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Hannes Blum

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Partner, Acton Capital

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Acton Capital
Title
Partner
Role
Partner
Location
Vancouver
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Record updated 4 October 2026

About

The ex-Amazon VP and former BCG consultant is an active business angel and board member of numerous tech companies as well as entrepreneur. He was founding and scaling one of Acton Capital’s first portfolio startups “JustBooks”, which he merged with “AbeBooks” from Canada prior to the successful exit to Amazon in 2008.

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Background

Education
Hannes Blum holds a PhD from the Otto Beisheim School of Management (WHU), and a master’s degree in Business and Engineering from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).Source (opens in a new tab)

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