Pliant provides modular, API-first B2B payment solutions designed to help businesses streamline spending, improve cash flow management, and integrate payments into financial operations. Its platform serves industries with complex payment needs, such as travel and fleet, offering tools that increase operational efficiency and financial control. Pliant’s core offerings target two customer groups: businesses seeking to optimize their payment workflows using apps and APIs, and companies such as financial software providers, ERP systems, and banks looking to build or expand credit card products through embedded finance and white-label services. The company’s solutions enable customers to extend credit lines, manage expenses flexibly, and create new revenue streams. We serve two primary customer segments: companies looking to optimize operational processes through intuitive apps and APIs, gaining control, automation, and financial flexibility through extended credit lines, and companies such as financial software platforms, ERP providers, and banks that want to launch or enhance their credit card offerings using Pliant’s embedded finance and white-label solutions. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Berlin, Pliant supports over 3,500 businesses and more than 20 partners globally. As a licensed e-money institution (EMI), we issue Visa-powered credit cards in 11 currencies across more than 30 countries, helping companies streamline and simplify payments. Learn more at www.getpliant.com.

Lightly is a database software company that uses the proper data to improve machine learning. The company was founded in 2019 by Igor Susmelj and Matthias Heller.

Encosa offers energy-saving solutions for commercial and industrial clients, providing battery storage and innovative software for cost-effective energy management.

Daedalus is building the world’s most advanced factories for precision components. With $40M in funding from Khosla Ventures, Addition, NGP Capital, and Y Combinator, and a team from OpenAI, Google, SpaceX, and Blue Horizon, we’re building software-defined factories where we’re producing parts for companies in machinery, aerospace, semiconductor, energy, and more. If you want to experience reliable, transparent, and scalable production of high-precision parts, visit www.daedalus.de. If you want to help us build the factory of the future, head to our career page and apply today! https://www.daedalus.de/karriere

Quantum Diamonds provides described Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) diamonds for quantum sensing to industrial and academic customers.

Software Defined Automation is an industrial software and manufacturing company that delivers industrial control as a service. It specializes in the fields of software, control systems, machinery manufacturing, and information technology.

Magentic provides an enterprise-grade AI Agent Platform for the world’s supply chains, backed by Sequoia. Magentic helps global manufacturers hunt down and deliver P&L savings opportunities with AI teammates called “Mages”.

First Momentum Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in Pre-Seed B2B startups in Europe, particularly in the deep tech and industrial tech sectors. They provide investments ranging from €0.25 to 1.5 million and emphasize their role as technical investors who understand complex technologies. With a strong foundation built since 2018, they have supported technical teams that are valued at over €1 billion. Their approach includes offering tangible support through high-value connections and mentorship, making them a dedicated partner for technology founders aiming to navigate the challenges of building successful technical startups.

HeyCharge provides charging infrastructure, payment systems, and installation for electric vehicles. The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Munich, Bavaria.

ISPTech offers affordable, reliable, and quickly available propulsion solutions for any spacecraft. It is a spin-off of the Institute of Space Propulsion at the German Aerospace Center (DLR). Our propulsion technologies are based on more than 10 years of R&D at DLR and offer unique advantages for any spacecraft.

Verlingo provides recruiting services intended to use Artificial Intelligence to improve the application process for applicants and companies. Their products include TalentScout, CertificateParser, and CertificateGenerator. They develop HR software solutions using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for employees and employers.

Karavela is building the first foundation model of the brain using large-scale task-based fMRI to unlock new diagnostics and biomarkers for neurological diseases and build a new generation of brain-computer interface.