Doehler Ventures

Doehler Ventures is the venture arm linked to Döhler, a global maker of natural ingredients and integrated solutions for food, beverage and nutrition. Döhler is headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany. The ventures fund invests in early-stage startups in the nutrition and technology field and describes itself as a long-term, entrepreneurial investor.

What Doehler Ventures offers

• Idea Lab feedback: experts comment on a food or drink idea, flag roadblocks and suggest partners.
• Product and application know-how: a global research network covering processing and application.
• Scale-up technology: process expertise from pilot scale to industrial size.
• Regulatory and supply chain support: advice on food safety and access to raw materials and logistics.
• Market and consumer insight: sensory science and trend monitoring.
• Financial support: a seed programme and the ventures fund.

Who it serves

Startups and inventors in digital food and drink models, processing technologies, natural ingredients, and health and nutrition products.

Key facts

• Parent company: Döhler, based in Darmstadt, Germany
• Parent reach: active in over 160 countries with 45 production sites