NRW.BANK: € 3.5 million for reusable technology specialist Vytal Global

Colo­gne — NRW.BANK has inves­ted EUR 3.5 million in growth capi­tal in Vytal Global via its venture capi­tal fund NRW.Venture. In total, the finan­cing amoun­ted to EUR 14.2 million. The current invest­ment was led by Inven Capi­tal toge­ther with NRW.Venture, which is comple­men­ted by inves­tors such as Emer­ald Tech­no­logy Ventures, Grazia, Rubio, Chi Impact Capi­tal and Kiko. 

“Vytal impres­ses both with its highly scalable tech­no­logy plat­form and the steadily incre­asing market trac­tion that the company has been able to demons­trate in recent years,” says Maxi­mi­lian Erb, Invest­ment Mana­ger at NRW.Venture, who will also repre­sent the bank on the company’s advi­sory board. “With its digi­tal reusable solu­ti­ons, Vytal Global shows that sustainable busi­ness ideas are compe­ti­tive and can also scale internationally.” 

“This new funding follows less than nine months after our last one and reflects the excep­tio­nal success the Vytal team has achie­ved in 2024,” says Dr. Tim Breker, co-foun­­der and CEO of Vytal. “With our new inves­tors’ exper­tise in support­ing inter­na­tio­nal growth stra­te­gies, we are ideally posi­tio­ned to further scale our impact and estab­lish digi­tal reusable pack­a­ging as the new stan­dard in the hospi­ta­lity, event and enter­tain­ment sectors worldwide.” 

VYTAL Global GmbH deve­lops data-driven intel­li­gent reusable solu­ti­ons that outper­form exis­ting single-use pack­a­ging in terms of both user expe­ri­ence and cost-effec­­ti­­ve­­ness, ther­eby driving the trans­for­ma­tion of the pack­a­ging indus­try towards a circu­lar economy. The new capi­tal will prima­rily be used to streng­then Vytal’s global market leader­ship, acce­le­rate product deve­lo­p­ment and drive inter­na­tio­nal expansion. 

NRW.BANK parti­ci­pa­tes in finan­cing rounds such as this one in order to be able to support forward-looking start-ups with equity capi­tal in a targe­ted manner. With its pack­a­ging tech­no­logy, the young company VYTAL Global conser­ves resour­ces and also contri­bu­tes to the trans­for­ma­tion of the economy. 

About VYTAL Global GmbH

VYTAL Global is revo­lu­tio­ni­zing the pack­a­ging indus­try by repla­cing single-use pack­a­ging with intel­li­gent reusable solu­ti­ons. Using state-of-the-art soft­ware and data analy­tics, Vytal provi­des econo­mic­ally viable and sustainable pack­a­ging solu­ti­ons that bene­fit both busi­nesses and the envi­ron­ment. The company has been inter­na­tio­nally reco­gni­zed by the Harvard Busi­ness Review for its inno­va­tive data model and is a leader in the global tran­si­tion to a circu­lar economy. With a network of over 7,000 part­ners in 24 count­ries, Vytal is driving the reduc­tion of single-use pack­a­ging waste. 

Vytal has laun­ched a specia­li­zed busi­ness unit to expand its reach and provide reusable solu­ti­ons for the event and enter­tain­ment indus­try. This initia­tive demons­tra­tes Vytal’s commit­ment to sustaina­bi­lity by meeting the speci­fic needs of large events and venues. 

VYTAL Global and its inter­na­tio­nal subsi­dia­ries share a clear vision: to trans­form pack­a­ging systems world­wide and create inno­va­tive, envi­ron­men­tally friendly alter­na­ti­ves for a more sustainable future. www.vytal.org

About NRW.Venture

NRW.Venture is NRW.BANK’s response to the shortage of finan­cing for young, inno­va­tive, often tech­­no­­logy-orien­­ted compa­nies that are often unable to obtain finan­cing through loans. Their main capi­tal consists of a new market idea, which makes it diffi­cult to assess their chan­ces of success. NRW.Venture invests up to EUR 15 million of equity in such start-ups over seve­ral finan­cing rounds — toge­ther with private-sector inves­tors. NRW.BANK takes mino­rity stakes over a period of three to seven years. Howe­ver, the commit­ment invol­ves more than just capi­tal — an expe­ri­en­ced team is the key to joint success. NRW.Venture’s invest­ment profes­sio­nals with many years of venture capi­tal expe­ri­ence, and often also tech­no­logy and start-up expe­ri­ence, use their know-how and network to ensure that start-ups have the best chan­ces of success.