LEA Partners GmbH

L-EA Private Equity GmbH operates as an investment arm of Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg - Förderbank.L-EA Private Equity GmbH is a private equity and venture capital arm of L-Bank specializing in seed/ start-up, growth financing, succession, bridge financing, management buy-ins, mezzanine, spin-offs and buy-outs of young companies. For venture capital, private equity, and mezzanine investments the firm focuses on biotechnology and information and communication technology companies. It seeks to invest in small and medium sized enterprises based in German region of Baden-Württemberg. Additionally, the firm acts as a guarantor to investors of medium-sized companies in all stages of development. It prefers to invest between €0.5 million ($0.63 million) and €2.5 million ($3.14 million) in venture capital financing and a minimum of €1 million ($1.28 million) in mezzanine and equity financing. The firm prefers to invest along with a co-investor when investing in private equity. L-EA Private Equity GmbH was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.