Balthazar Raises €1.85M Pre-Seed to Build the Operating System for Deep Tech R&D Labs
Balthazar Raises €1.85M Pre-Seed to Build the Operating System for Deep Tech R&D Labs
Balthazar builds the first OS for deep tech R&D labs, enabling teams to run, monitor, and manage experiments in a single platform
The €1.85M round, led by CapitalT and joined by Antler, funds product development and team expansion
Launching as AI and automation reshape science, Balthazar brings structure and speed to modern R&D workflows
Amsterdam, Netherlands - July 2, 2025 - Balthazar, the AI-enabled platform reinventing how deep tech labs run research and development, announces a total of €1.85 million in funding to date. The latest €1.2 million round is led by CapitalT, with participation from the global the global early-stage VCVC Antler. The total includes earlier support from Antler and a mix of Dutch innovation funders. The funding will support product development, the advancement of AI capabilities, and team growth.
Balthazar addresses a critical gap in deep tech R&D. Despite over €250 billion spent annually to develop the next generation of hardware — from semiconductors and photonics to energy storage and carbon capture — device development still relies on fragmented systems and manual coordination. Balthazar introduces a new category of solutions: a real-time, intelligent workspace that integrates every step of the R&D workflow.
AI and automation are changing how research gets done, but lab tooling hasn’t kept up. Balthazar launches at a time when scalable, reproducible R&D becomes not just more important — but finally achievable.
R&D engineers can run and monitor experiments directly from their browsers and track the entire process: from design and fabrication to measurement and analysis. The platform connects to local workstations and lab instruments, organizing all prototype data in one place. Users can leverage and extend their existing code base and integrate it into their workflows. Built on modern web technologies and a scalable cloud architecture, it enables faster iteration, seamless collaboration, and reproducible results at scale.
“Deep tech labs are pushing the limits of science and engineering — yet still rely on tools never meant for today’s complexity," says Dejan Davidovikj, founder and CEO of Balthazar. “Teams run incredibly complex experiments with no shared source of truth and no system to manage the process. Balthazar gives them structure, automation, and visibility — so they can move faster and make better decisions, backed by data.”
“Balthazar solves a foundational challenge for deep tech teams: turning research chaos into coordinated progress,” says Eva de Mol, Founding Partner at CapitalT. “The team deeply understands the day-to-day problems of modern R&D labs and builds exactly the kind of infrastructure needed to enable faster and more reproducible technological breakthroughs. We’re thrilled to support them from the beginning.”
About Balthazar
Balthazar builds the operating system for deep tech R&D labs. Its AI-enabled platform helps researchers run, monitor, and manage experiments in real time - directly from the browser. Validated in labs worldwide, Balthazar has powered over 6,000 experiments and is trusted by labs ranging from universities like TU Delft to pioneering companies in advanced semiconductors, quantum technologies and energy storage. Founded in 2024 and based in Amsterdam, the company is backed by CapitalT and Antler.
For more information, visit www.balthazar.app.
About CapitalT
CapitalT is a (pre)-seed venture capital fund with a unique focus on human-centric investments. Employing a data-driven approach, CapitalT identifies and supports the most promising teams and invests in software technology companies with a primary focus on ClimateTech and the Future of Work. CapitalT is committed to driving innovation and making a positive impact on the world. CapitalT has completed over 30 investments, such as TestGorilla, a talent assessment platform; Vaayu, an automated software to track, reduce and offset carbon emissions; and Overstory, AI-powered vegetation intelligence for a more resilient grid.
For more information, visit www.capitaltvc.com, and LinkedIn.
About Antler
Antler is the world’s day zero investor that inspires, enables, and invests in visionary founders everywhere. Founded on the belief that talent is everywhere but opportunity is not, we remove the barriers to entrepreneurship so more people can launch sustainable businesses that solve meaningful problems, drive innovation, and improve lives. We partner with the most early-stage entrepreneurs around the world through our residencies in 30 cities across six continents—Austin, Berlin, Bangalore, Jakarta, London, New York, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, and beyond. As an extension of our founders’ team, our global community backs them from the beginning and keeps backing them with team formation, deep business model validation, initial capital, global scaling, and follow-on funding, with a personal passion that goes beyond traditional investing. To date, we have brought more than 1,400 startups into existence that are delivering paradigm-shifting solutions across all industries, with the goal of backing more than 6,000 by 2030.
