# Deutsche Bahn

> Deutsche Bahn is a VC fund backing Ride Sharing and Transportation. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Frankfurt, Germany
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Feb 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/deutschebahn/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/DB_Bahn
- Website: http://www.bahn.de
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DBPersonenverkehr/

Deutsche Bahn is a passenger and logistics company. They currently operating in 130 countries across the globe.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Deutsche Bahn. Shizune tracks 7 team members at Deutsche Bahn. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/deutsche-bahn?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ride Sharing | 2 | 50% |
| Transportation | 2 | 50% |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| Software | 1 | 25% |
| Real Time | 1 | 25% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anne Blaschke | Senior Manager Corporate Entrepreneurship | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anne-blaschke |
| Bülent Inci | Head of Performance Marketing | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b%C3%BClent-inci |
| Florian Schroder | Sponsoring Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/florian-schroder |
| Hristo Odiseev | Chief Information Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hristo-odiseev |
| Jonas Westphal | Senior Berater Reisendeninformation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jonas-westphal |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CleverShuttle | CleverShuttle is a ridepooling app that provides affordable and eco-friendly door-to-door transportation. The berlin-based company CleverShuttle was founded by three school friends in 2014. Since then they have grown to the biggest RidePooling-Provider and ecofriendly driver service in Germany. Due to their fuellcell or battery electric vehicles,CleverShuttle is able to support a sustainable change in the mobility sector. They developed an algorithm, that automatically pooles passengers with similar routes. Thereby they achieve very high occupancy rates and reduce empty runs. | $3.3M | Series A | Feb 10, 2017 |  |
| CleverShuttle | CleverShuttle is a ridepooling app that provides affordable and eco-friendly door-to-door transportation. The berlin-based company CleverShuttle was founded by three school friends in 2014. Since then they have grown to the biggest RidePooling-Provider and ecofriendly driver service in Germany. Due to their fuellcell or battery electric vehicles,CleverShuttle is able to support a sustainable change in the mobility sector. They developed an algorithm, that automatically pooles passengers with similar routes. Thereby they achieve very high occupancy rates and reduce empty runs. | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 19, 2016 |  |
| flinc GmbH | flinc is the world’s first social mobility network which matches drivers and passengers for ridesharing in real-time using desktop, smartphone and navigation technology. flinc is the app for sharing your everyday rides.It combines state-of-the art technology with social networking to offer a dynamic, safe and automated service that gets youfrom A to B.By using their desktop, smartphone or navigation device flinc users can easily be matched in real-time with members from their trusted social mobility network and share rides. As a world first, flinc is integrated in navigation software and combines ride sharing with car sharing and public transportation.The integration in navigation software enables the driver to navigate directly to the passenger without a telephone call or text message.For flinc-riders, a mobile phone changes into a real alternative to the privately owned vehicle. Pre-planned or in real-time, flinc can establish a ride and can take passengers from any location (including their front door) to the destination of their choice.flinc’s route matching algorithm finds riders anywhere along the route of the driver and calculates detour and price.Users can choose whether they want to be matched only with direct contacts, peer groups (companies, universities, others) or with anyone in the network.flinc provides means for electronic payment and user rating.flinc solution for companies and commuters: flinc offers special company solutions for employers who would like to offer a safe, environment-friendly and beneficial commute to their employees.flinc solution for public transit: flinc offers an integration for combining ride sharing with public transit organizations.flinc is specialized in short- to medium-length journeys and organized on a regional basis.Commuters can inquire about ride-sharing through the flinc app, as well as comparing and combining different modes of transportation, because the train timetable and schedules of local transit systems have been integrated into the app.flott – Your On-Demand Mobility Platformflott is the solution for On-Demand Transit in urban areas: http://flott-shuttle.de/english.htmlflinc offers the perfect mix of software development, data science, user experience design, business development, marketing and entrepreneurship. The well-balanced team is able to establish "flott" in your target market – within weeks, not years. |  |  | Jul 13, 2015 |  |
| flinc GmbH | flinc is the world’s first social mobility network which matches drivers and passengers for ridesharing in real-time using desktop, smartphone and navigation technology. flinc is the app for sharing your everyday rides.It combines state-of-the art technology with social networking to offer a dynamic, safe and automated service that gets youfrom A to B.By using their desktop, smartphone or navigation device flinc users can easily be matched in real-time with members from their trusted social mobility network and share rides. As a world first, flinc is integrated in navigation software and combines ride sharing with car sharing and public transportation.The integration in navigation software enables the driver to navigate directly to the passenger without a telephone call or text message.For flinc-riders, a mobile phone changes into a real alternative to the privately owned vehicle. Pre-planned or in real-time, flinc can establish a ride and can take passengers from any location (including their front door) to the destination of their choice.flinc’s route matching algorithm finds riders anywhere along the route of the driver and calculates detour and price.Users can choose whether they want to be matched only with direct contacts, peer groups (companies, universities, others) or with anyone in the network.flinc provides means for electronic payment and user rating.flinc solution for companies and commuters: flinc offers special company solutions for employers who would like to offer a safe, environment-friendly and beneficial commute to their employees.flinc solution for public transit: flinc offers an integration for combining ride sharing with public transit organizations.flinc is specialized in short- to medium-length journeys and organized on a regional basis.Commuters can inquire about ride-sharing through the flinc app, as well as comparing and combining different modes of transportation, because the train timetable and schedules of local transit systems have been integrated into the app.flott – Your On-Demand Mobility Platformflott is the solution for On-Demand Transit in urban areas: http://flott-shuttle.de/english.htmlflinc offers the perfect mix of software development, data science, user experience design, business development, marketing and entrepreneurship. The well-balanced team is able to establish "flott" in your target market – within weeks, not years. |  |  | Jan 01, 2014 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Unger Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/unger) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Ecomobility Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ecomobilit-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EvoBus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evobus) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [General Motors Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-motors-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ISB Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isb-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [KfW](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kfw) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Deutsche Bahn invest in?

Deutsche Bahn invests primarily in Ride Sharing, Transportation and B2B startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. 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?

The team at Deutsche Bahn includes Anne Blaschke (Senior Manager Corporate Entrepreneurship), Bülent Inci (Head of Performance Marketing) and Florian Schroder (Sponsoring Manager), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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