Qontext Raises €2.7M Pre-Seed
Qontext, a Berlin, Germany-based company building an independent context layer for AI, has raised $2.7 million in a pre-Seed round.
The round was led by HV Capital, with participation from Zero Prime Ventures and a group of angel investors, including Jan Oberhauser (n8n), Emil Eifrem (neo4j), Bastian Nominacher (Celonis), Philipp Heltewig (Cognigy), and Fabian Veit (make.com).
HV Capital is a German venture capital firm based in Munich and Berlin, with €2.8 billion under management. The firm invests across seed to growth stages in European tech startups, focusing on sectors such as fintech, SaaS, marketplaces, mobility, and healthtech.
The company will use the funding to expand the platform and team.
Founded in 2025 by Lorenz Hieber and Nikita Kowalski, Qontext builds an independent context layer for AI designed to enable companies to run all their AI processes on the same reusable, up-to-date context base. It ingests and unifies company data from CRMs, documents, email, chats, and other internal systems. By centralizing scattered business knowledge and providing governance controls, Qontext helps organizations scale AI reliably across teams and functions. Headquartered in Berlin, Germany, Qontext serves startups and enterprises looking to unlock the full potential of AI across marketing, sales, support, and operations.
Funding Details
Company: Qontext GmbH
Raised: $2.7M
Round: Pre-Seed
Funding Date: February 2026
Lead Investor: HV Capital
Additional Investors: Zero Prime Ventures; angels: Jan Oberhauser, Emil Eifrem, Bastian Nominacher, Philipp Heltewig, Fabian Veit
Company Website: https://qontext.ai/
Software Category: AI Infrastructure / Context Layer / Context Management