{"id":16769,"date":"2025-04-03T13:11:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/2023-en\/bmt-invests-in-zepta-technologies-gmbh-a-pioneer-in-digital-pest-control\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T13:11:33","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T11:11:33","slug":"bmt-invests-in-zepta-technologies-gmbh-a-pioneer-in-digital-pest-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bm-t.de\/en\/2025-en\/bmt-invests-in-zepta-technologies-gmbh-a-pioneer-in-digital-pest-control\/","title":{"rendered":"bm|t invests in Zepta Technologies GmbH, a pioneer in digital pest control"},"content":{"rendered":"

bm|t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen GmbH is invest\u00ading in Zepta Tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies GmbH together with TGFS Tech\u00adnolo\u00adgiegr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds Sach\u00adsen and other investors. Zepta is a spin-off from Chemo\u00adva\u00adtor and spe\u00adcial\u00adizes in dig\u00adi\u00adtal solu\u00adtions and sus\u00adtain\u00adabil\u00adity in pest con\u00adtrol. The start-up offers an IoT-based, data-dri\u00adven solu\u00adtion that replaces tra\u00addi\u00adtional and envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally harm\u00adful meth\u00adods and makes the mar\u00adket more effi\u00adcient. The seed round serves to fur\u00adther develop the prod\u00aduct, accel\u00ader\u00adate growth and acquire customers. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Zepta, a start-up for dig\u00adi\u00adtal pest con\u00adtrol with branches in Sax\u00adony and Thuringia, has suc\u00adcess\u00adfully com\u00adpleted its first round of financ\u00ading and secured a seven-fig\u00adure sum. Investors are TGFS Tech\u00adnolo\u00adgiegr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds Sach\u00adsen, GIMIC Ven\u00adtures, bm|t from Thuringia and Chemo\u00adva\u00adtor, BAS\u00adF\u2019s incu\u00adba\u00adtor pro\u00adgram. Zepta intends to use the fresh cap\u00adi\u00adtal to accel\u00ader\u00adate its growth, acquire cus\u00adtomers and become the indus\u00adtry leader in dig\u00adi\u00adtal pest control. <\/p>\n

Cli\u00admate change and the result\u00ading ris\u00ading tem\u00adper\u00ada\u00adtures are caus\u00ading the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion of rats and other pests to increase expo\u00adnen\u00adtially \u2014 they are still spread\u00ading dis\u00adeases, destroy\u00ading infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and jeop\u00adar\u00addiz\u00ading agri\u00adcul\u00adtural har\u00advests. At the same time, tox\u00adi\u00adco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal baits are being reg\u00adu\u00adlated ever more strictly. Com\u00adpa\u00adnies urgently need envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally friendly alter\u00adna\u00adtives \u2014 and this is pre\u00adcisely where Zepta comes in. The mar\u00adket is fac\u00ading a mas\u00adsive trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion and will become much more impor\u00adtant in the future. Experts esti\u00admate that global sales will grow to around 30 bil\u00adlion euros by 2028. <\/p>\n

Zepta offers an IoT-based, data-dri\u00adven solu\u00adtion that replaces tra\u00addi\u00adtional and envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtally harm\u00adful meth\u00adods. Instead of check\u00ading baits man\u00adu\u00adally on a reg\u00adu\u00adlar basis, Zepta enables 24\/7 mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading in real time. Thanks to the smart mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading sys\u00adtem, baits con\u00adtain\u00ading active ingre\u00addi\u00adents are only used when nec\u00ades\u00adsary. Exist\u00ading traps can also be retro\u00adfit\u00adted with the solu\u00adtion. This reduces the num\u00adber of unnec\u00ades\u00adsary deploy\u00adments by up to 90 per\u00adcent, saves com\u00adpa\u00adnies high costs and min\u00adi\u00admizes the indus\u00adtry\u2019s eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal foot\u00adprint. Zepta sup\u00adports com\u00adpa\u00adnies with var\u00adi\u00adous B2B coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion options, depend\u00ading on the size of the busi\u00adness and the num\u00adber of sen\u00adsors required. <\/p>\n

