Deka Immobilien digitizes financing processes with Loanboox

Deka Immobilien digitizes financing processes with Loanboox

by | Nov 26, 2025 | Borrow, Media

Zurich/Frankfurt, November 25, 2025. Digitalization in the real estate sector continues to advance: Deka Immobilien, one of the largest real estate asset managers in Europe, will rely on Loanboox’s software solution to comprehensively digitalize its financing processes.

Financing tenders for real estate funds will in future be handled in a software-supported, standardized, and digital manner using Loanboox technology. This will enable Deka Immobilien to optimize its processes throughout the entire debt lifecycle – from tendering and bid evaluation to documentation.

“Efficient, transparent, and traceable financing processes are a key success factor today – both in transactions and in ongoing investment management. With Loanboox’s software, we are creating a structured, digital process that increases speed and clarity and supports our strategy as a modern asset manager,” says Victor Stoltenburg, Managing Director of Real Estate Acquisition and Sales at Deka Immobilien.

By using Loanboox’s SaaS solution, financing management and external financing partners will work together via a central digital technology in the future.

“Transparency, comparability, and professional collaboration with all parties involved are essential for us. Loanboox offers consistent, structured control of financing processes and creates data quality for informed decisions,” adds Axel Portz, Head of Transaction Structuring & Treasury at Deka Immobilien.

For Loanboox, the collaboration with Deka Immobilien marks another important milestone in the European real estate industry. The software is already in use in 18 countries and is used by institutional investors, real estate companies, and other professional borrowers.

“Deka Immobilien’s decision sends a strong signal: leading real estate investors today take a holistic approach to financing processes – with clear standards, data access and efficiency as their guiding principles,” explains Julian Grimm, Head of Real Estate Financing at Loanboox.

“We would like to thank Deka Immobilien for their trust and partnership. This decision exemplifies the change in the industry and confirms our vision of making commercial real estate financing in Europe completely digital, data-driven, and future-oriented,” says Urs Meier, CEO of Loanboox.

 

Loanboox – Europe’s leading SaaS solution for real estate financing & debt management

Loanboox’s technology is already in use in 18 European countries and is utilized by institutional investors, real estate companies, and other professional borrowers.

To date, more than EUR 35 billion in financing has been successfully placed using the solution, and over EUR 50 billion in loans are managed with it. The cloud-based software enables end-to-end, data-driven control of all financing processes – efficiently, scalably, and across teams.

Particular attention is paid to the use of artificial intelligence: the technology supports users in the automated reading of term sheets and contracts, in the efficient creation of financing documents, and through intelligent, targeted searches in data rooms. This opens up new potential for speed, quality, and informed decisions.

 

About Deka Immobilien

Deka Immobilien is the real estate investment specialist within the Deka Group and one of the largest globally active real estate fund companies in Europe. The company manages real estate assets of around EUR 55 billion. Further information is available at: www.deka-immobilien.de

 

About Loanboox

Loanboox is a provider of leading European B2B software for debt financing and debt management. The software enables financing experts to make the entire financing process digital, transparent, and efficient, from tendering and negotiation to ongoing portfolio management. For more information, visit: www.loanboox.com.

Contact persons

Swiss Fintech AG / Loanboox
Urs Meier, CEO und Julian Grimm, Head Real Estate Financing
Talacker 50, 8001 Zürich  
+41 55 220 78 20, press@loanboox.com

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GARBE Industrial opts for Loanboox – European financing technology wins leading logistics specialist

GARBE Industrial opts for Loanboox – European financing technology wins leading logistics specialist

by | Jul 24, 2025 | Borrow, Media

Zurich/Hamburg, July 24, 2025. The digitalization of real estate financing is picking up speed across Europe – with clear technological pioneers.

A particularly strong signal is now coming from the logistics real estate sector: GARBE Industrial, one of the leading developers, providers and managers of logistics, industrial and commercial real estate in Germany and Europe, is relying on the SaaS solution from Loanboox, the European specialist for digital debt financing and debt management.

