Delivery Hero, the Berlin-headquartered international food ordering platform, has completed a full takeover of former rival Hungryhouse in the UK. The German company today also announced the purchase of smaller player Eatitnow. Delivery Hero already owned a “pivotal stake” in HungryHouse and initiated a merger in March 2012. The full takeover – taking Delivery Hero to 73 per … Read more

It seems like the leadership team at Rocket Internet continues to abandon the infamous Samwer brothers with news that another two managers, Raphael Strauch and Mads Faurholt-Jorgensen, have jumped ship to form Nova Founders, described as a “Rocket Internet 2.0”. They predominately headed up the Rocket businesses overseas and follow last year’s exodus to Project A Ventures. Ex-Rocketers … Read more

Adam Fletcher, Startup Hipster and honorary German, shares his insights into the top tips to becoming a real citizen of Schland. Just remember to obey the red man and get some qualifications… And you can now buy the book here… #1 Put on your house shoes So, here we are then my little Ausländer. Your first day … Read more

This is a guest post by Adam Fletcher, creator of Berlin Bingo an authentic and humourous guide to Berlin. He is also the author of the book A Picnic For Perverts, confusingly neither about Picnics nor Perverts. I know my last post here on Startup Hipsters could be construed as somewhat mocking in tone and before … Read more

Berlin-headquartered Delivery Hero now offers online food ordering in China, after reportedly acquiring restaurant delivery site Aimifan.com. The opening of Delivery Hero’s Shanghai office comes a few months after opening its new office in South Korea and launching similar venture YoGiYo into that market. Delivery Hero, which reported 84 per cent growth in Q1 2012, is now active in 12 … Read more

In Russia, it’s not Google, but Yandex you tap up for a search query. Mail.ru outstrips Yahoo!, Amazon is trounced by OZON, and Vkontakte outperforms Facebook. Russian versions of global brands are outstripping the market leaders, thanks to targetted local market knowledge, massive internet growth and a reticence of “western” brands to target the territory. The Russian … Read more

Hamburg VC Shortcut Ventures just announced its first investment – in Barcelona startup Yuilop, as the leader of a €4.5 million Series A funding round alongside Russian VC Bright Capital and private telco investor Bruno Ducharme. Dirk Freise, Thorsten Rehling and Martin Ostermayer started Shortcut Ventures (previously known as Fast Lane Ventures – not to … Read more