These are some of the investments I’m most proud of, or find myself most actively involved with. Other investments include private equity and venture capital participations, as well as a balanced mix allocated across appropriate asset classes.
Fotografiska is the contemporary museum of photography, art, and culture. Like a Kunsthalle it neither focuses on its own collection nor does it sell art. Over the last sixteen years Fotografiska has mounted over 400 hundred exhibitions, ranging from newly emerging artists to many of the most impactful and best-known photographers. It is a space for exploration and workshops, seminars, and conferences for its community members, as well as a museum, a shop, a cafe, bar, and restaurant that engage the public in experiencing photography in all possible ways.
Fotografiska is now expanding to major cities across the globe, including New York, Shanghai and Berlin. There are license partners in other cities, with more opening in the future.
NeueHouse was the leader and pioneer in high-end private member workspaces and event spaces, and was uniquely positioned to capitalize on unprecedented demand for workspace globally. Unfortunately efforts to turn it around after taking it over from insolvency proved impossible. It is now under new management.
NeueHouse was the private workspace and cultural home for creators, innovators and thought leaders. With iconic buildings, timeless design, thought-provoking cultural experiences and elevated hospitality, NeueHouse reimagined the ideal environment for creative performance and cultural progress. The company had locations in California in Los Angeles, Venice, and Hollywood, as well as New York City.
Berlin Hospitality Group operates Clärchens Ballhaus in Berlin-Mitte, the city’s best-known dance hall and its restaurant Luna D’Oro, as well as Verōnika, der Kleine August, and Ember. It also has a catering business that services its various event locations.
Few places in Berlin have endured as many historical events during the 20th century as Clärchens Ballhaus: two World Wars, the division of the city, the fall of the Wall and the following gentrification. This Berlin institution is the oldest operating dance hall, and features a ballroom, a restaurant, and a biergarten when the weather right.
Berlin’s Holzmarkt Cooperative was founded with the goal of revitalizing one of the last vacant fallow lands on the river Spree. The goal is to act culturally with an urban emphasis rather than just economically. It provides investors the opportunity to participate in and secure the artistic freedom of the project. Together with the Genossenschaft für urbane Kreativität (Cooperative for urban creativity) a sustainable financing model has been developed.
The GuK operates an urban environment with hundreds of commercial tenants including everything from a bakery to a brewery and a daycare center, but also Berlin’s famous Kater Blau night club, and the Kater Schmaus restaurant.
Tip Media Group is Berlin’s foremost cultural publisher. Tip Magazine (founded 1972) and Zitty Magazine (founded 1976), have been the trusted go-to sources for events and news coverage of Berlin’s various culture scenes. In 2020 we also acquired TheBerliner, the city’s leading English language publication.
The Tip Media Group also publishes a number of ancillary genre titles such as Speisekarte, Berlin’s most respected food guide. Tip Media provides programming data to 16 other city guides, and publishes third party magazines such as Berlin Lieben for BVG, Berlin’s public transportation operator.
As a media company and community powerhouse, TheArtGorgeous develops innovative concepts and strategies and creates captivating content, closely working with an unparalleled network of global art world influencers and institutions.
TheArtGorgeous is a brand operating at the intersection of art and fashion. It works as a publishing house in print and social media, and produces experiences for brand partners in conjunction with the major global art fairs.
Yoram Roth has been a fine art photographer since completing his studies in New York in 1989. He is represented by the Galerie Camera Work in Berlin, and has had several solo shows and one retrospective. His work has been displayed by leading galleries, and at all major fairs.
He has lectured and written about fine art nude photography, and has been quoted extensively at a time when social media platforms are refusing to address issues around censorship and body-shaming.
Yoram is currently on Sabbatical from making new art work.