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Investors Matching

  • Organizer: KIT FORGE
  • Audience: Founders, Startups, Investors
  • Language: German, English
  • Cost: Free of charge

Finding the right investors is rarely a coincidence—it requires the right network. Investors Matching is a direct investor relations and capital readiness service provided by KIT FORGE at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Designed for KIT-affiliated startups and deep-tech spin-offs in the Pre-Seed to Series A stages, this format facilitates targeted introductions to an active network of national and international venture capital funds, business angels, and corporate venture partners. 

Rather than relying on automated platforms or cold outreach, KIT FORGE leverages direct relationships to connect investment-ready teams with matching capital sources. For institutional investors, KIT FORGE acts as a curated deal-flow pipeline into one of Germany’s leading technical research universities. 

Service modules & formats

  • Deal readiness: Tailored feedback on pitch decks, financial modeling, cap table structures, and valuation expectations prior to investor outreach. 
  • Direct investor matching: Curated, personal introductions to venture capital firms, business angel networks, and strategic corporate investors aligned with the startup's stage and sector. 
  • Flagship event formats & deal flow access: Exclusive access to ecosystem events, including Innovators Homecoming, dedicated feedback session like High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and many more, and investor pitch side events.
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Marvin Blättner

Your contact person

Marvin Blättner
Senior Portfolio and Equity Manager
marvin.blaettner@kit.edu LinkedIn
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I agree that my personal data submitted via the contact form may be processed by KIT FORGE for the following purposes: contacting me and providing startup consulting services. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based solely on my consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). The information I provide in the contact form, including my contact details, will be stored by KIT FORGE for the purpose of processing my inquiry. KIT FORGE will not share this data with third parties without my consent. The data I enter in the contact form will remain with KIT FORGE until I request its deletion, withdraw my consent to its storage (which I may do informally by email to info@kit-forge.de), or the purpose for which the data was collected no longer applies (e.g. once my inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected. For information on data protection relating to startup consulting, including applications for public funding programmes for spin-offs, please refer to https://www.kit-forge.de/en/privacy/.