About Holtzbrinck Digital
Holtzbrinck Digital is a venture capital firm founded in 2009. It is primarily based out of Munich, Germany. As of Sep 2019, Holtzbrinck Digital has invested in 15 companies. It primarily invests in Series B round in Germany based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to EdTech and HealthTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of AMBOSS Overall, Holtzbrinck Digital portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 3 acquisitions including key companies like Iversity, pflege.de and CC Technology. A lot of funds co-invest with Holtzbrinck Digital, with names like Partech Partners sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Holtzbrinck Digital has team of 2 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
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Series B & Seed
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Acquisitions
Holtzbrinck Digital's List of Top Investments
Holtzbrinck Digital has a portfolio of 15 companies. Their most notable investments are in Iversity and Patience.Their portfolio spans across Germany, United Kingdom, United States and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, EdTech, HealthTech and 6 other sectors, across stages such as Series B, Seed stages. Here is the list of top investments by Holtzbrinck Digital:1. AMBOSS
Provider of medical knowledge platforms and clinical decision support tools. These digital resources offer interactive libraries and question banks for medical education and exam preparation. The technology integrates into clinical workflows to assist healthcare professionals with evidence-based recommendations and diagnostic guidance. The system provides access to medical content and reference materials for use in educational and clinical settings.
Key facts about AMBOSS
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Berlin (Germany)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $292M
- Employee Count: 1,127 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Wellington Partners Venture Capital, Lightrock and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Mar 25, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Lecturio
Provider of medical and nursing educational resources and exam preparation. They offer learning content, courses, sample questions, and concept pages for medical and nursing students. The company provides resources for various medical and nursing exams. It also provides tutoring and certificates in pre-medical, medical, pre-nursing, and nursing fields.
Key facts about Lecturio
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Leipzig (Germany)
- Stage: Series C
- Total Funding till date: $49.2M
- Employee Count: 119 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: HV Capital, Sterling Partners and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series C, Dec 21, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Transcriptic
Transcriptic is a cloud-based remote robotic bio-lab, which provides science as a service, execution of experiments designed by the user, with the help of their proprietary automated system. The company calls its platform Workcells, which is a robotic cell and molecular biology laboratory. The platform allows the user to automate their protocol and their integrated proprietary LIMS software tracks all the steps. The tools provide producibility and scalability at a high rate with a low error rate.
Key facts about Transcriptic
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Menlo Park (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $27.7M
- Employee Count: 107 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: AME Cloud Ventures, IOVC and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Nov 17, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Dimensions
Dimensions is an online research data platform. It offers a Dimensions Analytics is a data analysis platform for government organizations & academic institutions, Dimensions Profiles is a portal showcase the expertise and resources across an organization, Dimensions Plus is a connected data set covering publications, grants, patents, etc. The product is offered for academic institutions, publishers, government and funders, corporate research and development, etc. The clientele includes Princeton University, Emory University, Wiley, Springer Nature, etc.
Key facts about Dimensions
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Annual Revenue: £10M - £50M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 20 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Digital Science, Holtzbrinck Digital and 1 Other
5. Iversity
Iversity offers massive open online courses in a variety of subjects like computer science, business studies, physics, law, design, and philosophy. Offers additional features are feedback (automated and P2P) and interactive user forums. Courses are offered in English, German and three other languages. Partners with individual professors as well as different European universities. Pivoted from its initial business model, Learning Management System, in 2011. Offers courses with European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System integration. Attracted 700,000+ enrollments in 51+ online courses and cooperates with 30+ partners.
