Karl-Theodor Guttenberg

Active Investor

Co-Founder at Open Minds Media

West Palm Beach, Florida

Karl-Theodor Guttenberg, Co-Founder at Open Minds Media is an active investor based in West Palm Beach, Florida. This profile covers what Karl-Theodor Guttenberg backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg serves as Chairman at Spitzberg Partners. Mr. zu Guttenberg serves as Board Member at Edelman. He also serves as Advisor at Clock Tower Ventures. He also serves as Advisory Board Member at Lufthansa Innovation Hub. He also serves as Chairman at Accretive Capital Partners. Mr. Zu Guttenberg served as Minister of Economics and Technology and then as Minister of Defense in the cabinet of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. As the youngest Defense Minister in German history, he led the most significant structural reform of the German armed forces since the Bundeswehr's founding. During his time in office, he was Germany's most popular politician. He was a Member of the German Parliament (Bundestag) during and served as spokesman on the Foreign Affairs Committee. Mr. Zu Guttenberg was also a Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Secretary General of Germany's co-governing CSU party. He is a Distinguished Statesman at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC and served as Senior Advisor to the European Commission leadership on global Internet freedom. He sits on a variety of international corporate and not-for-profit boards. Mr. Zu Guttenberg has published numerous op-eds and articles and holds a law degree from the University of Bayreuth. He also serves as Operating Partner at Kodem Growth Partners.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage VenturePre Seed
Invests in: SaaS & EnterpriseConsumer & RetailE-commerce & D2CEdTechMedia & ContentMarketing & AdTech
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
Typical check: $275K
Past investments: 15

Notable investments

Rhön-Klinikum AGRippleBDT & Company / BDT Capital PartnersGovRadarPango (Network Management Software)ISD (Institute for Strategic Dialogue)AnchorFreeSamsung GroupEuropean CommissionASAPPTeam Rubicon GlobalEdelman

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