Joerg Landsch, head of central corporate venture capital at Deutsche Bank, is one of the 100 leading corporate venturing professionals in our 2026 Powerlist.
A Deutsche Bank veteran, Joerg Landsch joined the bank in 2001 in its corporate and investment bank division. He went on to work in mergers and acquisitions, supporting the bank in transactions including Postbank, HuaXia Bank and norisbank. With 25 years of capital markets and innovation experience in New York, London and Frankfurt/Berlin, Landsch has served as head of central corporate venture capital since 2020.
Under his leadership, Deutsche Bank’s central CVC invests in enterprise technology growth companies such as Aleph Alpha, Akeyless, Binalyze, Taina and Synthesized. Its most recent transactions include UK-based Elliptic’s $120m series D round, alongside One Peak, Nasdaq Ventures and the British Business Bank. Landsch has also supported several portfolio companies through their exits.
Deutsche Bank’s CVC invests alongside leading VC and CVC funds and was named “Top CVC in Finance” by Wolves in 2024.
He has built a strong central CVC team across Berlin, New York and London, including 2024 GCV Rising Stars winner Thomas Borchers and 2026 winner Karen Hui-Ying Wang.
Beyond investing, Deutsche Bank is committed to driving the growth of its portfolio companies through active business development. Each portfolio company has a dedicated manager to support its partnership with the bank, provide access to subject matter experts and help scale its solution both within Deutsche Bank and externally. Landsch also sits on the boards of several portfolio companies.
Focused on the broader venture capital ecosystem, Landsch is also a board member of the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK), working with the German government and the European Commission to strengthen the venture and growth capital ecosystem in Germany and across Europe. He chairs the German CVC committee at BVK.
Landsch holds an MBA from the University of Toronto, an executive MBA from the University of St. Gallen and is a graduate of Harvard Business School’s program for leadership development.
The GCV Powerlist represents the 100 individuals spearheading the future of the corporate venturing industry.
These individuals excel in terms of their venturing approach and structure, number and quality of portfolio companies and in their contributions to the corporate venturing profession.
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