Top Grant-funded companies in Germany
Companies whose latest disclosed funding is grant or non-dilutive support. Filtered to companies headquartered in Germany.
- StageGrant-funded
- HQGermany
- Matches547
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Ranked by current headcount across Grant-funded companies headquartered in Germany. Refreshed daily.
- 1Bosch· Gerlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- non equity assistance
- 162.6k employees
- 2BASF· Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Grant
- 69.1k employees
- 3BMW Group· Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Grant
- 65.4k employees
- Founded 1916
- 4Siemens Healthineers· Forchheim, Bavaria, Germany
- Grant
- 49.8k employees
- 5Infineon Technologies· Neubiberg, Bavaria, Germany
- Grant
- 43.5k employees
- Founded 1999
- 6Merck Group· Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany
- Grant
- 32.5k employees
- Founded 1987
- 7E.ON· Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Grant
- 30.5k employees
- Founded 2000
- 8Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH· Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Grant
- 26.1k employees
- Founded 2011
- 9Technical University of Munich· Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Grant
- 11.5k employees
- 10Heidelberg Materials· Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Grant
- 8.1k employees
- 11IU Group· Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- non equity assistance
- 7.3k employees
- 12Bauer Media Group· Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Grant
- 6.5k employees
- 13Ruhr University Bochum· Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Grant
- 5.1k employees
- Founded 1961
- 14Evotec· Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Grant
- 4.8k employees
- Founded 1993
- 15Welthungerhilfe (WHH)· Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Grant
- 2.6k employees
- Founded 1962
- 16Marburg University· Germany
- Grant
- 2.6k employees
- 17PowerCo· Salzgitter, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Grant
- 2.3k employees
- Founded 2022
- 18SEG Automotive· Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Grant
- 2k employees
- Founded 2018
- 19WEPA· Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Grant
- 1.5k employees
- Founded 1948
- 20BITZER· Sindelfingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Grant
- 1.4k employees
- Founded 1934
- 21Gorillas· Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- non equity assistance
- 1.3k employees
- Founded 2020
- 22GELITA· Eberbach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
- Grant
- 1.2k employees
- 23Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt· Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany
- Grant
- 1.2k employees
- Founded 1994
- 24Oberlandesgericht München· Munich, Bavaria, Germany
- Grant
- 906 employees
- Founded 1919
- 25German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)· Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Grant
- 807 employees
- Founded 2009
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Grant-funded companies in Germany are some of the fastest-moving employers in the market. The list above ranks the largest Grant-funded-stage companies headquartered in Germany by current headcount, drawn from public LinkedIn and Crunchbase records. With 547 matching companies in our index, the density of senior engineers, designers, and founders is unusually high.
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