Total amount raised
$5.012 Billion
Latest funding date
9/1/2026
Location
Bayer is a multinational company with core competencies in the Life Science fields of health care and agriculture. The company is known for its diverse business segments, including Pharmaceuticals, Personal Health, and Agriculture.
What Is Bayer?
Bayer is a global enterprise with core competencies in the life sciences fields of health care and agriculture. Founded in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer and Johann Friedrich Weskott, the company is headquartered in Leverkusen, Germany.
With a mission of "Health for all, Hunger for none," Bayer aims to create a better world where health and nutrition are accessible to all. The company provides innovative solutions designed to prevent, alleviate, and treat diseases, as well as tailored solutions for farmers to plant, grow, and protect their harvests using less land, water, and energy.
How Much Funding Has Bayer Raised?
- Post-IPO Equity
- Amount Raised: EUR 3,000,000,000
- Date: April 2018
- Lead Investors: Temasek Holdings
- Grant
- Amount Raised: USD 12,000,000
- Date: November 2022
- Lead Investors: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Post-IPO Debt
- Amount Raised: EUR 5,000,000,000
- Date: December 2024
- Lead Investors: Bank of America
- Post-IPO Debt
- Amount Raised: CHF 265,000,000
- Date: September 2025
- Post-IPO Equity
- Amount Raised: EUR 3,000,000,000
- Date: July 2026
- Lead Investors: Apollo
- Post-IPO Debt
- Amount Raised: USD 5,000,000,000
- Date: July 2026
- Lead Investors: Not publicly disclosed
- Post-IPO Debt
- Amount Raised: EUR 2,000,000,000
- Date: September 2026
- Lead Investors: Not publicly disclosed
Bayer has raised a total of USD 5,012,000,000 across all funding rounds. Excludes the EUR equity rounds of 2018 and 2026, the EUR bonds of 2024 and 2026 and the CHF 2025 bond, none stated in US dollars.
Key Investors
- Apollo
- Details: Apollo is a global alternative asset manager with approximately USD 1.03 trillion of assets under management as of March 31, 2026. Its High Grade Capital Solutions platform led the EUR 3 billion equity investment into the newly established entity holding Bayer's long-acting reversible contraceptives business, announced on July 10, 2026.
- Investment Focus Areas: Investment grade credit, private equity, hybrid capital solutions for large corporates, retirement services through Athene.
- Notable Investments: Athene, Yahoo, Shutterfly, Intrado
- Temasek Holdings
- Details: Temasek Holdings is a Singaporean state-owned investment company. Established in 1974, it manages a net portfolio of over SGD 300 billion.
- Investment Focus Areas: Financial services, telecommunications, media & technology, transportation & industrials.
- Notable Investments: Alibaba Group, DBS Bank, Singapore Airlines.
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Details: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a private foundation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates. It is one of the largest philanthropic organizations in the world.
- Investment Focus Areas: Global health, education, poverty alleviation.
- Notable Investments: Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, PATH.
- Bank of America
- Details: Bank of America is a multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. It is one of the largest banking institutions in the United States.
- Investment Focus Areas: Consumer banking, corporate banking, wealth management.
- Notable Investments: Merrill Lynch, Countrywide Financial, LaSalle Bank.
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