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Deutsche Telekom

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Total investments 33
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$30M
Portfolio companies 29
Rounds per year 1.14
Lead investments 7
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.12
Exits 7
Key employees 16

Areas of investment

  • Telecommunications
  • Mobile
  • Information Technology
  • Software
  • Internet
Summary

In 1995 was created Deutsche Telekom, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The company was established in Europe in Germany. The leading representative office of defined Corporate Investor is situated in the Bonn.

Besides them, we counted 13 critical employees of this fund in our database.

Comparing to the other companies, this Deutsche Telekom performs on 2 percentage points less the average number of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2015. Despite it in 2019 the fund had an activity. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 12 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2017. The average startup value when the investment from Deutsche Telekom is more than 1 billion dollars. The usual things for fund are deals in the range of 10 - 50 millions dollars. The fund is constantly included in less than 2 investment rounds annually.

For fund there is no match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United States. The fund has no specific favorite in a number of founders of portfolio startups. When startup sums 1 or 5+ of the founder, the probability for it to get the investment is little. Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are Security, Internet. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 6-10 years to get the investment from the fund. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight DocuSign, WebEx, Jawbone.

The standard case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 5-6 partakers. Despite the Deutsche Telekom, startups are often financed by Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments, Khosla Ventures, Accel. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Deutsche Telekom Strategic Investments, Cisco, NovaVest. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Vodafone Ventures, RRE Ventures, Marker.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

DeepSkill

E-Learning
Personal Development
Training
27 Feb 2023 Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Everphone

Fleet Management
Mobile
Mobile Devices
Service Industry
$37M01 Sep 2022 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ponto

Cryptocurrency
Information Technology
$20M17 Mar 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Everphone

Fleet Management
Mobile
Mobile Devices
Service Industry
$65M06 Dec 2021 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Cynet

Computer
Cyber Security
Network Security
$40M11 Mar 2021 New York, United States

vHive

Aerospace
Artificial Intelligence
Drone Management
Enterprise
Information Technology
Machine Learning
SaaS
Software
Telecommunications
$4M14 Oct 2020 Tel Aviv District

Cynet

Computer
Cyber Security
Network Security
$18M29 Jun 2020 New York, United States

HypeLabs

Developer Tools
Internet of Things
Mobile
Telecommunications
$3M10 Dec 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Axonize

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Data Visualization
Internet of Things
Sensor
Software
$5M12 Apr 2018 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
News
Smarkets Raises in Series B Funding

– Smarkets is a London UK-based provider of a betting exchange and prediction market platform.
– The company raised $30m in Series B funding.
– The round was led by Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE), which joined existing investors Passion Capital and Deutsche Telekom.
– The new investment will be used to bolster SBK’s position in the UK mainstream betting market after its launch in August 2019, expand its reach in European countries, and accelerate its rollout in the US.

Cynet Raises $40M in Series C Funding

– Cynet is a Boston, MA-based provider of an autonomous XDR platform.
– Company closed a $40m Series C funding.
– The round was led by Greenfield Partners with participation from existing investors Norwest Venture Partners, Vintage Investment Partners, BlueRed Partners and Deutsche Telekom.
– The new investment will be aimed at expanding the company’s business reach in the North American and European markets.

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Total investments 33
Average round size 30M
Rounds per year 1.14
Peak activity year 2021
Lead investments 7
Follow on index 0.12
Exits 7
Group Appearance index 0.94

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

DeepSkill

E-Learning
Personal Development
Training
27 Feb 2023 Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Everphone

Fleet Management
Mobile
Mobile Devices
Service Industry
$37M01 Sep 2022 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ponto

Cryptocurrency
Information Technology
$20M17 Mar 2022 San Francisco, California, United States

Everphone

Fleet Management
Mobile
Mobile Devices
Service Industry
$65M06 Dec 2021 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Cynet

Computer
Cyber Security
Network Security
$40M11 Mar 2021 New York, United States

vHive

Aerospace
Artificial Intelligence
Drone Management
Enterprise
Information Technology
Machine Learning
SaaS
Software
Telecommunications
$4M14 Oct 2020 Tel Aviv District

Cynet

Computer
Cyber Security
Network Security
$18M29 Jun 2020 New York, United States

HypeLabs

Developer Tools
Internet of Things
Mobile
Telecommunications
$3M10 Dec 2019 San Francisco, California, United States

Axonize

Analytics
Artificial Intelligence
Cloud Computing
Data Visualization
Internet of Things
Sensor
Software
$5M12 Apr 2018 Tel Aviv-Yafo, Tel Aviv District, Israel
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