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“I don’t build boats, I build aircraft carriers” Rare interview: Oliver Samwer talks Rocket Internet strategy, Francis Bacon and VC funds
Jon Soberg is a partner at Blumberg Capital. Here, he gains a rare interview with Rocket co-founder Oliver Samwer… It’s still winter in Munich. It’s not cold, and while snow from recent flurries
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The top 10 biggest investors in Rocket Internet
It’s well known that the Samwers, the brothers behind Berlin-based company builder Rocket Internet, have no trouble attracting large investments in their portfolio companies – particularly in their mainstay eCommerce firms. Now, Manager Magazine has
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Rocket Internet looks to the Nordics – coupon website CupoNation hits Finland
Rocket Internet-operated coupon portal CupoNation today expanded to Finland and announced that the discount service will soon also be available in Norway and Russia. “ECommerce is already very popular in Finland but most consumers are unaware of the
Read More »Rocket Internet’s huge ambitions: to “take down” Ikea
Rocket Internet’s Samwer Brothers have claimed that they want to “take down” Ikea and dwarf H&M in a controversial leaked document intended for investors. It’s a well-known fact that the Samwer brothers, the founders
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Rocket Internet’s Payleven goes after “private user” market in the UK
Rocket Internet’s mobile payments company Payleven is opening up its chip-and-PIN device to private users in the UK, in a bid to capture individuals as well as larger businesses. Like other mobile payments services in Europe,
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How much have Swedes Kinnevik invested in Rocket Internet to date? €1.1b and counting
Judging by their 2012 annual report, Swedish investment company AB Kinnevik‘s holdings in the portfolio of Berlin-based venture builder Rocket Internet are becoming more and more important… In the past few years, Kinnevik’s investments in
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Rocket Internet’s HelloFresh teams up with dieting app Noom
HelloFresh, Rocket Internet’s recipe and ingredient delivery service, has partnered with weight-loss coaching app Noom to provide dieters with nutritionally controlled meals they can prepare themselves. New York-based Noom (which ironically reminds our team
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Rocket Internet’s Linio raises €25m from Colombian beer barons
Rocket Internet’s Latin America Amazon Linio is continuing its fundraising run, with “up to €25m” from Colombia’s family-owned Santo Domingo Group. The news follows €20m from Summit Partners and an “eight-digit euro” sum from the Tengelmann Group,
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Global Founders Capital and Rocket Internet: healthy distance or too close for comfort?
Following news last week of Oliver Samwer, Marc Samwer and Fabian Siegel’s new €150m VC fund, we take a closer look at the opportunities and challenges ahead: In Rocket Internet’s Berlin HQ reception, there’s
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Rocket Internet’s Foodpanda eats up Hungarian food delivery site Ételvitel
Today Rocket Internet-operated Foodpanda has announced its takeover of Hungarian food delivery site Ételvitel KFT. The acquisition shows Foodpanda’s aggressive expansion in emerging markets is continuing at speed. Ételvitel KFT has reportedly over 200 partner restaurants
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