Category Archives: Switzerland-Startups

Local mobile marketplace Mila raises $3.22M

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Thomas Ohr

Today Mila, the location-based mobile community marketplace for tasks and errands, is announcing it has raised $3.22 million from a consortium of private Swiss and German technology investors, including Peter Zencke and Adrian Bult. Mila helps busy people get more of … Continue reading →

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Worth reading: Paymill, Delivery Hero, Drivy, GetYourGuide

Posted on January 7, 2013 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 section “Worth reading” we provide you (once in a while) with some links to interesting articles of other … Continue reading →

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Worth reading: HouseTrip, Prague, Deezer, Scurri

Posted on October 10, 2012 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 section “Worth reading” we provide you (once in a while) with some links to interesting articles of other … Continue reading →

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Can I join you at the Grand Startup Tour?

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Reinaldo Ferreira

That’s what I asked Bruno today: can I join you? Bruno is based in Porto, Portugal and his dream of benchmarking the Porto startup scene all over Europe is just starting. He calls it the Grand Startup Tour. Bruno took … Continue reading →

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Short interview with Arnaud Bertrand (CEO, HouseTrip)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Last Thursday, Housetrip has announced a $17 million Series B funding round led by Balderton Capital. The Lausanne (Switzerland) based startup describes itself as Europe’s leading holiday apartment website. Aside of Balderton Capital, the investor consortium of the current financing … Continue reading →

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Merge.rs helps you to sell your company

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

The Zug (Switzerland) based Merge.rs AG has just launched an independent internet platform for entrepreneurs who want to sell their company. From now on, entrepreneurs can find the ideal advisor or lawyer for a company sale on Merge.rs. The new platform … Continue reading →

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Social media advertising: Ebuzzing merged with Trigami

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Trigami – the social media advertising platform out of Switzerland – and Wikio’s Ebuzzing have recently joined forces. Ebuzzing is a advertising division of the Luxembourg based Wikio Group. Trigami and Ebuzzing were both founded in 2007. Trigami, which is … Continue reading →

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Fresh capital and a new design for HouseTrip

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

HouseTrip, the Lausanne based holiday rentals company, recently raised $2.7 million from Index Ventures. The second news about HouseTrip is the complete relaunch of their website wich happend today. The young company was founded in 2009 and its rental platform … Continue reading →

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Paper.li now speaks seven languages

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Paper.li, a Swiss startup that transforms individual Twitter-data into a readable newspaper, has just welcomed its 7th language this week - Portuguese. With the inclusion of the semantic analysis of content and its links for the Portuguese language, Paper.li extends its service to … Continue reading →

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Paper.li: From Facebook status updates to a Newspaper

Posted on December 7, 2010 by admin

Last month we already reported about this Swiss startup that transforms individual Twitter-data into a readable newspaper. paper.li now also added Facebook status updates to its armoury. Users now can create papers based on all posts on Facebook that are available for public. … Continue reading →

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