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| Mar 19, 2013 | Samwer Bros launch $194M VC fund for developing markets | Samwer brothers, who have made their name through their incubation vehicle Rocket Internet through which they clone successful consumer internet ventures in new markets, have taken the wraps off a new €150 million ($194 mn) VC fund called G... |
| Mar 18, 2013 | Samwer Brothers Team Up With Delivery Hero ex-CEO In New, $194M Venture Fund | Make way for one more big venture fund coming out of Europe, this one with some colorful backers. Oliver and Marc Samwer — founders of the Rocket Internet startup incubator among other things — have teamed up with Fabian Siegel, one of the ... |
| Mar 18, 2013 | Global Founders Capital: new €150M fund from Rocket Internet’s Samwer brothers | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Rocket Internet chief Oliver Samwer, his brother ... |
| Feb 18, 2011 | The Samwer Brothers make a killing after selling their Facebook stake from 2008 | The three Samwer brothers behind the highly successful European Founders Fund in Germany have sold their shares in Facebook, according to a report in the German press.
Marc, Oliver and Alexander Samwer (who also own the German language Deut... |
| Feb 18, 2011 | The Samwer Brothers Make A Killing After Selling Facebook Stake From 2008 | The three Samwer brothers behind the highly successful European Founders Fund in Germany have sold their shares in Facebook, according to a report in the German press.
Marc, Oliver and Alexander Samwer (who also own the German language Deut... |
| Dec 30, 2010 | VentureBeat’s top 10 VC startup fundings in 2010 | It was the best of times, it was the worst of times — at least for Silicon Valley startups in 2010. While many smaller, lesser known newbies languished as venture capital investments declined overall, those that did score, scored big, and h... |
| Jan 26, 2010 | Fashion4Home launches social furniture site in the US | Updated.
Furniture site Fashion4Home, which launched in Germany in November of last year, is launching in the US today. The site will offer US shoppers 80 models of contemporary furniture across 12 categories, including exclusive designs, a... |
| Oct 7, 2009 | While other German VCs wilt, the Samwer brothers invest and clone like mad | [Germany] The Samwer brothers, Germany’s most prolific startup investors, are on an e-commerce investment spree. While TechCrunch mourns the end of the funding party and 340,000 layoffs in Silicon Valley alone since August 2008, the three b... |
| Aug 25, 2009 | Video ad network Tremor snaps up funds from SAP | Tremor Media, the large online video advertising network, announced that it brought in an undisclosed amount from SAP Ventures, SAP’s investment arm, among others, in a strategic round of funding. According to the regulatory filing with the... |
| Aug 25, 2009 | Video ad network Tremor snaps up funds from SAP | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Tremor Media, the large online video advertising ... |
| Jun 23, 2009 | TripIt ready to charge for real-time flight data and alerts | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
TripIt, an online service that consolidates your ... |
| Jun 23, 2009 | TripIt ready to charge for real-time flight data and alerts | TripIt, an online service that consolidates your travel info from various companies and web sites into a single itinerary, is ready to start charging its users for extra services and data. The pro service sounds like something that a big ch... |
| Apr 19, 2009 | UK startup icons launch fund to bridge Europe's 'Equity gap' | Two icons of the UK’s tech startup world are joining forces to create a new fund to address the so-called ‘equity gap’ in Europe. European Founders Capital (EFC) is being led by Michael Birch, co-founder of Bebo, and Brent Hoberman, who set... |
| Feb 20, 2009 | Video ad network Tremor Media raises $18M | Large video advertising network Tremor Media announced that it raised $18 million in a third round of funding so that it can invest in other video technologies, like video ad monetization platform Acudeo. Earlier this month, the New York-ba... |
| Oct 28, 2008 | Netviewer nets $8.7M for collaborative screen-view service | Netviewer, a company that provides online conferencing services, has raised $8.7 million for further development of software that allows two individuals to view each other’s computer desktops simultaneously. The idea is to make remote colla... |
| Aug 29, 2008 | ReputationDefender raises $2.6M to protect your good name | ReputationDefender, a company that helps people manage their reputations and privacy online, has raised around $2.6 million in a first round of institutional funding.
There are a number of businesses providing identity theft protection, suc... |
| Jul 15, 2008 | Shopping site Become.com raises another $8 million | Updated
Become.com, an comparison shopping and research site, is raising $8 million in a fourth round of funding, VentureBeat has learned. The Mountain View, Calif. company confirmed the funding, but won’t provide any additional details unt... |
| Apr 17, 2008 | TripIt raises $5.1M to better organize your travels | As someone who has been home for one weekend of the past six, I know that traveling can be a real pain. While the Internet has eased some burdens such as scheduling and price hunting, it has also created new ones, such as organizing trip de... |
| Apr 11, 2008 | What is the future for tech VCs in Europe? | At TechCrunch we’re usually at least as interested in the financial environment for funding startups as we are in the startups themselves. And we know it’s something of keen interest to any new internet or mobile company. So it is worth ind... |
| Mar 27, 2008 | Iovation, a fraud prevention firm, caps off first round at $15M | Iovation, a Portland, Ore., company that aims to track and prevent online fraudsters, has closed off its first round of funding at $15 million.
The basic idea behind Iovation’s product is keeping track of millions of computers to pinpoint t... |
| Jan 23, 2008 | European tech investing is "coming of age" | It’s mildly diverting when some people, like Business Week reporters, say that Europe is still a slow place for technology startups, then pat us on the head and tell us that every day, in every way, we’re getting better and better. But it’s... |
| Jan 23, 2008 | Europe 2.0: European tech investing "coming of age," as events hard-wire the network | It’s mildly diverting when some say that Europe is still a slow place for technology startups, then pat us on the head and tell us that every day, in every way, we’re getting better and better. But it’s more interesting when people who real... |
| Jan 21, 2008 | Report: Nokia, Facebook Discussing Deal | paidContent reports that Finnish handset maker, Nokia, is in talks with Facebook to put social networking on the company’s mobile phones. The placement of Facebook on handsets could be “as prominent as the YouTube button on the main screen ... |
| Инвестор Facebook ищет топ-менеджеров для российского Groupon | 14 марта всем, кто так или иначе интересуется интернет-индустрией и продажами или работает в них, представится поистине уникальная возможность. Вместе с Анной Березовской, менеджером лондонского Groupon, которая прилетает в нашу страну иска... |