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NRW.BANK is the promotional bank of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, founded in 2002 and headquartered in Düsseldorf. Through its NRW.Venture arm, it provides equity financing to innovative, technology-driven start-ups and scale-ups across sectors including ICT, life sciences, climate tech, and Industry 4.0.
Average disclosed round size is $47.6M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
49
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
6
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
64 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Syte | Series A | — | Sep 2026 |
 NUCLIDIUM AG | Unknown | — | May 2026 |
 Idel-tx | Seed | — | Mar 2026 |
 Cellbox Solutions | Unknown | — | Mar 2026 |
 Co-reactive | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
 octonomy | Unknown | $20M | Nov 2025 |
| DDetechgene | Seed | — | Aug 2025 |
| NUCLIDIUM AG | Series B | $79M | Jul 2025 |
| SScrapBees | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Alteva | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Lidrotec | Unknown | $13.5M | Jan 2025 |
| NUCLIDIUM AG | Series B | — | Jan 2025 |
 Gemesys | Pre-Seed | — | Nov 2024 |
 SphingoTec | Series C | — | Aug 2024 |
 BLACK SEMICONDUCTOR | Series A | — | Jun 2024 |
 cylib | Series A | — | May 2024 |
| PProthea Technologies | Series A | — | Apr 2024 |
 Refoxy Pharma | Seed | — | Jan 2024 |
| PProthea Technologies | Series A | — | Jan 2024 |
| BLACK SEMICONDUCTOR | Growth | $274M | Jan 2024 |
 talpasolutions | Series B | — | Mar 2023 |
 Talpa | Series B | — | Jan 2023 |
 Resolve BioSciences | Series B | — | Oct 2022 |
| EEmergence Therapeutics | Series A | — | Dec 2021 |
 COMPEON | Series C | — | Jan 2021 |
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Top Co-Investors
High-Tech Gründerfonds19 shared
Wellington Management8 shared
Creathor Ventures6 shared
DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF)5 shared
Capnamic Ventures5 shared
MIG Capital AG4 shared
Kurma Partners4 shared
Earlybird Venture Capital4 shared
Porsche AG3 shared
Union Square Ventures3 shared
Vsquared Ventures3 shared
Iris Capital3 shared
KfW3 shared
b2venture3 shared
VIVES Partners3 shared
Angelini Ventures3 shared
Bayern Kapital3 shared
Neva SGR3 shared
Robert Bosch Venture Capital2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026