Tag Archives: Samwer brothers

Rocket Internet just sold its Fashion For Home-shares

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Fashion for Home, a leading European online shop for designer furniture, has completed a new funding round led by Acton Capital Partners. The existing investor Holtzbrinck Ventures also participated in this recent financing round. The total value of the funding … Continue reading →

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Worth reading: Habbo, Mancx, Gamesfounders, Bamarang, Soundrop, Readmill

Posted on June 12, 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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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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GlossyBox: Access Industries invests in Birchbox clone

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

GlossyBox, the German BirchBox clone of the Samwer brothers, has recently received an investment from Access Industries – an investment company of the American billionaire Leonard Blavatnik. According to an article of Deutsche-Startups.de, Access Industries purchased a stake of roughly … Continue reading →

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Fab versus Bamarang: The battle has just begun

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

It all started with the launch of the Fab clone Bamarang on January of this year. The clone factory of the infamous Samwer brothers not only copied the business model of the New York based flash sales site, but also the … Continue reading →

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It’s war: Fab acquires Casacanda to beat the Samwers

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Fab.com, the U.S. based e-commerce site for design products – which has just been cloned by the Samwer brothers, is now expanding into Europe with the acquisition of Germany’s Casacanda GmbH. According to the Wall Street Journal, the today announced acquisition is an … Continue reading →

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Samwer brothers – on the hunt for new investors

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

By the end of last week, Yuri Milner (a Russian billionaire & investor in Zynga, Groupon, Facebook etc.) announced that his investment company DST Global is going to acquire a direct minority stake (4 %) in the German shoe & clothing shop Zalando … Continue reading →

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Birchbox clone GlossyBox acquires MonCoffretBeaute

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

GlossyBox, the German Birchbox clone which is backed by the Samwer brothers (and Kinnevik / Holtzbrinck Ventures), has recently acquired MonCoffretBeaute – a French website that also offers beauty samples on a subscription basis and a startup which used to … Continue reading →

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Fab clone Bamarang launches, Fab’s CEO responds

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Rocket Internet, the clone factory of the Samwer brothers, just launched its latest copycat. Its name is Bamarang and its business model is Fab.com – a flash sales site, specialized in daily discounted sales of design products. The “new” project … 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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