Tim Schumacher

CEO

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany25 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of multiple successful companies in tech.
Active investor in climate tech startups.
Mentor for the next generation of entrepreneurs.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Climate Tech entrepreneur and investor with extensive leadership experience.

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Skills

Core Skills

Venture CapitalClimate TechMergers & Acquisitions (m&a)Software As A Service (saas)Early Stage InvestmentInvestments

Other Skills

Start-upsVenture FundCorporate GovernanceVCAngel InvestingOnline MarketingBusiness StrategyE-commerceOnline AdvertisingProduct ManagementSEMStrategyWeb AnalyticsSEOBusiness Development

About

I am an entrepreneur since as a kid I got my first computer and started coding 👨‍💻. I have founded and lead a few companies, including Sedo.com, Eyeo.com (makers of AdBlock) and, most recently, our saas.group. I also enjoy investing into start ups and mentoring the next generation of founders, especially climate tech founders, where together with Ecosia.org we're building WorldFund.vc 🌳🌍

Experience

25 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

10 yrs 6 mos

Average Tenure

14 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

World fund

General Partner

May 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

We back entrepreneurs building climate tech for a regenerative world.

Start-upsVenture FundClimate TechVenture Capital

Saas.group

Co-Founder

Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 3 mos

Saas.group acquires promising SaaS companies with a founder-friendly process in order to elevate their product - and their people - to the next level.

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Software as a Service (SaaS)Corporate Governance

Ecosia

Board Member and Co-Steward-Owner

Jan 2014 – Present · 12 yrs 3 mos · Berlin, Germany · Remote

Helping Ecosia's mission for over a decade now.

Sedo.com

3 roles

Board Member

Jun 2012 – Jun 2014 · 2 yrs

After handing over the CEO role to my successor, I stayed on as part of the supervisory board of directors for two years. We then took the company private, and it's now wholly owned by 1&1.

CEO/Vorstand

Promoted

Sep 2009 – Jan 2012 · 2 yrs 4 mos

The publicly listed Sedo Holding comprised of two marketplaces: Affili.net (now merged with AWIN), a leading European affiliate marketing network, and Sedo.com, still to this day the world's largest domain marketplace. The group had over 300 employees, and over 100 million in revenues.

CEO and Co-Founder

Feb 2001 – Sep 2009 · 8 yrs 7 mos

I was co-founder and CEO of the company, with offices in Cologne (Germany), and Boston (USA). Grew the company to ~300 people and in 2009 took it public on the German stock exchange. To this day, Sedo.com is the leading global marketplace for buying and selling domain names and websites.

Ts ventures gmbh

Investor

Sep 2011 – Present · 14 yrs 7 mos · Cologne

50+ Angel investments (SaaS, AI, market places and climate tech) over 10 years. Still actively investing.

Early Stage InvestmentInvestmentsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)VCAngel Investing

Eyeo gmbh

Co-Founder and Chairman

Aug 2011 – Present · 14 yrs 8 mos · Cologne Area, Germany

Eyeo is the world's leading company protecting users from annoying advertising (we're behind popular ad blocking software Adblock Plus and also power ad blocking in many browsers). We're a team of 300 people and are headquartered in Cologne, Germany.