Fraunhofer Venture
VC Fund
Munich, Germany
Fraunhofer Venture is a VC fund in Munich focused on Energy and CleanTech. Fraunhofer Venture acts as a partner of founders, start-up companies, Fraunhofer institutes and investors. By offering access to Fraunhofer technologies, infrastructure and know-how with more than 4,500 patent classes, it provides young companies with the opportunity of a faster and better establishment of their products on the markets.
- Total investments:
- 15
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
Last updated:
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Industries Fraunhofer Venture invests in
Stages Fraunhofer Venture invests in
Countries Fraunhofer Venture invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 8 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $100k–$3M
- Series A
- $6.9M–$10M
- Series B
- $4.9M–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Energy 3 (20%)
- CleanTech 2 (13%)
- 3D Technology 2 (13%)
- Biotechnology 2 (13%)
- Manufacturing 2 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (40%)
- Series A 2 (13%)
- Series B 2 (13%)
- Series D 1 (7%)
- Funding Round 1 (7%)
Country
- Germany 7 (47%)
- France 1 (7%)
- Latvia 1 (7%)
- The Netherlands 1 (7%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Markus Weitzel
Investment Manager
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Investment Manager | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Björn Schmalfuß
Innovation and Intrapreneurship
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Innovation and Intrapreneurship | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Dominik Malter
Team Member
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Team Member | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Friederike Krämer-Plath
Lawyer
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Lawyer | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Manfred Stöger
Member- Logistics Department
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Member- Logistics Department | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| PerioTrap is an early stage biopharmaceutical company that aims to eradicate the root cause of periodontitis | $3M / Seed / Jan 30, 2025 | ||
| Threedy is the provider of instant3Dhub, a platform for high-performance visual computing, which enables data sets of any size to be used across all application and device classes, directly connected with business data and sensors for a variety of applications. | $10.4M / Series A / Feb 20, 2024 | ||
| Dioxycle is develop electrolyser solutions for carbon dioxide emissions. | Jun 21, 2023 | ||
| Cellbox Solutions is a young technology company that focuses on innovative logistic solutions for the global BioMed industry. | $6.9M / Series A / Mar 07, 2023 | ||
| NexWafe will supply high quality wafers to solar cell producers .Their wafers will be fully compatible with common cell and module fabrication .They will be available at a fraction of the cost of standard wafers. | $12M / Series B / Feb 04, 2021 | ||
| HYGEN brings to the market superchargers for G-Mobility that can fuel your Gas Powered Vehicle at home or at the office in just 3 minutes. By utilizing the regular household or office gas distribution grid HYGEN solves the chicken and egg problem of the NGV market turning this grid into a decentralized fuelling infrastructure. By offering toend-users this low-cost at-home "supercharger" with unique freedom in terms of refueling, HYGEN transforms out-dated NGV image into an appealing and modern EV-like concept. HYGEN's proprietary liquid piston gas compression technology eliminates friction, excess heat and oil vapours. It extends the service life by a factor of 5 and reduces total cost of ownership by six-fold. It results in reinventing at-home fueling concept and enabling HYGEN's direct customers- Gas Utilities to open up for them a completely new business segment – transportation fuel market and to deliver clean and inexpensive fuel to your doorsteps at a competitive price. | Seed / Jun 17, 2019 | ||
| Volterion was founded in 2015 as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT.Right from the start, they put their energy into the development of the stack – the energy converter of a redox flow battery and thus the basis for an efficient system.After extensive development work, they now produce their stacks using a unique manufacturingprocess that they are constantly improving.On this basis, they also develop innovative energy systems such as the powerRFB. A scalable battery in a compact housing that meets the highest industrial demands and is used in many different applications.Sascha Berthold, Thomas Gebauer and Thorsten Seipp are the founders of the company and have been involved in the development of Volterion technology. Together with Kees van de Kerk they form the management today.Volterion has received many awards for its technology and business model, including the ACHEMA Energy Founders Award, the TU Startup Award, the KUER Growing Business Award and the Best Pitches Award. | $110K / Non-equity Assistance / Oct 01, 2017 | ||
| Volterion was founded in 2015 as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT.Right from the start, they put their energy into the development of the stack – the energy converter of a redox flow battery and thus the basis for an efficient system.After extensive development work, they now produce their stacks using a unique manufacturingprocess that they are constantly improving.On this basis, they also develop innovative energy systems such as the powerRFB. A scalable battery in a compact housing that meets the highest industrial demands and is used in many different applications.Sascha Berthold, Thomas Gebauer and Thorsten Seipp are the founders of the company and have been involved in the development of Volterion technology. Together with Kees van de Kerk they form the management today.Volterion has received many awards for its technology and business model, including the ACHEMA Energy Founders Award, the TU Startup Award, the KUER Growing Business Award and the Best Pitches Award. | $200K / Seed / Jan 15, 2017 | ||
| Their vision is to free diabetics from the painful finger prick and throughout this leverage for their shareholders the significant market potential that such a non-invasive glucose monitor could achieve.Diabetes is a global problem; almost 600m patients will be suffering from this disease by 2032. The majority of severe diabetics undergo apainful reminder of their disease multiple times a day by means of drawing blood to measure their glucose levels. I strongly believe that we can free the diabetic from this antiquated and painful reminder, which is why NovioSense set out in 2012 to reinvent the way we measure glucose. We believe that by reimagining the finger strip technology into a new form factor our non-invasive device will allow patients to monitor glucose levels on demand not only non-invasively but also unobtrusively. We have discovered that tears are a unique source of biomarkers with excellent prediction of blood biomarker levels. Armed with this knowledge we have developed a non-invasive sensor capable of detecting trace levels of glucose in tears and accurately extrapolating these values back to blood glucose levels. | Series D / Oct 24, 2016 | ||
| Volterion was founded in 2015 as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT.Right from the start, they put their energy into the development of the stack – the energy converter of a redox flow battery and thus the basis for an efficient system.After extensive development work, they now produce their stacks using a unique manufacturingprocess that they are constantly improving.On this basis, they also develop innovative energy systems such as the powerRFB. A scalable battery in a compact housing that meets the highest industrial demands and is used in many different applications.Sascha Berthold, Thomas Gebauer and Thorsten Seipp are the founders of the company and have been involved in the development of Volterion technology. Together with Kees van de Kerk they form the management today.Volterion has received many awards for its technology and business model, including the ACHEMA Energy Founders Award, the TU Startup Award, the KUER Growing Business Award and the Best Pitches Award. | $200K / Seed / Jan 24, 2016 | ||
| See all 15 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Fraunhofer Venture invest in?
Fraunhofer Venture invests primarily in Energy, CleanTech and 3D Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Fraunhofer Venture invest in?
Fraunhofer Venture typically joins rounds of $100k–$3M at Seed, $6.9M–$10M at Series A and $4.9M–$12M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Fraunhofer Venture's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Fraunhofer Venture took part in.
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Who are the partners at Fraunhofer Venture?
The team at Fraunhofer Venture includes Markus Weitzel (Investment Manager), Björn Schmalfuß (Innovation and Intrapreneurship) and Dominik Malter (Team Member), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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