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Venture capital firms in Nordrhein-Westfalen

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

118
Venture capital firms in Nordrhein-Westfalen
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Rows shown
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Other types here
100 rows
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) Bonn, Germany 1,026 290 136 61
2 Capnamic Cologne, Germany 136 58 20 17
3 eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS Münster, Germany 122 84 25 15
4 coparion Cologne, Germany 96 5 15 6
5 TEV Ventures Essen, Germany 86 26 27 4
6 DvH Ventures Köln, Germany 69 22 8 6
7 Enjoyventure Management Düsseldorf, Germany 49 24 6 4
8 TechVision Fund Aachen, Germany 48 38 8 7
9 Statkraft Ventures Düsseldorf, Germany 48 19 4 4
10 BitStone Capital Cologne, Germany 41 14 4 2
11 Media Ventures Cologne, Germany 40 29 9 0
12 Freigeist Capital Bonn, Germany 39 21 10 4
13 STS Ventures Cologne, Germany 35 19 5 8
14 Seed Fonds Aachen Aachen, Germany 33 16 8 0
15 Venista Ventures Cologne, Germany 31 7 7 1
16 SMAPE Capital Cologne, Germany 30 1 1 3
17 Cusp Capital Essen, Germany 29 21 3 4
18 European Circular Bioeconomy Fund Bonn, Germany 29 18 0 12
19 xdeck Cologne, Germany 28 3 0 4
20 Good Seed Ventures Rheine, Germany 26 6 2 1
21 Capacura Lohmar, Germany 25 9 0 10
22 DeepTech & Climate Fonds Bonn, Germany 25 9 1 10
23 Dumont Venture Cologne, Germany 22 2 7 0
24 TS Ventures Bergisch Gladbach, Germany 20 2 2 3
25 neoteq ventures Cologne, Germany 19 12 1 4
26 Simon Capital Düsseldorf, Germany 19 7 1 0
27 S-UBG Group Aachen, Germany 14 7 3 0
28 RWE Essen, Germany 14 3 3 0
29 b.value AG Dortmund, Germany 13 3 0 4
30 F-LOG Ventures Greven, Germany 13 2 1 4
31 Seed GmbH Köln, Germany 13 0 5 0
32 Gruenderfonds Ruhr Essen, Germany 12 1 1 5
33 KHAN Technology Transfer Fund Dortmund, Germany 11 6 0 2
34 VENPACE Köln, Germany 11 4 1 1
35 LITTLEROCK Düsseldorf, Germany 11 3 1 0
36 DnA Ventures Düsseldorf, Germany 11 0 0 0
37 InsurTech.vc Cologne, Germany 10 2 0 1
38 Leanox Impact Capital Essen, Germany 10 0 0 2
39 Realyze Ventures Köln, Germany 9 4 0 14
40 Bauwens Digital Cologne, Germany 9 2 0 11
41 RSBG Ventures Cologne, Germany 8 3 2 1
42 BA4V Cologne, Germany 8 1 0 1
43 Aurum Impact Bielefeld, Germany 8 0 0 6
44 Menden Ventures Consulting Köln, Germany 7 5 2 0
45 MediVentures Iserlohn, Germany 7 0 0 0
46 Schauenburg Ventures GmbH Mülheim An Der Ruhr, Germany 7 0 0 2
47 DIGITALHUB.DE Bonn, Germany 6 2 0 3
48 Geschwister Oetker Bielefeld, Germany 6 1 1 10
49 Barmenia Next Strategies Wuppertal, Germany 5 2 0 0
50 Technologiefonds OWL Paderborn, Germany 5 2 0 0
51 Zimmermann Investments Werdohl, Germany 5 0 3 0
52 Moacon Ventures Neuss, Germany 4 4 0 1
53 May Ventures Münster, Germany 4 2 0 6
54 dimensional Ventures Cologne, Germany 4 0 2 0
55 Gründerstipendium.NRW Köln, Germany 3 3 0 0
56 Cohors Fortuna Capital Cologne, Germany 3 1 0 0
57 WestLB AG Düsseldorf, Germany 3 1 3 0
