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Video Heureka 2013: “Don’t do anything stupid” and other essential business tips from the experts
The Heureka Conference on Tuesday saw 500 guests from the startup and tech industry gather to listen to keynote speeches and get involved in expert-run workshops. We asked the big-name attendees what the best
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Capital on Stage – The global conference “demystifying” Venture Capital
Take the idea of your standard startup pitching competition, flip it on its head and you get Capital on Stage. The founders of the one-day conference are sick of the usual startup events where
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“Germany’s startup ecosystem is 20 years behind Silicon Valley”: 10 Things I Know – Startup Camp’s Sascha Schubert
As the founder of fundraising service Spendino, cofounder of The Entrepreneurs Club, an organiser of Startup Camp and Failcon, member of the Bundesverband Deutsche Startups and mentor at Startupbootcamp, Sascha Schubert is well positioned
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The Top 10 investor blogs you need to follow… now
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, budding investor or simply a startup enthusiast some of the best and most surprising resources can come from those investors and VCs who find the time to write about their
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General Assembly rounds up a who’s-who of European VCs and founders
International campus for technology, entrepreneurship and design, General Assembly, is hosting an intimate one-day conference for VCs and founders in Berlin. The event will take place at General Assembly’s Betahaus-base all day next Friday,
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Investor Spotlight: Index Ventures’ Jan Hammer on dealbreakers and the thrill of the chase
Index Ventures is one of the world’s leading venture capital firms, with previous investments in such heavy hitters as MySQL, Skype, Dropbox and SoundCloud. Recently, the firm invested $6m in leading social analytics platform Socialbakers.
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Investor spotlight: Mangrove Capital’s Hans-Jürgen Schmitz – exits, fundraising and why Europe’s “contrarian” VC is back in Berlin
Mangrove Capital is a bit of a quiet horse among European VCs, keeping a relatively low profile despite early-stage investments in the likes of Skype, Rdio and Russia’s KupiVIP. Now, its partners are rediscovering the
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The future of crowdfunding in Europe’s investment landscape
The crowdfunding market in Europe continues to diversify. Having its roots in less complex variations like crowd donations, crowd-sponsoring and crowd pre-selling— the market is expanding to the areas of crowd-lending, crowd insurance etc.
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