| Date | Title | Description |
| 20.08.2024 | Koa Health Launches Proactive Mental Health Solution For Employers to Unify and Simplify the Continuum of Care | The clinically validated, unified platform aims to move beyond just therapy to deliver easy-to-use, real-time prevention, treatment, and maintenance for employees who may be suffering from anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, burnout, or oth... |
| 27.07.2024 | TRiCares: Medical Device Company Raises $50 Million In Series D | TRiCares SAS, a privately held pioneer in the minimally invasive treatment of tricuspid regurgitation, announced it has raised $50 million (€46 million) in a Series D funding round. The funding round was raised from a single strategic inves... |
| 23.04.2024 | Seamless Therapeutics Announces New CEO and Board Chairman to Support US Expansion of Programmable Recombinase Gene Editing Technology Platform | DRESDEN, Germany & LEXINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Seamless Therapeutics today announced the appointments of Albert Seymour, Ph.D., as its new President and Chief Executive Officer and Adam Rosenberg as Independent Chairman of the c... |
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| 22.06.2023 | Austrian startup nyra health raises €4.5M in seed round | Austrian startup nyra health raises €4.5M in seed round
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| 22.06.2023 | Austrian digital therapy platform nyra health raises €4.5 million as its under goes a rebrand from myReha | Vienna-based health tech firm nyra health (previously known as myReha) has developed a digital therapy platform for neurological patients. Its CE-certified app is used by patients recovering from the likes of a stroke or long covid – its re... |
| 27.09.2022 | Turning waste heat into clean energy, Orcan Energy raises €28.5 million | Munich-based Orcan Energy has raised €28.5 million “late-stage” growth round to further accelerate the company’s international recognition and services uptake. The newest injection of capital was provided by TiLT Capital, an undisclosed Fre... |
| 16.09.2022 | Aignostics Raises €14m Series A to Advance AI-powered Pathology | September 15, 2022 |
| 16.09.2022 | Germany-based Aignostics raises EUR 14 million in Series A | Berlin, Germany-based Aignostics that develops novel digital pathology solutions raised EUR 14 million in Series A financing. The company announced the round on September 15, 2022. Wellington Partners led the round for the company. Meanwhil... |
| 15.09.2022 | Berlin-based Aignostics scoops €14 million to decode diagnostics with AI-driven pathology platform | While pathologists are outstanding at interpreting individual tissue samples qualitatively, deep analysis of large data sets is a challenge better suited for AI. Attempting to address this, Berlin-based biotech startup Aignostics focuses on... |
| 05.05.2022 | More than a Sidekick! Iceland’s digital therapeutics player kicks in $55 million to boost chronic disease treatments | The next generation of therapeutics designed to prevent, treat and help people manage a wide range of medical disorders, digital therapeutics is the way forward.
Betting big on the segment, Icelandic digital therapeutics platform Sidekick H... |
| 02.06.2021 | Helsinki’s e-commerce platform Nosto acquires US-based content marketing firm Stackla | Helsinki-based e-commerce platform Nosto has acquired content marketing startup Stackla. This marks Nosto’s first acquisition and provides a strong entrance into the Australian and Southeast Asian markets. To date, Nosto has raised $32.8 mi... |
| 23.04.2021 | Fresh capital for ONWARD to tackle spinal cord injuries | |
| 23.04.2021 | Fresh capital for ONWARD to tackle spinal code injuries | ONWARD’s ARC therapy can be delivered by an implantable system called ARC-IM and an external system called ARC-EX. Both platforms are designed to deliver targeted, programmed stimulation of the spinal cord to restore movement, independence,... |
| 29.10.2020 | Chinese biotech firm Gracell nets $100m from Wellington, OrbiMed, others | Chinese clinical-stage biopharmaceutical firm Gracell Biotechnologies Inc. has completed a $100 million Series C round co-led by the US investment company Wellington Management, New York-based OrbiMed Healthcare Fund Management, and VC firm... |
| 28.10.2020 | Digital therapeutics leader Sidekick raises $20M in Series A funding round led by Wellington and Asabys | Nordic digital therapeutics company Sidekick Health has completed a $20 million oversubscribed Series A financing round led by Wellington Partners and Asabys Partners, through its fund SAHII, with participation by existing investors Novator... |
| 28.10.2020 | Digital therapeutics leader Sidekick raises $20M in Series A funding round led by Wellington and Asabys | BARCELONA, Spain, MUNICH, and REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Oct. 28, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Nordic digital therapeutics company Sidekick Health has completed a $20 million oversubscribed Series A financing round led by Wellington Partners and Asabys Pa... |
| 28.10.2020 | Asabys Partners y Wellington Partners lideran una ronda de $20M en Sidekick | 28/10/2020
Nota de prensa
ASABYS Y WELLINGTON LIDERAN UNA RONDA DE $20 MILLONES EN SIDEKICK.
