Interested in hardware and deep tech software. Solutions should be hard for competitors to copy, and if they are, it’s not a must that they’re technological. They prefer companies having customer validation and preferably revenue, but in exceptional cases can invest in a proof-of-concept stage as well.
Companies can be based anywhere, but have to have some operations in Eastern Europe, for example considering Poland as an important target market.
In most cases they only co-invest or lead invest. For startups related to construction industry and chemicals, a CVC investment is possible.
Ticket size: €200k-€2,000k, sweet spot €1,000k, maximum allocation with follow-on investments €5,000k per company