Investments
244Portfolio Exits
72Funds
5Partners & Customers
2About DTCP
DTCP is an autonomous investment management group majority owned by its management team and backed by Deutsche Telekom. The firm has raised more than $1.0 billion from corporate and institutional investors to invest in growth equity.

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Latest DTCP News
Sep 19, 2023
maincubes , a Frankfurt am Main, Germany-based data center operator, received an investment from DTCP. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. Existing backer DTCP will continue to support the growth strategy of maincubes in its new capacity as majority shareholder, alongside Art-Invest, which remains a c. 25% shareholder in the company. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach. Founded in 2012 by CEO Oliver Menzel, maincubes plans, designs, develops and operates a network of high-availability data centers of various sizes in Europe. The company creates carrier-neutral, secure and sustainable spaces for the IT infrastructure and, thus, creates an ecosystem for the digital future of its customers in various industries as well as the public sector. Tenants include customers from the public sector, national and international blue-chip enterprises, and cloud service providers that place high value on a sustainable, fail-safe, and high-performance digital infrastructure. maincubes plans to invest more than €1 billion in new data centers over the next few years. FinSMEs
DTCP Investments
244 Investments
DTCP has made 244 investments. Their latest investment was in Cohere as part of their Series C on May 5, 2023.

DTCP Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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5/2/2023 | Series C | Cohere | $270M | Yes | 6 | |
9/1/2022 | Unattributed VC | maincubes | Yes | 1 | ||
6/29/2022 | Series B | Prosimo | $30M | Yes | 1 | |
4/26/2022 | Series A | |||||
4/5/2022 | Series B |
Date | 5/2/2023 | 9/1/2022 | 6/29/2022 | 4/26/2022 | 4/5/2022 |
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Round | Series C | Unattributed VC | Series B | Series A | Series B |
Company | Cohere | maincubes | Prosimo | ||
Amount | $270M | $30M | |||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 6 | 1 | 1 |
DTCP Portfolio Exits
72 Portfolio Exits
DTCP has 72 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was LeanIX on September 07, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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9/7/2023 | Acquired | 5 | |||
3/1/2023 | Acquired | 2 | |||
3/1/2023 | Acquired | 1 | |||
DTCP Acquisitions
3 Acquisitions
DTCP acquired 3 companies. Their latest acquisition was maincubes on September 19, 2023.
Date | Investment Stage | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Total Funding | Note | Sources |
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9/19/2023 | Other Venture Capital | Acq - Fin | 2 | |||
7/29/2020 | Debt | |||||
2/22/2008 |
Date | 9/19/2023 | 7/29/2020 | 2/22/2008 |
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Investment Stage | Other Venture Capital | Debt | |
Companies | |||
Valuation | |||
Total Funding | |||
Note | Acq - Fin | ||
Sources | 2 |
DTCP Fund History
5 Fund Histories
DTCP has 5 funds, including Growth Equity III Fund.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
9/20/2022 | Growth Equity III Fund | $300M | 1 | ||
8/30/2022 | Digital Infrastructure Vehicle II | ||||
6/25/2019 | Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners Venture Fund II | ||||
10/28/2015 | Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners | ||||
6/1/2012 | Deutsche Telekom Innovation Pool |
Closing Date | 9/20/2022 | 8/30/2022 | 6/25/2019 | 10/28/2015 | 6/1/2012 |
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Fund | Growth Equity III Fund | Digital Infrastructure Vehicle II | Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners Venture Fund II | Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners | Deutsche Telekom Innovation Pool |
Fund Type | |||||
Status | |||||
Amount | $300M | ||||
Sources | 1 |
DTCP Partners & Customers
2 Partners and customers
DTCP has 2 strategic partners and customers. DTCP recently partnered with KKR on April 4, 2021.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
4/7/2021 | Partner | United States | KKR and DTCP Roll Out Fiber Infrastructure in the Netherlands THE HAGUE , Netherlands -- -- KKR , a leading global investment firm , and DTCP , an investment management platform focusing on digital infrastructure and growth equity , today announced the launch of Open Dutch Fiber and a strategic agreement between Open Dutch Fiber and T-Mobile Netherlands . | 3 | |
1/21/2021 | Partner |
Date | 4/7/2021 | 1/21/2021 |
---|---|---|
Type | Partner | Partner |
Business Partner | ||
Country | United States | |
News Snippet | KKR and DTCP Roll Out Fiber Infrastructure in the Netherlands THE HAGUE , Netherlands -- -- KKR , a leading global investment firm , and DTCP , an investment management platform focusing on digital infrastructure and growth equity , today announced the launch of Open Dutch Fiber and a strategic agreement between Open Dutch Fiber and T-Mobile Netherlands . | |
Sources | 3 |
DTCP Team
10 Team Members
DTCP has 10 team members, including , .
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Thorsten Langheim | Blackstone, J.P. Morgan, WestLB, and WestLB Panmure | Founder | Current |
Name | Thorsten Langheim | ||||
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Work History | Blackstone, J.P. Morgan, WestLB, and WestLB Panmure | ||||
Title | Founder | ||||
Status | Current |
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