Evonik Venture Capital

Type

CVC

Status

Active

Location

Essen, Germany

Total investments

33

Average round size

10M

Portfolio companies

24

Rounds per year

2.75

Lead investments

12

Follow on index

0.27

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareHealth CareManufacturingMedical DeviceMedicalSustainabilityChemicalAdvanced Materials3D Printing

Summary

Evonik Venture Capital appeared to be the VC, which was created in 2012. The main office of represented VC is situated in the Hanau. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in Germany. Evonik Venture Capital appeared to be a CVC structure as part of the corporation.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 partakers. Despite the Evonik Venture Capital, startups are often financed by Horizons Ventures, Tau Ventures, SAM Private Equity. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Masdar Capital, BASF Venture Capital, VisVires New Protein. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Independence Equity, Huron River Ventures, Formation 8.

The fund was created by Lars Boehnisch. The overall number of key employees were 4.

Comparing to the other companies, this Evonik Venture Capital performs on 22 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The high activity for fund was in 2014. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. The fund is generally included in 2-6 deals every year. Considering the real fund results, this VC is 40 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2018.

We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Health Care, Advanced Materials. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Modern Meadow, FRX Polymers, Biosynthetic Technologies Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. 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. In case when startup counts 5+ of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager.

Show more

Investor highlights

Industry generalist
Yes
Industry focus
GeneralistBiotech/Life SciencesHealthcareDeep TechManufacturing
Stage focus
Series ASeries B
Geo focus
AlbaniaAustriaBahrain Show 60 more
Check size
Up to 16M

Discover reliable insights

Find relevant VC investors, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities.

Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
33
Lead investments
12
Exits
1
Rounds per year
2.75
Follow on index
0.27
Investments by industry
  • Biotechnology (10)
  • Health Care (9)
  • Manufacturing (9)
  • 3D Printing (6)
  • Software (5)
  • Show 53 more
Investments by region
  • Israel (4)
  • Netherlands (4)
  • China (4)
  • United States (9)
  • Ireland (2)
  • Show 5 more
Peak activity year
2021

Discover reliable insights

Leverage validated data, identify key contacts and secure funding opportunities for your business.

Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
11
Group Appearance index
0.76
Avg. company exit year
12

Need more data?

Get access to full data about investors, including their team, contact information, and historic data.

Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
HPNow 01 Nov 2020 Chemical Seed 6M Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Velox 02 Apr 2024 Financial Services, FinTech, Manufacturing, Printing Early Stage Venture 38M North District, Israel, Israel

Similar funds

By same location

By same geo focus

By doing lead investments

How we get our data

At Unicorn Nest, we combine cutting-edge technology with human expertise to build one of the most reliable venture capital databases in the market. Our process begins with automated AI-enhanced data collection, leveraging the full potential of Large Language Models (LLMs).

Later, our team of analysts takes it further with manual verification, using proprietary tools for data cleaning and validation to ensure accuracy and reliability. We cross-check and enhance our findings through press and media monitoring, integrating information from trusted news outlets and venture capital aggregators. Finally, we stay ahead of the curve by monitoring social networks like LinkedIn and X.com.