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HV Holtzbrinck Ventures

HV Holtzbrinck Ventures

Venture Capital

HV Holtzbrinck Ventures is an independent European early-stage venture fund managing over €1bn in assets.

Portfolio

4

companies

AUM

£1000M

under management


Portfolio companies

I

IMMO

Residential real estate investment platform operating across Europe.

IMMO Investment Technologies

IMMO Investment Technologies

IMMO Investment Technologies digitises the sourcing and acquisition of residential real estate for institutional investors.

D

Depop

Depop operates a social fashion marketplace for generation z.

Yapily

Yapily

Yapily supplies open banking infrastructure for digital financial services.


Team

Barbod Namini

Barbod Namini

Partner

Barbod is a partner at HV Holtzbrinck Ventures. He brings investment and board experience across fintech and software companies.


Recent investments

Series A
£2.7M

FinTech Collective and Surplus Invest led the oversubscribed financing round, which brings the total Series A raise to €14m.

"Now more than ever before, we find that investors are looking to residential as a safe haven investment asset class. We have built a sourcing, renovations and property management machinery that allows us to quickly assemble €100-500m sized residential portfolios, made up of single unit assets in a matter of months, that generate very attractive stable returns almost instantly. The demand for residential is increasing, and we are confident to deploy scalable capital and generate superior-to-market returns for our investors across European markets. Our proprietary IMMO Intelligence technology helps investors target specific locations within any European city, to get their desired risk-return exposure. The success of Single-Unit-Residential (SUR) as an investment asset class in markets like the US has been very encouraging for us."
— Hans-Christian Zappel
Series A
€72.0M

The London-based real estate fintech startup secured equity and deployment capital from prominent backers to scale its property platform.

"Selling a property is the biggest and often most stressful transaction in our lives. It takes on average 191 viewings and many months to identify a buyer. About 40%2 of transactions still fall through at that point due to financing risk, changing circumstances and minds. When selling to IMMO, customers enjoy a chain-free, professional experience that is fast, reliable, transparent and convenient. We offer attractive prices without charging fees and enable homesellers to plan their lives around this important transaction."
— Hans-Christian Zappel, CEO & Founder
Series C
£42.0M

General Atlantic led the Series C round, which will fund US expansion and platform development.

"The next generation of young people want an experience the fashion industry is struggling to provide. They want authenticity and to set their own trends. They’re influenced by real people. They want choice and individuality, the ability to buy on demand and sell on with ease. At the same time, they want to reduce waste. Depop is set up to meet these changing demands. We exist to empower the next generation to transform fashion."
— Maria Raga, CEO