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    Deutsche Bank

    Frankfurt am Main, GermanyFounded 1870
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    Deutsche Bank is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company founded in 1870, headquartered in Frankfurt am Main. Its Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) arm is a cross-divisional, global program that invests in and incubates startups across FinTech, enterprise technology, AI/ML, cloud, cybersecurity, digital assets, and RegTech themes, from early-stage to growth-stage companies.

    30% of their portfolio is in Fintech. Average disclosed round size is $196.3M (across 52 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    63

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    Last 12 Mo

    5

    Team

    Fabrizio Campelli

    Fabrizio Campelli

    President and Head of Corporate Bank and Investment Bank

    Alexander von zur Mühlen

    Alexander von zur Mühlen

    Chief Executive Officer Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa, and Germany

    Christian Sewing

    Christian Sewing

    Chief Executive Officer

    Claudio de Sanctis

    Claudio de Sanctis

    Head of Private Bank

    Laura Padovani

    Laura Padovani

    Chief Compliance and Anti-Financial Crime Officer

    Marcus Chromik

    Marcus Chromik

    Chief Risk Officer

    Marie-Jeanne Deverdun

    Marie-Jeanne Deverdun

    Chief Technology, Data and Innovation Officer

    Raja Akram

    Raja Akram

    Chief Financial Officer

    Rebecca Short

    Rebecca Short

    Chief Operating Officer

    Stefan Hoops

    Stefan Hoops

    Responsible for Asset Management

    SK

    Siddharth Kejriwal

    Vice President, Investment Banking

    DO

    David O'Neil

    Head EMEA Chemicals & Ingredients Investment Banking

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    73 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Elliptic logoEllipticSeries D$120MMay 2026
    Quantum Systems logoQuantum SystemsGrowth—Feb 2026
    AAspen PowerGrowth$200MJan 2026
    Zilch logoZilchSeries C$175MNov 2025
    AAxonic InsuranceUnknown$210MOct 2025
    Wwefox Holding AGGrowth$55MJul 2025
    Abound logoAboundSeries A$14MMar 2025
    Kosli logoKosliSeries A$10MJan 2025
    Octaura logoOctauraGrowth$46.5MJan 2025
    QPLIX logoQPLIXGrowth—Nov 2024
    CoreWeave logoCoreWeaveGrowth$650MOct 2024
    Partior logoPartiorSeries B$60MJul 2024
    Zilch logoZilchSeries D$125MJun 2024
    Redaptive logoRedaptiveUnknown$250MMay 2024
    Embat logoEmbatSeries A$16MFeb 2024
    FIA Tech logoFIA TechGrowth$14.8MJan 2024
    QMC Telecom logoQMC TelecomUnknown—Dec 2023
    Kodex logoKodexUnknown—Oct 2023
    Kodex logoKodexUnknown—Oct 2023
    Plan A logoPlan ASeries A$27MSep 2023
    Binalyze logoBinalyzeSeries A$19MSep 2023
    GoStudent logoGoStudentGrowth—Aug 2023
    Finanzguru logoFinanzguruSeries B—Apr 2023
    Versana logoVersanaUnknown$40MMar 2023
    TTaurus SAUnknown$65MFeb 2023
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    Top Co-Investors

    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.13 shared
    Citi Ventures11 shared
    Credit Suisse Group AG10 shared
    J.P. Morgan8 shared
    Barclays7 shared
    BNP Paribas6 shared
    Cedar Mundi Ventures6 shared
    Creandum4 shared
    Wells Fargo4 shared
    Bank of America4 shared
    Rabobank3 shared
    Project A3 shared
    b2venture3 shared
    Cisco Investments3 shared
    UBS3 shared
    Techstars3 shared
    Battery Ventures3 shared
    HSBC3 shared
    Y Combinator3 shared
    Lightspeed Venture Partners2 shared

    Last updated: 20 October 2026