• Sidekick opera una plataforma de salud digital que permite desarrollar programas terapéuticos para tratar múltiples patologías
• La compañía ... |
| 28.10.2020 | Sidekick raises $20M in Series A funding round led by Wellington and Asabys | 28/10/2020
Press release
SIDEKICK RAISES $20M IN SERIES A FUNDING ROUND LED BY WELLINGTON AND ASABYS.
Nordic digital therapeutics company Sidekick Health has completed a $20 million oversubscribed Series A financing round led by Wellingt... |
| 25.06.2020 | Polares Medical Closes a $40M Financing to Complete Pilot Clinical Studies | |
| 25.06.2020 | Polares Medical Closes a $40M Financing to Complete Pilot Clinical Studies | Polares Medical SA, a clinical stage medical technology company based in Lausanne announced today the closing of a $40 million financing led by Longitude Capital (Menlo Park) with the participation of Decheng Capital (Menlo Park / Shanghai)... |
| 04.12.2019 | Wellington Partners participates in $53 Million Series B financing at ImCheck | ImCheck Therapeutics, a biotech company developing a first-in-class antibody to activate gamma delta (γδ)T cells in a range of cancer indications and a portfolio of novel immunotherapies for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases, ... |
| 07.11.2019 | Wellington Partners participates in $100 Million Series B financing at eGenesis | eGenesis, a biotechnology company utilizing breakthrough gene editing technologies for the development of safe and effective human-compatible organs to address the global organ shortage, today announced the successful completion of a $100 m... |
| 01.08.2019 | Wellington Partners closes €210 million fund to invest in European life sciences startups addressing unmet medical needs | Munich-based VC Wellington Partners, which invests in early- and growth-stage life science companies, has announced the final close of its fifth fund, Wellington Partners Life Science Fund V (WPLS-V). The fund closed at €210 million, making... |
| 31.07.2019 | Wellington Partners raises EUR 210 million life science fund | Wellington Partners today announced the final close of its fifth-generation fund Wellington Partners Life Science Fund V (WPLS-V). The fund closed at EUR 210 million, making it the largest life science dedicated fund raised by Wellington Pa... |
| 07.05.2019 | Wellington Partners co-leads €30 million Series A financing in Confo Therapeutics | Ghent, Belgium, 7 May 2019 – Confo Therapeutics, an emerging drug discovery company, today announces the completion of a €30 million ($33.4 million) Series A financing. The investment was co-led by BioGeneration Ventures (BGV) and Wellingto... |
| 01.04.2019 | First Startups selected for Venture Day Zurich | |
| 26.11.2018 | Adrenomed closes €24 million financing led by Wellington Partners and HBM | Adrenomed AG, the vascular integrity company, today announced the closing of a €24 million series D financing round. The new funds will be invested in the clinical development program of lead product candidate Adrecizumab. Adrecizunab is cu... |
| 09.10.2018 | sphingotec raises €20 million from HBM and Wellington Partners | German diagnostics company sphingotec GmbH has closed a €20m growth equity financing round led by international healthcare specialist investors HBM and Wellington Partners. Sphingotec will primarily use the proceeds to roll out the fully au... |
| 18.07.2018 | Polares Medical closes a $25M financing round | |
| 26.01.2017 | Berlin’s Dalia raises $7 million for its market research engine | Berlin-based Dalia, specialising in market research tech, has raised a $7 million Series A round led by Balderton Capital. Wellington Partners and IBB-Bet also participated.
Dalia is building a research engine that distributes millions of m... |
| 27.06.2016 | CRISPR Therapeutics Raises Additional $38M | |
| 02.05.2016 | Exinda Closes US$10M Venture Debt Financing with Wellington Financial | Exinda, a Toronto, Canada-based company focused on delivering the best application performance possible on clients’ networks, recently closed a US$10m venture debt financing.
Wellington Financial provided the financing.
