DEWB
VC Fund
Jena, Germany
DEWB is a VC fund in Jena focused on FinTech and Financial Services. As a listed private equity company DEWB provides support for strong growth, medium capitalized technology companies in the form of equity capital, expertise in corporate development and its sector network. The investment focus lies in the areas of photonics and sensor systems as well as their fields of application in automation and industrialengineering and related areas which offer promising prospects for the future. Investors in the DEWB share gain access to the significant potential for added value offered by these key technologies of the 21st Century: Discover the light.Since 1997 we have invested over 360 million Euros in 59 companies and realized more than 465 million Euros through 43 exits, eight of which were IPOs. DEWB’s current investment portfolio covers seven companies from the areas of photonics and sensor systems, as well as biotechnology and IT.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
Last updated:
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Industries DEWB invests in
Stages DEWB invests in
Countries DEWB invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- FinTech 3 (50%)
- Financial Services 3 (50%)
- Manufacturing 2 (33%)
- Semiconductor 2 (33%)
- Information Technology 2 (33%)
Stage
- Series A 2 (33%)
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (17%)
Country
- Germany 4 (67%)
- Switzerland 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| The financial technology start-up (Fintech) Cashlink has developed one of Europe's leading Tokenization-as-a-Service solutions. A modular, technological infrastructure enables the legally compliant issuance and management of digital securities for banks and investment platforms as an all-in-one solution. Compared to a traditional security,tokenized financial instruments create significant cost reductions and opportunities for opening up new markets and products, giving issuing companies, banks and investment platforms a sustainable competitive advantage. Renowned companies such as the Frankfurt securities specialist Bankhaus Scheich are already successfully using the Cashlink solution today. Cashlink is an official partner of Deutsche Börse Venture Network and completes its comprehensive range of digital securities by cooperating with experienced and specialized partners such as the globally operating law firm Ashurst. Renowned European investment companies such as the listed FinLab AG and the seed + speed-VC of the Maschmeyer Group are invested in the Fintech. As a founding member of the European forum "International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications" (INATBA), the Hesse regional group of the Blockchain Bundesverband and the International Token Standardization Association (ITSA), Cashlink is already shaping tomorrow's capital market today. | Series A / Mar 14, 2023 | ||
| Founded in 2018, Stableton is an investment firm based in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm seeks to invest in growth stage tech-enabled companies operating in the cloud, enterprise software-as-a-service, consumer, information technology and fintech sectors. The firm has additional offices in Zug and Berlin. | $15.3M / Series A / Jul 12, 2022 | ||
| Founded in 2018, Stableton is an investment firm based in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm seeks to invest in growth stage tech-enabled companies operating in the cloud, enterprise software-as-a-service, consumer, information technology and fintech sectors. The firm has additional offices in Zug and Berlin. | Seed / Jun 02, 2021 | ||
| Nextmarkets is dedicated to `helps private investors to operate in a sustainable and better educated manner on the stock exchange.For this purpose, the company developed a very easy-to-use trading platform in which private investors can trade more than 1,000 CFDs on equities , foreign exchange ( forex , FX ), bonds and commodities veryintuitively - via web and mobile apps . It is scientifically proven that more than 80 percent of all private investors fail on the stock market . This has predominantly behavioral economic reasons. | $30M / Series B / Mar 01, 2021 | ||
| DirectPhotonics, established in 2011, develops, manufactures and sells ultra-high brightness diode lasers that are revolutionizing the market currently occupied by fiber and disk lasers. Leveraging patented technologies from Fraunhofer Institutes, we at DirectPhotonics have significantly increased the brightness of fiber coupled and direct diodelaser systems to become the new workhorse in cutting and welding applications. Headquartered in Berlin Adlershof, Germany, with a subsidiary in the Silicon Valley in California, we offer lasers with optical output power levels from a few hundred Watts up to the Kilowatt range, and with a beam parameter product of 7.5 mm.mrad even in the multi-kW range. The goal is to replace less efficient laser technologies by eliminating the need for a brightness-enhancing resonator. Key to entering this competitive market is not only a diode laser system with unprecedented beam quality, but also an architecture that is designed with manufacturability in mind. Our team of engineers comes with long experience, both in building high brightness diode lasers and in automatically assembling laser systems, assuring high reproducibility and reliability. | $3.7M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 19, 2015 | ||
| Nanda Technologies was founded in 2006 in Munich. They are an international team of experienced engineers and managers from the semiconductor/high-tech industry. They are in the process of bringing their new product to the market by working together with selected lead customers. | $4M / Apr 08, 2010 |
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FAQ
What does DEWB invest in?
DEWB invests primarily in FinTech, Financial Services and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did DEWB last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for DEWB closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Sep 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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