Nanostart AG is the leading venture capital investment firm in nanotechnology
Nanostart invests in emerging, highly promising nanotechnology companies worldwide that hold the potential to deliver extraordinary rates of return.
As an active investor, we seek to add value by aiding these innovative companies up through to the point of commercial success, then maximize profits for our shareholders by selling them to a major corporate buyer or take them public.
We had ten corporate sales or public offers until now. Our portfolio companies span the globe, from Silicon Valley to Singapore. Learn more about us >>
"We want to significantly expand our business in the Asian region": Nanostart AG has, together with business partners, founded a new company in Singapore by the name of Nanostart Asia Pacific. The aim here is to accelerate our business expansion in Asia. We spoke to Andreas Kröll, Director of Nanostart Asia Pacific, about the newly founded company, the new partners and naturally the expansion 
"Life Science companies and researchers steal the show at the 2012 Innovation & Enterprise Awards": Press release of National University of Singapore (NUS). One of the awardees: Nanostart-holding BioMers. 
Self-cleaning, stain-resistant, germ-free: Surfaces with nanofinishing: Springtime has arrived, and Easter is around the corner. It’s a great time to get your home spruced up after the winter. Traditional tools include a pale, sponge, and rag – but even here science and research have introduced progress. 
„With Nanotechnology to a ressource efficient society“: On April 4 at 5:00 p.m., Prof. Dr. Ralf B. Wehrspohn, director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials in Halle and chair of Microstructure-based Materials Design at Martin Luther University in Halle, will be a guest on the Nanostart program NanoWebTalk. The topic of his presentation is “ Trends in Nanotechnology”. In this interview, he previews what listeners can expect 
"Singapore’s water sector earns its keep": The trade magazine globalwaterintel.com on the water investment program of the Singaporean government. One of the progressing start-ups described is Membrane Instruments and Technology (MINT). 
„Tiny technology, big business“: Andreas Kroell, Managing Director of Nanostart Asia, is cited in an Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) article on nanotechnology 
Faster, more efficient, more robust: Nanotechnology in computers, mobile phones, and more: From March 6 to 10, IT professionals and technology aficionados from around the world focus their attention on Germany's biggest computer expo CeBIT which allows visitors to peer into the digital future. That underlying technology makes such developments even possible now goes without saying for many people. 
