Our Investors - ABOUT YOU (2024)

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Though being active in a highly competitive market, ABOUT YOU managed to build up a significant company value of more than USD 1 billion in a very short space of time, which makes us Hamburg’s first unicorn. Since our launch in 2014, we are allying with different strategic partners in order to accelerate our growth, gain greater market share and enter new markets even more rapidly than before.

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    Otto Group

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    Die Otto Group ist eine weltweit agierende Handels- und Dienstleistungsgruppe mit rund 52.000 Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeitern und einem Umsatz von 14,3 Milliarden Euro. Mit 30 Großunternehmen ist sie in mehr als 30 Ländern Europas, Nord- und Südamerikas und Asiens präsent. Die Otto Group gehört mit einem Online Umsatz von 8,1 Milliarden Euro zu den weltweit größten Online-Händlern. ABOUT YOU wurde 2014 als ein Tochterunternehmen der Otto Group gegründet und gehört heutzutage zum Portfolio der Gruppe, die nach wie vor der größte Teilhaber ist.

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    The Otto Group is a globally active group of retailers and retail-related service providers with around 52,000 employees and sales of 14.3 billion euros. Through 30 major companies, it has a presence in more than 30 countries in Europe, North and South America as well as Asia. With online sales of 8.1 billion euros, the Otto Group is one of the world’s largest online retailers. ABOUT YOU was founded in 2014 as a subsidiary of the Otto Group and is now part of the Group as an associated company.

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    Heartland A/S

    [:de]Heartland A/S ist die Investment Holding Firma von einer der größten Einzelhandelsgruppen Europas: BESTSELLER A/S. Nach der Umstrukturierung des Unternehmens in 2017 wurde Heartland vorgestellt, um offiziell Investitionen zu verwalten, welche nicht das Tagesgeschäft von BESTSELLER betreffen. 2018 stieg das Unternehmen als neuer Investor bei ABOUT YOU ein und erwarb einen zweistelligen, prozentualen Anteil.

    MEHR ÜBER HEARTLAND A/S >[:en]Heartland A/S is the investment holding company of one of Europe’s largest fashion retail groups, BESTSELLER A/S. After restructuring the company in 2017 Heartland was presented to officially separate non-core investments from the daily operation of BESTSELLER.
    The company joined ABOUT YOU as a new investor in 2018 andacquired a double-digit percentage stake.

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    GfH – Gesellschaft für Handelsbeteiligung mbH

    [:de]Das Unternehmen wurde von Benjamin Otto gegründet und hält eine Minderheitsbeteiligung an ABOUT YOU.[:en]The corporation was founded by Benjamin Otto and holds minority shares in ABOUT YOU.[:]

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    [:de]ABOUT YOU Geschäftsführung[:en]ABOUT YOU Management[:]

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    Die drei Gründer und CEOs Tarek Müller, Sebastian Betz und Hannes Wiese sind nach wie vor an der Firma beteiligt.

    [:en]The three founders and CEOs of ABOUT YOU Tarek Müller, Sebastian Betz and Hannes Wiese are still engaged in the company.[:]

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    German Media Pool

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    GMPVC German Media Pool ist Deutschlands führender unabhängiger Media-for-Equity Investor. In mehr als 50 Investitionsrunden in 33 Startups hat das Team über 300 Millionen Euro in Brutto-Medienvolumen investiert. Mit seinen Medienpartnern realisiert GMPVC reichweitenstarke Cross-Media-Kampagnen im TV, Radio, Print und Außenwerbung. Der Investitionsfokus liegt vor allem auf Consumer-Unternehmen mit ausgereiften Produkten oder Services, die über die Media sowohl ihren Umsatz steigern als auch den Wert ihrer Marke erhöhen. Das Portfolio von German Media Pool umfasst den digitalen Versicherer FRI:DAY, das schnell wachsende Insurtech CLARK sowie neben vielen weiteren seit 2016 auch ABOUT YOU.

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    Based in Berlin, GMPVC German Media Pool is Germany’s leading independent media for equity investor, connecting media groups to high growth e-commerce and consumer companies. GMPVC partners with leading TV, radio, out of home and print media groups and has invested more than €300 million in gross media volume over more than 50 investment rounds into 33 start-ups. GMPVC currently counts 17 successful exits and 2 IPOs, with more to come. German Media Pool’s investments include the digital car insurance FRI:DAY, the fast growing insurtech Clark and besides many more as well ABOUT YOU since 2016.

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    Seven Ventures

    [:de]Seven Ventures ist der weltweit führende TV Media Investor und ist eine Beteiligungsgesellschaft der ProSiebenSat.1 Gruppe. Dieser Status macht Seven Ventures zum idealen Partner für das B2C-Wachstum von Unternehmen, die das Potenzial haben nachhaltigen Erfolg durch TV-Werbung zu erzielen. Seven Ventures verbindet Media-Power, Kapital und operatives Know-how.

    MEHR ÜBER SEVEN VENTURES >[:en]Seven Ventures is the leading TV media investor worldwide and the investment arm of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group. This status makes them the ideal partner for B2C growth companies that have the potential to achieve sustainable success through the use of TV advertising. Seven Ventures combines media power, capital and operational know-how.

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