# Michael Nettersheim

> Michael Nettersheim is a funding round investor at BASF Venture Capital backing Water and Chemical. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BASF Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/basf-venture-capital)
- Location: Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Germany
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-nettersheim-a952731

Michael Nettersheim is a funding round investor at BASF Venture Capital in Ludwigshafen Am Rhein focused on Water and Chemical. Dr. Nettersheim serves as Investment Manager for BASF Venture Capital GmbH, established in 2001 as a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF Future Business GmbH. Based in Ludwigshafen, Germany, the Company's aim is to explore new growth potentials based on investment in startup companies and funds.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Water | 1 | 50% |
| Chemical | 1 | 50% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 50% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 50% |
| Nanotechnology | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ecoat | Ecoat is develops bio-based chemistries for the coatings industry. The company offers water-based, bio-based products, which includes secoia, inokem, air purifying emulsions, and solkem. Its products include bio-based alkyd emulsions; tension free specialty oils; and urethane modified bio-based alkyd emulsions. | $19.9M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 03, 2025 |  |
| NanoH2O | NanoH2O enhances current polymer-based membranes with a nano-structured material that allows additional control of key membrane properties. The result is a wide array of advantageous membrane characteristics including improved throughput at requisite salt and contaminant rejection levels, passive and active fouling resistance, and the flexibilityto address specific water chemistries. | $60.5M |  | Apr 30, 2012 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Comerica Incorporated](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/comerica-incorporated) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Keytone Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keytone-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Lighthouse Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lighthouse-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Starquest Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/starquest-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TotalEnergies Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/total-energy-ventures-international) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Yotta Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yotta-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BASF Venture Capital

VC Fund · Ludwigshafen, Germany

BASF Venture Capital is the corporate venture capital arm of BASF Group. They invest worldwide in promising young enterprises relevant to BASF’s current and future business fields and also in funds. Besides innovations in the fields of chemistry, new materials and sustainability, their areas of focus include digitization and new business models.They support their portfolio companies through selective interactions with the global research, partnership and customer networks of the BASF Group. They are headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany and have offices in San Francisco, Boston, Shanghai, Sao Paulo, and Tel Aviv.

5 contacts available at BASF Venture Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Michael Nettersheim | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dr-michael-nettersheim |
| Carla Seidel | Senior Vice President Material Physics, Analytics & Formulation | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carla-seidel |
| Christoph Koehler | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christoph-koehler |
| Claus Hackmann | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/claus-hackmann |
| Han Qin | Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/han-qin |

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## FAQ

### What does Michael Nettersheim invest in?

Michael Nettersheim invests primarily in Water, Chemical and Biotechnology startups, most often at Funding Round and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Michael Nettersheim last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Michael Nettersheim closed in Apr 2025. Shizune tracks 2 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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