Bosch launches venture capital fund

Each year, Robert Bosch GmbH aims to invest growth capital in six to ten companies in the technology sector. The newly created fund is worth 250 million euros.

Robert Bosch Venture Capital, the venture capital company of the Bosch Group, has launched a new fund worth 250 million euros. With this fund, the company aims to invest primarily in technology start-ups worldwide that are developing products for energy efficiency and the electrification of drives. Bosch is contributing up to 25 million euros per start-up. The company also supports the founders with expertise and its network. In return, Bosch benefits from early access to the technologies.

By investing in startups, Bosch also aims to find solutions to problems that have arisen from the Corona pandemic and the Ukraine war. "After two years of the Corona pandemic and ongoing geopolitical tensions, impacts from chip shortages or disruptions in global value chains are omnipresent," says Ingo Ramesohl, managing director of Robert Bosch Venture Capital. "That's why we also want to track down technology trends in these fields that can provide relief in such situations."

This is the Bosch subsidiary's fifth fund. Every year, the venture capitalist says it screens more than 2,000 startups and invests in six to 10 of them. The portfolio now includes more than 50 companies from the fields of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, semiconductors and quantum computing, including, for example, the medical technology company Variantyx and the power electronics manufacturer Semiconductor. Robert Bosch Venture Capital has locations in China, Germany, Israel, and the United States.