What investment strategy does TRUMPF Venture focus on?

TRUMPF Venture focuses on VC strategies in the private equity space.

How many portfolio companies does TRUMPF Venture have?

TRUMPF Venture has 14 active portfolio companies and 3 completed exits and 2 funds tracked on GP Intel.

Where is TRUMPF Venture headquartered?

TRUMPF Venture is headquartered in Ditzingen, Germany.

What is TRUMPF Venture's assets under management?

TRUMPF Venture manages approximately €45M in assets under management.

When was TRUMPF Venture founded?

TRUMPF Venture was founded in 2016.

What sectors does TRUMPF Venture invest in?

TRUMPF Venture invests across Industrials, Software, Healthcare, Energy, TMT.

What are TRUMPF Venture's recent exits?

Recent realized exits by TRUMPF Venture include: iThera Medical (2025) to Spear; Peers Solutions (2025) to edyoucated; CYR3CON (2022) to Cyber Security Works.

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TRUMPF Venture

Ditzingen, Germany·Founded 2016·

Venture Capital

·trumpf.com/en_US/company/additional-fields-of-activity/trumpf-venture

TRUMPF Venture is the corporate venture capital arm of German machine-tool and laser group TRUMPF, launched July 2016 in Ditzingen. It takes minority stakes (typically EUR 0.5-4m initially, 5-25 percent) in deep-tech startups across photonics and lasers, manufacturing, sensors and automation, connectivity and compute, industrial software and sustainability. It operates a first fund of EUR 40m (TRUMPF Venture GmbH) and a successor vehicle, TRUMPF Venture II GmbH.

AUM

€45M

Funds

vintages 2016–2022

Portfolio

Exits

TRUMPF Venture is a Ditzingen venture capital firm with €45M AUM, 14 active companies and 3 exits.

SectorsIndustrials Software Healthcare Energy TMT

Key takeaways

·3 exits in the last 5 years · consistent DPI cadence.
·Average hold across 3 realized deals: 3 years.
·Fund cadence: ~6Y between vintages · last raise 2022.

Sector breakdown

17 companies

Deep Tech

4 · 24%

Industrials

4 · 24%

MedTech

3 · 18%

Cybersecurity

2 · 12%

Software

2 · 12%

SaaS

1 · 6%

Energy

1 · 6%

Geography breakdown

8 geographies

Germany

5 · 29%

Switzerland

3 · 18%

Norway

2 · 12%

Spain

1 · 6%

Israel

1 · 6%

Denmark

1 · 6%

Austria

1 · 6%

Key facts

HQDitzingen, Germany

Founded2016

Websitetrumpf.com/en_US/company/additional-fields-of-activity/trumpf-venture

Recent exits

TRUMPF Venture sold iThera Medical to Spear in 2025 after 2 years.

TRUMPF Venture sold Peers Solutions to edyoucated in 2025 after 5 years.

TRUMPF Venture sold Cyr3con to Cyber Security Works in 2022 after 1 year.

Partners

Diane Zetzmann-KrienManaging Director

Coverage notes

2 funds tracked, 17 portfolio companies (14 active · 3 realized). Verified weekly from public filings and deal announcements.

Investment team

Senior partners. Hand-checked from public filings and the firm's own site.

Diane Zetzmann-Krien

Managing Director

Funds & portfolio

Every fund TRUMPF Venture has raised, with its portfolio companies. Hand-checked from public filings.

2 funds

Fund

Strategy

Vintage

Size

Assets

Exits

TRUMPF Venture Fund IIActive

Evergreen20225 assets1 exits

Evergreen

2022 · 4yr

–

Unrealized

5 held

Company	Entry
Quside Deep Tech · Spain	2022
Scrona Deep Tech · Switzerland	2022
sensiBel Industrials · Norway	2022
Threedy Deep Tech · Germany	2024
Tunable AS Industrials · Norway	2022

Realized

1 exit

Company	Entry	Exit	Type	Buyer	MOIC
iThera Medical MedTech · Germany	2023	2025	Trade Sale	Spear	–

TRUMPF Venture Fund I

VC2016€40M9 assets2 exits

2016 · 10yr

€40M

Unrealized

9 held

Company	Entry
3yourmind SaaS · Germany	2017
Ascend Elements Energy · US	2021
Carbice Industrials · US	2021
Eyeware Software · Switzerland	2019
kiutra Deep Tech · Germany	2021
L7 Defense Cybersecurity · Israel	2021
Resistell MedTech · Switzerland	2019
RSP Systems MedTech · Denmark	2018
XARION Laser Acoustics Industrials · Austria	2016

Realized

2 exits

Company	Entry	Exit	Type	Buyer	MOIC
Cyr3con Cybersecurity · US	2021	2022	Trade Sale	Cyber Security Works	–
Peers Solutions Software · Germany	2020	2025	Trade Sale	edyoucated	–

Frequently asked questions

What investment strategy does TRUMPF Venture focus on?: TRUMPF Venture focuses on VC strategies in the private equity space.
How many portfolio companies does TRUMPF Venture have?: TRUMPF Venture has 14 active portfolio companies and 3 completed exits and 2 funds tracked on GP Intel.
Where is TRUMPF Venture headquartered?: TRUMPF Venture is headquartered in Ditzingen, Germany.
What is TRUMPF Venture's assets under management?: TRUMPF Venture manages approximately €45M in assets under management.
When was TRUMPF Venture founded?: TRUMPF Venture was founded in 2016.
What sectors does TRUMPF Venture invest in?: TRUMPF Venture invests across Industrials, Software, Healthcare, Energy, TMT.
What are TRUMPF Venture's recent exits?: Recent realized exits by TRUMPF Venture include: iThera Medical (2025) to Spear; Peers Solutions (2025) to edyoucated; CYR3CON (2022) to Cyber Security Works.