Ulrich Buser

Professor, Publisher, Former CEO, Board Member, Senior Advisor, Investor and Business Angel

📍 Nuremberg, Bavaria, Germany🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 26 years investing🗓 Last invested Apr 2026𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Angel Investor
May 2020
As a data intelligence company, we empower venture funds, angel investors, family offices, and other investment professionals in finding and accessing relevant (pre-)seed startups and founders as early as possible. Through our platform, we maximize the sourcing options for venture firms, ensuring they see a wide range of potential startups deals and connect them with top-notch founders. Morphais long-term vision is to serve as the ultimate bridge between capital and entrepreneurs. In this way, we aim to diversify the startup landscape and ensure that brilliant ideas and diverse teams get the visibility and funding they deserve. Join top tier VC funds and request access to find promising deals and connect to exceptional founders before anyone else: www.morphais.com
Board Member Solution Group Digital Marketing | Arvato
Feb 2015
Bertelsmann ist ein Medien-, Dienstleistungs- und Bildungsunternehmen mit rund 75.000 Mitarbeitenden, das in gut 50 Ländern der Welt aktiv ist. Zum Konzernverbund gehören das Entertainment-Unternehmen RTL Group, die Buchverlagsgruppe Penguin Random House, das Musikunternehmen BMG, der Dienstleister Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, die Bertelsmann Education Group sowie das internationale Fondsnetzwerk Bertelsmann Investments. Das Unternehmen erzielte im Geschäftsjahr 2024 einen Umsatz von 19 Mrd. Euro. Bertelsmann steht für Kreativität und Unternehmertum. Diese Kombination ermöglicht erstklassige Medienangebote und innovative Servicelösungen, die Kunden in aller Welt begeistern. www.bertelsmann.com
Business Angel and Investor
2014
Fraugster is a payments intelligence company that helps the e-commerce ecosystem to minimize fraud and maximize revenue by making smarter real-time business decisions. We help our customers solve multiple use cases by giving them access to various, interoperable products via one integration. Fraugster has developed one of the most accurate AI fraud prevention solutions on the market and is backed by some of Europe’s most reputable deeptech investors from Earlybird to Speedinvest, CommerzVentures and Munich Re Ventures.
Executive Board Member - PZ
Jan 2012
Der MVFP Medienverband der freien Presse e.V. vertritt die publizistischen, kulturellen, politischen und wirtschaftlichen Interessen von rund 350 Mitgliedsverlagen und von branchenweit mehr als 7.000 Zeitschriften- und Medienangeboten. Die Gemeinschaft der Zeitschriftenverlage im Medienverband der freien Presse vereint große, mittlere und kleine Medienhäuser aus den Gattungen der Publikums-, Fach- und konfessionellen Medien. Der MVFP setzt sich für den Fortbestand der freien Presse, die Freiheit und Vielfalt der Meinungen und die Zukunft des marktwirtschaftlich finanzierten Journalismus als Garant für die freiheitlich demokratische Grundordnung ein. Seine Mitglieder unterstützt er mit Service-, Beratungs- und Bildungsangeboten in den drängenden Fragen der Veränderung der Märkte und der Digitalisierung. Gegenüber der Politik setzt sich der Medienverband der freien Presse für ordnungspolitische Rahmenbedingungen, für faire und transparente Wettbewerbsbedingungen ein.
Assistant to Helmut Markwort, Executive Board Member
May 2000
With around 10,500 employees and over 500 brands world-wide, Hubert Burda Media is one of Germany’s largest technology and media companies. We create media with people, for people. We use our social relevance to make a difference and offer our employees the freedom to be creative and to invent new things. That is why working at Burda means: working "...in good company". All our business activities focus on our consumers, offering them reliable information, helpful services and great entertainment. We have strong media and digital brands in the News, Tech, Food, Living, Gardening, Fashion, Lifestyle, Health and Entertainment segments. We are active in 13 markets across Europe, Asia, and the United States. A family enterprise with a history spanning over 100 years, Burda combines traditional publishing with successful digital innovation and also invests in digital business models to ensure their long-term success. Examples include Xing, Nebenan.de and Vinted. Our digital activities also include journalism services such as Focus Online and Chip.de. We strive to actively shape the changes taking place in the media world. Our employees are as diverse as our company, technologies and media. If you have an entrepreneurial mindset, can take responsibility, and enjoy working in a team to drive innovation, Burda is the right place for you. Join us: https://www.burda.com/en/career/
Experience · 9 entries
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Board (5)
2026
Board Member
Apr 2026
At the Hall in Tirol location, in the heart of Europe, 250 employees bring in their competence and professionalism every day to produce high-quality products. Tiroler Rohr GmbH has been producing ductile iron pipes and piles for deep foundation at the Hall in Tirol site for over 75 years. Thanks to its innovative ideas, the company is the market leader in Austria and an internationally recognized supplier. In order to keep this extensive knowledge in the company, we also train our employees ourselves and are a state-certified teaching company. The sustainable properties of the material, innovative product technologies and professional competence in the application areas make us the right partner for water management and special deep foundation.
2022
Founder and Publisher
May 2022
book publishing, thesis
2020
Angel Investor
May 2020
As a data intelligence company, we empower venture funds, angel investors, family offices, and other investment professionals in finding and accessing relevant (pre-)seed startups and founders as early as possible. Through our platform, we maximize the sourcing options for venture firms, ensuring they see a wide range of potential startups deals and connect them with top-notch founders. Morphais long-term vision is to serve as the ultimate bridge between capital and entrepreneurs. In this way, we aim to diversify the startup landscape and ensure that brilliant ideas and diverse teams get the visibility and funding they deserve. Join top tier VC funds and request access to find promising deals and connect to exceptional founders before anyone else: www.morphais.com
2015
Board Member Solution Group Digital Marketing | Arvato
Feb 2015
Bertelsmann ist ein Medien-, Dienstleistungs- und Bildungsunternehmen mit rund 75.000 Mitarbeitenden, das in gut 50 Ländern der Welt aktiv ist. Zum Konzernverbund gehören das Entertainment-Unternehmen RTL Group, die Buchverlagsgruppe Penguin Random House, das Musikunternehmen BMG, der Dienstleister Arvato Group, Bertelsmann Marketing Services, die Bertelsmann Education Group sowie das internationale Fondsnetzwerk Bertelsmann Investments. Das Unternehmen erzielte im Geschäftsjahr 2024 einen Umsatz von 19 Mrd. Euro. Bertelsmann steht für Kreativität und Unternehmertum. Diese Kombination ermöglicht erstklassige Medienangebote und innovative Servicelösungen, die Kunden in aller Welt begeistern. www.bertelsmann.com
2014
Business Angel and Investor
2014
Fraugster is a payments intelligence company that helps the e-commerce ecosystem to minimize fraud and maximize revenue by making smarter real-time business decisions. We help our customers solve multiple use cases by giving them access to various, interoperable products via one integration. Fraugster has developed one of the most accurate AI fraud prevention solutions on the market and is backed by some of Europe’s most reputable deeptech investors from Earlybird to Speedinvest, CommerzVentures and Munich Re Ventures.
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