The most visible startup investment platforms in Germany, October 2026

October 2026 · 15 questions asked from Germany in German and English · ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode · 60 answers read

Leader

Companisto

46Heralded Score, range 39–58

Most cited source

youtube.com

16citations

From Google AI Mode and Google AI Overviews

Where engines disagree most

Companisto

3/4engines put it in their top three

Top three on Gemini, Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT, not on Google AI Mode

Brands

Search is not measured for this board yet, so it ranks on AI answers.

Rank Brand Rank change Heralded Score All AI Score trend Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
– Capital Cell ES Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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2% 2% None First reading
– Crowdberry SK Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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0% 0% None First reading
– Crowdepot Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– CrowdFundMe IT Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– FrontFundr CA Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading
– FundedByMe SE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
0% 0% None First reading
– Gateway Ventures AT Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
3% 0% None First reading
– Green Rocket Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
3% 0% None First reading
– KPMG Matchmaker NL Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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1% 0% None First reading
– LIQID DE Unranked Too few answers Not measured
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  • : Unranked
2% 0% None First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. AI gives each brand’s score and rank from the engines’ answers; Search is not measured for this board yet. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 youtube.com Social 16.7% 2 of 4 13 Not read
2 bafin.de Regulator 10.0% 1 of 4 10 Not read
3 europa.eu Regulator 10.0% 2 of 4 11 Not read
4 fuer-gruender.de Media 16.7% 3 of 4 6 Not read
5 crowdfunding.de Media 11.7% 3 of 4 3 8
6 qubit.capital Vendor site 11.7% 2 of 4 4 1
7 gruenderplattform.de Vendor site 10.0% 4 of 4 1 Not read
8 startup-germany.org Community 5.0% 1 of 4 3 Not read
9 bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de Regulator 5.0% 1 of 4 4 Not read
10 crowdinvesting-compact.de Review site 3.3% 2 of 4 3 Not read

Questions asked

QuestionLanguageMost recommended
best platforms to invest in startups English Companisto, Crowdcube, Invesdor and Republic, tied
equity crowdfunding platform for startups English Capital Cell, Companisto, Invesdor and Republic, tied
how to raise money from investors online English Republic
how to invest in startups with small amounts English Companisto, Invesdor and Seedmatch, tied
equity crowdfunding vs angel investors English No brand recommended

Each engine's top three

Google AI Mode

No brand named in at least three answers.

Method

Each leaderboard ranks brands on two sides. AI is how ChatGPT, Gemini, Google AI Overviews and Google AI Mode answer the board's buyer questions. Search is Google's top 10 results for the keywords behind those questions. All combines the two, where Search is measured.

For the AI side, each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

How the leaderboards are measured