The company will use... |
| 19.04.2016 | G-Therapeutics raises EUR 36 million | |
| 29.10.2015 | Daily funding roundup - October 29, 2015 | Brandwatch completed $33M funding; Qvella raised $20M; Gobble landed $10.75M
Mangatar, a Milan, and Salerno, Italy-based social and mobile gaming startup, raised €1.1 million ($1.2 million) in funding. The funds were raised via Fi.R.A. (Fin... |
| 23.06.2015 | Daily funding roundup - June 23, 2015 | Credit Karma scores $175M; Crosscut Ventures raised $75M; Jelli landed $21M
Venture capital firm CrossCut Ventures raised a new venture fund, its third overall, worth $75 million, it was announced on Tuesday. While CrossCut was originally t... |
| 08.06.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. Iconiq Capital leads a $30M round for construction app Procore
Construction app maker Procore Technologies announced today t... |
| 08.06.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | 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!
Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, up... |
| 18.02.2015 | Onfido Raises $4.5M in Series A Funding Round | Onfido, a London, UK-based online background checking company which specialises in providing automated background checks to the shared economy, raised $4.5m in Series A funding round.
The round was led by Wellington Partners (with Eric Arch... |
| 25.11.2014 | YPlan Receives $24M in Series B Funding | YPlan, a London, United Kingdom-based provider of a mobile local events marketplace and going out app, received $24m in Series B funding.
The round was led by existing backers Octopus Investments, General Catalyst Partners and Wellington Pa... |
| 16.10.2014 | To Stay In The Game, European VCs Wake Up To Offering Services And Software | As the European tech startup market becomes yet more crowded with investors and accelerators, those investors are realising they are – gasp! – going to have to start working harder to differentiate themselves from their peers in the venture... |
| 14.10.2014 | Rigontec Raises €9.45M in Series A Financing | Rigontec GmbH, a Bonn, Germany-based biopharmaceutical company developing RNA-based immunotherapeutics for the treatment of cancer and viral diseases, raised €9.45m in Series A financing.
The round was co-led by Wellington Partners and Boeh... |
| 07.09.2014 | Import.io raises $3m seed round backed by Yahoo and MySQL founders | Web-data platform Import.io has raised a $3m ‘super seed’ round that will help it expand its new San Francisco office.
The London- and San Francisco-based startup extracts data from websites and allows users to access it all via an API, wit... |
| 07.09.2014 | Import.io raises $3m seed round backed by Yahoo and MySQL founders | 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!
Web-data platform Import.io has raised a $3m ‘sup... |
| 23.07.2014 | Ayoxxa Biosystems Completes €9M Series B Financing Round | Ayoxxa Biosystems GmbH, a Cologne, Germany- and Singapore-based international biotechnology company, completed a € 9,0m Series B financing round.
Backers included existing investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, KFW, NRW.BANK, Wellington Partners... |
| 15.07.2014 | Nosto Solutions Secures $5.5M in Financing | Nosto Solutions, a Helsinki, Finland-based e-commerce personalization software company, secured a $5.5m in financing.
The round was led by Wellington Partners with participation from existing investors Open Ocean Capital and SanomaVentures,... |
| 23.06.2014 | Definiens Closes €15M Financing | Definiens AG, a Munich, Germany-based provider of a tissue diagnostics platform aimed at helping physicians improve treatment, closed a €15m financing round.
The round was led by Wellington Partners and Gilde Healthcare with participation f... |
| 23.06.2014 | Definiens Secures EURO 15M |
MUNICH, GERMANY, Definiens AG, which offers a unique approach to tissue diagnostics aimed at helping physicians improve treatment, said that it has closed a round of financing for EURO 15 million.
>> Click here for more funding dat... |
| 11.06.2014 | Pirates on Shore Brings International VC’s To BaRRRcelona | “a sort of re-birth of the tech startup scene in Europe” – TechCrunch
Picture a junk yard – scrap metal, beat-up old cars and abandoned heaps of unwanted machinery. Now, light it on fire and make entrepreneurs walk the plank after pitching... |
| 27.05.2014 | Neuway Pharma Raises €2.7M in Series A Financing | Neuway Pharma GmbH, a Bonn, Germany-based company that focuses on the preclinical and clinical development of innovative therapeutics for treatment of orphan brain diseases, raised €2.7m in Series A financing.
The round was led by Wellingto... |
| 20.03.2014 | Wellington Partners invests in Dacuda to further accelerate growth | |
| 11.03.2014 | With fresh funding, “code-to-cloud” startup Cloud 66 hopes to become Europe’s Heroku (only better) | London-based startup Cloud 66, which allows developers to deploy and start managing Ruby on Rails apps on any major cloud environment within minutes, is coming out of the woodwork today with the announcement of a $500,000 seed round.
