Axel Springer

Axel Springer is a prominent media company founded in Hamburg in 1946, initially operating in challenging conditions above a warehouse. Over the years, it has evolved into the market leader in Germany's print sector while expanding its presence in over 40 countries through subsidiaries, joint ventures, and licensing agreements. The company focuses on informative and entertaining journalism, alongside marketing and classifieds, which are traditional strengths. With a strong commitment to digitization and internationalization, Axel Springer has shifted significantly towards digital media, with nearly 70 percent of its revenues now coming from digital sources. The company aims to build a robust digital portfolio by engaging with digital start-ups and pursuing strategic acquisitions. This approach is part of its broader goal to transform established media brands and solidify its position as a leading digital publisher in the global market.

Jens Müffelmann

MD and CEO

Ulrich Schmitz

MD

136 past transactions

Zizoo

Venture Round in 2017
Zizoo is a leading boat holiday platform. Zizoo is digitalising and transforming the boat rental industry (worth an estimated €33 billion), which is 10 years behind any other travel sector. They are building a global digital booking platform and website connecting suppliers (charter companies) to travelers worldwide, similar to “Booking.com for Boats”. Zizoo also provides charter companies with a powerful inventory management tool and business intelligence. They are making boat holidays affordable and accessible to everyone (bookings starts from €20 a day). Zizoo is a boat rental marketplace where you can select a boat in a location of your choice and book it as easily as a hotel room. They are not an agent; they simply connect holidayers with charters for an amazing experience on the sea. No booking fees, a simple online booking process, real time availabilities, a professional service – without the additional hassle of contacting several companies.

PurpleBricks

Private Placement in 2018
Purplebricks Group plc engages in the real estate agency business in the United Kingdom. It provides services relating to the sale and letting of properties. The company also combines local property experts and technologies to make the process of selling, buying, or letting a property more convenient, transparent, and cost effective under the Purplebricks brand name. Purplebricks Group plc was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Solihull, the United Kingdom.

Wunderflats

Series B in 2019
Wunderflats is an online platform that enables users to find and rent furnished apartments in Germany. It brings together tenants, landlords, and companies on one platform and makes renting a furnished apartment as convenient as possible. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin.

Vamos

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2019 and based in  Madrid, Vamos’ mission is to change the way people have cars. By removing the traditional car ownership experience replacing it with technology and exceptional customer experience, Vamos offers consumers and sellers a convenient online Car as a Service platform.

PurpleBricks

Post in 2018
Purplebricks Group plc engages in the real estate agency business in the United Kingdom. It provides services relating to the sale and letting of properties. The company also combines local property experts and technologies to make the process of selling, buying, or letting a property more convenient, transparent, and cost effective under the Purplebricks brand name. Purplebricks Group plc was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Solihull, the United Kingdom.

dott

Private Placement in 2019
Dott offers dock-less, shared electrical scooters, and bikes as alternatives for short-distance travel. The company is a micro-mobility European start-up, gathering the most experienced team in mobility and tech in Europe. We recently raised an initial investment of €20 million, co-led by EQT Ventures and Naspers. Dott is headquartered in Amsterdam and is gathering the most experienced team in mobility and tech in Europe.

Wunderflats

Series C in 2021
Wunderflats is an online platform that enables users to find and rent furnished apartments in Germany. It brings together tenants, landlords, and companies on one platform and makes renting a furnished apartment as convenient as possible. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin.

CarWale

Series A in 2008
CarWale is owned by Automotive Exchange Pvt Ltd and is backed by India’s leading early stage venture capital firm Seedfund and top tier US venture fund Sierra Ventures. CarWale offers a complete consumer-focused service that includes content and tools for exhaustive research, pricing and marketplace information. As consumers research and make purchase decisions, CarWale connects them with automotive manufacturers, finance and insurance companies, allowing them to make the best decisions for their automotive purchases.

Homeday

Series B in 2018
Homeday is a real estate company. It provides a platform for data-driven pairing in the real estate industry. Its platform helps real estate agents to pair with private property owners to sell their property. The Company offers a platform for property owners to find brokers, as well as provides real estate appraisal, land valuation, and leasing services. Homeday was founded by Steffen Wicker and Dmitri Uvarovski in 2014.

Visual Meta

Acquisition in 2011
Robert M. Maier and Johannes Schaback founded Visual Meta in a backroom in the Berlin district of Prenzlauer Berg in January 2009. Shoppers have been able to access the virtual shopping centre LadenZeile at www.ladenzeile.de since April 2009. The idea behind LadenZeile came about in conversations with brothers Oliver, Marc and Alexander Samwer. Rocket Internet was the main investor of Visual Meta, until the takeover by Axel Springer in December 2011. The aim was to become a meta-search engine for fashion and other products for which appearance is key. A search engine with a shopping feature at the same time, without the need for its own shipping or storage. The team quickly grew to around 40 employees. In the meantime, Visual Meta employs more than 240 employees in various business areas, such as IT, Business Development, Marketing, Sales or Quality Management. The business model behind LadenZeile was rolled out to other European countries from July to December 2011, including France, Italy and Spain. In addition to LadenZeile in Germany, Visual Meta is also present in 18 other countries under the brands ShopAlike, Shoppala (Turkey) and UmSòLugar (Brazil). Robert M. Maier and Johannes Schaback have continued acting as long-term managing partners even after the takeover.

