• Mealmates’ Goal is to Provide Fresh Food at the Push of a Button

    Last week, Venista’s Thomas Hintzen sat down with Pascal Ecker and Nils Kornder founders of mealmates to discuss their online restaurant, future plans and the perfect menu for a summer party. Pascal, Nils, how often do you both still cook? PE: Not really that often. Actually, I’m just cooking on weekends. Cooking is more like…

  • „We had a very strong belief in audio and synthetic voices from the very start“

    We recently talked to Espen Systad, Co-Founder and CEO of Capsule.fm, about the app’s history, SBC memories and its future.   For audio, video or even text, streaming has become the standard to transport content. What makes Capsule.fm special in this area? „Foreseeing that streaming will come, we had a very strong belief in audio…

  • „On the Business Side There Is No Alternative To SMS.“

    Business, sales and mobile expert Frank Tüting joins GTX founder Oliver Zabel and his team in order to prepare for a strong future development in the SMS industry. Tüting has been appointed as managing director to join Oliver in leading the company.  Oliver, GTX seems to have received a face-lift: You have re-launched your website,…

  • Ströer Digital acquires KissMyAds from Venista Ventures

    Cologne – Effective today, long-time venture of Venista KissMyAds has been acquired by the German digital multi-channel media company Ströer Digital Group. “It is a very rewarding deal for Venista Ventures: A company and team that we have helped build is now joining one of the most prominent companies active in the German media and…

  • „Virtual Reality Is Finally Here With Mobile Being The Driving Force.“

    Thomas Hintzen, Communications Manager, Venista Ventures, recently went to the Websummit 2015 in Dublin. He saw that virtual reality is becoming reality so he shares some thoughts on new possibilities „It’s been a while since Edwin Link invented a machine called ‘Blue Box’ creating somehow the first experience of a virtual reality for soldier trainings…

  • Klash announces initial investment round and major update

    Berlin – The Berlin-based startup Klash today announced the release of a major update of its iOS application as well as its first round of funding in company history. Klash, the platform that lets people challenge and dare their friends for fun, honor and actual rewards, announced this news as it drives distribution of its product…

  • “At TOA, it’s often the small, unknown speakers who get the best reviews.“

    Nikolas Woischnik is the founder of Berlin’s Tech Open Air which celebrates its 4th edition in 2015. He explains why TOA is always worth a visit. „TOA 2015 is coming up fast: Why is this year’s the best edition yet? With more than 140 satellite events and 4,000+ attendees, TOA15 certainly is the biggest edition.…

  • Familo concludes successful Series A funding round

    Hamburg – Germany-based startup Familo has successfully concluded a series A funding round securing a low seven-digit Euro investment to further develop its smartphone app for family communications and security. HR Ventures, Venista Ventures and WestTech Ventures, all investors from the seed round, continued their support of Familo. New among the investors are the media…

  • „A Cool Product Or A Great Idea Doesn’t Automatically Make A Good Business“

    Oliver Bronner, co-founder of stylemarks and now working as a Creative Director for Home 24 talks about the challenges and difficulties of stylemarks. Oliver, stylemarks is now part of JUNIQE. What exactly does it mean to be ‚part of JUNIQE‘? And what strengths do you bring to the table and into this partnership?„We basically merged…

  • „A Chance to Fundamentally Change The Way Men Shop.“

    Matt Alexander, Founder and CEO of Need, opens up about the beginnings of Need and how he teamed up with Venista Ventures. „On a dreary afternoon in December 2012, I found myself running through rainy London streets to meet with Venista co-founder, Oliver Wimmeroth. Oliver and I had met several months prior, discussing both of…