eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners
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| Industry | Venture Capital |
| Founded 📆 | 1999 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Münster , Germany |
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Key people | Dr. Paul-Josef Patt (CEO), Michael Mayer, Willi Mannheims |
| Total assets | EUR 220 million + |
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eCapital Entrepreneurial Partners AG is a venture capital firm based in Münster, Germany. Founded in 1999, it provides early-to-growth-stage funding to technology companies as an impact investor.[1] eCAPITAL currently manages funds with over EUR 220 million under management and was lead investor of exits like sonnen GmbH (exited to Shell Group in 2019)[2] or Novaled (exited to Samsung in 2013)[3]
Investment Focus
eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS is currently investing with two funds: The 4th generation of its technology fund 'eCAPITAL IV Technologies Fund'[4] and its dedicated cybersecurity fund 'eCAPITAL Cybersecurity Fund'. The latter one is regarded as Germany’s first cybersecurity fund.[5]
eCAPITAL IV Technologies Fund focuses on the areas Software/ IT, Industry 4.0, Cleantech as well as New Materials with total investments of up to EUR 15 million, typically in financing rounds from Seed to Series B.[6]
eCAPITAL Cybersecurity Fund focuses on cybersecurity such as Identity & Access Management, SecOPS & Threat intelligence, Network & Infrastructure Security , Application & Systems Security, Data privacy as well as Industrial/ IoT security with total investments of up to EUR 7.5 million, typically in financing rounds from Seed to Series A.[6]
Active Investments
Cleantech
- Saperatec - Germany: Recovery of raw materials from composite materials[7]
- Theva - Germany: Loss-free transport of high electrical power through high-temperature superconductors[8]
- Prolupin - Germany: Plant-origin, lactose-free milk substitutes[9]
- Creapaper - Germany: Innovative raw material for paper production[10]
- Heliatek - Germany: Organic Photovoltaics pioneer[11]
- Evodos - Netherlands: Patented spiral plate technology with high separation efficiency for resource recovery[12]
- Smart Hydro Power - Germany: Kinetic micro-hydro power plants[13]
Software/ IT
- KENDAXA - Germany: AI-based automation of business processes
- Envelio - Germany: Software for the planning and operational management of energy networks[14]
- Open-Xchange - Germany: Open source communication, collaboration, office productivity and security[15]
- Jedox - Germany: Enterprise performance management[16]
- Embold - Germany: Automatic software code analytics[17]
- IPlytics - Germany: Intellectual property market intelligence[18]
- Ferroelectric Memory - Germany: Innovative non-volatile memory solutions[19]
- BrandMaker - Germany: Platform for Marketing Work Management[20]
Cybersecurity
- CounterCraft - Spain: Cyber deception, threat hunting & counterintelligence[21]
- Troy - Germany: digital debt collection[22]
- VMRay - Germany: automated malware analysis and detection[5]
- BlueID - Germany: digital access innovation[23]
- Brighter AI - Germany: Camera data anonymization[24]
- Nyris - Germany: Visual search platform[5]
- Sweepatic - Belgium: Cybersecurity exposure monitoring[25]
- Rhebo - Germany: Safeguard of networked industrial systems[26]
Industry 4.0
- Videantis - Germany: Provider of IP solutions for computer vision and video processors[27]
- 4JET Technologies - Germany: Laser systems for surface processing[28]
New Materials
- AM Polymers - Germany: Polymer powders for AM[29]
- Temicon - Germany: Production of micro- and nanostructured films[30]
- Perora - Germany: Medical food for Type 2 diabetes[31]
- CNM Technologies - Germany: Production of monomeric carbon films[32]
- INMATEC - Germany: Ceramic and metal injection moulding compounds[33]
- Variowell - Germany: Patent portfolio for Polyurethane foam[34]
- Cysal - Germany: production of dipeptides[35]
Exited Investments
- RIPS - Germany (acquired by SonarSource)[36]
- novaled - Germany (acquired by Samsung)[37]
- Sonnen - Germany (acquired by Royal Dutch Shell)[38]
- UltraSoC - UK (acquired by Siemens)[39]
References
- ↑ "eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG | BVK e.V." www.bvkap.de.
- ↑ "Shell to acquire battery firm sonnen". PV Tech.
- ↑ Lee, Eyk Henning And Min-Jeong (August 9, 2013). "Samsung to Buy Germany's Novaled" – via www.wsj.com.
