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 by other publications:
Cloud infrastructure-as-a-service startup Zimory has raised a $20 million funding round from the financial services giant that runs the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Deutsche Boerse, as well as Deutsche Telekom’s venture arm T-Venture. Visit GigaOm to find out more (Update – April 2023: The article seems to be not visible anymore, and we therefore deactivated the original link).
The final 11 startups taking part in Startupbootcamp Berlin have just been announced (Update – April 2023: The website seems to be out of use, and we therefore deactivated the original link). They will now take part in this 3-month accelerator programme to develop their ideas and products (from unborn baby monitoring, to film location discovery, to message translation, to a universal inbox). Learn more about the selected candidates and visit SiliconAllee.com (Update – April 2023: The article seems to be not visible anymore, and we therefore deactivated the original link).
Founder2be, the Helsinki-based co-founder finding network, is now operating in more than 100 countries, having expanded to accept would-be co-founders living in Africa and Australia. Oliver Bremer, told TechCrunch it now has more than 15,000 registered users. In January of 2012 he told EU-Startups.com in an interview about “over 6,000 founders” (Update – April 2023: The startup seems to be no longer in business under this website, and we therefore deactivated the original link).
The London-based Music and TV discovery service Shazam has closed a new $40 million funding round. Shazam, which now has 325 million users, initially began as a service that allowed you to recognize and determine what you were listening to using an audio tool. Check out the full story on TechCityNews.com (Update – April 2023: The article seems to be not visible anymore, and we therefore deactivated the original link).
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