NAP is a Berlin-based pre-seed and seed venture capital investor, investing in European technology companies. NAP backs founders who turn non-obvious ideas into realities. The team includes builders and specialists with extensive experience in scaling companies. NAP supports its portfolio companies through capital, guidance, and connections.
NAP’s key portfolio highlights include Aleph Alpha, Ampeco, Flip, PlanRadar, Spread, and Usercentrics.
Gesundheitswesen und Lebensmittelindustrie haben eines gemeinsam: riesige Märkte, extreme Regulierung, langsames Wachstum. Trotzdem sichern sich gerade zwei Startups ihre Series A. Was macht sie investierbar?
Dr. Marie-Thérèse Buttlar-Wallot von Aurum Impact und Mey Cezairli von NAP diskutieren mit Jan Thomas über roclub und Mondra, warum Climate Tech und HealthTech trotz langer Sales-Zyklen attraktive Investment-Kategorien bleiben und welche VCs das nötige Verständnis für diese Märkte mitbringen.
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Nory has just opened our NYC HQ 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
We are looking for founding Account Executives and a District Sales Manager to join our merry band of Hospitality pirates and romantics 🏴☠️🏴☠️
If you've got a desire to help build our US sales motion from 0-1 and to bring 2x profitability to the masses then drop me a DM or apply through the link in the comments.
Let's goo 🚀
N.B. We are only recruiting those with quota carrying experience in the US Hospitality tech space.
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Juni 2023, Paris: Ein Team ehemaliger DeepMind- und Meta-Forscher verkündet eine 105-Millionen-Seed-Runde für Mistral AI. November 2023, Berlin: Wirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck steht neben den Gründern von Aleph Alpha und verkündet eine halbe Milliarde Series B.
Dazwischen: Langfuse, ein Y-Combinator-Startup, das Developer-Tools baut und von Lightspeed finanziert wird.
In dieser Classic Investments & Exits Folge blicken wir auf den Anfang der europäischen KI zurück. Peter Specht (Creandum), Pablo Karnbaum (Ultralytics) und Claude Ritter (NAP) ordneten 2023 im Gespräch mit Jan Thomas die Hoffnungen, Ziele und Herausforderungen der europäischen KI-Ambitionen ein.
Im Blick zurück auf Foundation Models, KI-Souveränität und strategische Konsortien ergibt sich ein neues Bild auf die heutigen Hoffnungen, Ziele und Herausforderungen europäischer KI-Investments.
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Warum erhält nexos.ai 30 Millionen Euro bei einer 300-Millionen-Bewertung in der Series A? Und was bedeutet OpenAIs Atlas Browser für die Zukunft von Search und Enterprise AI?
In der neuesten Investments & Exits-Folge spricht Jan Thomas mit Lena Stocker (DTCP) und Won Yi (NAP) über:
• AI-Security: "Das größte Datenleck sind die eigenen Mitarbeiter"
• Die nexos.ai-Finanzierung der NordVPN-Gründer (Index Ventures, Evantic Capital)
• ChatGPT Atlas Browser: OpenAIs Angriff auf Google Chrome
• Shadow IT und warum Enterprise AI-Adoption in Piloten stecken bleibt
• Das Innovator's Dilemma: "Google haben wir zu verdanken, dass es OpenAI gibt"
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Some moments only come once in a lifetime, and today is one of them 🌟 We have passed €100M ARR ($117M USD), a level reached by fewer than 200 private companies worldwide.
This is more than just a number.
It shows that putting people first and respecting their privacy really works. In a world where AI is moving fast, privacy is not a limitation; it is the foundation of trust.
This milestone is about millions of people trusting us with their data every day.
Every month we process over 7 billion consents across 2.3 million websites and apps, and we are proud to be leading the way in digital trust 🔒
Our CEO, Donna Dror, says: “Privacy is not just an obligation. It is a strategic growth engine. We are not simply ensuring compliance; we are building a foundation where trust and data privacy drive performance.”
