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Mission-aligned capital for DeepTech.

Whether you're seeking capital as a startup, or looking for a LP who is aligned with your strategy - we have a path for you.

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Marvelous Scito Fund
20m EUR
We are actively looking to deploy in Emerging Managers in Germany, and Europe with a scientific mission.
Our Anchor Partner
Joachim Herz Foundation
Who it's for

We are looking for
extraordinary-people

We’re scientists, operators, and investors, united by one belief: Let’s scale science into industrial giants — and build a marvelous future. Together. Here. Now.

For Startups

Seeking investment?

With the Marvelous Scito Fund we aim to invest direct into mission-aligned startups who care deeply about scientific impact. Submit your pitch and we'll get back to you.

  • Pre-seed & seed stage DeepTech
  • Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Engineering
  • European-based or EU-focused
  • Scientific IP at the core
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For GPs/ Funds

Seeking LP capital?

Are you a DeepTech or science VC fund looking for mission-aligned institutional LP capital? Reach out to be considered as a sub-fund in the Marvelous Scito Fund of Funds portfolio.

  • DeepTech, science or impact-driven VC strategy
  • German, DACH, or European investment focus
  • Institutional track record
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Joachim Herz Foundation

Some words by Joachim Herz Foundation

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dr. Sabine Kunst, Chair

"We have excellent researchers and promising early-stage DeepTech startups in Germany. To make their ideas and solutions concretely usable, the Joachim Herz Foundation pursues two approaches: we support innovative, application-oriented research projects and we invest in promising business models — two different levers with the shared goal of enabling the transfer of innovations into application. This creates solutions that reach the market effectively and can thus unfold their societal impact."

Ulrich Müller, CFO

"The Joachim Herz Foundation's investment portfolio has been entrepreneurially oriented from the outset and is continuously developed further. By expanding into venture capital, we are adding another investment field to our existing strategy, with the ambition of achieving market-rate returns here as well over the long term. At the same time, this allows us to invest a greater share of the foundation's capital with consideration for impact-oriented aspects."

The Strategy

How the Fund of Funds
works

About Joachim Herz Foundation

The Joachim Herz Foundation is committed to innovation and supporting the transfer of cutting-edge research into practice so that more research results can be put into practice and generate social benefits. The foundation strengthens startup ecosystems and works to foster a new generation of entrepreneurial talent dedicated to sustainable business models and radical innovation. It is also helping to renew vocational training so that young workers are prepared for a working world that is being transformed by AI and digitalisation. The foundation’s aim is to provide effective solutions to current challenges such as climate protection, increased resource efficiency, and securing skilled labour. The Foundation's activities utilize impulses from the USA and strengthen the German-American dialogue. The Joachim Herz Foundation was founded in Hamburg in 2008 and is one of the largest German foundations.

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