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Building Leading Businesses

Bertelsmann Next is Bertelsmann Investments’ growth program. With the ambition to build the next nine- to ten-digit revenue platform for Bertelsmann, we build leading businesses both organically and through acquisitions, currently in the verticals of mobile ad tech, HR tech, and pharma tech.

Mobile Ad Tech

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Applike logo
Applike logo

Founded in 2015 by Jonas Thiemann and Carlo Szelinsky with the publishing house Gruner + Jahr, Applike has become the leading app growth platform. The global Applike Group creates companies that deliver unique products and business solutions to app publishers. Currently, Applike comprises of five companies that function independently but draw from each other’s technologies and expertise. Together, the companies offer a suite of experiences in rewarded ads, in-app-video-advertising and more.

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Adjoe is a leading advertising and monetization platform that ensures advertisers, publishers, and brands reach their app’s reach and revenue goals. By harnessing the power of rewarded engagement and premium targeting, adjoe generates higher ad revenues than any other solution while creating a meaningful engagement loop for users.

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justDice

JustDice is a mobile app development company developing the world’s best rewarded mobile gaming apps. With over 20+ apps enjoyed by 300+ million players worldwide, justDice is revolutionising the play-and-earn genre.

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justtrack

Justtrack is a marketing automation and attribution platform that allows app and game publishers to optimize and automate their entire mobile app growth strategy – all on one platform.

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Sunday

Sunday develops and publishes intuitive and engaging mobile games with smart and player-friendly monetisation, connecting millions of players worldwide.

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GameGame

GameGame builds highly engaging mobile games (iOS and Android) for leading consumer brands. The company delivers an end-to-end experience, from the development to the production to the distribution to millions of users in a given region.

HR Tech

Under the umbrella of EMBRACE, we are building an HR tech ecosystem along a chain of HR values from “attract” and “hire” to “retain”, for German-speaking territories via both organic and buy-and-build initiatives.

Under the umbrella of EMBRACE, we are building an HR tech ecosystem along a chain of HR values from “attract” and “hire” to “retain”, for German-speaking territories via both organic and buy-and-build initiatives.

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EMBRACE logo

EMBRACE is a family of brands that offers a range of services, from employer branding to recruiting and employee retention. EMBRACE Family comprises the high-reach platforms such as Ausbildung.de and Milch und Zucker, as well as the agency team EMBRACE Agency. The different brands share a common goal – to make work more human and more optimistic through innovative tech.

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Ausbildung.de

Ausbildung.de connects thousands of companies offering vocational training programs with millions of jobseekers. With its strong reach in both online searches and social media, it is Germany’s most relevant online marketplace for apprenticeships.

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Studyflix

Studyflix is the largest e-learning community in German-speaking countries. Its free-to-use e-learning content draws millions of young learners, and provides engaging employer branding solutions for companies aiming to attract young talent.

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Vocanto logo

Vocanto leads the market for high-quality e-learning solutions for apprentices. With its broad content offering across all major fields of work and its sophisticated learning software, Vocanto is a powerful and valuable addition to vocational training programs.

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Milch und Zucker

Milch und Zucker is a talent acquisition and management agency providing AI-driven and award-winning HR tech tools and software. Its applicant tracking system BeeSite Recruiting and HR marketing strategies are used by private sector businesses like Lufthansa and Commerzbank as well as public organizations at both the state and federal level.

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EMBRACE Agency logo
EMBRACE Agency logo

EMBRACE Agency

EMBRACE AGENCY is a leading employer branding and recruitment agency with customers such as Aldi Süd, Bechntle E.ON, EY, Deutsche Telekom, and Techniker Krankenkasse.

Pharma Tech

Through organic and buy-and-build initiatives, we are creating a tech platform across the pharmaceutical content lifecycle. The companies in our portfolio cover the pharma tech value chain from content authoring to distribution.

Through organic and buy-and-build initiatives, we are creating a tech platform across the pharmaceutical content lifecycle. The companies in our portfolio cover the pharma tech value chain from content authoring to distribution.

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Cormeo leverages the synergies among three specialized brands to drive innovation in life sciences. Our brands Docuvera, EXTEDO, and Rote Liste facilitate innovative and compliant exchanges of regulated information. Together, they build a trusted bridge between the life science industry, health authorities, and healthcare professionals to improve patient health.

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Docuvera

Docuvera is an intelligent SaaS solution that delivers content management efficiencies through core content reuse across the drug development lifecycle. Harnessing the power of AI, Docuvera is a single platform where pharma content teams can author, review, approve, translate, and publish regulated documents by reusing approved, compliant component content. By combining AI-powered automation with the necessary governance, consistency, and control, Docuvera perfectly serves the life sciences regulatory writing space.

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EXTEDO logo

EXTEDO is an internationally leading provider of information management solutions specifically designed for regulatory, quality, and safety processes in the life sciences industry. EXTEDO’s solutions and services enable life sciences organizations and health authorities to achieve effortless compliance throughout the entire medicinal product lifecycle, from development to drug safety.

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Rote Liste logo

Rote Liste

Rote Liste Service GmbH, a trusted institution in German healthcare, enables pharmaceutical companies to publish reliable medicinal product information for healthcare professionals and patients. Furthermore, Rote Liste Service GmbH is a proactive leader in the digital transformation of healthcare professional and patient information, empowering them to make informed decisions with confidence.

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Logo medicines.ie
Logo medicines.ie

medicines.ie

medicines.ie contains accurate, up-to-date, regulator-approved information on medicines available in Ireland. The site is designed to be a comprehensive and easily searchable source of medicines information in Ireland. It is widely regarded as an invaluable reference source by healthcare professionals, the National Medicines Information Centre and the Department of Health.

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Empowering Entrepreneurs

© 2025 Bertelsmann Investments

Empowering Entrepreneurs

© 2025 Bertelsmann Investments