Free2Move

Series A in 2016
Free2Move allows people to find and compare vehicles from a wide variety of carsharing providers in one app. Users can see cars from major carsharing providers in their area, find the closest one, compare offers and book the best fit.Their mission is to provide people with easy access to a variety of vehicles and enable them to book directly from the app. The Free2Move App is available for Android, iOS and Windows devices.

Thrillist Media Group

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Seamlessly blending content and commerce, TMG digs deep to inform guys how to best spend their time and money across the lifestyle categories they care about most. The TMG network consists of three brands: food, drink and travel property Thrillist; tech-meets-lifestyle site Supercompressor; and style and grooming destination JackThreads.

GRB Studios

Acquisition in 1999
GRB Studios delivers programming that nourishes the spirit, challenges the mind and energizes the psyche. Engaging characters... meaningful stakes... storytelling that matters. GRB Studios was recognized for this commitment to excellence in 2009, when its groundbreaking A&E series, Intervention (189 episodes), received the Emmy® Award from the Television Academy of Arts & Sciences for Outstanding Reality Program. In 2013, GRB continues to lead the way with boundary-pushing, provocative programming, including Sex Sent Me to the ER for TLC, Pregnant & Dating for WE tv, Showdown of the Unbeatables for Nat Geo, Fame in the Family for E!; Wives With Beehives for TLC; and season 8 of Untold Stories of the ER for Discovery Fit & Health and TLC.

Vertical Media

Acquisition in 2014
Vertical Media is a Berlin-based media house for the digital economy. The company presents both online magazines [Gründerszene](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/grunderszene) and VentureVillage as well as the networking event Spätschicht, the Heureka! Conference and the CEO Events Breakfast Club, and CEO Berlin and CEO Dinner. With its products ranging from editorial media and events all the way to knowledge transfer through digital databases such as the Branchen-Verzeichnis (Yellow Pages) and our Datenbank (data base), seminars and many other services, Vertical Media offers relevant and up-to-date information, increases trans¬parency, and nurtures an active dialogue between individuals, companies and key players in the digital economy.

Leisure Group

Acquisition in 2014
The Leisure Group is one of the largest players in the European online market for accommodation rentals, such as holiday homes, holiday parks and hotels. @Leisure is the market leader in both the Benelux and the German online travel markets. Leisure offers in excess of 300,000 holiday properties in 36 countries, approximately 20,000 of which are under direct contract.

PurpleBricks

Post in 2019
Purplebricks Group plc engages in the real estate agency business in the United Kingdom. It provides services relating to the sale and letting of properties. The company also combines local property experts and technologies to make the process of selling, buying, or letting a property more convenient, transparent, and cost effective under the Purplebricks brand name. Purplebricks Group plc was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Solihull, the United Kingdom.

laut.ag

Series A in 2015
LAUT AG develops digital media in the music and entertainment sector. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Konstanz, Germany.

StepStone

Acquisition in 2009
StepStone is a recruitment platform that connects applicants and employers together. The platform enables candidates to create personalized profiles including their personal details and preferred jobs. These details would be transferred to recruiters who would get in contact with them if selected. Recruiters are provided with job adverts, candidate search, and recruitment campaigns. StepStone was founded in 1996 by Walter de Brouwer and is based in Berlin.

Car&Boat Media

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
Car & Boat Media is the leading digital group in France on the automobile and the boat, bringing together sites with high notoriety and audience: - The Centrale: 1st site of used vehicles - Caradisiac: 1st site of contents automobile and motorcycle - Forum- auto: 1st car community - Promoneuve: 1st site of sale of new vehicles destocked - Announcements of the boat: 1st site of new and used boats.

Fineway GmbH

Private Placement in 2017
Fineway GmbH offers travel club services. The company is based in Munich, Germany.

FRAMEN

Acquisition in 2020
FRAMEN GmbH provides advertising services. It streams advertisements, news, and stories on public screens in rooms to specific audiences. It also owns and operates an Internet based platform which allows user to find information, ratings, and reviews about advertising space, screens, billboards, and more. It also offers a browser based software to track screen time and displayed content. It caters to cultural offers, artists, associations, public institutions, and more. FRAMEN GmbH was founded in 2018 and is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Group Nine Media

Venture Round in 2017
Group Nine Media, Inc. operates as a digital media holding company. It offers information related to food, drink, entertainment, and news. The company’s brands include The Dodo, a social video platform; NowThis, a video news publisher on social networking site; Thrillist, a lifestyle brand that offers the information related to food, drink, travel, and entertainment; and Seeker, a subscription-based channel on online video platform. Group Nine Media, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Grunderszene

Acquisition in 2014
Gruenderszene is the German-speaking online magazine for the digital industry in Germany. Vertical Media is the publishing house behind the magazine which is based in Berlin. It started as a privat blog-project of the German serial-entrepreneur [Lukasz Gadowski](https://www.crunchbase.com/person/lukasz-gadowski). Gruenderszene has become a major player in the online coverage of the startup industry in Germany,it delivers news and articles about the German internet, web and tech scene. Gruenderszene is also an organizer of industry events, such as e.g. the "Spätschicht" event in Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Munich. The English version of Gründerszene is called VentureVillage.eu. The company was acquired by [Axel Springer](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/axel-springer) in June 2014.

