Uplift Ventures

Profile

Uplift Ventures is a deep tech investment firm based in Hamburg and backed solely by Jungheinrich, a leading German intralogistics company. Founded by Christian Noske, a prominent deep tech investor with experience from BMW i Ventures and NGP Capital, the firm combines venture building and investing within one platform. The team includes Christina Hammes, Kerk Wichmann, and Maike Steding, who manage the broader venture-building platform, and an investment team of Helge Jelinski, Katharina Schild, Lukas Böttcher, and Susan Suzart. Uplift Ventures aims to bridge startup agility with corporate power, offering both capital and industrial insights to deep tech entrepreneurs.

Uplift Ventures focuses on investing in sectors such as Physical AI, Energy, Enterprise AI, and Logistics, writing check sizes ranging from €1-5 million, often €2-3 million, primarily into Seed and Series A companies. Geographically, the firm concentrates 80% of its investments in Europe and 20% in the US. The DeepTech Fund, backed entirely by Jungheinrich with a size of €100 million, targets up to 20 portfolio companies. Uplift Ventures benefits from the strategic support and resources of their corporate backer, enhancing their impact in the deep tech landscape.

Notable investments by the broader Uplift Ventures platform include The Exploration Company, ANYbotics, Tekion, Dataloop, and WeRide, championing companies with product-driven founders. Turnus.ai, a compliance automation company founded internally, exemplifies their venture-building success. As of now, the €100 million DeepTech Fund is yet to disclose its initial investments, with expectations for its first activities by the end of 2026.