Stefan Glaenzer

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Stefan Glänzer is a German entrepreneur and investor, specialising in technology based companies and internet start-ups. He formerly was founding partner of Passion Capital early-stage VC fund and co-founder of White Bear Yard [1] in London's east end, a 20.000 sqft co-working space for the European internet scene.

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He holds a PhD in foreign exchange risk management and describes himself as a firm believer in European entrepreneurship, on which he taught courses at the WHU business school. [2]

WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management business school

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management is one of Germany's leading and most selective business school with campuses in Vallendar and Düsseldorf, Germany. WHU was founded in 1984 by the Koblenz Chamber of Commerce. WHU is the abbreviation of German Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung. The patron and main financier of the business school was the late billionaire and founder of the METRO Cash & Carry Group, Otto Beisheim.

Business involvements

Companies Glänzer has founded or co-founded include companions.de, Ricardo.de, [3] myblog.de and Mendeley. [4] His investments include Last.fm, Wahanda.com, Reality Jockey, Smarkets, Adzuna, Timetric, [5] Tradeshift. [6] and ERepublik.

Mendeley social reference management software

Mendeley is a desktop and web program produced by Elsevier for managing and sharing research papers, discovering research data and collaborating online. It combines Mendeley Desktop, a PDF and reference management application available for Windows, macOS and Linux. It also provides Mendeley for Android and iOS, with Mendeley Web, an online social network for researchers.

Last.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. Using a music recommender system called "Audioscrobbler", Last.fm builds a detailed profile of each user's musical taste by recording details of the tracks the user listens to, either from Internet radio stations, or the user's computer or many portable music devices. This information is transferred ("scrobbled") to Last.fm's database either via the music player itself or via a plug-in installed into the user's music player. The data is then displayed on the user's profile page and compiled to create reference pages for individual artists.

Last.fm

Last.fm is an Internet radio site for streaming music, founded in 2002. Using a recommend system called Audioscrobbler, Last.fm records user’s different musical taste and makes recommendations. The site also offers different social networking features, allowing users to share their tastes.

A professional DJ for 15 years, Glänzer first encountered the digital radio site through his German music blog. In 2004 he invested in the site and became chairman. In 2007, the media profile of the site increased and the number of users rose to 40 million. Glänzer received £22 million for his stake when the business was taken over by CBS Radio later that year.

CBS Radio was a radio broadcasting company and radio network operator owned by CBS Corporation, and consolidated radio station groups owned by CBS and Westinghouse Broadcasting/Group W since the 1920s and Infinity Broadcasting since the 1970s. The broadcasting company was sold to Entercom on November 17, 2017.

Personal life

In November 2012 Glänzer admitted to sexually assaulting a woman on the London Underground after police witnessed the assault. He was sentenced in December 2012 and is listed on the Sex Offenders Register. [7] [8]

In the United Kingdom, the Violent and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR) is a database of records of those required to register with the police under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, those jailed for more than 12 months for violent offences, and those thought to be at risk of offending. In response to a Freedom of Information request in 2009, for example, Greater Manchester Police reported that of 16 people in their area placed on ViSOR since 2007 on their initiative and not as a result of a relevant conviction, four (25%) had clean criminal records.

References

  1. ↑ Kim-Mai Cutler (2009-12-18). "Running a startup in London? Check out White Bear Yard". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  2. ↑ "Stefan Glänzer - Personenprofil | Gründerszene". Gründerszene. Retrieved 2016-03-01.
  3. ↑ ricardo.ch. "ricardo - kaufen & verkaufen auf Ihrem Schweizer Online-Marktplatz" (in German). Ricardo.ch. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  4. ↑ "Academic reference management software for researchers". Mendeley. Retrieved 2010-09-10.
  5. ↑ "Timetric closes seed funding for 'statistics on speed' platform". Techcrunch.
  6. ↑ "Tradeshift signs new angels". Techcrunch.
  7. ↑ Butcher, Mike. "High Profile UK VC Stefan Glaenzer Faces Jail After Sexual Assault Conviction". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  8. ↑ News, BBC. "Stefan Glaenzer admits sex assault on London Underground". BBC. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
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