Mediahuis

Mediahuis, established in 2020, is a Belgian media company specializing in cross-media brands. It operates internationally, offering a wide range of services including newspaper and magazine publication, distribution, printing, television, radio, and online media. The company invests in European EdTech and HRTech companies through its venture capital arm, Mediahuis Ventures, focusing on Series A and beyond as a lead investor.

Levin Nuyken

Investment Analyst

Beren Erbişim Tülü

Investment Analyst

Patrick De Wachter

Director, Corporate Development

28 past transactions

Perlego

Venture Round in 2024
Perlego is an online subscription service that provides access to a vast library of textbooks and non-fiction titles. Established in 2016 and headquartered in London, the company has partnered with over 3,000 publishers to offer users unlimited access to more than 650,000 eBooks and publications. Perlego aims to enhance accessibility to educational resources, enabling students and learners around the world to benefit from affordable reading materials through a monthly subscription model. By focusing on academic and professional e-books, Perlego seeks to support learning and foster knowledge acquisition at a low cost.

Impactpool

Series A in 2024
Impactpool is a social enterprise that specializes in connecting highly-qualified professionals with career opportunities in international development. It aggregates job vacancies from nearly 1000 global organizations, including UN bodies, international financial institutions, the European Union, and prominent intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations. Impactpool's platform not only facilitates job searches but also provides career guidance and sector insights to enhance candidates' prospects. The enterprise, operated by Intalma – International Talent Management, aims to empower motivated individuals worldwide and serve as a premier talent source for mission-driven organizations.

WorkerHero

Series A in 2024
WorkerHero is a recruiting technology company founded in 2021 and headquartered in Munich, Germany. The company specializes in sourcing and recruiting skilled workers, particularly in blue-collar sectors. By leveraging a fully automated software solution, WorkerHero simplifies the recruitment process for companies, delivering job vacancies to candidates across up to 150 online and offline channels. This approach minimizes the time recruiters spend on tasks while maximizing the efficiency of hiring. The platform also allows job seekers to register with their qualifications, browse available positions, and communicate directly with employers, facilitating a seamless hiring experience. Overall, WorkerHero aims to make recruitment more efficient, plannable, and successful for businesses.

Taskbase

Seed Round in 2024
Taskbase AG is an innovative company based in Zurich, Switzerland, specializing in the development of interactive learning solutions powered by artificial intelligence. Founded in 2015, Taskbase supports publishers and educational departments by providing advanced digital learning tools through a unique modular SaaS platform. The company's technology enables the creation of customized tutoring systems that deliver formative feedback and insights tailored to individual student needs. By leveraging complex technologies, Taskbase enhances student engagement, motivation, and confidence, offering relevant content aligned with educational curricula. Its mission is to inspire learning success through cutting-edge educational solutions.

Alleo

Series A in 2024
Alleo is an employee engagement company focused on enhancing workplace satisfaction by offering flexible employee benefits. It provides a range of perks tailored to individual needs, promoting financial, physical, and mental well-being among employees. By allowing employees to choose their own benefits, Alleo aims to attract and retain talent, contributing to a healthier, happier, and more committed workforce.

CareerFairy

Seed Round in 2023
CareerFairy GmbH operates an innovative online platform that connects emerging talent with potential employers. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, the company specializes in live streaming recruitment services. Through its platform, CareerFairy enables companies to effectively communicate their mission and culture by allowing employees to engage directly with students and job seekers. This approach not only helps attract candidates who align with the company's values but also assists students in identifying career opportunities that match their personal goals and ambitions. Additionally, the platform facilitates real-time feedback for companies, enhancing their recruitment strategy by assessing the effectiveness of their engagement efforts.

Swap Language

Seed Round in 2023
Swap Language is a language learning platform that specializes in delivering Danish lessons tailored for corporate clients and their international employees.

Settly

Seed Round in 2023
Settly is a digital relocation expert that provides comprehensive solutions to assist companies in supporting their international talent. The company offers a platform designed to facilitate various aspects of the relocation process, including immigration services, housing assistance, cultural transition, healthcare support, and travel booking. By streamlining these services, Settly aims to enhance employee engagement and retention, enabling organizations to effectively manage their talent acquisition and human resources needs. Through its innovative approach, Settly helps companies save time and resources while ensuring a smooth transition for employees moving to new locations.

Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences

Series A in 2023
Tomorrow's Education is an innovative, AI-powered, fully personalized online university based in Europe, designed to redefine higher education by putting students at the center of their learning experience. The university utilizes advanced technology to deliver highly flexible, adaptable, and individualized educational pathways, setting new standards for learning. The key subjects are business & entrepreneurship, sustainability and inner development as well as technology, data and AI. Key Features: - Personalized Learning: Tomorrow's Education is the first state-recognized online university to provide a fully personalized learning experience that adapts to the unique needs, preferences, and schedules of each student. The platform leverages cutting-edge AI to ensure that each student’s journey is optimized for their success. - Multi-Lingual Education: The university supports multi-lingual learning with AI-powered live translation, making its content accessible to students around the world and fostering inclusive education regardless of language barriers. - AI Tutoring: Tomorrow’s Education integrates AI-driven tutoring to provide scalable, one-on-one support for students, improving the learning experience and boosting student outcomes. This model allows for high efficiency while maintaining high levels of student satisfaction. - High Retention & Success Rates: With a focus on student-centric learning, Tomorrow's Education boasts an very high retention rate and 95%+ job placement rate for graduates, highlighting the university's commitment to academic and career success. - Industry-Relevant Curriculum: The university partners with industry leaders to offer programs that are highly relevant to the current job market, ensuring graduates are well-equipped for success in their chosen fields. - Innovative Learning Environment: Tomorrow's Education provides a comprehensive, flexible, and immersive learning experience that empowers students to achieve their personal and professional goals while overcoming traditional barriers in higher education.

Euractiv

Acquisition in 2023
EurActiv is a media network specializing in European Union news and policy discussions, offering content in over 12 languages. The organization operates an online media portal that provides localized information on EU policies and facilitates debates among policy professionals throughout Europe. By delivering news and insights free of charge, EurActiv serves a diverse audience that includes politicians, policymakers, business stakeholders, journalists, civil society organizations, NGOs, and other influential groups. This approach ensures that key decision-makers and interested parties remain informed about significant developments and discussions related to EU issues.

Switcher

Acquisition in 2022
Switcher is a price comparison and switching service that helps consumers find the best deals on gas, electricity, broadband, digital TV, home phone services, and mobile plans, including SIM-only options. The company provides an easy-to-use platform for comparing prices across various service categories, enabling users to make informed decisions and switch providers for better rates. By streamlining the process of finding and switching to more cost-effective energy and communication services, Switcher aims to enhance consumer savings and satisfaction in the utility and telecommunications markets.

Carzone

Acquisition in 2022
At Carzone.ie you can search a huge range of cars for sale in Ireland. As well as providing an online car search facility, you can also look through a range of trucks, motor-homes and motorcycles.

HiPeople

Seed Round in 2022
HiPeople is a company that specializes in automating the recruitment process by providing a platform for skill qualification and candidate insights. The platform allows businesses to create customized skill assessments for various roles, streamlining the pre-screening process for recruiters. HiPeople's offerings include in-depth assessments, reference and background checks, as well as analytics on candidate experience and quality of hire. By leveraging these tools, HiPeople enables organizations to gather comprehensive insights about candidates, facilitating more informed hiring decisions and improving overall recruitment efficiency.

Bunch

Seed Round in 2022
Bunch is a New York City and Berlin-based startup focused on enhancing leadership skills through its AI-powered coaching platform. Targeting millennial and Gen Z professionals, Bunch provides tailored leadership education and actionable tips designed to fit into busy schedules, allowing users to improve critical skills in just two minutes a day. The platform addresses everyday leadership challenges by offering short lessons and personalized advice based on each user’s leadership style and objectives. Bunch serves a global community of managers and team members from notable companies such as Slack, TikTok, PayPal, N26, and Tier. Founded by Darja Gutnick and Anthony Reo, the company has garnered attention from major publications and has successfully raised $6 million in seed funding to further its mission of empowering individuals to become effective leaders.

