Target Partners

Target Partners
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IndustryPrivate equity
Founded1999
HeadquartersMunich
ProductsVenture Capital
Number of employees
10+
Websitewww.targetpartners.de

Target Partners is a European venture capital fund claiming ca. €300 million under management. It is located in Munich and founded in 1999. The general partners are Waldemar Jantz, Kurt Müller, Berthold von Freyberg, and Michael Münnix.[citation needed]

Portfolio companies

The company predominantly invests in technology companies in the early stage or seed stage. Industry sectors include enterprise software, consumer internet, semiconductors and cleantech.

  • 1-2-3.tv
  • abusix[1]
  • adjust[2]
  • adsquare
  • betty.tv (acquired by Swisscom)[3]
  • corrux
  • Cube Optics AG (acquired by Huber+Suhner)
  • datapath.io
  • Dedrone[4]
  • Falcon.io (acquired by Cision)[5]
  • Finanzchef24 [6]
  • Simplaex
  • gate5 (acquired by Nokia, now part of Ovi)[7]
  • G-Predictive
  • hetras
  • JouleX (acquired by Cisco)[8]
  • Instana[9]
  • locanis
  • Mercateo
  • NavVis[10]
  • Nawotec (acquired by Carl Zeiss AG)[11]
  • NXN Software (acquired by Avid Technology)[12]
  • Quobyte
  • Scanbot[13]
  • Scoreloop (acquired by Research In Motion)[14]
  • Senic[15]
  • Sicoya[16]
  • So1
  • Swarm64[17]
  • tado° [citation needed]
  • Theva
  • Treasury Intelligence Solutions
  • trecker.com
  • Ubitexx (acquired by Research In Motion)[18]
  • WLAN AG (acquired by Swisscom)[3]

References

  1. ^ "German VC Target Partners invests in network abuse software company Abusix". AltAssets. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ^ O'Hear, Steve (12 September 2012). "Adeven Launches Adjust.io Analyzer To Give Mobile App Advertisers Combined Analytics And Tracking". TechCrunch. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Swisscom - The most important acquisitions in recent years". Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  4. ^ "Dedrone | Portfolio | Target Partners".
  5. ^ "Cision Acquires Leading Social Media Company Falcon.io". Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  6. ^ Panknin, Thorsten (14 February 2013). "Finanzchef24: Tarifvergleiche zu gewerblichen Versicherungen und Geschäftskonten, online gleich den Antrag stellen". Deutsche Startups. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  7. ^ "Nokia completes acquisition of gate5" (Press release). Nokia Corporation. 12 October 2006. Retrieved 30 June 2009.
  8. ^ "Cisco to Buy JouleX for $107 Mln Adding Energy Software". Bloomberg.com. Bloomberg. 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
  9. ^ "Instana Secures $30 Million Series C Investment Led By Meritech To Extend Automated Monitoring". Instana. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  10. ^ "Indoor Mapping Startup NavVis Secures €7.5 Million in Financing | Target Partners".
  11. ^ "Carl Zeiss SMT Acquires Partner NaWoTec" (PDF) (Press release).
  12. ^ "Avid Acquires NXN and Expands Leadership in Digital Asset Management" (Press release).
  13. ^ Butcher, Mike (16 June 2012). "Doo.net Lands Series A Funding To Organise Documents, Automatically For The People". TechCrunch. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
  14. ^ The Canadian Press (2011-07-06). "RIM buys social game maker Scoreloop". The Globe and mail. Retrieved 2011-07-06.
  15. ^ "Senic | Portfolio | Target Partners".
  16. ^ "Target Partners backs Sicoya in €3.5m series-A". 9 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Swarm64 | Portfolio | Target Partners".
  18. ^ Rao, Leena (2 May 2011). "RIM Acquires Smartphone Security Software Developer Ubitexx". TechCrunch.

External links

  • Official website
  • Portfolio companies