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ZF Ventures

Profile and portfolio

Parent ZF FriedrichshafenHQ Friedrichshafen, GermanyFounded 2016

ZF Ventures is the corporate venture arm of ZF Friedrichshafen, an automotive company. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Friedrichshafen, Germany. It invests from seed to growth. Sectors it names: mobility and automotive, industrial technology and robotics. The program has closed.

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Snapshot

Investment stage: Seed to Growth
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ItemValue
Stage rangeSeed to Growth
SectorsMobility and automotive, Industrial technology and robotics
GeographyGlobal
OfficesFriedrichshafen, Germany

Sources: S2 Global Venturing: ZF Friedrichshafen starts up corporate venturing vehicle (2016-10-19); S3 North Data: ZF Ventures GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Amtsgericht Ulm HRB 734132.

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Investment stage: Seed to Growth

Sources: S2 Global Venturing: ZF Friedrichshafen starts up corporate venturing vehicle (2016-10-19); S3 North Data: ZF Ventures GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Amtsgericht Ulm HRB 734132.

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Where it invests

Geography

Headquarters
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Offices
  • Friedrichshafen, Germany

Investment regionsS2S3

Key facts

FactValueStatusSource
Parent companyZF FriedrichshafenSingle sourceS3
Parent industryAutomotive and mobilitySingle sourceS3
Founded2016Single sourceS2
HeadquartersFriedrichshafen, GermanySingle sourceS3
StatusClosedSingle sourceS1
Capital sourceParent company onlySingle sourceS3
StagesSeed, Series A, Growth (inferred from announced rounds)EstimateS2

History

  1. ZF formed Zukunft Ventures GmbH in Friedrichshafen with first stake in IbeoS2
  2. Company renamed ZF Ventures GmbHS3
  3. Unit shut down per Global VenturingS1

Portfolio

Public sources name 3 portfolio companies.S6

Shared portfolio with other corporate VCs

1 companies on the ZF 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.

FirmSharedCompanies in common
AGCO Ventures1Apex.AI
Airbus Ventures1Apex.AI
Hella Ventures1Apex.AI
InMotion Ventures1Apex.AI
Toyota Ventures1Apex.AI
Volvo Group Venture Capital1Apex.AI

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3 companies, as named in the sources cited.S6 Read the firm's list.

  • Apex.AI
  • CarPay-Diem
  • Ibeo

Sources

  1. S1Global Venturing: Parent company financial troubles shuttered ZF VenturesPress
  2. S2Global Venturing: ZF Friedrichshafen starts up corporate venturing vehicle (2016-10-19)Press
  3. S3North Data: ZF Ventures GmbH, Friedrichshafen, Amtsgericht Ulm HRB 734132Filing
  4. S6WardsAuto: ZF venture capital unit takes first stakePress

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