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Rushed for time? Here is the top 5 Early Stage Venture investors for Financial Services startups. Scroll down for more information on these investors or to view the rest of the investors.
Name | Website | Stages | Location | Socials |
|---|---|---|---|---|
KfW | Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe | ||
TA Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture | Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe | ||
Deutsche Bank | Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Post Ipo, Private Equity | Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe | ||
Creathor Ventures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed | Bad Homburg, Hessen, Germany, Europe | ||
CommerzVentures | Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture | Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe |
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We’ve ranked the top Financial Services Early Stage Venture investors in Hessen. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Financial Services Investors & Funds (Hessen)
KfW
KfW gives impetus to economic, social and ecological development worldwide. As a promotional bank under the ownership of the Federal Republic and the Länder (federal states), it offers support to encourage sustainable improvement in economic, social, ecological living and business conditions, among others in the areas of small and medium-sized enterprise, entrepreneurialship, environmental protection, housing, infrastructure, education finance, project and export finance, and development cooperation.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services
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TA Ventures
TA Ventures is globally-minded and network-driven VC firm investing in early-stage tech startups in Europe and North America shaping the industries of tomorrow. Our ticket size starts from $100k up to $1M. We offer speed of execution, proactive support, and access to a broad international network. Drawing upon our network, we support our portfolio companies by proactively soliciting large, growth-minded co-investors in subsequent rounds. We utilize our industry knowledge and network to give portfolio companies and partner VCs access to the highly skilled and cost-effective R&D outsourcing teams in Central and Eastern Europe.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Enterprise Software, Finance, Financial Services, Logistics, Venture Capital
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Deutsche Bank
Deutsche Bank is a global investment bank. Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. In a fundamental transformation the bank focuses on its core strengths in a newly created Corporate Bank, a leading Private Bank, a focused investment bank and in asset management. They provide banking services to companies, governments, institutional investors, small and medium-sized businesses and private individuals. Deutsche Bank was founded in 1870 to accompany German businesses into the world. They have worked across borders ever since.
Stages: Debt, Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Post Ipo, Private Equity
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services
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Creathor Ventures
Creathor Ventures invests in technology-oriented companies that are driving the automation of industry and business as well as the personalization and digitalization of the healthcare sector. The regional focus is on Germany and Switzerland. From its offices in Bad Homburg and Zurich, the 15-strong team currently supports over 30 tech and life science companies. Over the past 30 years, the management team has financed over 200 companies as lead or co-lead investors. More than 20 companies have been listed on international stock exchanges. Creathor Ventures currently manages a fund volume of over 230 million euros.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Bad Homburg, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Health Diagnostics, Internet of Things, Medical Device
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CommerzVentures
CommerzVentures specializes in early- and growth-stage companies in the financial services and insurance sectors. Established in 2014 as the venture capital fund of Commerzbank. Independent investment management company since 2019. CommerzVentures is a return-driven, non-strategic venture capital investor. We back early- and growth-stage companies in the financial services and insurance sectors, starting at Series A. We aspire to invest in the very best startups in a given sector. For their portfolio companies, we offer access to key decision makers across the banking and insurance industry. Our initial investment size ranges from €2 million to €10 million. We invest mostly in Europe, Israel, and the USA, and are always looking to work with entrepreneurs who have vision and enthusiasm!
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Financial Services, Insurance, Venture Capital
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FinLab
FinLab is a large German company builders and investors in the financial services technology and the cryptocurrency sector. Started in December 2014, the company focuses on incubating German-based fintech start ups and investing globally in venture funding rounds of fintech and cryptocurrency companies.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Cryptocurrency, Finance, Financial Services, FinTech, Incubators, Venture Capital
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Evonik Venture Capital
Evonik Venture Capital is the corporate venture arm of Evonik Industries AG, one of the providers of specialty chemicals. Evonik Venture Capital invests in young companies with innovative technology and high growth potential with solutions to problems within the areas of focus of resource efficiency, specialty additives, health & care, nutrition.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Hanau, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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Deutsche Borse
Deutsche Borse is an exchange company providing investors, financial institutions and companies with access to global capital markets.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Banking, Finance, Financial Services, Insurance, Service Industry, Venture Capital
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VCDE Venture Partners
VCDE Venture Partners was started in 2008 in Frankfurt/Germany and is a growth equity investment firm with a clear focus on technology companies in the field of software, the internet, mobile telecommunications and IT business services. Their main purpose is to build and develop successful growth companies. By partnering with outstanding entrepreneurs and management teams venturecapital.de delivers true value beyond financing and pro-actively works with portfolio companies to accelerate growth. They look for companies, that have a proven business model and through a strong value proposition address large markets and deliver real value to their customers be it consumers or enterprises. Out entrepreneurs‘ fund „venturecapital.de“ is funded by 150 European tech entrepreneurs, founders and industry veterans. It constitutes one of the strongest and most value adding business networks in Europe with an excellent platform for an exchange of expertise and know-how between investors, the fund and its portfolio companies.
