LBBW Venture Capital

What is LBBW Venture Capital?

LBBW Venture Capital (LBBW VC) operates as an independent subsidiary of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, founded in 1998, with a base in Stuttgart, Germany. They invest in early-stage, disruptive companies within the IT and life sciences sectors in the DACH region.

LBBW VC is passionate about supporting entrepreneurs and their ideas and aims to participate in early-stage financings, from Seed to Series A rounds, with initial ticket sizes of up to 3 million euros. Their tech investment focus includes enterprise IT, IoT, Industry 4.0, AI/ML, Big Data & Analytics across various industries. They look for software-driven approaches in sectors such as enterprise software/services, mobility/transportation/automotive, manufacturing, energy, and cleantech.

In the life sciences, LBBW VC's investments target drug development, diagnostics, medtech, and healthcare IT, supporting these companies from pre-clinical stages onwards. They also have a keen interest in financial technology, backing entrepreneurs seeking to optimize, digitize, or disrupt the financial sector from the customer perspective.

Leveraging their relationship with their parent bank, LBBW VC can offer a long-term investment view, which is beneficial when investing in early innovations. The team brings extensive investment experience in the covered industries and a history of aiding strong entrepreneurs in making their visions come to life.

With more than 60 companies in their portfolio, LBBW VC boasts a broad and successful international investment track record and growth support experience.