In 2002, the founding partners were bought out by German media company Hubert Burda Media.
Burda is CEO and owner of Hubert Burda Media, publishing more than 250 magazines inside and outside Germany, including Focus and Bunte.
Later in November 2009 Lars Hinrichs sold his stake in XING to Hubert Burda Media.
Tobias Flaitz, formerly of the privately held German-based Hubert Burda Media, joined Sedo as the new CEO of both Sedo Holding AG (including Sedo's sister company, Affili.net) and Sedo.
CEO Stefan Winners moves to Hubert Burda Media in October and takes over the Burda Digital division
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In the past Truphone has received investment from Straub Ventures, Eden Ventures, Wellington Partners Venture Capital, Independent News and Media, and Burda Digital Ventures.