In future, GARBE Industrial will use both the Financing Management module for structured tendering and procurement of debt capital and the Debt Management module. The software enables comprehensive management of the loan portfolio – with direct access to information on collateral, covenants, deadlines and the ability to carry out detailed scenario analyses. This creates an end-to-end overview of all financing processes – scalable, across teams and in real time.

“Digitalization is central to our pan-European growth strategy – also in financing. With Loanboox, we are creating transparency, speed and clarity across the entire debt capital process”, says Jan Philipp Daun, Managing Director of GARBE Industrial Real Estate.

Julian Grimm, head of Real Estate Financing at Loanboox, adds “GARBE is the perfect partner: a company that has grown strongly over the years, but has retained its entrepreneurial spirit and openness to innovation. It is precisely this combination that makes a productive and future-oriented collaboration possible.”

GARBE Industrial’s decision underscores a trend: more and more leading real estate companies are strategically reorganizing their financing processes – moving away from isolated tools and analog processes towards integrated platform solutions with clear workflows and real-time data access.

Philipp Schnabel, member of the Management Board and responsible for the Financing division at GARBE Industrial, emphasizes: “With Loanboox, we not only gain access to a strong network of lenders, but also a solution that allows us to manage several processes simultaneously and across teams – from initial contact to maintenance during the loan term. This saves time and creates transparency for everyone involved.”

Urs Meier, CEO of Loanboox, says: “GARBE exemplifies a new generation of real estate companies that are thinking about financial processes in a holistic, digital way. And they are not alone – we are seeing more and more established players making similar considerations and switching to specialized SaaS solutions. The development clearly shows that the market is professionalizing digitally.”

Loanboox – Europe’s leading SaaS solution for Real Estate Financing & Debt Management

Loanboox’s technology is already in use in 18 European countries and is used by professional investors, real estate companies and other institutional borrowers. To date, more than 35 billion euros in financing has been successfully placed via the solution and several billion current loans are managed with it. Cloud-based software enables end-to-end, data-based management of all financing processes – efficiently, scalable and across teams.

Particular attention is paid to the use of artificial intelligence: the technology supports users with the automated reading of term sheets and contracts, the efficient creation of financing documents and intelligent, targeted searches in data rooms. This opens new potential for speed, quality and well-founded decisions.

About GARBE Industrial Real Estate

GARBE Industrial Real Estate GmbH, headquartered in Hamburg, is one of the leading providers and managers of real estate in the logistics and light industrial sectors in Germany and Europe. For over 25 years, the company has been one of the most important independent cooperation partners for transportation and logistics service providers, trade and manufacturing industry. GARBE develops, buys and sells, acquires, lets, manages and finances high-quality commercial real estate in attractive national and international transportation and industrial locations. With a lettable area of around 7.1 million square meters and a project development pipeline of approximately 1.9 million square meters in Germany and Europe, GARBE currently manages real estate and fund assets of around 11 billion euros (as of 31 December 2024).

About Loanboox

Loanboox is a provider of leading European B2B software for debt financing and debt management. The software enables borrowers to organize the entire financing process digitally, transparently and efficiently, from tendering and negotiation to ongoing portfolio management. You can find more information about Loanboox at www.loanboox.com.

Contact persons

Swiss Fintech AG / Loanboox
Urs Meier, CEO und Julian Grimm, Head Real Estate Financing
Talacker 50, 8001 Zürich  
+41 55 220 78 20, press@loanboox.com

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f.l.t.r.: Julian Grimm (Head Real Estate Financing, Loanboox), Hasan Özbolat (Finance Manager, GARBE Industrial), Philipp Schnabel (Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung / Finanzierung, GARBE Industrial), Johannes Mahnke (Finance Manager, GARBE Industrial), Dominique Hügli (Chief Product Officer, Loanboox)

Study results: ESG in real estate finance

by | May 9, 2023 | Borrow

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Zusammen mit der Hochschule Fresenius hat Loanboox Real Estate eine Studie zum Thema ESG in der gewerblichen Immobilienfinanzierung durchgeführt. Über 90 Führungskräfte, Finanzierungsspezialisten, Asset- und Investmentmanager und Experten der Branche haben Ende 2022 an dieser Studie teilgenommen. Erhalten Sie hier die Studienergebnisse.

