Who invests in Lower Saxony?
Business angels, VCs and equity investors at a glance.
Capital is rarely the only thing a startup gets from its investors. Alongside money, they bring industry knowledge, networks and experience from building other companies. In Lower Saxony you’ll find business angels, venture capital firms, public equity investors and corporate investors who come on board at different stages. The map shows who is active in the state. On innomatch you can view their profiles and get in touch directly.
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Investor profiles
Investment companies, growth funds and angel networks in Lower Saxony
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Equity
NBank Capital
Hannover · state wide
NBank's investment company. On behalf of the state, it invests in young, innovative companies and established SMEs – with no sector focus, from seed stage through to succession. For startups, it runs the NSeed and NBeteiligung programmes.
- Seed to growth
- Around 80 investments in the portfolio
- Co-investments with private investors
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Growth Fund
Scalehouse Capital
Osnabrück · state wide
A growth fund backed by the state, Sparkasse Osnabrück and around 20 regional family businesses. It makes early-stage investments in startups that already have a product on the market and clear revenue growth.
- Early stage with a market-ready product
- Focus areas include agriculture, food, construction and mechanical engineering
- Access to the network of the fund's investors
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Growth Fund
Life Science Valley fund
Göttingen · focus on Lower Saxony
A fund for science-driven life science startups, backed by the state through NBank, Sartorius AG and University Medical Center Göttingen, among others. It is designed for long development cycles and high capital requirements.
- Early growth phase
- Biotechnology, medical technology, digital health
- Get in touch via the form on the fund's website
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Growth Fund
Invest-Impuls Scale
Hannover · core investment area Lower Saxony
A fund for technology-based business models in the growth phase, managed by EnjoyVenture. From hardware and new materials to purely digital models, what counts is clear potential to scale.
- Growth and scale phase
- Open to all technologies, no niche markets
- Apply with a pitch deck
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Business Angels
BANSON
Braunschweig · Lower Saxony
A business angel network with more than 20 years' experience, bringing founders and investors together. Its reach extends from Hannover via Lüneburg and Göttingen to Braunschweig and Osnabrück.
- Matching evenings with four pitches
- Club evenings and an annual network meeting
- Apply with a one-pager
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Business Angels
Business Angels Weser-Ems-Bremen
Oldenburg · Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan region
A network for the north-west region, built up since 2004. More than 200 young companies have pitched here. Screening and matching are its core tasks; there are no sector focuses.
- Early stage, all sectors
- Written application via application form or one-pager
- Supported by regional chambers, universities and companies
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Business Angels
BANEW
Buchholz i. d. N. · Elbe-Weser region
Business Angels Netzwerk Elbe-Weser, founded in 2013 on the initiative of the economic development agencies of the districts of Harburg, Stade and Rotenburg (Wümme). It connects startup projects with private investors between Bremen and Hamburg.
- Early stage, both technology-driven and traditional businesses
- Pitch formats and the Disruptive Lounge
- Apply with a one-pager
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Business Angels
Business Angels Deutschland (BAND)
Essen · state wide
The umbrella organisation for Germany's business angels and their networks, founded in 1998. It represents early-stage financing in dealings with policymakers and the public. BANSON, Business Angels Weser-Ems-Bremen and BANEW are members.
- An association rather than an investor in its own right
- Overview of networks across Germany
- Events and market information