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Holtzbrinck Ventures

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Since 1998, Holtzbrinck Ventures has funded young companies with risk capital and, having invested in over 60 companies, Holtzbrinck is one the largest early stage investors focusing on the new media sector.

The emphasis of our current investments is on online networks (dating, social and professional networks), e-commerce (auction sites, online shops, classified advertising and P2P), entertainment, information commerce (portals, LBS, UGC) and their supportive technologies and applications. Above all they are seeking entrepreneurs with convincing concepts in the new media sector, who can impress with their innovative ideas.

Milestones

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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in Citydeal.de. (1/27/10)
  Posted 1/29/10 at 2:17am
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in wooga. (11/12/09)
  Posted 11/12/09 at 5:58am
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in Affinitas GmbH. (9/9/09)
  Posted 9/25/09 at 12:16pm
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in playnik. (9/09)
  Posted 2/14/10 at 3:06pm
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in Stylight. (2/09)
  Posted 3/8/10 at 11:39am
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in My-Hammer. (6/17/08)
  Posted 5/23/09 at 3:18am
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in Seatwave. (2/11/08)
  Posted 2/11/08 at 1:21pm
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in kissnofrog. (2/08)
  Posted 11/12/09 at 7:47am
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in AdScale. (1/17/08)
  Posted 7/10/08 at 2:14pm
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in Bookya. (10/07)
  Posted 6/27/08 at 9:40am
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in brands4friends. (9/10/07)
  Posted 7/10/08 at 2:39pm
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in Nimbuzz. (6/1/07)
  Posted 7/31/07 at 6:36pm
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in Deutsche Startups. (4/8/07)
  Posted 7/10/08 at 2:54pm
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in Ozon.ru. (4/3/07)
  Posted 10/22/09 at 2:16pm
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in Imagekind. (2/26/07)
  Posted 9/23/08 at 8:30pm
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  Holtzbrinck Ventures invested in DaWanda. (2/22/07)
  Posted 7/10/08 at 2:47pm

Investments

Videos

Sources

1. Germany, Citydeal.de Raises €4M in Venture Capital (finsmes.com) [edit]
2. wooga secures €5m ($7.5m) in funding led by Balderton (wooga.net) [edit]
3. Cap Funding Report [edit]
4. Neuhaus Partners And T-Venture invest in playnik.com (t-venture.com) [edit]
5. deutsche-startups.de (deutsche-startups.de) [edit]
6. Cap Funding Report [edit]
7. techcrunch.com [edit]
8. Citation Needed [add]
9. AdScale (holtzbrinck-ventures.com) [edit]
10. Holtzbrinck steigt bei Bookya ein (deutsche-startups.de) [edit]
11. Brands4friends Launches Closed Shopping Community (de.blognation.com) [edit]
12. Cap Funding Report [edit]
13. http://www.holtzbrinck-ventures.com/?deutschestartups_en (deutsche-startups.de) [edit]
14. $18 Million Investment to OZON.ru Led by Index Ventures (indexventures.com) [edit]
15. imagekind.com [edit]
16. Dawanda Does A Deal With Holtzbrinck Ventures And Spreadshirt (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
17. Epuls (holtzbrinck-ventures.com) [edit]
18. Gaming Site GameDuell Scores $17.45 Million For Expansion (paidcontent.org) [edit]
19. holtzbrinck-ventures.com [edit]