Thomas Middelhoff
Angel Investor
Düsseldorf, Germany
Thomas Middelhoff is a seed investor in Düsseldorf focused on B2C and Shopping. Thomas Middelhoff was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company in 2003. Dr. Middelhoff has served as co-chief executive officer and co-chairman of BT Capital, a global media and alternative investment group with a focus in China, since 2013. Dr. Middelhoff has also served as founding partner and chairman of PulseCapital Partners, an asset management firm, since 2013. Previously, Dr. Middelhoff served as a founding partner and executive chairman of Berger Lahnstein Middelhoff & Partners LLP, an asset management firm, from 2009 to 2010.Prior to that, Dr. Middelhoff served as chief executive officer of Arcandor AG, a German retailer, from 2005 through 2009. Previously, Dr. Middelhoff served as both the non-executive chairman of Arcandor AG, which he became in 2004, and a managing director at Investcorp Ltd., the global investment firm, which he joined in 2003. From 1998 to 2002, he was chairman and chief executive officer of Bertelsmann AG, which he joined in 1990.Dr. Middelhoff serves on the boards of 3W Power Holdings S.A., Marseille-Kliniken AG and Senator Entertainment AG, each a German company. Dr. Middelhoff has also served as chairman of ePals Europe, a subsidiary of ePals Corporation, since 2011.Committee Memberships: Compensation and Technology & Innovation.
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- 1
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Investment Focus
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- B2C 1 (100%)
- Shopping 1 (100%)
- Software 1 (100%)
- Marketing 1 (100%)
- Messaging 1 (100%)
Investments
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| There’s nothing stronger than recommendations, ratings and real sales from others to influence how we shop and buy. We deliver real-time, social proof messages for eCommerce sites, showing online shopping trends as useful, actionable information to improve customer engagement and increase sales. Our real-time messages give consumers the confidenceto make better-informed buying decisions. Taggstar's A/B tests statistically prove that customers are up to 12% more likely to buy when their confidence is boosted with product trends and good product reviews.Our real-time product messages are used by Very.co.uk, Littlewoods.com, Jacamo.co.uk, SimpleBe.co.uk, JDWilliams.co.uk, Missguided.co.uk, In The Style, Matalan, TUI UK & Ireland, Hotter, TeletextHolidays.co.uk, Victorian Plumbing and more international eCommerce brands. Taggstar is based in London, and was founded by Fraser Robinson who was formerly Managing Director, Commercial & Media, at lastminute.com. | $2.1M / Seed / Sep 25, 2012 |
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What does Thomas Middelhoff invest in?
Thomas Middelhoff invests primarily in B2C, Shopping and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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