Remagine Ventures

Private Placement in 2019
Remagine Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in all stages of investments with focus on seed and pre-seed startups and early venture investments. The company only invests in media related technology companies related to E-commerce, B2B, video, data, marketplace/platforms, advertising, e-sports content, consumer goods and services, and AR/VR. The company focuses its investments in Israeli startups. Remagine Ventures was founded in 2019 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

PurpleBricks

Private Placement in 2018
Purplebricks Group plc engages in the real estate agency business in the United Kingdom. It provides services relating to the sale and letting of properties. The company also combines local property experts and technologies to make the process of selling, buying, or letting a property more convenient, transparent, and cost effective under the Purplebricks brand name. Purplebricks Group plc was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Solihull, the United Kingdom.

Vermietet.de

Venture Round in 2018
Vermietet.de is an association of Berlin entrepreneurs and investors whose vision is to make real estate ownership simple and intelligent. They know from their own experience how complex the management of a property can be - and have therefore founded rented.de.

CeleraOne

Acquisition in 2019
CeleraOne GmbH offers real-time data, content, people, and machine signals processing through its analytics and automation platform. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany. As of March 6, 2019, CeleraOne GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE.

Awin

Acquisition in 2007
Driving sales for their partners since 2000 with award-winning affiliate marketing solutions and exceptional service, zanox and Affiliate Window were rebranded in March 2017 to become one global network, Awin. In September 2017, Awin merged with longstanding European competitor, affilinet who has been providing publishers, advertisers and agencies with sophisticated, performance-driven solutions since 1997. Since then, local Awin and affilinet teams have integrated, and following a successful first year as part of the Awin Group, affilinet is now operating under the Awin brand.

Homebot

Seed Round in 2017
Homebot, Inc. develops and offers a financial planner application that enables homeowners to maximize the wealth from home equity. Its platform also enables lenders to help homeowners build wealth, understand when to refinance, draw a credit line, and others; and real estate agents to help homeowners build wealth by valuating homes. Homebot, Inc. has a strategic alliance with Black Knight, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Denver, Colorado. As of May 15, 2020, Homebot, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of ASG, LLC and ASG II, LLC.

mytic myticket

Venture Round in 2015
mytic myticket AG develops and operates an electronic ticket platform. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany. mytic myticket AG operates as a subsidiary of DEAG Deutsche Entertainment Aktiengesellschaft.

Retale

Venture Round in 2013
Retale brings the retail weekly ad to life! Retale is a free iOS, Android, Apple Watchy and Kindle Fire app, as well as online resource for shopping at local stores. Based on your zip code, it makes brochures, circulars and coupons from a number of retailers available in a simple, attractive format to users so they can plan their weekly shopping. Users can flip through brochures, get information about products, and learn about offers and deals. It provides a comprehensive overview of all stores and retailers, along with their address and store hours. Check out the apps here: http://www.retale.com/Mobile Retale is a concept that started in Germany four years ago, and is now used by 15 million active users in six countries. Retale currently has more than 3.5 million users and 150 of the largest retailers in the United States You can try out the apps for your Android device, your iPhone, AppleWatch, iPad or Kindle Fire tablet, and check out the web portal at http://www.retale.com.

ProSiebenSat.1

Acquisition in 2005
ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE is a German mass media company operating television, radio stations and print businesses. The ProSiebenSat.1 Group is one of the largest independent media corporations in Europe with a reported reach of 42 million household around Europe. The company operates 15 television stations across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE was established in 2000, with its headquarters in Unterföhring, Germany.  

Autoreflex.Com

Acquisition in 2011
Autoreflex.com is an automotive classified web portal for pre-owned cars. The online portal enables self-employed professionals such as vehicle dealers and agents, and garages to advertise their secondhand cars on its platform. Autoreflex.com provides its clients with a vast criteria to find the cars they need, including brand, model, maximum price, region, and more. It also offers tools and options for its users to search, save recent searches, and compare up to 10 cars through its online comparison service. Autoreflex.com was launched in 1998 by Jean Cartier. It is operated from Paris, France.

eMarketer

Merger/Acquisition in 2016
eMarketer is the first place to look for research about marketing in a digital world. eMarketer enables thousands of companies worldwide to understand marketing trends, consumer behavior and get the data needed to succeed in the competitive and fast-changing digital economy. eMarketer’s flagship product, eMarketer PRO, is home to all of eMarketer’s research, including forecasts, analyst reports, aggregated data from 3,000+ sources, interviews with industry leaders, articles, charts and comparative market data. eMarketer’s free daily newsletters span the US, EMEA and APAC and are read by more than 200,000 readers globally. In 2016 eMarketer, Inc. was acquired by European media giant Axel Springer S.E.

