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).
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
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: 4 May 2026