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Our Portfolio Company Lumotive Raises $45M Series B! Lumotive, a leader in programmable optical semiconductors, has closed an oversubscribed $45M Series B Round to accelerate the commercialization of its groundbreaking Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) technology. This round was co-led by Gates Frontier and MetaVC Partners, with new joiners and participation of previous investors including us, USAA Ventures, Hokuyo and more. 🔬 What Makes Lumotive Special? Lumotive’s LCM™ chips digitally steer light beams, enabling faster, more efficient, and cost-effective 3D sensing compared to traditional mechanical LiDAR. This innovation is transforming industries including robotics, industrial automation, automotive, consumer electronics, AI-driven data centers, and aerospace & defense. Thanks to Sam Heidari, Gleb Akselrod, Apurva (Chirag) Jain, Axel Fuchs, Rakinder Grover, and the entire team for their relentless dedication and commitment. "Lumotive's technological vision and innovative use of metamaterials hold great promise for products that help mobilize and automate the world." - Bill Gates Alec Rauschenbusch, Jochen Klüppel, Benedikt Batke #DeepTech #Semiconductors #AI #VC #StartupGrowth #PortfolioWin

Big News from Ghana: Affinity Africa Closes Oversubscribed Seed Round!🇬🇭 We’re proud to share that our portfolio company, Affinity Africa, has raised an oversubscribed $8M seed round—with GRAZIA EQUITY and BACKED VC as lead investors! Affinity is reshaping digital banking in Ghana, bridging financial gaps with inclusive, affordable solutions. Why Affinity Stands Out: - 50K+ customers since October launch - 65% are first-time banking users - 60%+ are women in the informal sector - $15M+ in loans disbursed - 30% MoM loan growth - 37% MoM revenue growth A huge thank you to Tarek Mouganie, PhD, and the entire Affinity team for their relentless determination, driving the vision of financial inclusion one step closer every day. Dr. Benedikt Battke, lead partner on this deal, and the entire Grazia Equity team are proud to back this venture since it's inception and look forward to the future! 🙌 With Affinity Africa, you are in! Alec Rauschenbusch | Jochen Klueppel #Fintech #DigitalBanking #Ghana #VC #ImpactInvesting #AffinityAfrica

Tremendous News from our portfolio company, Formo! 🧀 Formo has secured €35M from the European Investment Bank (EIB) under the InvestEU initiative! This funding supports the mission to create sustainable, animal-free cheese while advancing Europe’s leadership in food tech innovation. 🇪🇺 Big thanks to Raffael Wohlgensinger, Roman Plewka, and the entire Formo team for their relentless dedication and vision. Alec Rauschenbusch, Dr. Benedikt Battke, Jochen Klueppel #SustainableInnovation #FoodTech #FutureOfFood

Proud that NEURA Robotics has raised an impressive €120 Million to scale operations and usher in a new era of seamless human-machine collaboration.🦾 From Metzingen, Germany, David Reger and his team are transforming industries with groundbreaking cognitive robotics. NEURA's intelligent systems, like MAiRA, are designed to seamlessly collaborate with humans across sectors such as healthcare, logistics, automotive and many more. With an order book exceeding €1 billion and a workforce that has doubled to over 300 employees, NEURA is scaling rapidly to meet growing global demand. At Grazia Equity, we are especially proud to back startups from our home, The Länd — Baden-Württemberg. We look forward working with the whole team and all the top-tier investors including Lingotto, Volvo Cars Tech Fund, BlueCrest Capital Management, Vsquared Ventures, HV Capital, InterAlpen Partners, PRIMEPULSE, Delta Electronics, C4 Ventures, L-Bank - Staatsbank für Baden-Württemberg, Roland Berger and many more. Alec Rauschenbusch, Jochen Klueppel, Dr. Benedikt Battke #CognitiveRobotics, #HumanMachineCollaboration, #Innovation, #RoboticsRevolution, #TheLänd

🌟 Vytal Global: Now the World’s Largest Reuse Company! 🌍🎉 We’re excited to share a major milestone for our portfolio company, Vytal Global: their expansion into the U.S. through acquiring certain assets of TURN, a reuse platform backed by Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures. Through this strategic move Vytal US is born and another market will be served.🇺🇸🚀 We’re proud to back Vytal Global and the amazing individuals behind it as they continue leading the global reuse revolution! 🌱 #ReuseRevolution #VCUpdates #Sustainability #Innovation Dr. Tim Breker, Josephine Kreische, Fabian Barthel, Dr. Benedikt Battke, Jochen Klueppel, Alec Rauschenbusch, Emerald Technology Ventures, VENTIS CAPITAL, Kiko Ventures, Rubio Impact Ventures, Chi Impact Capital

