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**IMPORTANT I DONT USE LINKED IN MESSAGING PLEASE EMAIL ME OR FACE- BOOK ME IF YOU NEED TO GET IN TOUCH *** Martin grew up in Leipzig, Eastern Germany and later on studied International Management with focus on Finance and Marketing at Bradford’s Management Center. He also has a Master’s degree in Computer Science from London’s City University. His career started with a stint at Daimler Chrysler’s research and development division, before moving over to the sports company adidas, where he held various positions at adidas Germany, Europe and Global Marketing. Martin moved to the United Arab Emirates end of 2001 where he worked as Business Development Manager for the regional advertising group BBDO in the Middle East. In 2004, with his business partner Dinesh Lalvani, he co-founded and setup Flip Media which later became the leading digital media and marketing company across the Middle East. In December 2006, HSBC Private Equity Middle East Ltd. acquired a significant equity stake i
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 2,490 investors hold the Founder role in VCSift. Martin Diessner is one of them.
- • 269 investors are based in Cape Town, NA - South Africa, South Africa.
Data sourced from 410,343 investor profiles. Updated June 2026.
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- seed
- Location
- Cape Town, South Africa
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