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Total Funding: $36M
Total Funding: $10M
Total Funding: $10M
Total Funding: $58M
Total Funding: $40M
Total Funding: $4M
Total Funding: $9M
Total Funding: $31M
Total Funding: $300M
Total Funding: $180M
2011
2011
Point Nine Capital is a Berlin-based venture capital firm focused on early-stage internet investments that I co-founded in 2011. We have invested in SaaS startups such as Algolia, Automile, Contentful, and Typeform, as well as online marketplaces like Brainly, DocPlanner, and StarOfService.
2008
2008
I'm a private investor in a number of great companies. I try to help the companies I've invested in in various ways, including marketing, recruiting and financing.
2005 - 2008
2005 - 2008
- As Pageflakes' founding CEO, I led the company from inception through major platform launches, award-winning product designs, Series A funding from Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Europe) and executive hiring. - Hired industry veteran out of Yahoo! as CEO and subsequently drove Pageflakes' product development, responsible for overall product vision, roadmap planning and execution. - Following the company's relocation to SF and its acquisition by LiveUniverse, stepped down from CPO position to become an advisor to the CEO.
2000 - 2005
2000 - 2005
tangible engineering GmbH, euforo GmbH, CalendarHub Inc
2003 - 2004
2003 - 2004
As a close advisor to the CEO, I helped build one of the first social networking services in Germany.
1997 - 2000
1997 - 2000
- Co-founded DealPilot.com and turned it into the leading online comparison shopping service for media products. - In two rounds of funding, raised more than $10M from angel investors, BV Capital and Bertelsmann. - Responsible for product design and product management of price comparison web site and toolbar. - Played key role in strategic development, financial planning, monetization, marketing and PR.
1993 - 1997
1993 - 1997
Software mail-order and PC game development