LBBW Venture Capital GmbH

LBBW Venture Capital GmbH is the private equity and venture capital arm of Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg specializing in start-up, venture capital, growth and pre- IPO financing. It focuses on industrial technologies, information technology, software, telecommunication, innovative services and life science. The firm prefers to invest in companies organized in a corporate form. It prefers to invest in Southern Germany, but will consider investments within Germany, Austria and Switzerland. It invests between $0.36 million and $3.62 million per company. LBBW Venture Capital GmbH prefers to take a seat in the advisory or supervisory board when investing larger amounts. It typically exits its investments within 2 to 5 years via trade sale or initial public offering. The firm was founded in 1998 and is based in Stuttgart, Germany.