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Discovery Ventures
Venture capital
Discovery Ventures is an investment firm run by a team of operators who previously scaled businesses from ideation to pre-IPO. It supports a portfolio of founders worldwide, including companies such as Trade Republic, Deel and SumUp.
Invests inFintech
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Or find every investor that fitsDiscovery Ventures lists 50 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 4 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 75% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Fintech (31%), E-commerce & Marketplaces (12%) and Enterprise Software (8%). 51% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside HV Capital, Project A and Atlantic.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Discovery Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Discovery Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 4 companies; its own site lists 50. 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundDiscovery Ventures does not state its stages on its site, so only what it does is shown.
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| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 75% |
| Series A | 0% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 25% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 1 | 0 |
| '26 | 3 | 0 |
Investor profile
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| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 84th | 50 companies |
| Recent activity | 76th | 3 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 82th | 75% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 54th | 2% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 55th | 31% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 96th | 11 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Fintech | 31% | 12% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 12% | 6% |
| Enterprise Software | 8% | 8% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 8% | 18% |
| Food & Agriculture | 7% | 3% |
| Education | 6% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
| Human Resources | 3% | 1% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| HV Capital | 8 |
| Project A | 5 |
| Atlantic | 4 |
| Cherry Ventures | 4 |
| Andreessen Horowitz | 3 |
| Picus Capital | 3 |
| Redstone | 3 |
| Sequoia Capital | 3 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers4794%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company36%
- 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 Discovery Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Discovery Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | Seed | |
| 24 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 19 Feb 2026 | Seed | |
| 18 Jun 2025 | Seed |
Round details for Discovery Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Discovery Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
50 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company crafts outstanding software applications. | EducationEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | ||
| The company buys up to 50% of a homeowner's house and allows them to continue living there, while also giving them the option to buy back the sold portion at a later time. | Real Estate & Construction | Portfolio page | ||
| Baobab Risk Solutions provides digital risk management services, including prevention, defense, and insurance, to protect companies from digital risks. | CybersecurityFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| BigHat Biosciences designs and develops therapeutics by integrating AI with autonomous generation of biological data. | Healthcare & Biotech | Sept 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| The company provides infrastructure and services for private market fund operations, including fund accounting, reporting, and administration. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Choco provides a platform for food distributors to automate order processing, drive sales efficiency, and manage ecommerce. | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
Real Estate & ConstructionEnterprise Software | Portfolio page | |||
FintechSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | |||
| Conduit provides a platform for cross-border money movement and multi-currency accounts | Fintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Deel provides global payroll, compliance, HR solutions, and other related services to companies. | FintechHuman Resources | Portfolio page | ||
| Discandooo sells products and alcohol online | E-commerce & MarketplacesFood & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Ecoworks provides serial and sustainable building modernization services, including energetic renovations and construction of new building elements, such as facades and roofs. | Real Estate & ConstructionSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Facio provides credit services, allowing users to apply for and receive credit quickly | FintechLegal & Compliance | Portfolio page | ||
| Fingo Africa provides banking services, including savings accounts, transactions, and bill payments, to individuals in Africa. | FintechFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| Flagship Founders builds maritime-tech ventures together with talented founders, industry experts and technology specialists. | Industrial & ManufacturingFintech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company delivers groceries, beverages, and other products to customers' doors within 120 minutes. | Food & AgricultureE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides financing for food suppliers and companies to pay for orders with extended payment terms. | Food & AgricultureFintech | Portfolio page | ||
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| Gourmey creates cultivated meat delights | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Guru is a company that provides an app for investing in stocks and other financial assets | Fintech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- discovery-ventures.com
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 18 Jun 2025
- Companies checked
- 50
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