DDeutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank is a Frankfurt-based global bank. It invests in start-ups through Deutsche Bank Corporate Venture Capital, a strategic investment programme that runs across the whole group. Each business division (Corporate Bank, Investment Bank, Private Bank) has its own venture team, and a Central CVC team covers the rest, with one group-wide investment committee. It backs early-stage to growth-stage companies, mainly from Series A to Series C, in fintech, banking-as-a-service and embedded finance, capital-markets infrastructure and tokenisation, digital assets, AI, cybersecurity, cloud and enterprise software, and ESG technology. Portfolio companies include Deel, Navan, Raisin, R3, Proxymity, Taurus, AccessFintech, Finanzguru, QPlix, Plan A, Kodex AI and Binalyze.
Team
Portfolio companies 3
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Funding rounds 3
Open as list →| Date | Company | Round | Amount | Lead |
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| 2024-05-21 | Capchase | Venture Debt | €105M | Deutsche Bank |
| 2023-07-26 | Cooltra | Venture Debt | €22M |
Santander Corporate & Investment Banking
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| 2021-12-16 | Clikalia | Venture Debt | €400M | Deutsche Bank |
| 2020-12-15 | FacePhi | Post-IPO | up to €20M |
Nice & Green
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News 8
Open as list →| Published | Article |
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| 2026-06-22 |
Powerlist 2026: Joerg Landsch, Deutsche Bank ↗
Global Venturing
2026-06-22 |
| 2026-05-12 |
Crypto analytics firm Elliptic lands $120 million as AI reshapes blockchain compliance ↗
CoinDesk
2026-05-12 |
| 2025-12-05 |
Así ha sido la III edición del Forbes Cómo lo hice by Deutsche Bank ↗
Forbes España
2025-12-05 |
| 2025-09-24 |
Synthesized, the company bringing automated QA to a 'vibe code' world, gets $20 million Series A ↗
Fortune
2025-09-24 |
| 2025-03-19 |
Deutsche Bank becomes first international bank to offer Bizum as a payment method ↗
FinTech Global
2025-03-19 |
| 2024-11-20 |
Deutsche Bank invests in Aleph Alpha ↗
Deutsche Bank (press release)
2024-11-20 |
| 2024-10-29 |
Akeyless secures strategic investment from Deutsche Bank ↗
PR Newswire
2024-10-29 |
| 2023-10-11 |
Deutsche Bank invests in Kodex AI ↗
Deutsche Bank (press release)
2023-10-11 |