Altana
VC Fund
Wesel, Germany
Altana is a VC fund in Wesel focused on Printing and Manufacturing. ALTANA develops and produces high-quality innovative products in the specialty chemicals business. The ALTANA Group, with headquarters in Wesel/Germany, is a genuine “global player” with 86% of its sales generated by international activities. The ALTANA Group has four divisions: BYK Additives & Instruments, ECKART Effect Pigments, ELANTASElectrical Insulation, and ACTEGA Coatings & Sealants. All of these divisions occupy a leading position in their target markets with respect to quality, product solution expertise, innovation and service.ALTANA offers innovative, environmentally compatible solutions with the matching specialty products for coating manufactures, paint and plastic processors, the printing and cosmetic industries, and the electrical and electronic industry. The product range includes additives, special coatings and adhesives, effect pigments, sealants and compounds, impregnating resins & varnishes, and testing and measuring instruments.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 43%
Last updated:
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Industries Altana invests in
Stages Altana invests in
Countries Altana invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Series B
- $1.6M–$32M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $11M–$300M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Printing 2 (29%)
- Manufacturing 2 (29%)
- Chemical 1 (14%)
- Forestry 1 (14%)
- Automotive 1 (14%)
Stage
- Series B 2 (29%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (29%)
- Series A 1 (14%)
- Corporate Round 1 (14%)
Country
- Israel 2 (29%)
- Italy 1 (14%)
- Finland 1 (14%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan Bir
General Counsel
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General Counsel | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Martin Babilas
Chief Executive Officer
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Chief Executive Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Stefan Genten
Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Financial Officer | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAU brings unparalleled performance, sustainability and reliability to the core of each electric motor. Focused on applications for e-mobility, automotive, energy and agriculture, TAU makes coatings more durable, resistant and light, optimizes underlying production processes for environmental friendliness, pairs artificial intelligence withpeace-of-mind operating simplicity and incubates technologies in electrification and smart sensors. | $1.6M / Series B / Oct 30, 2024 | ||
| Nordtreat is a producer of bio-based flame retardants for the global construction products industry. Nordtreat's NORFLAM® flame retardants for wood protect over 2000 buildings around the world. | $10.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 20, 2024 | ||
| TAU brings unparalleled performance, sustainability and reliability to the core of each electric motor. Focused on applications for e-mobility, automotive, energy and agriculture, TAU makes coatings more durable, resistant and light, optimizes underlying production processes for environmental friendliness, pairs artificial intelligence withpeace-of-mind operating simplicity and incubates technologies in electrification and smart sensors. | $11.1M / Series A / Feb 13, 2020 | ||
| Landa Digital Printing is a member of the Landa group. It has developed a unique digital technology called Nanography® for the commercial, packaging and publishing markets. Unveiled at drupa 2012, Nanography® bridges the critical profitability gap between offset and digital printing by enabling printers to cost-effectively produce short-to-mediumrun lengths.Landa Digital Printing offers a breakthrough method for the production of super-efficient light-absorbing nanopigments – Landa NanoInk® colorants. The Landa Nanographic Printing® process also differs from other printing processes in that the ink does not wet the paper as in inkjet printing. Landa Nanographic Printing® technology converts the ink image into a super-thin polymeric film which is then laminated onto the paper surface, avoiding typical inkjet issues of paper saturation and enabling the creation of high quality images at high speed – on any kind of paper, at the lowest cost-per-page of any digital printing process.Landa Digital Printing is a subsidiary of the Landa Group and is located in Rehovot in the center of Israel. | $50M / Corporate Round / Jan 31, 2019 | ||
| Velox develops and manufactures industrial-grade direct-to shape digital decoration solutions for the rigid container industry. Their proprietary DTS-Inkjet technology, based on uniquely formulated inks and dedicated deposition architecture, introduces an entirely new approach to digital printing that is poised to disrupt the packaging decorationmarket.Their debut product is the Velox IDS 250 – the first industrial-grade digital decorator for mass production of cylindrical containers available on the market. It delivers superior decoration quality and capabilities that outstrip analog printing solutions, while allowing a more efficient and flexible production process and a low total cost of ownership (TCO).Velox is powered by an expert team with uniquely extensive and wide-ranging experience in digital printing. It is led by veteran executives with proven success in driving company growth. | $32M / Series B / Nov 13, 2018 | ||
| Landa Digital Printing is a member of the Landa group. It has developed a unique digital technology called Nanography® for the commercial, packaging and publishing markets. Unveiled at drupa 2012, Nanography® bridges the critical profitability gap between offset and digital printing by enabling printers to cost-effectively produce short-to-mediumrun lengths.Landa Digital Printing offers a breakthrough method for the production of super-efficient light-absorbing nanopigments – Landa NanoInk® colorants. The Landa Nanographic Printing® process also differs from other printing processes in that the ink does not wet the paper as in inkjet printing. Landa Nanographic Printing® technology converts the ink image into a super-thin polymeric film which is then laminated onto the paper surface, avoiding typical inkjet issues of paper saturation and enabling the creation of high quality images at high speed – on any kind of paper, at the lowest cost-per-page of any digital printing process.Landa Digital Printing is a subsidiary of the Landa Group and is located in Rehovot in the center of Israel. | $300M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 28, 2018 | ||
| Landa Digital Printing is a member of the Landa group. It has developed a unique digital technology called Nanography® for the commercial, packaging and publishing markets. Unveiled at drupa 2012, Nanography® bridges the critical profitability gap between offset and digital printing by enabling printers to cost-effectively produce short-to-mediumrun lengths.Landa Digital Printing offers a breakthrough method for the production of super-efficient light-absorbing nanopigments – Landa NanoInk® colorants. The Landa Nanographic Printing® process also differs from other printing processes in that the ink does not wet the paper as in inkjet printing. Landa Nanographic Printing® technology converts the ink image into a super-thin polymeric film which is then laminated onto the paper surface, avoiding typical inkjet issues of paper saturation and enabling the creation of high quality images at high speed – on any kind of paper, at the lowest cost-per-page of any digital printing process.Landa Digital Printing is a subsidiary of the Landa Group and is located in Rehovot in the center of Israel. | $135M / Corporate Round / Jun 25, 2014 |
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FAQ
What does Altana invest in?
Altana invests primarily in Printing, Manufacturing and Chemical startups, most often at Series B and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Israel. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Altana invest in?
Altana typically joins rounds of $1.6M–$32M at Series B and $11M–$300M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Altana's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Altana took part in.
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Who are the partners at Altana?
The team at Altana includes Jan Bir (General Counsel), Martin Babilas (Chief Executive Officer) and Stefan Genten (Chief Financial Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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