Key facts about Iversity
- Founded Year: 2010
- Location: Bernau Bei Berlin (Germany)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $1.74M
- Employee Count: 12 as on Nov 22, 2025
- Investors: WestTech Ventures, Bmp Ventures and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 09, 2016, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Holtzbrinck Digital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Holtzbrinck Digital has invested in 15 companies over the last 12 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 10 years. Its most recent first time investment was in AMBOSS.Holtzbrinck Digital's Investments by Stage
Holtzbrinck Digital has made 3 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $32.8M and 1 investment in Seed stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series B | 3 |
Seed | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Holtzbrinck Digital's Investments by Sector
Holtzbrinck Digital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the EdTech, Enterprise Applications, HealthTech and Vertical SaaS. Notably, it has invested in 13 Tech companies, 11 Consumer (B2C) companies, 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 8 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
EdTech | 4 |
Enterprise Applications | 2 |
HealthTech | 2 |
Vertical SaaS | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Holtzbrinck Digital's Investments by Geography
Holtzbrinck Digital has made most investments in Germany (4).Holtzbrinck Digital's recent investments
Holtzbrinck Digital has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Holtzbrinck Digital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Sep 30, 2019 | Germany | Series B | 8587 | [+3] | |
Aug 09, 2016 | Germany | Series B | 5685 | - | |
Feb 12, 2015 | Germany | Series B | 2738 | [+3] | |
Jul 16, 2014 | Germany | Seed | 2996 |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in Holtzbrinck Digital's Portfolio
1 of Holtzbrinck Digital's portfolio company became public - NetDoktor.Here are Holtzbrinck Digital's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | - | - | 5239 |
Acquired companies in Holtzbrinck Digital's Portfolio
3 companies from Holtzbrinck Digital's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was pflege.de in Jan 2021 by Paul Hartmann for $*****.Here are Holtzbrinck Digital's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 02, 2021 | - | - | 7291 | |
Jan 22, 2019 | - | - | 2792 | |
Nov 14, 2017 | Aug 09, 2016 | Series B | 5305 |
Team profile of Holtzbrinck Digital
Holtzbrinck Digital has a team of 2 members including 1 Partner and 1 Principal located in Germany. Holtzbrinck Digital's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Holtzbrinck Digital
Over the past 12 years, 21 investors have co-invested in Holtzbrinck Digital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Holtzbrinck Digital: Cherry Ventures, Seventure Partners and 7 others have invested in rounds before Holtzbrinck Digital. There is 1 company where Cherry Ventures has invested before Holtzbrinck Digital and 1 company where Seventure Partners has invested before Holtzbrinck Digital.
- Top Co-investors of Holtzbrinck Digital: 5 investors entered a company along with Holtzbrinck Digital. These include investors like Partech Partners (1 company).
- Invested after Holtzbrinck Digital: A total of 7 investors have invested in Holtzbrinck Digital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include KIRKBI A/S (1 company), M&G (1 company) and Lightrock (1 company).
Recent News related to Holtzbrinck Digital
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Lecturio’s $45 Million Growth CapitalGlobal Legal Chronicle•Dec 21, 2021•Lecturio, Taylor Wessing, Sterling Partners, Inspara Partners and 3 others
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Data-driven publishing platform Inkitt raises $59 millionTech.eu•Oct 05, 2021•Inkitt, Holtzbrinck Digital, Kleiner Perkins, HV Capital and 2 others
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AMBOSS gets €30 million Series B to share medical knowledge around the worldTech.eu•Sep 30, 2019•AMBOSS, PAR Technology Corp, Target Global, Cherry Ventures and 4 others
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Online learning platform iversity gets a lifeline from Holtzbrinck media groupTechCrunch+•Aug 11, 2016•Iversity, Holtzbrinck Digital
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2011 Shaping Up Well - Searchmetrics announces a new customer and a Series C Round of funding - Searchmetrics SEO Blog Searchmetrics•Jan 12, 2011•Searchmetrics, Holtzbrinck Digital, Iris Capital, Neuhaus Partners
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Searchmetrics raises $6.75 million C-round financing to expand globally – TechCrunchTechCrunch+•Searchmetrics, Neuhaus Partners, Holtzbrinck Digital, Iris Capital
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Searchmetrics sammelt 8,5 Millionen US-Dollar ein - und geht damit ins Valley | GründerszeneGruenderszene•Searchmetrics, Holtzbrinck Digital, Iris Capital, Neuhaus Partners
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Searchmetrics Reveals Strong Business Growth and Secures Additional FundingPR Newswire•Searchmetrics, Neuhaus Partners, Iris Capital, Holtzbrinck Digital
