Tim Marbach

Tim Marbach is a Partner at the global early-stage venture capital firm Antler, based in Berlin, Germany. Before transitioning to venture capital, he founded and served as the Chief Executive Officer of kaufDA, a digital retail marketing platform that grew to become the European market leader under the Bonial brand. Under his leadership, the company scaled rapidly to reach millions of active users and successfully exited when the European media conglomerate Axel Springer acquired a 74.9% stake in the business in 2011. Following the acquisition, Marbach transitioned into angel investing, deploying capital into multiple early-stage technology startups across the European ecosystem before formally joining Antler to lead their regional investment strategy. His current focus centers on identifying and backing pre-seed founders in the DACH region, leveraging his operational background to support emerging technology companies.