Vermietet.de

Venture Round in 2017
Vermietet.de is an association of Berlin entrepreneurs and investors whose vision is to make real estate ownership simple and intelligent. They know from their own experience how complex the management of a property can be - and have therefore founded rented.de.

Free2Move

Seed Round in 2015
Free2Move allows people to find and compare vehicles from a wide variety of carsharing providers in one app. Users can see cars from major carsharing providers in their area, find the closest one, compare offers and book the best fit.Their mission is to provide people with easy access to a variety of vehicles and enable them to book directly from the app. The Free2Move App is available for Android, iOS and Windows devices.

Hype

Private Placement in 2019
Pico designs and develops audience relationships management software solutions for online businesses. The company offers pre-made templates, with high-converting Facebook and Google sign-in buttons built-in. It offers its solutions for newsletters, e-commerce, subscriptions, memberships, and donations. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Clever-tanken

Acquisition in 2016
Clever-tankem is a financial platform that provides its users with statistics, vouchers, and deals for its users.

Vicomi

Seed Round in 2015
vicomi LTD. provides a visual comment platform that provides tools to measure user sentiment by allowing viewers to tag emotions to their comments. Its platform helps Web publishers to increase engagement and stickiness and thereby monetize online commenting systems; and dashboard allows users to monitor and track comments. The company’s platform recommendations widget makes higher content circulation within the Website that increases traffic, retention, stickiness, visitation time, and Web engagement. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Israel.

Runtastic

Acquisition in 2013
runtastic GmbH offers health and fitness tracking products. It offers hardware products, including daily tracking products; 24 hour activity, fitness, and sleep trackers; Runtastic Libra, a scale that speaks with smartphones/tablets; road and mountain bike accessories for tracking needs; Runtastic heart rate combo monitors; Runtastic GPS watch and heart rate monitors; and Runtastic sports armbands. The company also provides mobile apps to track activities, monitor progress, and reach goals; and products and services that focus on gathering and managing sports data in order to motivate people to do sports and to link likeminded people. In addition, it offers hardware, accessories, and music for fitness experiences through its online shop. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Pasching, Austria. As of August 5, 2015, runtastic GmbH operates as a subsidiary of adidas International B.V.

AdMobilize

Venture Round in 2017
AdMobilize LLC, a big data company, provides real-time metrics and intelligence for outdoor and indoor advertising, and other verticals that include vending machines. It offers AdPlatform, which allows users to pinpoint their target audience and reach them where they are; AdBeacon and AdDashboard, which allows advertisers to get real-time metrics and in-depth analytics on who viewed their advertisement; and Pay-Per-Look and Pay-Per-Face, which allows advertisers to measure each campaigns’ actual impressions in real-time in the physical world. AdMobilize LLC has a strategic partnership with Verizon. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Miami, Florida.

eMarketer

Acquisition in 2016
eMarketer is the first place to look for research about marketing in a digital world. eMarketer enables thousands of companies worldwide to understand marketing trends, consumer behavior and get the data needed to succeed in the competitive and fast-changing digital economy. eMarketer’s flagship product, eMarketer PRO, is home to all of eMarketer’s research, including forecasts, analyst reports, aggregated data from 3,000+ sources, interviews with industry leaders, articles, charts and comparative market data. eMarketer’s free daily newsletters span the US, EMEA and APAC and are read by more than 200,000 readers globally. In 2016 eMarketer, Inc. was acquired by European media giant Axel Springer S.E.

Homeday

Series A in 2016
Homeday is a real estate company. It provides a platform for data-driven pairing in the real estate industry. Its platform helps real estate agents to pair with private property owners to sell their property. The Company offers a platform for property owners to find brokers, as well as provides real estate appraisal, land valuation, and leasing services. Homeday was founded by Steffen Wicker and Dmitri Uvarovski in 2014.

Insider Inc.

Acquisition in 2015
Business Insider is an online platform that offers the latest business, celebrity, and technology news across America. The platform also covers technology, finance, politics, strategy, life, sports, and more. The site also provides and analyzes business news and acts as an aggregator of top news stories from around the web. It also offers in-depth insight, data and analysis of the digital landscape, from e-commerce and payments to the Internet of Things and fintech. Business Insider was founded by Kevin Ryan and Henry Blodget in May 2007 and is based in New York, United States.