The ne... |
| 04.12.2013 | Kima Ventures woos startups with offer to invest $150,000 for a 15% stake, deal close in just 15 days | France-based early-stage investment firm Kima Ventures has always prided itself on backing a large amount of fledgling tech companies per year, and making investment decisions atypically fast to boot.
Now, the seed fund is taking its rapid ... |
| 07.11.2013 | Presenting the 10 finalists for Vator Splash London! | 10 startups will be pitching their ideas to some of the top tech VCs!
Vator Splash London is finally here! And in just a few hours, we'll find out who the winner is!
On deck and ready to present are 10 startups throughout the London area th... |
| 29.10.2013 | Edwards Lifesciences jumps in mitral valve tech race with startup investment | Follow MedCity News on Facebook and Twitter for more updates.
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Teladoc Health Head of R&D Yulun Wang highlights the impact of virtual care in underser... |
| 28.10.2013 | Middle Peak Medical Raises Additional $3M in Series A Financing | Middle Peak Medical, a Munich, Germany-based development-stage medical device company, raised an additional $3m in a second closing of its over-subscribed Series A financing.
that will commercialize a novel technology for treating mitral va... |
| 21.10.2013 | TechStars, Index Ventures at Splash London, Nov. 7 | Wellington Partners, Passion Capital, Highland, and so on... they'll be at Splash London Nov 7
Vator Splash is heading to London! If you've not noticed. And we have the three most active investment firms on stage at our event.
That's right.... |
| 25.07.2013 | Wool and the Gang Raises $2.8M in Funding | Wool and the Gang, a London, UK-based global handcrafted and knitted fashion brand, raised $2.8m in funding.
The round was led by Index Ventures and Wellington Partners, with participation from MMC Ventures and a number of other tech invest... |
| 27.06.2013 | Middle Peak Medical Raises $8.5M in Series A Financing | Middle Peak Medical, a Palo Alto, CA-based development-stage medical device company that will commercialize a novel technology for treating mitral valve disease, raised $8.5m in Series A financing.
The round was co-led by Wellington Partner... |
| 05.06.2013 | YPlan Raises $12M in Series A Financing | YPlan, a London, UK-based startup that provides a mobile going out app, raised $12m (approximately £7.9m) in Series A financing.
The round was led by General Catalyst Partners and existing investors Wellington Partners and Octopus Investmen... |
| 26.05.2013 | Orcan Energy Closes Second Round | Orcan Energy GmbH, a Munich, Germany-based developer of Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) Technology in small power ranges, closed a second round of financing.
The amount of the transaction was not disclosed.
Backers included new stategic investo... |
| 13.05.2013 | import•io, Interview with CEO David White | import•io is based in Shoreditch, the tech area of London.
I decided to interview CEO David White (who co-founded the company with CTO Matt Painter and CDO Andrew Fogg) following the funding they receive in March 2013 from international VCs... |
| 24.04.2013 | Genticel Raises €18.2M | Genticel, a Paris and Toulouse, France-based a vaccine developer that focuses on therapeutic vaccines against high risk human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, raised €18.2m ($23.7m) in funding.
The round was led by Wellington Partners, with ... |
| 21.03.2013 | import•io Raises £600K in Funding | import•io, a London, UK-based cloud-based big data platform, has raised £600k in funding.
Backers include Wellington Partners, Alta Vista founder Louis Monier, and technology investor Emmanuel Javal.
The company intends to use the capital t... |
| 10.11.2012 | Sensimed Raises CHF17M in First Close of Series C Funding | Sensimed AG, a Swiss company that develops a non-invasive soft contact lens-based solution to help treat glaucoma, has raised CHF 17m in the first close of its Series C funding.
The round was co-led by Wellington Partners, Agate Medical Inv... |
| 31.10.2012 | HowDo Raises Seed Funding | HowDo, a next-to-move to Berlin, Germany-based startup that is developing a creative social platform for sharing real-world skills and knowledge, has raised a “significant” (but undisclosed) amount of seed funding.
The round was led by Well... |
| 30.10.2012 | Sensimed AG Raises 17 Million CHF in Series C Financing | |
| 20.09.2012 | Wellington Partners Holds First Close of Life Science Fund at €70M | Venture Capital firm Wellington Partners has held the first closing of new life science fund at €70m.