Lukas Deuscher, co-founder and CSO of Zepta: \u201cI became inter\u00adested in pest con\u00adtrol at an early age, as my father was in the same indus\u00adtry. We have now launched a prod\u00aduct on the mar\u00adket that only com\u00adbats rats in the event of an actual infes\u00adta\u00adtion and does not use active ingre\u00addi\u00adents pre\u00adven\u00adtively. This is super-effi\u00adcient and there\u00adfore good for humans and ani\u00admals \u2014 just not for rats and other unwanted rodents.\u201d <\/p>\n

Markus Bold, Man\u00adag\u00ading Direc\u00adtor of BAS\u00adF\u2019s Chemo\u00adva\u00adtor: \u201cRis\u00ading costs and stricter envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions are forc\u00ading the indus\u00adtry to rethink. Zepta pro\u00advides a smart solu\u00adtion that does not yet exist in this form \u2014 we see enor\u00admous poten\u00adtial here in a mar\u00adket that is grow\u00ading rapidly worldwide.\u201d <\/p>\n

S\u00f6ren Schus\u00adter, Man\u00adag\u00ading Direc\u00adtor of TGFS Tech\u00adnolo\u00adgiegr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds Sach\u00adsen: \u201cZepta has a strong team, has already won over its first cus\u00adtomers and is a great exam\u00adple of the region\u2019s inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive strength, demon\u00adstrat\u00ading that tech\u00adnol\u00adogy from Sax\u00adony is in demand world\u00adwide. We look for\u00adward to sup\u00adport\u00ading the com\u00adpany in its development.\u201d <\/p>\n

Katja Butz\u00admann, Man\u00adag\u00ading Direc\u00adtor of bm\u2011t: \u201cThe demand for pest con\u00adtrol solu\u00adtions is steadily increas\u00ading world\u00adwide and the young team of Thuringian and Saxon founders offers a solu\u00adtion with its inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive tech\u00adnol\u00adogy to enable estab\u00adlished play\u00aders in this growth mar\u00adket to gen\u00ader\u00adate excess returns. As a ven\u00adture cap\u00adi\u00adtal investor, we are very happy to be involved.\u201d <\/p>\n

Tomas Burck, Man\u00adag\u00ading Part\u00adner at GIMIC Ven\u00adtures: \u201cZepta is a real game changer \u2014 they are rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adiz\u00ading tra\u00addi\u00adtional pest con\u00adtrol with dig\u00adi\u00adtal tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies. Through the inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of IoT, data analy\u00adsis and automa\u00adtion, they are achiev\u00ading a com\u00adpletely new level of effi\u00adciency. We at GIMIC Ven\u00adtures are con\u00advinced that Zepta will per\u00adma\u00adnently change the mar\u00adket and are delighted to accom\u00adpany them on this journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Zepta Tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies<\/strong> GmbH<\/strong> is a start-up based in Dres\u00adden, which was founded in 2024 by Mar\u00adtin Cir\u00adillo-Schmidt, Lukas Deuscher and Nick Lei\u00add\u00ading. It spe\u00adcial\u00adizes in dig\u00adi\u00adtal solu\u00adtions and sus\u00adtain\u00adabil\u00adity in pest con\u00adtrol. Through real-time mon\u00adi\u00adtor\u00ading, Zepta reduces man\u00adual processes, min\u00adi\u00admizes envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal impact and makes the mar\u00adket more effi\u00adcient. Zepta is a spin-off from the Chemo\u00adva\u00adtor, BAS\u00adF\u2019s busi\u00adness incubator.
\nMar\u00adtin Cir\u00adillo-Schmidt | Man\u00adag\u00ading Direc\u00adtor | +49 176 32546363
\nmartin@zepta.de<\/a> | https:\/\/www.zepta.io\/de<\/a><\/p>\n