FRAMEN

Series B in 2021
FRAMEN GmbH provides advertising services. It streams advertisements, news, and stories on public screens in rooms to specific audiences. It also owns and operates an Internet based platform which allows user to find information, ratings, and reviews about advertising space, screens, billboards, and more. It also offers a browser based software to track screen time and displayed content. It caters to cultural offers, artists, associations, public institutions, and more. FRAMEN GmbH was founded in 2018 and is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

PropertyGate.com

Acquisition in 2001
PropertyGate.com AG is based in Hamburg, Germany and was founded in 1999. The company operates an Internet portal for property and works as a distribution channel for real estate brokers and building contractors. It provides detailed information about properties located in Germany and abroad, prices of houses, and other property information.As of August 31, 2001, PropertyGate.com AG is a subsidiary of Axel Springer Verlag AG.

GetYourLawyer

Funding Round in 2019
GetYourLawyer enables clients to compare prices for legal services, find the ideal lawyer with just a few clicks, mandate them directly and handle the legal case including all payments online. Thanks to the unique matching process, GetYourLawyer finds the right specialist for each case and client. For lawyers, GetYourLawyer offers a comprehensive SaaS solution, thanks to which the law firm can be digitized and automated, and at the same time enables the acquisition of new customers directly via the platform. GetYourLawyer has been acquired by Ringier Axel Springer Switzerland in 2019.

Wunderflats

Seed Round in 2016
Wunderflats is an online platform that enables users to find and rent furnished apartments in Germany. It brings together tenants, landlords, and companies on one platform and makes renting a furnished apartment as convenient as possible. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Berlin.

Fineway

Series A in 2017
25$m+ funded, Munich-based travel SaaS startup. Running the most advanced B2B platform for individual travel. - Top3 Winner Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award 2019 - Top3 Winner Gründerszene Growth Award 2018 - Best Consumer Product @ EyeForTravel 2018 (London)

Group Nine Media

Corporate Round in 2019
Group Nine Media, Inc. operates as a digital media holding company. It offers information related to food, drink, entertainment, and news. The company’s brands include The Dodo, a social video platform; NowThis, a video news publisher on social networking site; Thrillist, a lifestyle brand that offers the information related to food, drink, travel, and entertainment; and Seeker, a subscription-based channel on online video platform. Group Nine Media, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Homeday

Venture Round in 2020
Homeday is a real estate company. It provides a platform for data-driven pairing in the real estate industry. Its platform helps real estate agents to pair with private property owners to sell their property. The Company offers a platform for property owners to find brokers, as well as provides real estate appraisal, land valuation, and leasing services. Homeday was founded by Steffen Wicker and Dmitri Uvarovski in 2014.

Thrillist Media Group

Funding Round in 2015
Seamlessly blending content and commerce, TMG digs deep to inform guys how to best spend their time and money across the lifestyle categories they care about most. The TMG network consists of three brands: food, drink and travel property Thrillist; tech-meets-lifestyle site Supercompressor; and style and grooming destination JackThreads.

Retale

Venture Round in 2015
Retale brings the retail weekly ad to life! Retale is a free iOS, Android, Apple Watchy and Kindle Fire app, as well as online resource for shopping at local stores. Based on your zip code, it makes brochures, circulars and coupons from a number of retailers available in a simple, attractive format to users so they can plan their weekly shopping. Users can flip through brochures, get information about products, and learn about offers and deals. It provides a comprehensive overview of all stores and retailers, along with their address and store hours. Check out the apps here: http://www.retale.com/Mobile Retale is a concept that started in Germany four years ago, and is now used by 15 million active users in six countries. Retale currently has more than 3.5 million users and 150 of the largest retailers in the United States You can try out the apps for your Android device, your iPhone, AppleWatch, iPad or Kindle Fire tablet, and check out the web portal at http://www.retale.com.

Clark

Series A in 2016
Clark is an insurance platform providing transparent, cheap and comprehensive insurance coverage. By combining technology and insurance expertise, Clark offers users simple, fair and customer-centric insurance advice. The Berlin-based company was founded in June 2015 by Dr. Christopher Oster and Steffen Glomb. Clark is supported by FinTech incubator FinLeap and the insurance think tank ITA - "Institute for Transparency".

Familynet GmbH

Series A in 2019
familynet developes Looping. Looping is a social organizer which helps to share events between individuals, groups, organizations and brands

Anzu.io

Series A in 2019
Anzu.io, Inc. develops an advertising solution that creates connections between people and brands through digital game world. Its solution empowers top-tier game studios to bring name brand ads into their titles, as well as brand advertisers to engage with digital audiences. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel with a location in Berlin, Germany.

dott

Private Placement in 2018
Dott offers dock-less, shared electrical scooters, and bikes as alternatives for short-distance travel. The company is a micro-mobility European start-up, gathering the most experienced team in mobility and tech in Europe. We recently raised an initial investment of €20 million, co-led by EQT Ventures and Naspers. Dott is headquartered in Amsterdam and is gathering the most experienced team in mobility and tech in Europe.