Backers include international investors from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Benelux, France, the UK, the US and the Middle East.
Main back... |
| 19.09.2012 | Wellington Partners announces first closing of new life science fund | The new life science fund of Wellington Partners has attracted commitments from investors of € 70 million. With a target size of € 120 million, this new fund is expected to be significantly larger than the previous Wellington Partners III L... |
| 13.06.2012 | Readmill Raises Series A Funding from Wellington Partners | Readmill, a Berlin, Germany-based social and shareable reading platform, has received an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from Wellington Partners.
Today, the company has also launched “Library” and “Send to Readmill”, two new cloud-b... |
| 16.05.2012 | As Earlybird Lands LinkedIn Co-Founder, Euro VCs Look To The Valley | Lately a trend has emerged: European VCs putting down more roots in Silicon Valley to take advantage of the current scene and act as a bridge for European companies trying to form local partnerships, and of course as a mechanism for M&A... |
| 22.03.2012 | Bonusbox Closes Seed Round |
BERLIN, GERMANY, Social Commerce provider Bonusbox has closed its initial round of funding under the lead of pan-European venture capital firm, Wellington Partners.
>> Click here for more funding data on Bonusbox
>> To expor... |
| 22.03.2012 | Bonusbox Closed Initial Funding | Bonusbox, a Berlin, Germany-based social commerce provider, has closed its initial round of funding.
The investment was led by Wellington Partners, with participation from Grey Corp and business angels from within the e-commerce and social ... |
| 04.08.2011 | EyeEm Receives Seed Funding | EyeEm, a Berlin, Germany-based smartphone camera and photo sharing application which launched today, has received an undisclosed amount of seed funding.
Investors include Passion Capital and Wellington Partners and Christophe Maire, who act... |
| 06.07.2011 | In a historic move, 21 European investors agree on standard term sheet for startups | Reviewing term sheets from investors can be time consuming and not a little confusing, especially for first time entrepreneurs who may have never seen one before. That puts them at a disadvantage against the investor. Across Europe, the pic... |
| 07.06.2011 | eWise Completes $14M Financing Round | eWise, a Denver CO-based global payments and online financial management solutions provider, has completed a $14m financing round.
The round was led by Wellington Partners, with participation from existing investors Balderton Capital, TTV C... |
| 01.02.2011 | Seesmic lands $4M more for listening to social enterprise customers | Seesmic, a client for reading status updates across Twitter, Facebook and other services, today announced it has secured a third round of funding of $4 million from popular customer relationship management service Salesforce.com, and a Soft... |
| 01.02.2011 | Seesmic lands $4M more for listening to social enterprise customers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Seesmic, a client for reading status updates across Twitter, Facebook and other services, today announced it has secured a third round ... |
| 09.12.2010 | European M&A News: XING Buys Amiando For Up To €10.3 Million | Germany-based business social networking site XING is acquiring also Germany-based online event management and ticketing services company Amiando, we’ve just learned.
XING is paying 5.1 million euros initially, and an additional payment of ... |
| 01.10.2010 | Glo Closes $25M Investment Round with Wellington Partners | Glo AB, a Lund, Sweden-based nanowire semiconductor LED developer, closed a SEK170m (approximately $25m) investment round with Wellington Partners.
Existing investors Provider Venture Partners, Hafslund Venture, Agder Energi Venture, Teknoi... |
| 23.09.2010 | #AngelGate in Europe? We should be so lucky | Here in Europe we’ve been fascinated by what has become known as AngelGate. But after talking all day to many contacts today across the tech scene in Europe, I’ve reluctantly come to the conclusion that I’m not about to blow the lid on anyt... |
| 28.09.2009 | Livebookings raises $12 million | Online restaurant reservation service seeing rapid growth in Europe
Livebookings, an online restaurant reservation service, announced on Monday it raised $16 million from Wellington Partners and previous investors. The company previously re... |
| 28.09.2009 | Europe's Livebookings Secures $16m From Wellington Partners | Livebookings, European-based restaurant reservation service, has secured $16 million in a new funding round from Germany/Pan-European VC firm Wellington Partners. Niklas Eklund, Livebookings’ CEO says Livebookings is “at a point” where it c... |
| 28.09.2009 | Livebookings secures $16m from Wellington Partners | Livebookings, European-based restaurant reservation service, has secured $16 million in a new funding round from Germany/Pan-European VC firm Wellington Partners. Niklas Eklund, Livebookings’ CEO says Livebookings is “at a point” where it c... |
| 03.08.2009 | Spotify to Close Up to $50M Round Before US Launch | Spotify CEO Daniel Ek has the Midas touch. In anticipation of the company’s US launch, the on-demand music streaming site is finalizing what is rumored to be a $50 million dollar round of investments. According to the Financial Times, if Sp... |
| 26.06.2009 | Video site Seesmic’s CEO: We built it, they didn’t come | In the past, Seesmic (sometimes known as “the Twitter of video“) had its share of detractors who wondered whether it could build a business around video conversations and comments. Now it looks like Seesmic founder Loic Le Meur has joined t... |
| 26.06.2009 | Video site Seesmic’s CEO: We built it, they didn’t come | 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!
