Venture Capital DAVID KUCZEK | HOLTZBRINCK VENTURES General Partner SPEAKER BIO David has been at Holtzbrinck Ventures since 2006. David was instrumental in HV’s investment in Westwing, one of the leading home and living shops worldwide. He was an early believer in the disruptive opportunity that the liberalization of the long-distance bus market in Germany offered, and initiated HV’s investment in FlixBus. Besides Westwing and Flixbus, David has been responsible, among other things, for the fund’s investments in Kiveda and Lecturio.Prior to Holtzbrinck Ventures, David worked on an e- learning implementation project at the Sloan School of Management in Cambridge (USA) and a global knowledge management project at Siemens AG in Munich. KEY CORPORATE FACTS & KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Munich, Germany & Berlin, Germany Holtzbrinck Ventures is one of the leading independent European Internet investors. Office Locations Munich, Berlin The team has backed more than 150 companies in very early stages for 16 years and deploys significant follow-on investments in later stages. With successful exits such as Quandoo, Groupon, AdScale, betreut and brands4friends, current portfolio companies include Zalando, Founded 2000 Flixbus, HelloFresh, Thermondo, Scalable Capital, Ottonova, Auctionata, Depop and many others. No of Employees 17 Active Markets Europe and beyond Key Portfolio Zalando, HelloFresh, flixbus, thermondo, Companies Depop Notable Exists Quandoo, Groupon, brands4friends Fund Size $560m Website holtzbrinck-ventures.com 66