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HV Capital

Venture Capital · Founded 2000 · Munich, Germany

#62 Investor Ranking 2026 Top 0.5% of investors worldwide

Leading German VC active throughout Europe. Notable investments include Zalando, Delivery Hero, Depop, HelloFresh, Flixbus and Sennder

266 Portfolio companies+39% in 5 years
21 Unicorns
2 Decacorns
550 Investments
Aug 2026 Last investment
02 · Biggest holdings

HV Capital’s biggest current holdings.

HV Capital is a named shareholder in 9 companies. Dealroom estimates those stakes are worth about $2.2B in total — the disclosed percentage × each company’s latest valuation. The 9 biggest are below, each sized by that estimate.

#CompanyEst. stakeValuationEst. value
  1. 1 Quantum SystemsSecurity · Unicorn 7.5% $7.7B $578M
  2. 2 Scalable CapitalFintech · Unicorn 18% $1.7B $308M
  3. 3 EnpalEnergy · Unicorn 12% $2.5B $297M
  4. 4 N8nEnterprise Software · Unicorn 5% $5.2B $260M
  5. 5 FlixTravel · Unicorn 7% $3.3B $231M
  6. 6 Verbit.aiEnterprise Software · Unicorn 9.5% $2.0B $190M
  7. 7 8.5% $2.1B $180M
  8. 8 8% $1.2B $95M
  9. 9 11.36% $231M $26M

3 companies hidden on this public profile. Estimated value = HV Capital’s disclosed ownership % × Dealroom’s latest company valuation; direct named stakes only, exited positions excluded. Figures are indicative, not reported marks. See the underlying shareholder registers on Dealroom →

03 · Exits

HV Capital’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from HV Capital’s transaction record.

$4.8B IPO · 2017
Entered Series B+Now $15BFood
$8.2B IPO · 2014
Entered Series B+Now $1.9BMarketing
$5.8B IPO · 2014
Entered SeedNow $6.5BFashion
$6.2B IPO · 2020
Entered Series B+Now $6.2BHome Living
$2.0B acquisition · 2016
Entered Series B+Marketing
$1.9B IPO · 2017
Entered SeedNow $443MFood
$1.6B acquisition · 2021
Entered SeedFashion
04 · Portfolio analysis

Where HV Capital’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 266 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. Germany204
  2. USA27
  3. UK24
  4. Netherlands7
  5. Switzerland6
  6. Brazil5
  7. Spain4
  8. France3
  9. Russia3
  10. Austria2
  11. Denmark2
  12. Singapore2
By sectorCount
  1. Enterprise Software58
  2. Fintech39
  3. Food26
  4. Fashion25
  5. Health24
  6. Marketing24
  7. Home Living20
  8. Transportation20
  9. Media19
  10. Education14
  11. Energy12
  12. Real Estate12
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed135
  2. Series A92
  3. Series B+38
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth135
  2. Breakout Stage104
  3. Late Growth65
  4. Mature1
05 · Portfolio market map

Inside HV Capital’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 266 tracked.

Lazada
Marketing · Unicorn
$3.1B
Delivery Hero
Food · Decacorn
$15B
Neura Robotics
Robotics · Unicorn
$7.0B
Quantum Systems
Security · Unicorn
$7.7B
Rocket Internet
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.9B
AMI - Advanced Machine Intelligence
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$4.5B
Isar Aerospace
Space · Unicorn
$1.2B
Flix
Travel · Unicorn
$3.3B
Enpal
Energy · Unicorn
$2.5B
Solaris
Fintech
$110M
SumUp
Fintech · Decacorn
$10B
Scalable Capital
Fintech · Unicorn
$1.7B
JOKR
Food
$800M
Cabify
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.4B
Ozon
Home Living · Unicorn
$6.2B
Verbit.ai
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.0B
HelloFresh
Food
$443M
Sennder
Transportation · Unicorn
$2.1B
CoachHub
Education
$800M
FINN
Transportation · Unicorn
$1.1B
Upvest
Fintech
$735M
Wonga
Fintech
$480M
N8n
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$5.2B
Dafiti
Fashion
$317M
Linio
Wellness Beauty
$138M
Urban Sports Club
Sports
$600M
Westwing
Fashion
$224M
Exein
Security
$770M
Holidu
Travel
$413M
Lingokids
Gaming
$480M
Ottonova
Health
$330M
Limehome
Travel
$198M
Home24
Home Living
$398M
Marvel Fusion
Energy
$220M
Framer
Enterprise Software · Unicorn
$2.0B
CarOnSale
Transportation
$328M
Zalando
Fashion · Unicorn
$6.5B
Storyblok
Media
$322M
Ferroelectric Memory Company
Semiconductors
$339M
Sanity Group
Health
$138M
KoRo
Food
$275M
Tourlane
Travel
$106M
Flowdesk
Fintech
$250M
Habyt
Real Estate
$177M
Dreamlines
Travel
$198M
Inkitt
Media
$400M
Sdui
Education
$92M
Auctionata
Home Living
$185M
Nabla
Health
$280M
Care.com
Health
$320M
BUX
Fintech
$320M
Depop
Fashion · Unicorn
$1.4B
IMMO Capital
Fintech
$300M
Qualifyze
Health
$100M
Spotcap
Fintech
$97M
PlusDental
Health
$124M
Exporo
Fintech
$88M
Schüttflix
Real Estate
$236M
Informed
Security
$80M
Agreena
Food
$200M
06 · Portfolio founders

Where HV Capital’s portfolio founders come from.

199 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. Germany113
  2. United Kingdom18
  3. United States16
  4. France9
  5. Netherlands8
  6. Denmark5
  7. Spain5
  8. Peru4
  9. Austria3
  10. Canada3
UniversityCount
  1. WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management11
  2. Technical University Munich8
  3. London School of Economics and Political Science7
  4. University of Erlangen-Nuremberg7
  5. Bocconi University6
  6. Free University of Berlin6
  7. Bundeswehr University Munich5
  8. University of Amsterdam5
  9. University of St.Gallen5
  10. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich4
Previous companyCount
  1. Boston Consulting Group13
  2. McKinsey & Company13
  3. Goldman Sachs8
  4. Rocket Internet7
  5. Meta6
  6. Roland Berger6
  7. Siemens6
  8. Morgan Stanley5
  9. Bundeswehr4
  10. Delivery Hero4