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Beiersdorf AG

Hamburg, Germany

vc.beiersdorf.com

Beiersdorf AG is the Hamburg-based skin-care and consumer-products corporation behind NIVEA, Eucerin, La Prairie and other brands, with tesa as a separate business segment. The German stock corporation is registered in Hamburg underHRB1787. Its internal Beiersdorf Venture Capital team, historically called OSCAR&PAUL, invests in life sciences, biotechnology, AI-enabled discovery, sustainability and digital health, with strategic access to corporate R&D and global brands. The current venture site names six investment and R&D scouting professionals and describes early-to-growth investing, primarilySeriesA, minority stakes up to20% and initial0.5–5MEUR tickets; these mandate ranges are not specific company checks. The venture operation is a corporate unit, not asserted as a separate legal investment manager. March31,2026 launch of the second-generation Skin Care Innovation Fund announced100MEUR corporate commitment, not an external LP close, cash already deployed or managerAUM. Its public portfolio includes DeepLife, Turbine, Vincere Biosciences, Rubedo, Cellvie and other deep-technology/healthcare companies. Corporate executive and supervisory roles are separately qualified from direct venture-team employment. Stock repurchases, operating revenue and corporate research budgets are not company cash fundraising.

Founded 1882