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KfW Capital

KfW Capital has been active in the venture capital market for more than six years, successfully investing in VC funds to improve financing conditions for young technology companies.

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Rocket in space, flying above globe.

Reaching for the stars

Munich-based rocket manufacturer Isar Aerospace will soon be transporting satellites into orbit. A first test flight was launched from Andøya Spaceport in Norway at the end of March 2025.

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Two installers lift a PV module onto the roof of a house

On behalf of the Paris climate goals

In Germany, more and more homeowners are currently undergoing their private energy transition: with a solar system on the roof, battery storage and a heat pump in the basement – and perhaps a wallbox for an electric car.

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A Child standing in front of a roboter of Neura

On the innovation pathway with AI and highly intelligent sensors

A good six months ago, the Growth Fund Germany had its final closing. With more than EUR 1 billion, it is one of Europe’s largest funds of funds. It invests in VCl funds which, for their part, finance innovative growth-oriented enterprises. One of them is the Munich-based VC fund Vsquared, which is co-financing the Metzingen-based start-up NEURA Robotics, among others.

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Patrick Lipke and his team from Resourcify

Going round in circles

The centre of Hamburg is home to the future of waste management. The digital platform of the start-up Resourcify helps companies generate real value from waste.

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Dr. Jörg Goschin und Alexander Thees

Strong growth and a lot of tailwind

Five years of KfW Capital: double interview with Co-CEOs and Senior Managing Directors Dr Jörg Goschin and Alexander Thees

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Winner of the KfW Capital Award “Best Female Investor” 2023

Three questions for the winner Itziar Estevez.

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Three people at the KfW Capital Award 2023 award ceremony

Winner of the KfW Capital Award “Best Impact Investor” 2023

Three questions for the winner Tim Schumacher.

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Two man attaching solarfilms onto a wall

"On virtually any surface"

Heliatek CEO Guido van Tartwijk on his organic solar films, the solar market of the future and the most important decision in the company's history.

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man with mobile mapping system in a warehouse with boats.

Google Maps for buildings

The Munich-based company NavVis creates digital copies of buildings.

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From niche provider to global player

Berlin-based fintech company Mambu bet early on cloud solutions for financial services providers. Today it is valued at 1.7 billion euros.

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VMRay Managing Director Carsten Willems on the balcony

The sandbox trick

German cybersecurity provider VMRay uses smart security technology to help the world’s most valuable corporations fight hacker attacks. KfW Capital has made several investments in the fast-growing company from Bochum.

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A woman holds an ampoule of Hepcludex, powder for injection preparation in her hand

The billion-euro drug

MYR is a particularly special German success story In just under ten years, the biotech company from Bad Homburg has gone from zero to 1 billion euros with just one drug. How is that possible?

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Protection against hospital germs

Patients become infected with pathogens as many as 700,000 times a year during a stay in hospital. In order to optimise hand hygiene in hospitals, the start-up GWA Hygiene relies on artificial intelligence.

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Green apples hanging on a tree

"We want to change the sector"

Christina Ulardic, a partner at Belgian financial investor Astanor Ventures, on the food of the future, the importance of impact funds and cooperation with KfW.

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A man looks out of his rooftop window onto his photovoltaic modules.

Solar energy on demand

Sonnen GmbH has developed a storage system so that solar power can be used even after sunset. Homeowners can use an app to control when and to where the electricity should flow from their photovoltaic systems.

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