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Legal entities and beneficial owners

How to invest through a company, which documents are required and how the verification of beneficial owners works.

Written by Christian von Albrecht

You can invest not only as a private individual but also through a company (e.g. GmbH, UG or holding company). To do this, register the company as an additional investment account (legal entity).

Registering a legal entity

  1. Open your investment accounts in the menu and add a legal entity.

  2. Search for your company. Master data such as name, registered address and register number are taken from the commercial register.

  3. Upload the required documents (see below).

  4. Enter the beneficial owners of the company.

Required documents

  • Current commercial register extract

  • Current list of shareholders

  • Transparency register extract

For multi-level structures (e.g. shares held through another company), our team may ask for additional documents showing the ownership structure.

Who is a beneficial owner?

A beneficial owner is every natural person who directly or indirectly holds more than 25% of the shares or voting rights or otherwise controls the company. If no person exceeds this threshold, please contact our support team so we can clarify together who needs to be listed.

Verification of beneficial owners

  • Every beneficial owner receives an e-mail with a link to verify their identity (via WebID, just like the regular identity verification).

  • You can follow the verification status of each beneficial owner in the investment account.

  • As long as not all beneficial owners have been verified, you will see the note "This holding cannot be used until all beneficial owners are verified" – the company cannot be used for investments until then.

A beneficial owner has not received the e-mail? Please ask them to check their spam folder. If the e-mail still cannot be found, contact our support team.

Special cases

  • Foundations, trusts and other special structures: please contact our support team before registering – these require an individual review.

  • Company data has changed (e.g. new address or name): company master data is taken from the commercial register. After a change has been entered in the register, it may take some time until it is shown on the platform. If it is urgent, please contact us.

Questions? Contact us via the chat, WhatsApp or at [email protected].

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