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Urs Cete

Managing Partner at BDMI

New York, New York

Overview 

Urs Cete is the Managing Partner at BDMI (Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments) in New York, with a background in data science, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. He has made significant investments in companies like Zephr and StyleHaul, showcasing his expertise in strategic partnerships and corporate development within the digital media and technology sectors.

Work Experience 

  • Board Member

    2023 - Current

Percent is a platform for sourcing, structuring, syndicating, monitoring, and servicing private credit transactions.

Raised $48,500,000.00 from CTC Venture Capital, Forté Ventures, Evolution Ventures, Vectr, Contrarian Thinking Capital, Global Financial Technology Ventures, Chaos Ventures, B Capital, Susquehanna International Group (SIG) and Sprint Vc.

  • Board Member

    2018

boostr is a CRM and order management platform designed for the media & advertising industry.

Raised $10,200,000.00 from Bill Wise, C2 Ventures, BDMI, AperiamVentures, Vocap Partners, Jonathan Steinberg and Michael Kassan.

  • Managing Partner

    2006

    Head of Bertelsmann's Corporate Venture Capital unit BDMI

BDMI is a New York-based venture capital firm focused on investments in digital media technologies, products, and distribution channels.

  • Member of the Board

    2014 - 2023

Static Media is a digital media company that provides information on a variety of topics.

  • Board Member

    2011 - 2020

    Skimlinks creates native monetization solutions for publishers, rewarding them for any e-commerce they drive by automatically turning product links and references into trackable affiliate links. Integrated with more than 20,000 merchants, Skimlinks processes 300 million clicks a month on over 1.5 million sites around the web. Our technology helps publishers like Time Inc, Gawker Media, Condé Nast, Hearst and The Huffington Post earn revenue and gain insights from their commerce-related content.

  • Board Observer

    2011 - 2019

CrowdTwist is an industry-leading provider of comprehensive multichannel loyalty and analytics solutions.

Raised $16,194,000.00 from BDMI.

  • Board member

    2013 - 2014

    StyleHaul is the #1 channel network on YouTube for style, fashion, beauty and shopping related video content. Our one-of-a-kind network aggregates and manages over 1,400 tailored style guru channels and over 25 channels of original programming under a single social fashion video platform. Serving a global audience of over 40 Million hyper-engaged stylistas and fashionistas, StyleHaul is the ULTIMATE strategic destination for your brand.

  • Board member

    2008 - 2014

  • Board member

    2007 - 2014

  • Director Corporate Controlling & Strategy

    2004 - 2006

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