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Accel Partners’ Max Niederhofer joins Sunstone Capital – new focus on the Nordics and Germany

Accel Partners’ Max Niederhofer joins Sunstone Capital – new focus on the Nordics and Germany

Nina Fowler April 9, 2013 2

German investor and entrepreneur Max Niederhofer is leaving Accel Partners to take up a partner position at Sunstone Capital, where he will focus on early-stage technology investments in the Nordics and Germany. Until recently,

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Meet the man behind Sofar Sounds – the “secret gig” movement changing the face of live music, one living room at a time

Meet the man behind Sofar Sounds – the “secret gig” movement changing the face of live music, one living room at a time

Linsey Fryatt March 19, 2013 2

Rafe Offer, co-founder of Sofar Sounds, explains how a hobby to preserve the magic of live music spread to a global movement – and a new business model for emerging artists An email drops

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EyeEm, Wooga, Scolibri win for host city Berlin at The Europas

EyeEm, Wooga, Scolibri win for host city Berlin at The Europas

Nina Fowler January 23, 2013 1

German companies EyeEm, Wooga, Scolibri and myTaxi took away top prizes at last night’s tech awards The Europas in Berlin. The event, put together by TechCrunch’s Mike Butcher and now scaling up with the help of

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“Get a damn good lawyer” – top quotes on VCs, clones and risk-taking from IdeaLab! 2012

“Get a damn good lawyer” – top quotes on VCs, clones and risk-taking from IdeaLab! 2012

Nina Fowler October 15, 2012 5

This year’s IdeaLab! in Vallendar felt at times like a battle for the hearts and minds of Germany’s future founders. Students from the WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management – who independently put on the two-day IdeaLab! conference each year

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99 Problems but a pitch ain’t one – top VCs and investors on the secrets of a perfect pitch

99 Problems but a pitch ain’t one – top VCs and investors on the secrets of a perfect pitch

Linsey Fryatt April 27, 2012 16

This summer Europe is bursting with opportunities to pitch your startup idea and if you’ve managed to bag some stage time at a pitch event or got an investor’s ear for a minute or two, the

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Meet the most inspiring investor on my Twitter feed: Accel VP @MaxNiederhofer

Meet the most inspiring investor on my Twitter feed: Accel VP @MaxNiederhofer

Julana Chondrasch April 27, 2012 2

I follow many investors on Twitter including Ciarán O’Leary and Max Claussen from Earlybird, Stefan Glaenzer, Kolja Hebenstreit from Team Europe, Eric and Alex from SoundCloud, Christian from Wellington Partners, Jason Calacanis, and Morten Lund. But there is one that sticks

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