Category Archives: Germany-Startups

Zalando’s UK-launch and the plans of a own logistics center

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The German Zappos clone Zalando has recently entered the UK market. This means that the Berlin based shoe and fashion-shop is now available in Germany, Austria, Netherland, France, Italy and the UK. Zalando was founded at the end of 2008 … Continue reading →

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GDI.Ruhr has created 3 specialized startup labs

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The GDI.Ruhr (Game Development Initiative Ruhr) has recently established three specialized startup labs in the Games Factory Ruhr (based in Muelheim – Germany) to provide an environment where startups can focus on their core business and prepare their market entry. Each of the three … Continue reading →

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9flats and wimdu: The German clones of airbnb

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Just 6 weeks ago Stephan Uhrenbacher, the founder of Qype, officially launched his new startup called 9flats – wich is basically a clone of the US-based airbnb. The idea behind this copied business model is a trusted community marketplace for … Continue reading →

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Clickworker secured €4.25 million for U.S. expansion

Posted on April 7, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Clickworker, the Germany based platform for paid crowdsourcing, recently announced its 4.25 million Euro Series B round of financing. The series was led by European investors including private investor Klaus Wecken, High-Tech Grunderfonds (HTGF), KfW Bankengruppe and Corporate Finance Partners … Continue reading →

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Couture Society just stepped onto the virtual runway

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Alexander Schimkat, one of the four managing directors of the Couture Society, recently told us that the new platform for fashionistas just stepped onto the virtual runway. On Couture-Society.com fashion-lovers all over the world now have the chance to order extravagant designer … Continue reading →

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Insight bought 25% of Trivago for estimated €40 mm

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

According to the German startup-blog Gruenderszene, the Düsseldorf based hotel search engine Trivago sold 25% of its shares to Insight Venture Partners. The deal was closed in the end of 2010 and brought Trivago about 40 million Euro of fresh … Continue reading →

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A second CEO for Bigpoint aside from Heiko Hubertz

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Bigpoint, the online gaming giant out of Germany, announced today that it has appointed Arthur Bastings as co-CEO. Heiko Hubertz will from now on focus on the US expansion while Aurthur Bastings is going to set his focus more on … Continue reading →

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Food delivery: Lieferheld receives 4mm € of funding

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The Berlin based food delivery service Lieferheld just received 4 million Euro of funding. Lead investor of this financing round is a venture capital company belonging to the German retail giant Tengelmann. Team Europe Ventures and Holzbrinck Ventures also participated in … Continue reading →