Hi, we are DTCF.

We partner with bold innovators and stellar investors to build industry-defining companies in DeepTech and ClimateTech. We provide more than just funding. We offer long-term support to scale groundbreaking ideas.

Funded by the German Future Fund and the ERP Special Fund, we back companies with long development cycles and high capital needs to transform entire industries.

€5-50M

per company

to fuel growth

global challenges

solved through
tech solutions

Bridging

investors, SMEs & early growth tech startups

€1B

investment for
Europe’s tech ecosystem

“We’re truly grateful for DTCF’s trust and partnership. They bring much more than capital – they’ve become a close sparring partner, offering technology foresight and thoughtful, cross-industry perspective. What we value most is their focus on sustainable, long-term growth rather than scaling for the sake of it.”

– Dr. Alex Glätzle, Co-Founder and CEO of planqc

“We’re delighted to share the same mission with DTCF: scaling urgently needed technology in Europe. As cylib, we’re making Europe less dependent on raw material imports and building resilient battery value chains, and we’re very happy to have DTCF as a European partner by our side.”

– Dr. Lilian Schwich, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of cylib

“From our very first meetings, DTCF demonstrated deep technical expertise and a long-term investment horizon. The questions impressed our engineers, and the capital respects the decades ahead. That unique blend of knowledge, trust, cooperation, and European DNA makes me deeply grateful for this partnership, which fits perfectly with our business.”

– Hélène Huby, Founder and CEO of The Exploration Company

“no noise, no ego. DTCF didn’t follow the crowd —they dug in, challenged us constructively, made a conviction-based decision and
even built bridges to other investors.”

– Dirk Radzinski, Co-Founder and CEO of XOLO

„Both NUCLIDIUM and the DTCF are focused on advancing sustainable technologies. With the fund’s strong technological expertise in capital-intensive growth phases and deep industry knowledge, DTCF is an ideal strategic partner aligned with our business model.“

– Dr. Leila Jaafar-Thiel, Co-Founder and CEO of NUCLIDIUM

„Fusion energy is entering a new era—moving from lab-based science to industrial-scale engineering. This investment validates our approach and gives us the resources to deliver hardware that is essential to make clean fusion power a reality.“

– Dr. Francesco Sciortino, Co-Founder and CEO of Proxima Fusion