The Bau Ventures

Profile and portfolio

Parent Drees & SommerHQ Berlin, GermanyFounded 2025

The Bau Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Drees & Sommer, a professional services firm. It was founded in 2025 and is based in Berlin, Germany. It invests from seed to Series A. Sectors it names: real estate and proptech, climate and energy.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Series A

Data behind this graphic

Data behind this graphic
Item	Value
Stage range	Seed to Series A
Sectors	Real estate and proptech, Climate and energy
Geography	Europe
Offices	Berlin, Germany

Sources: S1 The Bau Ventures: website; S4 Global Venturing: VC fund launches with backing from Drees & Sommer.

Where it invests and who leads it

Geography

Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
Offices: Berlin, Germany

Investment regionsS1 S4

Europe

LeadersS6

Daniel HinzManaging DirectorFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Dominik ZalewskiDirector InvestmentFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Christoph Wend-ErdelVentures LeadFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Alexander AssimidisDirector TechnologyFind on LinkedIn Firm page
Frederick WalkerDirector OperationsFind on LinkedIn Firm page

The Bau Ventures on LinkedIn

Key facts

Fact	Value	Status	Source
Parent company	Drees & Sommer	Single source	S2
Parent industry	Professional services	Single source	S2
Founded	2025	Single source	S4
Headquarters	Berlin, Germany	Single source	S3
Status	Active	Single source	S1
Capital source	Parent company only	Single source	S4
Stages	Seed, Series A	Single source	S1

For founders

Item	What the firm says	Source
Stages	Seed, Series A	S1

Portfolio

The firm's portfolio page lists 13 companies.S5

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

3 companies on the The Bau Ventures 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
Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures	1	aedifion
Köster Ventures	1	Madaster
BESIX Technology	1	PT1

Companies backed by the most corporate VCs

Every company on the The Bau Ventures list

13 companies, as listed on the firm's own website.S5 Read the firm's list.

aedifion
Architrave
Bable-Smartcities
Cendas
LCM Digital
Madaster
Mineral Minds
MOD Construction
Naeva
Optiml
Pale Blue Dot
PT1
Realyze Ventures

History

2025Drees & Sommer launched The Bau Ventures with a first investment in the fund PT1S2
2026Portfolio at 4 direct startup investments and 3 venture fund investmentsS7
2026The Bau Ventures invested in the fund Realyze VenturesS8

Official pages

Read the firm's own pages for current information.

Website thebau.ventures/
Portfolio thebau.ventures/portfolio
LinkedIn company page www.linkedin.com/company/bau-ventures

Sources

S1The Bau Ventures: websiteFirm
S2Drees & Sommer: The Bau Ventures starts, first investment PT1Parent company
S3The Bau Ventures: imprintFirm
S4Global Venturing: VC fund launches with backing from Drees & SommerPress
S5The Bau Ventures: portfolioFirm
S6The Bau Ventures: teamFirm
S7Drees & Sommer: The Bau Ventures expands its portfolioParent company
S8Drees & Sommer: investment in Realyze VenturesParent company

Disclaimer and corrections

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