| Date | Title | Description |
| 30.07.2026 | Deutschland gründet wieder – jetzt muss der Erfolg zurückfließen | Seit Jahren sprechen wir über die Schwächen des deutschen Startup-Standorts: zu wenig Gründergeist, zu wenig Venture Capital, zu viel Bürokratie. Vieles davon ist richtig. Trotzdem reden wir den Standort häufig schlechter, als er tatsächlic... |
| 23.06.2026 | Swiss Founders Fund launches venture studio for AI-first companies |
At a time when AI is dramatically lowering the barriers to company creation, SFF Studio aims to combine entrepreneurial talent with collective intelligence, creating an environment where ambitious individuals can move from potential to exe... |
| 18.06.2026 | Mehr als Kapital: Wie Startups Investor:innen finden, nutzen und Krisen vermeiden | Wenn Gründer:innen zögern, ihren Investor mit schlechten Nachrichten anzurufen, ist die Beziehung meistens schon weit vorher gescheitert. Nicht in dem Moment, in dem etwas schiefläuft, sondern in den Monaten davor. Wenn Erwartungen nie saub... |
| 05.05.2026 | Disrupting ‘Boring’ Industries: How Deyan Dimitrov Turned Dirty Socks Into Profit | Bulgaria, UK ~
Company:
Laundry doesn’t usually make headlines. It doesn’t attract hype cycles, speculative capital, or founders chasing the next billion-dollar idea. And yet, globally, the laundry and dry-cleaning industry is worth hundred... |
| 20.02.2026 | Can Berlin become Europe’s most builder-friendly tech city in 24 months? | When I tell people I live in Berlin at startup events abroad, I often receive a bad reaction, especially from investors. Many people associate Berlin with its heyday of Rocket Internet and see it as a city full of techno sex clubs, drug add... |
| 06.01.2026 | +++ 468 Capital +++ Venture Capital-Krise +++ Fernride +++ Quantum Systems +++ KRUU +++ | Was gibt’s Neues? In unserem #StartupTicker liefern wir eine kompakte Übersicht über die wichtigsten Startup-Nachrichten des Tages (Dienstag, 6. Januar). #STARTUPLAND: SAVE THE DATE
The next unicorn? You’ll meet it at STARTUPLAND
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| 20.10.2025 | From Seed to sovereignty: HV Capital’s expanding mandate across Europe | There’s a lot you can learn from how venture firms evolve — not just in what they invest in, but in how they run themselves. Take HV Capital. Late last year the firm completed a full handover from its four founding partners to a new generat... |
| 21.07.2025 | Three‑Time Entrepreneur Anu Shah Trades Pitch Decks for Pop Filters with "The Talk Lane" Podcast | (1)
Big‑tech product leader and three‑time start‑up exit veteran Anu Shah—profiled by Forbes India for turning forty dollars into a multi‑continent career—launches The Talk Lane, a handcrafted pilot podcast blending boardroom strategy, civi... |
| 16.07.2025 | I Scaled Startups Across Continents. Now I Help People Discover Africa | CEE, Germany, Kenya, USA ~
Company:
If you told me a few years ago that I’d go from scaling venture-backed startups across continents to helping people book safaris in Africa, I might have raised an eyebrow, and then probably asked for the ... |
| 18.03.2025 | MarTech Interview with Umer Paracha, Head of Marketing at Topsort | Umer, you’ve had a fascinating career path that spans across ecommerce, retail, and D2C brands. Could you walk us through your professional journey so far, and what you’re most passionate about in your work?
My career has been an exciting j... |
| 14.02.2025 | Gründen unter Palmen: Wie deutsche Gründer:innen Thailand erleben | Gründen, wo andere Urlaub machen? Ist das ein Traum oder eher Irrsinn? Alexander Nicolai von Sirius Minds, einem An-Institut der Uni Oldenburg und Martin Wrobel von der TH Brandenburg, sind der Sache auf den Grund gegangen. Diese fünf Dinge... |
| 21.01.2025 | Bees & Bears: A Game Changer in Sustainable Energy Financing | In the heart of Berlin, a revolution is brewing. Bees & Bears, a climate fintech company, has secured a staggering €500 million in funding. This isn't just a financial milestone; it's a beacon of hope for sustainable energy in Germany. ... |
| 20.01.2025 | Climate fintech Bees & Bears locks in €500 million in financing commitments to fund home energy solutions | Berlin-based climate fintech company Bees & Bears has secured €500 million in financing commitments to support the installation of sustainable energy solutions in private homes across Germany.
