Although Danilo Gasparrini is busy working on the project Hotelyo, the Managing Director of the travel outlet took some time for a interview with us (Update – December 2022: The startup seems to be no longer in business under this name and we therefore deactivated the link). Milan-based Hotelyo offers it’s users luxury hotels for…
London-based recommendation platform LoveThis launches beta version
LoveThis.com, a new recommendation platform has launched its open beta version today (Update – December 2022: The startup seems to be no longer in business and we therefore deactivated the link). The London-based startup LoveThis wants to become a compilation of all your friends’ best things, best times and best places. A ‘little black book’…
Danish sports app Endomondo raises $80K from SEED Capital
Endomondo, a Danish startup and creator of a famous sports app, has recently raised $800k in fresh funding. The new capital comes from the Danish venture fund SEED Capital. (Update – December 2022: The startup seems to be no longer in business and we therefore deactivated the link). With Endomondo you can keep track of…
Bilbao-based fashion community Chicisimo launches Polish and German version
The Spain-based community for fashion lovers Chicisimo just launched chicisimo.pl and chicisimo.de (Update – December 2022: The new websites seems to be out of use, and we therefore deactivated the links). This means that the fashion-startup, which was founded in 2010, now is available in a total of 6 languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Polish). Chicisimo enables…
Berlin-based beauty box subscription, GlossyBox, to launch in Europe
It’s a simple concept. A subscription model where users pay €10 per month to have a box of beauty samples sent to their houses. This popular concept is already working well in the US with brands like Birchbox, and has now been taken on by the Samwer brothers and their incubator Rocket Internet with a…
London-based traveltech startup Onefinestay just raised $3.7 million
The London-based startup Onefinestay, which was founded in 2009, has just raised $3.7 million in Series A funding. Onefinestay is a service that gives visitors to London the chance to stay in a home with the service of a hotel while the owner is out of town. In this way, Onefinestay guests are invited to…
“We have just expanded to Spain and Italy”: Interview with Martin Zapart, co-founder of YOUTAILOR
Today we interviewed Martin Zapart, the founder and Managing Director of YOUTAILOR (Update – December 2022: The website seems to be out of use, and we therefore deactivated the original link). YOUTAILOR was founded in Vienna in late 2008. It’s one of the leading online shops for custom made shirts, custom made blouses, and custom suits….
Google buys British comparison site BeatThatQuote.com
Google is on a shopping tour again. The global search giant has acquired BeatThatQuote.com, a comparison site for financial products, for £37.7 million (Update – December 2022: The startup seems to be no longer in business and we therefore deactivated the link). BeatThatQuote was founded in 2005 and is based in London. John Paleomylites, the Managing…
“With myFacture you can create and send your first invoice in minutes”: Interview with Alain Mevellec, co-founder of myFacture.com
We recently had the chance to interview Alain Mevellec, the co-founder of myFacture.com (Update – December 2022: The website seems to be out of use, and we therefore deactivated the original link). myFacture is an innovative online invoicing system that is aimed at small companies and freelancers. With myFacture, users can generate invoices in just a…
European incubator HackFwd soon to launch e-commerce startup, Fantasy Shopper
The European incubator HackFwd has recently announced a new e-commerce startup called Fantasy Shopper, which is now 100 days from launch (Update – December 2022: The startup seems to be no longer in business and we therefore deactivated the link). HackFwd is a German pre-seed incubator started in 2010 by Lars Hinrichs. According to HackFwd,…
Are you joining the GeeknRolla conference in London?
GeeknRolla, an annual conference that brings together Europe’s technology startups to network with investors, will take place on March 30 in London (Update – December 2022: The event seems to be no longer in business and we therefore deactivated the link). GeeknRolla is organised by Techcrunch Europe. The event already announced their host of exciting…
Amsterdam-based press release service, PressDoc, introduces Premium PressRooms
PressDoc, the Amsterdam-based press release service, has introduced ‘Premium PressRooms’ today (Update – December 2022: The startup seems to be no longer in business and we therefore deactivated the link). The Dutch online press release service gives users the opportunity to write, edit and publish press releases, share them with the world, and get engaged…
Italian video translation platform dotSUB announces new CEO
Video translation platform dotSUB announced today the appointment of David Orban as new CEO. The announcement for this media platform was made by Michael L. Smolens, the Founder and Chairman of dotSUB. The Italian company dotSUB powers online videos with translations in all languages across the internet and mobile screens around the world. The company generates local…
German shopping club Brands4Friends announces their new CEO
Shopping club Brands4Friends has just announced their new CEO, who already has a connection with the company that just acquired the brand. brands4friends was founded in 2007 and employs around 200 people. The German shopping club was acquired by global e-commerce giant eBay for €150 million in December of 2010. In addition to his role…
The Guardian News & Media acquires UnLtdWorld, a social entrepreneurship platform
UnLtdWorld, the online platform for social entrepreneurs, was recently acquired by the Guardian News & Media Limited for an undisclosed sum (Update – December 2022: The startup seems to be no longer in business and we therefore deactivated the link). The project, which was started in 2007, connects users with the people, tools and information…
Axel Springer acquires 74.9% of kaufDA, a German online brochures and mobile couponing company
kaufDA, the biggest German provider of online brochures and mobile couponing, has recently sold a stake of 74.9% to Axel Springer. Berlin-based kaufDA was founded in 2008 by Christian Gaiser, Cihan Aksakal, Thomas Frieling and Tim Marbach. The young company offers retailers the ability to advertise their products and services in the mobile and stationary…
UK-based Artfinder lands funding to expand its art discovery platform
Artfinder, a UK-based startup connecting the art and internet-world, has just received an undisclosed first-round funding from Wellington Partners, Sherry Coutu and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. Artfinder offers a new way to discover, experience and share art. It gives users access to hundreds of thousands of paintings from artists around the world. With a growing…
Qype, a German voucher and coupon startup, acquires Cooledeals.de and launches QypeDeals
Qype, has today extended its core service offering for its 17 million monthly visitors (Update – December 2022: The startup seems to be acquired by Yelp and we therefore deactivated the link). The company, with offices in Hamburg, London and Paris has today launched QypeDeals.com, initially in Germany with plans to rapidly roll out vouchers…