# Media Ventures

> Media Ventures is a VC fund in Cologne backing SEO and Energy. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cologne, Germany
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Aug 2023
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://mediaventures.de

Media Ventures is an private venture capital company headquartered in Cologne, Germany. In their search for teams and ideas, they provide help at all stages, from start-up to growth, all the way until a company reaches maturity. they concentrate on Europe, with an emphasis on Germany, and have a broad market focus that is not industry-dependent.The package of services they offer is unique.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Media Ventures. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Media Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/media-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SEO | 1 | 14% |
| Energy | 1 | 14% |
| Mobile | 1 | 14% |
| Internet | 1 | 14% |
| Software | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Series C | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Dirk Ströer | Founder & Managing Shareholder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dirk-str%C3%B6er |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Media Baby | MediaBaby is a mass media publishing company. | $100K | Seed | Aug 01, 2023 |  |
| 123Fahrschule | 123fahrschule.de - consolidating and digitizing the German driving school market |  | Seed | Jan 01, 2017 |  |
| Turbina Energy | TURBINA Energy develops innovative small wind turbines for sustainable and economic use.The company focuses on designing, manufacturing, marketing, and installing wind turbines and hybrid power systems for power production. After intensive research and development of the latest generation in the range 1kW and 4kW Since 2013 Turbina'savailable. Explore further and also make a contribution to a cleaner environment.TURBINA Energy was founded on 2006 and is based in Unterhaching, Bayern, Germany. |  |  | Apr 18, 2014 |  |
| ZAPITANO | Zapitano was a social TV startup from Berlin. The company went bankrupt in eary 2014.ZAPITANO offered a completely new interactive TV experience. While watching TV, viewers could login to ZAPITANO via a second screen device, such as a Laptop, Smartphone or Tablet-PC. They could then check into TV-Shows, talk about it with their friends, commenton TV-Stars, vote for their favourite TV-show and more. | $2.3M |  | Jan 13, 2012 |  |
| hiogi | Hiogi is a community that answers mobile ad hoc questions that are submitted via Twitter SMS, WAP, iPhone, and e-mail. It enables any user to participate in exchanging know-how, experiences, advice, research results or plain information. Hiogi was launched in 2007 and is operated in Berlin, Germany. |  | Series C | May 11, 2009 |  |
| hiogi | Hiogi is a community that answers mobile ad hoc questions that are submitted via Twitter SMS, WAP, iPhone, and e-mail. It enables any user to participate in exchanging know-how, experiences, advice, research results or plain information. Hiogi was launched in 2007 and is operated in Berlin, Germany. |  | Series B | Apr 17, 2008 |  |
| hiogi | Hiogi is a community that answers mobile ad hoc questions that are submitted via Twitter SMS, WAP, iPhone, and e-mail. It enables any user to participate in exchanging know-how, experiences, advice, research results or plain information. Hiogi was launched in 2007 and is operated in Berlin, Germany. | $110K | Series A | May 17, 2007 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hasso Plattner Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hasso-plattner-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [A-Z Beteiligungen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-z-beteiligungen) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Breeze Investment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breeze-investment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [eCAPITAL ENTREPRENEURIAL PARTNERS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ecapital-entrepreneurial-partners-ag) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Investitionsbank Berlin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/investitionsbank-berlin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [VCDE Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/venturecapital-de) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Media Ventures invest in?

Media Ventures invests primarily in SEO, Energy and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Media Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Media Ventures?

The team at Media Ventures includes Dirk Ströer (Founder & Managing Shareholder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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