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    ABB Technology Ventures

    Zurich, SwitzerlandFounded 2009
    www.abb.com/global/en/company/venturesLinkedIn
    Robotics & AutomationManufacturingHardware & SemiconductorsClimate & EnergyData & AnalyticsCybersecurityInfrastructure & CloudMobility & Transportation

    ABB Ventures (formerly ABB Technology Ventures) is the corporate venture capital arm of ABB Group, investing in breakthrough industrial technology startups aligned with ABB's electrification, robotics, and automation businesses. Since its formation in 2009, it has deployed around $500 million into startups spanning robotics, industrial IoT, AI/ML, energy transition, and more.

    36% of their portfolio is in Climate & Energy. They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $26.9M (across 22 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    19

    Fund Size

    $500M

    Top Stage

    Series B

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    CJ

    Claudio Jordan

    Investment Principal

    VL

    Victoria Lietha

    Principal

    CW

    Chao Wu

    VP, Head of ABB Group Ventures

    FZ

    Fatima Z. Benlarbi

    Analyst

    CS

    Cal Stock

    Investor

    KK

    Kurt Kaltenegger

    Venture Capital & Technology Leader

    TV

    Thomas Vogel

    VC Investor

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    25 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Dg Matrix logoDg MatrixSeries A$60MFeb 2026
    GridBeyond logoGridBeyondUnknown$12MJan 2026
    Mavenoid logoMavenoidSeries B$30MAug 2022
    Automata logoAutomataSeries B$50MFeb 2022
    Soft Robotics logoSoft RoboticsSeries B$10MJun 2021
    Everactive logoEveractiveSeries C$35MSep 2020
    Alveo Energy logoAlveo EnergySeries D$35MJul 2020
    Atom Power logoAtom PowerSeries B$17.8MJun 2020
    Graphmatech logoGraphmatechUnknown—Jan 2020
    Automata logoAutomataSeries A$7.4MMar 2019
    Zaphiro logoZaphiroSeries A—Jan 2019
    Everactive logoEveractiveSeries C$30MJan 2019
    FreeWire logoFreeWireSeries A$15MDec 2018
    Soft Robotics logoSoft RoboticsSeries B$20MMay 2018
    Kespry logoKesprySeries C$33MDec 2017
    Enbala logoEnbalaSeries B$12MJan 2017
    Kespry logoKesprySeed$33MJan 2017
    TaKaDu logoTaKaDuUnknown$6MJan 2012
    TTrilliantUnknown$106MJan 2008
    GridBeyond logoGridBeyondUnknown$13.8M—
    FreeWire logoFreeWireSeries B$25M—
    IMSystems logoIMSystemsSeries A$3.5M—
    FreeWire Technologies logoFreeWire TechnologiesSeries B$25M—
    PointGrab logoPointGrabUnknown——
    Enbala Power Networks logoEnbala Power NetworksSeries B$12M—

    Top Co-Investors

    In-Q-Tel3 shared
    Alumni Ventures3 shared
    Silicon Valley Bank3 shared
    bp ventures3 shared
    Calibrate Ventures2 shared
    Material Impact2 shared
    Scale Venture Partners2 shared
    Fen Ventures2 shared
    Hummingbird Ventures2 shared
    Chevron Technology Ventures2 shared
    Enterprise Ireland2 shared
    Samsung Venture Investment Corporation2 shared
    Energy Impact Partners2 shared
    Constellation Technology Ventures2 shared
    Klima Energy Transition Fund2 shared
    Shell Ventures2 shared
    G2 Venture Partners2 shared
    H. Barton Asset Management2 shared
    Lightspeed Venture Partners2 shared
    Cisco Investments2 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026