Munich Venture Partners

Investment decisions are led by the founding and managing partners. Walter Grassl and Rolf Nagel founded the firm in 2004 and remain active as Partner and Venture Partner, respectively. They are joined in the partnership by Michael Sailer (CFO) and Martin Kröner. No separate investment committee members are named on the firm's website.

The firm describes its strategy as covering early-stage and growth-stage venture capital. Its portfolio has included seed and startup-stage companies such as Electrochaea and Silicon Line, as well as later-stage rounds for companies like sonnen before its exit to Shell. No strict stage mandate is published, but the firm positions itself as a venture investor across the full lifecycle of climate-tech companies.

Munich Venture Partners invests directly into portfolio companies and draws on a network of over 90 co-investment partners to syndicate rounds. There is no public indication that the firm acts as a fund-of-funds or commits capital to other venture funds. Its activity appears limited to direct venture deals and co-investment vehicles.

The firm's strategy is built around climate-tech, and its portfolio is concentrated in energy storage, industrial IoT, sustainable materials, food-tech, and mobility. The firm does not disclose a negative list, but all publicly named portfolio companies fall within its eco-industrial thesis. Traditional software, fintech, biotech, and consumer internet are absent from the disclosed portfolio.

No separate philanthropic foundation or vehicle is publicly disclosed. The firm integrates sustainability reporting and carbon-offset programs into its own operations and portfolio-monitoring framework, but there is no evidence of a legally separate philanthropic entity tied to the firm or its partners.