Category Archives: Germany-Startups

Airbnb clone 9flats now offers a host protection plan

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Probably as a reaction to the latest problems at Airbnb, 9flats.com, one of Europe’s largest platforms for private accommodation rentals, has now decided to offer their hosts worldwide protection for their properties. From this Thursday, German hosts are enabled to … Continue reading →

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Japanese online giant Rakuten acquires Tradoria

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten Inc. has just purchased an 80% stake in Tradoria, one of Germany’s leading online e-commerce platforms. The virtual mall operator Rakuten has announced this acquisition today – without mentioning the price that was paid. Rumors … Continue reading →

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European shoe business: Zalando vs. Spartoo

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

According to the Federal Cartel Office the German Zappos clone Zalando recently was about to receive some fresh capital from Emesco AB, which is a subsidiary of Kinnevik AB. An update of the Federal Cartel Office has now revealed that this … Continue reading →

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Mysterious: Amen secures $2m from prominent investors

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary (Madonna’s Manager) have recently invested in a mysterious Berlin based startup called Amen. This first round of financing (worth $2 million) was led by Index Ventures. As the platform is in private beta right now … Continue reading →

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wooga expands into the market of mobile games

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The second largest social game company of the world - wooga - has recently announced that it will be bringing its popular social games to iOS, starting with the hit title, Diamond Dash. Played by over 10 million users per month, Diamond … Continue reading →

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Kinnevik invests in BirchBox clone GlossyBox

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

GlossyBox, the German BirchBox clone of the Samwer brothers, has recently received an investment from Kinnevik. The Swedish investor now owns about 6% of the startup. The terms and concrete numbers of this deal were not disclosed yet. Holtzbrinck Ventures, which … Continue reading →

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Airbnb clone 9flats added some new languages

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

9flats, one of the German Airbnb clones, has just added some new languages to its platform. The social marketplace for “space”, which was founded by the former Qype-creator Stephan Uhrenbacher, now speaks also Turkish, Polish and Dutch. Together with the previous … Continue reading →

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Fair Observer wants you to make sense of the world

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

After several months of developing and testing, Fair Observer – a new international mulimedia journal, has been launched in an open beta-version last week. The content startup was founded in 2010 by Atul Singh (Editor-in-Chief), Fabian Neuen (COO), Chiradeep Chakraborty … Continue reading →

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Cupid plc acquires a German online dating business

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Cupid plc, the Edinburgh (UK) based online dating company, has announced the acquisition of 75% of the German OnlineLiebe GmbH and the WomenWeb GmbH earlier this week - for a total of €2.75m. The two companies are run together by the same Munich … Continue reading →

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Freelancer marketplace twago launches safePay

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

twago, a international marketplace for freelancers and service providers in the fields of programming, web-design, and business support services, now offers secure payment via its escrow service “twago safePay”. This makes the Berlin based company probably the only supplier in Europe that offers clients … Continue reading →

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