Co-working space, workshops, lectures and more: AWS offers startups a free tech program from October 15th to November 13th! Amazon Web Services: technology on demand for customers of all sizes Ag...
https://venturevillage.eu/amazon-web-services-opens-pop-up-loft-in-berlin/
Berlin-based startup Ecosia announces new co-owner Tim Schumacher, known as founder and former manager of multiple Internet projects (such as Sedo, Affili.net and Eyeo/Adblock Plus). According to...
https://venturevillage.eu/green-search-engine-ecosia-announces-new-co-owner/
The story of the rise of the business economist from Düsseldorf Robert Gentz to becoming the boss of the e-commerce success Zalando starts on a beach in Guatemala. Gentz was vacationing there a...
https://venturevillage.eu/the-king-of-shoes-the-story-of-zalando-founder-robert-gentz/
100 cities in 100 days. That is how Berlin-based chauffeur portal Blacklane describes its rapid expansion spree that has led to its current presence in 130 cities across 45 countries. To reach th...
https://venturevillage.eu/ready-set-expand-blacklane-launches-in-the-uk/
Is this what the future of journalism looks like? Cute animal pictures, funning listicles, with a few quick news stories in between – oh, and some serious coverage. That’s the exact recipe th...
The Samwer brothers are planning a new startup in Germany according to our sister magazine Gründerszene – “Lendico”, a peer-to-peer platform for loans. Lendico will be led by Christoph Sa...
Greylock Partners, one of the oldest venture capital firms in the US, will be eyeing up marketplaces and the enterprise cloud with its new $1bn fund. It’s the firm’s 14th fund since 1965 and ...
Brazilian taxi booking app Easy Taxi has secured $15m funding from Latin America Internet Holding – Rocket Internet’s holding company in the region, which is now also partially owned by tele...
Berlin-headquartered online food ordering empire Delivery Hero is delivering a new $5m investment to its partner in India, TastyKhana. The news – with the size of the deal confirmed by TastyK...
German chauffeur and limousine booking service Blacklane has closed a funding round in the “several million euros” range from existing investors Carsten Maschmeyer, RI Digital Ventures, B-to-...