Built to Last: Why Industrial Founders Are Winning in Europe

By Marc Tesch and Pascal Stürchler, Co-Founders of Bloomhaus
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Europe is redefining its role. Between the technological dominance of the United States and the industrial scale of China, Europe is under pressure to strengthen its own capabilities. Energy security, digital sovereignty, AI governance, supply chains resilience - independence is no longer political rhetoric. It is an economic imperative. For companies, this shift redefines what qualifies as scalable growth.

In industrial and enterprise markets, innovation alone is not enough. Technology must perform under real operating conditions - securely, reliably, and at scale. When systems fail, production stops. When AI is opaque, legal and operational risk increases. When supply chains break, revenue follows. In these environments, resilience is not defensive. It is structural. And structural relevance accumulates.

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This is especially true in the DACH region. Advanced manufacturing, automotive systems, robotics, and regulated enterprise services form the backbone of the economy. These sectors demand integration depth, engineering rigor, and explainability by design. Surface-level innovation does not survive here.

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Building for these markets requires a different stance. Industrial and enterprise technology is harder to integrate, and more demanding in regulatory and operational complexity. It requires founders who understand workflows in detail - and investors who understand what “mission-critical” actually means.

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This is where we position Bloomhaus.

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Before founding the firm, we built and scaled B2B technology companies serving industrial customers ourselves. We have operated inside procurement cycles, integration processes, compliance requirements, and production environments. That experience shapes how we invest - and how we support.

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We do not evaluate companies purely on TAM expansion or short-term traction. We look at integration capability, technical robustness, customer dependency, and whether a product strengthens a core operational system.

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Since 2022, we have backed teams building mission-critical infrastructure: automated quality control for global manufacturers, battery systems for critical-use applications, secure and verifiable legal AI infrastructure, AI embedded directly into enterprise sales workflows, and intelligent spare parts management reducing downtime – and security solutions for AI models deployed on the edge. These technologies operate inside the core of industrial and enterprise value chains. They are not add-ons - they become infrastructure.

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Supporting companies in these segments also requires patience and depth. We work closely with founders on positioning, enterprise readiness, and strategic access to industrial networks. In markets where trust determines adoption, credibility compounds as much as capital.

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For founders, resilience is not a constraint - it is leverage. For investors, it signals where durable value is created.
In industrial Europe, growth follows reliability. Resilience is not the opposite of ambition. It is what makes ambition sustainable.

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If you’re building technology that strengthens the backbone of industry - from automation to AI infrastructure - we’d love to hear from you.