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NRW.BANK
Private Equity, Venture Capital · Founded 2002 · Düsseldorf, Germany
Public development bank of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany
The funds NRW.BANK backs.
NRW.BANK is a limited partner in 47 funds. 3 of them place in the Power Law Investor Ranking, and the best-ranked are shown here.
Where NRW.BANK’s portfolio is concentrated.
Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 94 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.
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Germany90
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Belgium1
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Switzerland1
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UK1
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USA1
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Health31
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Enterprise Software21
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Energy11
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Semiconductors7
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Fintech5
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Marketing5
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Real Estate4
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Transportation4
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Food3
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Jobs Recruitment3
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Security3
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Education2
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Seed47
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Series A31
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Series B+14
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Early Growth64
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Breakout Stage25
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Late Growth5
Inside NRW.BANK’s portfolio.
The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 94 tracked.
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CeWhere NRW.BANK’s portfolio founders come from.
146 founders across the 94 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.
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Germany127
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United States7
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United Kingdom4
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Spain2
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Italy1
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Netherlands1
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Switzerland1
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RWTH Aachen University22
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University of Cologne13
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WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management9
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University of Bonn6
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Ruhr University Bochum5
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Technical University Munich5
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Bielefeld University4
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University of Düsseldorf4
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FH Aachen3
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Harvard University3
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Boston Consulting Group7
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EY6
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adesso5
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German Aerospace Center5
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Siemens4
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Trivago4
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Audi3
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Bertelsmann3
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Deutsche Telekom3
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QuestBack3
Similar LPs.
Other private equity fund investors in the Power Law LP ranking, closest to NRW.BANK by combined power-law score, with the assets each one manages and how many VC funds it backs.