Thomas (Tom) Gieselmann is co-founder and General Partner at BV Capital. Tom has started several companies at a very young age and joined AOL Europe where he developed the online-portal of the first European online service AOL.de. In 1997, Tom moved back to the States together with Jan Buettner and Mathias Schilling to found BV Capital. He has since invested in and supported several internet and mobile startups, including GoToMyPC, Nuvomedia, Del.icio.us, Fotolog, Pulse News, Ixtens, Playhaven and NGINX.