CommerzVentures

Managing Partner

Investor / Board Observer

Investor

Board Observer / Investor

Fintech/payments investor with 20+ years backing pioneering startups globally, including unicorns Marqeta, Mambu, and etoro.

Stefan Tirtey

Partner

Principal

Vice President Group Strategy

Associate Equity Capital Markets

FinTech & Crypto Investor at CommerzVentures

Heiko Schwender

Angel Investor & Advisor

Venture Partner

Head of Europe, Cybersource

Vice President, Cybersource

Co-Founder & CEO

Co-Founder

Entrepreneur, Investor, Advisor

Christian Deger

Board Member

Board Observer

Managing Partner at CommerzVentures I Climate FinTech & InsurTech VC

Paul Morgenthaler

Managing Director (COO/CEO)

Investment Manager

Senior Manager

Executive

Managing Partner at CommerzVentures

Patrick Meisberger

Principal, Head of Africa

Non Executive Director

Head of Partnerships, New Business Ventures

Consultant

Co Chair

Investment Professional

Investment Banking Analyst

Investor | Independent Director | Strategic Advisor

Hangwi Muambadzi

Senior Associate

Associate

Senior Consultant

Analyst

Risk Management / Internship

Fintech investor at CommerzVentures

Lorenz Hering

Investment Team

Venture Investments

Investor @ CommerzVentures

Judith Vogel

Expert Advisor

Associate - Leveraged Finance

Fintech and crypto investor

Jonas Wenke

Global Markets Intern

Applied Intelligence Intern

Andreas Ioannou

EA & Office Manager

Jennifer Langer

Compliance Manager

Director, Deputy MLRO, Financial Crime Prevention Investment Bank

Compliance Counsel, Global Markets Compliance

Compliance Officer @Singapore Branch

Internal Auditor, AML/Sanctions @New York Branch

Intern/Student Assistant

Compliance x Investment Bank x Venture Capital

Linh R.

CommerzVentures is the corporate venture capital arm of Commerzbank AG. It invests in early and growth-stage fintech and insurtech startups with the aim of fostering innovation in financial services. The firm leverages its strategic relationship with Commerzbank to provide portfolio companies with access to industry expertise and potential customer bases.

Founded in 2014, CommerzVentures is a specialist fintech investor with €550m under management. CommerzVentures backs early and growth-stage companies in the fintech, insurtech and Climate FinTech sectors. A returns-driven Europe-first investor, CommerzVentures’ global strategy includes Israel, the USA, and Africa.

CommerzVentures’ first €100m fund was launched in 2014, their second €150m fund started investing in October 2019, whilst their third €300m fund was launched in 2022. All three are managed by the same team of experienced venture capitalists, who personally co-invest in each investment. 

CoV Management GmbH is the independent manager of the CommerzVentures funds. Commerzbank AG is the anchor investor across all three funds.

Marqeta

Curv

Payworks

Read all about the resilience and strength of European Climate FinTechs in today's edition of Tech.eu

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We're very excited to share the 2024 CommerzVentures #climatefintech report!

Discover the latest funding numbers, trends in individual categories, and the leading geographies.
Plus, you'll get exclusive access to our #climatefintechtop50 list featuring phenomenal founders shaping #climatefintech.

A big shout-out to everyone who contributed to this piece.

To read the full report, check out the link in the comments below.

It’s that time of year! The CommerzVentures 2024 Climate FinTech report is coming soon, click the link in the comments to sign up and receive it in your inbox as soon it goes live.

We are thrilled to be leading Tuum's €25m Series B round, and join the CEO Myles Bertrand and his team on this incredible ride!

At CommerzVentures we are experts in banking infrastructure. We believe that Tuum's core banking suite is addressing a deep, almost bottomless market opportunity.

We are excited to be investing alongside Speedinvest, Karma Ventures and Portage .

Our annual offsite in the mountains is coming up, and the key topic we will explore is "bias". 
💁♂️ In venture capital, we make decisions under uncertainty and with limited information. 

📈 Assessing the potential of a startup is partly subjective, involving predictions and judgments about market trends, competitive landscapes, and founder teams. 

❗ Therefore, it is easy for decisions to be influenced by individual and collective biases. 

🤔 As at CommerzVentures we aim to become a #biasfree.vc, we start by indentifying potential biases, how they can influence our judgment, and how to design a process that excludes biases as much as possible.

Stay tuned, as we embark on this journey!

Excited to share the latest funding numbers for #climatefintech. 

In H1 2023, funding rounds grew by 65%, despite a tough market backdrop.

The total volume of funds raised decreaded by 13%, whereas the broader fintech market saw a decline by more than a half.

At CommerzVentures, we look forward to continuing backing the trailblazers in #climatefintech. More than ever, the world needs the important work done by #climatefintech founders and their teams!

Congratulations to our portfolio company Volt.io on closing their $60 million Series B funding round!

Welcome to IVP, who led the round. CommerzVentures is excited to double down, alongside existing investors EQT Ventures, Augmentum Fintech, and Fuel Ventures 🚀.

Volt.io is building the first global real-time payment network. Comments our managing partner Stefan Tirtey: "With its strong leadership team, technical expertise and commercial prowess, we believe it’s well positioned to deliver on the potential of A2A payments. We look forward to seeing what the future holds"!

https://lnkd.in/eZUUTkC7

London Tech Week is here!

Catch CommerzVentures’s Andreas Ioannou on Thu 15th at 2:00PM for a panel discussion on “The inside track on fundraising” for Fintech Fringe.
 
Andreas will be sharing the stage with Jon Steinberg (Mountside Ventures), Joes Parkin (BlackRock), Ellen Logan (Augmentum Fintech), with Olivia Minnock (Fintech Fringe) moderating.

Excited to announce our portfolio company ClimateView's €14m fundraise!

The team around CEO and co-founder and Einar 🌎 Bodström is building a platform to help the world's cities meet their climate targets, and match their cliate projects with the right funding.

At CommerzVentures doubled down on our original investment, alongside new and existing investors including 2050, 115k by Banque Postale, Sandwater, Polar Structure AB, NordicNinja VC, SEB GreenTech VC, Norrsken VC.

Big congratulations to the entire team!

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	Stefan Tirtey Managing Partner
	Heiko Schwender Managing Partner
	Christian Deger Venture Partner
	Paul Morgenthaler Managing Partner
	Patrick Meisberger Managing Partner
	Hangwi Muambadzi Principal, Head of Africa
	Lorenz Hering Senior Associate
	Judith Vogel Investor
	Jonas Wenke Principal
	Andreas Ioannou Senior Associate
	Jennifer Langer EA & Office Manager
	Linh R. Compliance Manager

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Stefan Tirtey

Managing Partner

Heiko Schwender

Managing Partner

Christian Deger

Venture Partner

Paul Morgenthaler

Managing Partner

Patrick Meisberger

Managing Partner

Hangwi Muambadzi

Principal, Head of Africa

Lorenz Hering

Senior Associate

Judith Vogel

Investor

Jonas Wenke

Principal

Andreas Ioannou

Senior Associate

Jennifer Langer

EA & Office Manager

Linh R.

Compliance Manager