Munich Venture Partners
VC Fund
Munich, Germany
Munich Venture Partners is a VC fund in Munich focused on Renewable Energy and Energy. Munich Venture Partners (MVP) is the high-tech venture capital specialist based in Munich, and one of Germany's largest. As an independent venture fund, MVP concentrates on investments for leading-edge start-up companies with Transformative Technologies, which will fundamentally transform established value chains. The investment focus is inEurope and on a select basis, beyond. Relevant sectors include: IoT, Mobility, Energy, Advanced Materials, AI, and Robotics.MVP was founded in 2005 and is part funded by the European Union and its Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP).
- Total investments:
- 40
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 5%
- Fund size:
- $168M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Munich Venture Partners invests in
Stages Munich Venture Partners invests in
Countries Munich Venture Partners invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round size
- Series A
- $5M–$11M
- Series B
- $6.3M–$23M
- Series C
- $3.4M–$12M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Renewable Energy 6 (15%)
- Energy 5 (13%)
- Manufacturing 4 (10%)
- Internet of Things 4 (10%)
- Software 3 (8%)
Stage
- Series B 9 (23%)
- Series A 8 (20%)
- Series C 8 (20%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (15%)
- Series D 2 (5%)
Country
- Germany 10 (25%)
- United States 4 (10%)
- Norway 1 (3%)
- The Netherlands 1 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Martin Kröner
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Böhm Beatrice
Business Analyst
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Business Analyst | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Julian Klaiber
Business Analyst
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Business Analyst | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Michael Sailer
CFO/Prokurist/Partner
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CFO/Prokurist/Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Rolf Nagel
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
| See all 7 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrochaea is commercializing a disruptive, scalable technology to convert electric power into methane, the principal component of natural gas. Using CO2 as a feedstock gas, power can be efficiently converted to renewable natural gas for power storage, for transportation fuels, or for transmission via a natural gas network. The company licensedtechnology from the University of Chicago and is led by the Nidus Partners, a St. Louis investment group specializing in renewable energy. Mich Hein, a Nidus Managing Partner, serves as CEO.Electrochaea has developed a commercially viable and disruptive solution for utility-scale energy storage, grid balancing, and carbon reuse. Their proprietary process converts low-cost and stranded electricity and carbon dioxide into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid, a conversion process known as “power-to-gas”. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 28, 2021 | ||
| asgoodasnew electronics GmbH (formerly asgoodas.nu GmbH) is the No. 1 source for refurbished Consumer Electronics in Europe and also runs WIRKAUFENS, the easy, fast, and safe way to turn your used electronic gadgets into cash. The company is active in Germany and Austria (WIRKAUFENS), Spain (LOCOMPRAMOS) and Poland (KUPIMYTO) as a trade-in serviceand selling their products worldwide B2C and B2B. | Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 10, 2020 | ||
| Prolupin GmbH is a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising. The world-leading expertise on the fractionation of lupines and the application of this in food technology gives the business a strong position in the vegetable protein market. This position is secured by several Fraunhofer patents.The company's business activities focus on developing, producing and marketing vegetable-based, lactose-free milk substitutes from the blue sweet lupine (Lupinus angustifolius). This domestic legume is particularly rich in proteins, undemanding with regard to soil and climate and grows predominantly in Northern Germany (soybean of the north), Poland, Scandinavia, North America and Australia. With the processing technologies developed at Fraunhofer IVV, it is possible to adapt the lupine protein flavor profile in such a way as to achieve a milk-like taste. | Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 17, 2020 | ||
| GreenCom Networks is a leading energy IoT company, with offices in Munich, Germany, and Sophia-Antipolis, France. Since 2011, GreenCom has been developing the energy system of the future. Using its Energy Information Brokerage Platform, GreenCom integrates distributed assets like Solar PV, battery storage, electric vehicles and heat pumps. Based onits platform, GreenCom enables white-label end customer services like energy communities, energy flat rates, as well as optimisation and visualisation of energy flows in homes for utilities and manufacturers of energy-relevant devices. | Series C / Feb 19, 2019 | ||
