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Media Ventures GmbH is a private venture capital company headquartered in Cologne, Germany. In our search for teams and ideas, we provide help at all stages, from start-up to growth, all the way until a company reaches maturity. We concentrate on Europe, with an emphasis on Germany, and have a broad market focus that is not industry-dependent. The package of services we offer is unique.
You
Your business model is scalable; you have a focus on results, and are highly motivated. We would be happy to work with you. We value open communications based on facts.
The most important thing we expect is belief in individual entrepreneurship. We look for teams that are a good fit with us and enjoy taking on a shared idea with full commitment and making it successful.
Contact us: invest@mediaventures.de
Invested since: 2012
Investment stage: Seed
Founded by: Andreas Jacobi, André Schnitzler
audiotool
audiotool is a virtual online music studio enabling artists around the world to create their own music and collaborate live with other artists anywhere on the globe. More than 500,000 users worldwide use audiotool to produce and publish their music in the browser.
The Aura restaurant in Cologne-Rodenkirchen is one of the best restaurants and addresses in Cologne and the surrounding area. International haute cuisine and seasonal dishes are served in a comfortable, attractive ambience with a terrific view of the Rhine and an atmosphere of absolute peace and quiet.
Invested since: 2008
Investment stage: Growth
Founded by: Jan Becker
Co-investors: Index Growth
c-date
The two web portals C-date and B2 combine casual dating with normal online dating for almost 40 million users around the world. Their product offerings are directed at all age groups and life circumstances, bringing people together.
Invested since: 2011
Investment stage: Seed
Founded by: Jonathan Dähne
Co-investors: BMP, VC fund (Berlin)
Dailyme
Dailyme is a TV app that brings television broadcasts, films and series to smartphones and tablets. Contents can be downloaded in a WLAN environment and then be viewed in perfect quality at any time, independent of the WLAN, even without an Internet connection.
Invested since: 2017
Investment stage: Early stage
Founded by: Thorsten Lubinski, Prof. Mäntele
DiaMonTech
DiaMonTech is developing a medical device for non-invasive measurement of blood sugar values. The patented process uses laser technology to determine and control blood glucose values of diabetes patients without any pain and without drawing blood.
Invested since: 2012
Investment stage: Mature
Founded by: Andreas Jacobi, André Schnitzler
dimensional
dimensional is a development agency and consulting company that provides support for its customers on digital projects, from planning through implementation. Agile development using Scrum processes is the basis for all app and desktop application projects. dimensional is a technology-independent provider with a broad spectrum of experience.
Managing Director: Harold Wolf
E2Ma GmbH
Grafenberger Allee 277-287
40237 Düsseldorf
E2Ma
E2Ma GmbH is a leading company in the area of lead generation for direct marketing and market research in Germany. Active on the German market since 2005, the company expanded its business activities in 2014 to Austria and Switzerland. E2Ma GmbH works with more than 500 partners in generating data, and its own Internet consumer campaigns have already generated more than 20 million opt-in leads for its customers.
The platform developed by EXACTAG measures digital communications performance values along the customer journey. It uses mathematical algorithms to generate budget proposals to dynamically structure and optimize digital channels, with a goal of increased efficiency of allocated budgets and the accompanying optimization of digital communications.
Invested since: 2014
Investment stage: Seed
Founded by: Andreas v. Maltzan
Co-investors: HTGF
FooBoo
With www.kochrezepte.de (“cooking recipes”) and www.kochchamps.de (“champion cooks”) and multiple apps, FooBoo’s concern is people with a passion and love for cooking. With thousands of recipes and the cooking courses it provides, the website is addressed to the epicures and hedonists of this world.
Invested since: 2011
Investment stage: Mature
Co-investors: SK Management, Hartmuth Jung
Global Group
The Global Group is one of the leading full-service marketing providers of integrated customer and prospect management in the German-speaking countries. It provides management of cross-channel customer and prospect campaigns for performance-driven exploitation of identified sales potentials in the B2C and B2B area.
Invested since: 2014
Investment stage: Seed
Founded by: Jérôme Glozbach
Co-investors: ART + COM
HOCCER
Across the globe, the HOCCER Messenger fulfills the highest demands for data security and is thus exceptionally well-suited to fast, secure data exchanges, in particular with closed groups of users who have a demanding awareness of security. HOCCER is a multi-time test winner.
Invested since: 2012
Investment stage: Growth
Founded by: Andreas Jacobi, André Schnitzler
Co-investors: HTGF, Voyager, Wellen&Nöthen
make.tv
Make.TV re-invents production workflows that center on “live reporting.” The use of a proprietary technology enables discovery, acquisition, production and distribution of video contents in real-time, with no latency. Producers around the world, using their own Live Video cloud, can access live content and incorporate it into their live productions.
Invested since: 2011
Investment stage: Seed
Founded by: Sylvia Kollek, Robert Baues
merkando
merkando offers shopping systems for easy integration and artist, fan and corporate websites. Operators are offered full-service online webshops, all the way up through warehouse logistics and shipment.
Besides companies, Media Ventures GmbH since early 2016 has also been investing in real estate, planning and carrying out real estate projects throughout Germany. To that end, an independent real estate branch has been set up, with its own experienced team of managers.
Invested since: 2013
Investment stage: Seed
Founded by: Nik Myftari
Co-investors: Deutsche Balaton
Spotted
The “Spotted” app connects people with the same interests, who meet by accident and like each other, share their favorite places with one another and possibly missed each other and wish to find each other again. Lost opportunities are only bitter if you don’t “spot” them.
Invested since: 2015
Investment stage: Growth
Founded by: Mario Eimuth, Thorsten Eimuth
Stylebop
STYLEBOB is a luxury eCommerce fashion shop with high marketing and logistics expertise and a fine sense of current and future fashion trends. Customer satisfaction and the shopping experience are front and center among the business’s concerns.
TPNG arose from the combination of aha.de Internet GmbH, up-value GmbH, E2Ma GmbH, Blueface Media GmbH and Performance Network GmbH. The company is hired by customers to generate leads through newsletters, displays and social media channels, a full service provider that offers tailored solutions for online media campaigns.
Invested since: 2008
Investment stage: Seed
Founded by: Steffen Rühl
Co-investors: Mountain Internet
Yasni
Yasni is a data source/data provider that uses proprietary technology to operate its own search engine for people and companies. Yasni’s data quality here is uniquely good and up to date, for that reason clearly superior to those of domestic and international competitors.
Investiert seit: 2017
Investmentphase: Seed
Gründer: Boris Polenske
123FAHRSCHULE Holding GmbH
Kattenbug 2
Köln
0800 999 88 66
Die 123FAHRSCHULE Holding GmbH ist aus der Idee entstanden, den Führerscheinmarkt mit modernen Technologien enorm zu vereinfachen und zu digitalisieren. Anmeldung, Bezahlung, Theorievorbereitung sowie die Buchung von Theorie- und Praxisstunden lassen sich bequem online von zu Hause oder unterwegs erledigen. Damit werden überflüssige Wartezeiten vermieden und die Zeit bis zum Führerschein extrem verkürzt. Ziel ist es, mit der Zeit zu gehen und den Schülern eine komplette Online-Abwicklung der Führerscheinausbildung anzubieten.
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