Welche Auswirkungen hat ESG auf die Rendite von Immobilien? Werden nicht-nachhaltige Immobilien künftig an Wert verlieren? Als wie ESG-konform stufen Asset Manager:innen und Finanzierungsexperten:innen ihre Institutionen ein?

Diese und weitere Fragen hat die Hochschule Fresenius in einer Studie zusammen mit Loanboox adressiert.

Am 26.4. wurden die Studienresultate gemeinsam mit FPS in Frankfurt zum ersten Mal vorgestellt. Der Event war bis auf den letzten Platz ausgebucht. Das Thema hat die Real Estate Experten bewegt und zu anregenden Diskussionen geführt. 

Wir haben einige Experten-Aussagen für Sie gesammelt: 

ESG Immobilienfinanzierung
Nachhaltigkeit Immobilienfinanzierung
ESG Studie Immobilienfinanzierung

Sie möchten die Ergebnisse der Studie lesen? 

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komuno und Loanboox Deutschland legen das Kommunalgeschäft auf der komuno-Plattform zusammen

by | Mar 16, 2023 | Borrow

Gewerbliche Immobilienfinanzierung künftiger Schwerpunkt von Loanboox Deutschland

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Frankfurt, 16. März 2023. Die beiden Fintechs komuno und Loanboox Deutschland vereinen ihr Kommunalgeschäft in Deutschland künftig auf der komuno-Plattform. Damit profitieren Kommunen von besseren Vergleichsmöglichkeiten und Konditionen. komuno wird neuer Marktführer bei der Vermittlung von deutschen Kommunalfinanzierungen. Loanboox wird sich künftig in Deutschland auf die gewerbliche Immobilienfinanzierung fokussieren.

Die beiden Fintech-Unternehmen komuno und Loanboox Deutschland haben in den letzten fünf Jahren erfolgreich über 1.000  Kommunen und kommunale Unternehmen auf ihren Finanzierungsplattformen mit 150 institutionellen Kapitalgebern und Banken zusammengebracht, Prozesse vereinfacht und digitalisiert. In Deutschland wurde über die beiden Plattformen zusammen ein Ausschreibungsvolumen von EUR 40 Milliarden angefragt, 5.000 Finanzierungsanfragen in der Höhe von über 8.5  Milliarden wurden erfolgreich abgeschlossen. 

Aus Loanboox und komuno wird eine Plattform für die digitale Kommunalfinanzierung in Deutschland 
Aufgrund strategischer Entwicklungen und um Kommunen die besten Konditionen anzubieten, haben sich die beiden Fintechs entschieden, das Kommunalgeschäft ab März 2023 zusammenzuführen. Raphael Schöttler, Geschäftsführer von Loanboox Deutschland, betont: „Die Zusammenführung ermöglicht den Kommunen, den ganzen Markt auf einer Plattform vorzufinden, statt verstreut. Dadurch erhalten sie die besten Konditionen – und sparen Steuergelder.“  

komuno wird führende Plattform für Kommunalfinanzierung 
Loanboox Deutschland wird seine Kommunalkunden kontaktieren und sie dabei unterstützen, sich der komuno-Plattform anzuschließen. komuno unterstreicht damit seine Marktführerschaft im deutschen digitalen Kommunalfinanzierungsmarkt. Thomas Eitenmüller, Geschäftsführer von komuno für Sales und Business Development, freut sich auf diese Kooperation: „Zukünftig können noch mehr Kommunalkunden und Investoren von unserem digitalen Markplatz für effiziente Kommunalfinanzierung profitieren. Unsere digitale Lösung vereinfacht den Ausschreibungsprozess und reduziert damit den Aufwand für alle Beteiligten erheblich. Mit der nun vereinbarten Zusammenführung auf komuno kommen wir unserem erklärten Ziel näher, allen Kommunen in Deutschland Zugang zu günstigen Finanzierungskonditionen zu verschaffen.“

