Tim Schumacher

Ecosia is the search engine that plants trees with its ad revenue. Over 20 million users have helped plant over 150 million trees all over the world. Those trees help restore landscapes, nourish communities, protect wildlife and neutralize CO2. Join the worlds biggest tree-planting movement!

TS Ventures is a pre-seed to Series A investor run by Tim Schumacher and Stephan Jacquemot. We typically invest initial tickets starting at €200k in SaaS, AdTech, Marketplace, and (Climate) Impact Startups. We do not only invest capital but also love to work side-by-side with founders to achieve success together. With our diverse experience in entrepreneurship and Tech, we actively support founders with strategic decisions, business development, company-scaling, HR, as well as follow-on fundraising with institutional VCs. We have a portfolio of >20 companies, including Ecosia, Hitfox, Aklamio, Miomente, PiwikPro, Home, Zolar, Pachama, Joblift, SaaS.group, and others. If you’re a digital or impact startup looking for the right sparring partner, feel free to reach out! About the Investors: Tim Schumacher is the co-founder of Sedo.com, the worlds largest domain marketplace. Since selling the company, Tim is active as an entrepreneur and/or investor in various startups. In 2020, Tim was awarded as best investor in Germany by the German Startup Association. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board at Eyeo (makers of AdBlock Plus) and co-founder of SaaS.Group, a Software as a Service portfolio company. Stephan Jacquemot has a very successful and long-standing career in supporting outstanding entrepreneurs in various roles. He has led the startup units at Microsoft in Germany and Europe and was co-founder of the Microsoft Accelerator in Berlin. Since 2016, he is an active investor with a portfolio of 15 angel investments. Besides his work at TS Ventures, he serves as Director of Founders Education at the Founders Foundation established by the Bertelsmann Foundation.

We help to decarbonise the global economy. As a climate tech VC, we are driven by tackling the climate crisis and only invest in technologies with scalable businesses and significant emissions savings potential. We support startups from early to growth stage, focusing on Energy, Food and Agriculture, Manufacturing, Buildings, and Mobility. Entrepreneurs who understand decarbonisation as a value driver are whom we back; those who think big, act macro; those who build tech for a regenerative world.

saas.group is a conglomerate of independent SaaS businesses founded by experienced industry veterans with proven entrepreneurial, investing, and product backgrounds. We love healthy SaaS companies and help them to reach the next level. If being acquired is something that sparks some interest or you’d like to know about our process, we’d love to have a chat with you. We advocate for the founder-friendly approach and are ready to offer you the exit you deserve meaning financial freedom or an opportunity to stay on board in your most exciting role. Learn more about us and our approach on our blog: https://saas.group/blog/tim-schumacher-building-the-worlds-biggest-platform-of-independent-saas-brands/

Ecosia is the search engine that plants trees with its ad revenue. Over 20 million users have helped plant over 150 million trees all over the world. Those trees help restore landscapes, nourish communities, protect wildlife and neutralize CO2. Join the worlds biggest tree-planting movement!

TS Ventures is a pre-seed to Series A investor run by Tim Schumacher and Stephan Jacquemot. We typically invest initial tickets starting at €200k in SaaS, AdTech, Marketplace, and (Climate) Impact Startups. We do not only invest capital but also love to work side-by-side with founders to achieve success together. With our diverse experience in entrepreneurship and Tech, we actively support founders with strategic decisions, business development, company-scaling, HR, as well as follow-on fundraising with institutional VCs. We have a portfolio of >20 companies, including Ecosia, Hitfox, Aklamio, Miomente, PiwikPro, Home, Zolar, Pachama, Joblift, SaaS.group, and others. If you’re a digital or impact startup looking for the right sparring partner, feel free to reach out! About the Investors: Tim Schumacher is the co-founder of Sedo.com, the worlds largest domain marketplace. Since selling the company, Tim is active as an entrepreneur and/or investor in various startups. In 2020, Tim was awarded as best investor in Germany by the German Startup Association. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board at Eyeo (makers of AdBlock Plus) and co-founder of SaaS.Group, a Software as a Service portfolio company. Stephan Jacquemot has a very successful and long-standing career in supporting outstanding entrepreneurs in various roles. He has led the startup units at Microsoft in Germany and Europe and was co-founder of the Microsoft Accelerator in Berlin. Since 2016, he is an active investor with a portfolio of 15 angel investments. Besides his work at TS Ventures, he serves as Director of Founders Education at the Founders Foundation established by the Bertelsmann Foundation.

eyeo is dedicated to empowering a balanced and sustainable online value exchange for users, browsers, advertisers and publishers. By building, monetizing, and distributing ad-filtering technologies, we create solutions that allow all members of the online ecosystem to prosper. Our ad-filtering technology powers some of the largest ad blockers on the market, like Adblock Plus and AdBlock, and is distributed through partnerships to millions of devices. We currently have 300 million global ad-filtering users who consent to Acceptable Ads, an independently derived ad standard that determines whether an ad is acceptable and nonintrusive. To learn more, go to www.eyeo.com