# Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures

> Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures is a VC fund backing Transportation. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Feb 2023
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deutsche-bahn-digital-ventures/
- Website: http://deutschebahnventures.de/

Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures is a VC fund in Berlin focused on Transportation and Cyber Security. Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures (DBDV) is the corporate venture arm of Deutsche Bahn Group, Germany’s largest railway company and leading mobility provider. With funds of €100 million, DBDV intends to invest in startups with data-driven business models in the areas of Mobility, Logistics, Smart City, Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence andBig Data. All within and beyond Deutsche Bahn’s core rail businesses. Investments will be sourced on a global basis, with emphasis on Europe, the United States and Israel. Funding is provided for startups from the Seed to Series C stage, with significant possibilities for follow-up funding. Alongside external investments, DBDV also is focused on promoting intrapreneurship inside the Deutsche Bahn Group and is working closely together with the group’s existing startup engagement platform Beyond1435 to leverage the acceleration of financed startups.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Transportation | 7 | 50% |
| Cyber Security | 3 | 21% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 21% |
| Travel | 2 | 14% |
| Automotive | 2 | 14% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 36% |
| Series B | 2 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 14% |
| Seed | 1 | 7% |
| Series D | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 29% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 21% |
| Germany | 2 | 14% |
| Canada | 1 | 7% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manuel Gerres | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manuel-gerres |
| Sebastian Dalles | Senior Investment Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sebastian-dalles |
| Boris Kühn | Managing Director | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boris-kuhn |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brighter AI | At brighter AI, we are on the mission to protect every identity in public. Our leading anonymization solutions for video data are based on state-of-the-art artificial intelligence. We were named “Europe’s Hottest AI Startup” by Nvidia and won "The Spark - The German Digital Award" by Handelsblatt & McKinsey. Established in 2017 withinthe automotive industry, we are today serving companies in various sectors and are supported by outstanding investors. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 06, 2023 |  |
| InstaDeep | InstaDeep is an EMEA leader in decision-making AI products for the Enterprise, with headquarters in London, and offices in Paris, Tunis, Lagos, Dubai and Cape Town. With expertise in both machine intelligence research and concrete business deployments, the Company provides a competitive advantage to its partners in an AI-first world. Leveraging itsextensive knowhow in GPU-accelerated computing, deep learning and reinforcement learning, InstaDeep has built products, such as its novel DeepChain™ platform, that tackle the most complex challenges across a range of industries. InstaDeep has also developed collaborations with global leaders in the Artificial Intelligence ecosystem, such as Google DeepMind, NVIDIA and Intel. The Company is part of Intel’s AI Builders program and was named an Elite Preferred Deep Learning Partner by NVIDIA | $100M | Series B | Jan 25, 2022 |  |
| Skyports | Skyports is an urban air mobility infrastructure provider and drone delivery operator for aviation and managing end to end drone deliveries. The company secures, designs, builds, owns and operates passenger and cargo vertiports enabling safe and efficient flight operations within urban and suburban environments. It also develops, implements, andoperates end-to-end drone deliveries overcoming inefficiencies associated with traditional transportation methods.Skysports intends to use the funds to continue its ambitious program of site acquisition for passenger and cargo vertiports in cities around the world, including Singapore and Los Angeles. The company works with vehicle manufacturers and operators, city authorities, regulators and real estate partners to build landing infrastructure are suitable and convenient locations across cities, thereby creating resilient infrastructure networks that enable safe and efficient operations of passenger and cargo drones.Skysports was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in London, England, UK. | $849.8K | Series A | Mar 09, 2020 |  |
| Skyports | Skyports is an urban air mobility infrastructure provider and drone delivery operator for aviation and managing end to end drone deliveries. The company secures, designs, builds, owns and operates passenger and cargo vertiports enabling safe and efficient flight operations within urban and suburban environments. It also develops, implements, andoperates end-to-end drone deliveries overcoming inefficiencies associated with traditional transportation methods.Skysports intends to use the funds to continue its ambitious program of site acquisition for passenger and cargo vertiports in cities around the world, including Singapore and Los Angeles. The company works with vehicle manufacturers and operators, city authorities, regulators and real estate partners to build landing infrastructure are suitable and convenient locations across cities, thereby creating resilient infrastructure networks that enable safe and efficient operations of passenger and cargo drones.Skysports was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in London, England, UK. | $7.1M | Series A | Dec 05, 2019 |  |
