BV Capital, the former corporate venturing unit of Germany-based media company Bertelsmann, has rebranded as e.Ventures.

The move is described by e.Ventures as an attempt to create firm with “five dedicated funds, in five regions, [and a] new global name”. The company’s European unit eVenture Capital Partners was corporate-backed by Germany-based retailer Otto Group.

Mathias Schilling, a managing partner at e.Ventures, set out how the firm’s global strategy could help entrepreneurs to news provider TechCrunch in a 15 minute…