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.

BASF Venture Capital investment portfolio

BASF Venture Capital Overview

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Status

Active

Professionals

17

Investments

132

Portfolio

45

Exits

36

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	Industry	Company Stage
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
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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