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Martin Weber participated in the IDCEE 2013 Panel "Agency model: new trend for VC smart money"
Martin has built up HV Holtzbrinck Ventures as the leading consumer internet focused all-stage venture capital company in Germany over the last 12 years. HV has invested in more than 100 companies including Citydeal (acquired by Groupon), Wooga.com, Zalando.com, Dafiti.com.br, Lamoda.ru, Jabong.com, Ozon.ru, Glossybox plus founded several start-ups such as Parship.com, Westwing.com and Experteer.com. Prior to joining the firm, Martin was CFO of Netlife AG (managing their IPO) and Investment Manager with Bayerische Landesbank for five years.
Holtzbrinck Ventures is the leading German Venture Capital Investor focused on consumer internet. We invest in start-ups at their foundation and initiate / co-found companies. HV is the first institutional investor helping successful companies from the day of their inception to multi national category leaders around the world. The current portfolio consists of 67 companies with total annual revenue of several billion USD.
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IDCEE 2013: HV: An Overview - Martin Weber (General Partner @ Holtzbrinck Ventures)
1. HV: An Overview
Highly successful investor in the consumer internet market, one of Europe’s fastest growing sectors
Selected Portfolio Companies
Selected Portfolio Companies
Independent Team
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Europe‘s largest online store for
shoes & fashion
One of the largest mobile & social
gaming platforms worldwide
Brazil‘s star in fashion
e-commerce
Online jeweler, allowing its
customers to create individual
genuine jewelry
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Investment Strategy
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Fast growing payment
company offering the easiest
way to technically integrate
payments into your website.
Marketplace for unique /
handmade products
Founded in 2000 as the Corporate Venture Capital Arm of the
Holtzbrinck Publishing Group
Became fully independent in 2010
Raised Fund V in 2012, with first and single closing of € 175M
Deployed more than € 225M across 110 investments since 1999
Current portfolio > 3bn annualized revenues
World class multiple of > 4x over all Funds and 13 years
The core investment team has remained unchanged since 2000
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Focus on consumer internet, mainly commerce, gaming, mobile,
social & online service businesses, education & healthcare,
“light” technology
Like to initially invest at seed stage and 75% of the total
investment in follow-on rounds
Total investment size € 0.2M - € 15M
We back entrepreneurs and initiate company foundations
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2. CIS is a more than relevant space for selected portfolio
companies
Selected portfolio companies active in CIS
Selected portfolio companies active in CIS
lamoda is one of the leading Russian online shops
for fashion and shoes
eDarling is one of the leading European online
matchmaking services
OZON.ru is the leading online retailer for general
merchandise on the Russian-speaking Internet
Westwing is the leading e-tailer for home & living
in Europe and beyond
Auctionata allows real time bidding in its virtual
auction room for everyone.
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Similarity of consumer behaviour leads to leverage
of existing know how
Systems and tools can be re-used
Access to purchasing power of 270 Mio inhabitants
Interest in luxury/quality items
Strong local technical talent can run development
efforts
Step to „Go-east“ into emerging markets
Access to capital for follow-on rounds:
L'ArcoBaleno is the ultimate marketplace for
exploring, discovering and shopping of curated
high end design objects from around the world.
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