Author Archives: Thomas Ohr

About Thomas Ohr

Thomas Ohr is the "Editor in Chief" of EU-Startups.com and started the blog in October 2010. He is excited about Europe's future, passionate about business ideas and lives in Freiburg (Germany).

DN Capital: Europe has never been better!

DN Capital, a London based Pan-European investor, just released a cool presentation titled “Europe has never been better”. It names some of the global leaders that came out of Europe (Skype, Rovio, Bigpoint, Spotify, Vente-Privee…) and lists the reasons that … Continue reading

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UX design: UXPin secures €161k Innovation Nest

The Kraków based seed investor Innovation Nest has just signed an investment agreement with UXPin. The Polish startup UXPin creates tools for User Experience professionals aimed at supporting their work in the area of ​​prototyping and product development. UXPin offers paper … Continue reading

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Worth reading: Farmeron, TWiST, Miwim, eDarling, Livebookings

There are so many interesting stories out there and unfortunately we don’t have the time to cover all of them. With our section “Worth reading” we provide you (once in a while) with some links to interesting articles of other … Continue reading

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Interview with Mette Lykke (Endomondo)

We recently had the chance to interview Mette Lykke, the Co-Founder of the successful Danish startup Endomondo. Endomondo’s apps help you to keep track of your sports activities and follow or even challenge your friends live while you are working out. … Continue reading

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Great start: The first edition of the Heureka! conference

On Monday, I attended the awesome first edition of the Heureka! conference in Berlin. The one-day conference was a co-hosted event by Gruenderszene.de (a leading German blog about Internet startups) and VentureVillage.eu. The event was held in a nice location - Energieforum, … Continue reading

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Smart search & data visualization: Silk launched in open beta

Silk, a web application that lets users create information in a structured way, launched in open beta today. The first time we introduced you to this promising Dutch startup was when Silk got elected as the winner of TheNextWeb Startup … Continue reading

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Worth reading: Fruugo, Rocket Internet, ThingLink, hub:raum, Kobojo

There are so many interesting stories out there and unfortunately we don’t have the time to cover all of them. With our section “Worth reading” we provide you (once in a while) with some links to interesting articles of other … Continue reading

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Interview with Sebastiano Bertani (Tanaza)

Today, we had the chance to interview Sebastiano Bertani, the Co-Founder and CEO of Tanaza. Tanaza is a Milan based startup that provides a centralized (cloud-based) service to manage WiFi Access Points, without any expensive dedicated hardware controller. The young company, … Continue reading

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Worth reading: Blink Booking, Badoo, Archify, HeyCrowd

There are so many interesting stories out there and unfortunately we don’t have the time to cover all of them. With our section “Worth reading” we provide you (once in a while) with some links to interesting articles of other … Continue reading

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Inbound marketing platform Cuutio secured 100k

Cuutio, a Finnish startup developing a SaaS-based inbound marketing software, has closed an investment round of 100,000 Euro with a group of angel investors. Cuutio, which is based in Helsinki, provides an easy-to-use service for companies to monitor and manage … Continue reading

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