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University of California Berkeley
Master's Degree, University of California Berkeley (2000)
1998-2000
Founding Partner; Consulting; Management
Dirk Freise is one of the founding partners of Shortcut Ventures GmbH, a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage startups in the fields of internet, mobile, and social media. He started his entrepreneurial career while pursing his MBA at the Haas school of Business, UC Berkeley. handy.de pioneered the mobile entertainment industry and has ben acquired by the media powerhouse Bertelsmann. The second company, blau Mobilfunk, became the leading mobile discount MVNO in Germany and was sold to KPN in 2008. In 2011 Dirk founded Shortcut Ventures and invests in start-ups.