About us
kloeckner.ventures
kloeckner.ventures is the Corporate Venture Capital entity of Klöckner & Co SE, as such we are actively looking for startups that fit our strategic focus and bring value to our organization. Additionaly, we engage in indirect investments/ fund investments.
Klöckner & Co SE
Klöckner & Co is one of the world’s largest producer-independent metal processors and one of the leading service center companies. With its distribution and service network of around 120 warehouse and processing locations, primarily in North America and the DACH region (Germany, Austria and Switzerland), Klöckner & Co supplies more than 60,000 customers. Currently, the Group has around 6,500 employees. Klöckner & Co had sales of some €6.6 billion in fiscal year 2024. By consistently implementing its corporate strategy, Klöckner & Co aims to become the leading service center and metal processing company in North America and Europe. The focus is on continued targeted expansion of the service center and higher value-added manufacturing business, diversification of the product and service portfolio as well as integration of additional CO2-reduced solutions under the umbrella brand Nexigen®.
GENERIC INVESTMENT FOCUS
We are looking for exciting investment opportunities in the field of B2B-e-commerce (specifically B2B-platforms), IoT, AI and process automation. Ideally any such startup should have a disruptiv and scalable business model that is of value for Klöckner by digitizing key functions such as logistics & operations, warehousing, procurement and sales. We usually take minority stakes in startups which have already established a proof-of-concept in the form of first relevant customers and significant revenues.
WHAT WE OFFER
kloeckner.ventures' business model is to offer complementary support in addition to traditional venture capital financing. Our portfolio companies profit through our extensive cross industry network in Europe and North America, access to potential customers and suppliers, as well as to in-depth know-how of our industry experts.
Logistics & Operations/ Warehousing
- Transport Solutions: Tools for loadplanning, transport platform
- Platform & Supply Chain Solutions: supply chain planning, network simulation
- Warehousing Solutions: NFC solutions, photo recognition asset management software
Procurement
- Analytics: Advanced tools for supplier evaluation, data mining for procurement KPIs
- Simulation: Advanced modelling and simulation tools
Sales
- Sales Support Solutions: Customer service solutions, 360° customer view, automated workflows
- Digital Sales: Platform solutions for complex processed products, AI based decision support for sales activities