Category Archives: Germany-Startups

VM Digital buys the rental marketplace erento

Posted on June 22, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

erento, the Berlin based marketplace for renting goods and services, just got acquired by VM Digital – the online subsidiary of the Vorarlberger Medienhaus Gruppe. Rumors say that the undisclosed sum which was paid for erento is in the middle … Continue reading →

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Wimdu raises $90m from Kinnevik & Rocket Internet

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The Berlin based Airbnb-clone Wimdu announced today, that it has just raised $90 million from Rocket Internet and Kinnevik. As Kinnevik has announced an investment of about $35.5m, this means that Rocket Internet has pumped about $54.5m into the young … Continue reading →

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E-learning: Lecturio is profitable and plans expansion

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Lecturio, an e-learning startup which is based in Leipzig (Germany), has recently announced that it is profitable since the beginning of this year and now planning an international expansion. It’s not disclosed yet which additional markets are going to be … Continue reading →

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betterDate: eDarling initiators launch new dating website

Posted on June 9, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

It took the Berlin based Affinitas GmbH (creator of eDarling) about 2 years to become one of Europe’s leading online dating enterprises. Today it has announced another service for singles, which is scheduled for the end of June. The new website named … Continue reading →

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Simfy files antitrust complaint against Apple

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Simfy, the Cologne based music streaming service, has recently submitted a complaint to Germany’s competition authority, the Bundeskartellamt. Simfy believes that Apple is purposely holding back the approval of their iPad app – probably because of Apple’s strategy in relation … Continue reading →

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wooga receives $24m investment led by Highland

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

wooga, Europe’s largest developer of online social games, announced today a $24 million Series B investment led by Highland Capital Partners. Tenaya Capital and the existing investors Holtzbrinck Ventures and Balderton Capital also participated in this funding round. In conjunction with … Continue reading →

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SponsorPay wins 2011 Red Herring 100 Europe Award

Posted on May 30, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

SponsorPay, a leading international offer-based payments platform, announced last Friday that it has been selected as a winner of Red Herring’s Top 100 Europe award, a prestigious list recognizing the year’s most promising private technology ventures from the European business … Continue reading →

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Wimdu – the international expansion of an Airbnb-clone

Posted on May 27, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The first time I mentioned the launch of Wimdu was in an article about German Airbnb clones last month. Now I just realized how quickly this startup, which is backed by Rocket Internet, has internationalized within the last weeks. Several national … Continue reading →

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GlossyBox: International expansion and a new investor

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

GlossyBox, the new BirchBox-clone out of Germany, has an new additional investor on board. Just one and a half month after the official launch of the Berlin based GlossyBox, Holtzbrinck Ventures now invested an undisclosed sum in the new clone … Continue reading →

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Yachtico-launch: A search engine for boat & yacht charter

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

After several months of preperation the new search engine for boat & yacht charter called Yachtico has now beeing launched officially. The Berlin based startup was founded by Ron Hillmann und Steffen Brünn. Yachtico enables its users to quickly and easily find … Continue reading →

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