- ↑ "Crunchbase: eCapital Funds raised".
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Wagniskapital: Erster deutscher Risikokapitalfonds für Cybersicherheit gestartet". www.handelsblatt.com.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "About". eCAPITAL.
- ↑ "Kapital für das Recycling von High-Tech Verbundmaterialien | HTGF". www.htgf.de.
- ↑ "Theva schließt 3. Finanzierungsrunde ab - VC Magazin".
- ↑ "Prolupin financing".
- ↑ "DGAP-News: Creapaper schließt erfolgreich Series A Finanzierungsrunde ab (deutsch)". onvista.de.
- ↑ "Heliatek erhält 18 Millionen Euro zur Weiterentwicklung organischer Solarzellen, eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG, Pressemitteilung - PresseBox". www.pressebox.de.
- ↑ KG, WEKA MEDIA GmbH Co. "Das wichtigste Förderinstrument ist die Beschleunigung der Energiewende". www.foerderland.de.
- ↑ "Cleantech Fonds von eCAPITAL beteiligt sich an Smart Hydro Power GmbH | HTGF". www.htgf.de.
- ↑ "#EXKLUSIV - Kapital für Kölner Startup envelio - Alle Deals des Tages". December 11, 2019.
- ↑ "21 Mio. EUR für Open-Xchange - VC Magazin".
- ↑ "20 Mio. EUR Kapitalspritze für Jedox - VC Magazin".
- ↑ "Embold". tracxn.com.
- ↑ "IPlytics: Millionenfinanzierung für die Patentanalyse". March 20, 2019.
- ↑ "Start-up Ferroelectric will Chip-Systeme effizienter machen".
- ↑ "eCapital invests in BrandMaker | Unquote".
- ↑ "Spain's CounterCraft raises $5 million for software that dupes attackers and gathers counterintelligence". Tech.eu.
- ↑ Troy completes Series A
- ↑ "BlueID schließt Finanzierungsrunde über € 3,0 Millionen mit eCAPITAL als neuem Investor ab, BlueID GmbH, Pressemitteilung - PresseBox". www.pressebox.de. September 19, 2019.
- ↑ "Brighter AI sichert sich Millionenfinanzierung durch eCAPITAL und G+D Ventures | PR-COM". www.pr-com.de.
- ↑ Mestrovic-Wattenberg, Astrid (July 8, 2019). "Belgian cybersecurity company Sweepatic secures 1 million EUR in Series-A funding from eCAPITAL".
- ↑ "Rhebo: Leipziger Start-up für IT-Sicherheit mit neuer Millionenfinanzierung". April 3, 2018.
- ↑ "videantis erhält Wachstumsfinanzierung von eCAPITAL zur Beschleunigung der Marktdurchdringung im Bereich Embedded Vision und Autonomes Fahren, eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG, Pressemitteilung - PresseBox". www.pressebox.de.
- ↑ "Erfolgreiche Finanzierungsrunde für Laseranlagenbauer 4JET Sales + Service GmbH, eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG, Pressemitteilung - PresseBox". www.pressebox.de. August 6, 2008.
- ↑ "eCAPITAL investiert in das New Material-Start-up AM POLYMERS, eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG, Pressemitteilung - PresseBox". www.pressebox.de.
- ↑ "temicon startet Serienproduktion mit Wachstumskapital". www.temicon.com.
- ↑ "eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG | BVK e.V." www.bvkap.de.
- ↑ "CNM Technologies company information, funding & investors". monitor.hinterland-of-things.de.
- ↑ "Firmenportrait - INMATEC Technologies GmbH". www.inmatec-gmbh.com.
- ↑ "CB Insights Technology Insights Platform | Venture Capital Database & Market Intelligence Tool". CB Insights.
- ↑ "Cysal | HTGF". www.htgf.de.
- ↑ Mestrovic-Wattenberg, Astrid (May 14, 2020). "RIPS Technologies an SonarSource verkauft".
- ↑ "Novaled : Samsung schnappt sich deutschen Lichtspezialisten Novaled". www.handelsblatt.com.
- ↑ "Ölkonzern: Ölmulti Shell kauft bayerischen Batteriehersteller Sonnen". www.handelsblatt.com.
- ↑ "Siemens acquires UltraSoC to drive design for silicon lifecycle ma ..." press.siemens.com.
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