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Im Jahr 2010 gingen Malte Huffmann und Philipp Povel von Berlin nach Brasilien, um dort im Auftrag von Rocket Internet einen Zalando-Klon hochzuziehen. Wie steinig der Weg vom Nobody in der Fremde zum Marktführer war, was sie mit Oliver Samwer erlebt haben und wofür sie ihm dankbar sind – und wie sie mit ihrem neuen Berliner Startup Mondu nun das Buy-Now-pay-Later-Prinzip in den B2B-Sektor bringen, darum geht es in dieser anekdotenreichen Ausgabe des OMR Podcast.

Combien de personnes dans le monde ont réussi à lancer 4 entreprises en moins de 20 ans, et dépassé les 20 millions d'euros de levées de fonds pour chacune ? Clément Benoit est de cette élite. À l'âge de 21 ans, il lance Resto-in, précurseur de la livraison de repas à domicile en France. En 2015, tandis que le secteur explose avec la démocratisation de Deliveroo et Uber Eats, La Poste rachète la startup pour 50 millions d'euros. Clément ne s'est pas arrêté en si bon chemin pour les idées visionnaires. 1- Utiliser l'analyse de données pour révolutionner la logistique de la livraison instantanée avec Stuart. 2-Embarquer les coachs superstars de New York dans l'aventure Fithouse et louer des espaces vides à bas coût. Résultat, l'app cartonne avec 5 000 places vendues en 1h. Oliver Samwer de Rocket Internet tente d'acheter la startup après 3 semaines d'existence. 3-Importer le concept des Dark Kitchen en Europe avec Not so Dark qui deviendra ensuite Clone, le plus grand restaurant au monde, mais qui ne possède pourtant aucune cuisine. Un pivot audacieux et un redémarrage à zéro : en 8 mois, il regagne le CA mensuel de Not So Dark et réalise une levée de fonds de 80 millions d'euros en 2022. Il est l'un des rares français à avoir cumulé à ce jour plus de 100 millions d'euros en levées de fonds. Une masterclass pour les hyperactifs ! Au menu de cette conversation particulièrement riche : Les guerres de business dans la food delivery, face à Deliveroo et Uber Eats Le rapport de force entre startups et grands groupes investisseurs L'argent, un moteur secondaire dans l'aventure entrepreneuriale Pourquoi Stuart est la seule société de livraison acquittée de salariat dissimulé sur le banc des accusés Comment refuser une offre qui ne se refuse pas… à Oliver Samwer ! Les secrets logistiques des cuisines Not So Dark Clone, réussir son pivot avec virtuosité TIMELINE : 00:00:00 - Inventer les prémices de la food delivery avec Resto-in 00:35:30 - “L'argent n'est pas ma motivation” 00:47:00 - L'aventure Stuart et les relations avec La Poste 01:14:47 - Garde à vue et procès pour travail dissimulé 01:34:35 - La réussite fulgurante de Fithouse à New York 02:02:48 - Not so Dark et Clone, les derniers bébés de Clément 03:12:26 - Clément lit DON'T DIE de Bryan Johnson 03:14:20 - Qu'est-ce que Clément va faire de son argent ? Avec Clément nous avons cité d'anciens épisodes de GDIY : [REDIFFUSION] - Thibaud Elzière – eFounders #338 - Gad Elmaleh - On est tous le blond de quelqu'un #127 - Paul Lê - La Belle Vie #136 - Maxime Legardez - Everoad (mentions de Oliver Samwer) #352 - Juliette Lévy - Oh My Cream! #373 - Benjamin Cardoso - The Polar Plunge Avec Clément, nous avons parlé de : Ses entreprises Resto-in, racheté par La Poste Stuart, racheté par La Poste Clone, Not So Dark (avec son associé Alex) Fithouse Son associé Alexandre Haggai Oliver Samwer de Rocket Internet Clément vous recommande de lire : DON'T DIE de Bryan Johnson Vous pouvez contacter Clément sur Linkedin et le suivre sur Instagram. La musique du générique vous plaît ? C'est à Morgan Prudhomme que je la dois ! Contactez-le sur : https://studio-module.com. Vous souhaitez sponsoriser Génération Do It Yourself ou nous proposer un partenariat ? Contactez mon label Orso Media via ce formulaire. Un merci tout particulier à Thibaud Elzière et Gad Elmaleh.

Aujourd'hui je suis reçu par Ismael Belkhayat, CEO et co-fondateur avec Sophia Alj - son épouse - de Chari. Pour vous donner un aperçu de l'importance que Chari est en train de prendre au Maroc, la société a représenté en 2021 la moitié des fonds publics et privés souscrits par l'ensemble de la tech marocaine. Vous avez bien entendu, 50%. Pour le dire autrement, Chari est LA société de la tech marocaine qu'il va falloir suivre ces prochaines années.   Chari s'est donnée pour mission initiale de faciliter l'épanouissement des 45 000 épiciers marocains héritiers d'une histoire multiséculaire et de les faire entrer dans le digital. Défi gigantesque. Ismael le dit lui-même : « beaucoup d'entre eux ne savent pas lire, mais ils ont tous un ERP dans la tête, ils calculent plus vite que ma calculette ! » L'histoire de Chari débute en 2020. Ismael prend conscience qu'à certains moments de la journée, son copain épicier n'arrive pas à s'occuper de son réapprovisionnement tout en servant ses clients. Il faut désynchroniser ces tâches, mais surtout rendre les achats et les livraisons de ces épiciers bien moins chronophages. L'idée d'un numéro de livraison naît en même temps que la société. L'engouement est instantané. Orange Ventures finance les premiers 150K€ de besoin en fonds de roulement. Puis ce sera Station F en France, Y Combinator aux US, la fondation Bill et Melinda Gates, l'université Mohammed VI et j'en passe : tous voudront aider ou financer Chari. Chari s'étend désormais dans de nouveaux territoires africains en même temps qu'elle étend son offre aux paiements et à d'autres services encore. Chari veut devenir une super app utilisée partout en Afrique. Partie de zéro, la société réalise en ce moment 10MUSD par mois et affiche une croissance qu'Ismaël ne nous a pas dévoilée. Peu importe. Chari montre le chemin de cette tech africaine spécifiquement marocaine qui devrait tous nous inspirer, où que nous vivions. Episode exceptionnel que je réalise aujourd'hui avec Siham Sentissi. Siham dirige la filiale marocaine de BlueBirds que j'ai créée. Pour suivre Ismael sur LinkedInPour suivre Sophia Alj sur LinkedIn Sont cités dans cet épisode : 

Welcome to our last episode in 2023!

In der Rubrik “Investments & Exits” begrüßen wir heute Philipp Werner, Partner bei Project A.  Philipp bespricht die Finanzierungsrunden von Metycle und Pivot:Metycle, die digitale Plattform für den internationalen Handel mit Sekundärmetallen, hat erfolgreich eine Finanzierungsrunde in Höhe von 5 Millionen US-Dollar (4,7 Millionen Euro) abgeschlossen. Die Seed-Finanzierung wurde von Project A angeführt, mit Beteiligung von Partech, bestehenden Investoren Market One Capital und Dutch Founders Fund (DFF) sowie renommierten Branchenengeln wie Anne-Marie Großmann (GMH Group), Gisbert Rühl (ehemaliger CEO von Klöckner & Co.), Christoph Cordes (Flink) und Philipp Andernach (Antunnacum). Metycle gegründet von Rafael Suchan und Sebastian Brenner, betreibt einen digitalen Marktplatz, der den gesamten Handelsprozess von Sekundärmetallen abwickelt und sich für eine nachhaltige, kohlenstoffneutrale Welt einsetzt. Die Mittel sollen den Markteintritt beschleunigen, die Expansion in neue Regionen vorantreiben und technologische Verbesserungen, insbesondere im Bereich KI-gestützte Qualitätskontrolle, vorantreiben.Pivot, ein Pariser Unternehmen, das eine Beschaffungssoftware für Endverbraucher anbietet, hat in einer aktuellen Finanzierungsrunde 20 Millionen Euro eingeworben. Die Investition, geleitet von langjährigen Geldgebern wie Visionaries, Emblem, Anamcara und Oliver Samwer, Mitbegründer von Rocket Internet, wird dazu genutzt, das Wachstum des Unternehmens voranzutreiben und sein Procure-to-Pay-Tool in mehreren europäischen Ländern einzuführen. Das Unternehmen wurde 2023 von ehemaligen Führungskräften von Qonto und Swile gegründet und strebt an, den Beschaffungsmarkt zu revolutionieren. 

Auf der Hauptversammlung von Rocket Internet kommt es zu hitzigen Wortgefechten. Es geht um die Art, wie Oliver Samwer das Unternehmen führt – und einen Privatjet, den Rocket Internet angeschafft hat. Rocket fährt die Startup-Investments runter, reduziert die Teams auf ein Minimum, investiert aber gleichzeitig in einen Jet? Für viele passt das nicht zusammen. Wie geht es weiter mit Rocket? Und was machen die Samwer-Brüder in Zukunft? Antworten gibt es nicht von Oliver Samwer. Dafür sprechen andere.

Die Corona-Pandemie lässt weltweit die Börsenkurse einbrechen – und Oliver Samwer wittert seine Chance. Mit einem ebenso genialen wie umstrittenen Manöver will er Rocket Internet zum Schnäppchenpreis aus dem organisierten Börsenhandel nehmen. Viele Fonds werden damit zum praktisch ungünstigsten Zeitpunkt quasi zum Ausstieg gezwungen. Oliver Samwer ist beinahe am Ziel. Doch dann taucht ein neuer Gegenspieler auf – und zwingt Samwer zu einem teuren Kurswechsel.

Obwohl Rocket Internet durch den Börsengang gerade erst hunderte Millionen eingesammelt hat, startet Oliver Samwer nach wenigen Monaten eine Kapitalerhöhung. Rocket braucht das Geld für einen Großangriff im Food-Bereich. Rocket Internet steigt im großen Stil bei Delivery Hero ein, baut Foodpanda aus und will Hellofresh an die Börse bringen. Das Problem ist nur: Die Fress-Attacke gefällt längst nicht allen.

Es dürfte nur wenige vergleichbare Unternehmer-Geschichten wie seine in Deutschland geben: Ralf Wenzel baut während der frühen Rocket-Internet-Zeit Jamba mit auf, gründet später Foodpanda und fusioniert mit Delivery Hero, saniert für Softbank anschließend Wework, baut heute mit Jokr am Quick-Commerce-Marktführer Südamerikas. 2,5 bis 3 Milliarden Euro Funding hat er für seine Unternehmen eingesammelt – schätzt er. Im OMR Podcast blickt Wenzel auf seine bisherige Karriere zurück, erzählt kuriose Anekdoten und erklärt, was sein unternehmerischer Erfolg mit seiner Zeit in der DDR und Kuba zu tun haben.

Wir melden uns mit einem kleinen Update aus der Sommerpause. Bevor es am 14. August mit "OMR Rabbit Hole: Die Samwer-Story" weitergeht, haben wir noch ein paar Anekdoten und Insights aus unseren Gesprächen mit Alando-Mitgründer Jörg Rheinboldt und Online-Marketing-Experte Philipp Klöckner für Euch. Es geht unter anderem um die Frage: Was passiert, wenn man zehn Oliver-Samwer-Hasser mit Oliver Samwer in einen Raum sperrt?

2011 nimmt Rocket Internet es mit Airbnb auf – und muss sich gleichzeitig mit einer Art Rebellion im eigenen Haus auseinandersetzen. Eine Gruppe der wichtigsten Mitarbeitenden reicht zeitgleich die Kündigung ein, um einen Rocket-Konkurrenten aufzubauen. Es ist ein Tiefschlag für Oliver Samwer – denn unter den Abtrünnigen sind langjährige Wegbegleiter wie Florian Heinemann. Während Rocket die Führungsstrukturen komplett neu aufbauen muss, taucht plötzlich eine E-Mail auf, die Rocket-Mann Oliver Samwer in Bedrängnis bringt.

Die nächste Runde der Copycats hat begonnen. In den USA sorgt die Rabatt-Gutschein-Plattform Groupon für Aufsehen – und wird deshalb schnell in Deutschland kopiert. Die Samwer-Brüder greifen mit Citydeal an, verkaufen die Firma anschließend an das Original und wechseln die Seiten. Von Berlin aus bauen Marc und Oliver Samwer für Groupon das internationale Geschäft auf. Rasant werden die Umsätze nach oben getrieben. Doch nach dem Börsengang 2011 fällt die Firma wie ein Soufflé zusammen – die Samwer-Brüder sind da schon weitergezogen. Denn sie haben ein neues Ziel.

