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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.

    Deal activity increased 33% year-over-year (4 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $102.2M (across 30 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    38

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    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

    41 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Quantum Systems logoQuantum SystemsGrowth—Feb 2026
    AAspen PowerGrowth$200MJan 2026
    Zilch logoZilchSeries C$175MNov 2025
    AAxonic InsuranceUnknown$210MOct 2025
    ABOUND logoABOUNDSeries A$14MMar 2025
    Kosli logoKosliSeries A$10MJan 2025
    QPLIX logoQPLIXGrowth—Nov 2024
    Coreweave logoCoreweaveGrowth$650MOct 2024
    Zilch logoZilchSeries D$125MJun 2024
    Redaptive logoRedaptiveUnknown$250MMay 2024
    Embat logoEmbatSeries A$16MFeb 2024
    PLAN A logoPLAN ASeries A$27MSep 2023
    Binalyze logoBinalyzeSeries A$19MSep 2023
    GoStudent logoGoStudentGrowth—Aug 2023
    Finanzguru logoFinanzguruSeries B$14MApr 2023
    Versana logoVersanaUnknown$40MMar 2023
    Kodex AI logoKodex AIUnknown—Jan 2023
    Taurus logoTaurusSeries B$65MJan 2023
    TTaurus SaSeries B$65MJan 2023
    PQShield logoPQShieldSeed$7MJul 2020
    Comtravo logoComtravoSeries B—Jan 2020
    Comtravo logoComtravoSeries B—Nov 2019
    AmeriLife Holdings LLC logoAmeriLife Holdings LLCGrowth—Jun 2019
    MModoPayments (Modo)Series A$13MNov 2018
    Prodigy Finance logoProdigy FinanceGrowth—Sep 2018
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    Top Co-Investors

    The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.7 shared
    Credit Suisse Group AG6 shared
    Citi Ventures4 shared
    Barclays4 shared
    Creandum3 shared
    Battery Ventures3 shared
    Lightspeed Venture Partners2 shared
    Rabobank2 shared
    Project A2 shared
    Vendep Capital2 shared
    b2venture2 shared
    Cisco Investments2 shared
    UBS2 shared
    BBVA2 shared
    Bank of America2 shared
    BNP Paribas2 shared
    Cedar Mundi Ventures2 shared
    Bay Partners2 shared
    Visa Ventures1 shared
    Opera Tech Ventures1 shared

    Last updated: 8 September 2026