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Corporate venture capital in Nordrhein-Westfalen

Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026.

22
Corporate venture capital in Nordrhein-Westfalen
22
Rows shown
7
Stages recorded
4
Other types here
# Name Location Investments Lead Exits People
1 Leaps by Bayer Leverkusen, Germany 113 45 13 0
2 Bertelsmann Investments Gütersloh, Germany 24 3 2 0
3 Henkel Ventures Düsseldorf, Germany 18 9 1 0
4 Innogy Venture Capital Essen, Germany 17 4 2 0
5 WEPA Ventures Arnsberg, Germany 17 3 0 0
6 Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures Blomberg, Germany 16 3 3 0
7 butterfly & elephant Cologne, Germany 13 5 2 0
8 Aschendorff NEXT Münster, Germany 11 7 3 0
9 Katjes Greenfood Düsseldorf, Germany 11 3 0 0
10 Archimedes New Ventures Bielefeld, Germany 9 0 0 0
11 DocCheck Guano AG Cologne, Germany 8 4 0 0
12 Miele Gütersloh, Germany 5 1 2 0
13 Curious Capital Köln, Germany 3 0 0 0
14 Miele Venture Gütersloh, Germany 3 0 0 0
15 Munich Re/ERGO Corporate Venture Fund Düsseldorf, Germany 3 0 2 0
16 RWE Energy Transition Investments Essen, Germany 2 2 0 409
17 Apelby Investments Düsseldorf, Germany 1 1 1 0
18 Bavarva Flock Limited Köln, Germany 1 1 0 0
19 LUEG AG Bochum, Germany 1 1 0 0
20 BPW Bergische Achsen Wiehl, Germany 1 0 0 0
21 Maxime Investment GMBH Meerbusch, Germany 0 0 0 0
22 Schauenburg International GmbH Mülheim An Der Ruhr, Germany 0 0 0 2

Table 1. Corporate venture capital in Nordrhein-Westfalen, by recorded investments. Source: FundingWatcher. Data as of 4 September 2026. Base: 22.

Investment stages

Among these 22
Early stage investors16 Seed investors9 Venture investors5 Late stage investors4 Private equity investors2 Convertible note investors1 Non equity assistance1

Other investors in Nordrhein-Westfalen

Venture capital firms118 Angel investors56 Private equity firms26 Investment partners22

Corporate venture capital elsewhere

California184 New York91 England70 Central Region66 Tokyo66 Ile-de-France36 Illinois33 Seoul-t'ukpyolsi32 Massachusetts28 Texas28 Beijing27 Dubai23 Noord-Holland22 New South Wales21 Sao Paulo21 Istanbul20
Cite: FundingWatcher, 22 corporate venture capital in Nordrhein-Westfalen, 4 September 2026. https://fundingwatcher.com/investors/corporate-venture-capital/nordrhein-westfalen-germany/