Balthazar builds the first OS for deep tech R&D labs, enabling teams to run, monitor, and manage experiments in a single platform
The €1.85M round, led by CapitalT and joined by Antler, funds product development and team expansion
Launching as AI and automation reshape science, Balthazar brings structure and speed to modern R&D workflows
Amsterdam, Netherlands - July 2, 2025 - Balthazar, the AI-enabled platform reinventing how deep tech labs run research and development, announces a total of €1.85 million in funding to date. The latest €1.2 million round is led by CapitalT, with participation from the global the global early-stage VCVC Antler. The total includes earlier support from Antler and a mix of Dutch innovation funders. The funding will support product development, the advancement of AI capabilities, and team growth.
Balthazar addresses a critical gap in deep tech R&D. Despite over €250 billion spent annually to develop the next generation of hardware — from semiconductors and photonics to energy storage and carbon capture — device development still relies on fragmented systems and manual coordination. Balthazar introduces a new category of solutions: a real-time, intelligent workspace that integrates every step of the R&D workflow.
AI and automation are changing how research gets done, but lab tooling hasn’t kept up. Balthazar launches at a time when scalable, reproducible R&D becomes not just more important — but finally achievable.
R&D engineers can run and monitor experiments directly from their browsers and track the entire process: from design and fabrication to measurement and analysis. The platform connects to local workstations and lab instruments, organizing all prototype data in one place. Users can leverage and extend their existing code base and integrate it into their workflows. Built on modern web technologies and a scalable cloud architecture, it enables faster iteration, seamless collaboration, and reproducible results at scale.
“Deep tech labs are pushing the limits of science and engineering — yet still rely on tools never meant for today’s complexity," says Dejan Davidovikj, founder and CEO of Balthazar. “Teams run incredibly complex experiments with no shared source of truth and no system to manage the process. Balthazar gives them structure, automation, and visibility — so they can move faster and make better decisions, backed by data.”
“Balthazar solves a foundational challenge for deep tech teams: turning research chaos into coordinated progress,” says Eva de Mol, Founding Partner at CapitalT. “The team deeply understands the day-to-day problems of modern R&D labs and builds exactly the kind of infrastructure needed to enable faster and more reproducible technological breakthroughs. We’re thrilled to support them from the beginning.”
About Balthazar
Balthazar builds the operating system for deep tech R&D labs. Its AI-enabled platform helps researchers run, monitor, and manage experiments in real time - directly from the browser. Validated in labs worldwide, Balthazar has powered over 6,000 experiments and is trusted by labs ranging from universities like TU Delft to pioneering companies in advanced semiconductors, quantum technologies and energy storage. Founded in 2024 and based in Amsterdam, the company is backed by CapitalT and Antler.
For more information, visit www.balthazar.app.
About CapitalT
CapitalT is a (pre)-seed venture capital fund with a unique focus on human-centric investments. Employing a data-driven approach, CapitalT identifies and supports the most promising teams and invests in software technology companies with a primary focus on ClimateTech and the Future of Work. CapitalT is committed to driving innovation and making a positive impact on the world. CapitalT has completed over 30 investments, such as TestGorilla, a talent assessment platform; Vaayu, an automated software to track, reduce and offset carbon emissions; and Overstory, AI-powered vegetation intelligence for a more resilient grid.
For more information, visit www.capitaltvc.com, and LinkedIn.
About Antler
Antler is the world’s day zero investor that inspires, enables, and invests in visionary founders everywhere. Founded on the belief that talent is everywhere but opportunity is not, we remove the barriers to entrepreneurship so more people can launch sustainable businesses that solve meaningful problems, drive innovation, and improve lives. We partner with the most early-stage entrepreneurs around the world through our residencies in 30 cities across six continents—Austin, Berlin, Bangalore, Jakarta, London, New York, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, and beyond. As an extension of our founders’ team, our global community backs them from the beginning and keeps backing them with team formation, deep business model validation, initial capital, global scaling, and follow-on funding, with a personal passion that goes beyond traditional investing. To date, we have brought more than 1,400 startups into existence that are delivering paradigm-shifting solutions across all industries, with the goal of backing more than 6,000 by 2030.
