Trustworthy Long Term Thinkers
Fund: Holtzbrinck Ventures
Posted by ArndtRoller on 2008-04-04
Holtzbrinck Networks are an unusual and very successful investor in Germany. Very successful in the way that they identify successful start-ups and later-stage opportunities more quickly than others and are very fast in the closing process.
The above mentioned friendly approach is no "make-up", but part of the fund-culture and intrinsic to all members of the team that I have known for many years now.
If this is not enough to call these guys unusual, let me add the long-term thinking. This includes difficult times in the lifecycle of a business as well and is not limited to those phases where everything is great and cool.
What I enjoy is a laissez-faire shareholder-attitude during the good times and a fair appraisal (and tighter communication) in more difficult phases.
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Fund: Holtzbrinck Ventures
Posted by syncinprogress on 2008-02-25
Friendly and professional on the first look. Got introduced to a principal by a mutual friend. HB was invested and we had first meeting with principal. Already discussed and fixed few important topics. Decision for second meeting was promised.
Second meeting with general Parter: He was unprepared and obviouslygot other information from principal as we have been given. Meeting was unproductive and already fixed topics fell apart.
We heard in the market that they are fair and ok to work with before. But pitching was a total waste of time.
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