We seek to make a positive contribution to society through sustainable, meaningful investments.
As a partner for start-ups, we offer strong financial backing, a long-term outlook and wide-ranging areas of expertise. Our investment decisions are driven by a strong orientation towards the future. Following our guiding principle that „tomorrow happens today”, we invest in start-ups in the present that will generate added value for tomorrow’s society.
OUR HISTORY
- Early 1990s: Foundation of a life insurance brokerage in Central and Eastern Europe by Siegbert Schützenhöfer.
- 2006: Exit of some Central and Eastern European sales companies.
- 2012: Transfer of company management to the next generation with an increasingly sharp concentration on company participations and venture capital investments in Switzerland.
- 2014: Investment strategy streamlined to focus on deep tech investments in the life sciences and digital fields.
- 2016: First venture capital investment in Germany.
- 2019: Opening of the second OCCIDENT site in Munich.
WE LOOK FOR
- Innovative deep tech start-ups from the life sciences, industrial tech and digital sectors.
- Highly motivated founders who want to reach ambitious goals and change the future.
- Excellent technologies with broad application possibilities and the potential for further development.
- Plausible business models for sustainable value generation.
WE PROVIDE
- Initial financing in return for a minority stake from the seed stage onwards or later (from EUR 500,000).
- Follow-up financing in the event of convincing results and confidence in the founder team.
- Geographical focus on Germany and Switzerland.
- Versatile support for portfolio companies with a competent team of experts and our own experience as entrepreneurs.
OUR SUCCESS AS AN INVESTOR IS BASED ON OUR VALUES.
- Innovation: We invest in ventures that transform cutting-edge scientific findings into real-life applications.
- Meaningfulness: We invest in technologies that provide significant solutions for the challenges facing society.
- Expertise: Our work is characterized by in-depth understanding of the technologies and portfolio companies.
- Partnership: Transparent communication and mutual trust form the basis for cooperation with our portfolio companies and co-investors.
- Integrity: Our investment decisions are based on our values and our sense of responsibility for society.