Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures
Corporate venture capital arm of German industrial technology group Phoenix Contact, investing from an evergreen balance sheet since 2015 in early-stage European deep-tech startups across electrification, industrial networking and automation.
Key facts
Recent exits
Coverage notes
1 fund tracked, 10 portfolio companies (6 active · 4 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.
Sector breakdown
10 companiesFunds & portfolio
Every fund Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.
Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures Evergreen VehicleVCActive2015 · 11yr6 active · 4 realized
Unrealized
6 held| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| PropTech |  Germany | 2020 | |
| PropTech | Germany | 2022 | |
| ClimateTech |  Austria | 2016 | |
| Cybersecurity | Israel | 2021 | |
| ClimateTech | Germany | 2019 | |
| ClimateTech |  United States | 2016 |
Germany· Entry 2020Germany· Entry 2022Austria· Entry 2016Germany· Entry 2019United States· Entry 2016Realized
4 exits| Company | Sector | Geo | Entry | Exit | Type | Buyer | MOIC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Tech |  Netherlands | 2019 | 2025 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | Canada | 2018 | 2022 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Cybersecurity | Netherlands | 2016 | 2018 | Trade Sale | – | ||
| Industrials | Germany | 2019 | 2023 | Trade Sale | – |
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About Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures
Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures GmbH is the global corporate venture capital arm of the Phoenix Contact Group, a privately held global manufacturer of components and systems for electrical connection and industrial automation technology. The vehicle was registered in February 2015 and is headquartered in Blomberg, Germany, with Phoenix Contact GmbH and Co. KG as sole shareholder. As a corporate venture capital arm funded off the parent balance sheet, it does not disclose a discrete assets-under-management figure and operates without a fixed fund vehicle, explicitly describing an evergreen approach with flexible holding periods and no dependency on fund-cycle market fluctuations. The team operates independently of the parent group day-to-day operations.
Investment thesis
Phoenix Contact Innovation Ventures pursues a strategic corporate venture capital strategy, investing primarily at Series A with selective broader-stage capacity, structured as an evergreen balance-sheet investor. Sector focus is tightly aligned to the parent group, covering highly disruptive technologies across electrification, networking and connectivity, and automation, including industrial digitisation, IoT, building management, energy and clean technology, cybersecurity and control technology. Geography centres on German and broader European deep-tech startups, supported by an international network. The capital base is effectively the single corporate parent Phoenix Contact. Value creation rests on strategic access to the Phoenix Contact industrial-automation expertise, engineering resources, global manufacturing and customer channels, plus patient evergreen capital with flexible holding periods.
Recent activity
Recent investments include aedifion in building-management and IoT software (2025), eologix in wind energy and clean technology, WindESco in wind energy, and Wiferion in wireless power. Recent exits include Aufzughelden in elevator and building IoT (2022), Urban Energy in energy and renewables (2023) and is5 communications in industrial communications (2018). The platform continues to deploy evergreen corporate venture capital across electrification, connectivity and automation technologies. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €29/month.
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