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German Media Pool

Based in Berlin, German Media Pool is Germany's leading independent media for equity investor, connecting premium media groups to high-growth consumer-facing companies. The partners of German Media Pool provide TV, radio, out of home and print. In addition to its media partners in Germany, German Media Pool works with media groups in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and several Eastern European markets, allowing German Media Pool to provide media for equity investments not only in Germany, but across Europe. In total, it has invested more than EUR 400m in gross media volume in more than 75 investment rounds into 36 start-ups. German Media Pool currently counts over 20 successful exits, 3 IPOs and two unicorns, with more to come. German Media Pool’s current and past investments include ABOUT YOU, momox, CLARK, Sanity Group and Grover.

GMPVC German Media Pool

GMPVC German Media Pool GmbH sets up new EUR 15m venture capital fund to support its media for equity portfolio and invest in the next generation of consumer startups.

We are very proud to announce the first closing of our new EUR 15m cash venture capital fund today. The new fund, GMPVC Opportunities I, is focused on consumer-facing and B2C-enabling startups of any stage across Europe. Investors in the first closing are family offices and media groups, including several long-standing partners and shareholders of German Media Pool.
 
With this new fund, we now have the capability to support our existing portfolio investments in cash rounds, after an initial media for equity investment. By investing media as well as cash, German Media Pool can now act as a specialised partner for consumer-facing companies and their enablers across all entrepreneurial stages.
 
In the last years, we are proud to have worked hand in hand with the founders of some of the most successful consumer-facing startups in Europe, including ABOUT YOU, momox AG, CLARK, Sanity Group and Grover. In order to accelerate their growth plans, we provide our startups with a tailored bouquet of premium media. Our new venture fund allows us to extend our range of support to our founders on their journey in building Europe’s next generation consumer businesses.
 
Both funds, German Media Pool and GMPVC Opportunities I, will be led by the same set of Berlin-based Partners, Aljoscha Kaplan and Dennis Ahrling. Aljoscha founded German Media Pool in 2011 together with Niko Waesche . Dennis joined the fund in 2018 and was today promoted to Partner position, at both the media for equity fund German Media Pool as well as the cash fund GMPVC Opportunities I. They are supported by Head of Finance Christina Meyer-Grunwald, Media Operations Manager Carolin Strelow and Investment Associate Wen Hao Cheok.

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Cool Japan Fund クールジャパン機構, welcome to the Grover investor community! 🤝

As Europe's leading tech rental business, Grover is already distributing many Japanese products to its customer base. We're convinced this is a match made in heaven to further strengthen the ties between Japanese tech and European consumers. 🤩

𝐕𝐂 𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐥

GMPVC German Media Pool GmbH ist ein unabhängiger Media for Equity Fund, der seit 2011 aktiv ist. Der Fonds hat mehr als 40 #Medienpartner aus allen Mediengattungen (TV, Out of Home, Radio und Print) und bietet Startups maßgeschneiderte Medialeistungen. Durch die Bereitstellung von Werbemöglichkeiten unterstützt der Fonds Startups dabei, ihre Markenbekanntheit und Reichweite ohne den Einsatz von Barmitteln zu steigern.

𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐧 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐥:
- German Media Pool unterscheidet sich durch sein einzigartiges Media for Equity Modell, das Startups hilft, signifikante Werbepräsenz in zentralen Medienkanälen zu erreichen. Diese strategische Unterstützung ermöglicht es jungen Unternehmen, ihre Sichtbarkeit effektiv zu erhöhen und ihre Marktstellung zu festigen.
- Die Investitionen reichen von 100.000 Euro bis zu 10 Millionen Euro für Erstinvestitionen und bis zu 20 Millionen Euro für Folgeinvestitionen. Das Investment wird typischerweise durch Co-Investitionen mit anderen Venture Capital-Gebern ergänzt.

𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: momox, CLARK, Grover, ABOUT YOU

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦: u.a. Aljoscha Kaplan, Dennis Ahrling, Niko Marcel Waesche, Amelie Bahr, Carolin Strelow


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📣 Fundraise announcement! 📣

We're thrilled to continue our support of Henrik Karlberg and ENVOY, the leading content marketing platform. 🤩

This fundraise saw Digital Convergence Technologies Inc., Applover Full-Stack Digital Agency, Thomas Stromstedt and Peter Lindholm invest alongside us to support ENVOY's further product development and expansion. 🤝

I will be at the HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds Family Day today and tomorrow.

If you are around, let’s catch up!

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We've been investing in agetech for years — now we're about to have skin in the game ourselves. 👀

Together with Famileo, we're building a joint venture in the elderly care sector in Germany and are making our first sales hire. 🤝

If you have an interest in elderly care and a background in sales, check the job ad below. 👇

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