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Tim Schumacher | |
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| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Cologne Stockholm School of Economics |
| Occupations | Entrepreneur, investor |
| Known for | Co-founder of Sedo, Eyeo.com, saas.group and World Fund |
Tim Schumacher (born 1976) is a German internet entrepreneur and venture capital investor. He is best known as a co-founder and chief executive officer of Sedo, a domain name marketplace, and later as a co-founder of Eyeo.com, saas.group and the climate-technology venture capital fund World Fund.[1]
Career
[edit]In 2001, Schumacher co-founded Sedo (an acronym for "Search Engine for Domain Offers") together with Marius Würzner, Ulrich Priesner and Ulrich Essmann.[2] The company, based in Cologne, operated an online marketplace for buying and selling internet domain names and grew into one of the largest businesses of its kind.[3] As CEO, Schumacher led the company through international expansion, including the opening of a United States office in Cambridge, Massachusetts.[4] Sedo subsequently became part of the German internet group United Internet. Schumacher announced his departure as CEO in December 2011 and stepped down in 2012 to focus on early-stage investing.[5]
In 2007, Schumacher was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young in Germany.[6]
After leaving Sedo, Schumacher co-founded Eyeo GmbH, the company behind the browser extension Adblock Plus, serving as chairman.[7] Through his investment vehicle TS Ventures he became an active angel investor in the European technology sector.[8][9] His investments and advisory roles have companies such as YieldKit, Zolar, CarbonCloud, gridX and Pachama.[10][11][12]
In 2018, Schumacher co-founded saas.group, a company that acquires and operates small and mid-sized software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses.[13] The group has reported a portfolio of multiple software brands and combined annual recurring revenue in the region of $100 million.[14][15] In 2020, he was named "Best Investor" at the German Startups Association awards.[16]
In 2021 Schumacher co-founded World Fund, a European climate-technology venture capital fund, together with Danijel Višević, Daria Saharova and Craig Douglas; Ecosia founder Christian Kroll has also been associated with its launch.[17][18] The fund collected funds of €300M and with this amount became the largest early-stage European climate tech VC.[18][19][20] Schumacher serves as a general partner at the fund and has publicly argued for greater institutional investment in European venture capital and climate technology.[21][22]
In 2023, Schumacher was awarded the KfW Capital Award for "Best Impact Investor" in recognition of his investment strategy with World Fund.[23][24]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tim Schumacher co-launches World Fund VC with €350 million fund". DomainGang. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Tim Schumacher". NEXT Conference. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Sedo's Marketplace Continues to Grow". DNJournal. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Sedo Invests in DomainsBot". The WHIR. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Tim Schumacher Resigning as CEO of Sedo". Domain Name News. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Tim Schumacher". NEXT Conference. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Tim Schumacher". PitchBook. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Angels Talk mit Tim Schumacher". VC Magazin. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Silicon Rheinland: Tim Schumacher". Basic Thinking. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Tim Schumacher". Dreiform. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Eyeo-Chef sieht beim Thema Adblocker Kreativagenturen in der Pflicht". Horizont. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "YieldKit Raises €750,000". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Inside saas.group". saas.group. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "saas.group Hits $100 Million ARR". Pulse 2.0. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Building a $100M ARR Portfolio of Products". Indie Hackers. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "German Startup Award 2020". Alamy. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Sound Funding: Tim Schumacher, World Fund". Impact Europe. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ a b "From Founder to Climate Investor". SustainNOW. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "World Fund closes €300M climate fund". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "World Fund is a new €350M climate VC fund". TechCrunch. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Tech for the Planet: Tim Schumacher on Launching World Fund". Ecosia Blog. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Tim Schumacher". International Climate Forum. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "Capital Award: Tim Schumacher". KfW. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
- ^ "KfW Capital Award 2023". KfW Capital. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
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