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BASF
Manufactures chemicals, materials and industrial solutions for automotive, construction, agriculture and consumer industries.
About BASF
BASF is a German chemical company with production, research and sales operations around the world. Its largest integrated production site is the Ludwigshafen Verbund, where interconnected plants share energy and raw-material flows to raise efficiency and reduce resource use. The company reports its business in the segments Chemicals, Materials, Industrial Solutions, Surface Technologies, Nutrition & Care, and Agricultural Solutions, and supplies intermediates, specialty chemicals, battery materials, coatings and crop-protection products to industrial and agricultural customers. BASF runs research and development programmes, venture-capital activities and innovation collaborations with universities and start-ups, and is listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
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- Status
- Operational
- Founded
- 1865
- Headquarters
- Ludwigshafen, Germany
- Employees
- 67,116
- Open positions
- 251
- Dealroom signal
- 66.5/100
- Sub-industry
- Oil & Gas
- Sector
- Aviation, Recycling, Interior Design, Furniture, Agritech, Chemistry, Plastic, Waste Reduction, Innovation Radar, Aviation and Aerospace, Oil & Gas
- Business model
- Manufacturing
- Client focus
- b2b, b2c
- Investment activity
- 62 companies, latest Jan 2026
- Capital deployed
- $528M
- Preferred round
- ACQUISITION
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Funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRANTOther financing | Oct 2024 | $341M | — | Government of Germany | ↗ |
| SUPPORT PROGRAMOther financing | Oct 2018 | — | — | MassChallenge | — |
Financials
Revenue, earnings and other financial measures where available. Years marked “E” are estimates.
Growth signals
Latest recorded traffic for BASF is 1.2M monthly website visits, up 20% over the last three months. BASF's team grew 7.9% over the past year.
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Investors
From Dealroom's funding and investor records, grouped by the round each investor first entered.
Seed1 investor entered at this stage
Government of Germany
Series A1 investor entered at this stage
Other known investors1 additional known investor
MassChallenge
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