Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures

Boerse Stuttgart Digital Ventures (BSDV) is the corporate venture capital arm of Börse Stuttgart, Germany's second-largest stock exchange. Founded in 2017 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Boerse Stuttgart GmbH and headquartered in Stuttgart, the firm invests in fintech startups developing innovative business models across exchange trading, OTC trading, and the digitization of financial services. BSDV's focus spans predictive data analytics, financial software, blockchain and crypto, with an international orientation that includes Scandinavian markets. The firm's most active period was 2017 to 2018. Key investments include Debtvision (financial software, April 2018) and Sowa Labs, acquired in 2017 — an AI-powered predictive analytics company that went on to develop BISON, a cryptocurrency trading app that brought crypto to mass-market retail users as a free-to-use platform. BSDV has made six recorded investments across fintech, data analytics, and AI. CEO Dr. Ulli Spankowski leads the venture, bringing a decade of exchange industry and fintech expertise. BSDV operates at the intersection of capital markets infrastructure and digital innovation, backing companies that can complement or extend the Stuttgart exchange group's core trading and data businesses. By leveraging the parent group's regulatory relationships, market access, and institutional credibility, the CVC offers portfolio companies a route to rapid adoption within the financial services ecosystem.