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Corporate VCs in Germany (2026)

24 funders based in Germany. Filter by stage, sector or business model below. Contact details are part of Pro.

Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH

Corporate venture capitalStuttgart, GermanySeed · Series A · Series B+ · Growth✉ Contact

Robert Bosch Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital company of the Bosch group. It invests in deep-tech companies worldwide, typically up to EUR 25m per company for up to 25% equity, and syndicates its inves…

AIDeep techIndustrialSoftware and SaaSClimateHealth

Bosch Ventures

Corporate venture capitalStuttgart, GermanySeed · Series A · Growth✉ Contact

Bosch Ventures, operated by Robert Bosch Venture Capital GmbH, is the corporate venture capital arm of Robert Bosch. It invests in deep-tech companies in areas such as AI, automation, semiconductors, mobility, climate…

AIDeep techIndustrialMobilityClimateHealth

BASF Venture Capital GmbH

Corporate venture capitalLudwigshafen, GermanySeed · Series A · Series B+✉ Contact

BASF Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital company of the BASF group. It invests worldwide in start-ups and funds with disruptive technologies in chemistry-related fields, usually after a technological and …

ClimateDeep techAISoftware and SaaSHealthIndustrial

T.Capital (Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners)

Corporate venture capitalGermanySeries A · Series B+ · Growth · Buyout✉ Contact

T.Capital is the strategic investment arm of Deutsche Telekom, managing more than EUR 2 billion across a Ventures and a Tech Fund strategy. Ventures invests EUR 2-5 million as a strategic follower from Series A to C, …

GeneralistAISoftware and SaaSConsumer

Heise Ventures

Corporate venture capitalGermanyPre-seed · Seed · Series AB2B✉ Contact

heise ventures is the investment arm linked to the heise group. It makes targeted investments in European early-stage startups and in tech venture capital funds, and also runs a venture clienting model for selected st…

AISoftware and SaaSEducationMedia

Oscar & Paul Beiersdorf Venture Capital

Corporate venture capitalHamburg, GermanySeed · Series A · Growth✉ Contact

Beiersdorf Venture Capital takes minority stakes of up to 20% in early to growth-stage companies, primarily at Series A, in life sciences and biotech, sustainability, artificial intelligence and digital health. Its in…

HealthClimateAIConsumer

Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures

Corporate venture capitalBlomberg, GermanySeed · Series A · Series B+B2B✉ Contact

Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of the Phoenix Contact group, a German electrical connection and automation technology company. It takes minority stakes of EUR 0.1 to 2.5 milli…

ClimateMobilityIndustrialDeep tech

SevenVentures

Corporate venture capitalGermanySeries A · Series B+ · GrowthB2C✉ Contact

SevenVentures is the investment arm of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, a German media company. It makes minority equity investments (media-for-equity), convertible loans and exit participations in early to growth-stage B2C comp…

ConsumerMediaFoodHealth

Burda Principal Investments

Corporate venture capitalMunich, GermanyGrowthB2C✉ Contact

Burda Principal Investments is a division of Hubert Burda Media that provides long-term growth equity to fast-growing digital technology and media companies. It invests across Europe, the US and Asia, with teams in Mu…

AIFintechConsumerMarketplacesMedia

EnBW New Ventures

Corporate venture capitalGermanySeries A · Series B+ · GrowthB2B✉ Contact

EnBW New Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of EnBW, a German energy company. It invests in European startups in energy and mobility infrastructure, with stated ticket sizes of EUR 1 to 10 million, and has …

ClimateMobilitySoftware and SaaS

Porsche Ventures

Corporate venture capitalGermanySeed · Series A · Series B+B2B✉ Contact

Porsche Ventures is the global early-stage venture capital arm of Porsche, active since 2016. It invests from seed to Series B in industrial technology, energy transition and mobility startups, with offices in Berlin,…

