b-to-v Partners AG

btov Partners is a European venture capital firm, managing roughly EUR 510m in institutional funds, partner funds and direct investments of private investors. They have teams in St. Gallen, Zurich, Berlin, Munich and Luxemburg, and work together with seasoned entrepreneurs and business angels to back the most promising start-ups across Europe.
As one of the largest and oldest venture capital firms in Europe, btov Partners was founded in 2000 as an online matching platform named “BrainsToVentures” and has since pioneered venture capital investment solutions for private, corporate and institutional investors. They have the same mindset as the entrepreneurs they support, investing personally in their funds, so that there's always “skin in the game” when we decide to back a venture.

BTOV has launched two different funds: the Digital Tech Fund and the Industrial tech fund.

The digital tech fund invests in B2C- and B2B-oriented businesses in the fields of AI, SaaS, logistics, digital health and marketplaces. Initial investments amount to EUR 0.25-3.5m and we can increase our total investment to EUR 20m over the life cycle of a company. They are focused on Europe and invest outside of Europe on a case-by-case basis. They usually invest in 7-10 companies per year.

In the case of the Industrial Tech Fund, the companies they back range from component, module and systems hardware companies with embedded software to intelligent design automation tool vendors to application and infrastructure software suppliers for industrial verticals. They are active in robotics & AVs, industrial machine learning, industry 4.0 and IoT, cyber-physical security, electronics & photonics, additive manufacturing, power conversion and storage, medical and quantum technologies. They invest across Europe and would typically lead or co-lead a Series A syndicate, but they will also pursue Seed-Rounds as well as occasionally Series B-Rounds. Typical investment tickets range from EUR 1-3m initially together with a stringent reserve planning to commit up to EUR 10m to portfolio companies over the necessary follow-on financing rounds.

Applicants willing to get in touch with BTOV can do it by following this link.

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