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Zuckerberg’s Choice… which Berlin startup should Facebook buy?
So Mark Zuckerberg, boss of some social networking site or other and all-round really rich guy has been traipsing round Berlin in the last few days. The excitement here was more than if Jesus,
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Dmitry Grishin’s robotics fund backs Swivl, a device doubling as your personal camerabot
Global investment company Grishin Robotics has announced a $500,000 investment in Swivl, the creators behind an intelligent motion-tracking robotic gadget that doubles as a your very own cameraperson for iOS devices or cameras. The
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German optical shop Fielmann eyes up startups with incubator Fielmann Ventures
Missed the latest German corporate to jump on the incubator bandwagon? Looks like one of Germany’s biggest optical shops, Fielmann, launched Hamburg-based Fielmann Ventures without a big press junket or showy announcement last year.
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“There will be 50 million Thais online by 2015″: The founder of Zalora Thailand on why we should brace for a Southeast Asian boom
With news just in of Rocket Internet’s Southeast Asian Zalora retail platform bagging $100m investment, we look at how this area is bursting onto the internet scene. Julian Leitner, former head Rocket Internet Thailand and founder
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How to negotiate “like a boss” – Win tickets to watch a live Term Sheet Battle between investor and entrepreneur
The annual Term Sheet Battle, which pits an experienced entrepreneur against an investor to negotiate the details of a mock term sheet live on stage, is returning to Berlin on 7 June. This year,
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Mark Zuckerberg spotted in Berlin – but who did he visit?
Mark Zuckerberg has been spotted in Berlin this week, as part of a whistle-stop tour of Germany, taking in both the German capital and Hamburg and squeezing in a rooftop meeting with politicians at
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Rocket Internet’s Zalora bags $100m from Summit, Kinnevik and others
Big news from camp Rocket – Zalora (the Berlin-based company builder’s South-East Asian Zalando clone) has received $100m from Summit Partners, Investment AB Kinnevik, Verlinvest and Tengelmann Group. The news comes just two months
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German limousine service Blacklane scores “several million euros” funding and aims for US rollout
German chauffeur and limousine booking service Blacklane has closed a funding round in the “several million euros” range from existing investors Carsten Maschmeyer, RI Digital Ventures, B-to-V Partners and Car4You. With the new financing,
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Airbnb deemed illegal in New York City in landmark ruling
Officials in New York City have ruled that some hosts using Airbnb, the game-changing peer-to-peer holiday rental service are acting illegally. The case centred around Nigel Warren, a casual Airbnb user who rented out his East Village
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Startupbootcamp revs up global expansion and eyes new headquarters
Pan-European startup accelerator programme Startupbootcamp has announced its plans to go global. Andy Shannon – previously a family office Investment Manager and Fellow at Seedcamp – will join the accelerator and spearhead its expansion efforts from
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