BASF Venture Capital Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Venture Capital

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 17

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 132

  • Portfolio
  • 45

  • Exits
  • 36

Exits

BASF Venture Capital General Information

Company Description

Founded in 2001, BASF Venture Capital is a corporate venture capital arm of BASF Group based in Mannheim, Germany. The firm prefers to invest in companies operating in decarbonization, circular economy, agtech, new materials, new disruptive business models and digitization sectors.

Business Details

Year Founded
2001
Investor Status
Actively Seeking New Investments
Trade Association
German Venture Capital Association (BVK)
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Venture Capital
Other Investor Types
Fund of Funds
Venture Capital
Corporate Office
  • 4.Gartenweg 7
  • 67063 Ludwigshafen
  • Germany
+49 0621

BASF Venture Capital Investments (132)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
DePoly 29-Apr-2025 Seed Round Environmental Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
Sea6 Energy 03-Mar-2025 Agricultural Chemicals Generating Revenue
Grão Direto 27-Feb-2025 Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
ACT-ion 18-Dec-2024 Electrical Equipment Generating Revenue
IntelliSense.io 31-Jul-2024 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue
Phomera 05-Mar-2024 Industrial Chemicals Generating Revenue
WayBeyond 28-Feb-2024 Business/Productivity Software Generating Revenue/Not Profitable
Traive 23-Feb-2024 Financial Software Generating Revenue
Grão Direto 02-Feb-2024 Later Stage VC Media and Information Services (B2B) Generating Revenue
InsideTracker 08-Sep-2023 Later Stage VC Other Healthcare Technology Systems Generating Revenue
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BASF Venture Capital Exits (36)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Solidia 01-Oct-2024 Bankruptcy: Liquidation
BigRep 31-Jul-2024
Zapata Computing 28-Mar-2024
Indeco 13-Feb-2024
Essentium 13-Jan-2024
Kinta AI 15-Feb-2023
Kimeta 01-Jan-2023
NBD Nano 13-Sep-2022
Hummingbird Technologies 28-Jul-2022 Merger/Acquisition
FRX Innovations 16-May-2022 Reverse Merger
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BASF Venture Capital Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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BASF Venture Capital Affiliates

Subsidiaries (3)

Name Industry Location Year Founded
Basf Biorenewable Beteiligungs Ludwigshafen Am Rhein, Germany 2012
Baseclick Munich, Germany 2008
EnerG2 Seattle, WA 2003

BASF Venture Capital FAQs

  • What is BASF Venture Capital?

    Founded in 2001, BASF Venture Capital is a corporate venture capital arm of BASF Group based in Mannheim, Germany.

  • When was BASF Venture Capital founded?

    BASF Venture Capital was founded in 2001.

  • Where is BASF Venture Capital headquartered?

    BASF Venture Capital is headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

  • How many investments has BASF Venture Capital made?

    BASF Venture Capital has made 132 investments.

  • What has BASF Venture Capital invested in?

    BASF Venture Capital has made numerous investments in companies like DePoly, Sea6 Energy, and Grão Direto within the Environmental Services (B2B), Agricultural Chemicals, and Media and Information Services (B2B) industries.

  • What has BASF Venture Capital invested in recently?

    BASF Venture Capital's latest investment was on 29-Apr-2025 in DePoly, a company within the Environmental Services (B2B) industry.

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