eCAPITAL focuses on seed, as well as early and later stage investments.
Seed-Investment
eCAPITAL prefers to invest in seed investments on a regional basis with our founder funds Gründerfonds Bielefeld-Ostwestfalen and Gründerfonds Münsterland. The main branches are:
- New materials
- IT/ communication
- Bio-analysis
- Nanotechnology
- Life Science
- Process or automation engineering
- Engineering
If you are interested in seed-investments within the region Bielefeld Ostwestfalen please click here.
If you are interested in seed-investments within the region Münsterland please click here.
Financing Growth
In the field of growth investments eCAPITAL concentrates on second- or third round investments. In this case we concentrate on high growth potentials, e.g. in these industries:
- IT/ Communication
- Optic technologies
- Process or automation engineering
- Innovative services
Transaction types
Minor or major investments through:
- increase in capital
- buying of shares from existing shareholders
Investment key data
Revenue Target Company: - 3 m - - 10 m
Overall budget: 0.5 m - - 2.5 m
Later Stage Investments
Besides the focus on young early stage technology companies, we also concentrate on established small middle-class companies that already are profitable but seeking capital in order to expand their business. While we prefer to invest in early stage companies with market or technology leader potential, this status is not mandatory for later stage investments. In this case, we also look into investing in regional expansion plans, successful business models, or the financing of exit opportunities.
Transaction types
Major or minor investments through:
- increase in capital
- buying of shares from existing shareholders
Exit strategies
MBI/MBO
Investment key data
Revenue Target Company: €10 m - €50 m
Overall budget: €0.5 m - €5 m
(with partners up to €10 m possible)
Cleantech Investments
The eCAPITAL III Cleantech fund invests in companies which engage in ecologically friendly technologies with added customer value. Our emphasis in the Cleantech industry is on:
Possible synergies of technologies create new application opportunities that become more and more important in the future. eCAPITAL pro-actively supports sensible co-operations among and beyond their own portfolio.
Transaction Types
Major and minor investments through:
- start-up financing
- increase in capital
- buying of shares from existing shareholders
- spin-offs (University R&D turning into a company)
MBI/MBO
Investment key data
Revenue Target Company: €0 m - €10 m
Overall budget: €0.25 m - €5 m
(with partners €10 m and more possible)
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