Black Forest Labs 🇩🇪 Hiring · 13 open roles ↗
Suite of generative flow matching models for in-context image generation and editing.
About Black Forest Labs
The main product is a suite of generative flow matching models that enable in-context image generation and editing, allowing users to combine text and images for coherent visual outputs. This technology leverages advanced methods such as Latent Diffusion and Stable Diffusion to facilitate precise modifications and creative renderings based on user prompts.
Black Forest Labs is a Germany-based company founded in 2024, now around 121 people. It has raised $798.2M in disclosed funding, starting with a Seed in 2024.
Founded by Sumith Kulal (Co-Founder; previously Adobe, Center for Dialysis Innovation; Stanford University), Axel Sauer (Co-Founder; previously ETHZ, MBZUAI Incubation and Entrepreneurship Center (IEC); University of Tübingen), Dustin Podell (Founder/Researcher; previously Arconyx studios, Conscience VC; Moorpark College), Tim Dockhorn (Co-Founder; previously NVIDIA, Stability AI; University of Waterloo), Andreas Blattmann (Gründer; previously NVIDIA, Stability AI; Karlsruhe Institute of Technology).
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Series B · $300M · Dec 2025
- Cherry Ventures — Cherry Ventures is a pan-European early-stage VC firm founded in 2012 by Filip Dames and Christian Meermann, both from Zalando's founding team. · cheques £300k – £3M
- Creandum — Creandum is an early-stage venture capital firm backing the companies of tomorrow. · cheques £200k – £8M
- Earlybird Venture Capital — Earlybird is a venture capital investor focused on European technology innovators. · cheques £500k – £10M
- Visionaries Club — Visionaries Club is a European early-stage VC fund focussed on B2B Software with offices in London and Berlin. · cheques £1M – £10M
Funding history
● rounds tracked in this directory · ○ earlier rounds web-verified from public announcements. Amounts as announced; undisclosed rounds omitted.