G+D Ventures invests in Impossible Cloud, strengthening Europe’s sovereign cloud infrastructure

G+D Ventures is investing in Impossible Cloud, a European provider of sovereign cloud and AI infrastructure. With this investment, the venture capital arm of Giesecke+Devrient reinforces its conviction that trusted digital infrastructure is essential to Europe’s digital future. Impossible Cloud operates a high-performance, unified cloud platform hosted in certified European data centres, combining cloud storage with AI computing power. This gives businesses access to scalable cloud and AI infrastructure operated entirely in Europe, offering a powerful alternative to non-European hyperscalers.

Impossible Cloud addresses a key challenge facing many businesses: they need powerful cloud and AI resources while meeting stringent requirements for data sovereignty, security and regulatory compliance. To achieve this, the company brings together existing capacity from certified European data centres and makes it available through a unified platform. Impossible Cloud’s technological edge lies in its intelligent orchestration of this distributed infrastructure, allowing customers to access storage and computing power through a single platform.

In addition to cloud storage, Impossible Cloud offers GPU-based computing power for AI applications. Bringing cloud storage and AI computing together within a European infrastructure opens up new opportunities for businesses to run data-intensive applications and AI workloads without relying on non-European providers. For G+D Ventures, it is precisely this combination of technological innovation, European sovereignty and growing market demand that makes Impossible Cloud particularly attractive.

The investment builds on demonstrated market validation. Impossible Cloud has several thousand customers, an established partner network and an experienced founding team that has already successfully built and scaled international technology companies. The startup has reached a stage where it can further expand its technology platform and market presence.

“Digital sovereignty starts with infrastructure. Data, digital identities and AI applications can only be trusted in the long term if the underlying platforms are operated securely and resiliently, within reliable legal frameworks,” says Andreas Barthelmes, Principal at G+D Ventures. “Impossible Cloud combines these requirements with a compelling business model and an exceptionally experienced founding team. For us, the startup is an excellent example of TrustTech at the infrastructure level and a strong addition to our portfolio.”

“With G+D Ventures, we are gaining an investor who shares our long-term vision for sovereign European cloud infrastructure,” says Kai Wawrzinek, Co-Founder and CEO of Impossible Cloud. “Beyond capital, we gain access to a unique network of technology and security experts. This creates valuable opportunities to accelerate our growth and unlock new use cases for our platform.”

About Impossible Cloud

Impossible Cloud is a European cloud infrastructure company that helps enterprises put their data to work with AI while keeping it secure and protected under European law. Headquartered in Hamburg, Germany, Impossible Cloud offers managed inference for open-weight AI models and dedicated NVIDIA GPU servers alongside its sovereign, S3-compatible object storage, all in ISO 27001-certified European data centers. More than 4,000 businesses use Impossible Cloud directly or through IT resellers and managed service providers.

About G+D Ventures

G+D Ventures was founded by experienced venture capitalists in 2018. It is a theme-driven investor focusing on growth-oriented companies, whose innovations promote and protect trust in our society. With this goal in mind, it has established a €50m co-investment vehicle with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Giesecke+Devrient Group (G+D), dedicated to investing in early-stage European TrustTech startups.

Further information: http://gd.ventures