Freigeist Capital is the european technology investment company of Frank Thelen, Marc Sieberger and Alex Koch. We invest in disruptive technologies.
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Portfolio 1
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 10.05.2023 | EnduroSat | endurosat.com | $10M | Bulgaria, ... |
Mentions in press and media 9
| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.04.2025 | “Bleibt schnell – auch wenn das Gesundheitswesen langsam ist” | Das umtriebige HealthTech Akina, 2021 von Florian Haufe und Michele Xiloyannis als Spin-off der ETH Zürich gegründet, unterstützt Patientinnen und Patienten dabei, zu Hause selbständig physiotherapeutische Übungen durchführen zu können. “Im... |
| 02.04.2025 | CEE Innovation Forum: The Region’s Tech Leaders to Meet Top DACH Investors and Corporates in Vienna Тhis May | Vienna, Austria ~ Company: Key Highlights: Exclusive matchmaking opportunities with top investors and corporates from the DACH region at the CEE Innovation Forum on May 12, organized by The Recursive and weXelerate and part of the ViennaUP ... |
| 12.02.2025 | Agritech Collie secures €3.5M Seed investment for digital livestock management | Collie, a Dutch livestock management startup, has raised a €3.5M Seed round from deeptech investor Freigeist Capital. Collie provides a digital livestock management solution using a specialized collar and an accompanying app. The system all... |
| 04.02.2025 | Akina: Revolutionizing Physiotherapy with AI | In the realm of healthcare, innovation is the lifeblood that keeps systems alive. Akina, a Swiss startup, is injecting fresh energy into physiotherapy. With a recent CHF 2.8 million investment, this company is poised to change how patients ... |
| 03.02.2025 | Akina secures CHF 2.8M to expand AI-powered physiotherapy | With Akina, Freigeist Capital, the Deep Tech VC founded by Frank Thelen, makes its first health-tech investment. The Swiss ETH and ETH AI Center spin-off has developed AI-powered medical software to support physiotherapy at home. The softwa... |
| 03.02.2025 | Frank Thelen invests in Akina’s CHF 2.8 million seed round | Akina Health, founded in 2021 as a spin-off from ETH Zurich and the ETH AI Center by Florian Haufe (CEO) and Michele Xiloyannis (CTO), has developed AI software certified as a medical device that supports patients undergoing physiotherapy ... |
| 15.10.2019 | The Station: A new self-driving car startup, Inside Tesla’s V10 software, Lilium’s big round | If you haven’t heard, TechCrunch has officially launched a weekly newsletter dedicated to all the ways people and goods move from Point A to Point B — today and in the future — whether it’s by bike, bus, scooter, car, train, truck, flying c... |
| 14.10.2019 | Could German Startup Lilium Win the Electric Flying Car Race? | Lilium’s all-electric, jet-powered vertical takeoff and landing air taxi was first revealed back in 2017. Lilium I have a question: Where are our jetpacks? Wasn’t that the future we were promised? Jetpacks. Shouldn’t we all be riding around... |
| 10.10.2019 | Sources: Lilium is looking to raise up to $500M for its electric flying taxis | “Flying cars” — airborne vehicles designed for urban and other short-distance commutes to replace conventional private automobiles — are (at best) still years away from being a reality, with significant safety, technology and business model... |