10xDNA Capital Partners

What 10xDNA Capital Partners does

10xDNA Capital Partners is a Germany-based financial services firm founded in 2021, operating from Bonn with 11-50 employees. Its short description characterizes the firm as providing investment consulting, market research, blockchain, and consulting services. The firm distributes investment funds to German resident investors, operating under the TEQ Capital sub-brand through a regulated distribution arrangement.

The firm conducts its regulated activities as a contractually bound intermediary (vertraglich gebundener Vermittler) under § 3 Abs. 2 of the German Securities Institutions Act (WpIG), acting on behalf of and under the liability of BN & Partners Capital AG, Steinstraße 33, 50374 Erftstadt. BN & Partners Capital AG holds the underlying BaFin authorization under § 15 WpIG for investment advisory (§ 2 Abs. 2 Nr. 4 WpIG) and investment brokerage (§ 2 Abs. 2 Nr. 3 WpIG). The website content is restricted to persons with domicile or habitual residence in Germany and is explicitly not intended for US persons or other foreign jurisdictions.

Founding leadership is provided by Frank Thelen as Founder and Chief Executive Officer. The firm's public materials describe themselves as marketing information only, explicitly noting they do not constitute investment advice, and that investment funds are subject to product-specific risks with potential loss of invested capital. No products, pricing, customer base, or funding details are disclosed in the available source material.

Name

10xDNA Capital Partners

Legal name

BN & Partners Capital AG

Website

https://10xdna.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

10xDNA Capital Partners is a Bonn-based, privately held financial firm founded in 2021 that distributes investment funds to German retail investors under BaFin authorization, operating via the TEQ Capital sub-brand as a contractually bound intermediary of BN & Partners Capital AG.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Investment Fund Distribution

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Investment Banking and Securities Intermediation (52315)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211), Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Finance & Capital Advisory (BPAHADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Treasury Management & Corporate Crypto Yield Programs (FSADAHAL)

Keywords

• Investment fund distribution
• Investment advisory
• Asset management consulting
• Financial services consulting
• Blockchain investments

Headquarters

HQ city

Bonn

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Core offering

10xDNA Capital Partners (doing business as TEQ Capital) markets and distributes investment funds and provides investment-related consulting, market research, and blockchain-oriented advisory services to investors resident in Germany. It operates as a contractually bound intermediary under the BaFin license of BN & Partners Capital AG.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Freigeist Capital: Frank Thelen's venture and growth investment platform. Closest peer because it shares founder, investment thesis around disruptive/tech bets, and DACH focus, though it operates more in direct VC/PE rather than fund distribution.
• Scalable Capital: Munich-based BaFin-regulated digital wealth manager and broker serving German retail investors with ETF portfolios, trading, and fund products. Direct peer because it competes in regulated DACH investment advisory/distribution with technology-led differentiation.
• Trade Republic: Berlin-headquartered BaFin-regulated broker offering savings plans, ETFs, and crypto trading to German retail investors. Direct peer because of overlapping DACH-regulated retail investment distribution, including crypto product offerings.
• Bitpanda: Vienna-headquartered European retail platform for crypto, stocks, ETFs, and derivatives under MiCA-compliant regulation. Direct peer because of overlapping European crypto and multi-asset investment distribution targeting retail/HNW clients.
• Liqid: Berlin-based digital wealth manager offering regulated portfolio management and advisory to German HNW investors. Direct peer because of BaFin-regulated discretionary and advisory investment management for affluent DACH clients.
• Whitebox GmbH: Stuttgart-based digital wealth manager offering scientific-factor and factor-tilted ETF portfolios to German retail and HNW clients. Direct peer because it competes in regulated DACH investment advisory and asset management with a technology-enabled platform.

Emerging players

• Oskar (Oskar.de): German regulated robo-advisor offering ETF-based managed portfolios to retail investors. Emerging peer with overlapping DACH-regulated investment advisory focus but a more standardized robo-advice model rather than thematic/blockchain specialization.

Broad incumbents

• Hansainvest GmbH: Hamburg-headquartered BaFin-licensed capital management company and one of Germany's largest fund administration/distribution platforms. Broad incumbent peer providing fund infrastructure, administration, and distribution services used by smaller advisors.
• Flossbach von Storch: Cologne-based, one of Germany's largest independent asset managers offering multi-asset funds and discretionary wealth management to private and institutional clients. Broad incumbent peer operating in DACH regulated asset management with overlapping HNW client base.
• Baader Bank AG: Munich-headquartered BaFin-regulated bank offering brokerage, fund services, and asset management infrastructure across Europe. Broad incumbent peer serving as financial-services infrastructure for advisors, issuers, and institutional clients in the DACH market.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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