About B&C Group
B&C Group is a venture capital firm located in Vienna, Austria. As of May 2026, B&C Group is an active investor, having invested in 15 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in Austria based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Consumer. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Quanscient Overall, B&C Group portfolio has seen 3 IPOs and 1 acquisition including key companies like Lenzing, Frequentis and contextflow. A lot of funds co-invest with B&C Group, with names like Tencent sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. B&C Group has team of 18 people including 6 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 2 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
B&C Group's List of Top Investments
B&C Group has a portfolio of 15 companies. Their most notable investments are in contextflow and KREATIZE.Their portfolio spans across Austria, Germany, Finland and 1 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Consumer and 14 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by B&C Group:
Provider of AI-based solutions for materials informatics. It provides users with a data analytics platform which uses machine learning to mine data about materials, chemicals and processes. It also converts technical documents containing crucial data into a structured, searchable database. It also provides predictions about the performance of new materials, chemicals, and formulations.
Key facts about Citrine Informatics
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Redwood City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $81.3M
- Employee Count: 70 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: AME Cloud Ventures, Morado Ventures and 17 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Sep 03, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
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2. Lenzing
Developer of wood-based sustainable fabrics. The platform provides its users with a platform that offers cellulose and renewable raw material-derived fibers, flame retardant fibers, lyocell, and modal fibers. Its applications are in fashion, home textiles, sports and outdoor wear, protection wear, cosmetics, and hygiene products.
Key facts about Lenzing
3. Kinexon
Provider of real-time location systems for industrial automation and operations. The company offers solutions for order tracking, asset management, and autonomous mobile robot fleet management. Assembly line control products are available to accelerate production with increased quality. The operating system integrates location data from various technologies.
Key facts about Kinexon
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Munich (Germany)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $130M
- Employee Count: 212 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: BMW i Ventures, T.Capital and 21 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 26, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Frequentis
Provider of communication and information systems for safety-critical applications. It provides users with a ship communication system for communication with other ships, shore stations, and satellites. It also provides users with rail track safety, network services, and emergency communication services.
Key facts about Frequentis
5. TTTech
TTTech provides ethernet and IoT connectivity solutions. Provides dependable networking solutions based on deterministic ethernet, time-triggered technology, and modular safety platforms. Its products include a safety software platform for automated driving, testing tools, ECUs & displays and Switch Hermes 3/1 BRR which is a combined switch ECU for the evaluation of different communication standards including Audio-Video Bridging, Time-Sensitive Networking, and Time-Triggered Ethernet.
Key facts about TTTech
- Founded Year: 1998
- Location: Vienna (Austria)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $103M
- Employee Count: 827 as on May 31, 2026
- Investors: Samsung, Co-Investor and 10 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Dec 01, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
B&C Group's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
B&C Group has invested in 16 companies over the last 8 years, with an average of 1 new investment annually in the last 5 years. As of May 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Quanscient and most recent follow-on round was in TriLite Tech.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
B&C Group's Investments by Stage
B&C Group has made 4 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.64M, 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $4M, 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $12.6M and 1 investment in Series C stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 4 |
Seed | 2 |
Series B | 2 |
Series C | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
B&C Group's Investments by Sector
B&C Group has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Consumer, Internet of Things - Industry Applications and 3D Printing - Industry Applications. Notably, it has invested in 13 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 13 Tech companies, 8 Software companies and at least 5 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
High Tech | 6 |
Enterprise Applications | 5 |
Consumer | 2 |
Internet of Things - Industry Applications | 2 |
3D Printing - Industry Applications | 1 |
Others | 14 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
B&C Group's Investments by Geography
B&C Group has made most investments in Austria (5), followed by Germany where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Austria | 5 |
Germany | 2 |
Finland | 1 |
United States | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
B&C Group's recent investments
B&C Group has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Quanscient.Here are the most recent investments by B&C Group:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 26, 2026 | Finland | Series A | 6505 | [+4] | |
Sep 11, 2024 | Austria | Series A | 9089 | [+1] | |
Apr 16, 2024 | Austria | Seed | 9061 | - | |
May 25, 2023 | Austria | Series B | 2140 | ||
Sep 09, 2022 | Germany | Seed | 3859 | [+5] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in B&C Group's Portfolio
3 of B&C Group's portfolio companies have become public. Frequentis got listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (FRA), in May 2019 at marketcap of $267M and Lenzing got listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange (VIE).Here are B&C Group's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 14, 2019 | - | - | 6787 | |
Jan 07, 2000 | - | - | 6498 | |
Jan 07, 2000 | - | - | 1470 |
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Acquired companies in B&C Group's Portfolio
1 company from B&C Group's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was contextflow in Jun 2026 by 4DMedical for $*****.Here are B&C Group's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jun 01, 2026 | Jun 01, 2021 | Series A | 4974 |
Team profile of B&C Group
B&C Group has a team of 18 members including 6 Partners and 1 Principal located in Austria and Germany. B&C Group's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in B&C Group:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Vienna | - | - | |
Partner | - | - | - | |
Partner | Munich | - | - | |
Partner | Vienna | - | - | |
Partner | Vienna | - | - | |
Partner | Vienna | - | - | |
Principal | Wien | - | - |
Co-investors of B&C Group
Over the past 8 years, 63 investors have co-invested in B&C Group's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before B&C Group: Europa, APEX Ventures and 36 others have invested in rounds before B&C Group. There are 2 companies where Europa has invested before B&C Group and 2 companies where APEX Ventures has invested before B&C Group.
- Top Co-investors of B&C Group: 13 investors entered a company along with B&C Group. These include investors like Tencent (1 company).
- Invested after B&C Group: A total of 12 investors have invested in B&C Group's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include DOE (1 company), Drive Catalyst (1 company) and Alumni Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to B&C Group
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B&C Increases Stake in Semperit to 63.4% via €15/share Takeover OfferFinanzNachrichten•Jun 17, 2026•Semperit, B&C Group, Semperit
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Quanscient lands €10M to advance AI- and quantum-native hardware engineeringTech.eu•May 26, 2026•Maki, Quanscient, QAi Ventures, 55 North Mining and 3 others
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Quanscient Raises €10 Million in Series A FundingStartup Rise EU•May 26, 2026•Quanscient, B&C Group, QAi Ventures, First Fellow Partners and 2 others
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TriLite Technologies’ Extension of Series A Financing RoundGlobal Legal Chronicle•Sep 27, 2024•TriLite Tech, Brandl Talos, APEX Ventures, B&C Group and 1 other
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TriLite Secures New Funding with Continental and Increases its Strategic Investor Portfolio to Scale ProductionPR Newswire•Sep 11, 2024•TriLite Tech, Continental, APEX Ventures, B&C Group and 1 other
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Suzano (SUZB3) completes acquisition of minority stake in LenzingFinance News•Aug 31, 2024•Suzano, Lenzing, B&C Group
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Suzano’s Acquisition of a Stake in Lenzing AGGlobal Legal Chronicle•Jun 28, 2024•B&C Group, Schoenherr Attorneys at Law, Lenzing, Suzano