Stages: Early Stage Venture
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Financial Services, Internet, Software, Telecommunications, Venture Capital
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Aescuvest
Aescuvest’s mission is to facilitate and enable impactful investments into medical breakthrough innovation to disrupt and improve healthcare delivery models, products, and services. Aescuvest enables its investors to build their very individual portfolio of healthcare start-ups – according to their personal investment focus. A cooperation with EIT Health, and a growing network of partnerships across Europe, allow Aescuvest to source and evaluate the most promising healthcare investment opportunities, structure their financing rounds, and enable healthcare technology-driven investors, such as Business Angels, HNWIs, Family Offices, and Corporate Investors, to participate in healthcare investment opportunities by direct investments via SPV structures. The Investment Committee, composed of Aescuvest’s very own investment team and members of tthe Advisory Board of Aescuvest, both deeply rooted in the healthcare industry and with proven track records, have developed a strong and over the last years well tested, pre-screening and due diligence process, to identify and select healthcare start-ups. Aescuvest’’s Management (circle of General Partners) put their ‘skin’ into each investment by committing capital to each company prior introduction to the wider Aescuvest investor base. The combination of innovative ways for equity capital provision, with healthcare industry and investment expertise, provides the Aescuvest portfolio companies a unique platform to develop their business solution, accelerate their path towards commercialization, and lower market access barriers.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Venture
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Financial Services, Health Care, Venture Capital
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Futury Capital
Futury Capital invests in promising, high-growth technology companies at any stage. Through our two funds we invest in German and international tech companies from seedt to growth stage and help them to accelerate their (inter)national growth. We are an active shareholder and support through capital, know-how as well as network. Together with our LPs, consisting of our anchor investor the State of Hesse, family offices, German mid-sized companies up to major international corporations, we support our portfolio both strategically and operationally. Together with the founders, we pursue one goal: the development of top companies.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Financial Services, Impact Investing, Venture Capital
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CHECK24 Ventures
CHECK24 Ventures is the venture capital division of the CHECK24 group that provides young internet companies with seed and growth financing. It works independently from CHECK24 and makes the financially driven investment decision in growth companies in the areas of financial technology, insurance technology, online marketplaces and software sectors in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Eckhard Juls and Henrich Blase founded it on November 1, 2016, with its headquarters in Frankfurt in Germany.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture, Private Equity, Seed
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Financial Services, FinTech, InsurTech, Internet, Marketplace, Software, Venture Capital
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Aurelia Private Equity
Aurelia Private Equity is focused on investments in early-stage technology companies in Germany. Intelligent capital is the mainstay of the venture capital business. As a classic early-stage financer and startup consultant, they are interested in fast-growing, technology-oriented companies with great future potential. They see themselves as an entrepreneurial partner who, in addition to capital, also engages in strategic coaching, networking and commercial expertise. AURELIA PRIVATE EQUITY has a partnership-organized structure. Through the participation of all professionals in the decision-making process and in economic success, our actions are characterized by entrepreneurial thinking.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Venture Capital
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blackprint Booster
blackprint PropTech Booster is the premier hub for PropTech Innovation in Germany. It is a network driven accelerator for startups that aim at transforming the conventional approach to the real estate industry by embracing digital technology and with a scalable business model. They host batches of up to five teams over six months at their offices in Frankfurt am Main.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Seed
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Finance, Financial Services, Real Estate, Venture Capital
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Iconic Holding
Iconic envisions a tokenized economy where blockchain and cryptographic technology enable inclusive, transparent and secure financial markets. We are the bridge enabling enterprise-grade crypto asset investment opportunities as the tokenization of financial and real-world assets enhance financial institutional markets. Our team brings a wealth of professional, financial experience and a proven track record in the digital assets and blockchain industry. Our business units deliver excellence, providing the quality assurances investors expect from a world-class asset manager, as we champion our mission to decentralize wealth generation.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Initial Coin Offering, Seed
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Finance, Financial Services, Internet, Venture Capital
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Ferax Capital
Ferax Capital actively invests its assets in the capital market as well as selected small volume private equity transactions, which are below the focus of large private equity investors.
Stages: Early Stage Venture, Late Stage Venture
Location: Frankfurt, Hessen, Germany, Europe
Industries: Financial Services
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