Investors in Germany

Leaps by Bayer invests in paradigm-shifting advances in the life sciences and specializes in the fields of biotechnology, agriculture, and scientific breakthrough. The firm's approach is making significant and sustained investments in disruptive biotechnologies that could have the greatest impact on humanity. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Leverkusen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.

ENV supports entrepreneurs to develop new solutions for a sustainable future - people, planet, profit - by leveraging our financially driven VC setup with the reach and skills of the corporate investor EnBW. The startups that we invest in engage and scale with EnBW in its transformation towards becoming a sustainable and digital infrastructure operator. We look for founders and start-up teams who are experts at what they do, with diverse experience and backgrounds.

The BITO CAMPUS stands for innovation, technology, logistics, exchange and cooperation.BITO CAMPUS is a founding center and innovation unit under BITO Lagertechnik GmbH, supporting startups and fostering innovation in logistics and technology.

Miele Venture is a venture arm of Miele Group.We believe in open innovation and know that shaping the future of living requires us all. Let’s unlock this future together.

ElectroFleet Ventures provides funding for teams and technologies that help german mid-sized businesses solve their energy-related issues.

SevenVentures is a leading TV media investor. As the investment arm of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group, they are the ideal partner for B2C growth companies, especially in the consumer goods, retail and service sectors that have the potential to achieve sustainable success through the use of TV advertising. The combination of media power and operational know-how make SevenVentures the premier partner for growth through target-group-related and far-reaching TV and digital campaigns.

LBBW VC founded in 1998 as an independent subsidiary of the Landesbank Baden-Wuerttenberg, LBBW Venture invests in early and late growth stages of companies. Apart from long term financial support for its portfolio companies, the team offers special commercial support by active introductions to LBBW’s fast corporate client network, pitch sessions with potential commercial clients or direct applications within the bank itself. They have a broad successful international investment track record and growth support experience given their investments in over 60 companies.

Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) invests in groundbreaking therapeutics-focused biotechnology companies to drive innovation in biomedical research. BIVF is searching for significant enhancements in patient care through pioneering science and its clinical translation by building long-term relationships with scientists and entrepreneurs. BIVF’s focus is to target unprecedented therapeutic concepts addressing high medical needs in immuno-oncology, regenerative medicine, infectious diseases and digital health. These may include novel platform technologies to address so far undruggable targets, new generation vaccines and/or new biological entities, such as oncolytic virotherapy.

Hubert Burda Media first entered the market over one hundred years ago as a family business specialized in printing. Since then, it has become one of Germany's biggest media companies, synonymous with robust and closely interlinked media brands. They also partner with and invest in startups. With around 10,500 employees and over 500 brands world-wide, Hubert Burda Media is one of Germany’s largest technology and media companies.

MVP Factory: A Ness Digital Engineering Company leverages expertise from business, design, engineering and data science to help organizations do digitization “right”. We have developed a systematic approach to ideate, validate and launch digital products and services following lean and agile methodologies - delivering business impact at start-up speed. Entrepreneurs ourselves, we are innovating digital consulting. We design, build and scale digital products & ventures. With leading enterprises and entrepreneurs.

The Bertelsmann Investments division pools Bertelsmann's holdings in startups around the world. Bertelsmann Investments (BI) is a global venture capital firm partnering with top entrepreneurs and investors worldwide to drive growth and value creation. Managing a diverse portfolio of over 200 companies and including 10 unicorns.

Stabilus is a manufacturer of automotive and industrial spring systems, through a private placement. In 1962, we were the first company to produce gas springs in series. Since then, we have continually expanded our vanguard role. With a comprehensive application spectrum and a broad product line, as well as an annual production of more than 140 million units, we are the world market leader for gas springs and dampers.