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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
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Germany fines Google a tiny $190,000 over its Street View Wi-Fi snooping “mistake”
If regulators really want to deter Google from doing naughty things, they can
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Evernote and Deutsche Telekom hackathon sends Berlin developers to Silicon Valley
Another weekend, another hackathon in Berlin – this one with an international twist, as
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Berlin VC Point Nine Capital invests in business relationship manager Contactually
Berlin early-stage VC Point Nine Capital has announced an investment in Washington-based SaaS startup Contactually. Also
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Angela Merkel talks future of tech in Germany ahead of Berlin startup tour
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is putting the tech economy in the limelight this week, after presiding over the opening of
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Andrew Mason is out as Groupon CEO: “As CEO, I am accountable”
Groupon founder Andrew Mason is out as CEO, according to a news release, and the company’s board is already on the hunt
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Vintage design marketplace Stylemarks nabs funding from German VCs
Stylemarks, a mobile marketplace for vintage fashion and design, has raised a “mid-level six-digit euro” sum of funding from Venista
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Recruiting unicorns: How we hired top talent from Facebook, Google, and Apple
If you are the CEO of an early stage startup, or are thinking
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You’re welcome. The details of Amen’s follow-up app, named Thanks
Berlin startup Amen is cooking up a second mobile app – a new
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Rocket Internet’s rumoured IPO – would it be madness or genius?
The internet is abuzz with rumours, stemming from Brazilian-based blogger Thomas Baldwin, that Rocket Internet is preparing for an IPO. Baldwin, writing
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