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Media Ventures — Seed VC Firm ($1.0M–$3.0M Checks)

VC

Media Ventures is a Seed venture capital firm investing in Other, Healthcare, SaaS. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$3.0M checks and has 26 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$1.0M–$3.0M
Portfolio
26 companies on record
Partners
6 listed
Stage
Seed
Sectors
Other, Healthcare, SaaS, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Real Estate, Developer Tools
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-06-18

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $3.0M

Portfolio

26+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Last known investment: 2017Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage Media startups that are revolutionizing content creation and delivery.

How Media Ventures invests

Media Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Healthcare, SaaS, Food / AgTech, Consumer.

Media Ventures typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.

Investing since at least 2008, Media Ventures has backed 26 companies in our records, including DiaMonTech, Yasni, merkando. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2017.

Partners & Team

JD

Jane Doe

GP

Media
Content
AJ

Andreas Jacobi

Founder

start-up to growth
AS

André Schnitzler

Founder

start-up to growth
DS

Dirk Ströer

Managing Shareholder

strategic direction
SP

Stefan Petter

Managing Director

Controlling, Accounting, Tax, Legal Affairs, Finances, Personnel
DK

Dr. Katrin Schaal

Director, Legal Affairs & Personnel, Authorized Company Representative

Company Law

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Healthcare
SaaS
Food / AgTech
Consumer
Real Estate
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (26)

2017

DI

DiaMonTech

Healthcare·Early stage

DiaMonTech is developing a medical device for non-invasive measurement of blood sugar values.

YA

Yasni

Data Services·Seed

Yasni is a data source/data provider that uses proprietary technology to operate its own search engine for people and companies.

2016

ME

merkando

E-commerce·Real Estate

merkando offers shopping systems for easy integration and artist, fan and corporate websites.

AU

Aura

Restaurant·Growth

The Aura restaurant in Cologne-Rodenkirchen is one of the best restaurants and addresses in Cologne and the surrounding area.

E2

E2Ma

Marketing·Seed

E2Ma GmbH is a leading company in the area of lead generation for direct marketing and market research in Germany.

2015

SP

Spotted

Social Networking·Growth

The 'Spotted' app connects people with the same interests, who meet by accident and like each other.

2014

GL

Global Group

Marketing·Seed

The Global Group is one of the leading full-service marketing providers of integrated customer and prospect management.

EX

exactag

Marketing·Seed

The platform developed by EXACTAG measures digital communications performance values along the customer journey.

2013

PR

Property Ventures

Real Estate·Seed

Media Ventures GmbH has also been investing in real estate, planning and carrying out real estate projects throughout Germany.

2012

HO

HOCCER

Messaging·Growth

The HOCCER Messenger fulfills the highest demands for data security and is thus exceptionally well-suited to fast, secure data exchanges.

How to pitch Media Ventures
  • Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Healthcare, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jane Doe, GP.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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