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BASF Venture Capital

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Total investments 89
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$16M
Portfolio companies 59
Rounds per year 3.87
Lead investments 25
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.34
Exits 7
Key employees 14

Areas of investment

  • Biotechnology
  • Manufacturing
  • Renewable Energy
  • Agriculture
  • Electronics
Summary

In 2001 was created BASF Venture Capital, which is appeared as VC. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Ludwigshafen. The company was established in Europe in Germany. BASF Venture Capital appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation.

Besides them, we counted 14 critical employees of this fund in our database.

The top amount of exits for fund were in 2014. The top activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 deals per year. This BASF Venture Capital works on 15 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments comparing to the other organizations. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 24 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars are the general things for fund.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 4-5 partakers. Despite the BASF Venture Capital, startups are often financed by DSM Venturing, RockPort Capital, Tate & Lyle Ventures. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are DSM Venturing, Prelude Trust, Burrill & Company. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by DSM Venturing, eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG, Wellington Partners.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no exact preference in some founders of portfolio startups. If startup sums 4 of the founder, the chance for it to be financed is low. Besides, a startup requires to be at the age of 4-5 years to receive the investment from the fund. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Energy, Chemical. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Plastic Logic Germany, ChemConnect, Catalytic Solutions.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Phomera

Manufacturing
$15M29 Apr 2024 Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

Traive

AgTech
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
$20M02 Feb 2024 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

DePoly

Chemical
E-Commerce
Information Services
Recycling
Web Hosting
$13M27 Jun 2023 Wallis, Switzerland

ecoRobotix

Agriculture
AgTech
Artificial Intelligence
Farming
Robotics
$50M09 May 2023 Vaud, Switzerland

pH7

Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
$16M27 Mar 2023 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Traive

AgTech
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
$10M26 Oct 2022 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Segterra, Inc.

Analytics
Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$15M08 Sep 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Groundwork BioAg

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Farming
Manufacturing
Sustainability
$18M18 Aug 2022 Ra'anana, HaMerkaz, Israel

Sea6 Energy

Biofuel
Biotechnology
Energy
Environmental Engineering
Sustainability
Waste Management
$9M17 Aug 2022 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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Total investments 89
Average round size 16M
Rounds per year 3.87
Peak activity year 2022
Lead investments 25
Follow on index 0.34
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 0.88

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Phomera

Manufacturing
$15M29 Apr 2024 Zhuhai, Guangdong, China

Traive

AgTech
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
$20M02 Feb 2024 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

DePoly

Chemical
E-Commerce
Information Services
Recycling
Web Hosting
$13M27 Jun 2023 Wallis, Switzerland

ecoRobotix

Agriculture
AgTech
Artificial Intelligence
Farming
Robotics
$50M09 May 2023 Vaud, Switzerland

pH7

Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
$16M27 Mar 2023 Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Traive

AgTech
Financial Services
FinTech
Lending
$10M26 Oct 2022 Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Segterra, Inc.

Analytics
Fitness
Health Care
Wellness
$15M08 Sep 2022 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Groundwork BioAg

Agriculture
Biotechnology
Farming
Manufacturing
Sustainability
$18M18 Aug 2022 Ra'anana, HaMerkaz, Israel

Sea6 Energy

Biofuel
Biotechnology
Energy
Environmental Engineering
Sustainability
Waste Management
$9M17 Aug 2022 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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