This funding will enable nearly 25,000 phot... |
| 13.12.2024 | CarDekho SEA raised $60 M from Navis Capital Partners and Dragon Fund | Growth and private equity investors Navis Capital Partners (Navis) and Dragon Fund led the $60 million first external funding round for CarDekho SEA, the Southeast Asia business unit of digital automotive solutions provider CarDekho Group. ... |
| 03.12.2024 | Harvard Graduate Leverages AI for NASA to Better Understand Oceans | Company:
Oceans cover 71% of Earth and drive vital systems that impact life on land. How can we preserve their health? Increasingly, scientists are using AI to analyze vast ocean data, uncover new insights, and develop solutions.
The Recurs... |
| 20.11.2024 | As Amazon and Temu push into Africa, Jumia retreats to core markets | As global businesses pivot toward Africa, Jumia, the continent’s homegrown e-commerce leader, is carving its own niche. Dominating with over 24% of Africa’s e-commerce market, Jumia has solidified itself as a central figure in the region’s ... |
| 19.11.2024 | "We Got Funded!" UAE-Based Pemo Is Set to Further Transform the Regional Spend Management Sector Following a US$7 Million Pre-Series A Round "We provide a great solution with Pemo, as w... | Pemo, a UAE-headquartered spend management platform that caters specifically to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across the MENAP region, has raised US$7 million in a Pre-Series A funding round led by Augmentum Fintech, a UK-based fintec... |
| 31.10.2024 | So unterscheiden sich das deutsche und nordische Startup-Ökosystem | Als Venture Capitalist aus Dänemark habe ich in den letzten Jahren umfassende Einblicke in die Dynamik zwischen dem deutschen und dem nordischen Startup-Ökosystem bekommen. Beide Regionen bieten einzigartige Vorteile und stehen vor untersch... |
| 06.08.2024 | CVCs + Startups = Perfektes Match für langfristigen Erfolg | Für Startups in Deutschland bleibt 2024 ein herausforderndes Jahr. Trotz einer vorsichtigen Erholung im Venture-Capital-Markt steigt bei Vielen die Sorge vor Insolvenzen. Zusätzlich konsolidiert sich der Markt weiterhin, verglichen mit den ... |
| 26.04.2024 | Global Founders Capital will deploy Rocket Internet’s cash instead of raising a new fund | Global Founders Capital, the Berlin-based early stage VC firm with close ties to the German startup factory Rocket Internet, is going to become the venture arm of Rocket Internet.
The VC previously raised two $1 billion funds and, just a fe... |
| 01.12.2023 | Meet the founder: Nutrition gets personal for Bioniq’s Vadim Fedotov | From high-tech platforms analyzing blood, stools and DNA to create tailored nutritional recommendations, to lifestyle apps deploying psychology to help users manage their food consumption, dietary advice is getting increasingly personal.
Bu... |
| 08.06.2023 | Цифры стартап-студий. Бум, восторг и критика венчурных студий: "Здесь только что было полмиллиона долларов. Где они?"... | Стартапы, созданные в венчурных студиях, доходят до раунда А в 2 раза быстрее обычных. С 2018 по 2022 количество стартап-студий выросло в 3 раза – до 855 по данным Enhance Ventures. Питер Тиль, Марк Андриссен, Джефф Безос и Ричард Брэнсон д... |
| 08.03.2023 | I’ve been around some of the best venture builders. Here’s what makes them great | Community Content
Community content is our chance to pass the pen to you - members of Asia’s tech community. From CEOs to analysts, we publish a broad range of views.
Ken Leaver · 30 Mar 2023 · 6 min readI’ve been around some of the best ve... |
| 27.07.2022 | Clevergy cierra con Rocket Internet una ronda pre-seed de €500.000 | 27/07/2022
CLEVERGY CIERRA CON ROCKET INTERNET UNA RONDA PRE-SEED DE €500.000.
