E.R. Capital Holding GmbH & Cie. KG

E.R. Capital Holding GmbH & Cie. KG is a private investment and asset management group headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. The firm operates as a family office, managing investments across various sectors, including real estate, shipping, renewable energy, and private equity. Through direct acquisitions, partnerships, and fund commitments, E.R. Capital Holding aims to foster sustainable asset growth and preserve value for its stakeholders.

The firm's investment strategy targets companies at the Series A stage, offering financial backing to early-growth ventures in areas such as artificial intelligence, climate technology, and green technology. E.R. Capital Holding combines sector knowledge and financial analysis to identify scalable business models, allocating capital through co-investments with specialist funds. In July 2023, the firm invested $5.48 million in Vilisto during its Series A-III funding round to support the developer of smart heating solutions for improved energy efficiency.

E.R. Capital Holding's clean technology activity is most visible through its stake in Tesvolt, a producer of lithium-based battery storage systems for commercial and industrial applications. Tesvolt's solutions, built around nickel manganese cobalt oxide cells, are manufactured at Europe's first gigafactory for commercial storage in Wittenberg, Germany, and deployed globally. The firm has also backed Tesvolt's expansion into hydrogen projects and inductive charging via an investment in Stercom Power Solutions.