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More furniture, please – Cisneros to invest up to $20m in Rocket Internet’s Mobly in Brazil
The Samwer brothers’ appetite for online furniture businesses has another backer: Latin American media group Cisneros has said it will invest up to $20m in home furnishing site Mobly in Brazil. Mobly – backed by the
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Jobs of the Week – work for Epic Companies, Melino, Kaffee Toro, Westwing
Spring’s here – and a fresh batch of the best internet company job offers in Germany and beyond, delivered to your browser each Friday. This week, we’ve got spots for ambitious developers, CEOs, music
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Jobs of the Week: Work for 6 Minutes, StartupBootCamp, Vertical Media, Software & Support Media Group & Westwing
It’s that time of the week again. Job-hunting in Berlin just got easier with our exciting run-down of careers. Whether you’re a multi-tasking pro, a budding blogger, a WordPress whiz or a business big
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Berlin VC Point Nine closes €40m second fund
Bucking the trend of struggling VCs in Europe, Berlin-based early-stage VC Point Nine Capital has closed its second investment fund at €40m. Point Nine’s previous investments include Berlin internet companies Lieferheld, Madvertise and Westwing.
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Rocket Internet expands into Brazil with CupoNation launch
Rocket Internet’s coupon portal CupoNation has announced the launch of a Brazilian platform. The website, which began in India and is available in Poland, is focused on expanding into developing markets. CupoNation offers customer savings via
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The biggest German financing rounds of 2012
Who raised the most cash in Germany last year? According to our info, a total 20 digital firms managed to secure funding rounds worth a two-figure million or above in 2012. Unsurprisingly, Rocket Internet
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DaWanda confirms – 11 employees let go
Creative online marketplace DaWanda has let go of a number of staff members after experiencing significant growth in the past year, the result of a refocusing of sparse resources. Apparently, the Berlin-based company is
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Rocket Internet’s Westwing loses 15 per cent of its staff
First a big finance round, then the huge growth in staff, then the mass letting go of staff. Last June Westwing, the Rocket Internet shopping site for furniture and home accessories, received a handsome funding round
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Rocket Internet to shut down Turkey operations
Rocket Internet is understood to be shutting down its operations in Turkey to focus on other parts of its portfolio, which seems likely to result in widespread job losses. Rocket Internet, owned by Marc,
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The biggest financing rounds of 2012 so far: The 10 German startups with multi-million deals
In 2011 there were a paltry three eight-digit financing rounds. Well, it looks as if things are looking up – in first half of 2012 alone there have been an impressive 10 internet ventures
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