# Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)

> Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is a VC fund backing Energy. See 68 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated…

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 68
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 53%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/BMWi_Bund
- Website: http://www.bmwi.de/EN/root.html
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/bundeswirtschaftsministerium

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Energy and Software. Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is a cabinet-level ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany. It was previously known as the "Ministry of Economy". It was renamed in 2005 as "Ministry of Economics and Technology" after it had previously been merged with other ministries to form the Federal Ministry forEconomics and Labour between 2002 and 2005. The ministry is advised by the Council of Advisors on Digital Economy.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $99k–$7.3M |
| Grant | $110k–$75M |
| Pre-Seed | $122k–$1.2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 12 | 18% |
| Software | 11 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 10 | 15% |
| Manufacturing | 9 | 13% |
| SaaS | 8 | 12% |

111 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grant | 51 | 75% |
| Seed | 5 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 6% |
| Non-equity Assistance | 2 | 3% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 1% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 54 | 79% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 4% |
| Estonia | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| André Schwämmlein | Member of the Board "Young Digital Economy" | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andr%C3%A9-schw%C3%A4mmlein-d1c2 |
| Dirk Wiese | Parliamentary State Secretary | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dirk-wiese |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sovereign Tech Agency | Sovereign Tech Agency is a publicly funded organization that supports the development and maintenance of open digital infrastructure. |  | Grant | May 01, 2026 |  |
| Cylib | Cylib provides technology for recycling lithium-ion batteries into usable raw materials, turning battery waste and production scrap into materials like lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, and manganese for reuse in battery and industrial supply chains. Their proprietary process focuses on the holistic recovery of all battery components, utilizingwater-based methods to minimize chemical use and reduce environmental impact. Cylib operates an integrated end-to-end recycling workflow that includes discharge, material separation, and refinement for reintegration into manufacturing processes. The company’s approach supports circular material flows and aims to strengthen supply chains for battery producers and related industrial partners. | $74.6M | Grant | Dec 22, 2025 |  |
| AMG Lithium | AMG Lithium develops and operates facilities focused on processing lithium materials used in battery supply chains. The company converts lithium-bearing feedstock into battery-grade lithium hydroxide through chemical processing designed to support electric mobility and energy storage applications. Its activities cover raw material preparation,refining, crystallization, and product handling to meet specifications required by battery manufacturers. AMG Lithium also incorporates process optimization and byproduct management to improve material efficiency and reduce waste across operations. The company serves industrial customers that require consistent lithium compounds for use in rechargeable battery production and related energy technologies. | $42.4M | Grant | Dec 22, 2025 |  |
| skulio | skulio is an AI based solution that reduces the burden of teachers, allowing them to create complex worksheets within minutes. |  | Grant | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Vulcan Energy Resources | Vulcan Energy is a producer of electric mobility. They provide carbon and lithium. They offer services for electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy businesses. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website. | $122.1M | Grant | Jul 22, 2025 |  |
| LYRASENSE | LYRASENSE is an agentic AI platform revolutionizing access to geospatial intelligence through natural language. Our technology enables users to build, deploy and operationalize satellite-powered geospatial applications in minutes - not weeks - without writing a single line of code. Whether for infrastructure monitoring, environmental riskassessment, or strategic national security operations, LYRASENSE empowers both technical and non-technical teams to derive insights from geospatial data at planetary scale. | $175K | Grant | May 15, 2025 |  |
| EcoComply | We help consumer electronics, industrials, and OEMs handle CE, UKCA, RoHS, REACH, WEEE, Energy Labeling & more all in one streamlined platform.Why us: Execution-first: Pay for compliance delivered, not time spent. AI + Experts: Automation for speed, top consultants for edge cases. Always-on compliance: Stay launch-ready, with zero regulatorydelays. | $134.6K | Grant | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Vulcan Energy Resources | Vulcan Energy is a producer of electric mobility. They provide carbon and lithium. They offer services for electric vehicle batteries and renewable energy businesses. An online inquiry form is available on the company's website. | $105.8M | Grant | Nov 12, 2024 |  |
| BASF | BASF operates as a chemical company worldwide. The company conducts its operations through six business segments, including chemicals, plastics, performance products, functional solutions, agricultural solutions, and oil and gas. Chemicals segment, the company offers products for customers in the chemical, electronic, construction, textile,automotive, pharmaceutical, and agricultural industries; and provides other BASF segments with chemicals for the production of higher-value products. The company's portfolio ranges from basic chemicals, glues and electronic chemicals for the semiconductor and flat panel display industry, to solvents and plasticizers, as well as starting materials for detergents, plastics, textile fibers, paints, coatings and pharmaceuticals. The Chemicals segment consists of the Inorganics, Petrochemicals and Intermediates divisions. Inorganics: The company's basic products are ammonia, methanol, sodium hydroxide, chlorine, as well as sulfuric and nitric acid. It serves electronic chemicals market in Asia and Europe. Petrochemicals division, the petrochemicals division offers a range of products, such as ethylene, propylene, butadiene, and benzene are produced in steam crackers from naphtha or natural gas. In further processing stages, the company produces alcohols, solvents and plasticizers for the chemicals and plastics industries. Alkylene oxides and glycols are starting materials for the detergents, automotive, packaging and textile industries. Intermediates: With its 600 products, the company's Intermediates division develops, produces, and markets a range of intermediates of all producers worldwide.Performance Polymers, the company offers performance polymers, such as engineering plastics, polyamide and polyamide intermediates, as well as foams and specialty plastics for various applications. Polyurethanes: The company offers Polyurethanes, such as basic products, customer-specific systems and specialties for automotive, construction and furniture industries, as well as household appliances. Performance Products The Performance Products segment consists of the Acrylics & Dispersions, Care Chemicals and Performance Chemicals divisions.The company's product lines include amines, diols, polyalcohols, acids and specialties. They serve as starting materials for products such as coatings, plastics, pharmaceuticals, textile fibers, crop protection products, as well as detergents and cleaners. Plastics segment The Plastics segment offers a range of products, system solutions and services. The company offers engineering plastics for the automotive and electric industries, as well as for use in household appliances, sport and leisure. The company's styrenic foams are used as insulating materials in the construction industry and in the packaging industry. The company's polyurethanes are versatile: as soft foams, they are to be found in car seats and mattresses, and as rigid foams they serve as insulation in refrigerators. This segment produces plastics. The Performance Polymers and Polyurethanes divisions offer its customers energy-efficient products, system solutions and services. The company's customers are primarily in the automotive, electric/electronics, textile, packaging and construction industries. | $337.4M | Grant | Oct 15, 2024 |  |
| Thyssengas | Thyssengas is a natural gas pipeline network that supplies biogas, natural gas and hydrogen gas. |  | Grant | Jul 18, 2024 |  |

10 of 68 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [European Union](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-union) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [European Social Fund (ESF)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-social-fund-esf) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Doral Energy-Tech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doral-energy-tech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Commission](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-commission) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [European Space Agency](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/european-space-agency-f580) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Extantia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/extantia) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) invest in?

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) invests primarily in Energy, Software and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Grant and Seed stage. Most of the 68 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)'s check size?

Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) typically joins rounds of $99k–$7.3M at Seed, $110k–$75M at Grant and $122k–$1.2M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) participates in.

### How do I contact Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)?

Public channels for Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) include X (Twitter), the website linked on this profile and Facebook. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)?

The team at Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) includes André Schwämmlein (Member of the Board "Young Digital Economy") and Dirk Wiese (Parliamentary State Secretary). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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