
Holtzbrinck Digital is the corporate venture capital and digital investment holding arm of the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, based in Munich, Germany. It focuses on early-stage investments in digital businesses across the fields of Science, Education, and Content.
Average disclosed round size is $19.7M (across 24 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
28
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
SL
Sebastian Lieb
Director Investments
MD
Marius Diem
Investment Management Intern
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
36 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seed | $6.5M | Jan 2024 | |
| LLikeminded | Seed | — | Oct 2023 |
| LLecturio | Growth | $45M | Dec 2021 |
| Series C | $80M | Jan 2021 | |
| Seed | $4.8M | Dec 2020 | |
| Series C | $67.5M | Jun 2020 | |
| ZZeitgold | Series B | — | Jan 2020 |
| Series E | $55M | Jan 2018 | |
| Series C | $13M | Jan 2017 | |
| Series A | — | Jan 2017 | |
| Series B | $14.4M | Oct 2016 | |
| Ppayleven | Series D | $10M | Feb 2016 |
| Unknown | $22M | Jan 2016 | |
| Series A | — | Jan 2016 | |
| Series B | — | Jan 2016 | |
| Series A | $8M | Nov 2015 | |
| Series A | $8M | Jan 2015 | |
| Series A | $8M | Jan 2015 | |
| Series A | $7.4M | Jan 2015 | |
| Series A | $3.2M | Oct 2014 | |
| Unknown | $7M | Jan 2014 | |
| Series A | $3.2M | Jan 2014 | |
| HHelloFresh | Unknown | $10M | Dec 2012 |
| Unknown | $10M | Jan 2012 | |
| Seed | $6.8M | Jan 2011 |
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Top Co-Investors
HV Capital14 shared
Balderton Capital5 shared
Cherry Ventures4 shared
ABN AMRO Ventures3 shared
Beringea3 shared
Octopus Ventures2 shared
High-Tech Gründerfonds2 shared
Vorwerk Ventures2 shared
Kinnevik2 shared
Founders, Inc.2 shared
Target Global2 shared
Deutsche Bank2 shared
RTP Global2 shared
Tengelmann Ventures2 shared
Seventure Partners2 shared
Kreos Capital2 shared
TomorrowVentures2 shared
Earlybird Venture Capital2 shared
Shortcut Ventures2 shared
Project A2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026