Tag Archives: vienna

Former CEO of Rockstar Games Vienna joins Socialspiel

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Former Rockstar Games Vienna Chief Executive Dr. Niki Laber joins the Vienna-based social games developer Socialspiel – managing day to day Business and Corporate Development. Dr. Laber founded Neo Software in 1993 and after it was acquired by Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games in … Continue reading →

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Worth reading: Blink Booking, Badoo, Archify, HeyCrowd

Posted on May 4, 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 →

Posted in Austria-Startups, France-Startups, Spain-Startups, UK-Startups | Tagged Archify, Badoo, Berlin, Blink Booking, HeyCrowd, London, Paris, vienna | Comments Off

Digital life aggregator Soup.me receives $530K

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Thomas Ohr

Soup.me, a Vienna based startup which was formerly known as Soup.io, just received $530,000 in angel funding from SpeedInvest. The invite only soup.me offers a platform for building rich media and personal expression with simple but sophisticated online design tools. … Continue reading →

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Skrill announces acquisition of the just started payolution

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

Skrill, one of Europe’s largest online payments providers, operating under the Moneybookers brand, has just announced that it has completed the acquisition of payolution, the Vienna based payment startup. Skrill acquires 100% of the share capital of payolution for an … Continue reading →

Posted in Acquisitions, Austria-Startups, UK-Startups | Tagged Acquisition, London, Moneybookers, online payment, payolution, skrill, vienna | Comments Off

Garmz rebrands as LOOKK and announces investors

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

LOOKK, a “new” platform that connects young designers with consumers through an open social network, launches today with an impressive team of seed investors that includes Net-a-Porter founder Carmen Busquets, Eden Ventures and 500 Startups founder Dave McClure. LOOKK is the brainchild of … Continue reading →

Posted in Austria-Startups, UK-Startups | Tagged fashion, fashion community, fashion platform, fashion startup, London, LOOKK, rebranding, vienna | Comments Off

Interview with Mike Borras (Tupalo.com)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

This week we had the chance to interview Mike Borras, the co-founder of Tupalo.com. The Vienna based startup was founded in 2007 by Clemens Beer and Mike Borras and has since grown into a profitable business that attracts millions of users … Continue reading →

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Drug search engine Diagnosia launched

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Thomas Ohr

This monday we interviewed Martin Poreda, the CEO of the Vienna based kununu. Now we have just another life sign out of the Austrian capital: The launch of Diagnosia, a startup wich wants to become “Europeʻs premier drug search engine”. … Continue reading →

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The company rating-website kununu is now profitable

Posted on January 18, 2011 by admin

The Austria based company rating-site kununu is, according to newest press reports, now profitable. kununu was founded round about 3 1/2 years ago, makes roughly 1 million Euro in revenue and has 12 employees now. The kununu-website, where employees can rate the … Continue reading →