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Acton Capital

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About Company
Acton Capital is a leading later-stage venture capital investor that invests in tech-enabled business models.

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Acton, Acton Capital Partners

founded date

01.01.1999

Number of employees

IPO status

Private

Description

The Munich and Vancouver-based Acton Capital has been investing in startups since 1999, with a focus on fintech, SaaS, consumer health, mobility & logistics, education, and future of work. The company has invested over 700M EUR in more than 199 companies across five fund generations, with a strong focus on Europe and North America. Acton Capital supports startups on their way to market leadership, including global category leaders such as AlphaSights, Clio, Etsy, HomeToGo, Mambu, MyTheresa, and zooplus.
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Date 
name 
Lead 
type 
Raised 
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Yes
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Founders
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Frank Seehaus
Frank Seehaus

Frank Seehaus

Frank Seehaus is Managing Partner at Acton Capital. Prior to Acton, Frank was Managing Director of both a commercial service provider and an internet company as well as Vice President in Deutsche Bank’s corporate finance division leading the set-up and execution of a number of structured finance, capital markets and M&A transactions. Frank focuses on areas like fintech, platforms and marketplaces, implementing growth and turnaround strategies in several portfolio companies in UK and Germany. He also was the key force behind the successful exits of Elite Partner, Holiday Check and Onvista.

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Frank Seehaus

Paul-Bernhard Kallen
Paul-Bernhard Kallen

Paul-Bernhard Kallen

Paul-Bernhard Kallen joined Hubert Burda Media in 1996 and took over several managing director positions within the group. He has been a member of the Executive Board/CEO of Hubert Burda Media since 1999. He is one of the architects behind Hubert Burda Media’s highly-successful Burda profit centre organisation and a key driver in developing new areas of growth for the group, including International and Digital, and in turning Hubert Burda Media into a highly-diversified media platform. In International, Dr. Kallen negotiated and managed the joint venture between Hubert Burda Media and Rizzoli from its launch in 1995. This was Hubert Burda Media’s first major step abroad. Together with Christoph Braun he set up the BDV Fund in 1999. Prior to joining Hubert Burda Media, Paul-Bernhard was a Partner at McKinsey & Company.

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Christoph Braun
Christoph Braun

Christoph Braun

Christoph Braun is Founding Partner at Acton Capital, investing in entrepreneurship and tech-enabled businesses since 1999. His key areas of focus are disruptive business models in consumer internet. Prior to venture capital, Christoph was part of Hubert Burda Media Group and worked for McKinsey & Company in Frankfurt and San Francisco. Christoph Braun holds a Master's degree in Commerce and a PhD from Ludwigs-Maximilian-University (LMU), Munich.

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Acton Capital
Acton Capital

Christoph Braun

Jan-Gisbert Schultze
Jan-Gisbert Schultze

Jan-Gisbert Schultze

Jan-Gisbert Schultze is Founding Partner at Acton Capital, where his main investment focus is DTC, fashion/lifestyle and consumer internet. Prior to venture capital, Jan was part of McKinsey & Company before he joined HBM in 1998, supervising all international activities of the Burda Rizzoli joint venture in Turkey, Greece, Italy, Asia, Germany and France as well as two major publishing profit centers, including CHIP Group. Jan holds a Master’s and a PhD in Business Administration from University of Hamburg and University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.

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Joseph Hefele

Joseph Hefele

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Elisabeth Löwenbourg-Brzezinski

Elisabeth Löwenbourg-Brzezinski

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Bettina Engert

Bettina Engert

Director/Advisor

David Fischer

David Fischer

Associate

Hannes Blum

Hannes Blum

Venture Partner

Dominik Alvermann

Dominik Alvermann

Principal

Fritz Oidtmann

Fritz Oidtmann

Managing Partner

Jan-Gisbert Schultze

Jan-Gisbert Schultze

Managing Partner

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