SkenarioLabs

Series A in 2022
SkenarioLabs is a real estate analytics company that leverages artificial intelligence to deliver in-depth diagnostics on property portfolios. The company offers a platform designed to assist property owners, portfolio managers, banks, and insurance companies in making informed decisions through objective and transparent risk and value assessments. By using advanced AI technology, SkenarioLabs enables clients to plan maintenance and renovations effectively while evaluating technical risks and their potential impact on real estate value, rental income, and overall investment returns. This approach allows enterprises to optimize the performance of their properties in response to local market conditions.

Perlego

Series B in 2022
Perlego is an online subscription service that provides access to a vast library of textbooks and non-fiction titles. Established in 2016 and headquartered in London, the company has partnered with over 3,000 publishers to offer users unlimited access to more than 650,000 eBooks and publications. Perlego aims to enhance accessibility to educational resources, enabling students and learners around the world to benefit from affordable reading materials through a monthly subscription model. By focusing on academic and professional e-books, Perlego seeks to support learning and foster knowledge acquisition at a low cost.

Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences

Seed Round in 2022
Tomorrow's Education is an innovative, AI-powered, fully personalized online university based in Europe, designed to redefine higher education by putting students at the center of their learning experience. The university utilizes advanced technology to deliver highly flexible, adaptable, and individualized educational pathways, setting new standards for learning. The key subjects are business & entrepreneurship, sustainability and inner development as well as technology, data and AI. Key Features: - Personalized Learning: Tomorrow's Education is the first state-recognized online university to provide a fully personalized learning experience that adapts to the unique needs, preferences, and schedules of each student. The platform leverages cutting-edge AI to ensure that each student’s journey is optimized for their success. - Multi-Lingual Education: The university supports multi-lingual learning with AI-powered live translation, making its content accessible to students around the world and fostering inclusive education regardless of language barriers. - AI Tutoring: Tomorrow’s Education integrates AI-driven tutoring to provide scalable, one-on-one support for students, improving the learning experience and boosting student outcomes. This model allows for high efficiency while maintaining high levels of student satisfaction. - High Retention & Success Rates: With a focus on student-centric learning, Tomorrow's Education boasts an very high retention rate and 95%+ job placement rate for graduates, highlighting the university's commitment to academic and career success. - Industry-Relevant Curriculum: The university partners with industry leaders to offer programs that are highly relevant to the current job market, ensuring graduates are well-equipped for success in their chosen fields. - Innovative Learning Environment: Tomorrow's Education provides a comprehensive, flexible, and immersive learning experience that empowers students to achieve their personal and professional goals while overcoming traditional barriers in higher education.

Lepaya

Series B in 2021
Lepaya is a business specializing in Power Skills training, fortified by technology and scalable learning methods. It equips companies to upskill their employees effectively through a blend of online and offline learning experiences. Lepaya's interactive courses are delivered via its application, with trainers guiding learners through tailored, bite-sized content designed for mobile consumption. This approach aims to create engaging learning journeys that measurably enhance employee performance and impact.

Myskillcamp

Series A in 2021
Myskillcamp is a Belgian company founded in 2016, specializing in the development of a digital learning platform that facilitates employee, customer, and partner training. Based in Tournai, the company provides comprehensive educational design support, helping organizations navigate their digital transformation and implement effective learning projects. Myskillcamp's platform enables businesses to manage learner communities, structure training programs by skills and roles, and create tailored educational content. The platform supports various learning formats, including face-to-face, digital, and blended learning, allowing for a flexible approach to training. Additionally, it offers features for organizing and distributing training across individual learners or groups, ensuring that organizations can centralize and streamline their internal and external training activities.

Bunch

Seed Round in 2021
Bunch is a New York City and Berlin-based startup focused on enhancing leadership skills through its AI-powered coaching platform. Targeting millennial and Gen Z professionals, Bunch provides tailored leadership education and actionable tips designed to fit into busy schedules, allowing users to improve critical skills in just two minutes a day. The platform addresses everyday leadership challenges by offering short lessons and personalized advice based on each user’s leadership style and objectives. Bunch serves a global community of managers and team members from notable companies such as Slack, TikTok, PayPal, N26, and Tier. Founded by Darja Gutnick and Anthony Reo, the company has garnered attention from major publications and has successfully raised $6 million in seed funding to further its mission of empowering individuals to become effective leaders.