Elon Musk will mit Mark Zuckerberg kämpfen. Das U-Boot Titan ist implodiert. Sollte Spotify KI Musik produzieren? Wie finden wir die Payback Start-up Idee von dem YouTuber Dave? Wie schätzen wir die zukünftigen Entwicklungen der schrumpfenden Mittelschicht ein? Ist Deutschland noch wettbewerbsfähig? Warum ist die Wohneigentumsquote in Deutschland so gering? Kauft Amazon Ocado? Tiger Global hat wieder Geld eingesammelt und Oliver Samwer hat sich Dividende ausgezahlt. Hat Tonies ein Inventarproblem? Philipp Glöckler (https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippgloeckler/) und Philipp Klöckner (https://twitter.com/pip_net) sprechen heute über: (00:00:00) Titanic (00:14:45) Taubenverein (00:22:30) KI Musik (00:28:20) Payback Influencer Idee (00:39:00) Wohlstand (00:52:00) Wettbewerbsfähigkeit (00:59:30) Wohneigentumsquote (01:10:00) Mistral Pitch Memo (01:18:00) Salesforce AI Start-up (01:20:40) Antitrust Corner: Google Maps (01:22:00) Ocado + Amazon (01:24:35) Tiger Global (01:27:30) Oliver Samwer (01:30:00) Tonies (01:42:30) Haftbefehle (01:50:00) Ende Shownotes: US-Navy soll Implosion der "Titan" schon Sonntag registriert haben https://www.zeit.de/wissen/2023-06/tauchboot-titan-usa-navy-implosion-registrierung-atlantik Elon Musk vows to suspend Twitter users for harassment over ‘slurs' like ‘cisgender' and ‘cis' https://nypost.com/2023/06/21/elon-musk-says-terms-like-cisgender-are-considered-slurs-on-twitter Edeltalk Podcast mit Dave über sein Start-up (ab Minute 56) https://youtu.be/DqheAjCY22g?t=3391 Pitch Memo von Mistral https://sifted.eu/articles/pitch-deck-mistral Benchmark, Sequoia Back Ex-Salesforce CEO's AI Startup https://www.theinformation.com/articles/benchmark-sequoia-back-ex-salesforce-ceos-ai-startup Bundeskartellamt gegen Google Automotive Services & Google Maps https://www.bundeskartellamt.de/SharedDocs/Meldung/EN/Pressemitteilungen/2023/21_06_2023_Google.html?nn=3591568 Tiger Global Raises $2.7 Billion, 55% Less Than Target Set Last Fall https://www.theinformation.com/articles/tiger-global-raises-2-7-billion-77-5-less-than-planned Oliver Samwer sichert sich 260 Millionen Euro Dividende https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/rocket-internet-oliver-samwer-erhaelt-dividende-in-hoehe-von-260-millionen-euro-a-17e58e74-7f2a-44a5-b967-0bc8316b9369 Chamath Palihapitiya & Warren Buffett https://twitter.com/pip_net/status/1672124763408408576 TV Tipp: Reschke Fernsehen https://www.ardmediathek.de/sendung/reschke-fernsehen/Y3JpZDovL2Rhc2Vyc3RlLm5kci5kZS80ODY3 VCBrags Tweet zu Chamath: https://twitter.com/VCBrags/status/1671887782049116161?s=20 Doppelgänger Tech Talk Podcast AI by Pip: https://www.doppelgaenger.io/ai Sheet https://doppelgaenger.io/sheet/ Disclaimer https://www.doppelgaenger.io/disclaimer/ Passionfroot Storefront www.passionfroot.xyz/doppelgaenger Post Production by Jan Wagener https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-wagener-49270018b/ Aktuelle Doppelgänger Werbepartner https://lollipod.de/sn/doppelgaenger-werbung

Heute u.A. mit diesen Themen:Oliver Samwer erhält Dividende von 260 Millionen EuroTschechisches Startup Dodo unterstützt Bringmeister und FrugeeMathe-YouTuber Daniel Jung und Semantha entwickeln Bildungsplattform AIEDNTV-Stars Georg Kofler und Ralf Dümmel: Ein Lehrstück über BörsenblendereiHamburg führt im Bereich "Digitalisierung" in DeutschlandNiederösterreichisches Startup mit Sensorschuh für Blinde meldet Insolvenz anMusk gegen Zuckerberg: Ein Kampf im Käfig?USA erlaubt Verkauf von im Labor gezüchtetem FleischN26 verschenkt Premium-Abonnement für ein JahrHeynannyly erhält 1,6 Millionen Euro für Expansion

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 Herzlich willkommen zum Tatendrang Podcast! In dieser Folge spreche ich mit Dominique Jäger über das Thema "Von der wissenden zur lernenden Organisation". Dominique Jäger - ehemals Leikauf- ist nicht nur Bestseller-Autorin, Podcasterin und Diversity Driverin, sondern auch eine bemerkenswerte Persönlichkeit im Bereich Diversity & Inclusion, People & Culture sowie New Work. In ihrer beruflichen Laufbahn hat sie bereits zahlreiche Stationen durchlaufen und mit bedeutenden Persönlichkeiten wie Miriam Wohlfarth, Oliver Samwer und Tijen Onaran zusammengearbeitet. Aktuell ist Dominique für den People & Culture Bereich der DKB Service verantwortlich. Davor bekleidete sie die Position des COO bei Global Digital Women und war als Projekt Lead für Miriam Wohlfarth tätig. Vor ihrer Tätigkeit bei diesen Unternehmen arbeitete sie auch für renommierte Firmen wie s.Oliver, Comma und einer Beratungsfirma für öffentliche IT-Projekte. Wir diskutieren über Personalentwicklung und Unternehmenskultur. Im Gespräch geht es um Führung, Selbstführung und welche Rolle der Selbstwert spielt. Wir erfahren auch, wie es der DKB Service GmbH gelungen ist, dieses Thema in ihrer Organisation zu verankern und kontinuierlich weiterzuentwickeln. Wenn du mehr darüber erfahren möchtest, wie eine lernende Organisation entwickelt werden kann, dann ist diese Folge genau das Richtige für dich! Viel Spaß beim Zuhören. **Kontakt zu Dominique** Dominique Jäger hat in ihrem Leben viele Abenteuer erlebt und interessante Begegnungen mit inspirierenden Persönlichkeiten gemacht. Wenn du mehr über diese Frau und ihre Karriere erfahren möchtest, hör gerne in diesen Podcast oder besuche ihre Website: https://dominique-jaeger.squarespace.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominiqueleikauf/ **Kontaktdaten Julia Schleidt:** Homepage: https://juliaschleidt.de/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliaschleidt/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julia.schleidt/ Mail: hallo@juliaschleidt.de Kostenfreies Toolbook für die erfolgreiche Teamarbeit: https://juliaschleidt.de/toolbook/ **Impressum** https://juliaschleidt.de/impressum/

Executive Summary The Global Savings Group (GSG) is not a fintech. They are a hidden champion as Europe's leading shopping rewards company, founded in 2012. They are offering an alternative to the GAFA channels and are active in 20+ countries under different brands. Amongst their clients are small merchants and well-known global companies. “We try to offer an alternative to the GAFA [Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon] channels, but we don't do classical advertising”Gerhard Trautmann, CEO and Co-Founder GSG  Subscribe Here We are always sharing new resources with you. Find all of our options below. We want to make sure that we provide what's best for your growing team, so please take a look at these additional ways in which can help! Startuprad.io - Global Top 125 Tech Podcast | LinktreeGlobal Top 125 Tech Podcastlinktr.ee Our Sponsor Startupraven A startup's journey can be a tough one, but it doesn't have ́to feel like you're alone on your quest! Invest in others' success with us by joining our community of entrepreneurs who are building amazing things every day — no matter how big or small their ideas may seem at first glance. The best way to find investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up here: Startup RavenWelcome! We know the time-consuming process of approaching investors and companies can be tedious, so we do it for you…startupraven.com  The Founder This time Gerhard Trautmann is our guest, the CEO and co-founder of Munich-based Global Savings Group. If you have not heard of them, they are active in 20+ countries under different brand names. He met his co-founders while still working in management consulting, and they decided to make their Powerpoint slides reality. “Oliver Samwer said he did not like our ideas, but we could be a cool team.”Gerhard Trautmann, CEO and Co-Founder GSG The Company Global Savings Group (https://www.global-savings-group.com/) is not a fintech company, they are working in the affiliate marketing space. They call themself a lead generation company, including couponing pages. They are active in 20+ countries with multiple websites across Europe. They won the German Deliotte Fast 50 Award.They own several commerce content portals. Some of their largest markets are the UK and France, even though they are headquartered in Munich. The company was started in cooperation with Rocket Internet. Amongst their clients are small merchants and adidas, Just Eat, IKEA, dyson, Lenovo, SAMSUNG, ebay, Nike, H&M, Booking.com, O2, Sephora and Ray Ban. They are also working with large media companies including Focus, CNN, El Pais, IG.com (Brazil), Le Express (France), Business Insider and One India on deals, discounts and coupons. “We funded our acquistions as a combination from our profits, loans and exchange of shares”Gerhard Trautmann, CEO and Co-Founder GSG  Venture Capital Funding The company raised in total M 79 US$ in funding since interception in 2012 up to Series D. They did not disclose the amount of their last funding in 2021. Amongst their investors are General Global Capital, TRP Global, HV Capital, Groupe M6, Rocket Internet, DTCP, New Enterprise Associates and Headline. Open to Talk to Takeover Targets GSG wants to grow organically, but is open to talk to companies that feel like they could add to their journey.  Learn More Find our blog with links and show notes here 

Es ist Zeit für RealTalk! Heute zu Gast: Florian Kandler. Er studierte an der Uni Wien, TU Wien und TU Dänemark (Lyngby) Wirtschaftsinformatik.Florian selbst hat drei Startups gegründet, zwei davon haben mehrere Millionen Euro von Business Angel und Risikokapitalgebern (darunter E-Commerce Milliardär Oliver Samwer) erhalten. Er hilft Gründern in ganz Europa, den perfekten Investoren- oder Verkaufs-Pitch zu entwickeln. Er ist der offizielle Pitch-Coach von 2min2mio, wo er unter anderem auch uns gecoacht hat, damit wir die Mutbox perfekt pitchen. Er teil sein Wissen auch im Buch "Business Angels/Devils", ist seit 7 Jahren der Herausgeber des Startup Reports, Gastgeber in seinem Gründer&Zünder Podcast und veranstaltet Konferenzen für Startup-Gründer:innen, insbesondere im Food-Bereich.

Es ist Zeit für den RealTalk-Quickie! Coole Inhalte, auf den Punkt gebracht. Maximal 4 Minuten Zeit, viele Fragen und kurze, interessante Antworten, die du sonst nirgends zu hören bekommst. Heute zu Gast: Florian Kandler. Er studierte an der Uni Wien, TU Wien und TU Dänemark (Lyngby) Wirtschaftsinformatik.Florian selbst hat drei Startups gegründet, zwei davon haben mehrere Millionen Euro von Business Angel und Risikokapitalgebern (darunter E-Commerce Milliardär Oliver Samwer) erhalten. Er hilft Gründern in ganz Europa, den perfekten Investoren- oder Verkaufs-Pitch zu entwickeln. Er ist der offizielle Pitch-Coach von 2min2mio, wo er unter anderem auch uns gecoacht hat, damit wir die Mutbox perfekt pitchen. Er teil sein Wissen auch im Buch "Business Angels/Devils", ist seit 7 Jahren der Herausgeber des Startup Reports, Gastgeber in seinem Gründer&Zünder Podcast und veranstaltet Konferenzen für Startup-Gründer:innen, insbesondere im Food-Bereich.

Elon Musk will Twitter kaufen und von der Börse nehmen. Ankerkraut hat den Shitstorm der Woche. Pip wurden nach Secunet gefragt und was er von Chartanalysen hält. Wir sprechen über Sweat Equity und einen möglichen Venture Winter. Philipp Glöckler (https://twitter.com/gloeckler) und Philipp Klöckner (https://twitter.com/pip_net) sprechen heute über: (00:00:20) Elon x Twitter (00:07:30) Twitter kann ohne Elon, Elon nicht ohne Twitter (00:14:00) Flip In Poison Pill (00:16:30) Flip Over Poison Pill (00:21:00) Wer sonst kauft Twitter (00:27:20) Nestle kauft Ankerkraut (00:42:00) Private Equity Performance Metriken (00:54:20) ETFs, Einzelaktien, Zinseszins (00:58:00) Secunet AG (01:04:00) Astrologie x Chartanalysen (01:09:00) Sweat Equity (01:18:00) Inflation über 15%? Shownotes: Sequoia Capital's 56 Slide Presentation Of Doom https://techcrunch.com/2008/10/10/sequoia-capitals-56-slide-powerpoint-presentation-of-doom/ ‘The Brutal Reality': Startups Face Great Uncertainty—Again https://www.theinformation.com/articles/the-brutal-reality-startups-face-great-uncertainty-again The global economy's growing risks: stagflation, refugees and lockdowns https://www.ft.com/content/0f7945f5-b269-4d13-9151-c1ac9ec6fddc **Doppelgänger Tech Talk Podcast** Sheet https://doppelgaenger.io/sheet/ Earnings & Event Kalender https://www.doppelgaenger.io/kalender/ Disclaimer https://www.doppelgaenger.io/disclaimer/ Post Production by Jan Wagener https://twitter.com/JanAusDemOff Sponsoring: https://www.doppelgaenger.io/sponsoring/

In unserer Mittagsfolge begrüßen wir heute Aiga Senftleben, Co-Founder von Billie, und sprechen über das Investment von rund 86 Millionen Euro (100 Mio. US-Dollar) sowie den Einstieg des schwedischen "Buy Now, Pay Later"-Anbieter Klarna. Einst als Factoring-Startup gestartet, ist Billie nun ein Anbieter von BNPL- Bezahlmethoden für Unternehmen und bietet B2B-Unternehmen innovative digitale Bezahldienste. Das in Berlin gegründete Fintech soll es den Unternehmen ermöglichen, durch moderne Checkout-Lösungen einfach und bequem zu den eigenen Konditionen zu bezahlen und bezahlt zu werden. Billie wurde 2016 von den ehemaligen Gründern von Christian Grobe, Mattias Knecht und Aiga Senftleben gegründet. Der chinesische Tech-Konzern Tencent, sowie Klarna, Lead-Investor Dawn Capital aus Großbritannien und Oliver Samwer stiegen jetzt in das Startup ein. Durch das Investment steigt die Bewertung von Billie auf etwa 550 Millionen Euro. Doch das Eigenkapital ist nicht alles, dazu kommt eine Kreditlinie von 170 Millionen Euro, die die Vereinigte Volksbank Raiffeisenbank, Raisin und Varengold gemeinsam bereitstellen. Bisherige Investoren sind SpeedInvest, Creandum und Picus Capital. Mit der Finanzierung im Rücken plant das Berliner Fintech seinen Service nun verstärkt ins europäische Ausland zu bringen. Dabei soll vor allem eine Kooperation mit dem Neu-Investor Klarna helfen. Wenn auch Du Dein Lieblingstool bewerten willst, schreibe eine Review auf OMR Reviews. Dafür erhältst du einen 20€ Amazon Gutschein. https://moin.omr.com/insider

