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    Axel Springer

    Berlin, GermanyFounded 1946
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    Axel Springer's venture capital arm, Axel Springer Digital Ventures, focuses on investing in innovative and disruptive digital business models that are strategically relevant to Axel Springer's core digital businesses, including classified ad portals, marketplaces, and media. Their strategy involves primarily co-investing in Seed and Series A-stage companies with demonstrated traction, and also making pre-seed investments through HEARTFELT_ (formerly APX) and investing in other venture capital funds.

    38% of their portfolio is in PropTech. Their most common stage is series-a (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $57.4M (across 8 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    8

    Fund Size

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    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    8 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Particle logoParticleSeries A$10.9MJun 2024
    Nested logoNestedSeries A$7MMar 2021
    Zumper logoZumperSeries D$60MMar 2020
    DDottSeries A$30MJul 2019
    Ozy Media logoOzy MediaSeries C$35MJan 2019
    DDottSeries A$20MDec 2018
    Zumper logoZumperSeries C$46MSep 2018
    Nextdoor logoNextdoorSeries D$250M—

    Top Co-Investors

    Kleiner Perkins3 shared
    Dawn Capital2 shared
    Breyer Capital2 shared
    Goodwater Capital2 shared
    Greylock Partners2 shared
    EQT Ventures2 shared
    Naspers2 shared
    Felix Capital2 shared
    Xfund1 shared
    Benchmark1 shared
    Tiger Global Management1 shared
    Andreessen Horowitz1 shared
    Greycroft1 shared
    e.ventures1 shared
    CrunchFund1 shared
    NEA (New Enterprise Associates)1 shared
    Foxhaven Asset Management1 shared
    Lightspeed Venture Partners1 shared
    Balderton Capital1 shared
    Northzone1 shared

    Last updated: 16 April 2026