Investments
190Portfolio Exits
40Funds
1Partners & Customers
10About KfW
KfW promotes the future investments of its citizens, SMEs and the municipal and social infrastructure. KfW finances projects of German and European companies to compete on global markets. KfW finances and supports, among other things, business start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) as well as investments in economic growth and employment projects in Germany. The ERP-Startfonds, administered and co-financed by KfW, offers equity financing for innovative, technology-based enterprises with excellent growth prospects. The fund finances research and product development as well as the launching of new products, procedures and services. KfW always cooperates with a lead investor and exclusively adopts market conditions.
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Latest KfW News
Jan 26, 2023
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KfW Investments
190 Investments
KfW has made 190 investments. Their latest investment was in CryoTherapeutics as part of their Series B - III on February 2, 2022.
KfW Investments Activity
Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2/16/2022 | Series B - III | CryoTherapeutics | No | 3 | ||
1/6/2022 | Series D | Electrochaea | $24.12M | Yes | Baker Hughes, btov Partners, Caliza, Energie 360, Focus First, KfW, Munich Venture Partners, and Storengy | 2 |
10/21/2021 | Unattributed | Serengeti Energy | Yes | 1 | ||
8/6/2021 | Grant - III | |||||
2/16/2021 | Debt |
Date | 2/16/2022 | 1/6/2022 | 10/21/2021 | 8/6/2021 | 2/16/2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round | Series B - III | Series D | Unattributed | Grant - III | Debt |
Company | CryoTherapeutics | Electrochaea | Serengeti Energy | ||
Amount | $24.12M | ||||
New? | No | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | Baker Hughes, btov Partners, Caliza, Energie 360, Focus First, KfW, Munich Venture Partners, and Storengy | ||||
Sources | 3 | 2 | 1 |
KfW Portfolio Exits
40 Portfolio Exits
KfW has 40 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Humedics on January 04, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1/4/2023 | Acquired | 3 | |||
10/6/2022 | Acquired | 7 | |||
9/29/2022 | Acq - Fin | 1 | |||
Date | 1/4/2023 | 10/6/2022 | 9/29/2022 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exit | Acquired | Acquired | Acq - Fin | ||
Companies | |||||
Valuation | |||||
Acquirer | |||||
Sources | 3 | 7 | 1 |
KfW Fund History
1 Fund History
KfW has 1 fund, including Coparion.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/14/2016 | Coparion | $254M | 2 |
Closing Date | 4/14/2016 |
|---|---|
Fund | Coparion |
Fund Type | |
Status | |
Amount | $254M |
Sources | 2 |
KfW Partners & Customers
10 Partners and customers
KfW has 10 strategic partners and customers. KfW recently partnered with BlueOrchard on May 5, 2022.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
5/9/2022 | Partner | Switzerland | Structured as a public-private partnership , the fund attracted investments from established investors in both the public and private sectors , including the European Investment Bank and Soros Economic Development Fund . | 1 | |
11/25/2020 | Partner | South Korea | GCF and KfW join forces to help African coastal communities GCF and KfW join forces to help African coastal communities . | 1 | |
10/4/2020 | Partner | Germany | 1 | ||
9/1/2020 | Vendor | ||||
7/12/2018 | Partner |
Date | 5/9/2022 | 11/25/2020 | 10/4/2020 | 9/1/2020 | 7/12/2018 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner | Partner | Vendor | Partner |
Business Partner | |||||
Country | Switzerland | South Korea | Germany | ||
News Snippet | Structured as a public-private partnership , the fund attracted investments from established investors in both the public and private sectors , including the European Investment Bank and Soros Economic Development Fund . | GCF and KfW join forces to help African coastal communities GCF and KfW join forces to help African coastal communities . | |||
Sources | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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