Davidson Technology Growth Debt

About Davidson Technology Growth Debt

Davidson Technology Growth Debt is Germany's venture-debt pioneer, headquartered in Frankfurt as its European base while operating internationally. The firm was founded in 2014-2015 by Eran Davidson (former CEO of Hasso Plattner Ventures) and is positioned as the first venture debt fund in Germany. Davidson operates as a partner-owned independent firm, with Fund II launched at a €150 million target volume and combined deployment across approximately 23 portfolio companies.

Investment thesis

Davidson Technology Growth Debt deploys capital through approximately two funds (Fund I, Fund II / second Growth Credit Fund), targeting venture and growth debt via Growth Credit, a hybrid instrument combining debt with a small equity warrant component for mid- to late-stage tech scale-ups, with average ticket size of €4 million and facility range €2-30 million. Sector focus spans technology broadly including TMT, fintech and insurtech, software and SaaS, consumer internet and life sciences. Geographic deployment is pan-European core (started in Germany, expanded across Europe) with selective global. The platform offers non-dilutive hybrid growth credit to scale-ups that would otherwise raise dilutive equity.

Recent activity

Across the portfolio history, 13 of 23 portfolio companies have exited via acquisition or IPO cumulatively. Recent deployment continues via Fund II across the pan-European tech scale-up mandate. The platform continues active deployment of the second Growth Credit Fund. Detailed buyer names and multiple data available on Pro at €49/month.