Axel Springer – Startup Investor Profile

Axel Springer is a media company engaged in publishing newspapers, magazines, and digital sales channels.

Location: Berlin

Country:

Investment Regions: EU

Investment Stages: late-stage, pre-seed, seed, series-a

Website: https://www.axelspringer.com/

AI Reasoning: I found a press release on Axel Springer’s official site and reporting indicating corporate restructurings and transactions primarily involving KKR/CPP in 2024-2025 and an acquisition reported on July 30, 2025 of cmmrcl.ly GmbH; the most recent identified investment-related activity tied to Axel Springer was the acquisition of cmmrcl.ly GmbH on July 30, 2025, which is 3 months and 2 days before the reference date, placing the last known investment just over 3 months ago. Therefore, based on the interval since that investment, the investor falls into the category where the last known investment happened more than 3 months ago and more than 3 months (just over) but less than 6 months? However, because the classification thresholds require less than 3 months for very-active, 3-6 months for active, 6-12 months for low-active, and >12 months for not-active, and the last investment was on July 30, 2025, which is 93 days earlier, that places it slightly over 3 months – categorize as low-active would be wrong; the correct tag per the closest threshold is active.

Not Active – No known investments in the last 12 months.

Low Activity – Only known investments between the last 12 and 6 months.

Active – Known investments between the last 6 and 3 months.

Very Active – Known investments in the last 3 months.