Loanboox Deutschland fokussiert sich auf gewerbliche Immobilienfinanzierung 
Die Erfahrungen und Erfolge aus dem kommunalen Bereich werden das Wachstum von Loanboox Deutschland in der gewerblichen Immobilienfinanzierung weiter unterstützen. Seit 2022 profitieren Baugenossenschaften, Immobiliengesellschaften und Immobilienfonds von den erprobten Finanzierungs- und Schuldenverwaltungstools sowie Beratungsdienstleistungen. Loanboox ist in der Schweiz, in Frankreich und in Österreich weiterhin im Kommunalmarkt aktiv und Marktführer.  

Über komuno 
Die komuno GmbH ist Anbieter von komuno, der digitalen Plattform für Kommunalkredite und Fördermittel. komuno bringt kommunale Haushalte und Darlehensgeber sowie Förderbanken zusammen. Städte, Gemeinden und Zweck­verbände platzieren ihre Kreditausschreibungen bei Finanzinstituten ihrer Wahl, Finanzinstitute geben rechtsverbindliche Angebote ab. Seit September 2018 am Markt aktiv, ist komuno ein Joint Venture der Helaba Digital GmbH & Co. KG und der Lucht Probst Associates GmbH. 
Weitere Informationen unter www.komuno.de  

Über Loanboox 
Loanboox ist die europäische Plattform für Fremdfinanzierung großer Schuldner. Seit Start im 2016 wurden 3‘000 Transaktionen in der Höhe von EUR 30 Milliarden in Deutschland, Österreich, Frankreich, der Schweiz und weiteren europäischen Ländern erfolgreich abgeschlossen. Das Unternehmen bietet innovative Tools und Beratungsdienstleistungen für die Finanzierung und Schuldenverwaltung von Immobiliengesellschaften, Baugenossenschaften, Fonds, Großunternehmen, Kommunen und kommunalen Unternehmen an.
Weitere Informationen unter: www.loanboox.de

Kontakte für Fragen
Loanboox GmbH
Raphael Schöttler, Geschäftsführer Deutschland  
Mainzer Landstraße 33, 60329 Frankfurt am Main
+49 69 348668490, info@loanboox.de  

komuno GmbH 
Thomas Eitenmüller, Geschäftsführer 
Stresemannallee 30, 60596 Frankfurt am Main 
+49 69 66778 9580, info@komuno.de

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New signs on the horizon for residential construction

New signs on the horizon for residential construction

by | Oct 17, 2022 | Borrow, Invest

The German market for residential real estate is characterized by high rental and purchase prices in the metropolitan regions. An important factor here is the insufficient number of new construction projects for years and decades. The new traffic light coalition government in Berlin also wants to give new impetus here..

The German GEWOS Institute for Urban, Regional and Housing Research, based in Hamburg, expects a “trend reversal” to occur in the German real estate market in the current year 2022. According to the current GWOS Real Estate Market Analysis IMA®, which is considered the only area-wide study based on actual sales, a decline in turnover on the German transaction market is forecast. Cash turnover on the German real estate market had exceeded the €300 billion mark for the first time in the past year 2021.

The major increases in sales on the real estate market were caused primarily by the multi-family house and condominium segments and Germany’s top 10 cities: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt/Main, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Dortmund and Essen. The decline in sales expected by the GEWOS Institute would be the first of its kind in 13 years now. This “trend reversal” is likely to be further accentuated by an inflation rate in Germany that is unprecedented for over 70 years. According to the Federal Statistical Office Destatis in Wiesbaden, the inflation rate is expected to have been as high as ten percent in September 2022.

