Founded in 2000 as the venture capital arm of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures now invests as the leading independent German early stage fund in the fourth generation of funds.
For over a decade HV Holtzbrinck Ventures has been supporting founders in developing their Internet businesses. During this time, the team has invested in over 100 businesses, among them some of today’s most successful businesses, such as Groupon, Zalando, Parship, brands4friends, Experteer, StudiVZ, MyHammer, AdScale, Wooga, eDarling and Gameduell.
HV Holtzbrinck Ventures was one of the few venture capital firms in the past to themselves found internationally successful companies such as Parship and Experteer.
HV Holtzbrinck Ventures currently holds shares in more than 60 companies, among them:
- AdScale, Germany’s leading real time market place for online advertising.
- Experteer, provider of career enhancement services for top, career-minded individuals who actively plan their careers and who want to monitor the job market as well as their own value.
- GameDuell is, with over 10 million members, one of the leading internet gaming sites worldwide.
- Every day Groupon offers exciting new deals in a large number of German and European cities.
- wooga develops high-quality social games on networks like Facebook.
- Zalando, the leading German online shoe and fashion store.
