Martech & adtech startups in Berlin

Alessio Borgmeyer"

** Founded 2014, Jodel is a hyper-local, profile-free anonymous social feed that shows posts from users nearby — popular on university campuses. Raised ~$6.8M (backers include Quora/early-Facebook CTO Adam D...

Stephan Schmitt & Volker Hinz"

** Founded 1999 in Berlin, Native Instruments is a global music-production software and hardware maker (Kontakt, Reaktor, Traktor, Maschine). A cornerstone of Berlin's music-tech/creator economy; HQ and main...

Adjust — Paul Müller & Manuel Kniep

** Founded 2012 in Berlin, Adjust is a global mobile-app measurement, attribution and marketing-analytics platform serving 50,000+ apps (Tencent, Rakuten, SoundCloud). Acquired by AppLovin in 2021 in a deal ...

Uberall — David Federhen & Florian Hübner

** Founded 2013 in Berlin, Uberall is a full-suite location-marketing and "Near Me" analytics SaaS platform (listings, reviews, local search). Raised $115M (2021) led by Bregal Milestone at ~$500M valuation,...

Alessio Borgmeyer" - **venue:** Berlin - **la:** 52.52 - **ln:** 13.405 - **desc:** Founded 2014, Jodel is a hyper-local, profile-free anonymous social feed that shows posts from users nearby — popular on university campuses. Raised ~$6.8M (backers include Quora/early-Facebook CTO Adam D'Angelo and Floodgate). Represents Berlin's consumer social-media/community scene. - **link:** https://jodel.com - **vertical:** ["Media"] - **stage:** Seed / early --- ## FLAGGED — NOT Berlin-HQ'd (excluded from count, listed for reference) - **Flightright — Philipp Kadelbach** — Legaltech (EU261 flight-delay compensation, no-win-no-fee, €200M+ enforced). **HQ = Potsdam, Brandenburg** (Berlin metro but not Berlin city). Founded 2010. Flagged per Berlin-HQ-only rule. - **EverReal — Liviu Ignat & Nessim Djerboua** — Proptech rental-transaction platform. **HQ = Munich**, not Berlin. Founded 2017. Excluded. - **GoStudent — Felix Ohswald & Gregor Müller** — Edtech 1:1 video tutoring, Europe's first edtech unicorn (~$3B). **HQ = Vienna, Austria**. Founded 2016. Excluded per task note. --- ## Notes - **Record count (Berlin-HQ verified): 20** — Gaming 4, Proptech 4, Legaltech 2, Edtech 4, HR-tech 4, Media 2. - **Indian-origin-founder flag:** None identified among these 20 companies. Founders are predominantly German, plus Icelandic (Klang), Spanish (Kenjo), and Dutch (Babbel co-founder Diepstraten). - **Relevant VCs seen repeatedly across these records:** Target Global, Earlybird, Project A Ventures, Cavalry Ventures, Notion Capital, Redalpine, HV Capital, Acton Capital, Northzone, Makers Fund, Novator, IBB Ventures / IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Axel Springer (strategic), Summit Partners, Tiger Global, SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Sofina, Verdane, PropTech1 Ventures, Heartcore Capital, Global Founders Capital, Creathor Ventures. - Coordinates are locality-level; several companies use Berlin centroid (52.52, 13.405) where a specific district was not confirmed.

Founded 2014, Jodel is a hyper-local, profile-free anonymous social feed that shows posts from users nearby — popular on university campuses. Raised ~$6.8M (backers include Quora/early-Facebook CTO Adam D'An...

Stephan Schmitt & Volker Hinz" - **venue:** Schlesische Str., Kreuzberg - **la:** 52.4989 - **ln:** 13.4463 - **desc:** Founded 1999 in Berlin, Native Instruments is a global music-production software and hardware maker (Kontakt, Reaktor, Traktor, Maschine). A cornerstone of Berlin's music-tech/creator economy; HQ and main R&D remain in Kreuzberg, with a 2026 acquisition by inMusic Brands reported. - **link:** https://www.native-instruments.com - **vertical:** ["Media"] - **stage:** Late-stage / acquired (inMusic, 2026) ### M2 — Jodel — Alessio Borgmeyer -

Founded 1999 in Berlin, Native Instruments is a global music-production software and hardware maker (Kontakt, Reaktor, Traktor, Maschine). A cornerstone of Berlin's music-tech/creator economy; HQ and main R&...