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Nvidia takes stakes in Agile Robots, Avelios, Mirelo and Reflex Aerospace. Jensen Huang is touring Europe with his checkbook, and after Paris, he has now stopped in Berlin: The Nvidia chief has just announced planned investments in four German tech companies, namely the robot maker Agile Robots, the hospital software start-up Avelios Medical, the audio A.I. start-up Mirelo and the satellite builder Reflex Aerospace. Nvidia announced the deals in a blog post following an onstage conversation with Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a former power station in Berlin. The four new investments. Nvidia is not disclosing how much money is involved or how large the stakes are. The four companies cover very different fields: * Agile Robots: The Munich-based robotics company builds A.I.-powered robots, from robotic arms to the Agile ONE humanoid, for manufacturing, logistics and health care. It was founded in 2018 by the former DLR researchers Zhaopeng Chen and Peter Meusel. Agile Robots has already raised more than $270 million (about €241 million) from investors such as SoftBank Vision Fund and Xiaomi and has been working with Google DeepMind since the spring. * Avelios Medical: The Munich-based health tech start-up is developing an A.I.-native hospital information system that brings clinical and administrative workflows together and is meant to free up doctors and nurses. Its customers include Sana Kliniken, LMU Hospital Munich and Hannover Medical School. In early 2025, Avelios raised a €30 million Series A led by Sequoia Capital. * Mirelo: The Berlin start-up founded by CJ Simon-Gabriel and Florian Wenzel develops A.I. models that generate matching sound effects, speech and music for videos. In late 2025, Mirelo raised a $41 million (about €36.6 million) seed round led by Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz. * Reflex Aerospace: The satellite builder, which runs its own production facility in Munich, makes high-performance satellites that are supposed to be ready for launch in about 12 months instead of years. Last year, Reflex raised a €50 million Series A (in German), which the company calls the largest Series A in Europe's new space sector. Nvidia is not new to Germany. The company already holds stakes in the Berlin automation unicorn n8n, in Neura Robotics, based in Metzingen, and in the image generator Black Forest Labs from Freiburg. First Paris, then Berlin. In France, Nvidia opened its wallet just last week, taking stakes in Doctolib, Pigment, Genesis AI and Entalpic. Both packages are part of a commitment of almost $10 billion (about €8.9 billion) with which Nvidia wants to support companies, universities and research institutions across Europe. Before the tour, Nvidia had said it would announce another $2 billion (about €1.78 billion) in European deals within a week, according to The Next Web. That fits the political backdrop. On the sidelines of the Invest in Germany Summit, the German government and Nvidia signed a joint declaration of intent to advance A.I. models for so-called physical A.I., meaning A.I. that controls machines and robots in the real world. Mr. Merz appealed to Germany's small and midsize companies: "Please open your doors for A.I. to make use of your data." Mr. Huang, for his part, said A.I. would only augment the knowledge of German engineers, not replace it. Siemens also announced a partnership with Nvidia for autonomous factories. Criticism of Nvidia's investments. Nvidia's investments have also drawn criticism, though. Critics accuse the company of so-called circular financing: Nvidia invests in A.I. companies that then use the money to buy Nvidia chips, blurring the line between investment and revenue. The International Monetary Fund has also warned about increasing circular financing along the A.I. value chain. Mr. Huang rejects the accusations, saying the investments are too small compared with the business they generate and that each one stands on its own. Founders Dispatch Europe's Startup Scene, Twice a Week in Your Inbox. Deals, funding rounds and tech trends, curated by the Trending Topics newsroom. Free since 2015. Aus Datenschutz-Gründen ist dieser Inhalt ausgeblendet. Die Einbettung von externen Inhalten kann in den Datenschutz-Einstellungen aktiviert werden:

VC Associate. Revent Munich, Germany * Posted 5 hours ago Investment Associate. Munich, Germany Business Analyst 65.000 € to 85.000 € / year Revent is an early stage venture capital firm backing founders building companies that truly matter. Venture5 Media believe that the best builders of its generation don't just want to build a unicorn, they want to create and leave a legacy for humanity. As a firm, Venture5 Media work relentlessly hard to earn the right to partner with these outlier individuals - obsessives on a mission, as Venture5 Media call them. Venture5 Media has invested in companies such as Avelios Medical (Sequoia-led Series A), Tem Energy (Lightspeed just led their Series B), and several yet unannounced rounds with Tier 1 funds, and are currently deploying a fresh €112M fund. With this fund, Venture5 Media will invest in ~40 early stage companies all pushing the boundaries in AI and frontier tech to build a better collective future for Venture5 Media all. Tasks. Venture5 Media is hiring an Associate to join Venture5 Media full time in Munich (with plenty of time spent in Berlin and across Europe) as a core member of the investment team. Venture5 Media deliberately keep its investment team small to sprint faster on opportunities, so this is a rare chance to join the team in a high ownership, high agency position. Your job description is simple: find and partner with the most exceptional founders building companies that truly matter. The day to day is incredibly diverse and will call on your analytical abilities, ingenuity, hustle, emotional intelligence, creativity, energy, and ambition on a regular basis. 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A technical background (e.g. hard sciences, computer science, AI specialization) is highly appreciated and ideally you've had previous exposure to startups / tech through internships, projects, or academic work. You don't need years of experience for this role, but you do need to have an outstanding trajectory. Venture5 Media is looking for people who have genuine streaks of brilliance alongside overall "Swiss Army" skills. Brilliance could look like: an exceptional ability to see patterns where others cannot, true technical prowess, an encyclopedic knowledge of something relevant, extraordinary EQ, or herculean energy levels. Alongside this, Venture5 Media search for people who demonstrate: * Curiosity and clarity of thought. You love to learn, to understand the underlying why, and can articulate ideas, implications, hypotheses, and a point of view with incisiveness. * An immense drive and desire to win. Venture is competitive, and Venture5 Media is looking for people who love to compete. You get energy from a good challenge, lean forward into hard work, and really love winning. * A builder's spirit. Venture5 Media see ourselves as a startup too, early in its journey with some initial wins and yet with much to prove. Venture5 Media look for people with a high degree of agency who are genuinely excited to co-create an exceptional firm. * A passion to create a better world. Revent invests in companies that can become massive by virtue of solving real problems for humanity. Venture5 Media is mission-driven and seek people who want to back positive companies that will change the world. * Excellence. Venture5 Media has a high bar and are constantly striving to get better. Venture5 Media look for people who are dedicated to doing things extremely well and to giving and receiving the feedback that will enable continuous growth. Practicalities This is a full time role based in Munich as part of a small, high ownership investment team. Venture5 Media is not sponsoring working visas, meaning you must already have the right to work full time in Germany. Compensation is between €65,000 and €85,000 annually depending on experience, plus a performance based bonus and carried interest component which can be a significant part of compensation. How to Apply: This is an immediate hire. Venture5 Media review applications on a rolling basis and are moving fast, so there is an advantage to applying sooner. Please send: * Your LinkedIn profile * A few sentences about why you'd be excited to be an early-stage investor at Revent * The names of the 1-2 most interesting pre-seed companies or founders you've encountered in the past 3 months with a few sentences about why you find them compelling * From there, the process consists of: cultural fit interview with several team members, a case study, and time spent together in person to ensure mutual fit