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Johannes Weber Principal

Johannes WeberPrincipal

About me

Team Berlin Team, Industrial, Climate & Deep Tech
at HTGF since 2020
my focus ClimateTech, DeepTech
my background Founder, Engineer, MBA

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Johannes Weber has been supporting HTGF in Berlin since November 2020 in the fields of ClimateTech, DeepTech und IndustrialTech. Johannes holds a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering and an MBA from universities in Germany and UK. He started his career as a management consultant and then spent six years building a VC-funded start-up as Co-Founder & CEO and successfully sold it to an international medical and safety technology group. The product was awarded with the German Innovation Prize and is available in more than 20 countries worldwide. Johannes brings extensive entrepreneurial experience to the collaboration with startups.

Four questions for …

What has been your most important milestone so far?

Johannes Weber

I have built a VC-financed start-up for six years and successfully sold it to a corporate group. The product is available in 20 countries.

What drives you?

Johannes Weber

Supporting visionary founders that challenge the status quo through technology, science, and highly innovative business models.

What fascinates you about pre-seed / seed phases?

Johannes Weber

Optimism, agility and execution speed.

What do you like most about your job?

Johannes Weber

To be able to pass on concrete experiences that I have made with my own startup.

My success stories in the HTGF portfolio

12 of 500 Companies
2025

nuuEnergy

Energy

Founded in 2023, nuuEnergy specializes in the planning and installation of heat pumps. With a unique business model, the company combines the advantages of digital processes with the quality and …

to nuuEnergy
2024

Cyclize

Circular Economy

Cyclize, a spin-off from the University of Stuttgart, has developed a technology to defossilize the chemical industry using mixed plastic waste and CO2 as raw materials to produce synthesis gas …

to Cyclize
2023

Proxima Fusion

Energy

Stellarator fusion reactors to power the future

to Proxima Fusion
2022

DeepScenario

AI

DeepScenario is an AI start-up that provides the world’s leading platform for training, testing, and validating autonomous systems of any kind, with a particular focus on the automotive industry. The …

to DeepScenario
2022

syte

AI

syte 2021 was founded by the architect Matthias Zühlke and the mathematician David Nellessen. Matthias developed an interest in linking digitalisation and architecture early on. As an architect and partner …

to syte
2021

sewts

Robotics / Automation

Founded in 2019 and based in Munich, sewts GmbH provides cutting-edge perception software, pushing the boundaries of robotics in processing of easily deformable materials. sewts has developed and demonstrated a …

to sewts
2021

traceless materials

Advanced Materials

Sustainable biomaterials based on plant residues for packaging

to traceless materials
2018

Instagrid

Battery

Most advanced portable batteries for professionals

to Instagrid
2018

Resourcify

Circular Economy

My Recycling is developed by Resourcify GmbH from Hamburg. The app is the easiest solution for businesses to easily manage all of their waste, collections, and recyclers in one app, …

to Resourcify
2015

NOVUM engineerING

Battery

Novum offers through AI and a hardware module exact battery monitoring that enables 15% more capacity usage and 20% longer lifetime. The on-site instant battery characterisation enables multiple second-life use …

to NOVUM engineerING

Guided to exit

12 of 500 Companies
2016

bentekk

Exit

bentekk develops gas measurement instruments for detecting toxic pollutants in industrial applications. 10x faster measurements at lower total cost enable regulatory compliance and increase workplace safety.

to bentekk

Recent posts

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9. September 2025

Proxima Fusion Extends Series A to €200M Total Funding As It Accelerates Into Hardware Execution

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12. June 2025

nuuEnergy Secures Multi-Million Euro Funding – and Aims to Rethink the Heat Pump Industry as a Premium Quality Provider 

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11. June 2025

Proxima Fusion raises €130M Series A to build world’s first stellarator-based fusion power plant in the 2030s 

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26. September 2024

Around 5 million euros for the AI-based data platform in the property sector: syte secures fresh capital in seed round

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10. April 2024

Proxima Fusion Raises €20M Seed to Accelerate Timeline to Fusion Power

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21. February 2024

ClimateTech startup Cyclize secures €5 Million in Seed Funding for revolutionary plastic recycling technology