Michael Brehm

REDSTONE

General Partner & Founder

Description

Michael Brehm is General Partner and Founder of Redstone, a leading European venture capital firm focused on selected investment strategies. The current portfolio includes over 200 high-growth startups and tech companies, particularly in the areas of deep tech, fintech, health, and education. Over the last 20 years, he has established himself as a successful entrepreneur and investor in the startup ecosystem. He served as the Managing Director of studiVZ, Europe’s largest social media network at the time, which was sold to Holtzbrinck; was Founder & Managing Director of Rebate Networks (ca. 10.000 employees), a global e-commerce holding company, which sold DailyDeal to Google, Ensogo to LivingSocial, and took iBuy public; and was also the Founder of i2x, an AI speech startup, which was sold to a private equity firm in 2022. As an angel investor, Michael has invested in close to 100 startups, including Atheneum Partners (exit to Guidepost Growth Equity), Kreditech (exit to Naspers), Lieferando (exit to Takeaway), Scoreloop (exit to BlackBerry), MrSpex (share sale pre-IPO), kaufDa (exit to Axel Springer), and Brands4Friends (exit to eBay). Michael began his career as an Analyst in the M&A department at Merrill Lynch and holds a Diploma in Business Administration from the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management.