Venture Capital RAINER MAERKLE| HOLTZBRINCK VENTURES Partner SPEAKER BIO Rainer Maerkle has been a member of the Holtzbrinck Ventures team since 2008 and played a significant role in the sale of Brands4Friends to Ebay. Rainer is responsible, among other things, for Holtzbrinck Ventures' investment in Zalando. Before coming to Holtzbrinck Ventures, Rainer played an entrepreneurial role as Head of Business Development at 123people.com. The business was sold successfully to Pages Jaunes in 2010. Prior to that, Rainer worked for five years in the venture capital field at 3i and Siemens Acceleration, where hewasinvolved in investments in the e-commerce sector. KEY CORPORATE FACTS& KPIs COMPANY OVERVIEW Headquarters Munich, Germany Holtzbrinck Ventures have been supporting founders in developing their Internet companies for over a decade. During this time, Holtzbrinck Ventures as a team have financed over 100 Office Locations Munich companies. Holtzbrinck Ventures seek founders who share their passion for growth and Founded 2000 innovation and who want to achieve excellence working as a team. Active Markets Europe Business Overview German early stage fund KeyPortfolio Zalando, Auctionata, Carmudi, Lamudi, Wooga Companies Notable Exits Groupon, CityDeal, DaWanda Website holtzbrinck-ventures.com 35