Gründerfonds Ruhr is a private venture capital fund driving innovation in the Ruhr area by investing in new technologies impacting a broad range of industries. We deploy the capital, the business expertise and the industry access from leading international corporations who share our goal of building Ruhr-based start-ups with transforming ideas. Our objective is to be the institutional investor of choice for founders and become a trusted partner with the resources to catapult young companies to their next stage of development and commercial success. Our long-term vision is to thereby boost entrepreneurial spirit in our region.
Key sectors include chemicals & new materials, energy & industrial sector, life sciences & healthcare, logistics & retail and the digital economy.
Our current portfolio consists of Abalos Therapeutics, DIMATE, Emergence Therapeutics, Fasciotens, Masterplan.com and talpasolutions.
For further information: www.gruenderfonds-ruhr.com
Location: Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Essen
Employees: 1-10
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Portfolio 7
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 06.09.2022 | Spherity | spherity.c... | - | Germany, N... |
| - | Emergence | emergencet... | $98.47M | Germany, N... |
| - | talpasolut... | talpasolut... | - | - |
| - | Abalos The... | abalos-tx.... | $63.16M | Germany, N... |
| - | DIMATE Gmb... | dimate.de | - | Germany, N... |
| - | Masterplan | masterplan... | $22.58M | Czechia, P... |
| - | Fasciotens | fasciotens... | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 7
| Date | Title | Description | Source |
| 28.03.2023 | talpasolutions breaks new ground as it raises a €15 million ... | Essen-based talpasolutions raised a €15 million Series B round to expand its digital fleet and opera... | tech.eu/20... |
| 19.12.2022 | Germany's VMRay ties up $34 million series B to expand threa... | Germany-based cybersecurity startup VMRay has closed a $34 million series B round to support expansi... | tech.eu/20... |
| 19.12.2022 | Germany-based VMRay bags €32M to solve ‘the toughest cyberse... | Germany-based VMRay, a solution provider for dynamic analysis of advanced threats such as zero-day a... | siliconcan... |
| 20.09.2017 | High-Tech Gründerfonds is raising €310 million for its third... | German public-private VC firm High-Tech Gründerfonds has announced the launch of its third fund whic... | tech.eu/br... |
| - | Abalos Therapeutics Launches with €12M Series A Round to Dev... | October 15, 2019 Abalos Therapeutics announced today a EUR 12 million Series A financing round esta... | htgf.de/en... |
| - | VISUS Industry IT receives funding for the digital revolutio... | January 16, 2020 Gründerfonds Ruhr, NRW.BANK and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invest a seven-digit... | htgf.de/en... |
| - | Abalos Therapeutics Completes Series A Extension Bringing To... | October 14, 2021 Additional EUR 32.5 million will support clinical readiness and accelerate lead im... | htgf.de/en... |