T-Venture had originally provided seed money to Sones in 2009 and reinvested in its series A round.

T-Venture, the corporate venturing unit of Germany-based phone operator Deutsche Telekom, has joined a consortium providing a "single digit million Euro" amount to Sones, a local developer of a graph database.

T-Venture had originally provided seed money to Sones in 2009 but for the series A round was joined by local bank KfW Bankengruppe and the Saxony state’s early stage venture capital fund, Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS).

Christian Sternitzke, associate at CFH Beteiligungsgesellschaft, which manages TGFS, said: "Sones uses a…