vent.io
Corporate VC · Germany · Europe
vent.io is the innovation unit of Deutsche Leasing AG, combining product engineering that builds data-driven digital solutions and portals for the Deutsche Leasing Group with a corporate venture capital arm. Its CVC team invests in B2B startups and connects them with the Deutsche Leasing ecosystem and customers through strategic partnering and pilot projects.
Invests inE-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsb2basset financeleasingfintechdataenterprise software
Your fit with vent.io
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Or find every investor that fitsvent.io lists 8 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 3 funding rounds. Its most frequent entry is Series A, 100% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are E-commerce & Marketplaces (29%), Industrial & Manufacturing (21%) and Robotics & Hardware (14%). 100% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside High-Tech Gründerfonds, MobilityFund and MobilityVC.
Counts come from funding rounds that name vent.io, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 0% |
| Series A | 100% |
| Series B | 0% |
| Growth | 0% |
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 | 2 | 0 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 15th | 8 companies |
| Recent activity | 69th | 2 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 98th | 38% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 48th | 29% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 20th | 1 country |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 29% | 6% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 21% | 7% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 14% | 1% |
| Education | 7% | 7% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 7% | 3% |
| Fintech | 7% | 12% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 7% | 18% |
| Enterprise Software | 7% | 8% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| High-Tech Gründerfonds | 2 |
| MobilityFund | 2 |
| MobilityVC | 2 |
| 42CAP | 1 |
| AENU | 1 |
| Atlantic | 1 |
| Bosch Ventures | 1 |
| CNI Nordic | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers8100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with High-Tech Gründerfonds
Compare vent.io 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 vent.io| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Sept 2026 | Series A | |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Round | |
| 25 Jun 2025 | Series A |
Round details for vent.io
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in vent.io's rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
8 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The company provides a comparison platform for renting commercial vehicles in Germany. | Robotics & HardwareE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Enlyze provides a platform for manufacturing data management and infrastructure | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company provides electricity for households and electric vehicles | EducationE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Syte provides software that analyzes and plans real estate properties, including their potential for development, energy efficiency, and economic viability. | Real Estate & ConstructionFintech | Sept 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| The company operates a platform for selling commercial vehicles | E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Unchained Robotics provides automation solutions for various projects and industries. | Robotics & Hardware | Jun 2025Series A | Page + round | |
| The company provides energy solutions with storage and trading to reduce costs | E-commerce & MarketplacesIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops and provides AI-based sorting systems and analysis for waste management | Industrial & ManufacturingEnterprise Software | Mar 2026Round | Page + round |
About this data
site last read 7 Nov 2026- Site
- vent.io
- Last read
- 7 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 7 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 25 Jun 2025
- Companies checked
- 8
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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