accilium Ventures

Accelerating the
Mobility and Energy Transition

We invest in early-stage STARTUPS who want to leave their mark in building the mobility and energy sector. 

We validate problems together with CORPORATES who are willing to invest in solving long-term problems

FOR STARTUPS
FOR STARTUPS

    

Validate Your Idea Now

Validate your Business Idea with accilium Ventures

Venture building is a collaborative process where we partner with corporations in the mobility sector to create new business models that can significantly contribute to their profits within 5-7 years. Our aim is to help de-risk the process of building new, non-core businesses that can explore and exploit new strategic areas of growth outside of the corporation’s core competencies.

Building and Investment Phases of accilium Ventures

Phase

Length

Content

1. SCOPE

6 WEEKS

We align on strategic areas of interest, and unfair advantages. This lets us search for the best venture opportunities to co-create (or co-invest in). We look for BIG opportunities with high growth potential and large addressable markets.

2. VALIDATE

12-15 MONTHS

Ideas which pass both accilium Venutres and the corporate’s Investment committee get funding and runway to iterate the business model and prove product-market fit.

Launching in the market, the founding venture team rapidly iterates towards a repeatable business model.

3. SCALE

4-5 YEARS

The venture is strategically aligned and drawing down on the corporate’s unfair advantages, focused on rapid growth.

We agree to KPIs that will set enterprise value at the Take-Control stage.

4. TAKE CONTROL

ONCE SCALED

With the venture proven, we exit (typically year 4, 5 or 6) and sell our share to the corporate.

Our model ensures the corporate can always take 100% ownership. The corporate already owns 30-40% of the venture and has agreed upon KPIs that trigger the valuation.

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We're searching for pre-seed teams in the mobility and energy ecosystem

accilium Ventures invests in startups to leverage our market access
We are focused on software-driven companies in DACH that accelerate the digital transformation within the mobility & energy ecosystem

 

Mobility Market

Automotive & Transporation

Public & Infrastructure

Energy & Environment

Investment

Pre-Seed

Minority Share

€ 50k

  • Our team supports early-stage mobility and energy startups with:
  • Expertise: Decades of industry experience.
  • Network: Strong relationships with key players in the industry.
  • Entrepreneurial mindset: Team includes successful entrepreneurs.
  • Collaboration: Hands-on support and leveraging our network.
  • Long-term focus: Committed to supporting portfolio companies for sustainable returns.
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People

We are the people Behind accilium Ventures

 

Alexander Raucher | accilium

Alexander Rauscher

  • 15+ years in automotive & consulting
  • Expert in technology integration & process development
  • Strong leadership & team-oriented approach
Alexander Hotowy | accilium

Alexander Hotowy

  • Expertise in OEM advising & sales
  • Skilled problem-solver, simplifies complexity
  • Focus on digital business models

Peter Allan

  • IT solutions & mobility specialist
  • Extensive experience in corporate digitalization
  • Passion for novel technologies & productivity

Nils Lenhardt

  • Decade of venture building experience
  • Academic background in entrepreneurial finance
  • Skilled in setting up incubators & accelerators
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USP for Startups

Investment

We invest €50k in your team

Market access to DAX companies

We introduce you to your target audience

Founder DNA

We have built many companies ourselves

We help you generate initial traction and gain operational expertise. Our vast network of corporate partners is always eager to try out innovative, software-driven technologies. 

We focus on teams who can add value – amongst others – to  the following clients:

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Companies we've Invested in

We believe in backing teams that think “problem-first” and accelerate the trend towards the mobility ecosystem of the future. Here are a few highlights from our investment portfolio 

Karla

      • Co-Investing in Karla, which is tackling the problem of ‘Where is my order’ when shopping online
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      • Website | Press
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      • Co-Investors:
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La Famiglia

468 Capital

Rethink Ventures

      • Co-Investing in the €50 million specialist fund focused on mobility, automotive and logistics in the Rethink Mobility Fund 1.
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  • Website | Press
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  • Co-Investors:
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berylls

Kion Group

ZF Ventures

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Companies we've Built

We own the founders DNA. As restless entrepreneurs, we venture out to start building businesses with a similar idea in mind “building a more sustainable and customer centric mobility ecosystem for the future”.

&amp

andamp uses the power of technology to empower people in what they are doing. Depending on their ideas and needs, andamp develops, shapes, and improves software products to increase the digital resilience of their clients.

changearchitects.io

changearchitects.io supports clients in the planning and implementation of transformation projects. In order to be able to offer the full spectrum of change architecture, they work together with a wide range of experts and partners.

ecoquadrat

ecoquadrat enables the economic design of energy and mobility communities in Austria. Their experts and service partners analyse and plan energy and mobility communities for clients.

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Our Partners

Techstars

Techstars is a global investment business that provides access to capital, one-on-one mentorship, a worldwide network and customized programming for early-stage entrepreneurs.

Baystartup

Ein Top Angelnetzwerk. Konstante Pitching Events und Austausch mit zu finanzierenden jungen bayrischen Unternehmen, kenne ich aus Zollhof Zeiten. Baystartup bietet Startups aus Bayern die Möglichkeit sich mit Angel Investoren zu verbinden.

UVC Venture Partner

Since 2011, we have built one of Europe’s leading B2B venture capital funds investing throughout Europe from our offices in Berlin and Munich. As a team, we have made over one hundred B2B investments with over thirty exits, including some of our own companies.

Collective Ventures Berlin

A group of leading women venture capitalists and angels who invest in female founders across borders.

Zollhof

Start-up centre in the Franconia region, financed by the region and Siemens, Schaeffler, Novartis, HUK Coburg, etc.

Rainmaking Impact Fund

Rainmaking Impact is a 1.3k+ member syndicate investing in Euro-Africa ClimateTech. They transform fundraising and investing experiences for founders, aiding VC rounds and using Odin for aggregation. They present one deal at a time, source startups, and aim for €100m annual deployment.
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I am looking forward to support your journey towards the mobility ecosystem of the future.

Nils Lenhardt | Director accilium Ventures

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