Editing Bertelsmann (section)

=== Bertelsmann Investments ===
[[File:Bertelsmann_Investments_Logo_2016.png|frameless|right|Bertelsmann Investments logo|150px]]

The Bertelsmann Investments division bundles Bertelsmann's startup investments. ''Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments'' is based in Gütersloh and since 2014 has concentrated mainly on the United States.<ref>{{cite web|website=Gründerszene|language=de|url=http://www.gruenderszene.de/datenbank/investoren/bertelsmann-digital-media-investments|title=Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments|access-date=20 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|language=de|url=http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/bdmi-berlin-buero-schliessung-early-stage|website=Gründerszene|first=Niklas |last=Wirminghaus|date=21 November 2014|access-date=20 March 2016|title=Bertelsmann-Fonds BDMI schließt Berliner Büro}}</ref> With ''Bertelsmann Asia Investments'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.avcj.com/avcj/news/61422/bertelsmann-asia-launches-angel-fund-in-china|title=Bertelsmann Asia launches angel fund in China|first=Winnie|last= Liu|date=13 October 2014|access-date=22 May 2016|website=Asian Venture Capital Journal}}</ref> ''Bertelsmann Brazil Investments'' and ''Bertelsmann India Investments'',<ref>{{cite news|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/roposo-bags-5-million-from-bertelsmann-india-investments/articleshow/51993728.cms|website=[[The Economic Times]]|title=Roposo bags $5 million from Bertelsmann India Investments|first=Biswarup|last=Gooptu|date=26 April 2016|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref> three additional funds exist that are active in the growth regions defined by the holding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bertelsmann.com/divisions/bertelsmann-investments/|publisher=Bertelsmann|title=Bertelsmann Investments|access-date=22 May 2016}}</ref> Bertelsmann Investments holds equity positions in a total of over 100 [[startup company|startup companies]], almost all from the digital economy.<ref>{{cite news|language=de|first=Antje|last=Kullrich|title=Gewinnsprung bei Bertelsmann|newspaper=Börsen-Zeitung|date=23 March 2016|page=8}}</ref> In 2024, sales reached €563 million.<ref name="Annual Report 2024" />