Exclusive: Acton Capital expands its team

With Sophie Ahrens-Gruber and Hannes Blum, two experienced managers are joining the Munich-based venture capitalist.

As of July 1, Sophie Ahrens-Gruber and Hannes Blum will join Munich-based venture capitalist Acton Capital. Gruber will become part of the investment team in the Bavarian capital. Hannes Blum will become Partner and will be responsible for all investments in the US and Canada.

Previously a Limited Partner, Gruber has been a long-time investor in Acton Capital funds. Most recently, as Head of Corporate Business Development, she was responsible for business development at Burda Media Holding. She also headed the Corporate Responsibility department. "Our start-ups can now directly benefit from Sophie's experience in leadership, corporate management and digital transformation across a wide range of industries," says Christoph Braun, Managing Partner at Acton Capital about the new hire.

Hannes Blum has already been part of the Acton Capital team since 2015. Before joining the venture capitalist, he was Vice President at Amazon. As co-founder of JustBooks, a platform for price comparison of used books, he founded one of the first companies from the Acton portfolio, which he merged with the Canadian online marketplace for books "AbeBooks" and sold to Amazon in 2008.