Strategic financing solutions
We define “DeepTech” as the sector of companies whose product or service offering is based on substantial scientific advances and high-tech engineering that creates real technological innovation and patents / IP. Typical verticals include:
- Advanced Manufacturing / 3D Printing
- Advanced Components
- AgrarTech
- Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning
- Cleantech & New Energy
- Cybersecurity
- Material Science
- Nanotechnology
- Internet of Things / Industry 4.0
- New Mobility (E-mobility, Autonomous cars)
- Robotics & Drones
- Semiconductors
- Software / SaaS
- Virtual & Augmented Reality
We understand the challenges these companies often face – substantial R&D expenses, long-term oriented business plan, often hardware related business models, low visibility, unfashionable business models, lacking investor interest – and support founders and managers to find the strategic financing solutions they need to achieve their business and technology vision.
WHAT WE DO
FCF develops bespoke financing strategies and advises its clients during the entire fund raising process. We primarily focus on the following financing types with an extensive network to leading tech investors in Europe, USA and Asia as well as selected family offices and strategic investors:
FCF identifies and approaches systematically relevant tech investors, depending on indication, stage, volume and our clients‘ future financing strategies.
FCF has vast experience in non-dilutive alternative-equity financings for tech companies. In addition, FCF is the leading advisor for growth debt financings from the European Investment Bank with its InnovFin Program.
FCF supports tech companies in the preparation and execution of initial public offerings (IPO), advising its clients regarding the feasiblity, timing, structuring, placment and management of the IPO process as well as regarding investment bank and investor selection.
FACTS & FIGURES
Over
completed DeepTech transactions
DeepTech reports
regularly published
More than
DeepTech transaction volume
DeepTech Team of
Investment Banking Professionals
Access to
international investors
SELECTED TRANSACTIONS
ROBART GmbH
February 2020
€ 9 million
Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies GmbH
December 2019
[amount confidential]
Hydrogenious LOHC Technologies GmbH
July 2019
€ 17 million
Synapticon GmbH
June 2019
[amount confidential]
Synapticon GmbH
January 2019
> € 10 million
RESEARCH
The “FCF DeepTech Series” is a quarterly series of reports tracking European venture capital funding trends within four main DeepTech verticals. We highlight deal counts, volumes, investor interests, subsector trends, geographic hotspots, IPO activity as well as M&A / trade sale activity.
Each quarter one of the four verticals – Cleantech, Advanced Manufacturing, Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and Robotics and Drones – is examined individually.
Each report is a quick reference for investors, corporates and professionals for the funding trends within the respective vertical.
