Media Ventures Group — Seed VC Firm ($1.0M–$3.0M Checks)
Media Ventures Group is a Seed venture capital firm investing in Other, SaaS, Consumer. 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
- 14 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- Other, SaaS, Consumer, AI / ML
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-06-18
Seed
$1.0M – $3.0M
26+ companies
14 partners
Investment Thesis
Focused on transformative media and entertainment startups that innovate in content delivery and monetization.
How Media Ventures Group invests
Media Ventures Group is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Consumer, AI / ML.
Media Ventures Group typically writes checks of $1.0M–$3.0M per investment.
Investing since at least 2008, Media Ventures Group has backed 26 companies in our records, including DiaMonTech, Yasni, merkando. Its most recent recorded investment was in 2017.
Partners & Team
Andreas Jacobi
Founder
Founded by Andreas Jacobi, André Schnitzler
Jessica Tran
GP
Thorsten Lubinski
Founder
Founded by Thorsten Lubinski, Prof. Mäntele
Prof. Mäntele
Founder
Founded by Thorsten Lubinski, Prof. Mäntele
Harold Wolf
Managing Director
Managing Director of E2Ma GmbH
Jörn Grunert
Founder
Founded by Jörn Grunert
Andreas v. Maltzan
Co-investors
Co-investors: HTGF
Nik Myftari
Founder
Founder of 123FAHRSCHULE Holding GmbH
Stefan Petter
Managing Director
Managing Director of Media Ventures GmbH
Dr. Katrin Schaal
Director, Legal Affairs & Personnel, Authorized Company Representative
Director, Legal Affairs & Personnel, Authorized Company Representative at Media Ventures GmbH
Dirk Ströer
Managing Shareholder
The founder of Media Ventures GmbH
Jan Becker
Founder
Founded by Jan Becker
André Schnitzler
Founder
Founded by Andreas Jacobi, André Schnitzler
Jonathan Dähne
Founder
Founded by Jonathan Dähne
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (26)
2017
DiaMonTech
DiaMonTech is developing a medical device for non-invasive measurement of blood sugar values.
Yasni
Yasni is a data source/data provider that uses proprietary technology to operate its own search engine for people and companies.
2016
merkando
merkando offers shopping systems for easy integration and artist, fan and corporate websites.
Aura
The Aura restaurant in Cologne-Rodenkirchen is one of the best restaurants and addresses in Cologne and the surrounding area.
E2Ma
E2Ma GmbH is a leading company in the area of lead generation for direct marketing and market research in Germany.
2015
Spotted
The 'Spotted' app connects people with the same interests, who meet by accident and like each other.
2014
Global Group
The Global Group is one of the leading full-service marketing providers of integrated customer and prospect management.
exactag
The platform developed by EXACTAG measures digital communications performance values along the customer journey.
2013
Property Ventures
Media Ventures GmbH has also been investing in real estate, planning and carrying out real estate projects throughout Germany.
2012
HOCCER
Across the globe, the HOCCER Messenger fulfills the highest demands for data security.
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Andreas Jacobi, Founder.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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