# Manuel Gerres

> Manuel Gerres is a Series A investor at Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures backing B2B and Travel. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deutsche-bahn-digital-ventures)
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jul 2017
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manuelgerres/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/manuelgerres?lang=en

Manuel Gerres is a Series A investor at Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures in Berlin focused on B2B and Travel. Manuel Gerres is one of the two Managing Directors of Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures GmbH (DBDV), the corporate venture arm of Deutsche Bahn, and also serves as Head of New Digital Business at Deutsche Bahn. In his roles, he drives the digitalization strategy of Deutsche Bahn and their engagement with startups in and beyond Deutsche Bahn'score businesses. Before joining the Deutsche Bahn Group in 2016, he led the Digital Development of SBB, the Swiss Federal Railway company, for over four years.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 100% |
| Travel | 1 | 100% |
| Transportation | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Talixo | Talixo is revolutionising B2B ground transportation with innovative proprietary technology that integrates seamlessly with all corporate platforms such as Amadeus, Concur and Onesto.Their technology is fully customisable and provides total compliance for all individual corporate travel policies. Now operating in >750 cities globally andgrowing exponentially, Talixo is fast becoming the go to for all the ground transportation needs of Fortune 500 companies, Airlines, Travel Agencies and many other strategic partners. Talixo is backed by Private, Institutional and Strategic investors including Deutsche Bahn, Amman Group and TA Capital. | $6.6M | Series A | Jul 24, 2017 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

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.

3 contacts available at Deutsche Bahn Digital Ventures.

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

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## FAQ

### What does Manuel Gerres invest in?

Manuel Gerres invests primarily in B2B, Travel and Transportation startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Manuel Gerres last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Manuel Gerres closed in Jul 2017. Shizune tracks 1 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?

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