The European TrustTech Investor

G+D Ventures is active since 2018 and founded by experienced Venture Capitalists. We are a theme-driven investor focusing on growth-oriented companies, whose innovations promote and protect trust in our society. With this goal in mind, we established a €50m co-investment vehicle with the European Investment Bank and G+D, dedicated to investing in early-stage European TrustTech startups. We designed this fund to move quickly, driven by financial returns while leveraging the support of G+D’s business units. With the G+D Group’s backing and decades of venture capital investing experience in both financial and corporate settings, we leverage our unique, global trust network to open doors for our portfolio companies.

Read more about the co-investment vehicle.

Individuals, businesses, governments and devices are all interconnected, storing and exchanging sensitive information with each other in everyday activities. We call this giant mesh of devices the trust backbone of our society, which includes the following layers:

Digital Infrastructure

Enables the exchange of data between parties. Examples of technologies present on this layer are cybersecurity, secure data collaboration, and privacy-preserving techniques.

Identity

Ensures only authorized parties participate in the data exchange. Examples include know-your-customer, authentication, identification.

Regulatory

Enforces laws and regulations to protect the rights of transacting parties and defends the society from fraudulent and criminal activity. Examples are anti-money laundering and anti-fraud solutions.

Ethical

Observes and maintains societal values not explicitly protected by laws and regulations. Examples are deepfake detection and fake news detection technologies.

Giesecke+Devrient Ventures GmbH
c/o Andreas Barthelmes
Prinzregentenstr. 161
81677 Munich

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