Clevergy ha cerrado una ronda pre-seed de €500.000 con Rocket Internet para llevar su tecnología un paso más allá y expandirse por el mercado español. Entre su... |
| 04.04.2022 | Uprising at Molten Ventures: Edel Coen to Principal, Christoph Hornung to Partner, and Nelly Markova joins as Principal | London’s Molten Ventures has announced a spree of internal promotions and the addition of a new Principal.
Serving formerly as investor and top of the charts when it comes to dealflow, Molten Venture’s Edel Coen has been promoted to the par... |
| 04.02.2022 | This Week in European Tech: new unicorns in Vienna, Oslo and Dublin, MariaDB and GP Bullhound go SPAC, interesting acquisitions by Meta, Glovo, Canva and Withings, and more | Happy Friday!
This week, the Tech.eu research team tracked more than 120 tech funding deals worth over €2 billion, and over 35 exits, M&A transactions, and rumours, and related news stories across Europe, including Russia and Turkey.
As... |
| 03.11.2021 | Who rules the world: major startup studios of the world | Who rules the world: major startup studios of the world |
| 03.11.2021 | Who rules the world: главные стартап-студии мира | Who rules the world: главные стартап-студии мира |
| 03.11.2021 | Who rules the world: главные стартап-студии мира | Who rules the world: главные стартап-студии мира |
| 13.10.2021 | Разбор: как строится работа в стартап-студии | Разбор: как строится работа в стартап-студии |
| 13.10.2021 | Analysis: how work is built in a startup studio | Analysis: how work is built in a startup studio |
| 07.10.2021 | С чего начинаются стартап-студии: истории, принципы и мотивация их основателей | С чего начинаются стартап-студии: истории, принципы и мотивация их основателей |
| 07.10.2021 | Getting Started with Startup Studios: Founders’ Stories, Principles and Motivation | Getting Started with Startup Studios: Founders’ Stories, Principles and Motivation |
| 29.09.2021 | Myths about startup studios | Myths about startup studios |
| 29.09.2021 | Мифы о работе стартап-студий | Мифы о работе стартап-студий |
| 11.08.2021 | Почему будущее за стартап-студиями | Почему будущее за стартап-студиями |
| 11.08.2021 | Why startup studios are the future | Why startup studios are the future |
| 20.07.2021 | Tiko cierra una ronda Serie A de $65 millones, acuden btov, Rocket Internet y Cabiedes | 20/07/2021
Nota de prensa
TIKO CIERRA UNA RONDA DE FINANCIACIÓN DE $65 MILLONES EN SU SERIE A.
Tiko, la innovadora plataforma tecnológica para la compraventa de viviendas que permite a cualquier propietario vender su casa en pocos días, ... |
| 24.06.2021 | Стартап-студии: как работают фабрики по производству «единорогов»? | Стартап-студии: как работают фабрики по производству «единорогов»? |
| 24.06.2021 | Startup studios: how do the "unicorn" factories work | Startup studios: how do the "unicorn" factories work |
| 14.04.2021 | Berlin’s connected home shopping platform tink raises €40 million in Series D round | Berlin-based smarthome/IoT comparison and shopping platform tink has raised €40 million in a Series D round.
The funding round was led by Cadence Growth Capital, Rocket Internet, and ProSieben’s SevenVentures.
“As an international and custo... |
| 19.02.2021 | The Future Startup Dossier: Daraz Bangladesh | “There is nothing you can not find on Daraz”.
That was how I came to know about Daraz from one of my friends back in 2018 and he was right. From socks to electronics, anything you want to buy, you’ll find on Daraz.
Daraz, an Alibaba Group... |
| 30.12.2020 | Rocket Internet surges after Elliot Management takes 15% stake, complicating its plans to go private | FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Paul Singer, founder and president of Elliott Management Corp Reuters
Rocket Internet surged on Tuesday after it was revealed that activist investor Elliott Management, led by Paul Singer, took a 15.1% stake in the G... |
| 30.12.2020 | Rocket Internet surges after Elliot Management takes 15% stake, complicating its plans to go private | Rocket Internet surged on Tuesday after it was revealed that activist investor Elliott Management, led by Paul Singer, took a 15.1% stake in the German-based tech startup incubator.
The recent position by Elliott could complicate Rocket Int... |
| 29.10.2020 | Стартап-экосистема Берлина
Цифры и факты
Истории успеха
Что привлекает в Берлине?
Что сдерживает развитие?
