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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Early Stage Venture investors for Angel Investment startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TEV Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe | ||
NRW.BANK | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe | ||
STS Ventures | Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Secondary Market, Seed | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe | ||
S-UBG Group | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity | Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe | ||
New Forge | Early Stage Venture | Solingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe |
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We’ve ranked the top Angel Investment Early Stage Venture investors in Nordrhein-Westfalen. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
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Top Angel Investment Investors & Funds (Nordrhein-Westfalen)
TEV Ventures
TEV is a spin-off from Tengelmann Ventures, which is the venture capital subsidiary of Tengelmann Group. The TEV team was responsible for Tengelmann Ventures’ Vintages I and II, two evergreen funds financed from the Tengelmann Group balance sheet. In the past 10 years the TEV team invested more than € 400m into companies that have become market leaders, among them Zalando, Delivery Hero, Klarna, Wish, Scalable Capital, data Artisans, Lazada and brands4friends. TEV Ventures Vintage III is the third fund managed by the TEV team and the first one open to external LPs. Just as Vintage I and II, Vintage III will be focused on investments in early-stage companies in the consumer-internet, digital services and emerging technology areas. Geographical investment focus will be Germany (70%) and Europe more generally (30%). Fundraising started in July 2019.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment, Finance, Financial Services, Social, Venture Capital
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NRW.BANK
NRW.BANK is the development bank for the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It supports its owner – the state of North Rhine-Westphalia – in fulfilling its tasks, notably in the fields of structural, economic, social and housing policy. NRW.BANK pools the promotion and development programmes of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union and combines them with its own equity and debt products and advisory services. It offers the full range of financial products in three areas “Economy”, “Housing”, and “Infrastructure/Municipalities”. NRW.BANK operates in a competitively neutral manner as a partner of banks and savings banks.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment, Biotechnology, Semiconductor
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STS Ventures
STS Ventures is a Cologne-based industry agnostic early-stage investor. We typically invest in firms headquartered in the DACH region. A typical initial investment ranges from €200k – €500k with up to a total of €5 million per company through follow-up investments. To help build a strong foundation, we prefer to be amongst the first investors.
Stages: Convertible Note, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Secondary Market, Seed
Location: Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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S-UBG Group
S-UBG Group offers equity financing opportunities to enterprises with a strong growth potential. It primarily invests in emerging growth, seed/start ups, and early-mid -late venture stages. The firm considers investments within the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia and Aachen, Krefeld, and Mönchengladbach regions. The firm was established in 1988 and is based in Aachen, Germany.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity
Location: Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment, Financial Services, Incubators, Venture Capital
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New Forge
New Forge is a business angel investor that supports early-stage b2b tech startups. It takes tech startups on a fast lane development journey to bridge the gap between idea and successful business. It accelerates their growth and brings their products to the market. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Solingen, Germany.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Solingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment
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Schauenburg Ventures GmbH
Schauenburg Ventures is an international investment company, investing in eraly stage and seed phases. Investments are made in areas such as: Environment, Security, Robotic, Automation, Analytics and Space.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Mülheim An Der Ruhr, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Angel Investment, Venture Capital
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