Eternal Power's Project in Dummerstorf Making Headlines! ⚡ Our portfolio company Eternal Power GmbH is building one of Europe’s largest green hydrogen plants in Dummerstorf, with a planned capacity of 80 MW, and an eventual expansion to 400 MW. The facility will produce 8,000 tons of green hydrogen annually to power and help decarbonise hard-to-abate industries like shipping, aviation and steel. For this project the team managed to secure offtake agreements worth €2.3 Billion, showcasing their expertise and fast project progression.🏗 Beyond this, Eternal Power GmbH is advancing multiple other global projects, including a 400 MW electrolyzer with downstream green methanol production in northern Sweden which is already backed by two term-sheets amounting to €3.3 Billion and €1.2 Billion. 🌍🚢 We are looking forward to the future with Eternal Power’s exceptional Team. Moritz Schwencke, Fabian Floto, Robert Meitz, Dr. Daniel Gerner, Hendrik Petersen, Ana Paola Corredor Barrera, Frank Mastiaux, Alec Rauschenbusch, Jürgen Ringbeck, Dr. Benedikt Battke, Jochen Klueppel #Hydrogen #GreenMethanol #CleanEnergy #EnergyTransition #VC #Innovation #GlobalImpact

Thrilled to see our portfolio company Vytal Global ranked #12 on Sifted's list of the Fastest-Growing Startups in Germany for 2024! 🎉 Vytal Global is revolutionizing the circular economy with its digital system for reusable takeaway containers, helping to reduce waste and drive sustainability. With an impressive 213.45% revenue CAGR over the past two years and strong support from multiple renowned investors, Vytal Global continues to showcase its growth and solid business model. 🚀 Fabian Barthel, Dr. Tim Breker, Josephine Kreische, Dr. Benedikt Battke, Alec Rauschenbusch, Jochen Klueppel #Sustainability #Vytal #CircularEconomy #Innovation #VentureCapital #ProudInvestor

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🚀 Portfolio Update: Formo Raises $61M Series B! 🧀 Happy to announce that Formo, our portfolio company pioneering animal-free cheese, has successfully secured a massive $61M Series B round! Not only is this one of the largest food-tech raises in Europe this year, but we’re also excited to welcome REWE Group, one of Europe’s largest retailers, as a new investor! 🛒 Formo is revolutionising the cheese industry by using Koji proteins, an innovative and sustainable ingredient, to create delicious, dairy-free cheese without cows. This technology allows a highly efficient and sustainable cheese production — using 96% less water and 65% fewer emissions than traditional cheese. 🌍💧 The best part? You can now find Formo’s animal-free cream cheese and Camembert alternatives in 2,000 REWE stores across Germany, Austria, and at METRO! 🇩🇪🇦🇹 This Series B funding will help Formo scale up production and expand internationally, continuing their mission to transform the dairy industry for a sustainable future. With their innovative technology, they’re set to change how we think about cheese — delivering the taste we love, without the environmental cost. Big congrats to Raffael Wohlgensinger, Roman Plewka and the entire Formo team for this incredible milestone! Thanks to all investors supporting Formo’s mission including REWE Group, Eric Ng from Happiness Capital | Certified B Corp, Christophe Maire from FoodLabs, Sandra Malmberg 👋 from EQT Ventures, Clay Dumas from Lowercarbon Capital, Christian Patze M Ventures , Thomas Hanke from Elevat3 Capital , Christopher Halbig from SevenVentures, Neetu Dhaliwal from Woodline Partners LP , Christian Angermayer and everybody else. We’re proud to be part of this journey and can’t wait to see what’s next! 🚀🧀 Alec Rauschenbusch, Dr. Benedikt Battke, Jochen Klueppel #VC #Investment #Sustainability #FoodTech #DairyFree #Innovation

𝐕𝐂 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐚 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 Grazia Equity ist einer der erfahrensten Frühphasen-Investoren in #Europa. Seit mehr als 25 Jahren unterstützen wir Unternehmer auf ihrem Weg von der Gründung bis zum Börsengang oder Verkauf. Der kürzlich geschlossene Fonds, Grazia Impact III (2023, ~90 Mio. EUR) fokussiert auf 4 Bereiche: #Cleantech & Resource Efficiency, B2B Digitization & Automation, Sustainable Consumption, HealthTech & Medical Breakthroughs. 𝐄𝐫𝐟𝐚𝐡𝐫𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐡𝐫 ü𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐚 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 - 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝-𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐊𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧! 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐚 𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲: - Grazia Equity ist ein finanziell unabhängiger Investor. Als Unternehmer arbeiten sie überwiegend mit eigenem Kapital, was ihnen große Flexibilität und eine schnelle, pragmatische Entscheidungsfindung ermöglicht. - Der VC ist ein zuverlässiger Partner und oft einer der ersten Investoren, mit typischen Investitionen zwischen 0,5 und 2,5 Millionen Euro. Gleichzeitig hält Grazia für jede Firma Reserven bereit, um auch bei weiteren Finanzierungsrunden ein starker Partner in der Unternehmensentwicklung zu bleiben. - #Grazia bietet Unternehmen echten Mehrwert und hilft bei strategischen sowie operativen Fragestellungen. Gründer profitieren von Grazias einzigartigem Netzwerk zu führenden Entscheidungsträgern und ihrem umfangreichen Fachwissen im Aufbau von B2B- und B2C-Geschäftsmodellen. 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: Statista, Mister Spex, Formo, Lingoda GmbH, Quantenna Communications (US), SiTime (US), Immatics 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦: Alec Rauschenbusch, Jochen Klueppel, Dr. Benedikt Battke, Markus Ostfalk, Andrea Schweiger, Lydia Hadra, Katrin Upfold, Sigrid Bader, Bianca Binz #𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐚𝐄𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 #𝐈𝐍𝐕𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 #𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