Die Online-Plattform Westwing wurde vor zehn Jahren gegründet, heute ist das Unternehmen börsennotiert und zählt zu den erfolgreichsten digitalen Möbel- und Interior-Händlern des Landes. Im OMR Podcast spricht Co-Gründer Stefan Smalla darüber, wie wichtig Newsletter-Marketing ist, weshalb Westwing kurzzeitig zum Unicorn aufstieg und warum ausgerechnet Duftkerzen der Bestseller sind. Alle Themen des OMR Podcasts mit Stefan Smalla im Überblick: Smallas Karriere vor Westwing und wie es zu dessen Gründung gemeinsam mit Delia Lachance kam (ab 5:30) Frühe Investoren von Westwing (ab 7:30) Weshalb der Newsletter noch heute für den Großteil des Umsatzes sorgt (ab 8:30) Wie generiert Westwing noch immer neue Signups für den Newsletter und wie wird die Community bespielt (ab 14:30)? Welche Produkte Westwing anbietet und wieso es auch eine Eigenmarke gibt (ab 17:00) Der internationale Expansion, der Umsatzwachstum und die Möbel-Marge (ab 19:20) Wie steht es um die Konkurrenz auf dem Markt (ab 23:00)? Wie hat sich das Business durch die Pandemie und den IPO entwickelt und wie kam der Rebound zum Unicorn (ab 24:30)? Wie Westwing Social Media bespielt und damit den Umsatz hebelt (ab 29:30) Ist es eine Option bestehende Medien wie Schöner Wohnen zu kaufen (ab 32:40)? Welche Rolle spielt Delia Lachance als Person der Öffentlichkeit im Unternehmen (ab 34:30)? Warum Offline-Stores für Westwing nicht wichtig sind und warum es trotzdem bald einen Flagship-Store geben könnte (ab 37:00) Die Westwing-Clique: Welche Unicorn-Gründer mit Westwing connected sind (ab 39:30) Persönliche Investments von Smalla und wieviel Prozente Smalla an Westwing hält (ab 41:00) Wie das Fundraising von Westwing abläuft und Oliver Samwer dazukam (ab 42:20) Die Rolle von Smalla im Unternehmen und wie er zum Pandemiebeginn klug vorsorgte (ab 43:30) Warum die Lieferketten von China bis heutenoch nicht intakt sind und wie Westwing das abfedert (ab 46:40) Wie hoch ist der Anteil von Westwing am europäischen Möbelmarkt (ab 48:50) Welche Rolle spielt Nachhaltigkeit bei Westwing (ab 51:30)? Ist AR die Zukunft von Westwing (ab 55:30)? Wie hat sich die Indexierung im Sdax ausgewirkt (ab 1:00:30)?

This Month in German Startups - January 2021  Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is the first news episode of 2021, but you can have a look at our 2020 review.    Today we are wrapping up January 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, from two new unicorns to a much anticipated IPO of Auto1 (will be raising at least 1.5 bn Euros), Delivery Hero goes VC and there may be Amazon TV/Radio in Germany.    Housekeeping - Time to brag Just a bit of bragging today: Listen Up! Here's Your Guide To European Tech And Startup Podcasts In English https://buff.ly/39S3qyR    Top NewsWe have two new unicornsMambu - Germany's newest Fintech Unicorn offers Banking Software as SaaS https://buff.ly/3oNEHC2 - Without them, no N26. They provide the software, which enables challenger banks like them.Munich-based HR scaleup Personio lands €103.5 million Series D funding and a €1.4 billion valuation https://buff.ly/35QYn0pRelated: Start-Up Personio Joins Circle of Unicorns - Technical University of Munich - School of Management https://buff.ly/2YgKm7W   Delivery Hero raises 1.2 bn in fresh capitalDelivery Hero raises 1.2 bn Euros (1.47 bn US$) in new funding, selling "in hours" 9.44 mn new shares for 132 Euros each https://buff.ly/394ZFFQRelated:Delivery Hero starts their own Corporate Venture Fund called DX Ventures with 50 m Euros https://buff.ly/2MPUt11   Auto1 IPOAuto1 IPO will be raising a minimum of 1.5 bn Euros (2.2 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3plC62nOlder articles related to this IPO - you can see the fundraising went up 500 million More details of the planned IPO of Auto1 Group emerge. They want to list in 2021 Q1 in Frankfurt in Prime Standard. Out of 1 bn € to be raised 250 m will pay back convertibles, 750 m will be invested in further growth https://buff.ly/38Hq0uz Used-car platform AUTO1 to float in Frankfurt, looking to raise 1 bn Euros from selling new shares, with a valuation of 6-8 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3bxbWWx    Amazon TV or Radio Station in Germany?Amazon has filed paperwork in Germany to get a broadcast license. The filing dates to November 2020 https://buff.ly/3bW0Mur    Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here.  Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Oliver Samwer from Rocket Internet gave a private loan to Markus Braun from Wirecard of 75 mn Euros (91 m US$), which he demanded back rather harshly, shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency https://buff.ly/3bW2ITUIn Austria, an investigation against former Wirecard COO Marsalek is ongoing in potential bribery of an employee of Austrian constitution protection (like their NSA). He is supposed to have checked the solvency of porn site hosts for Mr. Marsalke https://buff.ly/39eVNDz   Ecosystem Slack users in Germany were greeted in the new year with a big outage covering most of the first working day of the new year 2021 https://buff.ly/3972zd0 January 4thTech workers want to relocate to Germany more than any other country in the world https://buff.ly/2Jims8n Germany starts with the test of a countrywide patient file, called "E-Patientenakte." The users can carry around all their medical files (x-rays, reports ...) on their smartphone and...

This Month in German Startups - January 2021  Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is the first news episode of 2021, but you can have a look at our 2020 review.    Today we are wrapping up January 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, from two new unicorns to a much anticipated IPO of Auto1 (will be raising at least 1.5 bn Euros), Delivery Hero goes VC and there may be Amazon TV/Radio in Germany.    Housekeeping - Time to brag Just a bit of bragging today: Listen Up! Here's Your Guide To European Tech And Startup Podcasts In English https://buff.ly/39S3qyR    Top NewsWe have two new unicornsMambu - Germany's newest Fintech Unicorn offers Banking Software as SaaS https://buff.ly/3oNEHC2 - Without them, no N26. They provide the software, which enables challenger banks like them.Munich-based HR scaleup Personio lands €103.5 million Series D funding and a €1.4 billion valuation https://buff.ly/35QYn0pRelated: Start-Up Personio Joins Circle of Unicorns - Technical University of Munich - School of Management https://buff.ly/2YgKm7W   Delivery Hero raises 1.2 bn in fresh capitalDelivery Hero raises 1.2 bn Euros (1.47 bn US$) in new funding, selling "in hours" 9.44 mn new shares for 132 Euros each https://buff.ly/394ZFFQRelated:Delivery Hero starts their own Corporate Venture Fund called DX Ventures with 50 m Euros https://buff.ly/2MPUt11   Auto1 IPOAuto1 IPO will be raising a minimum of 1.5 bn Euros (2.2 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3plC62nOlder articles related to this IPO - you can see the fundraising went up 500 million More details of the planned IPO of Auto1 Group emerge. They want to list in 2021 Q1 in Frankfurt in Prime Standard. Out of 1 bn € to be raised 250 m will pay back convertibles, 750 m will be invested in further growth https://buff.ly/38Hq0uz Used-car platform AUTO1 to float in Frankfurt, looking to raise 1 bn Euros from selling new shares, with a valuation of 6-8 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3bxbWWx    Amazon TV or Radio Station in Germany?Amazon has filed paperwork in Germany to get a broadcast license. The filing dates to November 2020 https://buff.ly/3bW0Mur    Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here.  Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Oliver Samwer from Rocket Internet gave a private loan to Markus Braun from Wirecard of 75 mn Euros (91 m US$), which he demanded back rather harshly, shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency https://buff.ly/3bW2ITUIn Austria, an investigation against former Wirecard COO Marsalek is ongoing in potential bribery of an employee of Austrian constitution protection (like their NSA). He is supposed to have checked the solvency of porn site hosts for Mr. Marsalke https://buff.ly/39eVNDz   Ecosystem Slack users in Germany were greeted in the new year with a big outage covering most of the first working day of the new year 2021 https://buff.ly/3972zd0 January 4thTech workers want to relocate to Germany more than any other country in the world https://buff.ly/2Jims8n Germany starts with the test of a countrywide patient file, called "E-Patientenakte." The users can carry around all their medical files (x-rays, reports ...) on their smartphone and grant their physician access https://buff.ly/3hHb3M4Berlin remains the capital of German Venture Capital in 2020. EY tracked 314 financing rounds, out of a total of 743 they found. according to their data, VC funding declined in #Germany in 2020 by 15% to 5.3 bn Euros (6.45 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3oMxaDEIn the most recent fintech ranking #Frankfurt is losing position No 3 to Hamburg and now only scores at No 4 https://buff.ly/3o5IeKU   Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. FrankfurtFrankfurt-based provider of high performance computing Northern Data ... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/germanstartupnews/support

This Month in German Startups - January 2021 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is the first news episode of 2021, but you can have a look at our 2020 review. Today we are wrapping up January 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, from two new unicorns to a much anticipated IPO of Auto1 (will be raising at least 1.5 bn Euros), Delivery Hero goes VC and there may be Amazon TV/Radio in Germany. Housekeeping - Time to brag Just a bit of bragging today: Listen Up! Here’s Your Guide To European Tech And Startup Podcasts In English https://buff.ly/39S3qyR Top NewsWe have two new unicornsMambu - Germany’s newest Fintech Unicorn offers Banking Software as SaaS https://buff.ly/3oNEHC2 - Without them, no N26. They provide the software, which enables challenger banks like them.Munich-based HR scaleup Personio lands €103.5 million Series D funding and a €1.4 billion valuation https://buff.ly/35QYn0pRelated: Start-Up Personio Joins Circle of Unicorns - Technical University of Munich - School of Management https://buff.ly/2YgKm7W Delivery Hero raises 1.2 bn in fresh capitalDelivery Hero raises 1.2 bn Euros (1.47 bn US$) in new funding, selling "in hours" 9.44 mn new shares for 132 Euros each https://buff.ly/394ZFFQRelated:Delivery Hero starts their own Corporate Venture Fund called DX Ventures with 50 m Euros https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 Auto1 IPOAuto1 IPO will be raising a minimum of 1.5 bn Euros (2.2 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3plC62nOlder articles related to this IPO - you can see the fundraising went up 500 million More details of the planned IPO of Auto1 Group emerge. They want to list in 2021 Q1 in Frankfurt in Prime Standard. Out of 1 bn € to be raised 250 m will pay back convertibles, 750 m will be invested in further growth https://buff.ly/38Hq0uz Used-car platform AUTO1 to float in Frankfurt, looking to raise 1 bn Euros from selling new shares, with a valuation of 6-8 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3bxbWWx Amazon TV or Radio Station in Germany?Amazon has filed paperwork in Germany to get a broadcast license. The filing dates to November 2020 https://buff.ly/3bW0Mur Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Oliver Samwer from Rocket Internet gave a private loan to Markus Braun from Wirecard of 75 mn Euros (91 m US$), which he demanded back rather harshly, shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency https://buff.ly/3bW2ITUIn Austria, an investigation against former Wirecard COO Marsalek is ongoing in potential bribery of an employee of Austrian constitution protection (like their NSA). He is supposed to have checked the solvency of porn site hosts for Mr. Marsalke https://buff.ly/39eVNDz Ecosystem Slack users in Germany were greeted in the new year with a big outage covering most of the first working day of the new year 2021 https://buff.ly/3972zd0 January 4thTech workers want to relocate to Germany more than any other country in the world https://buff.ly/2Jims8n Germany starts with the test of a countrywide patient file, called "E-Patientenakte." The users can carry around all their medical files (x-rays, reports ...) on their smartphone and grant their physician access https://buff.ly/3hHb3M4Berlin remains the capital of German Venture Capital in 2020. EY tracked 314 financing rounds, out of a total of 743 they found. according to their data, VC funding declined in #Germany in 2020 by 15% to 5.3 bn Euros (6.45 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3oMxaDEIn the most recent fintech ranking #Frankfurt is losing position No 3 to Hamburg and now only scores at No 4 https://buff.ly/3o5IeKU Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. FrankfurtFrankfurt-based provider of high performance computing Northern Data raises 52.5 mn Euros (64 m US$) #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2KOccFcFrankfurt-based insurtech Clark raises 85 mn US$ (69 mn Euros) #VentureCapital, with lead investor Tencent (owner of Wechat) https://buff.ly/3nCyzeq we have an interview with the CEO for you here: XXXFrankfurt: Developing towards an epicenter of the German games industry - Frankfurt Valley https://buff.ly/39iZKao DarmstadtWe interviewed the Darmstadt based robotics software startup Energy Robotics in June 2020, where they already talked about their intention to raise Venture Capital. Now they closed their 2 mn Euros VC round: Earlybird and several Business Angels like Paul Achleitner, Gerhard Roiss, Martin Klässner, and Andrej Henkler invest 2 m Euros Venture Capital in Energy Robotics https://buff.ly/3qhA43kYou can learn more about them in our interview here: https://buff.ly/3fgyUQ0Merck KGaA snaps up German CDMO in boost to mRNA portfolio — including for Covid-19 https://buff.ly/2KauK2q Heidelberg/WalldorfSAP Unit Qualtrics Heads for IPO https://buff.ly/3pyBwOz MunichNew unicorn Personio is from MunichMunich-based Konux raises 80 m US$ #VentureCapital from Impact Investor Sanno Capital and Athos, The Family Office of Strüngmanns (Hexal), and existing investors (e.g. Alibaba). Konux builds intelligent sensors for Industry 4.0 https://buff.ly/3idMl6iMunich fintech Fidor Bank (a German fintech pioneer) is split up and sold to two bidders, Ripplewood Advisors form New York and Steria Mummert from Paris https://buff.ly/2MFo6SPepsi backs #Munich-based scented air drinks startup "Air Up" https://buff.ly/3i9vTDT HamburgtecHHub is the new 35 m Euro Entrepreneurship Center in Hamburg to keep founders in the city. Until the project is completed the city is thinking about a makeshift container solution https://buff.ly/3hL7If3 FreiburgInsight Partners and existing investors invest 100 m US$ #VentureCapital in Freiburg-based Jedox, the company offers enterprise performance management software for company planning and analysis https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 SwitzerlandZurich-based Blue Horizon Ventures is a VC focused on sustainable food, now they close their first fund with 183 mn Euros (221 m US$) with more than 100 investors from 20 countries. https://buff.ly/3a7l69Z Companies Food - Always a good topic to talk aboutDish Order: German grocery wholesaler Metro is partnering with Google to offer a competing offer to Lieferando. The clue for restaurants: There is no fee https://buff.ly/35TEEgvGerman food giant Dr. Oetker had their own beverage delivery service Durstexpress. Then they bought Flaschenpost, doing the same reportedly for 1 bn €. Now they merge Durstexpress in Flaschenpost https://buff.ly/3qB3Jov?utm_source=linkedinFintech / FinanceInvestors value Berlin-based Trade Republic with 600 m Euros (735 m US$) https://buff.ly/3hs0v36N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO https://buff.ly/3sXBUstN26 granted a banking license in Brazil https://buff.ly/3s2lGxK Vanguard will be starting an investment portal in Germany. They hired the „Head of Clients“ from market leader Scalable Capital for their based-Berlin team, headed by Jesper Wahrendorf (Ratepay) and Andreas Bittner (Solarisbank) https://financefwd.com/de/vanguard-scalable-thomas-wolff/Sibylle Strack, former CEO of #Berlin-based fintech Kontist hired at Deutsche Bank as Chief Growth Officer BizBanking https://buff.ly/2LhWClrBerlin-based fintech incubator Finleap shifts focus to test products for corporate clients, they don't want to be entrepreneurs any more https://buff.ly/3mgSHCc New VC FundsAnt Financial plans to start a fintech Venture Capital fund in Berlin https://buff.ly/3qyAtic20 health insurer in Germany invest in Berlin-based VC Heal Capital's 100 mn fund, to invest in health tech startups https://buff.ly/38XWmS3Keep in mind the news of the Delivery Hero fund from before Selection of investmentsDigital road freight forwarder Sennder raises $160M Series, plans European expansion – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/35Eu9gR Peter Thiels' Valar fund joins other investors in a 21 mn Euros #VentureCapital round for credit card #fintech Moss from #Berlin. They were registered in summer 2019 and now valued at 100 mn Euro https://buff.ly/38F6rTQ Global Savings Group raises € 12 Million in their most recent financing round https://buff.ly/35aumID All Other NewsNot even half of the German employees would recommend Tesla as an employer reports German tech blog t3n. Applicants post in forums and websites about chaos and arrogance https://buff.ly/35bZqrc?utm_source=-custom-by-source-0- Which startups have footballers invested in? https://buff.ly/3hcuWdG Including investments of Mario Götze (Frankfurt-based Qualifyze), Philipp Lahm, and Matts HummelsElliott Stake Complicates Rocket Internet’s Plan to Delist https://buff.ly/2MjL1muBerlin-based #grocery delivery service (you still buy from a supermarket) named Gorillas raises 44 m US$ #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2IPM7F0 Stay ahead of the curveWhere Challenger Banks & Incumbents See The Next Digital Banking Opportunity: Seniors and the underbanked https://buff.ly/35jRIf3Top Investors Fueling The Renewable Energy Tech Ecosystem - CB Insights Research https://buff.ly/3bieHKXCharting retail banking revenues by generation https://buff.ly/2L9b9zD Folge direkt herunterladen