Венчурные фонды Берлина
Пространства
Университеты
Чего ждать в дальнейшем?... | Стартап-экосистема Берлина |
| 29.10.2020 | The startup ecosystem of Berlin
Numbers and facts
Success stories
What makes Berlin attractive?
What’s holding back development?
Berlin venture funds
Spaces
Universities
What’s next? | The startup ecosystem of Berlin |
| 17.10.2020 | TOP 10 FoodTech Startups of Europe | Founders: Greg Orlowski and William Shu |
| 22.09.2020 | ROCKET INTERNET SE
Rocket Internet : Invitation to the Extraordinary General Meeting 2020 | Convenience Translation. The German language version shall prevail in the event of any
dispute or ambiguity.
Rocket Internet SE
Berlin
Securities Identification Number (WKN): A12UKK
ISIN: DE000A12UKK6
Invitation to the Extraordinary General... |
| 02.09.2020 | Немецкая «фабрика стартапов» Rocket Internet заявила об уходе с биржи: за 6 лет её рыночная стоимость сократилась втрое Статьи редакции... | Компания стала известна благодаря копированию успешных бизнес-моделей.
Немецкий венчурный фонд Rocket Internet сообщил о делистинге своих акций на Франкфуртской фондовой бирже после шести лет размещения.
Правление и наблюдательный совет ком... |
| 01.09.2020 | Rocket Internet to delist from stock market and focus on long-term strategy | Rocket Internet, the Berlin-based startup factory that held an IPO back in 2014, is delisting its shares from the Frankfurt and Luxembourg Stock Exchanges. As rationale for the delisting, a press release says private capital, specifically g... |
| 16.07.2020 | Payflow cierra una ronda de €1,6M, acuden Rocket Internet, Lanai Partners, Itnig, Abac Nest, Michael Benabou y Clement Benoit, entre otros | 16/07/2020
PAYFLOW CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €1,6 MILLONES, ACUDEN ROCKET INTERNET, LANAI PARTNERS, ITNIG, ABAC NEST, MICHAEL BENABOU Y CLEMENT BENOIT, ENTRE OTROS.
Payflow ha cerrado una ronda de €1,6 millones a la que han acudido Rocket Inter... |
| 13.05.2020 | Jay-Z, Serena Williams-backed Kopi Kenangan scores $109m in Sequoia-led Series B round | Indonesian ‘new retail’ coffee chain Kopi Kenangan has raised $109 million in a Series B round led by Sequoia Capital India. Local existing investor Alpha JWC Ventures also participated in the round, alongside new backers including Singapor... |
| 29.04.2020 | How Sweden’s Amazon is disrupting online food in the Nordics | Editor’s Note: Johan Jorgensen is founder of Sweden FoodTech, a foodtech acceleration platform, and chairman of FundedByMe, one of Europe’s leading equity crowdfunding platforms. A key organizer of the Smaka Future Food Festival in Stockhol... |
| 20.04.2020 | Was Rocket Internet bzw. Flash Ventures gerade so ausbrütet | +++ Mit Flash Ventures baut Rocket Internet derzeit – wie bereits berichtet – einen Pre-Seed Ableger auf. Zum Hintergrund: Seit einigen Monaten brütet Rocket Internet wieder verstärkt neue Startups aus. Seit 2018 waren es nach Unternehmensa... |
| 07.04.2020 | Rocket Internet has sold its stake in ecommerce company Jumia | German venture builder Rocket Internet has sold its stake in African ecommerce company Jumia. This, according to a report last week by Reuters.
Quoting Bettina Curtze, Rocket Internet’s head of finance and investments, Reuters said the inve... |
| 07.04.2020 | New Marketplace of Ideas for Your City – CitizenLab | CitizenLab is a platform enabling citizens and local authorities to co-create their city. Over 100 cities in Belgium, France, Denmark, and other countries have already implemented the CitizenLab software. The company has closed the Series A... |
| 07.04.2020 | Rocket Internet has sold its stake in ecommerce company Jumia | German venture builder Rocket Internet has sold its stake in African ecommerce company Jumia. This, according to a report last week by Reuters.
