To the outside: food, logistics, Lidl. Behind billionaire Dieter Schwarz’s Schwarz Group: a growing network of digital companies, investment vehicles and startup investments that often only become understandable when you dig through the commercial register. The mega-corporation invests in startups under names like Schwarz New Ventures or D11Z.Ventures. The details often remain obscure. Especially with early-stage financing, there is no obligation to make it public. The Schwarz Group is quietly building something that goes well beyond supermarkets: its own technological infrastructure.