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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.
Deal activity increased 100% year-over-year (6 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $13.2M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
40
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
5
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
49 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| NNUCLIDIUM 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 |
| SScrapbees | Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 alteva | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Nuclidium | Series B | — | Jan 2025 |
 LIDROTEC | Unknown | $13.5M | Jan 2025 |
| NNUCLIDIUM AG | Series B | — | Jan 2025 |
 GEMESYS | Pre-Seed | — | Nov 2024 |
 Black Semiconductor | Series A | — | Jun 2024 |
 cylib | Series A | — | May 2024 |
 Prothea | Series A | — | Apr 2024 |
 Refoxy Pharma | Seed | — | Jan 2024 |
| TTalpa | Series B | — | Jan 2023 |
 Resolve BioSciences | Series B | — | Oct 2022 |
 COMPEON | Series C | — | Jan 2021 |
 talpasolutions | Series A | — | Dec 2020 |
 unu | Series A | $12M | Oct 2018 |
 sphingotec GmbH | Series C | — | Jan 2018 |
 AYOXXA Biosystems | Series A | — | Sep 2012 |
 GreenPocket | Series B | — | May 2012 |
 CEVEC Pharmaceuticals | Unknown | — | Jul 2011 |
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Top Co-Investors
High-Tech Gründerfonds13 shared
Wellington Management8 shared
DeepTech & Climate Fonds (DTCF)5 shared
Creathor Ventures5 shared
Capnamic Ventures4 shared
Iris Capital3 shared
MIG Capital AG3 shared
VIVES Partners3 shared
Angelini Ventures3 shared
Bayern Kapital3 shared
Neva SGR3 shared
KfW3 shared
Porsche AG2 shared
Union Square Ventures2 shared
Vsquared Ventures2 shared
Hannover Digital Investments2 shared
Eurazeo2 shared
HighLight Capital2 shared
Seventure Partners2 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026