b:yond VC

Forging Europe’s next industrial champions.

European Deep Tech VC · Pre‑Seed & Seed

01 / Thesis

Europe is entering a building cycle for strategic technologies.

We back technical founders with a real technology edge and dual-use potential, across three fields.

01

AI Infrastructure

02

Autonomous Systems

03

Future Factory

02 / Approach

Deep tech needs more than capital.

  1. 01

    We understand the build.

    Our experience spans industrial strategy, corporate venture capital and scaling an AI company. We know that a technical breakthrough is only the beginning.

  2. 02

    We connect it to industry.

    We help founders navigate industrial customers, commercial partnerships and the path from proof of concept to deployment.

  3. 03

    We start early.

    We partner at pre-seed and seed, when the hardest decisions still lie ahead and conviction matters most.

03 / Team

Deep tech natives.
Operator DNA.
Proven performance.

25+ years of deep tech experience between us, as investors, operators and builders.

Dr. Nils Berkemeyer and Manuel Yoon, the founding partners of b:yond VC
Dr. Nils Berkemeyer Managing Partner

Dr. Nils Berkemeyer

Managing Partner

The Transaction Expert. Nils has led deep tech investments across the US and EMEA, from seed to IPO, and built a €140M corporate venture fund from scratch. He brings the deal firepower and the global investor network to make every round happen.

Manuel Yoon Managing Partner

Manuel Yoon

Managing Partner

The Industry Insider. Manuel led Roland Berger’s Advanced Technology Center and advised on multi-billion, cross-border deep tech transactions before becoming an operator himself. He has direct lines to the key decision-makers in space, defense and electronics: the people who decide what gets deployed.

Track record

100%of companies we backed raised follow-on funding
$1.5B+follow-on funding raised
40+transactions led, from pre-seed to IPO
6exits to date

Companies we’ve backed

QuantumScapeSolid-state batteriesVisit website ↗ AutobrainsAI for autonomous drivingVisit website ↗ AEyeHigh-performance lidarVisit website ↗ BlickfeldLidar for industrial sensingVisit website ↗ AddionicsAdvanced battery materialsVisit website ↗ TensordyneAI computing chipsVisit website ↗ FMCNovel memory chipsVisit website ↗ videantisAI vision chipsVisit website ↗ Perciv AIAI radar perceptionVisit website ↗ ABZ InnovationHeavy-duty dronesVisit website ↗ SoltracSatellite solar arraysVisit website ↗ RIPS TechCybersecurity for web applicationsRead more ↗ RheboAnomaly detection for industrial networksVisit website ↗ FeelitPredictive maintenance sensorsVisit website ↗ asellerateInfrastructure-as-a-service platformVisit website ↗ BrandMakerMarketing resource management softwareVisit website ↗ JedoxEnterprise performance managementVisit website ↗

Includes past investments and advisory engagements of the b:yond partners in prior funds and roles.

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