This Month in German Startups - January 2021 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is the first news episode of 2021, but you can have a look at our 2020 review. Today we are wrapping up January 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, from two new unicorns to a much anticipated IPO of Auto1 (will be raising at least 1.5 bn Euros), Delivery Hero goes VC and there may be Amazon TV/Radio in Germany. Housekeeping - Time to brag Just a bit of bragging today: Listen Up! Here’s Your Guide To European Tech And Startup Podcasts In English https://buff.ly/39S3qyR Top NewsWe have two new unicornsMambu - Germany’s newest Fintech Unicorn offers Banking Software as SaaS https://buff.ly/3oNEHC2 - Without them, no N26. They provide the software, which enables challenger banks like them.Munich-based HR scaleup Personio lands €103.5 million Series D funding and a €1.4 billion valuation https://buff.ly/35QYn0pRelated: Start-Up Personio Joins Circle of Unicorns - Technical University of Munich - School of Management https://buff.ly/2YgKm7W Delivery Hero raises 1.2 bn in fresh capitalDelivery Hero raises 1.2 bn Euros (1.47 bn US$) in new funding, selling "in hours" 9.44 mn new shares for 132 Euros each https://buff.ly/394ZFFQRelated:Delivery Hero starts their own Corporate Venture Fund called DX Ventures with 50 m Euros https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 Auto1 IPOAuto1 IPO will be raising a minimum of 1.5 bn Euros (2.2 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3plC62nOlder articles related to this IPO - you can see the fundraising went up 500 million More details of the planned IPO of Auto1 Group emerge. They want to list in 2021 Q1 in Frankfurt in Prime Standard. Out of 1 bn € to be raised 250 m will pay back convertibles, 750 m will be invested in further growth https://buff.ly/38Hq0uz Used-car platform AUTO1 to float in Frankfurt, looking to raise 1 bn Euros from selling new shares, with a valuation of 6-8 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3bxbWWx Amazon TV or Radio Station in Germany?Amazon has filed paperwork in Germany to get a broadcast license. The filing dates to November 2020 https://buff.ly/3bW0Mur Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Oliver Samwer from Rocket Internet gave a private loan to Markus Braun from Wirecard of 75 mn Euros (91 m US$), which he demanded back rather harshly, shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency https://buff.ly/3bW2ITUIn Austria, an investigation against former Wirecard COO Marsalek is ongoing in potential bribery of an employee of Austrian constitution protection (like their NSA). He is supposed to have checked the solvency of porn site hosts for Mr. Marsalke https://buff.ly/39eVNDz Ecosystem Slack users in Germany were greeted in the new year with a big outage covering most of the first working day of the new year 2021 https://buff.ly/3972zd0 January 4thTech workers want to relocate to Germany more than any other country in the world https://buff.ly/2Jims8n Germany starts with the test of a countrywide patient file, called "E-Patientenakte." The users can carry around all their medical files (x-rays, reports ...) on their smartphone and grant their physician access https://buff.ly/3hHb3M4Berlin remains the capital of German Venture Capital in 2020. EY tracked 314 financing rounds, out of a total of 743 they found. according to their data, VC funding declined in #Germany in 2020 by 15% to 5.3 bn Euros (6.45 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3oMxaDEIn the most recent fintech ranking #Frankfurt is losing position No 3 to Hamburg and now only scores at No 4 https://buff.ly/3o5IeKU Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. FrankfurtFrankfurt-based provider of high performance computing Northern Data raises 52.5 mn Euros (64 m US$) #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2KOccFcFrankfurt-based insurtech Clark raises 85 mn US$ (69 mn Euros) #VentureCapital, with lead investor Tencent (owner of Wechat) https://buff.ly/3nCyzeq we have an interview with the CEO for you here: XXXFrankfurt: Developing towards an epicenter of the German games industry - Frankfurt Valley https://buff.ly/39iZKao DarmstadtWe interviewed the Darmstadt based robotics software startup Energy Robotics in June 2020, where they already talked about their intention to raise Venture Capital. Now they closed their 2 mn Euros VC round: Earlybird and several Business Angels like Paul Achleitner, Gerhard Roiss, Martin Klässner, and Andrej Henkler invest 2 m Euros Venture Capital in Energy Robotics https://buff.ly/3qhA43kYou can learn more about them in our interview here: https://buff.ly/3fgyUQ0Merck KGaA snaps up German CDMO in boost to mRNA portfolio — including for Covid-19 https://buff.ly/2KauK2q Heidelberg/WalldorfSAP Unit Qualtrics Heads for IPO https://buff.ly/3pyBwOz MunichNew unicorn Personio is from MunichMunich-based Konux raises 80 m US$ #VentureCapital from Impact Investor Sanno Capital and Athos, The Family Office of Strüngmanns (Hexal), and existing investors (e.g. Alibaba). Konux builds intelligent sensors for Industry 4.0 https://buff.ly/3idMl6iMunich fintech Fidor Bank (a German fintech pioneer) is split up and sold to two bidders, Ripplewood Advisors form New York and Steria Mummert from Paris https://buff.ly/2MFo6SPepsi backs #Munich-based scented air drinks startup "Air Up" https://buff.ly/3i9vTDT HamburgtecHHub is the new 35 m Euro Entrepreneurship Center in Hamburg to keep founders in the city. Until the project is completed the city is thinking about a makeshift container solution https://buff.ly/3hL7If3 FreiburgInsight Partners and existing investors invest 100 m US$ #VentureCapital in Freiburg-based Jedox, the company offers enterprise performance management software for company planning and analysis https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 SwitzerlandZurich-based Blue Horizon Ventures is a VC focused on sustainable food, now they close their first fund with 183 mn Euros (221 m US$) with more than 100 investors from 20 countries. https://buff.ly/3a7l69Z Companies Food - Always a good topic to talk aboutDish Order: German grocery wholesaler Metro is partnering with Google to offer a competing offer to Lieferando. The clue for restaurants: There is no fee https://buff.ly/35TEEgvGerman food giant Dr. Oetker had their own beverage delivery service Durstexpress. Then they bought Flaschenpost, doing the same reportedly for 1 bn €. Now they merge Durstexpress in Flaschenpost https://buff.ly/3qB3Jov?utm_source=linkedinFintech / FinanceInvestors value Berlin-based Trade Republic with 600 m Euros (735 m US$) https://buff.ly/3hs0v36N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO https://buff.ly/3sXBUstN26 granted a banking license in Brazil https://buff.ly/3s2lGxK Vanguard will be starting an investment portal in Germany. They hired the „Head of Clients“ from market leader Scalable Capital for their based-Berlin team, headed by Jesper Wahrendorf (Ratepay) and Andreas Bittner (Solarisbank) https://financefwd.com/de/vanguard-scalable-thomas-wolff/Sibylle Strack, former CEO of #Berlin-based fintech Kontist hired at Deutsche Bank as Chief Growth Officer BizBanking https://buff.ly/2LhWClrBerlin-based fintech incubator Finleap shifts focus to test products for corporate clients, they don't want to be entrepreneurs any more https://buff.ly/3mgSHCc New VC FundsAnt Financial plans to start a fintech Venture Capital fund in Berlin https://buff.ly/3qyAtic20 health insurer in Germany invest in Berlin-based VC Heal Capital's 100 mn fund, to invest in health tech startups https://buff.ly/38XWmS3Keep in mind the news of the Delivery Hero fund from before Selection of investmentsDigital road freight forwarder Sennder raises $160M Series, plans European expansion – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/35Eu9gR Peter Thiels' Valar fund joins other investors in a 21 mn Euros #VentureCapital round for credit card #fintech Moss from #Berlin. They were registered in summer 2019 and now valued at 100 mn Euro https://buff.ly/38F6rTQ Global Savings Group raises € 12 Million in their most recent financing round https://buff.ly/35aumID All Other NewsNot even half of the German employees would recommend Tesla as an employer reports German tech blog t3n. Applicants post in forums and websites about chaos and arrogance https://buff.ly/35bZqrc?utm_source=-custom-by-source-0- Which startups have footballers invested in? https://buff.ly/3hcuWdG Including investments of Mario Götze (Frankfurt-based Qualifyze), Philipp Lahm, and Matts HummelsElliott Stake Complicates Rocket Internet’s Plan to Delist https://buff.ly/2MjL1muBerlin-based #grocery delivery service (you still buy from a supermarket) named Gorillas raises 44 m US$ #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2IPM7F0 Stay ahead of the curveWhere Challenger Banks & Incumbents See The Next Digital Banking Opportunity: Seniors and the underbanked https://buff.ly/35jRIf3Top Investors Fueling The Renewable Energy Tech Ecosystem - CB Insights Research https://buff.ly/3bieHKXCharting retail banking revenues by generation https://buff.ly/2L9b9zD

