Alfred Lin“Alfred Lin has the Midas touch,” TechCrunch founder Mike Arrington wrote in 2009. “Every company he’s worked for has been acquired, and the smallest deal was $265m.”
Global Founders Capital: new €150m VC fund from Rocket Internet’s Samwer brothers
fRocket Internet chief Oliver Samwer, his brother Marc and former Delivery Hero co-CEO Fabian Siegel are teaming up to start Global Founders Capital: a new €150m fund for high-potential internet businesses.
Delivery Hero gobbles up UK rivals Hungryhouse and Eatitnow
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
How to be German in 20 easy steps – part 1
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
“Diverse groups make better products” – code, cake and gadgets at Geek Girl Meetup Berlin
Rarely does a tech conference combine free tickets, a programme where any attendee can put her or his name down to be a speaker, a charity bake sale, gadgets and tiramisu – and the first Geek Girl Meetup Berlin at Betahaus on Satuday pulled it off well.
Don’t drink the startup Kool-Aid – just find a problem and try to solve it
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
Delivery Hero takes on Asia’s giant, China
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
The Top 10 Russian internet brands out to conquer the world
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
Shortcut Ventures places first bet – on “free talk for all” startup Yuilop
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
Fred Wilson anticipates good times for entrepreneurs, bad times for VCs
Berliners keeping an eye on venture capital trends in the US, take note. Fred Wilson, blogger and co-founder of top New York VC firm Union Square Ventures, says capital markets are swinging more in favour of founders. Speaking at the Grind co-working space in Manhattan yesterday (not pictured), Wilson suggested some deep changes will be needed for VCs in the … Read more