Quoting Bettina Curtze, Rocket Internet’s head of finance and investments, Reuters said the inv... |
| 06.01.2020 | These 10 promising VCs in Europe aim to transform tech ecosystem in 2020 | For early-stage startups, it is important to secure funding and support from venture capital investors. This can be a make-or-break point for the startups that are in the nascent stages. This makes it important to find the right VCs to back... |
| 10.05.2019 | Mobility Startups -- And Uber -- Are Driving Investors Into Emerging Markets | Careem, as seen in a taxi in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, last October, has proven the largest... [+] acquisition in ride-hailing to date. (Credit: Bloomberg Finance LP) © 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP |
| 01.04.2019 | Jumia story about to become a whole lot more successful [Opinion] | Later this year, the African startup world will hit a massive milestone.
The largest ecommerce business in Africa, which last month filed for an IPO (see this story), is due to be listed on the New York Stock exchange (NYSE) just seven year... |
| 01.04.2019 | Jumia story about to become a whole lot more successful [Opinion] | Later this year, the African startup world will hit a massive milestone.
The largest ecommerce business in Africa, which last month filed for an IPO (see this story), is due to be listed on the New York Stock exchange (NYSE) just seven yea... |
| 15.03.2019 | Passbase is building a full-stack identity engine with privacy baked in | Digital identity startup Passbase has bagged $600,000 in pre-seed funding led by a group of business angel investors from Alphabet, Stanford, Kleiner Perkins and EY, as well as seed fund investment from Chicago-based Upheaval Investments an... |
| 12.03.2019 | African e-commerce startup Jumia files for IPO on NYSE | Pan-African e-commerce company Jumia filed for an IPO on the New York Stock Exchange today, per SEC documents and confirmation from CEO Sacha Poignonnec to TechCrunch.
The valuation, share price and timeline for public stock sales will be d... |
| 02.01.2019 | What African startups should keep an eye out for in 2019 | The new year is upon us and it’s time to get that diary marked up. Last year was quite packed with happenings. What then can we expect in 2019?
Here then is a short list of what funds and initiatives are expected to launch in Africa in 201... |
| 02.01.2019 | What African startups should keep an eye out for in 2019 | The new year is upon us and it’s time to get that diary marked up. Last year was quite packed with happenings. What then can we expect in 2019?
Here then is a short list of what funds and initiatives are expected to launch in Africa in 2019... |
| 01.10.2018 | Jumia, Rocket Internet still mum on whether African tech giant will list in US | Lagos-based ecommerce giant Jumia and one of its main investors Rocket Internet remain mum on whether the tech firm intends to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in New York next year.
This, after a Reuters report two weeks ago which c... |
| 01.10.2018 | Jumia, Rocket Internet still mum on whether African tech giant will list in US | Lagos-based ecommerce giant Jumia and one of its main investors Rocket Internet remain mum on whether the tech firm intends to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in New York next year.
This, after a Reuters report two weeks ago which ... |
| 20.09.2018 | Rocket Internet reports H1’2018 results, plans to buy back €150 million worth of shares | German venture builder Rocket Internet has announced its financial results for the first half of 2018, showing a consolidated profit of €297 million across its properties. The company reported to have accumulated €2.1 billion in the bank as... |
| 12.07.2018 | Rocket Internet offers to buy back €289 million worth of its convertible bonds | Germany-based venture builder Rocket Internet has invited holders of its convertible bonds issued in July 2015 to make offers to sell them back to the company for cash. The outstanding aggregate amount of the bonds is €289 million. Rocket I... |
| 30.05.2018 | Finanțare pentru startup-uri: Investiții de 2,6 miliarde de euro în fintech și inteligența artificială | Platforma nemțească de investiții în startup-uri Rocket Internet a anunțat că are de 2,6 miliarde de euro de investit în domenii precum inteligența artificială (AI) și fintech.
"Căutăm oportunități în sectorul tehnic. Nu există o perio... |
| 28.11.2017 | Tiko cierra una ronda de €35 millones, acuden Rocket Internet y Cabiedes | 28/11/2017
TIKO CIERRA UNA RONDA DE €35 MILLONES, ACUDEN ROCKET INTERNET Y CABIEDES.
La startup Tiko ha cerrado una ronda de €35 millones a la que han acudido inversores como Rocket Internet y Cabiedes & Partners. La compañía planea c... |
| 21.11.2017 | Camping&Co, participado por Rocket Internet, anuncia la adquisición de Vayacamping | 21/11/2017
CAMPING&CO, PARTICIPADO POR ROCKET INTERNET, ANUNCIA LA ADQUISICIÓN DE VAYACAMPING.
