explains Tobias Sohler,
New fund: Nexenai Capital grows with "Emerging Tech Fund" in the artificial intelligence and cybersecurity space.
29 September 23
● New investment platform to have a target size of EUR 50 million and to focus on pre-seed and seed financings
● AuM at Nexenai Capital will thus rise to EUR 300 million
● Heinrich Zetlmayer, former Co-CEO of esports platform ESL and
experienced emerging tech investor, comes on board as General Partner with team
● AuM at Nexenai Capital will thus rise to EUR 300 million
● Heinrich Zetlmayer, former Co-CEO of esports platform ESL and
experienced emerging tech investor, comes on board as General Partner with team
Munich, 29 September 2023. Nexenai Capital, the early-stage investor from Munich, has added a dedicated "Emerging Tech Fund” to its investment platform group, which focuses on future topics related to artificial intelligence, blockchain, cybersecurity and cloud computing across all industries. The new "Emerging Tech Fund" focuses on initial pre- seed and seed financing of up to EUR 500,000 per start-up. It is designed as a closed- end fund (CEF). In addition to direct equity investments, investors can also invest in tradable tokens that can be deposited. The target size of the fund is EUR 50 million. With Heinrich Zetlmayer, an experienced investor with a proven track record joins the Nexenai Capital team as General Partner. Heinrich Zetlmayer's team holds a portfolio manager licence in Switzerland and operates the Emerging Tech Fund in Zurich and Singapore. The existing investments made by Heinrich Zetlmayer and his team under the name Blockchain Valley Ventures will be brought into the new fund.
“With Heinrich Zetlmayer and his team, we have added cutting edge expertise in the future areas of AI, blockchain and cybersecurity. The Nexenai Capital ‘Emerging Tech Fund’ will invest across all industries. With this, we have continued Nexenai Capital’s expansion as planned. In addition to HealthTech and Fintech in the Nexenai Capital Venture Tech Fund, as well as ClimateTech and Social Impact in the Nexenai Capital Impact Fund, with the Emerging Tech Fund we now have all future growth areas in our portfolio that will massively influence society and the economy in the coming decades”
founder and General Partner of Nexenai Capital.
There is an innovation in the fund structure: Emerging Tech is set up as a Closed End Fund (CEF) for the first time at Nexenai Capital. The previous funds (Nexenai Capital and Nexenai Capital Impact) are structured as “evergreen” funds. Emerging Tech already brings in more than ten portfolio companies with an AuM (assets under management) of around 50 million US dollars.
“Emerging Tech application and use-cases are expected to drive productivity and prope innovation leaps of up to a factor ten across industries. With the Closed End Emerging Tech Fund, we now offer all important investment product types that family offices and institutional investors worldwide rely on in the alternative asset sector to participate in the growth themes of the future.”
Explains Dr. Florian Seidel,
General Partner and Managing Director of Nexenai Capital.
With Heinrich Zetlmayer, an AI and blockchain specialist joins the Nexenai Capital team
Heinrich Zetlmayer is a proven expert in the field of blockchain and new business models. As Co-CEO and member of the supervisory board of ESL, he built up and sold the world's largest independent league for e-sports. Following this, the former Vice President of IBM was General Partner at Blockchain Valley Ventures, a venture capitalist specialising in AI and blockchain, which will be integrated by Nexenai Capital as part of the transaction.
“I am excited to expand Nexenai Capital's unique approach as a new General Partner. With a focus on pre-seed and seed investments in the Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Cybersecurity segments, we perfectly complement Nexenai Capital's ecosystem. With our cutting edge know-how we want to identify the most promising start-ups in the future,”
says Heinrich Zetlmayer about his team's task.
General Partner Emerging Tech Fund
With its sector expertise in FinTech/HealthTech, impact and new technologies, Nexenai Capital focuses on investments of 0.5 to five million Euros. Portfolio companies include Solaris (FinTech), Cera Care (HealthTech/Care) and Clark (InsureTech). Across all platforms (including Nexenai Capital Venture Tech, Nexenai Capital Impact and Nexenai Capital Emerging Tech), Nexenai Capital thus will approach EUR 300 million AuM in the future and is invested in almost 30 portfolio companies.