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Exclusive in-depth interview with LinkedIn co-founder and Earlybird’s newest partner
Today LinkedIn co-founder Konstantin Guericke joined Earlybird as the VC fund’s newest venture partner to be based in the Valley. As a long-time enterprise veteran and former CEO (of jaxtr, a social communications startup with
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LinkedIn co-founder Konstantin Guericke joins EarlyBird as Venture Partner
After closing its $100 million fund early last month, Earlybird’s spotlight continues to strengthen along with its global agenda. Today the Berlin-based fund adds a world-class talent to its team, naming LinkedIn co-founder Konstantin Guericke
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Our first encounter with Twitter’s weekly email digest feature: Hot and bothered
Yesterday Twitter revealed its new weekly email digest feature, which summarizes the “most relevant” Tweets and stories shared by the people you’re connected to on Twitter in a tight little package sent to you by
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Berlin to battle London on Jason Calacanis’s show This Week in Startups
The London v. Berlin debate plans to reach an ultimate high, in the most exciting format yet… Valley-based This Week in Startups team, led by the dynamic Jason Calacanis, reached out to our local TWIST Berlin crew to
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Moviepilot secures $7 million from London VC DFJ Espirit
Movie recommendation and discovery platform Moviepilot.com just announced the completion of its $7 million Series B financing, led by leading venture capital firm DFJ Esprit, and continued participation from existing VC funds T-Venture, Grazia Equity and
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15 ways to make your next tech conference cooler
With Berlin Web Week coming to an end, we’re reflecting back on the highs and lows. From re:publica to NEXT to Heureka! and Informare! (rounding up the week with its last day today), here
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Loopc.am secures funding from Soundcloud, DailyDeal, Amen, and Xyologic founders, led by Passion Capital
Today the Berlin-based company Loopc.am revealed details of its seed financing round. Joining London-based Passion Capital in support of the GIF-sharing platform is a syndicate of premier angel investors including lead angel Zoe Adamovicz (Xyologic, Concise
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A Poem for Entrepreneurs who are Doubting, by British Nobel laureate Rudyard Kipling
If …you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting
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The Factory: Berlin’s new five-story incubator to host SoundCloud, 6wunderkinder and others
News is that Berlin-based Angel and Seed Investor JMES Investments has partnered with s+p Real Estate to create a massive, five-story “factory” for Berlin’s finest startups. And SoundCloud will be the first to move in. 6wunderkinder’s also supposed to
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