RealFriend

Seed Round in 2020
RealFriend Inc. provides virtual real estate services. The company was formerly known as Shiboleth LLP. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

Mic

Series B in 2015
Mic is the leading digital news company for society’s changemakers, who most influence and impact the world. The company also offers news on various sections, such as politics, world, business, culture, science, media, national, environment, and economy. Mic reaches a monthly audience of 50 million with original reporting on the most important issues through diverse perspectives that challenge conventional thinking. It was founded in 2012 and is based in New York, NY, USA.

WayUp

Series B in 2017
WayUp connects students with jobs during and after college -- from summer internships to part-time gigs to full-time jobs after graduation. Businesses post a job to a targeted audience of students at any US college, and students can browse through jobs and apply for free. It was created in 2014 and is headquartered in New York, United States.

Insider Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Business Insider is an online platform that offers the latest business, celebrity, and technology news across America. The platform also covers technology, finance, politics, strategy, life, sports, and more. The site also provides and analyzes business news and acts as an aggregator of top news stories from around the web. It also offers in-depth insight, data and analysis of the digital landscape, from e-commerce and payments to the Internet of Things and fintech. Business Insider was founded by Kevin Ryan and Henry Blodget in May 2007 and is based in New York, United States.

Anzu.io

Private Placement in 2019
Anzu.io, Inc. develops an advertising solution that creates connections between people and brands through digital game world. Its solution empowers top-tier game studios to bring name brand ads into their titles, as well as brand advertisers to engage with digital audiences. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Tel Aviv, Israel with a location in Berlin, Germany.

Qwant

Venture Round in 2014
Based and designed in Europe, Qwant is the first search engine which protects its users freedoms and ensures that the digital ecosystem remains healthy. Our keywords: privacy and neutrality. Qwant delivers the best available results to your queries and never tries to guess who you are or what you are doing. We strongly believe that what you search on the Web is an important part of your privacy. Therefore Qwant never records your searches and never uses your personal data for advertising or other purposes.

Bluedot

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Bluedot is a marketplace where electric vehicles reach charging units and charger owners can share their spots with others. It is a software and hardware integrated system with a mobile application where charger owners can easily schedule and share charger and make money, while electric car owners reach all the chargers which are publicly and privately-owned. Bluedot Technologies began its operations in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Justhome

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Justhome operates as a home financing platform.

Blendle

Series A in 2014
Blendle is basically an iTunes for Dutch newspapers, an app and a website where readers can buy articles for €0.10 to €0.30 (13¢ to 38¢) a pop. Blendle sells articles from most of the major Dutch papers, as well as from some Belgian publishers, and magazines that include the Economist. Readers can scan the major front pages and a handful of recommendations for individual articles from staffers and their friends. The recommendations are presented in a format that looks a little like Twitter. New users start with a credit of €2.50, and so far one in five has spent more than that. Buyers have a short window during which they can cancel an article purchase and get a refund. If they don’t, Blendle takes a 30% cut.

finanzen.net

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
finanzen.net is an online portal that offers private investors with real-time push prices, stock market and news, information on personal finance, and international economic data. It features watch lists, personalized news sites, a currency converter, and Forex charts. Its mobile apps are available for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone platforms.

Myosotis GmbH

Private Placement in 2020
Myosotis GmbH operates senior care centers. It also provides an application that enables users to receive images, videos, and text/voice messages. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

Hype

Seed Round in 2019
Pico designs and develops audience relationships management software solutions for online businesses. The company offers pre-made templates, with high-converting Facebook and Google sign-in buttons built-in. It offers its solutions for newsletters, e-commerce, subscriptions, memberships, and donations. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Bonial.com

Private Equity Round in 2016
Bonial.com operates the leading location based shopping platform worldwide, with a complementary portfolio of brands and products to connect shoppers with their favourite local stores and brands. Reaching 25 mln users each month, their brands focus on all stages of the shopping journey: discovering deals, following favourite stores, creating shopping lists and ultimately making a trip to the store. More than 1,000 retailers and brands rely on their services to communicate their offers and products, reaching a high quality audience with strong ROI.

Homeday

Private Placement in 2020
Homeday is a real estate company. It provides a platform for data-driven pairing in the real estate industry. Its platform helps real estate agents to pair with private property owners to sell their property. The Company offers a platform for property owners to find brokers, as well as provides real estate appraisal, land valuation, and leasing services. Homeday was founded by Steffen Wicker and Dmitri Uvarovski in 2014.

Tokabot

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Tokabot Ltd. owns and operates a fan engagement and monetization platform for sports and entertainment industry. The platform allows fans to build, automate, and distribute content. Tokabot Ltd. was founded in 2017 and is based in Ganei Tikva, Israel.

