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DvH Ventures

Kingmaker TierBased on the data VC Catalog holds.

Kingmaker Tier: 83 out of 100

  • AI models & AI infrastructure
  • Banking & lending
  • Care delivery & digital health
  • Clean energy & storage
  • Cloud & networking
  • Crypto & blockchain
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data & analytics
  • Developer tools
  • Finance operations
  • Health IT
  • Higher education & upskilling
  • HR & future of work
  • Insurance
  • K-12 education
  • Legal, compliance & govtech
  • Mobility, autonomy & EVs
  • Other
  • Payments
  • Productivity & collaboration
  • Sales & marketing tech
  • Vertical software
  • Wealth & investing
  • Seed
  • Deeptech
  • Europe
  • VC
  • B2C
Investor type
VC
Investing status
Activeas of 2026-09-18Source (opens in a new tab)
Headquarters
Cologne, Germany
Check size
between €500,000 and €2 millionSource (opens in a new tab)
Legal name
Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures GmbH
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Record updated 18 September 2026

About

Today, DvH Ventures is one of the most active early-stage investors in Europe, managing several venture capital funds from its office in Cologne.

Investment approach

Thesis
We invest in ideas that we believe will succeed. We are building successful investment clusters, including but not limited to digital health, education or financial services, and will remain hungry for more digital innovation. These could be ideas in artificial intelligence, enterprise software, the Internet of Things and big data. The same goes for mobility, energy or the future of work.Source (opens in a new tab)
Leads rounds
Sometimes
Lead policy
often acting as lead investor
Investing status notes
Today, we run two independent and very active early-stage investment funds.

Locations

Office
Cologne, Germany

Programs

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