# Haas New Media

> Haas New Media is a VC fund in Mannheim backing Apps, B2B and News. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Mannheim, Germany
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2016
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- Website: http://www.haasnewmedia.de/

Haas New Media is a VC fund in Mannheim focused on Apps and B2B. Haas New Media is the startup investor of the Mannheim-based media group Dr.Haas. The origins of the group are in the daily newspaper business (including Mannheimer Morgen and Frankish Nachrichten). Part of the group are meanwhile also radio participations (among other things radio rainbow and BigFM), magazine publications (among other things UbiBene and Econo), service enterprise (among other things advertising agency xmedias and post office service Morgenpost) as well as InterNet offers (among other things Mannheim24 and job morning).

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 2 | 50% |
| B2B | 1 | 25% |
| News | 1 | 25% |
| SaaS | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 75% |
| Angel | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| actinate | actinate is a sport community, specifically designed to help you find activities, locations and other sport enthusiasts near you. | $220.4K | Angel | Jul 20, 2016 | https://actinate.com |
| MessengerPeople | MessengerPeople is one of the pioneering companies in professional messenger services and is currently the leading Software-as-a-Service provider for messenger communication. With their products you can easily and securely use the most popular global messaging apps: WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Apple Business Chat, Telegram and Viber.They are ayoung Munich company, founded by Franz Buchenberger and Maximilian Tietz in 2015 as WhatsBroadcast GmbH. In mid-2018 they rebranded to MessengerPeople and currently have 65 employees from 12 countries.1,800 companies, cities and communities, associations, institutions, political parties and influences from over 60 countries already use the MessengerPeople solution. |  | Seed | Jun 01, 2016 | http://www.messengerpeople.com |
| kimeta | kimeta offers a search engine that enables job seekers to search and find local job opportunities. kimeta offers an application that provides its services. It enables its customers to save job applications and obtain notifications on job openings. kimeta is founded by Erik Spickschen in 2005. It is based in Darmstadt, Germany. |  | Seed | Jan 24, 2015 | https://www.kimeta.de/ |
| Mannheim24 | Mannheim24 is offer readers topa Contemporary news from their neighborhood and the world. |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2015 | https://www.mannheim24.de |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NWZ Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nwz-digital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Haas New Media invest in?

Haas New Media invests primarily in Apps, B2B and News startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Haas New Media last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Haas New Media closed in Jul 2016. Shizune tracks 4 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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