Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)

Type

Government organization

Status

Active

Location

Berlin, Germany

Total investments

43

Average round size

2M

Portfolio companies

36

Rounds per year

0.40

Lead investments

8

Follow on index

0.12

Exits

1

Stages of investment
Grant
Areas of investment
BiotechnologySoftwareArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareHealth DiagnosticsSaaSManufacturingMedicalComputer VisionIndustrial Automation

Summary

In 1917 was created Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The venture was found in Europe in Germany. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the Berlin.

Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Arculus, Oxford PV. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - Germany. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Energy, Analytics. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 4-5 years to get the investment from the fund.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, startups are often financed by Equinor, Microsoft Accelerator Berlin, Legal & General Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are European Union, Microsoft Accelerator Berlin. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Lothar Stein, Atlantic Labs, EASME - EU Executive Agency for SMEs.

The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars are the general things for fund. The real fund results show that this Corporate Investor is 5 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other companies. The top activity for fund was in 2016.

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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
43
Lead investments
8
Exits
1
Rounds per year
0.40
Follow on index
0.12
Investments by industry
  • Software (10)
  • Artificial Intelligence (7)
  • Manufacturing (5)
  • Health Diagnostics (5)
  • Biotechnology (5)
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Investments by region
  • Estonia (1)
  • Germany (36)
  • United Kingdom (2)
  • Switzerland (1)
Peak activity year
2018

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
6
Avg. valuation at time of investment
152K
Group Appearance index
0.21

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
LucidWrite 01 Mar 2022 Artificial Intelligence, Marketing Seed 129K Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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