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Axel Springer
ActiveOperating status — whether the company still runs independently. “Closed” usually means it was acquired, merged, or shut down.🔥 HighHeat score — how much recent activity & attention the company has (web traffic, news, hiring).📈 Low growthGrowth score — momentum trend across web traffic, headcount and other growth signals. Berlin, Germany Founded 1946 10001+ employees For Profit
Axel Springer is a media company engaged in publishing newspapers, magazines, and digital sales channels.
Axel Springer on Acquirezy — acquisitions, funding rounds, investments, investors, key people & contacts.
Total Funding
$550.35M
Funding Rounds
1
Last Funding
Acquisitions
31
Investments
56
15 exits
Monthly Visits
Contacts
106
Patents
0
53 trademarks
About Axel Springer
Funding & Financials
- Total funding
- Funding rounds
- Last funding
- Last funding type
- Last funding date
- Funding status
- Total equity funding
- Revenue range
IPO & Stock
- IPO status
- Delisted
- Ticker
- SPR
- Exchange
- FRA - Frankfurt Stock Exchange
- IPO date
- Jan 14, 2011
- Delisted
- Apr 6, 2020
Web Traffic
- Monthly visits
- Global traffic rank
- 6-mo avg visits
- Visit duration (s)
- Pages / visit
- Bounce rate
- Rank change (mo)
Technology & IP
- Active technologies
- 75
- Active products
- 40
- Patents granted
- 0
- Trademarks
- 53
- IT spend
- $329.66M
Investor Activity
- Investments
- 56
- Lead investments
- 15
- Portfolio orgs
- 47
- Diversity investments
- 5
- Exits
- 15
- Exits via IPO
- 2
Company Info
- Founded
- 1946
- Employees
- 10001+
- Operating status
- Active
- Company type
- For Profit
- Org types
- company, investor
- Founders
- 1
- Sub-organizations
- 10
- News articles
- 800
- Events
- 10
- HQ
- Berlin, Germany
- Region
- European Union (EU), Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
- Exit date
- Jan 14, 2011
Signals & Scores
- Heat score
- High
- Growth score
- Low
- Trend (7d)
- -0.2
- Trend (30d)
- 3.1
- Trend (90d)
- -3.1
- Last leadership hire
- Jan 18, 2026
- Last layoff mention
- Feb 28, 2023
Axel Springer Funding Rounds
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Axel Springer Investments
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Axel Springer Acquisitions
31 results
| Acquiree Name | Acquirer Name | Acquisition Type | Acquisition Terms | Acquiree Industries | Acquiree Hq City | Acquiree Hq Country | Acquiree Description | Acquiree Number Of Employees | Acquirer Industries | Acquirer Hq Country | Acquirer Number Of Employees | Acquirer Ipo Status | Acquiree Website | |||||
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| The Telegraph | $766.79M | 2026-03-06 | Axel Springer | Acquisition | Cash | Brand MarketingBroadcastingInformation ServicesNews | London | United Kingdom | The Telegraph is a daily newspaper providing news, business,… | 1855-06-01 | 1001-5000 | AdvertisingDigital MediaMarketingNewsPublishingSoftware | Germany | 10001+ | Delisted | 31 | www.telegraph.co.uk | |
| Bisnow | — | 2026-03-03 | Axel Springer | Acquisition | — | Commercial Real EstateNewsPublishingReal Estate | New York | United States | The worlds largest CRE news and events platform. | 2005-01-01 | 101-250 | AdvertisingDigital MediaMarketingNewsPublishingSoftware | Germany | 10001+ | Delisted | 31 | www.bisnow.com | |
| Politico | — | 2021-08-26 | Axel Springer | Acquisition | — | NewsPolitics | Arlington | United States | Politico is an online, mobile, and print destination for cov… | 2010-01-01 | 501-1000 | AdvertisingDigital MediaMarketingNewsPublishingSoftware | Germany | 10001+ | Delisted | 31 | www.politico.com | |
| Protocol Media | — | 2021-08-26 | Axel Springer | Acquisition | — | Media and EntertainmentNewsPublishingSocial MediaSocial Media Management | San Francisco | United States | Protocol Media is a global power center with the sweep and i… | 2020-01-01 | 11-50 | AdvertisingDigital MediaMarketingNewsPublishingSoftware | Germany | 10001+ | Delisted | 31 | www.protocol.com/ | |
| FRAMEN | — | 2020-12-16 | Axel Springer | Acquisition | — | AdvertisingComputer VisionDigital SignageMarketing | Berlin | Germany | We build the internet of screens in semi-public spaces for n… | 2018-04-18 | 51-100 | AdvertisingDigital MediaMarketingNewsPublishingSoftware | Germany | 10001+ | Delisted | 31 | www.framen.com |
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Axel Springer Key People
chairman and CEO
Founder
Vice Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board
Member of the Supervisory Board
President Classifieds Media
Executive Vice President
SVP, GenAI Investments
Product Manager Collaboration
Senior Lead Engineer
TitleDirector Axel Springer Brand Studios, Content & Creative Strategy
IT Support Specialist
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
106
professional contacts at Axel Springer
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