Tag Archives: Expansion

Indiegogo expands to the UK, Germany, France & Canada

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Indiegogo, one of the largest global crowdfunding platforms, announces new offerings in key global markets—including local currencies, languages and localized search and discovery experiences. Some of these new capabilities launch immediately in the UK, Germany, France and Canada as part … Continue reading →

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HitFox reports revenue growth & expands to France and the US

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

HitFox Group, a game distribution company builder headquartered in Berlin, continues its international expansion and announces rapid growth in revenue and market reach. Only weeks after entering Asia Pacific with an office in Seoul (Korea), the young company is now extending … Continue reading →

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lekiosk secures $7.1​ million and cont​inues global expansi​on​

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

lekiosk, the digital magazine platform (headquartered in Paris), has today announced that it has secured $7.1 million of Series B funding from CM-CIC and FSN PME CDC Enterprises. The news follows lekiosk’s 2010 Series A funding round in which the … Continue reading →

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BlaBlaCar continues with its European expansion

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

BlaBlaCar, a leading long distance car sharing network, just announced its launch in three new regions: Benelux, Poland and Portugal. With the addition of these new countries, BlaBlaCar now is active in nine countries and is rolling out new features … Continue reading →

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Social gifting: Wrapp continues its global expansion

Posted on March 29, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Wrapp, the social gifting app that lets you give your Facebook friends free gift cards from popular retailers, just continued its global expansion by activating service in Norway. Wrapp aims to make it fun and easy to give, receive and … Continue reading →

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DropGifts: The global expansion of a Wrapp clone

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

DropGifts, the Rocket Internet backed Wrapp clone we first introduced you to last month, just started an agressive global expansion. The social gifting app, which started with a German and UK version, is now also available in France, the Netherlands … Continue reading →

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BlablaCar acquires Italian competitor PostoinAuto.it

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

BlablaCar, a leading European marketplace that connects drivers who have empty seats with paying passengers, has today announced a further expansion across Europe with the acquisition of the largest car sharing site in Italy, PostoinAuto.it. PostoinAuto offers more than 30,000 … Continue reading →

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Leetchi launches in Germany and the UK – with new funding

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

The Paris based social payments startup Leetchi.com has recently secured 4 million Euro in a new round of funding which was led by Idinvest. According to sources of the Rude Baguette, the fresh capital will primarily be used for the … Continue reading →

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5 Spanish start-ups to look out for in 2012

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Mark Nessfield

Start-ups are springing up everywhere at an increasing rate, so it’s been hard to narrow this list down to 5. However I’ve decided to just go with 5 Spanish start-ups you’ve probably not yet heard of, in different sectors. Some … Continue reading →

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Spotify says hello to Belgium, Switzerland & Austria

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Spotify just announced on its blog: “We had so much fun launching in Austria yesterday that we figured why stop there? So today we’re doubly excited to welcome both Belgium and Switzerland to the Spotify family. Hello!” Last month Spotify … Continue reading →

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