Hirschvogel Ventures

Hirschvogel Ventures (formerly Ceravis Ventures) is the corporate venture capital arm of the Hirschvogel Automotive Group, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Landsberg am Lech, Germany. The parent company is a family-owned automotive supplier with approximately 5,700 employees and a position among the world's largest producers of sophisticated functional components. The venture arm is led by Vice President Florian Geretshuber and focuses on strategic investments that complement the parent group's core manufacturing and mobility business. Hirschvogel Ventures invests in European deep-tech startups at seed through Series B stages, with initial check sizes ranging from $250,000 to $10 million. The firm concentrates on two verticals: new and electric mobility, and industrial manufacturing. The geographic scope spans Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, UK, Slovenia, Spain, and Croatia. The portfolio of 7 known investments includes Blackwave (industrial carbon fiber composites, January 2022), Magnax (Belgian electric motor technology, part of a EUR 16 million round), MOTEG (road mobility technology), and Eatron Technologies (automotive safe AI software, which raised a $11 million Series A after Hirschvogel's EUR 1 million seed investment in June 2020). Beyond capital, the firm offers portfolio companies direct access to the Hirschvogel Automotive Group's manufacturing expertise, supplier networks, and industry partnerships. No new investments have been publicly reported since January 2022, suggesting the fund is in a portfolio management and value creation phase with its existing holdings.