Puulse (ex Cappi)

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Welcome to Puulse, the future of banking and financing for the next generation of digital workers! Our platform is designed specifically for gig workers, providing them with instant payment options and a range of tailored financial products to help solve their unique financial challenges. Our mission is to empower the 1 billion gig workers worldwide to achieve Financial Zen, by offering a flexible and user-friendly banking and financing experience that meets their needs. With Puulse, gig workers can access financial tools and resources that were previously unavailable to them, giving them greater control over their finances and peace of mind. Our team of fintech experts is passionate about creating innovative solutions that truly make a difference in people's lives. We're proud to be at the forefront of the gig economy revolution, and we're committed to helping gig workers thrive in today's digital economy. Join us in our mission to transform the world of finance for gig workers. Follow Puulse on LinkedIn for the latest updates and insights, and visit our website to learn more about our platform and how we can help you achieve Financial Zen.

gamigo

Acquisition in 2008
gamigo AG, a subsidiary of Axel Springer AG, has been a major player in the world of online games since it was founded in 2000. Thanks to many years of experience, attractive products, and an emphasis on customer accessibility, gamigo has grown to be one of the leading online publishers in Europe and distributes Massively Multi-player Online Games (MMOGs) of various genres to a wide target audience. The range of products stretches from casual games to its core of role-playing games.

Axel Springer Digital Classifieds GmbH

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Axel Springer Digital Classifieds GmbH provides online classified advertising services. It owns and operates a French real estate portal, SeLoger; a German real estate portal Immonet; a German city portal, meinestadt.de; a job portal in the United Kingdom, Totaljobs; and a pan-European job portal, StepStone. It also offers automotive ads and general classifieds information. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Berlin, Germany. Axel Springer Digital Classifieds GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Axel Springer SE.

Insider Inc.

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
Business Insider is an online platform that offers the latest business, celebrity, and technology news across America. The platform also covers technology, finance, politics, strategy, life, sports, and more. The site also provides and analyzes business news and acts as an aggregator of top news stories from around the web. It also offers in-depth insight, data and analysis of the digital landscape, from e-commerce and payments to the Internet of Things and fintech. Business Insider was founded by Kevin Ryan and Henry Blodget in May 2007 and is based in New York, United States.

kaufDA

Acquisition in 2011
kaufDA operates an online platform for digital advertising and brochures and prevailing offers search for local shopping. It also offers an application for leaflets and catalogs of top fashion companies. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Berlin, Germany.

OZY Media

Series C in 2019
Ozy Media, Inc. operates as a daily news, magazine and video streaming site. The site delivers news and information about people, places, trends, ideas, and opinions. It offers programs such as Presidential Daily Brief, Rising Stars, Provocateurs, Fast Forward, Good Shit, Acumen, POV, Immodest Proposal, True Story, Flashback, Performance, and Wildcard for different customers with different needs. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Mountain View, California.

Fyppit

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Fyppit (www.fyppit.com) is an online marketplace where people can buy products across categories directly from their local shops, and receive them the same evening via e-cargo bikes. Fyppit is on a mission to bring power back to local, making e-commerce just as convenient, but with more balance, fair commissions and wages, and exponentially more eco-sustainable. - Asset-lite Hub 6 Spoke model - Highly experienced Founding Team with ex.Startupbootcamp, Parlamind & Ninetendo of America - Currently doing a pilot in 3 Berlin districts, with 40+ active selling shops

nextmarkets

Series A in 2016
Nextmarkets is dedicated to `helps private investors to operate in a sustainable and better educated manner on the stock exchange. For this purpose, the company developed a very easy-to-use trading platform in which private investors can trade more than 1,000 CFDs on equities , foreign exchange ( forex , FX ), bonds and commodities very intuitively - via web and mobile apps . It is scientifically proven that more than 80 percent of all private investors fail on the stock market . This has predominantly behavioral economic reasons.

laut.ag

Merger/Acquisition in 2015
LAUT AG develops digital media in the music and entertainment sector. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Konstanz, Germany.

Qwant

Venture Round in 2017
Based and designed in Europe, Qwant is the first search engine which protects its users freedoms and ensures that the digital ecosystem remains healthy. Our keywords: privacy and neutrality. Qwant delivers the best available results to your queries and never tries to guess who you are or what you are doing. We strongly believe that what you search on the Web is an important part of your privacy. Therefore Qwant never records your searches and never uses your personal data for advertising or other purposes.

Caroobi

Series A in 2017
Caroobi is an integrated marketplace for automotive aftersales. The company's mission is to provide the best end-to-end repair experience with a 100% transparent and easy booking process. They seek to revolutionize the automotive aftersales industry – across Europe and throughout the world. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

PurpleBricks

Merger/Acquisition in 2019
Purplebricks Group plc engages in the real estate agency business in the United Kingdom. It provides services relating to the sale and letting of properties. The company also combines local property experts and technologies to make the process of selling, buying, or letting a property more convenient, transparent, and cost effective under the Purplebricks brand name. Purplebricks Group plc was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Solihull, the United Kingdom.

