Jan Henric Buettner

Bio

Jan is the founding partner of BV Capital, an entrepreneur and new media pioneer with international reputation. He has founded several successful Internet ventures and in the process created more than $15 billion in value. Jan has a long history in developing, managing and operating Internet, telecommunications and media service companies, including an early involvement in the licensing process for the digital mobile network in Europe and the emerging value added media services. In the early 90′s, Jan and his team created one of the world’s first multi-media online services in Germany, and subsequently founded AOL Europe as a joint venture between America Online and Bertelsmann. Following the integration of his company into the joint venture, Jan was president and chief executive officer of AOL Germany until 1997. He then moved to California where he set up the BV Capital venture capital funds. In 2000, the Wall Street Journal named Jan “one of the most influential European technology financiers on either side of the Atlantic.” Since then, Jan is active as an international venture capitalist, private investor and entrepreneur with a focus on Internet consumer services and mobile applications.