The media + more venture is a joint venture capital company of the publishers BZ.medien GmbH & Co. KG in Freiburg, Druck & Medien Heilbronn GmbH in Heilbronn and VRM GmbH & Co. KG in Mainz. The three regional media companies are characterised by a high willingness to innovate, particularly in the digital sector, and offer a similar range of products and services (daily newspapers, classified journals/free papers, magazines, advertising agencies, printing, logistics, ticketing, radio, courier/mail service, software development as well as information and communication services). Through our broad reach, but also through our diverse know-how and network of portfolio companies and co-investors, we want to support startups and contribute to their long-term success.
Last updated: 2020
Last updated: 2020
Last updated: 2020
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We invest in teams and topics with touch points to everything that is or will be relevant in the value chain “generate reach, market reach”. In doing so, we rely on the direct adjacency of the investment managers through their digital responsibility in the respective company and on close cooperation between the three publishing companies. As a strategic partner for startups, we do not only bring in our financial resources, but also our expertise in media and our broad network inside and outside of the German media industry.
The media + more venture offers startups not only equity and media power but also extensive expertise from many years of operational experience in the media industry. If required, we provide support through our know-how on topics such as customer experience, user journey and digital marketing. Furthermore we are able to establish contacts to suitable partners from our network who can foster the development and expansion of the different business operations.
Equity & Media Power
Expertise & Know-how
Experience
Three Teams
Access to Media Channels
Broad Network
Since the foundation of media + more venture in 2012, we have made several investments and we are proud of each and every portfolio company! This also includes our stakes in the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), which is the biggest seed investor in Germany, and in the next media accelerator (nma), which is specialized on very early stage founding teams with media-related business models.
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