BASF Venture Capital invests in North American investment fund ARCH Venture Fund VII
"ARCH is one of the most-respected venture capital funds in the U.S., supported by an impressive management team. ARCH will complement our strategy of investing in innovative companies that are active in BASF Group's five growth clusters - energy management, raw material change, nanotechnology plant biotechnology and white (industrial) biotechnology," said Keith Gillard, Principal of BASF Venture Capital America.
In addition, BASF will benefit from ARCH's excellent network of more than fifty North American universities and national laboratories. This will allow BASF Venture Capital to gain information about new technology trends and attractive potential investments at an early stage.
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