This Month in German Startups - January 2021 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is the first news episode of 2021, but you can have a look at our 2020 review. Today we are wrapping up January 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, from two new unicorns to a much anticipated IPO of Auto1 (will be raising at least 1.5 bn Euros), Delivery Hero goes VC and there may be Amazon TV/Radio in Germany. Housekeeping - Time to brag Just a bit of bragging today: Listen Up! Here’s Your Guide To European Tech And Startup Podcasts In English https://buff.ly/39S3qyR Top NewsWe have two new unicornsMambu - Germany’s newest Fintech Unicorn offers Banking Software as SaaS https://buff.ly/3oNEHC2 - Without them, no N26. They provide the software, which enables challenger banks like them.Munich-based HR scaleup Personio lands €103.5 million Series D funding and a €1.4 billion valuation https://buff.ly/35QYn0pRelated: Start-Up Personio Joins Circle of Unicorns - Technical University of Munich - School of Management https://buff.ly/2YgKm7W Delivery Hero raises 1.2 bn in fresh capitalDelivery Hero raises 1.2 bn Euros (1.47 bn US$) in new funding, selling "in hours" 9.44 mn new shares for 132 Euros each https://buff.ly/394ZFFQRelated:Delivery Hero starts their own Corporate Venture Fund called DX Ventures with 50 m Euros https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 Auto1 IPOAuto1 IPO will be raising a minimum of 1.5 bn Euros (2.2 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3plC62nOlder articles related to this IPO - you can see the fundraising went up 500 million More details of the planned IPO of Auto1 Group emerge. They want to list in 2021 Q1 in Frankfurt in Prime Standard. Out of 1 bn € to be raised 250 m will pay back convertibles, 750 m will be invested in further growth https://buff.ly/38Hq0uz Used-car platform AUTO1 to float in Frankfurt, looking to raise 1 bn Euros from selling new shares, with a valuation of 6-8 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3bxbWWx Amazon TV or Radio Station in Germany?Amazon has filed paperwork in Germany to get a broadcast license. The filing dates to November 2020 https://buff.ly/3bW0Mur Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Oliver Samwer from Rocket Internet gave a private loan to Markus Braun from Wirecard of 75 mn Euros (91 m US$), which he demanded back rather harshly, shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency https://buff.ly/3bW2ITUIn Austria, an investigation against former Wirecard COO Marsalek is ongoing in potential bribery of an employee of Austrian constitution protection (like their NSA). He is supposed to have checked the solvency of porn site hosts for Mr. Marsalke https://buff.ly/39eVNDz Ecosystem Slack users in Germany were greeted in the new year with a big outage covering most of the first working day of the new year 2021 https://buff.ly/3972zd0 January 4thTech workers want to relocate to Germany more than any other country in the world https://buff.ly/2Jims8n Germany starts with the test of a countrywide patient file, called "E-Patientenakte." The users can carry around all their medical files (x-rays, reports ...) on their smartphone and grant their physician access https://buff.ly/3hHb3M4Berlin remains the capital of German Venture Capital in 2020. EY tracked 314 financing rounds, out of a total of 743 they found. according to their data, VC funding declined in #Germany in 2020 by 15% to 5.3 bn Euros (6.45 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3oMxaDEIn the most recent fintech ranking #Frankfurt is losing position No 3 to Hamburg and now only scores at No 4 https://buff.ly/3o5IeKU Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. FrankfurtFrankfurt-based provider of high performance computing Northern Data raises 52.5 mn Euros (64 m US$) #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2KOccFcFrankfurt-based insurtech Clark raises 85 mn US$ (69 mn Euros) #VentureCapital, with lead investor Tencent (owner of Wechat) https://buff.ly/3nCyzeq we have an interview with the CEO for you here: XXXFrankfurt: Developing towards an epicenter of the German games industry - Frankfurt Valley https://buff.ly/39iZKao DarmstadtWe interviewed the Darmstadt based robotics software startup Energy Robotics in June 2020, where they already talked about their intention to raise Venture Capital. Now they closed their 2 mn Euros VC round: Earlybird and several Business Angels like Paul Achleitner, Gerhard Roiss, Martin Klässner, and Andrej Henkler invest 2 m Euros Venture Capital in Energy Robotics https://buff.ly/3qhA43kYou can learn more about them in our interview here: https://buff.ly/3fgyUQ0Merck KGaA snaps up German CDMO in boost to mRNA portfolio — including for Covid-19 https://buff.ly/2KauK2q Heidelberg/WalldorfSAP Unit Qualtrics Heads for IPO https://buff.ly/3pyBwOz MunichNew unicorn Personio is from MunichMunich-based Konux raises 80 m US$ #VentureCapital from Impact Investor Sanno Capital and Athos, The Family Office of Strüngmanns (Hexal), and existing investors (e.g. Alibaba). Konux builds intelligent sensors for Industry 4.0 https://buff.ly/3idMl6iMunich fintech Fidor Bank (a German fintech pioneer) is split up and sold to two bidders, Ripplewood Advisors form New York and Steria Mummert from Paris https://buff.ly/2MFo6SPepsi backs #Munich-based scented air drinks startup "Air Up" https://buff.ly/3i9vTDT HamburgtecHHub is the new 35 m Euro Entrepreneurship Center in Hamburg to keep founders in the city. Until the project is completed the city is thinking about a makeshift container solution https://buff.ly/3hL7If3 FreiburgInsight Partners and existing investors invest 100 m US$ #VentureCapital in Freiburg-based Jedox, the company offers enterprise performance management software for company planning and analysis https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 SwitzerlandZurich-based Blue Horizon Ventures is a VC focused on sustainable food, now they close their first fund with 183 mn Euros (221 m US$) with more than 100 investors from 20 countries. https://buff.ly/3a7l69Z Companies Food - Always a good topic to talk aboutDish Order: German grocery wholesaler Metro is partnering with Google to offer a competing offer to Lieferando. The clue for restaurants: There is no fee https://buff.ly/35TEEgvGerman food giant Dr. Oetker had their own beverage delivery service Durstexpress. Then they bought Flaschenpost, doing the same reportedly for 1 bn €. Now they merge Durstexpress in Flaschenpost https://buff.ly/3qB3Jov?utm_source=linkedinFintech / FinanceInvestors value Berlin-based Trade Republic with 600 m Euros (735 m US$) https://buff.ly/3hs0v36N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO https://buff.ly/3sXBUstN26 granted a banking license in Brazil https://buff.ly/3s2lGxK Vanguard will be starting an investment portal in Germany. They hired the „Head of Clients“ from market leader Scalable Capital for their based-Berlin team, headed by Jesper Wahrendorf (Ratepay) and Andreas Bittner (Solarisbank) https://financefwd.com/de/vanguard-scalable-thomas-wolff/Sibylle Strack, former CEO of #Berlin-based fintech Kontist hired at Deutsche Bank as Chief Growth Officer BizBanking https://buff.ly/2LhWClrBerlin-based fintech incubator Finleap shifts focus to test products for corporate clients, they don't want to be entrepreneurs any more https://buff.ly/3mgSHCc New VC FundsAnt Financial plans to start a fintech Venture Capital fund in Berlin https://buff.ly/3qyAtic20 health insurer in Germany invest in Berlin-based VC Heal Capital's 100 mn fund, to invest in health tech startups https://buff.ly/38XWmS3Keep in mind the news of the Delivery Hero fund from before Selection of investmentsDigital road freight forwarder Sennder raises $160M Series, plans European expansion – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/35Eu9gR Peter Thiels' Valar fund joins other investors in a 21 mn Euros #VentureCapital round for credit card #fintech Moss from #Berlin. They were registered in summer 2019 and now valued at 100 mn Euro https://buff.ly/38F6rTQ Global Savings Group raises € 12 Million in their most recent financing round https://buff.ly/35aumID All Other NewsNot even half of the German employees would recommend Tesla as an employer reports German tech blog t3n. Applicants post in forums and websites about chaos and arrogance https://buff.ly/35bZqrc?utm_source=-custom-by-source-0- Which startups have footballers invested in? https://buff.ly/3hcuWdG Including investments of Mario Götze (Frankfurt-based Qualifyze), Philipp Lahm, and Matts HummelsElliott Stake Complicates Rocket Internet’s Plan to Delist https://buff.ly/2MjL1muBerlin-based #grocery delivery service (you still buy from a supermarket) named Gorillas raises 44 m US$ #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2IPM7F0 Stay ahead of the curveWhere Challenger Banks & Incumbents See The Next Digital Banking Opportunity: Seniors and the underbanked https://buff.ly/35jRIf3Top Investors Fueling The Renewable Energy Tech Ecosystem - CB Insights Research https://buff.ly/3bieHKXCharting retail banking revenues by generation https://buff.ly/2L9b9zD

This Month in German Startups - January 2021 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is the first news episode of 2021, but you can have a look at our 2020 review. Today we are wrapping up January 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, from two new unicorns to a much anticipated IPO of Auto1 (will be raising at least 1.5 bn Euros), Delivery Hero goes VC and there may be Amazon TV/Radio in Germany. Housekeeping - Time to brag Just a bit of bragging today: Listen Up! Here’s Your Guide To European Tech And Startup Podcasts In English https://buff.ly/39S3qyR Top NewsWe have two new unicornsMambu - Germany’s newest Fintech Unicorn offers Banking Software as SaaS https://buff.ly/3oNEHC2 - Without them, no N26. They provide the software, which enables challenger banks like them.Munich-based HR scaleup Personio lands €103.5 million Series D funding and a €1.4 billion valuation https://buff.ly/35QYn0pRelated: Start-Up Personio Joins Circle of Unicorns - Technical University of Munich - School of Management https://buff.ly/2YgKm7W Delivery Hero raises 1.2 bn in fresh capitalDelivery Hero raises 1.2 bn Euros (1.47 bn US$) in new funding, selling "in hours" 9.44 mn new shares for 132 Euros each https://buff.ly/394ZFFQRelated:Delivery Hero starts their own Corporate Venture Fund called DX Ventures with 50 m Euros https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 Auto1 IPOAuto1 IPO will be raising a minimum of 1.5 bn Euros (2.2 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3plC62nOlder articles related to this IPO - you can see the fundraising went up 500 million More details of the planned IPO of Auto1 Group emerge. They want to list in 2021 Q1 in Frankfurt in Prime Standard. Out of 1 bn € to be raised 250 m will pay back convertibles, 750 m will be invested in further growth https://buff.ly/38Hq0uz Used-car platform AUTO1 to float in Frankfurt, looking to raise 1 bn Euros from selling new shares, with a valuation of 6-8 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3bxbWWx Amazon TV or Radio Station in Germany?Amazon has filed paperwork in Germany to get a broadcast license. The filing dates to November 2020 https://buff.ly/3bW0Mur Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Oliver Samwer from Rocket Internet gave a private loan to Markus Braun from Wirecard of 75 mn Euros (91 m US$), which he demanded back rather harshly, shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency https://buff.ly/3bW2ITUIn Austria, an investigation against former Wirecard COO Marsalek is ongoing in potential bribery of an employee of Austrian constitution protection (like their NSA). He is supposed to have checked the solvency of porn site hosts for Mr. Marsalke https://buff.ly/39eVNDz Ecosystem Slack users in Germany were greeted in the new year with a big outage covering most of the first working day of the new year 2021 https://buff.ly/3972zd0 January 4thTech workers want to relocate to Germany more than any other country in the world https://buff.ly/2Jims8n Germany starts with the test of a countrywide patient file, called "E-Patientenakte." The users can carry around all their medical files (x-rays, reports ...) on their smartphone and grant their physician access https://buff.ly/3hHb3M4Berlin remains the capital of German Venture Capital in 2020. EY tracked 314 financing rounds, out of a total of 743 they found. according to their data, VC funding declined in #Germany in 2020 by 15% to 5.3 bn Euros (6.45 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3oMxaDEIn the most recent fintech ranking #Frankfurt is losing position No 3 to Hamburg and now only scores at No 4 https://buff.ly/3o5IeKU Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. FrankfurtFrankfurt-based provider of high performance computing Northern Data raises 52.5 mn Euros (64 m US$) #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2KOccFcFrankfurt-based insurtech Clark raises 85 mn US$ (69 mn Euros) #VentureCapital, with lead investor Tencent (owner of Wechat) https://buff.ly/3nCyzeq we have an interview with the CEO for you here: XXXFrankfurt: Developing towards an epicenter of the German games industry - Frankfurt Valley https://buff.ly/39iZKao DarmstadtWe interviewed the Darmstadt based robotics software startup Energy Robotics in June 2020, where they already talked about their intention to raise Venture Capital. Now they closed their 2 mn Euros VC round: Earlybird and several Business Angels like Paul Achleitner, Gerhard Roiss, Martin Klässner, and Andrej Henkler invest 2 m Euros Venture Capital in Energy Robotics https://buff.ly/3qhA43kYou can learn more about them in our interview here: https://buff.ly/3fgyUQ0Merck KGaA snaps up German CDMO in boost to mRNA portfolio — including for Covid-19 https://buff.ly/2KauK2q Heidelberg/WalldorfSAP Unit Qualtrics Heads for IPO https://buff.ly/3pyBwOz MunichNew unicorn Personio is from MunichMunich-based Konux raises 80 m US$ #VentureCapital from Impact Investor Sanno Capital and Athos, The Family Office of Strüngmanns (Hexal), and existing investors (e.g. Alibaba). Konux builds intelligent sensors for Industry 4.0 https://buff.ly/3idMl6iMunich fintech Fidor Bank (a German fintech pioneer) is split up and sold to two bidders, Ripplewood Advisors form New York and Steria Mummert from Paris https://buff.ly/2MFo6SPepsi backs #Munich-based scented air drinks startup "Air Up" https://buff.ly/3i9vTDT HamburgtecHHub is the new 35 m Euro Entrepreneurship Center in Hamburg to keep founders in the city. Until the project is completed the city is thinking about a makeshift container solution https://buff.ly/3hL7If3 FreiburgInsight Partners and existing investors invest 100 m US$ #VentureCapital in Freiburg-based Jedox, the company offers enterprise performance management software for company planning and analysis https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 SwitzerlandZurich-based Blue Horizon Ventures is a VC focused on sustainable food, now they close their first fund with 183 mn Euros (221 m US$) with more than 100 investors from 20 countries. https://buff.ly/3a7l69Z Companies Food - Always a good topic to talk aboutDish Order: German grocery wholesaler Metro is partnering with Google to offer a competing offer to Lieferando. The clue for restaurants: There is no fee https://buff.ly/35TEEgvGerman food giant Dr. Oetker had their own beverage delivery service Durstexpress. Then they bought Flaschenpost, doing the same reportedly for 1 bn €. Now they merge Durstexpress in Flaschenpost https://buff.ly/3qB3Jov?utm_source=linkedinFintech / FinanceInvestors value Berlin-based Trade Republic with 600 m Euros (735 m US$) https://buff.ly/3hs0v36N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO https://buff.ly/3sXBUstN26 granted a banking license in Brazil https://buff.ly/3s2lGxK Vanguard will be starting an investment portal in Germany. They hired the „Head of Clients“ from market leader Scalable Capital for their based-Berlin team, headed by Jesper Wahrendorf (Ratepay) and Andreas Bittner (Solarisbank) https://financefwd.com/de/vanguard-scalable-thomas-wolff/Sibylle Strack, former CEO of #Berlin-based fintech Kontist hired at Deutsche Bank as Chief Growth Officer BizBanking https://buff.ly/2LhWClrBerlin-based fintech incubator Finleap shifts focus to test products for corporate clients, they don't want to be entrepreneurs any more https://buff.ly/3mgSHCc New VC FundsAnt Financial plans to start a fintech Venture Capital fund in Berlin https://buff.ly/3qyAtic20 health insurer in Germany invest in Berlin-based VC Heal Capital's 100 mn fund, to invest in health tech startups https://buff.ly/38XWmS3Keep in mind the news of the Delivery Hero fund from before Selection of investmentsDigital road freight forwarder Sennder raises $160M Series, plans European expansion – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/35Eu9gR Peter Thiels' Valar fund joins other investors in a 21 mn Euros #VentureCapital round for credit card #fintech Moss from #Berlin. They were registered in summer 2019 and now valued at 100 mn Euro https://buff.ly/38F6rTQ Global Savings Group raises € 12 Million in their most recent financing round https://buff.ly/35aumID All Other NewsNot even half of the German employees would recommend Tesla as an employer reports German tech blog t3n. Applicants post in forums and websites about chaos and arrogance https://buff.ly/35bZqrc?utm_source=-custom-by-source-0- Which startups have footballers invested in? https://buff.ly/3hcuWdG Including investments of Mario Götze (Frankfurt-based Qualifyze), Philipp Lahm, and Matts HummelsElliott Stake Complicates Rocket Internet’s Plan to Delist https://buff.ly/2MjL1muBerlin-based #grocery delivery service (you still buy from a supermarket) named Gorillas raises 44 m US$ #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2IPM7F0 Stay ahead of the curveWhere Challenger Banks & Incumbents See The Next Digital Banking Opportunity: Seniors and the underbanked https://buff.ly/35jRIf3Top Investors Fueling The Renewable Energy Tech Ecosystem - CB Insights Research https://buff.ly/3bieHKXCharting retail banking revenues by generation https://buff.ly/2L9b9zD

