• 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Familo closes seed round and starts family communication app

    As announced today, Hamburg, Germany-based startup Familo now offers families the option to enhance security and interact more comfortably based on mobile technology. Today, Familo launched the first version of its smartphone app that allows for a mobile solution to share location, status, short updates, and pictures with family members and be up to date…