El grupo Camping&Co, participado por la plataforma alemana de crowdfunding Rocket Internet, ha anunciado la adquisición de Vayacamping ... |
| 28.09.2017 | Rocket Internet revenues hit €1.24 billion, sells shares in Delivery Hero | Revenues at startup factory Rocket Internet grew in the first six months of 2017 with losses narrowing at a number of its companies, according a revenue report released today.
Rocket Internet’s revenues for the first half of 2017 grew 29% t... |
| 30.08.2017 | Former Rocket Internet man tells how he cloned firms, from Cape Town to Bangkok | Cape Town born Tauriq Brown always wanted to be an international businessman. He may claim to be an entrepreneur. But the 28-year-old former Rocket Internet employee is just one of the hundreds employed by massive venture-builder companies ... |
| 30.08.2017 | Former Rocket Internet man tells how he cloned firms, from Cape Town to Bangkok | Cape Town born Tauriq Brown always wanted to be an international businessman. He may claim to be an entrepreneur. But the 28-year-old former Rocket Internet employee is just one of the hundreds employed by massive venture-builder companies ... |
| 13.07.2017 | Funding Circle Germany Takes a Fresh Start | Germany is a huge SME and VSME (very small business) credit market. But it is not as mature a market for online marketplace lending as the UK, the US, or even the Netherlands. This partly explains why Funding Circle Germany’s early loan boo... |
| 12.06.2017 | Konga investor, Kinnevik now has €217m it can invest in “young startups” | Share this article:
On June 8, 2017, news broke of Swedish investment company, Kinnevik’s successful sale of its remaining 6.6% stake in Rocket Internet. The sale was worth €217 million. Kinnevik had earlier sold the first half of its initi... |
| 26.04.2017 | TechCabal daily: Which way Rocket? | Hey there! Here’s everything interesting in African technology today. Not subscribed? Click here to get this goodness in your mailbox every day at 7am (GMT + 1).
It’s Wednesday. Can you tell how excited I am? 😀
1. Which way Rocket? – Rocket... |
| 20.02.2017 | 4 Business Model Innovation Strategies in Ag & Food |
In the search for new growth opportunities, large and small companies across industries have changed their business models. These companies realize that to be competitive, they must move beyond incremental product innovation into more rad... |
| 20.01.2017 | Rocket Internet closes $1bn start-up fund | UK internet start-ups are set to benefit from another $1bn fund closed by German company Rocket Internet.
The Rocket Internet Capital Partners (RICP) fund will focus on investing in early and growth stage start-ups across software, e-commer... |
| 19.01.2017 | Rocket Internet Capital Partners Closes Fund, at USD$1.0 Billion | Rocket Internet Capital Partners, Rocket Internet (ISIN DE000A12UKK6, RKET)’s early stage and growth capital fund focused on the Internet sector, has closed its investment vehicle, at USD$1.0 Billion.
The Rocket Internet Capital Partners fu... |
| 19.01.2017 | Rocket Internet raises $1b new fund for global internet startups | Premium
Rocket Internet Capital Partners (RICP), the venture investment arm of German internet major Rocket Internet SE, on Wednesday said it had closed its latest $1 billion fund, dedicated to early stage and growth equity investments in t... |
| 19.01.2017 | Term Sheet — Thursday, January 19 | PE DATA, PE SCAMS, PE HEARINGS, PE STRATEGY…AND JETER
PE DATA: This morning PitchBook released its report on 2016 private equity activity. It’s not great. Deal volume is down. Deal multiples are up. Equity contributions are up. Exit values ... |
| 12.01.2017 | SMB lending platform Funding Circle raises $100 million from Accel and several investors | Lending platform Funding Circle has raised $100 million (£82 million) in a fresh funding round led by Accel along with several other investors.
