SPRIND

SPRIND is Germany's Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation, a public-sector innovation agency and institutional capital provider based in Leipzig, Saxony. It backs radical deep-tech projects and startups across Germany and Europe through financing, validation mandates, challenges and project-specific structures, including direct investment when private capital is insufficient. Relevant for fundraising founders at early and later venture stages, it focuses on energy, climate, clean technology, AI, robotics, semiconductors, biotechnology, manufacturing, software and sustainability.