This Month in German Startups - January 2021 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is the first news episode of 2021, but you can have a look at our 2020 review. Today we are wrapping up January 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, from two new unicorns to a much anticipated IPO of Auto1 (will be raising at least 1.5 bn Euros), Delivery Hero goes VC and there may be Amazon TV/Radio in Germany. Housekeeping - Time to brag Just a bit of bragging today: Listen Up! Here’s Your Guide To European Tech And Startup Podcasts In English https://buff.ly/39S3qyR Top NewsWe have two new unicornsMambu - Germany’s newest Fintech Unicorn offers Banking Software as SaaS https://buff.ly/3oNEHC2 - Without them, no N26. They provide the software, which enables challenger banks like them.Munich-based HR scaleup Personio lands €103.5 million Series D funding and a €1.4 billion valuation https://buff.ly/35QYn0pRelated: Start-Up Personio Joins Circle of Unicorns - Technical University of Munich - School of Management https://buff.ly/2YgKm7W Delivery Hero raises 1.2 bn in fresh capitalDelivery Hero raises 1.2 bn Euros (1.47 bn US$) in new funding, selling "in hours" 9.44 mn new shares for 132 Euros each https://buff.ly/394ZFFQRelated:Delivery Hero starts their own Corporate Venture Fund called DX Ventures with 50 m Euros https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 Auto1 IPOAuto1 IPO will be raising a minimum of 1.5 bn Euros (2.2 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3plC62nOlder articles related to this IPO - you can see the fundraising went up 500 million More details of the planned IPO of Auto1 Group emerge. They want to list in 2021 Q1 in Frankfurt in Prime Standard. Out of 1 bn € to be raised 250 m will pay back convertibles, 750 m will be invested in further growth https://buff.ly/38Hq0uz Used-car platform AUTO1 to float in Frankfurt, looking to raise 1 bn Euros from selling new shares, with a valuation of 6-8 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3bxbWWx Amazon TV or Radio Station in Germany?Amazon has filed paperwork in Germany to get a broadcast license. The filing dates to November 2020 https://buff.ly/3bW0Mur Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Oliver Samwer from Rocket Internet gave a private loan to Markus Braun from Wirecard of 75 mn Euros (91 m US$), which he demanded back rather harshly, shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency https://buff.ly/3bW2ITUIn Austria, an investigation against former Wirecard COO Marsalek is ongoing in potential bribery of an employee of Austrian constitution protection (like their NSA). He is supposed to have checked the solvency of porn site hosts for Mr. Marsalke https://buff.ly/39eVNDz Ecosystem Slack users in Germany were greeted in the new year with a big outage covering most of the first working day of the new year 2021 https://buff.ly/3972zd0 January 4thTech workers want to relocate to Germany more than any other country in the world https://buff.ly/2Jims8n Germany starts with the test of a countrywide patient file, called "E-Patientenakte." The users can carry around all their medical files (x-rays, reports ...) on their smartphone and grant their physician access https://buff.ly/3hHb3M4Berlin remains the capital of German Venture Capital in 2020. EY tracked 314 financing rounds, out of a total of 743 they found. according to their data, VC funding declined in #Germany in 2020 by 15% to 5.3 bn Euros (6.45 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3oMxaDEIn the most recent fintech ranking #Frankfurt is losing position No 3 to Hamburg and now only scores at No 4 https://buff.ly/3o5IeKU Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. FrankfurtFrankfurt-based provider of high performance computing Northern Data raises 52.5 mn Euros (64 m US$) #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2KOccFcFrankfurt-based insurtech Clark raises 85 mn US$ (69 mn Euros) #VentureCapital, with lead investor Tencent (owner of Wechat) https://buff.ly/3nCyzeq we have an interview with the CEO for you here: XXXFrankfurt: Developing towards an epicenter of the German games industry - Frankfurt Valley https://buff.ly/39iZKao DarmstadtWe interviewed the Darmstadt based robotics software startup Energy Robotics in June 2020, where they already talked about their intention to raise Venture Capital. Now they closed their 2 mn Euros VC round: Earlybird and several Business Angels like Paul Achleitner, Gerhard Roiss, Martin Klässner, and Andrej Henkler invest 2 m Euros Venture Capital in Energy Robotics https://buff.ly/3qhA43kYou can learn more about them in our interview here: https://buff.ly/3fgyUQ0Merck KGaA snaps up German CDMO in boost to mRNA portfolio — including for Covid-19 https://buff.ly/2KauK2q Heidelberg/WalldorfSAP Unit Qualtrics Heads for IPO https://buff.ly/3pyBwOz MunichNew unicorn Personio is from MunichMunich-based Konux raises 80 m US$ #VentureCapital from Impact Investor Sanno Capital and Athos, The Family Office of Strüngmanns (Hexal), and existing investors (e.g. Alibaba). Konux builds intelligent sensors for Industry 4.0 https://buff.ly/3idMl6iMunich fintech Fidor Bank (a German fintech pioneer) is split up and sold to two bidders, Ripplewood Advisors form New York and Steria Mummert from Paris https://buff.ly/2MFo6SPepsi backs #Munich-based scented air drinks startup "Air Up" https://buff.ly/3i9vTDT HamburgtecHHub is the new 35 m Euro Entrepreneurship Center in Hamburg to keep founders in the city. Until the project is completed the city is thinking about a makeshift container solution https://buff.ly/3hL7If3 FreiburgInsight Partners and existing investors invest 100 m US$ #VentureCapital in Freiburg-based Jedox, the company offers enterprise performance management software for company planning and analysis https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 SwitzerlandZurich-based Blue Horizon Ventures is a VC focused on sustainable food, now they close their first fund with 183 mn Euros (221 m US$) with more than 100 investors from 20 countries. https://buff.ly/3a7l69Z Companies Food - Always a good topic to talk aboutDish Order: German grocery wholesaler Metro is partnering with Google to offer a competing offer to Lieferando. The clue for restaurants: There is no fee https://buff.ly/35TEEgvGerman food giant Dr. Oetker had their own beverage delivery service Durstexpress. Then they bought Flaschenpost, doing the same reportedly for 1 bn €. Now they merge Durstexpress in Flaschenpost https://buff.ly/3qB3Jov?utm_source=linkedinFintech / FinanceInvestors value Berlin-based Trade Republic with 600 m Euros (735 m US$) https://buff.ly/3hs0v36N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO https://buff.ly/3sXBUstN26 granted a banking license in Brazil https://buff.ly/3s2lGxK Vanguard will be starting an investment portal in Germany. They hired the „Head of Clients“ from market leader Scalable Capital for their based-Berlin team, headed by Jesper Wahrendorf (Ratepay) and Andreas Bittner (Solarisbank) https://financefwd.com/de/vanguard-scalable-thomas-wolff/Sibylle Strack, former CEO of #Berlin-based fintech Kontist hired at Deutsche Bank as Chief Growth Officer BizBanking https://buff.ly/2LhWClrBerlin-based fintech incubator Finleap shifts focus to test products for corporate clients, they don't want to be entrepreneurs any more https://buff.ly/3mgSHCc New VC FundsAnt Financial plans to start a fintech Venture Capital fund in Berlin https://buff.ly/3qyAtic20 health insurer in Germany invest in Berlin-based VC Heal Capital's 100 mn fund, to invest in health tech startups https://buff.ly/38XWmS3Keep in mind the news of the Delivery Hero fund from before Selection of investmentsDigital road freight forwarder Sennder raises $160M Series, plans European expansion – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/35Eu9gR Peter Thiels' Valar fund joins other investors in a 21 mn Euros #VentureCapital round for credit card #fintech Moss from #Berlin. They were registered in summer 2019 and now valued at 100 mn Euro https://buff.ly/38F6rTQ Global Savings Group raises € 12 Million in their most recent financing round https://buff.ly/35aumID All Other NewsNot even half of the German employees would recommend Tesla as an employer reports German tech blog t3n. Applicants post in forums and websites about chaos and arrogance https://buff.ly/35bZqrc?utm_source=-custom-by-source-0- Which startups have footballers invested in? https://buff.ly/3hcuWdG Including investments of Mario Götze (Frankfurt-based Qualifyze), Philipp Lahm, and Matts HummelsElliott Stake Complicates Rocket Internet’s Plan to Delist https://buff.ly/2MjL1muBerlin-based #grocery delivery service (you still buy from a supermarket) named Gorillas raises 44 m US$ #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2IPM7F0 Stay ahead of the curveWhere Challenger Banks & Incumbents See The Next Digital Banking Opportunity: Seniors and the underbanked https://buff.ly/35jRIf3Top Investors Fueling The Renewable Energy Tech Ecosystem - CB Insights Research https://buff.ly/3bieHKXCharting retail banking revenues by generation https://buff.ly/2L9b9zD

