Carsten Coesfeld will run the media group's corporate venture capital activities as CEO of Bertelsmann Investments from the start of June.

Germany-headquartered media group Bertelsmann has appointed Carsten Coesfeld chief executive of Bertelsmann Investments, the subsidiary which oversees its corporate venturing activities.

Bertelsmann Investments is the umbrella for Bertelsmann Asia Investments, Bertelsmann India Investments, Bertelsmann Brazil Investments and the globally-focused Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, which have jointly racked up some 300 direct and indirect investments on behalf of the corporate.

Coesfeld will take the reins at the start of June 2022. He is currently chief executive of Dorling Kindersley, a non-fiction…

Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.