Investors in Art

Aschendorff NEXT GmbH & Co. KG is the company for digital corporate investments within the Aschendorff Group. They invest in companies with innovative, digital business models and good growth prospects that operate under independent brands in regional, national or even international markets. They do not see themselves only as an investor. Together with their co-investors and experts from the media, technology and start-up world, they form a powerful network that supports and accompanies their portfolio companies on their way to a successful future.

EEC Ventures is a venture capital company specializing in utilities, energy, environment, sustainable, and advanced materials sectors. The company provides IT solutions for artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, blockchain, and big data. It also provides target companies with both early-stage and growth/expansion capital financing. They create value using sustainable resources, lower the environmental burden or provide higher efficiency in the utilization of traditional resources.

574 Invest is SNCF group's corporate venture capital fund. It was launched in May 2019 and will enable SNCF group to invest 60M€ over 4 years in startups reinventing mobility, at Series A and B stages. 574 Invest also manages SNCF group's fund of fund activities.

MobilityXlab offers startups and emerging companies with pioneering ideas within mobility and connectivity the opportunity to accelerate with our six corporate partners: Ericsson, Magna, Polestar, Volvo Group, Zeekr Technology Europe and Zenseact. By offering a dedicated contact person to guide and access the partners competence, networks, tools and insights from leading subject matter experts, as well as workspace, we want to open the doors for companies ready to take on this challenge together with us. Together we will bring the future of mobility closer.

With presence in 32 countries, investments are made in startups, early stage businesses and in business having significant growth prospect. The Company's physical presence across geographies provides the advantage of understanding the opportunities and threats which help in the proper allocation of resources. Investments are in assets which includes Equity, Growth Equity, Debt, Film Library & IPR and Real Estate. The Company invests in startups & brands having innovative ideas and has the ability to generate employment.

Via ID is a business accelerator that supports in the long term projects related to sustainable mobility. Via ID offers a complete ecosystem for the entrepreneurs that choose to join it, providing incubation, financial support, expert advice and strong synergies with leading providers of mobility solutions. Today, Via ID has an incubator in France (Paris and Lille), but also an office in San Francisco, in Singapore and shortly in Berlin. The Dexia Group is being managed in a run-off manner in accordance with the orderly resolution plan validated by the European Commission in December 2012.

Abundant energy, automated. We’re building Energy Artificial General Intelligence (Energy AGI) to automatically and autonomously supply the world with low-carbon energy at stable prices. Virtus is on a mission to facilitate the Energy Transition, focusing on renewable and low-carbon energy. Our activities concentrate on physical energy, related supply chain flows and infrastructure.

Softline Venture Partners is a corporate venture fund of Softline Group. Since 2008, Softline Venture Partners have invested about US$35 million in 20+ portfolio companies. The amount of investment to one project is from $300 thousand to $3 million. As a stage agnostic investor, the firm works with companies across a wide range of technologies, such as Edtech, HRTech, Cybersecurity, Cloud Services, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things.

Aeroporti di Roma manages Rome Fiumicino and Ciampino airports, providing duty-free shopping, dining, parking, and online product reservations. Awarded for excellence in management, efficiency, and sustainability, it is a top European airport operator. ADR's management capacity is also confirmed by the awards received in 2019 from Skytrax, the leading international rating and assessment company for the airport sector, which confirmed the 4 Skytrax stars obtained by Fiumicino Airport in 2017.

Curious Capital is the corporate venture subsidiary of Heinen-Verlag, and was just established in 2017. Heinen-Verlag, founded in 1946, is a Cologne-based publishing house with activities and history in regional print media. Curious Capital is now looking for seed and early stage investments in business models, products and/or markets, which anyhow fit to activities of a modern media company.

Smartworks is the corporate venture capital fund of Wien Energie and Wiener Stadtwerke.365.fintech is a fintech venture investor focusing on innovative b2b or b2b2c FinTech, InsurTech, and Big Data startups in Europe with global ambitions. They provide financing, support, and a strong network to help their portfolio companies.

CEA Investissement (SA), founded (as CEA Valorisation) in 1999, is a subsidiary of the CEA, a major player in technological research, development and innovation. The central mission of CEA Valorisation is to create economic value based on technological innovations. To fulfill this mission, they have developed two main activities: Investment in seed capital in innovative start-ups / start-ups active in the technology areas of CEA. The Licensing of advising companies and public laboratories of innovation in creative strategy development and marketing rights to patent or know-how belonging to the CEA, other research organizations or innovative companies. In addition, CEA contributes to the financing of national investment in seed technology (activity "Fund of Funds"), this activity is developed through particular Emertec management and funds managed by this company (FCPR Emertec 2 Emertec Energy and Environment), the FCPR managed by ACE Security Management SA, an investment company in seed priming Minatec SAS. Their areas of technological expertise are mainly micro-and nanotechnology, health technologies, the New Technologies for Information and Communication (NTIC), advanced materials and technologies for energy.