This Month in German Startups - January 2021 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is the first news episode of 2021, but you can have a look at our 2020 review. Today we are wrapping up January 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, from two new unicorns to a much anticipated IPO of Auto1 (will be raising at least 1.5 bn Euros), Delivery Hero goes VC and there may be Amazon TV/Radio in Germany. Housekeeping - Time to brag Just a bit of bragging today: Listen Up! Here’s Your Guide To European Tech And Startup Podcasts In English https://buff.ly/39S3qyR Top NewsWe have two new unicornsMambu - Germany’s newest Fintech Unicorn offers Banking Software as SaaS https://buff.ly/3oNEHC2 - Without them, no N26. They provide the software, which enables challenger banks like them.Munich-based HR scaleup Personio lands €103.5 million Series D funding and a €1.4 billion valuation https://buff.ly/35QYn0pRelated: Start-Up Personio Joins Circle of Unicorns - Technical University of Munich - School of Management https://buff.ly/2YgKm7W Delivery Hero raises 1.2 bn in fresh capitalDelivery Hero raises 1.2 bn Euros (1.47 bn US$) in new funding, selling "in hours" 9.44 mn new shares for 132 Euros each https://buff.ly/394ZFFQRelated:Delivery Hero starts their own Corporate Venture Fund called DX Ventures with 50 m Euros https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 Auto1 IPOAuto1 IPO will be raising a minimum of 1.5 bn Euros (2.2 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3plC62nOlder articles related to this IPO - you can see the fundraising went up 500 million More details of the planned IPO of Auto1 Group emerge. They want to list in 2021 Q1 in Frankfurt in Prime Standard. Out of 1 bn € to be raised 250 m will pay back convertibles, 750 m will be invested in further growth https://buff.ly/38Hq0uz Used-car platform AUTO1 to float in Frankfurt, looking to raise 1 bn Euros from selling new shares, with a valuation of 6-8 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3bxbWWx Amazon TV or Radio Station in Germany?Amazon has filed paperwork in Germany to get a broadcast license. The filing dates to November 2020 https://buff.ly/3bW0Mur Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Oliver Samwer from Rocket Internet gave a private loan to Markus Braun from Wirecard of 75 mn Euros (91 m US$), which he demanded back rather harshly, shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency https://buff.ly/3bW2ITUIn Austria, an investigation against former Wirecard COO Marsalek is ongoing in potential bribery of an employee of Austrian constitution protection (like their NSA). He is supposed to have checked the solvency of porn site hosts for Mr. Marsalke https://buff.ly/39eVNDz Ecosystem Slack users in Germany were greeted in the new year with a big outage covering most of the first working day of the new year 2021 https://buff.ly/3972zd0 January 4thTech workers want to relocate to Germany more than any other country in the world https://buff.ly/2Jims8n Germany starts with the test of a countrywide patient file, called "E-Patientenakte." The users can carry around all their medical files (x-rays, reports ...) on their smartphone and grant their physician access https://buff.ly/3hHb3M4Berlin remains the capital of German Venture Capital in 2020. EY tracked 314 financing rounds, out of a total of 743 they found. according to their data, VC funding declined in #Germany in 2020 by 15% to 5.3 bn Euros (6.45 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3oMxaDEIn the most recent fintech ranking #Frankfurt is losing position No 3 to Hamburg and now only scores at No 4 https://buff.ly/3o5IeKU Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news. FrankfurtFrankfurt-based provider of high performance computing Northern Data raises 52.5 mn Euros (64 m US$) #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2KOccFcFrankfurt-based insurtech Clark raises 85 mn US$ (69 mn Euros) #VentureCapital, with lead investor Tencent (owner of Wechat) https://buff.ly/3nCyzeq we have an interview with the CEO for you here: XXXFrankfurt: Developing towards an epicenter of the German games industry - Frankfurt Valley https://buff.ly/39iZKao DarmstadtWe interviewed the Darmstadt based robotics software startup Energy Robotics in June 2020, where they already talked about their intention to raise Venture Capital. Now they closed their 2 mn Euros VC round: Earlybird and several Business Angels like Paul Achleitner, Gerhard Roiss, Martin Klässner, and Andrej Henkler invest 2 m Euros Venture Capital in Energy Robotics https://buff.ly/3qhA43kYou can learn more about them in our interview here: https://buff.ly/3fgyUQ0Merck KGaA snaps up German CDMO in boost to mRNA portfolio — including for Covid-19 https://buff.ly/2KauK2q Heidelberg/WalldorfSAP Unit Qualtrics Heads for IPO https://buff.ly/3pyBwOz MunichNew unicorn Personio is from MunichMunich-based Konux raises 80 m US$ #VentureCapital from Impact Investor Sanno Capital and Athos, The Family Office of Strüngmanns (Hexal), and existing investors (e.g. Alibaba). Konux builds intelligent sensors for Industry 4.0 https://buff.ly/3idMl6iMunich fintech Fidor Bank (a German fintech pioneer) is split up and sold to two bidders, Ripplewood Advisors form New York and Steria Mummert from Paris https://buff.ly/2MFo6SPepsi backs #Munich-based scented air drinks startup "Air Up" https://buff.ly/3i9vTDT HamburgtecHHub is the new 35 m Euro Entrepreneurship Center in Hamburg to keep founders in the city. Until the project is completed the city is thinking about a makeshift container solution https://buff.ly/3hL7If3 FreiburgInsight Partners and existing investors invest 100 m US$ #VentureCapital in Freiburg-based Jedox, the company offers enterprise performance management software for company planning and analysis https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 SwitzerlandZurich-based Blue Horizon Ventures is a VC focused on sustainable food, now they close their first fund with 183 mn Euros (221 m US$) with more than 100 investors from 20 countries. https://buff.ly/3a7l69Z Companies Food - Always a good topic to talk aboutDish Order: German grocery wholesaler Metro is partnering with Google to offer a competing offer to Lieferando. The clue for restaurants: There is no fee https://buff.ly/35TEEgvGerman food giant Dr. Oetker had their own beverage delivery service Durstexpress. Then they bought Flaschenpost, doing the same reportedly for 1 bn €. Now they merge Durstexpress in Flaschenpost https://buff.ly/3qB3Jov?utm_source=linkedinFintech / FinanceInvestors value Berlin-based Trade Republic with 600 m Euros (735 m US$) https://buff.ly/3hs0v36N26 Eyes IPO With Hiring Of New CFO https://buff.ly/3sXBUstN26 granted a banking license in Brazil https://buff.ly/3s2lGxK Vanguard will be starting an investment portal in Germany. They hired the „Head of Clients“ from market leader Scalable Capital for their based-Berlin team, headed by Jesper Wahrendorf (Ratepay) and Andreas Bittner (Solarisbank) https://financefwd.com/de/vanguard-scalable-thomas-wolff/Sibylle Strack, former CEO of #Berlin-based fintech Kontist hired at Deutsche Bank as Chief Growth Officer BizBanking https://buff.ly/2LhWClrBerlin-based fintech incubator Finleap shifts focus to test products for corporate clients, they don't want to be entrepreneurs any more https://buff.ly/3mgSHCc New VC FundsAnt Financial plans to start a fintech Venture Capital fund in Berlin https://buff.ly/3qyAtic20 health insurer in Germany invest in Berlin-based VC Heal Capital's 100 mn fund, to invest in health tech startups https://buff.ly/38XWmS3Keep in mind the news of the Delivery Hero fund from before Selection of investmentsDigital road freight forwarder Sennder raises $160M Series, plans European expansion – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/35Eu9gR Peter Thiels' Valar fund joins other investors in a 21 mn Euros #VentureCapital round for credit card #fintech Moss from #Berlin. They were registered in summer 2019 and now valued at 100 mn Euro https://buff.ly/38F6rTQ Global Savings Group raises € 12 Million in their most recent financing round https://buff.ly/35aumID All Other NewsNot even half of the German employees would recommend Tesla as an employer reports German tech blog t3n. Applicants post in forums and websites about chaos and arrogance https://buff.ly/35bZqrc?utm_source=-custom-by-source-0- Which startups have footballers invested in? https://buff.ly/3hcuWdG Including investments of Mario Götze (Frankfurt-based Qualifyze), Philipp Lahm, and Matts HummelsElliott Stake Complicates Rocket Internet’s Plan to Delist https://buff.ly/2MjL1muBerlin-based #grocery delivery service (you still buy from a supermarket) named Gorillas raises 44 m US$ #VentureCapital https://buff.ly/2IPM7F0 Stay ahead of the curveWhere Challenger Banks & Incumbents See The Next Digital Banking Opportunity: Seniors and the underbanked https://buff.ly/35jRIf3Top Investors Fueling The Renewable Energy Tech Ecosystem - CB Insights Research https://buff.ly/3bieHKXCharting retail banking revenues by generation https://buff.ly/2L9b9zD

33 Jahre ist kein Alter für ein Role-Modell. Aber Lea-Sophie Cramer hat auch ein dickes Brett zu bohren: Nur 0,4 Prozent des Wagniskapitals gingen bislang in von Frauen geführte Startups, sagt die Amorelie-Gründerin in der neuen Folge des OMR Podcasts. Das will die Berlinerin nun ändern. Nach ihrem Ausstieg aus dem operativen Geschäft beim Sextoy-Anbieter vor ein paar Monaten will sich Cramer verstärkt um die Förderung des weiblichen Gründer-Nachwuchs kümmern. Doch vorher geht sie mit Philipp Westermeyer noch einmal durch die Geschichte ihres eigenen Unternehmens-Babys, verrät Anekdoten aus der Gründungsphase, redet über TV-Prominenz und ihren inneren Drang, demnächst selbst noch einmal eine Firma hochzuziehen. Alle Themen des Podcasts mit Amorelie-Gründerin Lea-Sophie Cramer im Überblick: Wie eine Begegnung mit Oliver Samwer Lea-Sophie Cramer dazu gebracht hat, ihren Beraterjob in der Probezeit zu kündigen (ab 5:00) Warum die Amorelie-Gründer schon früh einen großen Teil ihrer Firma an ProSiebenSat1 verkauft haben (ab 6:24) Was die Bestseller von Amorelie waren und wie sich das über die Jahre verändert hat (ab 11:52) Wo die Schmerzgrenze bei der Produktauswahl von Amorelie liegt (ab 16:16) Wieso der Ausstieg von Mitgründer Sebastian Pollock das Unternehmen verändert hat (ab 18:55) Was beim einstigen Branchenführer Beate Uhse alles falsch gelaufen ist (ab 22:40) Warum sie sich zum Testimonial ihres Sextoy-Startups gemacht hat (ab 32:00) Wie Amorelie PR zu einem steuerbaren Kanal, der Umsatz liefert, entwickelt hat (ab 44:50) Warum es ein Vorteil sein kann, ein Produkt zu haben, das polarisiert und wie man das nutzt (ab 47:40) Wie sie ihrer Familie kurz vor Weihnachten erklärte, dass sie ins Sextoy-Business einsteigt (ab 50:00) Was Markus Lanz mit ihrer Rolle als Jurorin in Stefan Raabs Show „Das Ding des Jahres“ zu tun hat (ab 54:28) Warum Lea-Sophie Cramer keine Berühmtheit werden will, aber ihre Bekanntheit schätzt (ab 58:48) Wann sie das ungenutzte Potenzial ihres Linkedin-Profils entdeckt hat (ab 1:04:52) Wieso sie ihren Instagram-Account als eine Art Stiftung versteht (ab 1:08:17) Was Lea-Sophie Cramer tut, um mehr Frauen zum Gründen zu animieren (ab 1:15:37) Streamen auf Disney+. Alles, was du liebst. Alles an einem Ort. Jetzt anmelden unter www.DisneyPlus.com

Die Gründerin von Amorelie im Gespräch mit Investor Christian Miele in der Start-up-Edition Am ersten Montag im Monat führt Christian Miele, Investor und Vorsitzender des Bundesverbands Deutscher Startups, durch das Tech Briefing. In dieser Start-up-Edition hat er die Gründerin Lea-Sophie Cramer zu Gast. Sie hat ihr Start-up Amorelie an ProSiebenSat.1 verkauft und war zuletzt in der ProSieben-Sendung "Das Ding des Jahres" als Jury-Mitglied zu sehen. Außerdem geht es um die neuen Superfonds der europäischen Königsmacher Niklas Zennström, Klaus Hommels und Oliver Samwer sowie um die German Startup Awards, die in dieser Woche das erste Mal vergeben werden. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mads Faurholt is the Managing Partner and Founder of Nova Founders Capital in London. Mads has during his short career started over 30 companies globally in markets such as Hong Kong, Portugal, Philippines, Germany, Malaysia, Indonesia, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan, UK, Thailand and Denmark. Before founding Nova, Mads worked as a Global Partner and Managing Director at Rocket Internet and Managing Director at Groupon in Asia. Mads holds an MBA from MIT and a BSc in Business from Copenhagen Business School – that he finished in only 1 year and 9 months. Mads has also been named one of Europe’s leading internet entrepreneurs, and is an Expert Advisor on Web Entrepreneurship to the EU Commission. In this episode Christopher Vonheim and Mads Faurholt discuss: - How to expand your comfort-zone, and the difference between risk and uncertainty. - How to build a top 1% career in life. - What Mads learned from managing Groupon and 3000 employees in Asia. - The key idea behind starting Nova Founders, and how he felt leaving Rocket Internet after all their success together. - What the key principles are behind Nova investments, and how they have evolved over the years. - How Mads evaluates companies, and build a culture around execution and hard work. - What Mads has learned from Stefan Bruun, Rasmus Ankersen, Oliver Samwer, and his parents. - How he discover talents and do recruiting. - The concept “insecure over-achiever”, and why that has helped him succeed. - How to become a world-class thinker, and why you need to ask the right questions. - How fatherhood has changed him, in private and at work. - Why you need to be comfortable about pissing people off, in order to have a impact in the world. In studio Christopher Vonheim, http://instagram.com/christophervonheim/ www.facebook.com/BYNNmedia/ www.instagram.com/bynorthernnorway/ www.youtube.com/channel/UCqumuRHEDX-0d98baZV0TTA bynorthernnorway.com

Joerg Rheinboldt is Managing Director of APX, the Axel Springer/Porsche Plug and Play Accelerator. Joerg’s entrepreneurial journey began in 1994 when he founded his first company, Denkwerk. He later went on to cofound Alando AG (with Oliver Samwer), which was acquired by eBay barely six months after launching. He then spent the next five 5 years as the Managing Director of eBay Germany before cofounding the nonprofit, Betterplace in 2007.    Joerg is currently an active angel investor, board member of renowned cookie company, Bahlsen, and sits on the entrepreneurship board of WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management. He is the co-author of "Simply Seven: Seven Ways to Create a Sustainable Internet Business“, founder of TEDx in Germany, a loving husband, father to twin boys, and an important cog in the vibrant Berlin startup ecosystem.

Vor Kurzem berichtete das Manager Magazin, dass Oliver Samwer seine Holding Rocket Internet von der Börse nehmen wolle. Doch macht das wirklich Sinn für das Unternehmen und den Gründer? Stammgast Sven Schmidt analysiert im OMR Podcast, was ein Rückzug von der Börse bedeuten würde, welche Vorteile der mit sich brächte, und welche anderen Wege die Samwers gehen könnten. Alle Themen des Podcasts mit Sven Schmidt im Überblick: Wie Philipp die aktuelle News über Rocket (mit ein bisschen Glück) vorhergesehen hat (ab 01:39) Wieso wird darüber diskutiert, dass Rocket Internet von der Börse gehen könnte? (ab 03:31) Warum erwartet Sven Schmidt eigentlich eine andere Entwicklung, als gerade in den Medien zu lesen ist? (ab 04:30) Der Vergleich zwischen dem geplanten Taking Private von Axel Springer mit der aktuellen Entwicklung bei Rocket Internet (ab 06:50) Woher könnte Rocket Internet zusätzliches Kapital für einen Taking Private nehmen? (ab 10:25) These zum Grund für einen möglichen Börsenabgang: Oli Samwer will zukünftige Werttreiber des Unternehmens nicht mit anderen teilen. Kann man das so sehen? (ab 14:59) Warum denken gerade einige Unternehmen – vor allem aus dem Digital-Bereich – über einen Abgang von der Börse nach? (ab 21:14) Gibt es noch weitere Kandidaten, die von der Börse gehen könnten? (ab 27:16) Gerade wurde Applift laut Sven Schmidt “verramscht”. Was ist los im Adtech-Business? Und was hat die Entwicklung der Branche mit Rocket Internet zu tun? (ab 33:06) Ist die Global Fashion Group die Bad Bank der Branche? (ab 37:49) Ist es für das deutsche Digital-Business ein schlechtes Zeichen, dass die Samwers ihr Geld lieber in Immobilien investieren, als in digitale Geschäftsmodelle? (ab 39:33)

Seit Dezember hat Adobe mit Christoph Kull wieder einen Chef für die deutschsprachige DACH-Region und für Osteuropa. Im HORIZONT Podcast meldet sich der ausgewiesene Software-Experte erstmals in seiner neuen Funktion als Adobe-Deutschlandchef zu Wort - und räumt sogleich mit dem oft bemühten Vorurteil auf, dass Künstliche Intelligenz ein Job-Killer sei. Vor allem Marketer müssten sich keine Sorgen machen. "Jobs werden wegfallen, aber gleichzeitig werden neue entstehen, um mit KI sinnvoll zusammenarbeiten zu können", so Kull. Vor fast genau einem Jahr hatte Zalando hierzulande eine Branchendiskussion losgetreten, als der Onlinehändler auf einen Schlag 250 Marketing-Mitarbeiter durch Algorithmen ersetzte. Rocket-Internet-Gründer Oliver Samwer hatte danach prognostiziert, dass das Zalando-Modell Schule machen würde - und damit Jobverlustängste in den Marketingabteilungen befeuert. Kull kann diese Sorgen nur zum Teil nachvollziehen: "KI wird die nervenden, sich wiederholenden Aufgaben übernehmen, sodass sich Marketer wieder auf die wertschöpfenden Aufgaben konzentrieren können", sagt der Adobe-Manager im HORIZONT Podcast (Intro- und Outro-Produktion: Supreme Music). Kreativ könnten die Programme ohnehin nicht werden, prognostiziert der Experte: "Das kann keine Maschine lernen, auch wenn man sie mit noch so vielen Daten füttert."

