Henkel Ventures: Corporate venture capital arm managing equity investments and joint projects across Henkel's business units.
Location
Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE
Founded
1876
Henkel Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Henkel, focusing on equity investments and joint development projects across its three business units: Adhesive Technologies, Beauty Care, and Laundry & Home Care. The firm explores new technologies, applications, and business models in areas of strategic interest for Henkel, typically engaging in seed and other early-stage investment rounds.
Notable portfolio companies include Dropwise Technologies, which has raised $2.794 million, and Truman's, with $5 million raised. Henkel Ventures leverages the expertise and resources of Henkel to provide strategic value-add services to its portfolio companies. The firm is led by key partners who bring extensive experience from various sectors within Henkel's broad operational landscape.
Henkel Ventures - Portfolio Snapshot
Portfolio activity breakdown across disclosed investments and stages
Portfolio Companies3
Follow-on Investments2
Current Portfolio Count3
Top Investment Stages
Seed3 (100.0%)
Stage Mix
Seed 100%
Concentration shown as share of disclosed investments by stage.