Investors in the round include Baillie Gifford, DST Global, Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital, Rock... |
| 23.11.2016 | Why ₦50m revenue is a big deal for Nigerian Entrepreneurs | Share this article:
A few weeks back Oo told me that Nigerian startup founders (including myself) lacked ambition. That they think once they get to ₦50m/year in revenue we have ‘made it’ so then relax. That in SF, people think about world d... |
| 07.09.2016 | Top 31 entrepreneurs under 40 making waves in South Africa [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 07.09.2016 | Top 31 entrepreneurs under 40 making waves in South Africa [Digital All Stars] | Digital All Stars is a series of articles which aims to celebrate the best of South African digital. The articles, which will appear on Memeburn and Ventureburn, recognise and celebrate South Africa’s best digital entrepreneurs, business pe... |
| 24.08.2016 | Why Nigerians will spend over ₦327 billion shopping online outside Nigeria in 2016 | Share this article:
“Early evidence suggests that Nigerians are well on their way to becoming some of the biggest online shoppers in Africa.” This was the prediction in September 2012.
Four years on, with the introduction of online stores, ... |
| 12.08.2016 | How to use Konga and Jumia to jump-start your own eCommerce store | Share this article:
The recent layoffs within the industry, the Jumia consolidation, and the not so heart-warming 2016 quarterly reports of the Africa Internet Group (parent company of Jumia) and Kinnevik have made a few people predict doom... |
| 05.08.2016 | When HelloFresh was young: the early years | Like Delivery Hero, HelloFresh launched out of Rocket Internet's startup incubator in Berlin
As our readers know, Vator has started a series called When they were young.
It's a look back at the modest days of startups, what traction they ha... |
| 29.07.2016 | Of funding sprees, low ROIs and massive layoffs: The future of eCommerce in Nigeria | Share this article:
I’m not going to bother myself with big grammar; eCommerce is simply talking about business done over the internet. And I am shocked to report that as at 2013, over 60 million Nigerians were on the internet. These were p... |
| 27.06.2016 | So Jumia wants to completely take over? | Share this article:
As has been rife all over the tech scene lately, AIG (Africa Internet Group) the African subsidiary of the German cloning giant Rocket Internet, will be rebranding all of her ventures into Jumia. Huge move isn’t it? It i... |
| 27.06.2016 | German accounting software startup Smacc raises €3.5 million in Series A round | Cloud accounting software startup Smacc has raised €3.5 million in Series A funding from Cherry Ventures, Rocket Internet, Dieter von Holtzbrinck Ventures, Grazia Equity, and a number of angel investors.
The Potsdam-based company uses AI to... |
| 16.06.2016 | Catering marketplace CaterWings raises €6 million to boost European expansion | Exclusive: London-by-way-of Berlin startup CaterWings, an online marketplace for catering services and part of Rocket Internet, has raised €6 million from Holtzbrinck Ventures, Tengelmann Ventures, and Rocket Internet.
It launched in Amster... |
| 16.06.2016 | CaterWings raises $6.7 million to expand catering services in Europe | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
London-by-way-of Berlin startup CaterWings, an online marketplace for catering services and part of Rocket Internet, has raised €6 mill... |
| 16.06.2016 | Jumia is swallowing all the startups under Africa Internet Group | Africa Internet Group (AIG), a subsidiary of Rocket Internet, is renaming its companies in the African market to become part of one huge Jumia brand.
This means all startups under AIG are undergoing some form of rebranding or the other. Bas... |
| 03.05.2016 | Rocket Internet, Stefan Krause and Pierre Louette to Join Supervisory Board | The Supervisory Board of Berlin-based Rocket Internet (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: ISIN DE000A12UKK6, RKET) has proposed Stefan Krause and Pierre Louette as new members at the annual general meeting on June 9, 2016.
Stefan Krause is the forme... |
| 27.04.2016 | Rocket Internet’s GFG gets $340M+ at $1.1B valuation, down from $3.5B a year ago | Berlin-based e-commerce incubator Rocket Internet continues to bring in money for its various startups, but things are definitely not looking great for all of its companies. On the heels of Alibaba investing in its Amazon clone Lazada, toda... |
| 29.02.2016 | Finternet brings legacy media companies into the 21st century | Mikael da Costa has tasked himself and his company Finternet Group with something that not a great deal of companies nowadays would even consider. They are offering legacy media companies the chance to hop onboard the digital express out of... |
| 29.02.2016 | Food Tech Connect “Food Tech Media Funding & Acquisition Trends Report” | This annual report, by consulting firm Rosenheim Advisors, looks at the financing and acquisition trends in the Food Tech & Media ecosystem, which encompasses digital content, social, local, mobile, grocery, e-commerce, delivery, orderi... |