„Die meisten Fehler im Unternehmen habe ich selbst gemacht.“ Seine Sätze sind wie Wurfgeschosse. Schnell, gezielt und absolut treffsicher. Zweifel oder Unsicherheiten, existieren im Leben und Wirken von Heiko Hubertz, einem der erfolgreichsten Gründer Deutschlands, schlichtweg nicht. So der erste Eindruck, der, wie so oft, gewaltig täuscht. Er erzählt, bodenständig wie Heiko ist, von unruhigen Nächten und Sorgen, die er auch nach 20 Jahren Unternehmertum und ca. 200 Mio. € (geschätzt) auf dem Konto noch hat. Der Gründer des legendären Games-Unternehmens “Bigpoint“ und dem heutigen Gamesanbieter „WHOW Games“ weiß einfach nur ganz genau, was er will und was nicht. Er spricht offen darüber, welche Fehler aus der Zeit bei Bigpoint noch immer an ihm nagen. Welchen Führungsstil er lebt und wie dieser sich von dem Mann unterscheidet, der ihn stark geprägt hat: Oliver Samwer. Er erzählt wie er die Wachstumsgeschwindigkeit bei Bigpoint kreiert hat und warum er nach einer Entlassungswelle sein eignes Unternehmen verlassen hat, hört ihr in Folge 35 von „Inside Team Building“.

Die Internet-Unternehmer Ralph Dommermuth und Oliver Samwer haben ein Ziel: Deutschland soll im Kampf um die digitale Zukunft aufholen. Was heute noch wichtig ist.

Die Internet-Unternehmer Ralph Dommermuth und Oliver Samwer haben ein Ziel: Deutschland soll im Kampf um die digitale Zukunft aufholen. Was heute noch wichtig ist.

Willkommen zur der dritten Ausgabe unseres Podcasts. Im Wochenrückblick sprechen Alexander Hüsing und Sven Schmidt wieder über die Startup- und Digital-Themen der Woche. Diesmal geht es um About You, Finanzcheck, Home24, Oliver Samwer und Outfittery.

Der erste Podcast von deutsche-startups.de! Im ersten ds-Podcast überhaupt kommentieren OMR-Podcast-Legende Sven Schmidt und ds-Chefredakteur Alexander Hüsing die Startup-News der Woche. Wir versprechen euch zum Start einen Podcast ohne viel Schnickschnack, aber mit grandiosen Inhalten.

Benedikt Franke is an alumni of Rocket Internet’s ‘golden generation’ that successfully accelerated digital entrepreneurship in Germany by the end of the 2000s. For Rocket, he worked as Head of HR and as COO for its venture MyCityDeal. Afterwards, Benedikt founded the Latin American Media Group, which he sold in 2013. Eight years after he entered the startup world, Benedikt is working with Oliver Samwer again. This time by founding Helpling - one of Europe’s leading startups that successfully digitalizes the old-fashioned cleaning and home services industry. With Helpling, customers can book a vetted and insured home service provider and gain back time that they would spend on chores within just a couple of clicks. For the professional home service providers, the innovative online platform makes it easier than ever to find new clients and to manage when and where they want to work. Helpling has raised more than €70M from acclaimed investors such as Rocket Internet, Point Nine Capital and Lakestar. In 2015, Helpling acquired its UK competitor Hassle for €32M and recently successfully re-branded it to Helpling. In this episode, Benedikt talks about the fast-paced learning experience he had when he began his startup journey at Rocket Internet in 2009, how to make it work when you found a company with a close friend, why you should email Oliver Samwer and the next steps for Helpling.

Christian Miele is one of the most respected startup experts in Germany. From sketching out a business plan on a napkin to preparing a startup for an IPO, Christian is experienced in all stages of a company. While building a VC fund for Bertelsmann in India, he met Oliver Samwer, who convinced him to join Rocket Internet’s Global Venture Development elite team to roll out Westwing and Payleven. In 2012 he founded Todaytickets (sold to competitor Ticketea) and in 2014 he led the international expansion of Kreditech. Currently, Christian is a Principal at e.ventures, one of the leading VCs globally. E.ventures invests in early stage companies across the USA, South America, Europe and Asia. In this episode, Christian shares his secrets on how to “wow” a VC during an investment pitch, his opinion on the status of digitalization in Germany and why he thinks humbleness is one of most important traits in a founder.

Man könnte ihn fast eine kleine SEO-Legende nennen, in jedem Fall ist Pip Klöckner einer der cleversten Typen im deutschen Online Marketing. Im neuen OMR Podcast erzählt er jetzt, wie er Idealo zu einer SEO-Macht geformt hat, wie er mal 1,7 Millionen Euro in einem Jahr für Domains ausgegeben hat und warum sich die SEO-Szene in den letzten Jahren so wandeln musste. Alle Themen vom Podcast mit Pip Klöckner (Teil 1) auf einen Blick: Von Idealo zu Agrarmaschinen: Philipp Klöckners Karriere in der Kurzzusammenfassung (ab 4:10) Wie ist Klöckner zum Online Marketing- und SEO-Profi geworden, obwohl er doch eigentlich Investment-Banker werden wollte? (ab 5:30) Was hat er aus einem langen Prozess gegen RTL gelernt? (ab 9:39) 1,7 Millionen Euro für Domains: Womit hatte Klöckner schon vor Jahren so viel Geld verdient? (ab 10:56) Wie hat Klöckner das SEO-Thema bei Idealo auf- und ausgebaut? (ab 12:50) Die Anfangsphase im Online Marketing: Wieso hatte Klöckner mit BWL-Hintergrund einen Vorteil gegenüber anderen Marketern? (ab 14:30) Klöckner wollte einen Multipoint of Sales-Shop aufbauen – lange vor Home24 & Co. Daran ist er gescheitert (ab 16:04) Wie wurde Idealo zur SEO-Kaderschmiede und wer sind die entscheidenden Personen? (ab 16:48) Oliver Samwer wollte, dass Philipp Klöckner einen Idealo-Klon für ihn baut. Er entscheidet sich damals lieber für Ladenzeile – und lässt auch Zalando links liegen. So hat er Ladenzeile zu Beginn aufgebaut (ab 18:30) Nach einem Jahr Break Even: Wie Ladenzeile für 35 Millionen Euro an Springer gegangen ist (ab 23:22) Wieso Philipp Klöckner jetzt lieber mit Beteiligungen an Rocket-Unternehmen unterwegs ist, statt als Berater tätig zu sein – sein Consulting-Modell (ab 24:33) Für diese Rocket-Unternehmen war Klöckner auf der ganzen Welt tätig. Und deshalb fliegt Rocket die komplette SEO-Abteilung internationaler Startups nach Berlin ein (ab 26:29) Wie unterscheidet sich internationales SEO von deutschem? (ab 30:05) Wie das Beispiel Wimdu vs. Airbnb die Veränderungen bei Google zeigt und wie Klöckner Wimdu über Airbnb platziert hat (ab 31:46) Welche Webseiten man in neuen Märkten immer als erstes starten sollte (ab 36:55) Das versprochene Glossar Sandbox-Projekte: Testprojekte, die mit Ressourcen und Freiheiten ausgestattet sind, um Neues auszuprobieren. Traffic Spikes: Extreme Ausschläge im Traffic einer Webseite – in diesem Fall nach oben. Exact-Match-Domain-Bonus: Eine Exact-Match Domain wird in Deutschland meist Keyword-Domain genannt. Sie bezeichnet eine meist exakte Übereinstimmung zwischen Suchanfrage und Domain-Namen. Beispiel: Jemand sucht nach Springseil und die Domain lautet springseil.de – der Betreiber dieser Webseite bekam von Google lange Zeit einen Ranking-Bonus. BI-Tools: Software, die bei der Datenauswertung und –analyse helfen. Das Ziel: Business Intelligence – also Informationen über das eigene Unternehmen zu sammeln, um Strategien zu entwickeln. competitive edge: Wettbewerbsvorteil dropshippen: Drop-Shipping beschreibt im Online-Handel folgenden Vorgang: Ein Shopbetreiber ohne eigenes Lager nimmt eine Bestellung entgegen und leitet diese an den Großhändler weiter. Dieser verschickt die Ware neutral verpackt direkt an den Kunden. Der Kunde zahlt aber beim Shopbetreiber, der sich ein eigenes Lager spart und die Lieferung mit dem Großhändler abrechnet.

Highlights aus drei internationalen Marketing-Podcast in einer Folge. Mit Gary Vaynerchuk, Florian Heinemann und Chris Sacca. Alle Themen vom ersten Rockstars Mashup-Podcast im Überblick: Das Beste aus Podcasts weltweit – Deshalb machen wir einen Mashup-Podcast (ab 1:20) Intro: Philipp Westermeyer über Alexander Grafs Podcast „Kassenzone“ und die aktuelle Folge mit Digital-Papst Florian Heinemann (ab 2:45) Deshalb sind große Marketingabteilungen laut Florian Heinemann heute immer noch schlecht aufgestellt (ab 4:30) Die „Biddable-Entwicklung“, ihre Auswirkungen auf die teilweise intransparente Offline-Marketing-Welt und warum auch Oliver Samwer dank für jedermann zugänglichem Media-Einkauf keinen Rabatt bei Google bekommt (ab 5:30) Warum sind Amazons Marketingkosten im Verhältnis zum Umsatz verglichen mit Otto und Zalando deutlich geringer? (ab 9:15) Marketing-Chefs von heute müssen einen technologischen Hintergrund haben – ohne Storytelling, Branding und Kreativität geht’s trotzdem nicht (ab 12:30) Intro: Philipp Westermeyer über seinen Lieblings-Podcaster Bill Simmons und die akuelle Ausgabe mit Chris Sacca (ab 14:30) Deshalb glaubt Investor Chris Sacca, dass Broadcast.com-Gründer und Besitzer der Dallas Mavericks, Mark Cuban, in acht Jahren Präsident der USA wird (ab 16:15) Zeitweise wurden 62 Prozent der in Twitters Daten enthaltenen URLs nicht vom Google-Crawler erfasst – das spricht laut Chris Sacca für das enorme Daten-Potenzial (ab 20:30) Zum Zeitpunkt von Twitters Börsengang war Sacca mit rund 18 Prozent der größte Shareholder – heute kritisiert er, dass es lange keine echte Produktenwicklung gegeben habe (ab 23:45) Was war aus der Sicht von Google so außergewöhnlich am Kauf von Youtube? (ab 28:00) Evan Williams ist Mitgründer von Twitter, Blogger und Medium – Was ist sein Erfolgsgeheimnis und das von anderen Visionären und Gründern aus dem Silicon Valley? (ab 29:50) Twitter hat ein Nutzer- kein Geldproblem – Im Vergleich zu Facebook ist das Social Network klein (ab 32:00) Intro: Philipp Westermeyer über Peter Kafkas Recode-Podcast mit Gary Vaynerchuk, der im nächsten Jahr übrigens zum zweiten Mal beim Rockstars Festival als Speaker am Start sein wird (ab 34:00) Performance Marketing reicht längst nicht mehr aus, ohne Branding geht nichts, so Gary Vaynerchuk. Dabei würden Agenturen heute nur im eigenen Interesse handeln, der Kunde sei zweitrangig (ab 35:45) Gary Vaynerchuk kann den Zeitpunkt nicht erwarten, wenn 97 Prozent sogenannter Fake-Entrepreneure mit ihren „Arbitrage-Machines“ vom Radar verschwinden, die nur auf Finanzierungen aus sind: „This is the greatest era of fake businesses ever!“ (ab 39:00) Wie hat Gary Vaynerchuk in nur sechs Wochen fast 300.000 Facebook-Fans gewonnen? (ab 40:30) Gary liebt Snapchat, prognostiziert ein extremes Nutzer-Wachstum und betont das große Selbstbewusstsein von Gründer Evan Spiegel. Aber auch Musical.ly habe Potenzial…(ab 42:30) Outro: Was waren Eure Highlights am ersten Mashup-Podcast? Sollen wir das Format fortführen? Dann bestimmt auch dabei: Exciting Commerce mit Jochen Krisch und der Digiday-Podcast mit Brian Morrissey (ab 45:15)

Bei Rocket Internet ist jetzt Showtime angesagt. Inzwischen zeichnet sich ab, wie man die Unternehmensbewertung zum Börsengang auf das Maximale steigern will. In den neuesten Exchanges beleuchten Jochen Krisch und Marcel Weiß Rocket Internet auf dem Weg zum „Alibaba für den Rest der Welt“ und sprechen insbesondere auch über das Verkaufstalent von Oliver Samwer. Links zu den Themen: http://excitingcommerce.de/2014/08/10/exchanges-63-wie-gut-verkauft-sich-rocket-internet/