DGAP-News: Impera Total Return AG acquires stake in global model agency and online social network ModelKarma.com
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Impera Total Return AG acquires stake in global model agency and
online social network ModelKarma.com
01.08.2012 / 08:45
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- Impera Total Return AG acquires stake in global model agency and online
social network ModelKarma.com
- Fast user-growth and more than 15,000 models in the US, Europe and Asia
- ModelKarma Joint Venture with Chinese partner Jinti as additional growth
driver
Frankfurt am Main, 01. August 2012 - Impera Total Return AG (ISIN:
DE0005751309) and ModelKarma.com ('ModelKarma'), the world's largest online
community and a virtual agency for both aspiring and established models,
agreed today on the acquisition of a stake through Impera in ModelKarma.
The acquisition took place through the execution of a capital increase.
Through this acquisition, Impera gets direct ownership in the market of
global-reach and fast growing social networks. ModelKarma
(www.modelkarma.com) got founded in 2010 and gathered globally more than
15,000 registered models in the USA, Europa and Asia. Additionally, a joint
venture with Jinti (http://mk.jinti.com), one of the largest Chinese social
networks with more than 35 million users could be agreed on to successfully
cover the fast growing Chinese market as first-mover. Focusing on models,
model management and fashion, ModelKarma is positioned in a globally highly
demanded niche. With Thomas Zeumer as Co-Founder and CEO of ModelKarma, a
true industry titan, previous founder of Metropolitan New York and top
model manager with a two decade long track record of amongst others Heidi
Klum, Eva Herzigova, Claudia Schiffer and many more top models, is in
charge of the operational development of the company. Combining the
classical agency business and the interactive social network approach as
freemium platform, long-term recurring revenues are the sound financial
target of the company. ModelKarma is expected to launch already at the end
of the third quarter 2012 its premium platform under www.modelkarma.com to
replace its current beta version.
'With the opportunity to invest in ModelKarma, Impera gains ownership in
the highly attractive and fast growing sector of global social networks. We
are convinced to see ModelKarma growing its user numbers as much as its
revenues and profitability in a short period of time through the active
ownership approach of Impera', says Sascha Magsamen, CEO of Impera Total
Return AG.
About Impera Total Return AG:
Impera Total Return AG, located in Frankfurt am Main, invests parts of ist
assets into the Private Equity sector. The investment approach focuses on
small and medium enterprises with established and sound business models.
Impera's stock is listed and traded at the exchanges in Berlin, Hamburg and
at Frankfurt's Open Market.
Contact: Sascha Magsamen, CEO, Tel.: +49 69 788 088 06 21, E-Mail:
sam(at)impera.de, Internet: www.impera.de
About ModelKarma
ModelKarma is the first integrated online and offline provider of modeling
agency services. Founded in 2010 by Thomas Zeumer, the agency's
headquarters are in New York. Launched in beta in August 2010, ModelKarma
is a new concept to help both novice and professional female models start
or advance their careers. Zeumer himself became frustrated, knowing that
many women outside New York, Paris and fashion capitals could become
models-but they often lacked the knowledge, connections and opportunity to
be discovered.
ModelKarma.com allows models and aspiring models to sign up for an account.
Basic membership is free and lets members upload photos in order to promote
and expose themselves to industry professionals and clients on a global
base, and be discovered by Thomas Zeumer himself. For more information,
visit http://www.modelkarma.com.
Contact: Kay Seibert, CFO, E-Mail: investor-relations(at)modelkarma.com,
Internet: www.modelkarma.com
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