Category Archives: Startups in general

Great start: The first edition of the Heureka! conference

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

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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These Pirates you’d like to meet

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Reinaldo Ferreira

Why join the navy if you can be a pirate? This 80’s Steve Jobs’ quote is the Startup Pirates motto. We are pretty aware of all the hurdles and traps of being an entrepreneur. So is this crew of five … Continue reading →

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Russia’s Internet giant Yandex invests in Seedcamp

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Russia’s leading search engine company Yandex has just announced its investment in Seedcamp, a London based early-stage seed investment fund and mentoring programme for IT companies. According to a representative of Yandex, the Russian Internet giant invested the maximum amount … Continue reading →

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See you at the Heureka! conference in Berlin

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

You’re an European entrepreneur, investor or Internet enthusiast and haven’t made plans for Monday 7 May yet? Hurry up! It’s still not to late for you to organize a trip to Berlin and attend the Heureka! conference. I will be there too … Continue reading →

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Earlybird raises $100m for its target $200m fund

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Earlybird Venture Capital today announced the $100 million first close of its fourth venture fund. The target fund size is $200 million. Earlybird’s new fund will be dedicated to early-stage investments in disruptive global consumer and enterprise internet and technology … Continue reading →

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8 upcomming events European founders should know about

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Attending the right events can help young entrepreneurs to find future employes, co-founders, business partners and sometimes even investors who are willing to fund their dreams. Within the next 3 months there will be 8 events (plus the ones we … Continue reading →

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Startup competition: The “bitcrowd Camp-Champ”

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

On 16 and 17 March 2012 Startup Camp Berlin is offering young and seasoned entrepreneurs the opportunity to meet with like-minded people, as well as enrich their entrepreneurial skills in a number of workshops and presentations. Highlight of the SCB12 … Continue reading →

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Rockstart Accelerator: ‘Step Forward. Start.’

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Rockstart is a new Amsterdam based accelerator program that aims to help the most promising teams to launch their startups and break through on a global scale. It starts on March 23 and has just closed its applications process (sorry for … Continue reading →

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Oliver Samwer: The most aggressive guy on the Internet?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

TechCrunch Europe has just leaked an internal e-mail from Oliver Samwer to his “colleagues” at a Rocket Internet backed startup. Oliver is one of Europes most successful but also most controversial entrepreneurs. Rumors say, that his startup incubator Rocket Internet … Continue reading →

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Worth reading: Doo.net, SEOlytics, TechCrunch, StartupBus

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

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

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