Neoteq Ventures

Neoteq Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2020 and headquartered in Cologne, Germany, with a regional focus on the Rhineland. The firm was co-founded by Founding Partners B.J. Park and Simon Schneider, supported by a team of six that includes Clara Bergedieck as Platform Manager, Marie Hildebrand as Investment Analyst, and Jan Jeske as Investment Manager. Neoteq's mission is to support exceptional founding teams from the very beginning — investing from pre-seed through Series A into companies that can solve a relevant customer problem with a technology-led product and have the potential to become market leaders, regardless of industry. Neoteq leads rounds and writes checks of EUR 500,000 to EUR 3 million across AI and software, biotech, B2B SaaS, cleantech, and enterprise applications. The firm has invested in approximately 12 companies, with 4 new investments in the trailing 12 months as of late 2025. It demonstrably leads: the firm led Detechgene's EUR 3.2 million second seed round in August 2025, backing the biotech's 'PCR to Go' mobile molecular diagnostics platform, and led OMMM's seed round of approximately EUR 3.6 to 4.2 million for its AI planning software. NRW.Bank is a frequent co-investor, sharing three deals with Neoteq and underscoring the firm's deep integration with the North Rhine-Westphalian startup ecosystem. Neoteq emphasises long-term partnership over transactional investing, working alongside founders on product development, market entry, and team building from the earliest stages. The firm's Rhineland focus and proximity to Cologne's corporate industrial base gives it a distinctive sourcing advantage for B2B and deep-tech ventures emerging outside Germany's better-known startup hubs.