Siemens Push Fresh air Investment fund 100 million USD global help entrepreneurship

Siemens February 26 reported to the 21st century economic reporter, Siemens Industrial business and Siemens venture Capital jointly launched a 100 million-dollar venture fund "Industrial Future Fund." The new fund business will be geared towards all the dynamic start-ups in the world, including Chinese entrepreneurs. It is understood that Siemens currently has venture capital business, but to focus on relatively mature start-ups, has been to the global 180 companies have invested. The new fund will provide support in the early stages of start-ups, with the aim of strengthening cooperation with companies that change industrial markets and even open new markets by leading technology. As part of the Siemens Financial Services group, Siemens Venture Capital will be responsible for the management of the "Industrial Future Fund" outside the existing VC business. "Digitization and software are increasingly important for manufacturing companies to compete in the global marketplace," says Dr Ruthwo, a member of the Siemens AG Management committee and chief executive of the industry, "the Industrial Future Fund will strongly support Siemens ' industry 4.0 ' strategy for those with innovative technologies and vision, Companies that are interested in changing the pattern of manufacturing and industrial automation provide financial support. "It is reported that the" Industrial Future Fund "recently made two investment is to provide cloud-based high-performance three-dimensional visualization software Lagoa Company (Montreal), and Countertack (Boston) developed a new generation of network security software. Interestingly, Siemens has intensified its investment in start-up and growth-oriented High-tech companies in the global industrial, energy, healthcare, infrastructure and urban sectors in recent years. Just last March, Siemens set up an investment entity focused on renminbi venture capital in Beijing to invest in renminbi venture capital for High-tech companies with growth potential in China. It is reported that Siemens Venture capital has provided equity financing support for a number of Chinese companies. (Edit Yang Yi)