services investment management founded 2006 headquarters new york united states key people urs cete jan borgstaedt tobias schirmer keith titan sim blaustein products venture capital total assets series a funds 200 million seed funds 7 million number of employees 10 parent bertelsmann website www.bdmifund.com bdmi also known as bertelsmann digital media investments is a corporate venture capital firm headquartered in new york united states focused on innovative digital media technologies products and distribution channels in europe israel and north america . 1 bdmi is a 100 % owned subsidiary of bertelsmann se the international media company . contents 1 general partners 2 investment focus 3 investments 4 references 5 external links general partners edit the firm s investing partners include urs cete sim blaustein and keith titan . the team is supported by investment associate mary liu and analyst courtney nelson . investment focus edit bdmi concentrates on early stage investments into growing companies in the digital media landscape specifically in the categories of online video next generation publishing and adtech pubtech . the company focuses predominantly on series a and b investments but also has a seed fund that includes over 20 companies . the initial investment range is from 500k to 5m . 2 the company looks for opportunities where they can accelerate growth through bdmi s financial and management resources and close connectivity with one or more bertelsmann divisions . although bdmi is a 100 % owned subsidiary of bertelsmann se it conducts investments just like every other financial vc . with consolidated revenues of over 19 billion u.s. 25 billion bertelsmann is an international media company encompassing television rtl group book publishing penguin random house magazine publishing gruner jahr music bmg media services arvato and media clubs direct group in more than 60 countries . due to the vast resources of bertelsmann se & co. kgaa bdmi is an investor that provides not only capital but can also benefit startups through its network of diverse bertelsmann businesses and its broader connections to media companies in the us and europe . investments edit bdmi has invested in more than 50 startups since its inception in 2006 . 3 4 notable investments have included alatest american reading company audible crowdtwist dramafever ebrary exit games food52 mojiva mic.com royaltyshare returbo regiohelden seedcamp skimlinks style haul trion worlds princeton review qeep sportal vhx victorious whisbi xlibris zergnet for more of bdmi s investments see crunchbase article . references edit ber 100 venture capital geber denen jeder gr nder sofort folgen sollte . deutsche startups.de . retrieved 2014 03 27 . bdmi about . bdmi . retrieved 2014 03 26 . bdmi portfolio . bdmi . retrieved 2014 03 25 . crunchbase bdmi . crunchbase . retrieved 2014 03 26 . external links edit bdmi crunchbase profile official website of bdmi v t e private equity and venture 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