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Corporate venture capital in Germany

Name: Corporate venture capital in Germany
Creator: FundingWatcher

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

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#	Name	Location	Investments	Lead	Exits	People
1	Bosch Ventures	Stuttgart, Germany	160	44	32	0
2	Leaps by Bayer	Leverkusen, Germany	113	45	13	0
3	Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund	Ingelheim Am Rhein, Germany	99	47	12	0
4	BASF Venture Capital	Ludwigshafen, Germany	88	35	18	0
5	Porsche Ventures	Stuttgart, Germany	68	18	7	0
6	Hitachi Ventures	München, Germany	68	13	3	0
7	SevenVentures	Unterföhring, Germany	64	14	17	0
8	Neosfer	Frankfurt, Germany	56	14	9	0
9	LBBW VC	Stuttgart, Germany	47	14	7	0
10	Siemens Financial Services	Munich, Germany	42	10	14	0
11	EnBW New Ventures	Karlsruhe, Germany	41	17	6	0
12	Evonik Venture Capital	Hanau, Germany	35	15	5	0
13	Axel Springer Digital Ventures	Berlin, Germany	28	6	10	0
14	TRUMPF Venture	Ditzingen, Germany	27	12	4	0
15	Bertelsmann Investments	Gütersloh, Germany	24	3	2	0
16	Best Nights VC	Berlin, Germany	22	0	1	0
17	Porsche	Stuttgart, Germany	21	5	3	0
18	Berliner Volksbank Ventures	Berlin, Germany	20	5	5	0
19	pd ventures	Augsburg, Germany	20	3	9	0
20	Fluxunit - Osram Ventures	München, Germany	19	3	3	0
21	Henkel Ventures	Düsseldorf, Germany	18	9	1	0
22	adesso ventures	Berlin, Germany	18	5	0	0
23	K - Invest	Pforzheim, Germany	18	4	7	0
24	Innogy Venture Capital	Essen, Germany	17	4	2	0
25	WEPA Ventures	Arnsberg, Germany	17	3	0	0
26	Orange Corp	Frankfurt, Germany	16	8	0	0
27	Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures	Blomberg, Germany	16	3	3	0
28	Vogel Ventures	Würzburg, Germany	14	0	2	0
29	butterfly & elephant	Cologne, Germany	13	5	2	0
30	BayWa Venture	Munich, Germany	13	2	1	0
31	Kärcher New Venture	Winnenden, Germany	13	0	2	0
32	Hubert Burda Media	Munich, Germany	12	3	2	0
33	Mücke Roth & Company	München, Germany	12	0	2	0
34	Aschendorff NEXT	Münster, Germany	11	7	3	0
35	Katjes Greenfood	Düsseldorf, Germany	11	3	0	0
36	BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures	Munich, Germany	10	7	0	0
37	AtaiBeckley	Berlin, Germany	9	7	3	0
38	Haufe Group Ventures	Freiburg, Germany	9	3	0	0
39	Segenia Capital	Frankfurt, Germany	9	2	0	0
40	Archimedes New Ventures	Bielefeld, Germany	9	0	0	0
41	DocCheck Guano AG	Cologne, Germany	8	4	0	0
42	STIHL Ventures	Waiblingen, Germany	8	2	0	0
43	Intermedia Venture	Ludwigshafen, Germany	8	1	0	0
44	CHECK24 Ventures	Frankfurt, Germany	7	5	3	0
45	resolution Reichert Network Solutions GmbH	Zweibrücken, Germany	6	6	1	0
46	Twip Impact Ventures	Munich, Germany	6	0	1	0
47	Enpulse	Stuttgart, Germany	5	1	0	0
48	Miele	Gütersloh, Germany	5	1	2	0
49	OHB Venture Capital	Bremen, Germany	5	0	1	0
50	REHAU New Ventures	Munich, Germany	4	3	0	0
51	BITO CAMPUS	Meisenheim, Germany	4	2	1	0
52	Brose Ventures	Berlin, Germany	4	0	1	0
53	Peppermint Holding	Berlin, Germany	4	0	1	0
54	Fielmann Ventures	Hamburg, Germany	3	2	1	0
55	Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures	Stuttgart, Germany	3	1	0	0
56	Curious Capital	Köln, Germany	3	0	0	0
57	Diehl Ventures	Nuremberg, Germany	3	0	0	0
58	Miele Venture	Gütersloh, Germany	3	0	0	0
59	Munich Re/ERGO Corporate Venture Fund	Düsseldorf, Germany	3	0	2	0
60	Oscar & Paul	Hamburg, Germany	3	0	1	0
61	Hirschvogel Ventures	Landsberg Am Lech, Germany	2	2	0	0
62	RWE Energy Transition Investments	Essen, Germany	2	2	0	409
63	co-pace	Frankfurt, Germany	2	1	0	0
64	Andreas Schmid Lab	Gersthofen, Germany	2	0	0	0
65	MVP Factory	Berlin, Germany	2	0	0	0
66	Siemens Energy Ventures	Berlin, Germany	2	0	0	0
67	Wintershall Dea Technology Ventures GmbH	Kassel, Germany	2	0	1	0
68	Apelby Investments	Düsseldorf, Germany	1	1	1	0
69	Bavarva Flock Limited	Köln, Germany	1	1	0	0
70	LUEG AG	Bochum, Germany	1	1	0	0
71	Sixt Ventures	Pullach, Germany	1	1	1	0
72	Spread Ventures	Leipzig, Germany	1	1	0	0
73	BPW Bergische Achsen	Wiehl, Germany	1	0	0	0
74	Deutsche Weiterbildungsgesellschaft	Stuttgart, Germany	1	0	0	0
75	DHP Capital	Heidenheim An Der Brenz, Germany	1	0	0	0
76	ElectroFleet Ventures	Osnabrück, Germany	1	0	0	0
77	KUBIKx	Berlin, Germany	1	0	0	0
78	SHS Ventures	Völklingen, Germany	1	0	0	0
79	W&W brandpool	Kornwestheim, Germany	1	0	0	0
80	bridges+links	Hamburg, Germany	0	0	0	0
81	Carida Capital GmbH	Hamburg, Germany	0	0	0	0
82	dynamics - powered by MHP	Berlin, Germany	0	0	0	0
83	Maxime Investment GMBH	Meerbusch, Germany	0	0	0	0
84	Mitgo Ventures	Neckarsulm, Germany	0	0	0	0
85	Ortho Innovations	Langenfeld, Germany	0	0	0	0
86	Schauenburg International GmbH	Mülheim An Der Ruhr, Germany	0	0	0	2
87	Wieland Ventures	Ulm, Germany	0	0	0	0

Table 1. Corporate venture capital in Germany, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 87.

Investment stages

Among these 87

Early stage investors75 Seed investors54 Venture investors33 Late stage investors24 Private equity investors8 Convertible note investors7 Debt investors3 Post IPO investors1

Other investors in Germany

Venture capital firms831 Angel investors590 Private equity firms240 Investment partners227 Family offices102 Startup accelerators90 Angel groups86 Micro VC funds72 Startup incubators57 Investment banks25

Corporate venture capital elsewhere

United States562 Japan93 United Kingdom85 China75 Singapore66 Brazil51 France49 South Korea42 India40 Spain36 The Netherlands34 Australia33 United Arab Emirates32 Switzerland30 Canada29 Turkey22 Hong Kong20

Cite: FundingWatcher, 87 corporate venture capital in Germany, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/corporate-venture-capital/germany/