Uplift Ventures

Profile, fund size and leaders

Parent JungheinrichHQ Hamburg, GermanyFounded 2025

Uplift Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Jungheinrich, an industrial company. It was founded in 2025 and is based in Hamburg, Germany. It invests from seed to Series A. Sectors it names: industrial technology and robotics, climate and energy, artificial intelligence, logistics and supply chain.

Fund sizeS2: EUR 100M

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Series A

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Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Series A
Sectors	Industrial technology and robotics, Climate and energy, Artificial intelligence, Logistics and supply chain
Geography	North America, Europe
Offices	Hamburg, Germany

Sources: S2 Jungheinrich press release: Jungheinrich-backed Uplift Ventures launches EUR 100 mio fund; S1 Uplift Ventures website.

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Headline size	EUR 100M	Fund size	Stated by the firm or its parent	S2

Sources: S2 Jungheinrich press release: Jungheinrich-backed Uplift Ventures launches EUR 100 mio fund.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Hamburg, Germany
Offices: Hamburg, Germany

Investment regionsS2 S1

LeadersS1

Christian NoskeGeneral PartnerFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Christina HammesManaging Director and Venture Building LeadFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Kerk WichmannManaging DirectorFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Maike StedingVenture Clienting LeadFind on LinkedIn Firm page

Uplift Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Jungheinrich	Single source	S2
Parent industry	Industrial and manufacturing	Single source	S2
Founded	2025	Single source	S4
Headquarters	Hamburg, Germany	Single source	S2
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S1
Headline size	EUR 100M (Fund size)	Single source	S2
People on the team page	14	Single source	S1
Stages	Seed, Series A (inferred from announced rounds)	Estimate	S2

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Seed, Series A. Inferred from announced rounds; the firm does not state a range.	S2
Beyond capital	Venture building, venture clienting and access to the Jungheinrich ecosystem	S1
Pitch page	www.upliftventures.com/	S1

Fund vehicles

Vehicle	Size	Year	Source
Uplift Ventures inaugural fund	EUR 100M	2026	S2

History

2025Jungheinrich founded Uplift Ventures as its subsidiary for international venturing activitiesS3
2025Uplift Ventures went live as a venturing unit at the start of the yearS4
2026Uplift Ventures launched its EUR 100M inaugural fund with Christian Noske as General PartnerS2

Portfolio

Portfolio company named in public sources: turnus.ai.S1

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.upliftventures.com/
LinkedIn company page www.linkedin.com/company/uplift-ventures/

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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