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BDMI

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About Company
BDMI is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies in the digital media industry.

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Bertelsmann

Bertelsmann

Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation that operates in about 50 countries around the world.

Sector

Media

Subsector

Publishing

Location

Gütersloh, Germany

count Of Investments

42

count Of Exists

10

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Also Known As

Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments

founded date

01.01.2006

Number of employees

IPO status

Private

Description

BDMI, a subsidiary of Bertelsmann, focuses on investing in innovative digital media technologies and products. They primarily invest in Series A and B rounds, with an initial investment range of $500k to $10m. BDMI also has a seed fund that supports about 20 companies. They aim to accelerate growth by providing financial and management resources, as well as leveraging their close connectivity with Bertelsmann divisions.
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Keith Titan
Keith Titan

Keith Titan

Keith joined BDMI in 2006 from Random House Ventures where he managed investments in American Reading Company and Xlibris (acquired by Authorhouse). In addition to being a founding member of BDMI, Keith has led investments in ART19, The Athletic, FloSports, LiveLike, RoyaltyShare (acquired by The Orchard), VHX (acquired by Vimeo) and Vindicia (acquired by Amdocs). He is actively focused on innovative, early stage companies that have unique digital media technologies, products or distribution channels in the direct-to-consumer or business-to-business markets. Prior to BDMI, Keith worked at Simon & Schuster, Penguin Group and advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in English. Keith also holds an Ed.M. from Harvard University and an Executive M.B.A. from Rutgers University where he won the Wall Street Journal Award for Highest Distinction in Business Strategy and the Achievement Award for graduating #1 in his class. Keith sits on the board of directors for ART19 and is a board observer at FloSports. In his spare time, he has written two novels that are currently collecting dust in his bottom desk drawer – and he’s learning about video editing so his son can become a YouTube influencer.

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Urs Cete
Urs Cete

Urs Cete

Urs is the Managing Partner of BDMI. He is also a founding member who joined BDMI as Chief Financial Officer in 2006 from the Corporate Controlling and Strategy group at Bertelsmann where he was “chief of staff” to the CEO and worked on strategic projects for all of the media company’s divisions including TV, radio, music, books, magazines and services. Urs has led investments in CrowdTwist, Mojiva (acquired by Pubmatic), Skimlinks, StyleHaul (acquired by RTL) and Zergnet. He is actively pursuing new investments in online video and next-generation publishing. Urs speaks at digital media conferences around the globe and is an active supporter of the arts and various philanthropic organizations. Urs was a Ph.D. Candidate at the Handelshochschule Leipzig and holds a Dlpl.Kfm degree in finance and strategy from the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. He also earned an M.B.A. in finance from Tulane University. Urs was named a 2014 Power Player in Digital Media by AlwaysOn and was on the Global Corporate Venturing Powerlist in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Urs is a weekend biker, a lifelong gamer and a self-proclaimed computer nerd who can bust out any motherboard, fire up a soldering iron and crank it up to 11.

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Employee Profiles
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Daniel Bok

VC Investor

Rachel Lauren

Rachel Lauren

Analyst

Avinash Satish

Avinash Satish

Manager of Finance

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Associate

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Keith Titan

Co-Founder & Partner

Mary Liu

Mary Liu

Associate

Sim Blaustein

Sim Blaustein

Partner

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Urs Cete

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

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