Balthazar builds the first OS for deep tech R&D labs, enabling teams to run, monitor, and manage experiments in a single platform
The €1.85M round, led by CapitalT and joined by Antler, funds product development and team expansion
Launching as AI and automation reshape science, Balthazar brings structure and speed to modern R&D workflows
Amsterdam, Netherlands - July 2, 2025 - Balthazar, the AI-enabled platform reinventing how deep tech labs run research and development, announces a total of €1.85 million in funding to date. The latest €1.2 million round is led by CapitalT, with participation from the global the global early-stage VCVC Antler. The total includes earlier support from Antler and a mix of Dutch innovation funders. The funding will support product development, the advancement of AI capabilities, and team growth.
Balthazar addresses a critical gap in deep tech R&D. Despite over €250 billion spent annually to develop the next generation of hardware — from semiconductors and photonics to energy storage and carbon capture — device development still relies on fragmented systems and manual coordination. Balthazar introduces a new category of solutions: a real-time, intelligent workspace that integrates every step of the R&D workflow.
AI and automation are changing how research gets done, but lab tooling hasn’t kept up. Balthazar launches at a time when scalable, reproducible R&D becomes not just more important — but finally achievable.
R&D engineers can run and monitor experiments directly from their browsers and track the entire process: from design and fabrication to measurement and analysis. The platform connects to local workstations and lab instruments, organizing all prototype data in one place. Users can leverage and extend their existing code base and integrate it into their workflows. Built on modern web technologies and a scalable cloud architecture, it enables faster iteration, seamless collaboration, and reproducible results at scale.
“Deep tech labs are pushing the limits of science and engineering — yet still rely on tools never meant for today’s complexity," says Dejan Davidovikj, founder and CEO of Balthazar. “Teams run incredibly complex experiments with no shared source of truth and no system to manage the process. Balthazar gives them structure, automation, and visibility — so they can move faster and make better decisions, backed by data.”
“Balthazar solves a foundational challenge for deep tech teams: turning research chaos into coordinated progress,” says Eva de Mol, Founding Partner at CapitalT. “The team deeply understands the day-to-day problems of modern R&D labs and builds exactly the kind of infrastructure needed to enable faster and more reproducible technological breakthroughs. We’re thrilled to support them from the beginning.”
About Balthazar
Balthazar builds the operating system for deep tech R&D labs. Its AI-enabled platform helps researchers run, monitor, and manage experiments in real time - directly from the browser. Validated in labs worldwide, Balthazar has powered over 6,000 experiments and is trusted by labs ranging from universities like TU Delft to pioneering companies in advanced semiconductors, quantum technologies and energy storage. Founded in 2024 and based in Amsterdam, the company is backed by CapitalT and Antler.
For more information, visit www.balthazar.app.
About CapitalT
CapitalT is a (pre)-seed venture capital fund with a unique focus on human-centric investments. Employing a data-driven approach, CapitalT identifies and supports the most promising teams and invests in software technology companies with a primary focus on ClimateTech and the Future of Work. CapitalT is committed to driving innovation and making a positive impact on the world. CapitalT has completed over 30 investments, such as TestGorilla, a talent assessment platform; Vaayu, an automated software to track, reduce and offset carbon emissions; and Overstory, AI-powered vegetation intelligence for a more resilient grid.
For more information, visit www.capitaltvc.com, and LinkedIn.
About Antler
Antler is the world’s day zero investor that inspires, enables, and invests in visionary founders everywhere. Founded on the belief that talent is everywhere but opportunity is not, we remove the barriers to entrepreneurship so more people can launch sustainable businesses that solve meaningful problems, drive innovation, and improve lives. We partner with the most early-stage entrepreneurs around the world through our residencies in 30 cities across six continents—Austin, Berlin, Bangalore, Jakarta, London, New York, Singapore, Stockholm, Sydney, and beyond. As an extension of our founders’ team, our global community backs them from the beginning and keeps backing them with team formation, deep business model validation, initial capital, global scaling, and follow-on funding, with a personal passion that goes beyond traditional investing. To date, we have brought more than 1,400 startups into existence that are delivering paradigm-shifting solutions across all industries, with the goal of backing more than 6,000 by 2030.