VCID: 14398258
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Corporate information
Official name
Bayern Kapital GmbH
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The venture capital organisation of the Free State of Bavaria.Bayern Kapital GmbH, based in Landshut, Germany, was founded as an initiative of the Bavarian government in 1995. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bavarian LfA Förderbank. As the venture capital organisation of the Free State of Bavaria, Bayern Kapital provides equity capital financing for the founders of young innovative technology companies in Bavaria. Presently, Bayern Kapital manages twelve investment funds with a total volume of around EUR 700 million. So far, it has invested roughly EUR 350 million in about 290 innovative technology companies in various sectors including life sciences, software & IT, medical technology, materials and new materials, nanotechnology and environmental technology. In this way, more than 8,000 long-term jobs in sustainable companies have been created in Bavaria.
Funds managed
| Fund | Type | Vintage |
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| Scale Up Fund Bavaria | 2021 |
Investments
Selected investments
| Company | Country | Date | Notes | ||
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DeepDrive GmbH Electric motor developer. |
Germany | 20 Sep 2024 | Series B Follow-on investment. Round participant. Active |
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Isar Aerospace Technologies GmbH Developer and manufactures launch vehicles and full-featured propulsion systems for suborbital and orbital launcher. |
Germany | 20 Jun 2024 | Series C-1 Follow-on investment. Round participant. Active |
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Proxima Fusion GmbH Nuclear fusion energy company. |
Germany | 10 Apr 2024 | Seed Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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IQM Finland OY Developing the first fault-tolerant scalable quantum computing solution. |
Finland | 22 Jul 2022 | Series A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |
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eADMET GmbH |
Germany | N/A Initial investment. Round participant. Active |