Kärcher New Venture

We provide venture capital for start-ups who want to take the next step with us

What topics do we focus on?

We support new companies and teams with a pioneering product-, material- or service-based solution for future challenges within the cleaning sector This may be new cleaning methods, digital cleaning solutions, software and hardware or sustainable business models

We look for intelligent new solutions to make cleaning in all areas more efficient – from private households to office buildings and right through to municipal cleaning

We believe in interaction between humans and machines By deliberately increasing automation, e g using robots, we are driving our sector forwards not just day by day but consistently too

We focus on much more than conventional dirt removal We are looking for alternative ways on how to clean our environment and avoid dirt being generated

Using platforms, online sales channels and resource-saving sharing and rental models, we want to sustainably change the cleaning sector

What do we look for?

We invest in innovative technologies and business models which have the potential to facilitate and expand our future cleaning business

Which start-ups are growing with us?

Development of a digital platform for craftsman services

Provider of a cloud based robot mangement platform

Newcomer to the market for water filtration and mineralisation devices for private users

Innovative robotics platform for the automated cleaning of high-rise buildings

Provider of an AI-based analytics platform for building management

Online shop for professional tools

​We bridge the gap between start-ups and the Kärcher group and help to find suitable partners to foster our internal digitization We currently support 15+ partnerships with start-ups in various departments including purchasing, production, HR and marketing and always seek for new solutions

Head Office Alfred Kärcher SE & Co KG Alfred-Kärcher-Strasse 28–40 71364 Winnenden Germany Zoi TechCon GmbH Münzstraße 15 10178 Berlin Germany Kärcher New Venture Office Plug and Play Tech Center 440 North Wolfe Road Sunnyvale, CA 94085 USA

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