Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner

Investor Stage

Early stage Venture,Late Stage Venture,Seed

Hannes Blum is Venture Partner North America for Munich-based VC investor Acton Capital. Hannes holds a Masters degree in Business and Engineering from the University of Karlsruhe and a PhD in business from the Otto Beisheim School of Management (WHU) in Germany. Hannes started his career with the Boston Consulting Group in strategy consulting. He then co-founded JustBooks in 1999 and became President and CEO at AbeBooks Inc - the world's largest marketplace for new, used, rare and out-of-print books and a top 100 Internet Retailer - following the acquisition of JustBooks by AbeBooks in October 2001. During his tenure at AbeBooks, three companies have been acquired under his leadership. Hannes has won various industry awards, including being named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young for the Consumer Category in the Pacific Region. He's an active Angel Investor in several tech-enabled business models (including Victoria, BC-based CERTN and Indochino Inc.) and serves on several Boards of Directors in Canada and the US.