VC Fonds

Companies that fulfil the following investment criteria:

• Technological innovations or innovative business models
• High potential for scaling and increasing value
• Can be assigned to one of the following industries: creative industries, life science, industrial technologies or Information and Communication Technologies (ICT)
• Companies that have USPs or a development lead of several years
• Founder and management teams with high levels of personal and professional competence
• Companies that are still in the early phase; financing for growth is only possible in subsequent financing rounds.
• Good medium-term exit possibility

The company should be owned primarily by shareholders who are actively involved, it should have its place of business in Berlin and fulfil the EU's criteria for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and it must be a corporation.

• Minority participations in the company
• Initial investments: typically between EUR 200,000 and EUR 1 million
• When the capital requirement is much higher, larger first investments are possible
• In subsequent financing rounds, the commitment with existing and/or new investors can be increased to up to EUR 4m depending on the capital requirement.

Contact IBB Ventures GmbH directly. The basis for a first meeting is a brief description or a presentation. Strictly confidential handling is warranted.

'VC Fonds' participation is generally contingent upon other partners, such as venture capital companies, industrial companies or business angels, participating in the company to at least the same degree as the 'VC Fonds'.

Projects funded under this support programme can make a direct or indirect positive contribution to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

• 8 - Decent work and economic growth
• 9 - Industry, innovation and infrastructure

IBB generally excludes certain controversial business practices from funding or conducts case-by-case assessments within controversial business sectors.

You can find more detailed information on the exclusion criteria in our sustainability guidelines .

Further information on the IBB Group’s SDGs can be found at:

Our contribution to the SDGs – IBB Group

At the same time, we are aware that our funding activities may also have unintended negative impacts on individual SDGs. These aspects are not covered in full on this page. However, we are giving careful consideration to potential conflicts of interest and are working to minimise any negative effects as far as possible.