MairDumont Ventures GmbH

We invest in fast-growing, early-stage and innovative companies that revolutionize travel These can be solutions for end customers (B2C) as well as business customers (B2B)

Holidu pockets $102M to keep growing its vacation rentals business in Europe

Next milestone for Holidu: Series E secured

Australia Camplify acquires European RV rental marketplace Paul Camper

Great to be part of joint forces Camplify and Paul Camper

Viselio snapped up by CIBT to improve visa process

Digital visa specialist Viselio has been acquired by CIBT, a provider of visa and immigration services

Vacation rental startup Holidu has tucked $45 million in Series D funding

Great job Holidu and the entire team!! Holidu books $45M after growing its vacation rentals business ~50% YoY during COVID-19 After his bank apprenticeship, Markus Schneider studied business informatics and business administration This was followed by various positions in controlling at well-known companies His last position was as a consultant at Horváth und Partner before he was appointed Commercial Director at MAIRDUMONT GmbH & Co KG

In 2015, Markus Schneider was appointed Managing Director of Hallwag Kümmerly and Frey in Switzerland, followed shortly afterwards by the management of Kompass in Austria and Gestalten Verlag in Berlin

On 1 April 2020, he was appointed Managing Director of DuMont Reiseverlag, VARTA-Führer, MAIRDUMONT international holding company as well as MAIRDUMONT, with major responsibility for finance, human resources, IT, strategic purchasing and logistics Since October 2020 he has also been Managing Director of MAIRDUMONT VENTURES GmbH and is responsible for the group's digital M&A and venture projects

After studying business administration at the Technical University of Munich, Daniel Gundel began his professional career as a strategy consultant at goetzpartners Further stations were SevenVentures, the venture arm of ProSiebenSat 1 and Payback Most recently, he worked as an interim manager with focus on finance, operations and marketing With his own consulting and investment company, he advised digital companies on scaling issues Since mid-2018, he has been supporting MAIRDUMONT as Investment Director in the further expansion of its investment portfolio

After studying business administration, Michael Munz began his professional career at Hubert Burda Media and then Cybernet In the New Market period he was managing partner of Tanto Xipolis, a joint venture between Brockhaus and the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group He then moved to Holtzbrinck, where he became founder and director of Holtzbrinck eLAB He was responsible for the development and investment management of numerous online ventures At the same time he was acting as Managing Director for several ventures, such as gutefrage net Afterwards, he moved to TheMediaLab, an associated company of Mediengruppe Madsack and WAZ Mediengruppe, as managing director Since 2009 he has been working with his own consulting and investment company Clover Michael Munz is also active as an advisor in numerous growth companies such as Searchmetrics, carpooling com and Joblocal, where he represents management and investors in several cases Since 2015 he supports MAIRDUMONT VENTURES as venture partner in the further developement of the portfolio

Dr Stephanie Mair-Huydts studied business administration in Freiburg and St Gallen (Switzerland) She received her doctorate in 1989 in St Gallen After various internships abroad, she joined MAIRDUMONT in 1989 in the tourism sector and then took over international sales in 1990 Since 1996 Dr Stephanie Mair-Huydts has been publisher of all travel guide series of MAIRDUMONT, since 2000 managing director of Baedeker Verlag, since 2005 managing director of the DuMont travel publishing house, since 2006 managing director of MAIRDUMONT and since 2010 spokeswoman of the management of MAIRDUMONT

Arnd Benninghoff was managing director of Holtzbrinck eLAB from 2006 to 2010 The Internet holding company belonged to the Georg von Holtzbrinck publishing group From 2010 to 2012, he was managing director of ProSiebenSat1 Digital He then moved to ProSiebenSat 1 Media as Chief Digital Officer There he was responsible for the development of the digital sector, with a special focus on strategic growth as well as video, mobile and gaming At the same time he was managing director of SevenVentures

Since 2014, he has been deputy managing director of MTGx and managing director of the venture division within the company

From 2002 to 2007, Klaus Abele was responsible for setting up the "markt Group" in Germany Afterwards, he worked as CEO of media swiss ag in Switzerland, which today forms the core of Ringer Digital In 2011 he joined OCHO Ventures as partner and CEO, where he has been setting up and accompanied numerous Internet start-ups

For the last four years, Jörg Burtscheidt managed the business of the German lastminute com group for brands such as lastminute de and holiday autos Prior to that, he was regional director at Expedia for five years With his experience in e-commerce travel, he has a large knowledge base With this knowledge, he advises companies in the media and travel industry as an external consultant

Currently, he also supports a number of start-ups in the travel sector in operational and strategic matters as a member of the supervisory board and/or advisory board

We look forward to hearing from you.

You do have an innovative idea, a brilliant team and you would like to revolutionize the travel business together with us? Please send your short description, pitch deck and business plan to md-ventures@mairdumont com We will take a look and get back to you shortly