In his interview with Viktoria, Joerg Binnenbruecker – managing director @ DuMont Venture – shares precious insights from the venture capital industry: „You have to be both committed, passionate and authentic. And you have to be able to explain your idea within five minutes so that someone like me who’s not into the details can understand it. If I go for an investment, it’s like a marriage for five years and I want to know who I am going to marry...Of course, there are also the typical things like huge market size and growth.“ Although Joerg admits that these are „tough times“, he says that „there’s money in the market and we are looking for things that will survive, i.e. we are investing in digital media and are looking for the game niches.“
Joerg - who started his career as a lawyer at Seyfarth, Fairweather & Geraldson in Chicago – first got in touch with venture capitalism as a strategic consultant when of his clients was a VC: „I found that really cool, since I like innovative entrepreneurs.“ Before joining DuMont Venture, he worked as Senior-Investment Manager at High Tech Gründerfonds.
Although he admits that he doesn’t answer all his e-mails, you can still write him to joerg.binnenbruecker@dumontventure.de and your e-mail will be forwarded to his secretary or to one of his four „brilliant investment managers“: „We’ll then put it in a dealflow access database and talk about it in a dealflow meeting“, promises Joerg. Still, if you want him to remember your face, it’s best to contact him at events or conferences. Only make sure to be really passionate ;)
More interviews from Start Up Camp Cologne will follow in the days to come
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15.03.2010 at 17:03
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