Inven Capital

Profile, fund size and portfolio

Parent ČEZ GroupHQ Prague, Czech RepublicFounded 2015

Inven Capital is the corporate venture arm of ČEZ Group, an energy company. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Prague, Czech Republic. Sectors it names: climate and energy.

AUM or capital under managementS2: EUR 500M+

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Snapshot

Scale and capital allocated

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Measure	Value	Unit	Kind	Source
Headline size	EUR 500M+	AUM or capital under management	Stated by the firm or its parent	S2
Companies on the firm's portfolio page	20	companies	Counted from the firm's own list	S1

Sources: S2 ČEZ press release: EIB provides a further EUR 50 million to Inven Capital (Feb 2023); S1 Inven Capital home page.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Prague, Czech Republic
Offices: Prague, Czech Republic

Investment regionsS1

LeadersS1

Petr MíkovecManaging DirectorLinkedIn Firm page
Petra SokolováInvestment DirectorLinkedIn Firm page
Ivo NěmejcInvestment DirectorLinkedIn Firm page
Kristýna MachováInvestment DirectorLinkedIn Firm page
Viktor MiškovskýInvestment DirectorLinkedIn Firm page

Inven Capital on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	ČEZ Group	Single source	S2
Parent industry	Energy and utilities	Single source	S2
Founded	2015	Single source	S3
Headquarters	Prague, Czech Republic	Single source	S1
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent and outside investors	Single source	S2
Headline size	EUR 500M+ (AUM or capital under management)	Single source	S2

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Check size	EUR 2M to EUR 30M	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 20 companies.S1

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

10 companies on the Inven Capital portfolio page also appear on the portfolio page of at least one other firm in this directory. Matched by company website, or by name where no website is published.

Firm	Shared	Companies in common
Statkraft Ventures	2	tado, Zolar
Citi Ventures	1	Forto
F-LOG	1	Forto
Maersk Growth	1	Forto
Cavallo Ventures	1	Taranis
Presidio Ventures	1	Taranis
UMC Capital	1	Taranis
VNG Innovation	1	Cloud&Heat
Qualcomm Ventures	1	CyberX
Volvo Group Venture Capital	1	Driivz
Volvo Cars Tech Fund	1	ELIQ
Yıldız Ventures	1	Ember

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the Inven Capital list

20 companies, as listed on the firm's own website: 15 listed, 5 exited.S1 Read the firm's list.

Listed 15

Andercore
Cloud&Heat
ELIQ
Ember
Forto
Hometree
Hydrogrid
Sunfire
tado
Taranis
Vulog
Vytal
Wint
Woltair
Zolar

Exited 5

Cosmo Tech
CyberX
Driivz
Neuron Soundware
sonnen

Fund vehicles

Vehicle	Size	Year	Source
Inven Capital 2022-2027 investment period	EUR 210M	2022	S2

History

2015First investments (sonnen and Sunfire) in 2015S3
2017EIB commits EUR 50m co-investment (end of 2017)S3
2023EIB commits a further EUR 50m; ČEZ provides EUR 210m+ for 2022-2027 investment periodS2

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website www.invencapital.cz
Portfolio www.invencapital.cz/

Sources

Disclaimer and corrections

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