In 2020, bm|t\u00b4s Investee-Part\u00adners raised 55 Mio. EUR of equity and con\u00advert\u00adible cap\u00adi\u00adtal. This marks the fifth year in a row with over 40 Mio. EUR invest\u00adment in bm|t\u00b4s Investee-Part\u00adners. The invest\u00adments in 2020 were spread broadly across 32 com\u00adpa\u00adnies, includ\u00ading three new bm|t Investee-Part\u00adners. Funds man\u00adaged by bm|t invested 24.9 Mio. EUR, and co-investors invested 30.2 Mio. EUR in a total of 43 invest\u00adment rounds. Impres\u00adsively, 21 bm|t Investee-Part\u00adners raised seven-fig\u00adure sums in 2020 \u2013 this num\u00adber of larger rounds is an all-time record for bm|t.<\/p>\n
\u201e2020 was an impres\u00adsive year for bm|t\u00b4s Investee-Part\u00adners, as many com\u00adpa\u00adnies demon\u00adstrated excep\u00adtional resilience and cre\u00adativ\u00adity in the face of an uniquely chal\u00adleng\u00ading envi\u00adron\u00adment,\u201c com\u00admented Kevin Reeder, bm|t\u00b4s CEO. Mr. Reeder con\u00adtin\u00adued, \u201cAchiev\u00ading this level of invest\u00adment dur\u00ading the Covid-19 pan\u00addemic is an incred\u00adi\u00adbly strong tes\u00adta\u00adment to the strength and breadth of inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies in Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen, and we at bm|t are very pleased with the results of the past year.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201eWith the fifth con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive year of strong invest\u00adment activ\u00adity, it is clear that bm|t and the entire invest\u00adment ecosys\u00adtem in Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen have made great strides over the last years. Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen has undoubt\u00adedly been dis\u00adcov\u00adered by more pri\u00advate and insti\u00adtu\u00adtional investors as an attrac\u00adtive loca\u00adtion for invest\u00adment. We at bm|t are proud to play our part in this excel\u00adlent devel\u00adop\u00adment and to be ful\u00adfill\u00ading our mis\u00adsion of strength\u00aden\u00ading Th\u00fcringen\u00b4s econ\u00adomy through tar\u00adgeted invest\u00adments in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive growth com\u00adpa\u00adnies,\u201c con\u00adcluded Mr. Reeder.<\/p>\n
Erfurt-based, bm|t beteili\u00adgungs\u00adman\u00adage\u00adment Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen (bm|t) \u2013 a sub\u00adsidiary of the Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen Devel\u00adop\u00adment Bank, is the first address for Ven\u00adture Cap\u00adi\u00adtal and Pri\u00advate Equity invest\u00adments in Th\u00fcrin\u00adgen, Ger\u00admany. bm|t cur\u00adrently man\u00adages ten invest\u00adment funds with a total vol\u00adume of 440M EUR. bm|t invests in inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive com\u00adpa\u00adnies with strong growth poten\u00adtial across all sec\u00adtors and all phases of the cor\u00adpo\u00adrate lifecycle.<\/p>\n