| Teralytics | Teralytics provides an unrivalled insight into people’s mobility needs. Our mission is to transform how people’s journeys are planned, operated and accounted for. Using big data and advanced machine learning to arrive at transformative insight, we help our customers to create sustainable mobility solutions that work for everyone, now and in thefuture. From improving journey times and making sure that mobility options are accessible to everyone, to increasing operational efficiencies and reducing environmental impact - Teralytics insight helps tackle some of the crucial mobility challenges of our time. | $17.5M | Series D | Aug 06, 2019 |  |
| Ridecell | Ridecell Inc. is the way in the digital transformation of fleet businesses and operations. Our Fleet IoT (Internet of Things) Automation solutions modernize and monetize fleets by combining data insights with digital vehicle control to turn today’s manual processes into automated workflows. The result is unmatched levels of efficiency and controlfor shared services, motorpools, rental, and logistic fleets.Today Ridecell powers some of the most successful fleet businesses in cities across Europe and North America, including Ferrovial, Groupe Renault, Gig Car Share from AAA, and Toyota Sweden. Ridecell is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Madrid, Paris, Berlin, and Pune India. | $28M | Series B | Nov 13, 2018 |  |
| Kepler Communications | Kepler Communications is a satellite communications company that is working towards establishing an in-space telecommunications network for space-borne assets. Put simply, we are building cell phone towers in space. This infrastructure will resolve the problem of intermittent connectivity for non-geostationary satellites, will open new businessopportunities that necessitate real-time connectivity to satellites, and will reduce reliance on costly and difficult to deploy ground infrastructure.The company is currently developing technologies and delivering services that solved terrestrial connectivity needs, offering terrestrial wideband and soon-to-be narrowband connectivity services for IoT applications.With Kepler's first service, named Global Data ServiceTM, they have been able to pack more Mbps into a nanosatellite than anybody else ever before. This wideband service delivers a store-and-forward type of solution for companies needing to move large quantities of delay-tolerant data from regions where connectivity is limited or non-existent. It is designed to transfer 100s of GBs of data monthly between remote locations and company headquarters or the internet. This service is available today for trials.Kepler is also developing a satellite service for Internet of Things devices – called everywhereIoTTM. A low-power, low-cost, bi-directional narrowband satellite service that will allow to connect assets all around the globe (at sea, land and even in the poles). With two satellites already in orbit, and a third scheduled for launch later in 2019, the company is currently preparing the deployment of its first LEO constellation for 2020. | $14.9M | Series A | Oct 15, 2018 |  |
| Coord | Coord is transforming city streets, starting with the curb. Coord is the only comprehensive curb management platform, empowering cities with technology to digitally operate and price the curb at scale, creating more efficient, safe and equitable streets. Recognized by CNBC Upstart 100 and Fast Company’s Innovation by Design, Coord partners includecities like Seattle, Boston, Somerville, Pittsburgh, Omaha, Nashville, Aspen, Boulder and West Palm Beach. Coord is based in New York City and backed by Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs, Alliance Ventures, Trucks, Urban.us and DB Digital Ventures. For more information, visit coord.com. | $5M | Series A | Oct 11, 2018 |  |
| Trillium Secure | Trillium provides in-vehicle cybersecurity protection for connected vehicles. | $11M | Series A | Jul 04, 2018 |  |
| GoKid | GoKid is a carpool and shared mobility solution for schools, leagues, teams, and active families. It also provides schools, teams, and active families with a powerful tool to manage day-to-day transportation schedules. Their mobile app integrates key technologies that make carpool setup and management easy. It also delivers automated reminders fordeparture times, notifies riders when the car is en route and at the door, shows live tracking of the car, and notifies parents when children have arrived at their destination.GoKid includes family accounts, easy invitations, collaborative schedules, route optimization, in-app texting, and automatic alerts. It is a tool that will not only benefit the families who use it, but also their communities. This allows parents to easily schedule and manage carpools with their trusted network of friends, families, and neighbors no strangers, and no paid drivers.GoKid was founded by Stefanie Lemcke and Ashley Clark in 2016 and is headquartered in New York. | $1.5M |  | Jun 19, 2018 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures invest in?

Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures invests primarily in Transportation, Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures?

The team at Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures includes Manuel Gerres (Managing Director), Sebastian Dalles (Senior Investment Manager) and Boris Kühn (Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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