Grazia Equity GmbH

What is Grazia Equity GmbH?

Grazia Equity GmbH is a venture capital firm that specializes in equity investments for seed, startup, early stage, expansion, later stage, and management buyout/leveraged buyout (MBO/LBO) stages. Founded in 1998, they have established themselves as one of the most selective and experienced German startup investors.

Their headquarters are located in Stuttgart, Germany. The firm primarily invests in sectors such as Software (including Web, Marketplace, SaaS), IT and TMT, Media, BioTech, Energy, and CleanTech.

Grazia Equity works predominantly with their own capital, which enables them to make quick, pragmatic decisions and provide full support to their investments, making them a popular address for entrepreneurs and co-investors. Their track record includes 25+ years of VC experience, backing companies that have seen 5 IPOs or listings on NASDAQ and DAX, and helping seven of their portfolio companies to achieve valuations surpassing one billion dollars.

They take pride in their successful exits, including the sale of Statista to Ströer with a 22-fold return, the sale of Quantenna for over one billion USD to ON Semiconductors, and Conergy's IPO, which reached market capitalization peaks of up to 2.2 billion EUR, marking their first Unicorn.

Grazia Equity seeks partnerships defined by fairness, empathy, and passion and are passionate about world-changing innovations, indicating that if one aims to build the next Statista, Mister Spex, Quantenna, or Immatics, Grazia Equity GmbH is the firm to engage with.

They have recently launched a new fund with a size of 100 million USD and claim to support numerous successful stories like Statista, Conergy, and SiTime, having installed over a billion timing devices in 200 applications worldwide without a single failure, acquiring 90% market share.