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)

Loanboox 2023 with strong revenue growth and high traction in real estate financing

Loanboox 2023 with strong revenue growth and high traction in real estate financing

by | Feb 27, 2024 | Media

Loanboox, a leading European platform for debt financing, continued its growth in 2023 and increased its revenues by +95% compared to the previous.

The Real Estate segment performed particularly well. Revenues generated in Switzerland,
Germany and France with commercial real estate financing and software-as-a-service increased by
more than 300 percent compared to the previous year. The Public and Near-Public segment also
continued to grow in Switzerland, France and Austria. Here, financings for hospitals, retirement
and nursing homes as well as energy and transport companies contributed to the good
performance.

“We have successfully expanded our platform into the real estate segment, where we have seen
encouraging growth. We are satisfied with the past year and have continued our capital-efficient path, doubling revenues while reducing costs. We see great potential for 2024 to further drive the digitalization of debt financing,” explains Urs Meier, CEO of Loanboox.

Further growth across all segments in the core European markets is the main goal for 2024.

Real Estate: good traction in Switzerland, deals in Germany and France

Loanboox has been active in the Real Estate segment since 2022. Last year, the result achieved in this area already contributed 40 percent to the group’s total revenues. In 2023, a volume of more than CHF 400 million was transacted in Switzerland, Germany and France for projects in all property classes (residential, offices, commercial, hotels). The average loan size was CHF 15 million and the largest single transaction was CHF 60 million. In a challenging environment – with sharply rising interest rates and major uncertainties in the real estate sector – it has become clear that optimizing financing conditions, efficient financing processing through automated lender matching and active debt management are becoming increasingly important. With its brokerage services (refinancing, purchase financing and construction financing) and its software solution, Loanboox was able to generate significant added value for its customers.   

SaaS: rollout of debt management module

In 2023, the new Debt Management module, which enables debt portfolios to be easily analyzed
and managed, was significantly enhanced. Designed as software-as-a-service product, it is a 360°
solution for financial managers. Key features of the Debt Management module include portfolio
management and analysis, financial planning, market and scenario analysis, and covenant
monitoring. 

Public finance: Position in Switzerland maintained

Loanboox has been a close partner of the public sector in Switzerland since 2016. In 2023, the
company confirmed its position as the leading digital financing platform for public borrowers
such as municipalities and cities. There was also an increase in financings for Near-Public
borrowers, for example in the healthcare, water and energy supply and transport sectors. In
total, more than 1’000 enquiries with a volume of over CHF 12 billion were processed in 2023 in the Public and Near-Public segment across all markets. The development of financing strategies,
the simulation of borrowing costs and portfolio analyses were particularly in demand. Loanboox
has transacted more than CHF 31 billion in volume across all business segments since the
company was founded. 

contact

Swiss Fintech AG / Loanboox
Thomas Doriath, Communications
Urs Meier, CEO
Talacker 50, 8001 Zürich   
+41 55 220 78 00, press@loanboox.com

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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):

Portrait von Julian Grimm

“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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Strong growth in 2021 for Loanboox

by | Jan 24, 2022 | Insights, Media

The leading European debt financing platform Loanboox reports a strong business year 2021, with 700 closed deals and doubled revenues. The Fintech recorded the fastest growth in Germany and concluded its first deals in Eastern Europe.

Five years ago, Loanboox entered the market with the vision to make debt capital markets more efficient, transparent and fast. To date, municipalities, cities and large organisations closed 2’400 loans with a total volume of more than CHF 26 billion. These financings enable valuable projects for our societies, including renewable energy, renovation of hospital infrastructure or new kindergarten buildings. In 2021, the growing activity from users resulted in a doubling of the fintech’s revenues.

Internationalization speeding up

The Fintech’s internationalization strategy pays out: “We achieved the strongest growth by over 200% in Germany, where cities such as Mönchengladbach, Frankfurt or Königswinter profit from accessing money more quickly and at very competitive rates” comments Philippe Cayrol, CEO of Loanboox. Thanks to a new innovative product, the company also enabled first transactions in Portugal, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania and the Czech Republic in 2021.

Broadening of services

Apart from its international expansion, Loanboox is constantly innovating by creating automation and debt management tools as well as deeper analytics for its customers. The Fintech offers a broader service for borrowers, including debt planning and transaction support on large financings. 150 active lenders profit from digitalized processes, data insights and from a lean co-creation of new products.

Strengthened advisory board

To support the strong growth journey of the company, Loanboox strengthens its advisory board. Frank Mattern, former Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company and independent advisor and board member at various international companies (e.g. Morgan Stanley Europe SE and Centerbridge Partners Europe), reinforces the team with his extensive experience and network.

About Loanboox

Loanboox is the leading European platform for debt financing for professional organizations and a member of the business community Leaders for Climate Action. More information about Loanboox, see here.

Contact persons

Loanboox
Philippe Cayrol, CEO
Martina Bühler, CMO
Talacker 50, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland  
+41 55 220 78 29, press@loanboox.com

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From 0 to 23 billion in 5 years

by | Oct 6, 2021 | Insights, Media

A start-up that broke new ground by digitising municipal lending in Germany is celebrating its 5th anniversary: Loanboox. With 23  billion euros in closed financings in seven countries, the financing platform started off successfully and is rapidly developing its offerings further.

Since its launch in 2016 in Zurich as a platform for municipal finance, borrowers have completed more than 2,100 transactions with a volume of 23 billion euros in seven countries. A team of 40 employees serves 3,000 registered municipalities, cities, public institutions, large companies as well as institutional investors and banks and is rapidly developing the platform.  

“The high demand shows the need for efficient debt capital markets,” comments Philippe Cayrol, CEO of Loanboox. “In 2021, we enabled the creation and expansion of municipal infrastructure, such as kindergartens and school buildings, broadband expansion and road construction. It makes us proud to make the debt capital markets easier and faster for all market participants, while contributing in a small way to tomorrow’s society.” 

The idea behind Loanboox was radical and bold: to create a digital marketplace for large loans. Borrowers submit their loan requests online, professional investors bid on them – saving time and creating transparency. ”The largest requests so far are 450 million euros. As the business matures, we are also seeing an increasing rush from very established borrowers” adds Cayrol.  

 

A lot has happened since the first days. Loanboox has developed automation and analysis tools for its clients. Advisory services such as financing planning and support for more complex mandates complement the services. 150 active capital providers benefit from more efficient processes, data insights and co-development of new products.  

In the last 6 months, the company has celebrated a number of firsts on its platform: The first sustainable loan, the first secured financing and the first transactions in Eastern Europe. These developments pave the way for a successful and sustainable future, both for clients and Loanboox.   

About Loanboox

The fintech Loanboox is Europe’s leading platform for debt financing and is represented in six countries. Four years after going live, the 20 billion mark in closed volume has been broken. Since its launch at the end of 2016, more than 1600 deals have been completed. Clients are municipalities, municipal companies and municipal utilities as borrowers, institutional investors and banks as capital providers. You can find more information about Loanboox here.

Contact details for questions

loanboox GmbH
Ralf von Cleef, Managing Director
Andrea Gazzetto, Marketing Communications Managerin
Neue Weyerstr. 9, 50676 Köln
0221 – 98654220, info@loanboox.de 

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