And the news does not stop there. Our new North American HQ in New York strengthens our global presence as we bring Privacy-Led Marketing to more companies in the U.S. 🇺🇸
Thank you to our team, partners, and users for helping us lead the way.
Cheers to this and to what is coming next 🎉
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We're #hiring for the greatest job in lab automation - probably. 🧬
Want to define how scientist and scientific AI is interfacing with the physical world of labs?
Want to transform the way we discover drugs, materials, and bio building blocks?
Want to shape how precision diagnostics will personalize medicine?
Apply.
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Question: “The company is great, but you don’t click with the founder. What do you do?”
Claude’s answer: “Then we don’t invest.”
That was the perfect opener for our session with Center for Digital Technology and Management (CDTM) students, who joined us yesterday evening as part of their startup tour. We wanted to give them an honest, behind-the-scenes look at how we work, and Claude’s candid answer set the tone.
Claude, who began his career as a founder, shared what drew him to investing and what he values most in working with the people behind the companies. Silviu Homoceanu, building Deltia, added his firsthand experience from the trenches: navigating growth, knowing when to bring in outside expertise, and driving change as a startup in a market dominated by established players.
After a session full of insight, we celebrated with pizza, ping-pong, and more than a few spirited matches. Because hard work deserves a bit of fun too 🏓
A huge thank you to the students for their truly thoughtful questions and for the great exchange, which provided plenty of fresh perspectives 🩵 It was a blast having you! Our door is always open, and we can’t wait to see you back 🙌
cc: Jackie, Fabian, Stefan, Mey, Won, Francesco, Antonio
We have some really exciting news! Loctax has been acquired by Tax Systems ⚡️
Five years ago, Bart, Kasparas, Hans and I started Loctax with a vision to create an operating system for tax. Since then, we have built the world’s first control centre for in-house tax, powered by AI that helps monitor global tax obligations, orchestrate work between internal and external teams, and capture the data needed to unlock intelligence.
Many leading tax teams already use Loctax successfully, but there was always one dimension that was missing. We often heard questions about whether our control centre could go deeper into specific obligations, such as Pillar 2 or the tax provision process.
Shifting focus to build those dedicated solutions would mean losing sight of our true DNA — the top-layer control centre. Instead, we chose to double down on our vision and find a partner who could help us move faster by combining existing solutions from their portfolio.
That’s why we’re now partnering with Tax Systems, which offers best-in-class calculation engines that fit perfectly under the Loctax platform. From our first conversations with Bruce and his team, we knew they were the right partner to accelerate our journey.
With solutions for Pillar 2, CbCR and TP documentation, alongside corporate tax and VAT offerings in the UK, IE and UAE, Tax Systems and Loctax together will be your one-stop shop for all tax operations. Whether you focus on compliance, controversy, risk management or business support, we’ve got you covered.
I’m extremely proud of what the Loctax team has achieved over these past five years. And I’m even more excited that, together with Tax Systems, we can continue shaping the tax function of the future and build the leading tax technology provider in EMEA and beyond.
A big thank you to everyone who has backed Loctax along the way. To our team past and present, customers and partners, thank you for being part of this journey.
Here’s to a very promising new chapter in tax tech!
Before founding Loctax, Stevi built 15 years of experience as a tax consultant – a foundation that became the company’s edge. Together with Bart, Kasparas, Hans, and Sumeeta, he turned that depth into innovation: the world’s first control centre for in-house tax, now used by leading global teams.
We led Loctax's seed round in early 2021 and have been privileged to support the team on their journey ever since.
Today, Loctax joins forces with Tax Systems (a Providence Equity Partners backed business), combining their AI-powered control centre with best-in-class calculation engines to form a complete platform for tax operations across EMEA and beyond.
This milestone is an exceptional example of what we mean when we talk about expert founders: people who know their domain so well they can reimagine it from the inside out.
From deep tax expertise to a standout exit, the team at Loctax has redefined how tax teams operate – and this next chapter will take that even further. We’re deeply proud of what they’ve achieved and can’t wait to see how they continue shaping the future of tax tech. Congratulations to the entire team! 👏 🎉
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