Active Venture Partners hires two

Sebastian Blum joined as partner, having previously worked as vice president of business development at Silicon Valley-based photo-viewing app Cooliris. He was responsible for corporate development with a focus on Asia. Prior to that he was managing director of T-Venture's San Francisco office, where he led investments in mobile start-ups in Europe and the US. Blum will expand Active's representation in Berlin and other German-speaking start-up hubs.

Georg Stockinger took on the role of venture adviser, having previously been managing director at Rocket Internet in Latin America. He was previously a management consultant at McKinsey & Co and was co-founder of German e-commerce start-up Casacanda. He has also privately invested in digital businesses in Germany, Spain, the UK, Mexico and Colombia.

Active is a European venture capital firm based in Spain, Germany and Scandinavia, and focuses on investing in digital start-ups. It has backed 23 companies since 2004 and has two investment vehicles: the €20m Molins Capital Inversion fund and the €50m Amerigo Innvierte Spain Ventures FCR vehicle.

Earlier this month, Active led a $2.4m round for Sweden-based app and social network Fishbrain alongside Northzone.

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