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ABOUT US
Great ideas, exceptional talent, relentless focus on execution.
Founded to facilitate digitalization and innovation, our aim is to further strengthen Deutsche Leasing AG as the financial backbone of the German Mittelstand through innovative strides. We achieve this by offering comprehensive data science use cases and portals as well as by cooperating and investing in B2B startups - fostering innovation and entrepreneurship.
OUR MISSION
Uniting the Stars, Guiding the Growth
The core of our work is understanding which topics need to be tackled to ensure the sustained success of Deutsche Leasing AG and its customers and partners in the future. This way we can deliver an outcome that contributes to focusing on strategic priorities. To achieve this, we have specialized in creating data-driven solutions as well as bringing together B2B startups with potential customers and partners – supporting them through our expertise and funding.
INVESTMENT
From Seed Stage to Stellar Growth: We Invest for Lasting Impact.
Backed by Deutsche Leasing AG: Become one of our portfolio companies and take advantage of more than 60 years of experience in the leasing business from Germany`s market leader. Deutsche Leasing AG has €40+ billion assets under management, within our banking group we have a distribution network of 376 banks and access to a 100+ top tier OEM vendor partner network. We leverage the connection between your startup and potential B2B partners as well as customers in order to create added value for you, Deutsche Leasing AG, and its customers and partners.
Added Value
We bring together B2B startups with potential B2B customers while also supporting them with funding and a profound expertise in building data-driven solutions.
Key Facts
Target stage: Late-Seed, Series A
Geographic focus: DACH
Investment size: up to €750k per round (up to €1.5m per startup)
Our Areas of Interest
We are looking for data driven B2B startups that are dedicated to the digitization and automation around assets, mobility and sustainability solutions for companies. Our focus industries are construction, logistics, rental, trade, manufacturing, AI and data processing.
OUR PORTFOLIO
ROBOTICS
Unchained Robotics - Founding year: 2019
Unchained Robotics develops, designs, and deploys automation solutions for manufacturers throughout Germany, Europe, and beyond.
With an intense focus on transparency and independence, Unchained Robotics is simplifying access to automation. Online, the Unchained Platform offers an efficient and brand-agnostic experience for manufacturers who want to discover, compare, and order automation tools – from simple collaborative grippers to large industrial robots.
Visit Unchained Robotics
LOGISTICS
COLONIA - Founding Year: 2021
Colonia enables road freight companies to rent commercial vehicles from each other through a safe marketplace with seamless payment solutions and superior fleet management software. Our mission is to unite all commercial vehicles into one shared fleet, offering the right vehicles for every job and revenue, even in low order situations.
Visit Colonia
MANUFACTURING
ENLYZE - Founding Year: 2018
ENLYZE accesses your machines' data and offers analytics to identify production losses. This results in +5% output, 3 hours less downtime and 2% less scrap each month, giving you 2 additional production weeks every year. Digitally transform your production in days, not months: Get direct results with the automatic OEE calculation, data-driven downtime tracking and the co-pilot that suggests optimal settings to your workers.
Visit ENLYZE
LOGISTICS
truckoo - Founding Year: 2020
truckoo is the first transactional marketplace in commercial vehicle trade. They empower every seller to sell their vehicles with just one click. As a foundation, their mobile inspection and valuation App enables repair shops and commercial vehicle owners to assess the configuration and condition of vehicles for sale in a guided and standardised manner.
Visit truckoo
ENERGY
rabot.charge - Founding Year: 2021
rabot.charge is an independent provider of a dynamic electricity tariff with 100% green energy. Through innovative procurement strategies, rabot.charge ensures both ecological sustainability and cost optimization in home energy management, passing on electricity exchange purchase prices to customers and providing an app for tracking current prices and smart charging solutions for EVs.
Visit rabot.charge
OUR PORTFOLIO
ROBOTICS
Unchained Robotics - Founding year: 2019
Unchained Robotics develops, designs, and deploys automation solutions for manufacturers throughout Germany, Europe, and beyond.With an intense focus on transparency and independence, Unchained Robotics is simplifying access to automation. Online, the Unchained Platform offers an efficient and brand-agnostic experience for manufacturers who want to discover, compare, and order automation tools – from simple collaborative grippers to large industrial robots.
Visit Unchained RoboticsLOGISTICS
COLONIA - Founding Year: 2021
Colonia enables road freight companies to rent commercial vehicles from each other through a safe marketplace with seamless payment solutions and superior fleet management software. Our mission is to unite all commercial vehicles into one shared fleet, offering the right vehicles for every job and revenue, even in low order situations.
Visit ColoniaMANUFACTURING
ENLYZE - Founding Year: 2018
ENLYZE accesses your machines' data and offers analytics to identify production losses. This results in +5% output, 3 hours less downtime and 2% less scrap each month, giving you 2 additional production weeks every year. Digitally transform your production in days, not months: Get direct results with the automatic OEE calculation, data-driven downtime tracking and the co-pilot that suggests optimal settings to your workers.
Visit ENLYZELOGISTICS
truckoo - Founding Year: 2020
truckoo is the first transactional marketplace in commercial vehicle trade. They empower every seller to sell their vehicles with just one click. As a foundation, their mobile inspection and valuation App enables repair shops and commercial vehicle owners to assess the configuration and condition of vehicles for sale in a guided and standardised manner.
Visit truckooENERGY
rabot.charge - Founding Year: 2021
rabot.charge is an independent provider of a dynamic electricity tariff with 100% green energy. Through innovative procurement strategies, rabot.charge ensures both ecological sustainability and cost optimization in home energy management, passing on electricity exchange purchase prices to customers and providing an app for tracking current prices and smart charging solutions for EVs.
Visit rabot.charge
INNOVATION
Launching Innovation: Our Team as Your Matchmaker
We believe in the added value through collaborating with our network partners. Our innovation team works with startups to develop a needs-based strategy that will make their solution the right one for suitable customers and partners of Deutsche Leasing AG. Based on a common strategic customer fit we help them expand their customer base.
Backed by the B2B customer and partner network of Deutsche Leasing AG we are empowered to help business models grow. The short-term implementation of pilot projects with specified KPIs enable us to validate business' potential of success.
PRODUCT ENGINEERING
Rockets are Cool. Just Like the Solutions We Build.
We craft data products and customer-centric portals with cutting edge cloud technologies and a broad range of engineering capabilities to accelerate our customer's growth.
Our high standards in regards of usability, reliability, security and scalability guide us through the whole product life cycle.
CAREERS
Become part of our crew:
Join the team that is shaping the future of German Mittelstand!
Explore our vacancies.
Venture Development Manager (m/f/d)
As a Venture Development Manager (m/f/d), you will become part of our innovation team and help advance the digitalization of Deutsche Leasing AG's customers and partners. You are responsible for working with our portfolio companies and achieving the set collaboration goals.
Software Engineer (m/f/d)
As a Software Engineer (m/f/d) you support vent.io in building modern web applications and digital products for vent.io based on a cutting-edge cloud infrastructure.
Senior Software Engineer (m/f/d)
As a Senior Software Engineer (m/f/d) with focus on frontend development you drive the design and development of modern web applications and digital products for vent.io based on a cutting-edge cloud infrastructure.
Data Scientist (m/f/d)
As a Data Scientist (m/f/d) you are part of the Data Science Team and develop Data Science Models for a wide variety of business units.
Senior Data Scientist (m/f/d)
As a Senior Data Scientist (m/f/d) you are part of the Data Science Team and develop Data Science Models for a wide variety of business units.
CONTACT
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