- CEO
- Christoph Gerlinger
- Full Time Employees
- 2
- Sector
- Finance
- Industry
- Financial conglomerates
- Address
- Frankfurt Germany
- IPO Date
- Nov 11, 2015
- Business
- Payments Group Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA, officially renamed German Tech Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA (Ticker: XETR:GTH), is a Germany-based investment holding and venture capital company focused on technology-driven growth enterprises. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, the company manages and develops a portfolio of technology assets across Europe and international markets, primarily targeting the artificial intelligence, software-as-a-service, digital platform, and biotechnology sectors.
The company provides financing, venture development, and commercialization capabilities structured across several core business and product lines: Venture Capital and Growth Equity Investments, providing direct equity financing, strategic guidance, and scaling support to early- and growth-stage technology enterprises; Artificial Intelligence Solutions, encompassing specialized AI venture-building services via Softmax AI, AI-powered conversational and documentation software for healthcare and eldercare facilities via Cognicare AI, and child-oriented screen-free voice-assisted interactive hardware devices via Cobo; Digital Auction and PropTech Platforms, providing white-label, cloud-based digital bidding engines and transaction software for real estate and industrial asset auctions through AuctionTech and its PropNow platform; and Digital Media and Enterprise Software Holdings, maintaining investment assets in global digital audio streaming networks via SoundCloud and digital insurance consultation and distribution platforms via Thinksurance.
In recent corporate developments, the company officially rebranded from The Payments Group Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA to German Tech Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA following shareholder approval at its August 2026 Annual General Meeting, completing a strategic realignment back to pure-play technology venture capital and AI investments. This strategic shift followed the termination and mutual abandonment of its planned acquisition of The Payments Group fintech assets, including Berlin-based Funanga AG and its CashtoCode cash-to-digital payment system, thereby unwinding the company's previously planned expansion into payment processing and regulated e-money services. To strengthen its balance sheet and finance the expansion of its artificial intelligence investment pipeline, the company issued a multi-year convertible bond maturing in 2029 in January 2026. Additionally, the company has actively pursued legal enforcement and resolution of claims exceeding six million euros against former asset management partner SGT Capital LLC in connection with the unwinding of historical private equity operations.