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Time’s running out! Last chance to secure your Apex Power Session spot

Time’s running out! Last chance to secure your Apex Power Session spot

VentureVillage Editorial December 7, 2012 0

Time’s a tickin’ for your chance to secure a spot at VentureVillage and Apex Communication’s Power Session on “internationalising your

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6Wunderkinder set to launch Wunderlist 2 before the end of the year

6Wunderkinder set to launch Wunderlist 2 before the end of the year

Charmaine Li December 6, 2012 1

Berlin-based productivity startup, 6wunderkinder, today announced that its hit list-making app Wunderlist 2 will soon be available across major platforms

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Skype inadvertently confirms video messaging

Skype inadvertently confirms video messaging

Devindra Hardawar December 6, 2012 0

It seems that Skype is inching closer to offering video messages, a long-rumored feature that would serve as the equivalent

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Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo introduces euros, new language versions

Crowdfunding platform Indiegogo introduces euros, new language versions

Michelle Kuepper December 5, 2012 3

Indiegogo, the US-based crowdfinding platform, just announced the introduction of euro-based transactions, and French and German translations of its website.

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Rocket Internet confirms: €20m from Summit Partners for Asian mega-mall Lazada

Rocket Internet confirms: €20m from Summit Partners for Asian mega-mall Lazada

Nina Fowler December 5, 2012 3

Lazada, the Samwer brothers’ Amazon clone in South East Asia, has raised €20m

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Last.fm co-founders return to “scrobble” the web with Lumi

Last.fm co-founders return to “scrobble” the web with Lumi

Jennifer Van Grove December 5, 2012 0

It takes a certain type of entrepreneur to go after the least rewarding or trickiest markets. Felix Miller and Martin

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Germany’s Hitfox expands games empire to San Francisco and Paris

Germany’s Hitfox expands games empire to San Francisco and Paris

Nina Fowler December 4, 2012 1

Games distribution company builder Hitfox is strengthening its global presence with new offices in San Francisco and Paris, less than

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Summit Partners pours multi-million euro sum into Rocket Internet Ventures

Summit Partners pours multi-million euro sum into Rocket Internet Ventures

Michelle Kuepper December 4, 2012 3

Oliver Samwer at IdeaLab! US-based private equity firm Summit Partners has poured a multi-million euro figure into multiple Rocket Internet companies. This isn’t

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Adyen launches mobile payment solution Shuttle across Europe

Adyen launches mobile payment solution Shuttle across Europe

Michelle Kuepper December 4, 2012 3

Dutch global payment company Adyen yesterday announced the launch of Shuttle, a new mobile point of sale solution. Launching simultaneously

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“ZocDoc for Eastern Europe” DocPlanner takes $1m from Berlin, London VCs

“ZocDoc for Eastern Europe” DocPlanner takes $1m from Berlin, London VCs

Nina Fowler December 3, 2012 4

Find-a-doctor platform DocPlanner is taking on $1m in funding, in a just-announced round

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