becoming an intelligent link between humans and machines. The German Bionic smart power suits and wearables protect the health of workers and markedly reduce the risk of accidents and injury to consequently improve work processes. In recognition of this innovative technology, which puts people back at the center of Industry 4.0, German Bionic has received numerous awards, including the CES 2023 “Best of Innovation” Award, the Fast Company “Innovation by Design Award”, the German Entrepreneur Award, and a nomination for the prestigious Hermes Award at the Hannover Messe. German Bionic is headquartered in the USA and Germany with offices in Boston, Berlin, Augsburg, and Tokyo.
2018
Board Member
Dec 2018
KEWAZO is a leading construction robotics company with offices in Germany (Munich) and the USA (Houston). KEWAZO automates and digitizes on-site material handling with robotics and data analytics. KEWAZO’s unique solution, LIFTBOT, is a battery-powered, remote-controlled lifting robot for construction sites and industrial plants, powered by a data analytics platform. In its first application, scaffolding assembly, the robotic system saves up to 70% of man-hours and improves safety.
2014
Board Member
Nov 2014
BUILD BETTER REALITY — Bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds through reality capture technology that provides the digital foundation for the world you want to live in. We supply fast, reliable spatial data to service providers and enterprises seeking to capture photorealistic digital twins of the built environment. And our digital factory solutions enable greater organizational operability, productivity, agility, and profitability. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, and with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China, NavVis serves global customers across the surveying, AEC, and manufacturing industries. Learn more at www.navvis.com.
2012
Future Carbon GmbH
Board Observer
Nov 2012
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