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Selection of our Portfolio

Our portfolio includes young companies in the fields of CO2 mitigation, circular economy, digital farming, artificial intelligence and software solutions, biotechnology, and new materials.

In addition to these direct investments, BASF Venture Capital also holds shares in technology funds. These fund investments give us broad access to new technologies, venture capital networks and interesting young companies in Asia, North and South America.

Direct Investments – CO2 Mitigation

ESS Inc.
ESS is a provider of easy to transport Fe/Fe redox flow batteries for long duration stationary grid scale energy storage.
Group14
Group14 is delivering commercial-scale quantities of its silicon battery technology to customers including automotive OEM Porsche AG.
LanzaTech Inc.
LanzaTech´s unique microbial gas fermentation process is creating a new source of sustainable low carbon fuels and chemicals.

Direct Investments – Circular Economy

Oceanworks
Oceanworks is a sustainable plastic solutions provider that brings traceability and transparency through digitalization to recycled plastics.
pH7 Technologies
Founded in Vancouver, Canada in 2020, pH7 Technologies has developed a game-changing metal extraction process.
Sunrise
Sunrise Packaging is a leading Chinese manufacturing company specialized in flexible multi-layer coextruded functional packaging materials.

Direct Investments – Digital Farming

Computomics

Computomics focuses in particular on predictive breeding technology for crops and has developed a cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI).

EAVision
EAVision is dedicated to develop autonomous robotics using its cutting-edge technologies in computer vision.
ecoRobotix AG
ecoRobotix aims to offer precise, safe, reliable and affordable robotic solutions that simplify farmers’ life to produce healthy food.

Direct Investments – AI & Software Solutions

Grão Direto
Grão Direto is the developer of an agricultural platform designed to digitize the agricultural commodity chain and guide farmers and buyers to market in an efficient way. 
InsideTracker
InsideTracker combines blood and DNA samples with a cutting-edge algorithmic engine to offer personalized nutrition and lifestyle recommendations. 
IntelliSense.io
IntelliSense.io is a leading industrial AI company making mining operations more efficient, sustainable and safe through trusted and open artificial intelligence (AI) solutions.
Traive™
Traive™ is a financial platform that digitizes the entire path of agricultural credit – from the farmer's demand to the financial market – and reduces the effort involved in obtaining and managing loans.
WayBeyond
WayBeyond creates technology for a better world. Its vision is to transform the agricultural industry so it can produce food sustainably for everyone on the planet. 
Zapata AI
Zapata AI is building industrial-scale generative AI solutions for enterprises’ domain-specific applications involving both language and numerical data.

Direct Investments – Biotechnology

Bota Bio
Bota Bio’s next-generation industrial biology platform is a combination of advanced computation and cutting-edge biotechnology.
Equinom
Equinom was founded in 2012 by Gil Shalev who realized that by utilizing genomic sequencing breakthroughs, he could develop a technology that would revolutionize seed and legume design.
Provivi, Inc.
Provivi develops a family of safe, natural, effective, and economical pheromone solutions for crop protection.

Direct Investments – New Materials

Bellatrix Aerospace Pvt. Ltd.
Bellatrix is a full-suite solution provider of in-space propulsion systems and orbital launch vehicles.
BigRep GmbH
BigRep is a leader in industrial, large format additive manufacturing solutions with an open system of high-performance materials.
Essentium Inc.
Essentium develops industrial-scale additive manufacturing solutions breaking down barriers of scale, strength, and economics in fused filament fabrication (FFF).
P2 Science, Inc.
P2 Science developed a bio-refining process for the conversion of organic feedstock such as vegetable oils into high-value, renewable, specialty chemicals.
Phomera
Phomera specializes in the large-scale production of photonic crystal metamaterials, which have applications in fields such as photovoltaics, consumer electronics, building and construction, and electric vehicles.

Funds

Climentum Capital

Climentum Capital, a European climate tech venture fund, supports startups with disruptive technologies that have great potential for CO2 savings.

Omnivore
Omnivore is India's leading agritech venture fund, which invests in Indian startups developing breakthrough technologies for food, agriculture, and the rural economy.
SP Ventures
The fund is managed by São Paulo-based SP Ventures and focuses on startups from the Latin American agricultural and food (AgFood) sector.