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Henkel

Corporate · Founded 1876 · Düsseldorf, Germany

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Operates worldwide with leading brands and technologies in three business areas: Adhesives, Beauty Care and Laundry & Home Care

35 portfolio companies Corporate · $89M invested · 39 investments · Last investment 3/2026
Portfolio companies 35 ↑ 44% 5y
Decacorns 0
Thoroughbreds 0
Fund commitments

The funds Henkel backs.

Henkel is a limited partner in 6 funds. 3 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking, and the best-ranked are shown here.

Partech
France
#72 Power Law
Lakestar
Switzerland
#167 Power Law
Firstminute Capital
United Kingdom
#488 Power Law
Exits

Henkel’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from Henkel’s transaction record.

The Sun Products Corporation
$3.6B acquisition · 2016
Home Living
Olaplex
IPO · 2021
Now $1.4BWellness Beauty
Spotless Group
$1.3B acquisition · 2014
Spotless Group
$1.0B acquisition · 2014
Home Living
Spotless Group SAS
$1.0B acquisition · 2010
Home Living
Portfolio analysis

Where Henkel’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 35 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. USA12
  2. Germany6
  3. France3
  4. UK3
  5. China2
  6. Israel2
  7. Australia1
  8. Belgium1
  9. Canada1
  10. Netherlands1
  11. South Africa1
  12. Switzerland1
By sectorCount
  1. Energy6
  2. Home Living5
  3. Wellness Beauty5
  4. Chemicals3
  5. Health3
  6. Real Estate3
  7. Semiconductors3
  8. Fashion2
  9. Media2
  10. Robotics2
  11. Transportation2
  12. Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment1
By stage enteredCount
  1. Series A7
  2. Series B+5
  3. Seed1
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth17
  2. Mature9
  3. Breakout Stage7
  4. Late Growth2
Portfolio market map

Inside Henkel’s portfolio.

The 33 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 35 tracked.

Actnano
Transportation
$87M
Aether Biomachines
Health
$245M
Pixelligent Technologies
Chemicals
$52M
Vitriflex
Energy
$16M
NBD nanotechnologies
Robotics
$32M
Feelit Technologies
Semiconductors
$33M
Remedy Healthcare
Health
$67M
AGORA
Fashion
$26M
Washmen
Fashion
$25M
Direct-C
Energy
$11M
Kriya Materials
Energy
$13M
Critica Infrastructure
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment
Crowntech Photonics
Semiconductors
Hashtag You
Media
Copprint
Robotics
DevaCurl
Health
ZipJet
Real Estate
Wetherby Laroc
Real Estate
Nordbak
Energy
notyourmothers.com
Wellness Beauty
Swania
France
Olaplex
Wellness Beauty · Unicorn
$1.4B
ATP adhesive systems
Transportation
Seal For Life
Energy
Stahl
Energy
$520M
Mermaid+Me
Wellness Beauty
Banana Beauty
Wellness Beauty
Hello Body
Wellness Beauty
Spotless Group SAS
Home Living · Unicorn
$1.0B
Spotless Group
Home Living
The Sun Products Corporation
Home Living
Spotless Group
Australia
The Bergquist Company
USA
Portfolio founders

Where Henkel’s portfolio founders come from.

17 founders across the 35 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. Israel4
  2. United Kingdom4
  3. United States4
  4. Germany3
  5. United Arab Emirates2
UniversityCount
  1. Technion Israel Institute of Technology3
  2. ESCP Business School2
  3. Bocconi University1
  4. Business School Lausanne (BSL)1
  5. Concordia University1
  6. Deerfield Academy1
  7. EBS University1
  8. McGill University1
  9. Princeton University1
  10. Tel Aviv University1
Previous companyCount
  1. JP Morgan2
  2. Alcoa1
  3. AXA1
  4. AXA Life Japan1
  5. Bearing Point1
  6. Bio-Rad Laboratories1
  7. Carmel Olefins1
  8. ESCP Business School1
  9. EY1
  10. EY-Parthenon1
How Henkel stacks up

Other LPs.

Other corporate and insurance LPs in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to Henkel by combined power-law score — Europe first, then the nearest worldwide.

Vontobel
LP rank #238 · Switzerland
$126B AUM 10 VC funds backed
Kapor Center
LP rank #260 · United States
17 VC funds backed
GSK
LP rank #268 · United Kingdom
8 VC funds backed
Credit Suisse
LP rank #284 · Switzerland
22 VC funds backed
L'Oreal
LP rank #299 · France
7 VC funds backed
Skandia
LP rank #306 · Sweden
9 VC funds backed
CNP Assurances
LP rank #310 · France
$470B AUM 20 VC funds backed
Flossbach von Storch
LP rank #315 · Germany
1 VC funds backed
Key people

Key people at Henkel.

Konstantin von Unger
Konstantin von Unger
Member Shareholder Committee
 Carsten Knobel
Carsten Knobel
CEO
 Miguel Galvez
Miguel Galvez
President
 Kilian Martin
Kilian Martin
CEO
 Prof Schroiff
Prof Schroiff
President
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.
Figures on this page are sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API, joined with Dealroom’s cap-table dataset (estimated holdings) and the Power Law Investor Ranking. News in “Featured in” is drawn from Dealroom’s own coverage — the stories that name this investor, not only those it is the subject of. Market sentiment is omitted until the API exposes it.