Tagged: germany

December 7, 2015 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform aescuvest, has inked a new partnership with the Eastern Bavarian Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden (OTH Amberg-Weiden) to assist medtech / healthcare startups in their quest for funding. Commenting on the signing of the agreement, Dr. Patrick Pfeffer, CEO and co-founder of aescuvest stated;… Read More

December 4, 2015 @ 10:44 am By Erin Hobey  |  

  German smartphone bank Number26 will expand across Europe, opening its mobile-only account to consumers in France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Slovakia, and Spain, according to a release. The expansion brings the total number of countries where Number26 is active to eight, following its initial launch in Germany… Read More

December 1, 2015 @ 11:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In the first hours of going live on Companisto, the Hamburg-based start-up TripRebel raised over 75,410€ toward its 400,000€ funding goal. In 2015, the European Commission selected TripRebel as the “Best European Startup.” In January 2013, while TripRebel founder Carlos Borges was living in Bahia, Brazil, he sought  to… Read More

November 27, 2015 @ 2:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bragi Dash is finally in mass production.  In a backer update, Dash creators stated that broad shipping will occur next weeks with batches going to specific regions around the world via UPS. Production is expected to quickly ramp to approximately 1500 Dashes per day.  One… Read More

November 18, 2015 @ 4:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Taking a page out of the august Economist, Bitbond has launched BitcoinPPI; an index that measures bitcoin purchasing power measured in Big Macs.  Yes, that eternal benchmark of consumable wealth is put to use once again. The hamburger. The Big Mac index was launched by the… Read More

November 3, 2015 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Bragi, creators of the in-ear, smart Bluetooth earphones, has received a sizeable $22 million investment from a group of American, European and Asian investors.  Bragi did not identify the investors by name. The Kickstarter success story ran a crowdfunding campaign back in early 2014.  The… Read More

October 22, 2015 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This upcoming week, Crowdcube success Camden Town Brewery will be joining a few other breweries at the 2015 Big Eater’s Oktoberfest. The brewery was established in 2009 when founder Jasper Cuppaidge took over The Horseshoe Pub in Hampstead. He grew frustrated by the standard of London… Read More

October 22, 2015 @ 11:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, California-based brewery Stone Brewing Company announced some exciting updates for its Indiegogo backers. Last year, the adult beverage company embarked on two new brewery projects that will bring their style of fresh, thoughtful, delicious, high-quality craft beers not only to the other side… Read More

October 21, 2015 @ 4:14 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

“Curious looks from from the beach or jetty guaranteed.” Something about that wintery mix that just passed through the Midwest announcing that winter’s just around the corner makes Lampuga Surfboard’s Seedmatch campaign even more appealing.  Surf’s up! Just a vimeo away from the beach, sun and swells.  Nearing 400K€… Read More

October 20, 2015 @ 3:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Funding Circle, the leading UK SME marketplace lending platform, has dramatically increased its footprint with the acquisition of Zencap. Funding Circle will now operate in Germany, Spain and the Netherlands. Funding Circle already has a significant operation in the US. Funding Circle representatives state this… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 3:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Federal Ministry of Finance (Bundesministerium der Finanzen) is researching the advent of Fintech. Fintech has become a catch-all term for internet-based finance where technology is driving huge gains in efficiency which is poised to benefit investors and those seeking access to capital. The Finance… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 9:04 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Companisto,  the leading equity crowdfunding platform in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland with an annual financing volume of €12 million, has published information on the business development of start-ups financed through its platform for the first time. The platform has analyzed the development of share values between… Read More

October 6, 2015 @ 8:40 am By JD Alois  |  

ZenCap, a one-year-old Berlin-based direct lending platform is presently the fastest growing site in continental Europe.  According to data published by AltFi, ZenCap has generated Year over Year growth of an astounding 445.3%.  The next closest growth rate is of Auxmoney at less than half that… Read More

October 5, 2015 @ 10:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bragi Dash crowdfunding campaign raised a solid $3.39 million on a $260,000 goal. The in-ear wireless, smart headphones generated the support of almost 16,000 individuals. The Bragi Dash stands as the 21st most funded campaign of all time on Kickstarter.  If you measure against… Read More

September 28, 2015 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Big data company Kreditech is on a “simple mission to build a ‘digital bank’ for everyone” now has more money to accomplish its goal.  Kreditech has just announced it has raised €82.5 million in a Series C funding round led by JC Flowers.  Existing investors Peter… Read More

September 18, 2015 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Bits & Pretzels is a 3 day conference for founders and people from the startup ecosystem with over 3.600 attendees. We bring together the world’s leading entrepreneurs and investors to share their ideas. Join us on 27th – 29th September 2015 and don’t miss the… Read More

September 16, 2015 @ 3:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrossLend, a young peer to peer lending platform, has launched its direct lending platform in Germany, Spain and the UK.  Originally reported in Lending School, CrossLend was founded by Oliver Schimek, Marie Louise Seelig and Daniel Schlotter last year. The new platform will offer services… Read More

September 15, 2015 @ 11:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Readers may now be familiar with Jimmy Kimmel’s viral Mean Tweets on YouTube.  If you haven’t joined the over 47M viewers who watched these funny clips, treat yourself to a laugh. Berlin-based Fanmiles taps into the crowd’s desire to reach out (ideally in a positive way, not like Mean Tweets) to… Read More

September 15, 2015 @ 11:14 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Bavarian-based noDNA, Europe’s biggest online seller of robotics components for research and education,  launched a financing campaign on Companisto, offering venture loans bearing annual interest of 8%.  noDNA is the second venture loan offered on Companisto, following Sawade which has raised over 442,880€ of its 1M€ goal…. Read More

September 4, 2015 @ 10:53 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The International insurance firm Hiscox has released its seventh annual ‘DNA of an Entrepreneur Report’, with the firm using its global network of 268,000 small businesses in order to calculate entrepreneurship and business innovation within six countries, including the US, UK, Germany, France, Holland and… Read More