IndustrialClimateMobility

Statkraft Ventures

Corporate venture capitalOslo, GermanySeed · Series A · Growth✉ Contact

Statkraft Ventures is the venture investor of Statkraft, described as Europe's largest producer of renewable energy. Its International fund invests in early and growth stage software and hardware start-ups in Europe a…

ClimateSoftware and SaaSDeep tech

We Venture Capital

Corporate venture capitalGermanySeed · Series A · Series B+B2B✉ Contact

The corporate venture arm of Werfen, a diagnostics company. It invests globally in early-stage start-ups close to market entry, or early scale-ups, in next-generation diagnostics, emerging biotech solutions and digita…

HealthSoftware and SaaS

1750 Ventures

Corporate venture capitalHannover, Germany✉ Contact

1750 ventures is the venture capital arm of VGH Versicherungen, a regional insurer in Lower Saxony, Germany. It invests in startups and InsurTechs that belong to insurance-related ecosystems, with interest in AI and c…

InsurtechAIHealthMobility

adesso ventures

Corporate venture capitalGermanyPre-seed · SeedB2B

adesso ventures invests from a single-LP fund in pre-seed and seed enterprise software and digital health startups, and supports follow-on rounds, with a focus on the DACH region. It draws on the client network of ade…

Software and SaaSHealth

Allianz X

Corporate venture capitalMunich, GermanyGrowth✉ Contact

Allianz X is the strategic investment arm of the Allianz Group, investing in late-stage and growth-stage insurtech and fintech scale-ups with business models complementary to Allianz companies. The site lists 26 curre…

InsurtechFintechWealthtech

Helaba Digital

Corporate venture capitalGermanySeed · Series AB2B✉ Contact

Corporate venture capital unit of Helaba. It makes strategic investments in FinTech, PropTech and impact start-ups at seed and Series A stages, with a focus on Europe, DACH and the UK, and offers start-ups access to H…

FintechReal estate

HHLA Next

Corporate venture capitalHamburg, GermanyB2B✉ Contact

HHLA Next is the venture arm of HHLA, a Hamburg maritime logistics group. It builds new products in-house, invests in external startups and partners with the logistics ecosystem, reporting 4 direct and 33 indirect inv…

Software and SaaSMobilityIndustrialMedia

Vito One

Corporate venture capitalBattenberg, Germany✉ Contact

The pages are for Viessmann Generations Group, which invests through majority, minority, generational and early-stage positions. Its early-stage investments back bold ideas that align with its portfolio and purpose, a…

ClimateFoodHealthEducation

M Ventures

Corporate venture capitalAmsterdam, Germany✉ Contact

M Ventures is the strategic corporate venture capital fund of Merck KGaA, investing with dual strategic and financial focus in biotechnology and technology companies. The site cites a €600m fund allocation and more th…

HealthDeep techClimate

Klöckner Ventures

Corporate venture capitalGermanyB2B✉ Contact

Klöckner Ventures is the corporate venture capital entity of Klöckner & Co SE, a metal processing and service center group. It invests in startups that fit the group's strategic focus, and also makes indirect investme…

IndustrialSoftware and SaaS

OHB Venture Capital

Corporate venture capitalBremen, Germany✉ Contact

The venture capital arm of the OHB group, a German space technology company. It invests worldwide in space technology start-ups, with a focus on space technologies and space-related data products that offer synergies …

Deep techSoftware and SaaS

VNG Innovation

Corporate venture capitalGermany✉ Contact

VNG Innovation is the venture capital arm of VNG AG, an energy-sector company, founded in 2016. It invests in start-ups whose business model offers cooperation potential within the VNG Group, with focus areas that inc…

ClimateIndustrial

Bertelsmann Investments

Corporate venture capitalGütersloh, Germany

Bertelsmann Investments is the global investment platform of the Bertelsmann group. It partners with entrepreneurs and venture funds across stages and sectors through dedicated funds in India, China, Europe and the US…

Generalist