# Achim Berg

> Achim Berg is a private equity investor at Bertelsmann backing Software and Information Technology. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Bertelsmann](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bertelsmann)
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/achimberg

Achim Berg is a private equity investor at Bertelsmann focused on Software and Information Technology. Achim Berg - Management Team @ Bertelsmann

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Energy | 1 | 20% |
| Web Apps | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Private Equity | 2 | 40% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |
| Series D | 1 | 20% |
| Series E | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Staffbase | Staffbase provides an internal communications platform to help companies and their employees work together toward a common goal. Staffbase supports industry leaders with their own branded app to engage their diverse, disconnected, and distributed workforce. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Chemnitz with offices in Dresden,Cologne, and New York. | $115M | Series E | Mar 15, 2022 |  |
| AnyDesk | AnyDesk was founded in Germany in 2014, and its unique remote desktop access software has been downloaded by more than 100 million users worldwide, adding another 5 million every month. The software is based on their unique proprietary codec, DeskRT, that allows for virtually latency-free collaboration, whether you’re down the hall, or on the otherside of the world. They’re one of the 50 fastest-growing firms in Germany, and they need someone like you to help us keep expanding.AnyDesk is the fastest remote desktop software on the market. It allows for new usage scenarios and applications that have not been possible with current remote desktop software. | $67.9M | Series C | Nov 16, 2021 |  |
| Staffbase | Staffbase provides an internal communications platform to help companies and their employees work together toward a common goal. Staffbase supports industry leaders with their own branded app to engage their diverse, disconnected, and distributed workforce. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Chemnitz with offices in Dresden,Cologne, and New York. | $143.6M | Series D | Mar 29, 2021 |  |
| Powercloud | Powercloud is a German energy software company. |  | Private Equity |  |  |
| ControlExpert | ControlExpert provides software and data analytics services used to streamline elements of the claims management process. |  | Private Equity |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Insight Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/insight-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [KIZOO Technology Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kizoo) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Capnamic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capnamic-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EQT Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eqtventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Possible Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/possible-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Bertelsmann

VC Fund · Gütersloh, Germany

Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in Gütersloh, Germany.Bertelsmann is a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 countries around the world. It includes the broadcaster RTL Group, the trade book publisher Penguin Random House, the magazine publisher Gruner + Jahr, the music companyBMG, the service provider Arvato, the Bertelsmann Printing Group, the Bertelsmann Education Group and Bertelsmann Investments, an international network of funds. The company has 116,000 employees and generated revenues of €17.0 billion in the 2016 financial year. Bertelsmann stands for creativity and entrepreneurship. This combination promotes first-class media content and innovative service solutions that inspire customers around the world.

5 contacts available at Bertelsmann.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Achim Berg | Management Team | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/achim-berg |
| Joachim Milberg | Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joachim-milberg |
| Annabelle Yu Long | Chief Executive | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/annabelle-yu-long |
| Bernd Hirsch | CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bernd-hirsch |
| Carl Bertelsmann | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-bertelsmann |

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## FAQ

### What does Achim Berg invest in?

Achim Berg invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Apps startups, most often at Private Equity and Series C stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Achim Berg last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Achim Berg closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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