- Business
- Heliad Equity Partners GmbH & Co. KGaA (HPBK.DE) is a Frankfurt-based, publicly listed investment company founded in 2000 that operates as an evergreen fund, providing long-term equity financing to visionary startups and growth-stage companies across Europe, with a focus on German-speaking DACH regions; it specializes in early-stage pre-seed to Series A investments via its fully owned vehicle Collective Ventures, and direct balance-sheet investments in growth and beyond, including buyouts and special situations such as restructurings in sectors like technology, internet, e-commerce, life sciences, fintech, media, entertainment, healthcare, logistics, and defense. The company offers core investment products encompassing venture equity, venture debt, equity financing, M&A advisory, and access to public capital markets pre-IPO, at-IPO, and post-IPO; its portfolio features prominent holdings such as Enpal (solar energy solutions), FINN (car subscriptions), Raisin (savings platform), Razor Group (e-commerce aggregator), ARX Robotics (autonomous ground systems), Gaia (fertility care), Nelly (healthcare fintech), lemon.markets (brokerage-as-a-service), StratifAI (AI biomarkers), and Albacore (maritime autonomy), serving entrepreneurs, family offices, executives, and institutional investors through co-investment networks and strategic support for sustainable growth and exits. Heliad maintains headquarters in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, with approximately nine employees and geographic operations centered in Europe, particularly DACH countries. Recent developments include the 2023 merger with FinLab AG followed by renaming to Heliad AG and registration completion boosting net asset value to around EUR 150 million; acquisition of Collective Ventures to enhance early-stage venture capital access for shareholders; investments in 2024-2025 such as ARX Robotics' EUR 31 million Series A (April 2025), Gaia's funding via Collective Ventures (January 2025), lemon.markets (July 2024), ChefCoco's pre-Series A, and Nelly's EUR 50 million Series B (January 2025); launches like the Heliad Dynamic Blockchain Index via Heliad Crypto Partners (December 2024) and Tangany's EUR 10 million Series A co-lead; portfolio company milestones including Razor Group's acquisition of Perch and USD 100 million raise (2024), FINN's EUR 100 million Series C (January 2024); and a resolved cash capital increase of up to 800,000 new shares representing approximately 7.7% of share capital.