Target mark a distant prospect

Fewer real estate sales, rising interest rates, high inflation – what’s happening to the lofty goal of the red-yellow-green German government and its Construction and Housing Minister Klara Geywitz? The coalition agreement signed in December 2022 stipulated the following: “Our goal is to build 400,000 new homes per year, 100,000 of which will be publicly subsidized homes. To achieve this, we will continue federal financial support for social housing construction, including social home ownership subsidies, and increase funding.”

But at the latest with the latest economic developments, this goal seems to have receded into the distant future. In 2021, just 293,000 new homes were completed across Germany. The 400,000 mark for 2022 is probably an illusion. Although Minister Geywitz continues to adhere to this goal, she only expects “over 200,000 apartments” for this year. The interim conclusion: There is still too little being built. The impending recession and the increased cost of building materials are also contributing to the fact that private investors and project developers are having to review and recalculate construction projects that they thought were secure and financed.

Is the Chancellor’s “boom” also coming to the housing market?

On the other hand, these developments also mean that banks are now taking a closer look at real estate financing. In its latest issue (September 29, 2022), the “Immobilien-Zeitung,” the leader medium of the German industry, ran the headline: “Lending platforms take up position”. Potential borrowers need “quick access to the appropriate lender and speedy loan decisions,” writes cover story author Ulrich Schüppler. Digital platform solutions could easily provide this quickly and reliably.

The “trend reversal” described at the beginning of this report therefore not only affects the real estate transaction market in Germany, but also project developments, financing and, above all, the residential market. In addition, the public sector, i.e., local authorities, the federal government, and the federal states in Germany, want to step up their role as developers again. Public housing construction could even be facing a major “revival”. If Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) decides to unleash billions of euros of investment on the residential real estate market, too, with a “bang”.

Author and contact for your commercial real estate financing needs:
Julian Grimm, Head of Real Estate Financing Deutschland, Loanboox GmbH
E-Mail: julian.grimm@loanboox.de, Telefon: +49 221 98654215

Loanboox Germany goes Real Estate Finance

Loanboox Germany goes Real Estate Finance

by | Jul 5, 2022 | Borrow, Invest, Media

The leading debt financing platform Loanboox uses the experience from municipal debt financing and expands its product portfolio. The company now also offers its services to German real estate companies, funds and housing cooperatives. To this end, Loanboox welcomes the commercial real estate financing expert Julian Grimm to the German team.

To date, municipalities and large companies have concluded 2,700 loans with a volume of EUR 27 billion via the leading platform for financing. Due to the high demand, Loanboox is now also offering its services to real estate companies, funds and housing cooperatives in Germany. With its new offering, Loanboox combines the advantages of the digital platform (digital offer comparison, data room, efficient processes and expansion of the lender network) with professional, personal advice. The first transactions have already been completed in Switzerland in recent months.

The real estate financing expert Julian Grimm is strengthening the team as Head of Real Estate Financing. Julian Grimm previously worked as a real estate financing specialist at the x-bricks Group, CORESTATE Capital Group and TRIUVA Kapitalverwaltungsgesellschaft (now PATRIZIA):

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“What I missed in my previous function as a real estate investor are simple, efficient and comprehensible processes for handling my large-volume commercial financing. That is exactly what Loanboox offers. That fascinates me. I look forward to supporting real estate companies with their financing in the future!”

Lenders appreciate the broad access to attractive financing options and the lean processes. In the digital data room, all documents and necessary information are available in one place and clearly summarized. This eliminates the multiple back and forths between borrowers and lenders. The fair communication and clear deadlines are a benefit for all parties.

Loanboox is open to partnerships with interested associations or organizations.

About Loanboox

Loanboox is the leading European debt financing platform for large issuers. For more information about Loanboox, click here.

Contact for questions

loanboox GmbH
Andrea Gazzetto, Marketing Communications Manager
Julian Grimm, Head of Real Estate Financing
Neue Weyerstr. 9, 50676 Köln
0221 – 98654220, info@loanboox.de

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