| Electrochaea is commercializing a disruptive, scalable technology to convert electric power into methane, the principal component of natural gas. Using CO2 as a feedstock gas, power can be efficiently converted to renewable natural gas for power storage, for transportation fuels, or for transmission via a natural gas network. The company licensedtechnology from the University of Chicago and is led by the Nidus Partners, a St. Louis investment group specializing in renewable energy. Mich Hein, a Nidus Managing Partner, serves as CEO.Electrochaea has developed a commercially viable and disruptive solution for utility-scale energy storage, grid balancing, and carbon reuse. Their proprietary process converts low-cost and stranded electricity and carbon dioxide into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid, a conversion process known as “power-to-gas”. | Series C / Jan 22, 2019 | ||
| Luxexcel is the only company in the world with the technology to 3D print lenses. Luxexcel is on a path to open a new era in eyewear with custom quality prescription lenses. And opening up a new vision on smart eyewear by enabling technology partners to develop unique lenses. Luxexcel has developed and owns all components necessary to enable ourcustomers to 3D print optics: hardware, software, process and materials | Series C / Sep 21, 2018 | ||
| Munich, Germany-based Silicon Line (www.silicon-line.com) is the unchallenged world leader in developing and providing innovative ultra-low-power optical link technology that enables the use of thin, long, lightweight and very high speed ‘active’ optical cables for a wide array of consumer electronics products – including TVs, set-top boxes, videogame consoles, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets and related devices – as well as commercial and industrial applications. ‘Active’ refers to powered electronics integrated within the cable.Clear evidence of Silicon Line’s global leadership in ultra-lower-power optical technology can be seen not only by its steadily evolving line of leading-edge and industry-first products – with more than 25 different products now in use – but also in its pivotal role within the HDMI Forum, where it has successfully led efforts to enhance support for active optical cable technology standards in the latest specification, HDMI 2.1.Founded in 2005 as an outsource integrated circuit (IC) design house, Silicon Line quickly developed proven expertise in ultra-low-power, analog and mixed-signal chip design. Billions of ICs based on its designs have been used in products of major brand-name manufacturers. | $9.5M / Series B / Sep 10, 2018 | ||
| Sonnen offers solutions which are much more than only storage and includes many additional benefits like active energy management, smart metering and virtual power plant integration. Different system sizes are offered, optimally customized to the requirements of residential homes, agricultural farms and commercial firms. Sonnenbatterie wasintroduced to the German and Austrian markets in January 2011 as one of the first proven and transportable intelligent lithium storage systems. | $71M / Series E / May 23, 2018 | ||
| Prolupin GmbH is a spin-off from the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV in Freising. The world-leading expertise on the fractionation of lupines and the application of this in food technology gives the business a strong position in the vegetable protein market. This position is secured by several Fraunhofer patents.The company's business activities focus on developing, producing and marketing vegetable-based, lactose-free milk substitutes from the blue sweet lupine (Lupinus angustifolius). This domestic legume is particularly rich in proteins, undemanding with regard to soil and climate and grows predominantly in Northern Germany (soybean of the north), Poland, Scandinavia, North America and Australia. With the processing technologies developed at Fraunhofer IVV, it is possible to adapt the lupine protein flavor profile in such a way as to achieve a milk-like taste. | Venture - Series Unknown / May 08, 2018 | ||
| Electrochaea is commercializing a disruptive, scalable technology to convert electric power into methane, the principal component of natural gas. Using CO2 as a feedstock gas, power can be efficiently converted to renewable natural gas for power storage, for transportation fuels, or for transmission via a natural gas network. The company licensedtechnology from the University of Chicago and is led by the Nidus Partners, a St. Louis investment group specializing in renewable energy. Mich Hein, a Nidus Managing Partner, serves as CEO.Electrochaea has developed a commercially viable and disruptive solution for utility-scale energy storage, grid balancing, and carbon reuse. Their proprietary process converts low-cost and stranded electricity and carbon dioxide into pipeline-grade renewable gas for direct injection into the existing natural gas grid, a conversion process known as “power-to-gas”. | Series B / Feb 21, 2018 | ||
| See all 40 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Munich Venture Partners invest in?
Munich Venture Partners invests primarily in Renewable Energy, Energy and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 40 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Munich Venture Partners's check size?
Munich Venture Partners typically joins rounds of $5M–$11M at Series A, $6.3M–$23M at Series B and $3.4M–$12M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Munich Venture Partners participates in.
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Who are the partners at Munich Venture Partners?
The team at Munich Venture Partners includes Martin Kröner (Managing Partner), Böhm Beatrice (Business Analyst) and Julian Klaiber (Business Analyst), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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