# Dumont Venture

> Dumont Venture is a VC fund in Cologne backing E-Commerce and Apps. See 14 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Total investments: 14
- Last investment: Feb 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/dumontventure
- Website: http://www.dumontventure.de

Dumont Venture is a VC fund in Cologne focused on E-Commerce and Apps. DuMont Venture Holding GmbH & Co. KG was founded in 2007 as a subsidiary of M. DuMont Schauberg - a leading media corporation based in Germany. DuMont Venture is actively seeking high-growth potential companies in the Digital Media and IT segments, and financially and strategically supports the development, market launch, andinternationalization of its partners.DuMont Venture invested in successful companies like plista, rebuy, Picanova, lieferando, Learnship, navabi, ZooRoyal, movingimage, northworks, farbflut or Fairrank.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series C | $11M–$16M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| E-Commerce | 3 | 21% |
| Apps | 2 | 14% |
| Retail | 2 | 14% |
| Fashion | 2 | 14% |
| Software | 2 | 14% |

21 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 5 | 36% |
| Seed | 3 | 21% |
| Series C | 2 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 7% |
| Series B | 1 | 7% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 6 | 43% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jorg Binnenbrucker | Managing Director & Founding Partner | 41 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jrg-binnenbrcker |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| rankingCoach | rankingCoach offers a complete digital marketing app for small businesses and a variety of resellable digital marketing solutions including SEO, local marketing, brand watch, Google Ads, and social media marketing. rankingCoach app creates a tailored digital marketing strategy based on the individual requirements of each business. This marketingplan is supported by easy to follow step-by-step video tutorials and specialized tools for each key digital marketing approach, including AI-generated Google Ads; keyword finding and tracking tools for SEO, as well as newsfeeds for review and brand monitoring.These award-winning products from rankingCoach are available in 32 countries and 14 languages, directly as well as from numerous well-known hosting companies, TELCOs, online publishers, website builders, CMSs, and businesses in the MarTech sector. |  |  | Feb 12, 2015 |  |
| navabi | navabi is striving to become global leader in plus size fashion. navabi carries the largest assortment of brands for plus sizes globally and established their own brands. Their website, www.navabi.co.uk offers the style-savvy plus-sized customer unprecedented access to the newest looks of the season from european cutting edge plus-size labelsvia worldwide express delivery.The pages of navabi feature weekly fashion editorial, weekly updated products and unique video presentations for each collection with style recommendations. | $16.5M | Series D | Jan 21, 2015 |  |
| navabi | navabi is striving to become global leader in plus size fashion. navabi carries the largest assortment of brands for plus sizes globally and established their own brands. Their website, www.navabi.co.uk offers the style-savvy plus-sized customer unprecedented access to the newest looks of the season from european cutting edge plus-size labelsvia worldwide express delivery.The pages of navabi feature weekly fashion editorial, weekly updated products and unique video presentations for each collection with style recommendations. | $11M | Series C | Dec 02, 2013 |  |
| ZooRoyal | ZooRoyal is an online platform that offers accessories and supplies for pet dogs, cats, reptiles, horses, fish, and more. Its operations are based in Würselen, Germany. |  |  | Feb 18, 2013 |  |
| Lieferando | Lieferando is a mobile app that allows you to order food at over 11,000 restaurants online. Simply enter your zip code and select it from the delivery services shown. With a mouse click, customer can then view the menus of the restaurants directly at the local computer and then complete the entire order there. At the end, customer can either pay incash or directly online by credit card, PayPal or by direct transfer. By the way there is also the free deliveryando.de-app, with which customer can easily order from the way out. So you can go home with your pizza at the same time. | $16.5M | Series C | Jun 01, 2012 |  |
| Tanked | Tanked offers custom made sportswear and accessories for a broad range of different team sports. With its focus on high quality fabrics and the special needs of team sports Tanked became the brand of choice for thousands of athletes around the globe. |  |  | Apr 25, 2012 |  |
| navabi | navabi is striving to become global leader in plus size fashion. navabi carries the largest assortment of brands for plus sizes globally and established their own brands. Their website, www.navabi.co.uk offers the style-savvy plus-sized customer unprecedented access to the newest looks of the season from european cutting edge plus-size labelsvia worldwide express delivery.The pages of navabi feature weekly fashion editorial, weekly updated products and unique video presentations for each collection with style recommendations. | $2.8M |  | Dec 09, 2011 |  |
| simfy | simfy GmbH operates as an online music platform. The company allows to share and store music online, as well as to listen instantly to specific tracks or albums via true on demand streaming. simfy GmbH was founded in 2006 and is based in Cologne, Germany. | $11M |  | May 17, 2011 |  |
| Tanked | Tanked offers custom made sportswear and accessories for a broad range of different team sports. With its focus on high quality fabrics and the special needs of team sports Tanked became the brand of choice for thousands of athletes around the globe. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2011 |  |
| navabi | navabi is striving to become global leader in plus size fashion. navabi carries the largest assortment of brands for plus sizes globally and established their own brands. Their website, www.navabi.co.uk offers the style-savvy plus-sized customer unprecedented access to the newest looks of the season from european cutting edge plus-size labelsvia worldwide express delivery.The pages of navabi feature weekly fashion editorial, weekly updated products and unique video presentations for each collection with style recommendations. | $713K | Seed | Aug 01, 2010 |  |

10 of 14 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Dumont Venture invest in?

Dumont Venture invests primarily in E-Commerce, Apps and Retail startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 14 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Dumont Venture's check size?

Dumont Venture typically joins rounds of $11M–$16M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Dumont Venture participates in.

### How do I contact Dumont Venture?

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### Who are the partners at Dumont Venture?

The team at Dumont Venture includes Jorg Binnenbrucker (Managing Director & Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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