Lepaya

Series A in 2020
Lepaya is a business specializing in Power Skills training, fortified by technology and scalable learning methods. It equips companies to upskill their employees effectively through a blend of online and offline learning experiences. Lepaya's interactive courses are delivered via its application, with trainers guiding learners through tailored, bite-sized content designed for mobile consumption. This approach aims to create engaging learning journeys that measurably enhance employee performance and impact.

Saint-Paul Luxembourg

Acquisition in 2020
Saint-Paul Luxembourg publishes a number of titles including the Luxembourg Times, Télécran, and Luxembourg's oldest newspaper, Luxemburger Wort.

Independent News & Media

Acquisition in 2019
Independent News & Media PLC is a prominent media organization based in Dublin, Ireland, primarily engaged in the publication and distribution of newspapers. The company publishes several major titles, including the Irish Independent, Sunday Independent, Belfast Telegraph, and Sunday World, along with numerous regional newspapers and magazines. In addition to print media, Independent News & Media operates various online platforms, providing news and classified services across multiple categories such as jobs and property. The company also manages a diverse range of businesses, including online media, auto trading, and the distribution of consumable packaging products for food service providers. Established in 1904, Independent News & Media serves its readership through a comprehensive distribution network, which includes both retailers and home delivery services. As of 2019, it operates as a subsidiary of Mediahuis NV and maintains a significant presence in multiple international markets.

Jellow

Seed Round in 2017
Jellow is a professional networking platform that connects businesses with interim professionals and freelancers for project support. The service offers a transparent and efficient process, allowing end clients to directly search for and contact suitable professionals from Jellow's screened network. By eliminating the need for intermediaries, Jellow streamlines the hiring process and simplifies contract management and invoicing. The platform focuses on delivering high-quality service and quick access to the best available talent, ensuring that businesses can efficiently find the right professionals for their specific needs.

Joyn Belgium

Seed Round in 2017
Joyn Belgium operates a customer engagement platform that enhances the relationship between merchants and their customers. The platform allows users to utilize a loyalty card that enables them to earn rewards points while shopping at their preferred stores. Customers can redeem these points for various benefits, including discounts and prizes, fostering loyalty and repeat business. By integrating the efforts of numerous local merchants, Joyn provides a unified app that offers unique advantages to customers, encouraging them to return to participating businesses. This approach not only supports merchants in growing their customer base but also helps consumers discover valuable rewards and promotions from a diverse range of local retailers.

Telegraaf Media Groep (TMG)

Acquisition in 2017
Telegraaf Media Groep N.V. is a prominent media company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, with a diverse portfolio that includes printed media and digital platforms. The company publishes national newspapers and magazines through its TMG Landelijke Media segment, which also encompasses digital content and video production. Its TMG Digital segment focuses on key online platforms and e-commerce initiatives. Additionally, the Holland Media Combinatie segment publishes regional newspapers and free local publications, while the Keesing Media Group specializes in puzzle booklets. Telegraaf Media Groep's Facilitating Services segment provides printing, distribution, and office space solutions. The company is recognized for its flagship brands, including De Telegraaf, DFT, and Metro, making it the largest newspaper publisher in the Netherlands. Founded in 1893, Telegraaf Media Groep N.V. holds a significant position in both daily and magazine publishing, particularly in the Randstad area, serving various target demographics in entertainment, automotive, and puzzle segments.

NRC Media

Acquisition in 2014
NRC Media is a publishing company known for producing NRC Handelsblad, nrc.next, and the digital platform nrc.nl, alongside various online stores and applications. The company emphasizes quality journalism, aiming to inform its readers—who are typically well-educated and affluent—about contemporary issues that influence decision-making. NRC Media is dedicated to providing relevant information to help readers form their own opinions rather than imposing specific viewpoints. Additionally, the company's diverse portfolio offers advertisers a significant and pertinent editorial environment, enhancing the effectiveness of media campaigns.

Lepaya

Lepaya is a business specializing in Power Skills training, fortified by technology and scalable learning methods. It equips companies to upskill their employees effectively through a blend of online and offline learning experiences. Lepaya's interactive courses are delivered via its application, with trainers guiding learners through tailored, bite-sized content designed for mobile consumption. This approach aims to create engaging learning journeys that measurably enhance employee performance and impact.
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