In the past, Seesmic (sometimes known as “the Twi... |
| 14.04.2009 | Goom channels $16M for user-generated online radio | Online radio stations have been taking a hit lately, with record companies cracking down on streaming copyrighted material. But Goom Radio, a new internet radio startup, has decided to take its chances, relying largely on user-defined playl... |
| 02.04.2009 | Swoopo raises $10M more for “entertainment shopping” | Swoopo, an online auction site that claims to offer great deals and high entertainment value, has raised $10 million from August Capital.
The company is headquartered in Cupertino, Calif. and has a rather different approach to auctions. Ins... |
| 14.03.2009 | Live From Paris: TechCrunchTalk – What Next For France 2.0? | TechCrunch Europe recently hosted a Roundtable & Meetup in Paris. Despite issues getting a live video stream going, we recorded the event and have now been able to upload the videos. “TechCrunchTalk: What Next For France 2.0?” featured ... |
| 08.01.2009 | Data management software maker Q-layer sells out to Sun | Q-layer, a young provider of software to manage virtual data centers, has sold out to Sun Microsystems, collecting a healthy return for its investors Wellington Partners, Partech International and Big Bang Ventures. Last year was the first ... |
| 22.12.2008 | Investing In Thick and Thin | A few weeks ago at Le Web, I participated on a panel made up of VC investors. There was a really good discussion about what next year holds for venture investing.
The moderator Ouriel asked if we would be cutting back our investing in 2009 ... |
| 10.12.2008 | Soundcloud - Flickr For Musicians | Yesterday, on the VC panel at LeWeb, Ouriel asked all of us "how should an entrepreneur pitch you?"
I replied, "they should send me a link to their web service and if I like it, I’ll follow up and meet with them"
That ha... |
| 05.12.2008 | Cleantech: Recession-proof worldwide? | [Editor’s note: We’ve run several posts in recent weeks touching on cleantech’s teflon qualities in the face of the downturn. Below, Munich-based venture capitalist Bart Markus explains why he thinks it will stay afloat, and two landmines i... |
| 21.11.2008 | Adconion acquires KTV Digital to form video syndication branch | Ad network Adconion Media Group has bought production studio and video syndicator KTV Digital Media for an undisclosed amount to form its own video distribution branch, RedLever. The new entity will create branded videos for advertisers and... |
| 07.11.2008 | Cash panic sweeping VC industry: The capital calls problem | updated
Reports are growing that the financial crisis is hurting big investors that have traditionally sustained the venture capital industry. Large institutions, such as pension funds, financial institutions (including some of the banks th... |
| 25.09.2008 | New research says VCs love ad platforms – Europe accounts for nearly half of all investment | More than $580m was invested into online advertising companies in the first half of 2008, according to new research to be released today, obtained exclusively by TechCrunch UK. Europe accounted for $258m of this, or 45% of the total.
The re... |
| 16.07.2008 | Amiando makes event pages viral and modular | It might not seem like there’s much room for cool ideas when it comes to selling tickets, but the executives of a startup called Amiando disagree. They’re rolling out some smart new features that should make it easier to promote events.
Lik... |
| 03.07.2008 | Germany’s GameDuell raises round for skill-based games | German skill-games site GameDuell has raised $17 million in a second round of funding from Wellington Partners.
The Berlin-based company has more than 10 million registered members and claims to be the No. 1 game community in Germany. It pl... |
| 03.07.2008 | LinkedIn co-founder Eric Ly joins Wellington Partners | Eric Ly, a co-founder of professional networking site LinkedIn, has signed on to be a venture partner at Wellington Partners. Ly says he’ll be helping the London- and Munich-based firm with its plans to expand into the United States, and in... |
