Acton Capital strengthens its commitment to founders: New fund with EUR 225 million

More capital for promising start-ups and scale-ups. Acton Capital launches Acton VI, the largest fund in the company's history.

Munich, November 8, 2023 - Acton Capital, a renowned European venture capital firm, announced today that they have launched their sixth fund, Acton VI, with an impressive capital volume of 225 million euros. With this new fund, they continue their long-standing focus on supporting promising startups in Europe and Canada.

Acton VI focuses on early growth stage startups, specifically in the Series A++ category, and plans to invest between 3 and 10 million euros per company. The focus is on proven business models and sustainable scaling strategies. This selective approach aims to build a resilient portfolio.

With a total volume of around 1 billion euros, Acton VI is Acton Capital's largest fund to date. The firm's investment strategy, based on prudence and foresight, aims to ensure long-term success rather than reacting to short-term market phases or trends.

With our proven investment approach and the experience of five generations of funds, we are ideally positioned to continue to be a strong and reliable partner for our founders.

Dominik Alvermann, Managing Partner at Acton Capital

Acton Capital works closely with its portfolio companies to develop customized growth strategies that fit each company's situation. Julius Lühr, Principal at Acton Capital, emphasized the flexibility of the approach: "We support each of our companies in realizing their full potential, be it the goal of becoming the next unicorn or the hidden champion in their industry."

The Acton VI investments

The first investments from the new fund include companies from various sectors:

• Henchman (Belgium): An AI-based software that optimizes and digitizes the workflows of lawyers.
• Klaus (Estonia): A software platform for AI-based quality management in customer service for large companies.
• ECO Group (Germany): A platform for sustainable consumer goods brands in the household and personal care sectors.
• Seatti (Germany): A software solution for organizing hybrid work models in large companies.
• Skribble (Switzerland): An e-signature provider for seamless digital document workflows that meets the highest EU and Swiss standards.

In the last 12 months, Acton Capital has recorded successful exits, including the sale of Vimcar to US investor Battery and the acquisition of a majority stake in Knix, a Canadian direct-to-consumer company, by hygiene group Essity. Acton Capital is an international venture capital firm with offices in Munich and Vancouver. Since 1999, the company has invested in over 100 technology-based start-ups from Europe and North America, including market leaders such as Mambu, HomeToGo, Zooplus, SoSafe, Momox, Knix, Vimcar, AlphaSights, Etsy, Clio and Mytheresa.