Köln · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 9 people tracked
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Investment thesis
DvH Ventures positions itself as a partner rather than a passive investor, focusing on dynamic, execution-oriented entrepreneurs. It offers hands-on operational support, expertise and networks to help portfolio companies grow step by step. A distinguishing feature is its media-for-equity program, which gives startups access to wide audience reach through established German media brands including Handelsblatt, WirtschaftsWoche, DIE ZEIT and Der Tagesspiegel. The firm emphasizes close, trusting relationships with founders, teams and partners.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 9 people
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What they invest in
from 18 of 45 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×9Digital Health ×6Fintech ×6SaaS ×6EdTech ×4Enterprise Software ×4Healthtech ×4Consumer ×3
HQs:Germany×10Austria×1United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 11 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×43 founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with education data
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München ×2RWTH Aachen University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 11 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×3Computer Science ×2
Investments · 45 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12023 · 12022 · 12021 · 12019 · 12017 · 12014 · 17 dated
Co-investorsCapnamicLA ROCA Capitalcoparion
Buynomics builds a Virtual Shoppers AI that integrates multiple data sources to predict shopper behavior and support commercial and pricing decisions for enterprises.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechSaaSSales Tech
Ingo(Founder/Managing Director)Sebastian Baier(Founder/Managing Director)inDr. Ingo Reinhardt(Founder/Managing Director)Anton Von Lampe(COO)inMario Koenigsfeld(VP of Revenue)inPiotr Malinski(VP Engineering)in
Co-investorsAnais VenturesForestay CapitalInsight PartnersLa FamigliaTomahawk.VCVI Partners
cashpresso is a buy-now-pay-later and consumer financing service provided by Raiffeisen Bank International, letting users pay in installments online with flexible amounts and terms.
ConsumerFintech
Co-investorsHevella CapitalReimann InvestorsSpeedinvest
Dermanostic is an online dermatology service where patients upload photos and information about a skin condition and receive a medical assessment from a dermatologist, typically within a few hours.
Digital HealthHealthtech
Patrick Lang(Founder)in
Co-investorsBeiersdorf Innovation FundEnjoyventure Management
HealthCaters offers a corporate health screening product called HealthCheck that lets employees measure 30+ health markers, view results in its app, and receive a personalized prevention guide with doctor referrals when needed.
Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & Fitness
Co-investorsVENPACE
Hypatos provides AI-based document processing automation, using intelligent document processing to extract data and enable straight-through processing for finance and back-office workflows.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSPotsdam, DE
Ulrich Exleben(Founder)
Co-investorsDN CapitalGrazia Equity GmbHUVC PartnersBlackFin Capital PartnersAspenwoodBerliner Volksbank Ventures+6 more
Treeline is an AI-powered, satellite-based vegetation management platform that analyzes high-resolution stereo satellite imagery to detect grow-in, fall-in, and hazard trees near power lines with sub-meter accuracy.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSpace TechBerlin, DE
Sven Przywarra(Co-Founder)inDaniel Seidel(Co-Founder)in
Co-investorsBerliner Volksbank VenturesDeepTech & Climate FondsGreencode VenturesMatterwave VenturesMMC VenturesNordicNinja+4 more
Masterplan is a software-as-a-service learning platform that combines high-quality educational content with SaaS technology to help organizations support employee growth and career development.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Daniel Mendalka(Founder)in
Co-investorsCamden PartnersRiverside Acceleration Capital
Nect provides AI-based identity verification and fraud prevention technology, including video-based remote identification, liveness detection, and age verification.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDigital HealthFintechGovTechHamburg, DE
Co-investorsAlstin CapitalKickstart InnovationRound2 Capital Partners
OKKO Health develops smartphone and tablet apps that measure vision through games built on vision science, for use in clinical practice, scientific research, and drug and device R&D.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices
Stephanie C.(Founder)in
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Co-investorsAnglia Capital GroupSie Ventures
OptioPay offers plug-and-play solutions that let companies reward their existing customers for sharing data and engaging with data-driven, personalized deals.
FintechMarketing TechSaaS
Marcus Börner(Founder & Executive Chairman)in
Co-investorsLeadX Capital PartnersRheingau Founders
Polyteia provides a data management platform where organizations can store, structure, and organize data in tabular format for exploration and reuse, with access controls managed through role-based permissions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaSSector Agnostic
Co-investorsHV Capital
Qunomedical helps patients find and access fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilization, matching them with reproductive medicine doctors and assigning a personal Patient Manager to guide them from planning through post-treatment.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechMarketplaces
Dr. Sophie Chung(Founder)inGero Graf
Co-investors500 GlobalKima VenturesCalm/Storm VCKnockout CapitalMS&AD VenturesVU Venture Partners+2 more
Savedo is a German savings platform, part of the fintech company Raisin, that gives retail and business customers access to fixed-term deposit products with partner banks across the EU.
FintechHamburg, DE
Co-investorsPoint Nine
Studydrive is a study platform and community offering over one million student-generated resources such as notes, summaries, and past exams, along with AI tools that generate flashcards and document summaries.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechSocial
Co-investorsAlstin CapitalHoltzbrinck Ventures
StudySmarter provides an intelligent note-taking application that helps students organize and create study materials from documents and expert-authored content.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTech
Maurice Khudhir(Founder)inChristian Felgenhauer(Founder)in
Co-investorsAxel Springer Digital VenturesXPRENEURSOwl Ventures
TukToro makes a connected dice cup paired with a free ad-free app that turns early math learning—counting through multiplication and division—into interactive games with real-time feedback.
ConsumerEdTechHardwareBerlin, DE
Elisha Benner(Gründer)in
Co-investorsAngel InvestSimon Capital
Virtonomy develops virtual patient simulations using digital twin and AI technology to accelerate medical device development and validation.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesMunich, DE
Dr. Simon J. Sonntag(Founder)inWen-Yang Chu(Founder)in
Co-investorsCompanistoHoneystone VenturesPace VenturesAccenture VenturesBayern Kapital
wikifolio is an online platform where users follow trading strategies published by traders and, in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, can buy wikifolio index certificates that track a trader's portfolio performance.
FintechMarketplacesSocial
Co-investorsSpeedinvest
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
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Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesLiveEO · spacewatch.global · May 21, 2026
Tuktoro · edtechinnovationhub.com · Apr 8, 2026
Virtonomy · munich-startup.de · Dec 15, 2025
Okko Health · aop.org.uk · Aug 8, 2025
Buynomics · finsmes.com · Mar 24, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has DvH Ventures made?
- DvH Ventures has 45 tracked investments.
- What stage does DvH Ventures invest at?
- DvH Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Late Stage stages.
- What is DvH Ventures's typical check size?
- DvH Ventures typically writes checks of $550K – $2.2M.
- What sectors does DvH Ventures focus on?
- DvH Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Digital Health, EdTech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Future of Work, InsurTech, IoT, Mobility & Transportation, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is DvH Ventures located?
- DvH Ventures is headquartered in Köln, DE.
- Does DvH Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, DvH Ventures leads investment rounds.
- Who does DvH Ventures co-invest with?
- DvH Ventures most often shares deals with Alstin Capital, Berliner Volksbank Ventures, DeepTech & Climate Fonds, among 49 tracked co-investors.
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