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Aschendorff NEXT
Corporate VC · Germany · Europe
Aschendorff NEXT is the investment holding of the Aschendorff group for investments in companies with digital business models. It builds and develops strategic holdings related to the group's traditional core markets and also makes financial investments in young digital companies, working with co-investors and experts from media, technology and the startup world.
Invests inE-commerce & MarketplacesEducationMedia & Entertainment
In its own wordsdigital transformationsmemediatechnologystartups
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Or find every investor that fitsAschendorff NEXT lists 22 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are E-commerce & Marketplaces (16%), Education (16%) and Media & Entertainment (16%). 86% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside Hanse Ventures, Accel and CARMA Fund.
No funding round on record names Aschendorff NEXT yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not Aschendorff NEXT's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 22. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 16% | 6% |
| Education | 16% | 7% |
| Media & Entertainment | 16% | 4% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 13% | 18% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 11% | 3% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 8% | 15% |
| Enterprise Software | 5% | 8% |
| Human Resources | 5% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Hanse Ventures | 2 |
| Accel | 1 |
| CARMA Fund | 1 |
| CRB Health Tech | 1 |
| F-Prime Capital | 1 |
| Industrifonden | 1 |
| Insight Partners | 1 |
| Kickstart Innovation | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 55th | 22 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 4th | 16% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers2091%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company29%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Aschendorff NEXT head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
22 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company builds and operates cloud and artificial intelligence infrastructure for medium-sized businesses. | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| AdOnce sells smartphone advertising to small and medium-sized businesses | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| AQUATY transforms private market assets into securities, making them as investable as public stocks or bonds. | FintechReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| COACHINSIDE provides the world's most powerful scouting database for professional football coaches | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a digital commerce platform for businesses to manage their online sales and customer interactions across various channels. | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
EducationAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| Copetri organizes events, masterclasses, and other activities focused on people, transformation, and innovation | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides a wash and delivery service for equestrian equipment and sells related products | E-commerce & MarketplacesConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
E-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | |||
| Funnel connects and models marketing data, and provides tools for measurement, reporting, and data analysis. | Media & EntertainmentAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides real estate sales and valuation services, connecting customers with local experts and guiding them through the sales process. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides information and services related to care and nursing for the elderly and people in need of care. | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Prepair connects homeowners, energy advisors, and craftsmen through a digital building file for renovation and renovation services. | Real Estate & ConstructionSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| The company places content in the form of native advertorials in premium media outlets. | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Seeding Alliance provides native advertising solutions for advertisers and publishers | Media & EntertainmentEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides personnel recruitment services for building technology in Switzerland and Germany. | Human ResourcesReal Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides active sourcing software for the DACH region, combining profiles from multiple networks and supporting the recruitment workflow with AI agents. | Human ResourcesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Think11 provides online marketing services for B2B leads, including SEO, Google Ads, and content marketing | Media & EntertainmentE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Thryve provides a secure wearable healthcare API platform for wearables and health apps | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- aschendorff-next.de
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 6 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 22
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