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BurdaPrincipal Investments

BurdaPrincipal Investments is a venture capital firm based in Munich, Germany, investing in Software & Developer Tools; Commerce & Marketing and Consumer, Lifestyle & Services, 54 tracked investments.

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Investments Tracked

About BurdaPrincipal Investments

Operating out of Munich, Germany, BurdaPrincipal Investments is a venture capital firm. Our dataset covers 54 investments involving BurdaPrincipal Investments.

Recorded deals span Software & Developer Tools; Commerce & Marketing; Consumer, Lifestyle & Services and Sustainability. Coverage extends to 8 sectors in total. Participation spans Series A, Series B and Series C+ rounds.

Burda Principal Investments is the growth capital arm of Hubert Burda Media, providing long-term growth equity for fast-growing digital technology and media companies. They focus on consumer-facing businesses in sectors like e-commerce, fintech, and marketplaces across Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia.

Investment Focus

Stage Focus
series-aseries-bseries-c-plus
Sectors
Software & Developer ToolsCommerce & MarketingConsumer, Lifestyle & Servicessustainabilityfashionecommercebrand-led commercepetcare

Investment Thesis

Burda Principal Investments is the growth capital arm of Hubert Burda Media, providing long-term growth equity for fast-growing digital technology and media companies. They focus on consumer-facing businesses in sectors like e-commerce, fintech, and marketplaces across Europe, the US, and Southeast Asia.

BurdaPrincipal Investments Portfolio Companies

24 of 41 tracked holdings.

Portfolio outcomes
36 active3 acquired6.8% exit rate

Team

Christian TeichmannCEO & Managing Director

Christian Teichmann joined Burda in 2015 and is CEO and Managing Director of Burda Principal Investments. Prior to joining Burda and helping to set up Burda Principal Investments, he was at Solon Management Consulting for over a decade as P…

Clare McCartney BeerCOO & Managing Director

Clare joined Burda Principal Investments as Chief Operating Officer in 2021. Prior to this, she led Impact Management Strategy & Investor Relations at nebenan.de in Berlin.

John GregerCPO & Portfolio Partner

John Greger joined Burda in 2019 and is Portfolio Partner and Chief Product Officer at Burda Principal Investments. Before joining Burda, he was CPO at Vinted, leading the product and IT teams during a successful turnaround phase.

Julian von EckartsbergManaging Director Europe

Julian von Eckartsberg joined Burda in 2021 and is Managing Director Europe of Burda Principal Investments. Previously, Julian was the CEO of Stylight, a leading platform for fashion and furniture with more than 100m users worldwide owned b…

Neil FongManaging Director Asia

Neil joined Burda Principal Investments in 2021 and is heading the APAC region from the Singapore office. He started his career at Black Rock in New York City, where he spent eight years working with Central Banks and Sovereign Wealth Funds…

Thomas JuvinManaging Director Europe

Thomas joined Burda in 2017 and is Managing Director Europe of Burda Principal Investments. He previously spent four years in the investment banking division of Nomura in London, advising on a variety of M&A and capital market transactions…

Natalie SchmitkeManaging Director Capital Networks

Natalie joined Burda in 2017 and is Managing Director Capital Networks of Burda Principal Investments in London. Previously she was the CFO of a technology start-up company focused on natural language processing in New York City.

Peter KennedySenior Adviser

Peter Kennedy joined Burda Asia in 1998, where he was tasked with developing the company’s various businesses in Asia. He is currently Senior Adviser to Burda Principal Investments.

Luisa DüsbergPrincipal

Luisa Düsberg joined Burda in 2018 and is a Principal of Burda Principal Investments. Prior to her role at BPI, she participated in Burda’s Management Trainee Program, where she completed a variety of assignments across the company’s portfo…

Francesco MoroPrincipal

Francesco joined Burda Principal Investments in 2022 and is a Principal in the London office. He previously worked as Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) across the Dubai and London offices, leading strategy and technology p…

Friedrich von WulffenPrincipal

Friedrich joined Burda Principal Investments in 2020 and is a Principal in our Munich office. At BPI, he has partnered with pioneering companies such as Aleph Alpha, NeoTaste, Arive, Amboss, and Buycycle, and shaped BPI’s investment theses…

Vincent RoseInvestment Manager

Vincent Rose joined Burda in 2019 as an Investment Analyst of Burda Principal Investments after completing a summer internship in 2018.Prior to joining Burda, he gathered experience through internships in various industries, most recently w…

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