We help Europe’s deep tech startups gain next-level traction.
Industry & Enterprise Focus
We don’t just transform industries – we think the unthinkable, and we back technical teams that make it reality. Manufacturing, construction, supply chain, logistics and R&D are all part of Join’s reimagined industrial landscape, led by pioneering founders.
Global Outlook
With both localized support and an international mindset, we help scale groundbreaking products that address specific global challenges. Founders get a toolkit for maximizing traction worldwide and laying the foundations for exponential growth.
Early-Stage Investment
We turn scientists and engineers into leaders and CEOs, supplementing their technical expertise with a business instinct that keeps them agile and capable. With our investment, founders have all the resources they need to put the growth wheels in motion.
Next-Stage Traction
The accomplished experts in our network know what works for selecting talent, developing sales organizations and accelerating change in key strategic areas. They’re around every step of the way in Join’s 360-degree support series Select – Align – Perform – Connect.
- Select - Surefire recruitment at a key stage. Founders hit the ground running with proven hiring techniques that help bring in the best-fit talent for big positions. No more costly hiring mistakes. No more drains on resources. Just effective strategies that work.
- Align - Full-on team synchronization. Coaching and discovery sessions help leadership hone in on the essence of their vision and strategy so that the rest of the team can amplify it. It sounds simple because it is: Leaders who connect the organizational dots early on have a more keen ability to execute and scale.
- Perform - Sales that scale with you. We bring sales and management into the same arena so they can grow together – and the results speak for themselves. High performance scalability becomes second nature when we help teams pinpoint their strengths and weaknesses in the money-making area. Helping entrepreneurs build an agile sales strategy and toolkit accelerates growth and reduces growing pains.
- Connect - Introductions that matter. The “who’s who” of industrial leaders have put their money where their mouth is, backing Join with substantial capital. Even more importantly, their investment comes with a promise to roll up their sleeves and help our portfolio companies with access to decision-makers in leading companies – from SMB and Mittelstand to top corporates.
The ultimate toolkit for technical founders.
Many founders’ hearts beat to the drum of deep tech, and no matter their background, we meet them where they are to drive their company forward.
We specialise in European B2B software startups at Seed and Series A stages. What we look for is some sign of market fit (up and running pilots, engaged users, positive customer feedback etc.) or high tech solutions with significant market potential. We invest €1-5m as Lead Investor in Seed to Series A stages and commit 50% of our fund to follow-on rounds.
To date, we have invested in 17 startups (and exited 3!) across 9 different countries across Europe from Finland to Portugal via the UK.
About Join
When it comes to our role as a VC, we’re not afraid to get our hands dirty. That means digging in alongside our founders when they’re tackling a challenge, empowering them to take on bigger ones in the future and being there to send champagne when they succeed.
A curious passion for earth-shattering tech is what brought that vision together in 2014. Back then, we sought out Europe’s most technical, pioneering founders to support their growth on a global scale. Our practice and vision remains the same today, strengthened at its core by our blossoming portfolio, inspiring international networks and the diverse team we’ve assembled at our bright and cheerful HQ in Berlin.
When we invest in a startup, we step into the founding team’s shoes. After all, our involvement isn’t just about funding – it’s about partnership. Our companies now count on us to deliver the industry insight we’ve gained over the years and to keep an eye on the horizon for what’s to come.
That’s the essence of Join. It’s why we’re always thrilled when companies hit their stride not just in growth and numbers, but also in areas such as team-building, diversity and vision. We’re now proud to be one a world-leading VC in the industrial space, and we’re just getting started.