Heliad is a Germany-based evergreen investment firm with offices in Frankfurt, Berlin, and San Francisco, backing generational founders from pre-seed through IPO and beyond. Through its fully owned early-stage vehicle Collective Ventures, Heliad invests from pre-seed to Series A, while its balance-sheet structure enables direct growth-stage and public-market investments free from fund life cycles. The firm focuses on European resilience themes—AI agents, robotics, next-generation finance, AI health, energy transition, and seamless mobility—and operates a dedicated Capital Collective that helps portfolio companies access venture debt, equity financing, and M&A. Heliad's portfolio includes Enpal (solar energy), Raisin (pan-European savings and open banking), FINN (car subscriptions), askLio (procurement AI), ARX Robotics (autonomous ground systems), Nelly (medical-practice digitization), and Gaia (FemTech fertility insurance). The firm is led by co-CEOs Falk Schäfers (former Berenberg Corporate Finance head who led IPOs for HelloFresh and Delivery Hero) and Julian Kappus (ex-Bank of America Structured Finance), with venture partners Nicolaus Berlin (CEO of mute-labs, founder of BesserFM) and Cecil von Croÿ (Co-Founder of Alva Energie).

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