WIPIT advises Finches on €2 million pre-seed financing round
WIPIT has advised Finches GmbH on its € 2 million pre-seed financing round. The round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with Vanagon Ventures joining as co-lead. Bayern Kapital joined as a new investor, while existing backer UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators and a syndicate of strategic industry and tech angels doubled down with follow-on capital.
Finches GmbH, based near Munich, develops AI for agricultural procurement. Finches combines internal procurement data suchas supplier profiles, cultivated acreage and contracts with external signals like weather patterns, satellite imaging, local news, scientific insights and field reports from on-the-ground agronomists. The platform transforms these inputs into targeted early warnings, identifying impacted regions and supply chains while giving buyers clear, actionable next steps. This enables procurement teams to proactively protect volume, quality and margins long before crop failures or quality issues threaten production. Finches Intelligence launched in September 2026, with early customers including a leading organic baby food manufacturer and a North American Fortune 500 food conglomerate.
The company was founded in 2025 by Catharina van Delden (CEO) and Dr. Stefanie Glenn (CTO). In January 2026, Alexandra Vázquez Bea joined the executive team as CFO/COO and co-founder. Catharina van Delden founded innosabi and built it into Europe's leading innovation management platform, which Questel acquired in 2021. Dr. Stefanie Glenn holds a PhD in genetics from Cambridge and brings extensive engineering and leadership experience in enterprise AI from her time at Google and BMW. Alexandra Vázquez Bea brings deep finance and food sector experience, having served as CFO/COO at Oetker Digital and led the IPO of Veganz Group AG. The founders will use the fresh capital to accelerate product development and expand sales operations.
WIPIT advised Finches on all corporate lawaspects of structuring, negotiating and implementing the financing round.
Advisors to Finches: WIPIT
Marius Tauchmann, Dr. Wolfgang Weitnauer (both Venture Capital, Munich)
Advisors to Vanagon: Bird&Bird
Andrea Schlote (Munich)