Zizoo

Venture Round in 2016
Zizoo is a leading boat holiday platform. Zizoo is digitalising and transforming the boat rental industry (worth an estimated €33 billion), which is 10 years behind any other travel sector. They are building a global digital booking platform and website connecting suppliers (charter companies) to travelers worldwide, similar to “Booking.com for Boats”. Zizoo also provides charter companies with a powerful inventory management tool and business intelligence. They are making boat holidays affordable and accessible to everyone (bookings starts from €20 a day). Zizoo is a boat rental marketplace where you can select a boat in a location of your choice and book it as easily as a hotel room. They are not an agent; they simply connect holidayers with charters for an amazing experience on the sea. No booking fees, a simple online booking process, real time availabilities, a professional service – without the additional hassle of contacting several companies.

dott

Series A in 2019
Dott offers dock-less, shared electrical scooters, and bikes as alternatives for short-distance travel. The company is a micro-mobility European start-up, gathering the most experienced team in mobility and tech in Europe. We recently raised an initial investment of €20 million, co-led by EQT Ventures and Naspers. Dott is headquartered in Amsterdam and is gathering the most experienced team in mobility and tech in Europe.

OZY Media

Private Placement in 2017
Ozy Media, Inc. operates as a daily news, magazine and video streaming site. The site delivers news and information about people, places, trends, ideas, and opinions. It offers programs such as Presidential Daily Brief, Rising Stars, Provocateurs, Fast Forward, Good Shit, Acumen, POV, Immodest Proposal, True Story, Flashback, Performance, and Wildcard for different customers with different needs. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Mountain View, California.

kapilendo AG

Private Placement in 2016
Kapilendo is an innovative online credit market place that enables small and medium-sized companies to make cheap, fast and unbureaucratic financing by private investors in comparison to banks. The funding candidates are subjected to a credit check at the highest level by Kapilendo AG and then presented on the platform. This gives investors the opportunity to decide in which projects they are investing and to achieve an attractive return and a high diversification of the risk already with low investment yields.

Scroll

Series A in 2018
Scroll is creating a sustainable experience that puts amazing content in front of engaged users without all the noise. They want to pierce filter bubbles and leverage economic models that can afford uncomfortable truths. It's time to escape the distraction economy and focus on what's important again.

Group Nine Media

Private Placement in 2019
Group Nine Media, Inc. operates as a digital media holding company. It offers information related to food, drink, entertainment, and news. The company’s brands include The Dodo, a social video platform; NowThis, a video news publisher on social networking site; Thrillist, a lifestyle brand that offers the information related to food, drink, travel, and entertainment; and Seeker, a subscription-based channel on online video platform. Group Nine Media, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in New York, New York.

Homeday

Private Placement in 2018
Homeday is a real estate company. It provides a platform for data-driven pairing in the real estate industry. Its platform helps real estate agents to pair with private property owners to sell their property. The Company offers a platform for property owners to find brokers, as well as provides real estate appraisal, land valuation, and leasing services. Homeday was founded by Steffen Wicker and Dmitri Uvarovski in 2014.

TunedIn

Acquisition in 2013
TunedIn is a social media startup on a mission to revolutionize the television watching experience. Thanks to the introduction of a Second Screen, they at TunedIn are building an application experience that will forever change the way you discover, connect, and participate with television content.

Spectrm

Seed Round in 2016
Spectrm Publishing UG develops a conversational marketing platform. The company offers an artificial intelligence (AI) based end-to-end chatbot platform, Spectrm, which provides integration with messaging applications, and conversational marketing and intelligence tools. It provides conversation automation, intent understanding, customer segmentation, remarketing automation, and engagement analysis services. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Falkensee, Germany. It has an additional office in New York, New York.

dott

Series A in 2018
Dott offers dock-less, shared electrical scooters, and bikes as alternatives for short-distance travel. The company is a micro-mobility European start-up, gathering the most experienced team in mobility and tech in Europe. We recently raised an initial investment of €20 million, co-led by EQT Ventures and Naspers. Dott is headquartered in Amsterdam and is gathering the most experienced team in mobility and tech in Europe.

Zizoo

Series A in 2018
Zizoo is a leading boat holiday platform. Zizoo is digitalising and transforming the boat rental industry (worth an estimated €33 billion), which is 10 years behind any other travel sector. They are building a global digital booking platform and website connecting suppliers (charter companies) to travelers worldwide, similar to “Booking.com for Boats”. Zizoo also provides charter companies with a powerful inventory management tool and business intelligence. They are making boat holidays affordable and accessible to everyone (bookings starts from €20 a day). Zizoo is a boat rental marketplace where you can select a boat in a location of your choice and book it as easily as a hotel room. They are not an agent; they simply connect holidayers with charters for an amazing experience on the sea. No booking fees, a simple online booking process, real time availabilities, a professional service – without the additional hassle of contacting several companies.

Scroll

Seed Round in 2016
Scroll is creating a sustainable experience that puts amazing content in front of engaged users without all the noise. They want to pierce filter bubbles and leverage economic models that can afford uncomfortable truths. It's time to escape the distraction economy and focus on what's important again.

Fineway

Series A in 2019
25$m+ funded, Munich-based travel SaaS startup. Running the most advanced B2B platform for individual travel. - Top3 Winner Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Award 2019 - Top3 Winner Gründerszene Growth Award 2018 - Best Consumer Product @ EyeForTravel 2018 (London)