The TGFS Tech\u00adnolo\u00adgiegr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds Sach\u00adsen<\/strong> pro\u00advides tech\u00adnol\u00adogy-ori\u00adented founders with equity cap\u00adi\u00adtal for the seed and start-up phase. The fund was first launched in 2008 by the Free State of Sax\u00adony (includ\u00ading ERDF fund\u00ading) and Saxon finan\u00adcial insti\u00adtu\u00adtions and has since sup\u00adported over 100 start-ups. In 2023, the TGFS started its third fund gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. The TGFS focuses on young, inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive, tech\u00adnol\u00adogy-ori\u00adented com\u00adpa\u00adnies that belong to the ITC, semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor and microsys\u00adtems tech\u00adnol\u00adogy, med\u00adical tech\u00adnol\u00adogy, life sci\u00adence, envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal and energy tech\u00adnol\u00adogy and new media sec\u00adtors and have their head\u00adquar\u00adters or busi\u00adness premises in Saxony.
\nwww.tgfs.de<\/a><\/p>\n

beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment th\u00fcrin\u00adgen GmbH (bm|t)<\/strong>, based in Erfurt, is the lead\u00ading address for cor\u00adpo\u00adrate invest\u00adments in Thuringia. bm|t cur\u00adrently man\u00adages twelve funds with a total vol\u00adume of around 445 mil\u00adlion euros, which invest in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies in almost all sec\u00adtors and devel\u00adop\u00adment phases \u2014 whether in the start-up and growth phase or in com\u00adpany succession.
\nwww.bm\u2011t.de<\/a><\/p>\n

Chemo\u00adva\u00adtor <\/strong>is BAS\u00adF\u2019s busi\u00adness incu\u00adba\u00adtor and early-stage investor. In addi\u00adtion to BAS\u00adF\u2019s exist\u00ading inno\u00adva\u00adtion land\u00adscape, Chemo\u00adva\u00adtor offers a pro\u00adtected space to test new busi\u00adness ideas, prod\u00aducts or inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive ser\u00advices and turn them into investable and scal\u00adable busi\u00adness models.
\nChemo\u00adva\u00adtor was founded in 2018 as a sub\u00adsidiary of BASF SE and is based in Mannheim. Here, Chemo\u00adva\u00adtor offers an uncon\u00adven\u00adtional start-up envi\u00adron\u00adment with plenty of room for cre\u00adativ\u00adity. From early val\u00adi\u00adda\u00adtion to suc\u00adcess\u00adful com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adiza\u00adtion, all ven\u00adture teams receive sup\u00adport from expe\u00adri\u00adenced entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs and investors who have built star\u00adtups and new com\u00adpa\u00adnies from the ground up. Their sup\u00adport ranges from coach\u00ading and men\u00adtor\u00ading to pro\u00advid\u00ading extended net\u00adwork\u00ading opportunities.
\nwww.chemovator.com<\/a><\/p>\n

GIMIC Ven\u00adtures<\/strong> is a sin\u00adgle LP ven\u00adture cap\u00adi\u00adtal fund based in Karl\u00adsruhe that spe\u00adcial\u00adizes in the financ\u00ading of pre-seed and seed start-ups in the DACH region. The focus is on dis\u00adrup\u00adtive B2C and B2B busi\u00adness mod\u00adels, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlarly in the areas of HealthTech, Green\u00adTech and DeepTech.
\nInspired by the suc\u00adcess story of the Game\u00adforge founder, GIMIC Ven\u00adtures is a \u201cgame changer\u201d investor that sup\u00adports vision\u00adary founders who have the poten\u00adtial to change their indus\u00adtries in the long term. The fund focuses on entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs who set new stan\u00addards in their respec\u00adtive mar\u00adkets with inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive ideas and dis\u00adrup\u00adtive technologies.
\nIn addi\u00adtion to cap\u00adi\u00adtal, the fund offers com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive sup\u00adport through spar\u00adring, port\u00adfo\u00adlio events and work\u00adshops as well as access to a strong net\u00adwork. With a flex\u00adi\u00adble and founder-friendly approach, GIMIC Ven\u00adtures acts inde\u00adpen\u00addently of polit\u00adi\u00adcal or cor\u00adpo\u00adrate strate\u00adgic inter\u00adests. The fund sees itself as a part\u00adner at eye level and sup\u00adports start-ups from the early phase through to scal\u00ading with quick deci\u00adsions and prag\u00admatic solutions.
\nwww.linkedin.com\/company\/gimic-ventures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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