DB

DB1 Ventures

VC
Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

15 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2021Investments in last 12 months: 0

Meet the Team

MH

Markus Hablizel

Head of DB1 Ventures

MF

Monika Fuchs

Investment Principal, DB1 Ventures

CO

Christoph Osburg

Investment Principal, DB1 Ventures

DV

DB1 Ventures founder not publicly listed

Founder

MS

Moritz Steinbach

Associate Vice President

SK

Salome Kissel

HR Assistant

LN

Lisa Norris

Senior Vice President

RD

Rishab Dhar

Vice President

RL

Ralf Leonhard

Head of Compensation and Benefits

CH

Christine Heineke

Executive Assistant

MR

Marc Rosenberg

Unit Head

FK

Frank Klaas

Managing Director

KL

Karen Lenz

Director of Sales

AD

Anke Dannenberg

Head of Governance

VH

Victor Hugo Gómez Zerpa

Senior Vice President, DB1 Ventures

Industry Focus

Invests In

Fintech
AI / ML
Developer Tools
Other
Enterprise
SaaS

Portfolio Companies (13)

2021

CL

Clarity AI

Sustainable Finance/ESG·Growth Stage
HQ

HQLAx

Blockchain/FinTech·Growth Stage

2020

TR

Trumid

FinTech·Growth Stage·DB1 Ventures.

Electronic corporate bond trading platform operating an all‑to‑all marketplace.

Other

OP

OptimX Markets

Capital markets / trading platform·Seed funding round of about USD 3m led by DB1 Ventures, with Aquis Exchange participating.·DB1 Ventures, corporate venture capital arm of Deutsche Börse Group.

US-based fintech building a digital block trading platform for institutional block transactions in equities markets.

FI

figo GmbH (now Figo / Finleap Connect lineage)

Open banking / payments & data fintech·Series B financing round; DB1 Ventures invested a seven‑digit amount for a significant minority stake.·DB1 Ventures, the investment vehicle of Deutsche Börse AG.

Open banking / open finance provider offering APIs to access, analyse and use bank account and financial data.

DI

Digital Asset Holdings

DLT / capital markets infrastructure·Minority investment; cited as one of DB1 Ventures’ “recent investments” alongside other specific portfolio names (exact round not specified in the source).·DB1 Ventures (corporate VC arm of Deutsche Börse Group).

Enterprise blockchain company building distributed ledger infrastructure for financial institutions.

MO

Morning Dew Tropical Plants

Wholesale·Operating

Morning Dew Tropical Plants is a wholesale tropical plant brokerage and logistics operation serving customers across the United States. The company focuses on coordinating supply between growers and retailers while maintaining reliable delivery, strong vendor relationships, and disciplined execution.

RE

RegTek.Solutions

Regtech / capital markets·Minority investment; cited as a recent DB1 Ventures investment in an interview with the DB1 Ventures team.·DB1 Ventures.

Regtech firm providing regulatory reporting and compliance solutions to capital markets participants.

IL

Illuminate Financial (fund LP position)

VC fund (enterprise fintech)·Fund investment (LP commitment) rather than direct company equity; treated here as a portfolio fund, not an operating company.·DB1 Ventures.

Venture capital fund focused on enterprise fintech and capital markets technology; DB1 Ventures invested as an LP.

DI

Digital+ Partners / Digital+ Growth Partners (fund LP position)

VC/growth fund·Fund investment (LP position), not a direct operating company investment.·DB1 Ventures.

B2B growth equity fund focused on DACH-region technology companies; DB1 Ventures invested as an LP.

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