• “Our program is really international, both in terms of the participants and in terms of future markets.“

    Tanja Kufner, Co-Managing Director of Startupbootcamp, talks about her new job and the upcoming Demo Days of Startupbootcamp 2014 in Berlin. Tanja, you’re the new managing director for Startupbootcamp Berlin. Please tell us how this came about. „I’ve known the SBC team and the program for quite some time because I have attended their demo…

  • Q Fifty One to Acquire Edition Collective

    Dallas – Today, Q Fifty One, owner and operator of nationwide retail concepts Q Clothier and Rye 51, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Edition Collective, the company behind acclaimed e-commerce properties, Imprint (formerly Need) and Foremost, in a cash plus equity deal. Matt Alexander, founder and CEO of Edition Collective, will join…

  • moovel Group Acquires Hamburg-Based Provider of Location Messenger App Familonet

    Hamburg / Stuttgart – moovel Group, a subsidiary of Daimler AG, today announced the full takeover of Familonet GmbH, based in Hamburg. The familonet staff will be integrated to strengthen moovel’s development team at the company’s Hamburg site. Familonet’s app, which has gathered more than 2 million registered users, will continue to be offered in…

  • 7 Lessons to tackle Mobile Marketing Fraud

    Our COO Frank Maschmeier reveals important insights into the world of mobile marketing fraud – and how to defy it. With the rise of mobile performance marketing, fraud has grown to become one of the biggest challenges the industry faces today. Although people have been hesitant to talk too much about it, it is one…

  • Building on successful monetization and Google’s Best App award, we’ll keep developing Familonet

    Familonet, a company that has been part of our portfolio since 2012, has finished a very successful year: They were awarded as one of the best apps for Android by Google, and they also started successfully monetizing the users of their mobile application. Reason enough to let their founding partner Hauke Windmüller share a few…

  • Familonet wins Google’s „Best Apps 2016“ award

    Hamburg / Stuttgart – The Hamburg-based startup Familonet receives the renowned award “Best of 2016” of Google in the category “The Best German Apps” in the Google Play Store. After the start of monetization this summer, this marks another milestone for Venista’s venture. The coveted award is given by Google in eight categories. Google rates the…

  • Vintage design marketplace stylemarks announces funding

    Berlin – The mobile marketplace for vintage fashion and design products, stylemarks, closes its first mid-level 6-digit financial round and wins Venista Ventures together with Familiy’s Venture Capital as investors. Further on hub:raum, the incubator of Deutsche Telekom, invests in the team around Oliver Bronner, Mark Linneweber, Stefan Decker and Andrey Bezyazychniy and offers them a…

  • Cologne’s cosmos of startups is developing quickly

    A few days ahead of Startupcon 2016, we sat down with initiator Christian Weis to discuss Cologne’s startup potential and highlights of the upcoming event.   Give us a short elevator pitch: Why is Startupcon a must for startups? „That’s because we turn Germany’s largest indoor arena into a startup hotspot. Our event condenses 150…

  • Thousands of Founders, Beer, Oktoberfest – What Else is Left to Say?

      While Bits & Pretzels 2016 is coming up soon, we took the time to sit down with the three hosts Andreas „Andi“ Bruckschlögl, Dr. Bernd Storm vans Gravesande and Felix Haas.   How many Maß [1 liter glass mugs] are necessary to prompt productive conversations about startup topics? Andi: „That depends on the participants’…

  • An Amazing Journey

    We met Ramon of Vigour to talk about their progress after Startupbootcamp, a major deal and their future. Four years ago you participated in Startupbootcamp Berlin. How has Vigour’s business evolved since then? „Vigour’s business went on really well from that point forward. First of all, we have grown from just a couple of people…