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March 7, 2019

FRIDAY secures 39 million euro media-for-equity investment from SevenVentures and German Media Pool

Germany’s leading digital insurance company, has completed a round of financing. SevenVentures, the financial investor of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE and the media investor German Media Pool are investing together 39 million euros.

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January 27, 2019

Comment: great teams, flawless execution are not enough any more… really?

Times are uncertain. VCs are looking for defensible investments. The gap this creates is an opportunity for smart family offices and media for equity funds.

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January 18, 2019

German Media Pool invests in LemonSwan, the premium dating platform for women

LemonSwan, the next generation dating platform started by Arne Kahlke, has completed its first investment round with a group of high profile German investors and family offices, including German Media Pool. German Media Pool is providing premium television media to LemonSwan via its media for equity investment model. The television campaigns will be used to underpin the digital marketing activities of the dating platform.

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December 28, 2018

How to beat Silicon Valley at its own game in 2019

In this blog post, German Media Pool Co-Founder Niko Waesche identifies managed service platforms as a promising local investment opportunity for venture capital funds around the world.

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July 19, 2018

ABOUT YOU becomes Hamburg’s first unicorn – Heartland A/S joins the fashion-tech start-up as a new investor

Heartland A/S, the investment holding company of one of Europe’s largest fashion retail groups, Bestseller A/S, is joining ABOUT YOU as a new investor. The investment is part of a financing round of around USD 300 million valuing ABOUT YOU with over USD 1 billion. Thus the Otto Group’s rapidly growing fashion-tech start-up becomes Hamburg’s first ‘unicorn’.

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