Prime Highlights:
- Stuttgart-based dotega secured €1.3 million in pre-seed funding to grow its property management platform.
- The company plans to expand across Germany and make property management simpler for small homeowners’ associations.
Key Facts:
- The funding round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) with participation from the founders of casavi and other investors.
- Dotega’s platform helps small homeowners’ groups manage finances, meetings, and maintenance digitally and efficiently.
Background:
Stuttgart-based startup dotega has raised €1.3 million in pre-seed funding led by HTGF and other investors. The funds will help the company improve its product, hire more staff, and expand in Germany.
In Germany, around 10 million residential and commercial units are managed collectively through Wohnungseigentümergemeinschaften (WEGs), or small homeowners’ associations. While larger groups have professional property managers, smaller associations often lack affordable, effective management solutions. Dotega aims to close this gap by offering a digital self-management platform designed to simplify property administration.
Founded by Niklas Mocke and Lina Albert, dotega was created after the founders identified a major market need. “Millions of homeowners’ associations across Europe were left without professional management, despite their legal obligation to have it,” said Albert. “We built dotega to bring transparency, fairness, and professionalism back into property management.”
The dotega platform automates complex administrative processes such as financial statements, digital meetings, budgeting, and renovation planning. Its features include AI-supported process automation, online banking integration, and legally vetted templates for official communications. The system can even predict when maintenance or renovations are required based on data about a building’s condition, usage, and contracts.
“Our mission is to make property management intelligent, accessible, and future-proof for every community,” said Mocke. “We’re setting a new benchmark for small and mid-sized associations by helping reduce renovation backlogs and protect property value.”
The startup distinguishes itself from competitors such as casavi, WEGNAVI, and Immocloud by focusing on automation, independence, and legal certainty, offering an all-in-one solution for self-managed associations.
Max Bergmann, Investment Manager at HTGF, praised dotega’s potential, saying that small homeowners’ associations need simple and affordable digital tools. He added that HTGF believes in dotega’s strong technology and market knowledge.
With the new funding, dotega plans to improve its automation features and expand across Europe, taking a big step toward modernising traditional property management.