58 Crealize Essen, Germany 3 0 1 0
59 Curious Capital Köln, Germany 3 0 0 0
60 Evalue Düsseldorf, Germany 3 0 3 3
61 FS Life Science Investment Düsseldorf, Germany 3 0 0 2
62 Intelligent Venture Capital Aachen, Germany 3 0 0 0
63 InsuResilience Solutions Fund Bonn, Germany 2 2 0 0
64 BANK IM BISTUM ESSEN eG Essen, Germany 2 1 0 0
65 mox capital England, Germany 2 1 0 0
66 Quest Solutions Essen, Germany 2 1 0 0
67 RT Partners England, Germany 2 1 0 0
68 Salford Ventures Düsseldorf, Germany 2 1 0 0
69 Venture Creator Bonn, Germany 2 1 0 0
70 3e Capital Group Düsseldorf, Germany 2 0 0 0
71 A-Z Beteiligungen Cologne, Germany 2 0 0 0
72 BLACK RHINO VENTURES Aachen, Germany 2 0 0 0
73 E.ON Venture Partners Düsseldorf, Germany 2 0 1 0
74 eValue Ventures Düsseldorf, Germany 2 0 2 0
75 Excubate Corporate Startups Köln, Germany 2 0 0 0
76 Gold-Zack AG Mettmann, Germany 2 0 1 0
77 Gründerfonds Bielefeld-Ostwestfalen Münster, Germany 2 0 1 0
78 HUBBLR Ventures Münster, Germany 2 0 1 0
79 Perikles Ventures Düsseldorf, Germany 2 0 0 0
80 Ulitzka Venture Capital GmbH Cologne, Germany 2 0 0 0
81 Black Horse Investments Düsseldorf, Germany 1 1 0 0
82 Bochum Ventures Bochum, Germany 1 1 0 0
83 Crew Ventures Cologne, Germany 1 1 0 0
84 Deutsche Post Ventures Bonn, Germany 1 1 1 0
85 GET.invest Bonn, Germany 1 1 0 0
86 Metamorphosis Investments England, Germany 1 1 0 0
87 SeedCapital Dortmund (Sparkasse Dortmund) Dortmund, Germany 1 1 0 0
88 5P Future of Health Bochum, Germany 1 0 0 0
89 Antifragile Vreden, Germany 1 0 0 0
90 AXA Innovation Campus Köln, Germany 1 0 1 0
91 CAMPO GROUP Düsseldorf, Germany 1 0 0 0
92 CologneInvest Cologne, Germany 1 0 0 0
93 Companion M Düsseldorf, Germany 1 0 0 0
94 HEADFOUND Cologne, Germany 1 0 0 0
95 Hx Bio Ventures Düsseldorf, Germany 1 0 0 0
96 KinTower Ventures Kreuztal, Germany 1 0 0 0
97 MHSP Ventures Essen, Germany 1 0 0 0
98 Nabru Ventures Mettingen, Germany 1 0 0 0
99 Nenio Ventures Düsseldorf, Germany 1 0 0 0
100 OBI SQUARED Venture Capital Cologne, Germany 1 0 0 0

Table 1. Venture capital firms in Nordrhein-Westfalen, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 118.

Investment stages

Among these 118
Early stage investors96 Seed investors75 Late stage investors27 Venture investors25 Convertible note investors9 Private equity investors9 Secondary market investors2 Non equity assistance1

Other investors in Nordrhein-Westfalen

Angel investors56 Private equity firms26 Corporate venture capital22 Investment partners22

Venture capital firms elsewhere

California3,118 New York1,753 England1,054 Central Region590 Massachusetts522 Texas505 Beijing475 Shanghai387 Florida382 Ile-de-France364 Seoul-t'ukpyolsi356 Illinois315 Hong Kong Island299 Tokyo299 Ontario295 Tel Aviv261 Guangdong252 Berlin220 Maharashtra210 Noord-Holland205 Bayern203 Sao Paulo201 Dubai200 Colorado198
Cite: FundingWatcher, 118 venture capital firms in Nordrhein-Westfalen, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/venture-capital-firms/nordrhein-westfalen-germany/