Aachen \u2014 Yester\u00adday, TVF Manage\u00adment GmbH (TVFM) presen\u00adted the Tech\u00adVi\u00adsion Fonds II (TVF II) at the Enter\u00adprise Inte\u00adgra\u00adtion Center on the RWTH Aachen Campus. The new edition of the startup fund initi\u00adally compri\u00adses a volume of 42 million euros and is to be expan\u00added over the next six to twelve months. It provi\u00addes tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-orien\u00adted start\u00adups with invest\u00adments of up to \u20ac6 million each in the Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A phases. In addi\u00adtion to the Rhine\u00adland, the target region for inves\u00adtors is now the entire Eure\u00adgio Meuse-Rhine (inclu\u00adding Hasselt, Maas\u00adtricht, Eupen and Li\u00e8ge).<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though we are curr\u00adently expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adcing a some\u00adwhat quie\u00adter startup phase, the entire Rhine\u00adland has grown and become stron\u00adger as a startup ecosys\u00adtem. As soon as the econo\u00admic para\u00adme\u00adters brigh\u00adten up, it will become very dyna\u00admic,\u201d said Dr. Ansgar Schlei\u00adcher, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner of TVF Manage\u00adment GmbH, at the launch event for the new fund yester\u00adday. \u201cUniver\u00adsi\u00adties, rese\u00adarch insti\u00adtu\u00adtes and nume\u00adrous cross-border initia\u00adti\u00adves in the Rhine\u00adland and the Eure\u00adgio create an ecosys\u00adtem extre\u00admely rich in poten\u00adtial for startups.\u201d<\/p>\n
The group of inves\u00adtors in TVF ll compri\u00adses the two anchor inves\u00adtors NRW.BANK and Spar\u00adkasse Aachen as well as other savings banks from the west of North Rhine-West\u00adpha\u00adlia and nume\u00adrous private inves\u00adtors. In the process, many new entre\u00adpre\u00adneurs and compa\u00adnies from diffe\u00adrent indus\u00adtries (curr\u00adently 17) joined as investors.<\/p>\n
Over 50 start\u00adups in the invest\u00adment balance
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\nThis is TVF\u2019s manage\u00admen\u00adt\u2019s fourth startup fund since 2007, finan\u00adcing inno\u00adva\u00adtive compa\u00adnies in the life scien\u00adces, soft\u00adware, deep and medtech, and new mate\u00adri\u00adals sectors. With incre\u00adasing fund volu\u00admes and a steadily growing circle of fund inves\u00adtors, TVF not only provi\u00addes the Rhine\u00adland start-up scene with capi\u00adtal, but also with stra\u00adte\u00adgic know\u00adledge and a far-reaching network. \u201cTo date, we have helped more than 50 start\u00adups deve\u00adlop their tech\u00adno\u00adlogy and bring it to market,\u201d says Bern\u00adhard Kugel, also a mana\u00adging part\u00adner at TVFM. \u201cWe empha\u00adsize long-term support and the possi\u00adbi\u00adlity of further rounds of finan\u00adcing, which we usually imple\u00adment with co-inves\u00adtors.\u201d The funds\u2019 port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies include well-known upstarts such as Hemo\u00advent, Sile\u00adxica and Taxy.io.<\/p>\n