Tag: Rocket Internet
About 60 companies are at risk
Frankfurt am Main Activist investors try to influence the strategic orientation of a company, for example by sitting on the supervisory board. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt During the corona crisis, activist…
Start-up SoSafe: Playfully avoiding hacker attacks
Sosafe founder Lukas Schaefer, Niklas Hellemann and Felix Schürholz want to prepare employees for hacker attacks as realistically as possible. (Photo: SoSafe) Dusseldorf Even a simple e-mail from a supposed…
Online spare parts dealer: Autodoc is looking for an investor
Autodoc warehouse Autodoc is Europe’s largest online spare parts dealer. (Photo: © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP) Frankfurt According to financial circles, the online spare parts dealer Autodoc has initially postponed…
Take my money, whatever the price”
The European market is highly attractive for US venture capitalists. In a global comparison, the valuations of start-ups still seem low here, but the opportunities for returns are all the…
Founder of the year: Hanno Renner
Hanno Renner He wants to learn from the best and work with the best. Summer 2015, Monday morning 7:00 a.m. in the English Garden, I’m waiting for my running colleague…
Christian Miele is the start-up investor of the year
Christian Miele In addition to his professional success, his political and social commitment makes him the start-up investor of the year. When Christian Miele speaks, it’s not just the German…
Home24: Online retailer buys Butlers decoration shop
Dusseldorf From the rustic coffee table to the festive Christmas dinner – at Butlers customers can find decorative items and home accessories for everything to do with the table. The…
Hedge fund Elliott makes a profit of 200 million euros
Dusseldorf Paul Singer is known to German companies as tough, patient and successful. Be it the merger of the real estate groups Deutsche Wohnen and Vonovia, the redevelopment of the…
“Rail has to expand small-scale traffic” – forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege call for a turnaround in traffic
Forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege (from left) “We are convinced that the future growth in transport can no longer take place exclusively on the road.” Photo: Fiege Greven In the…
“Rail has to expand small-scale traffic” – forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege call for a turnaround in traffic
Forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege (from left) “We are convinced that the future growth in transport can no longer take place exclusively on the road.” Photo: Fiege Greven In the…
“Rail has to expand small-scale traffic” – forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege call for a turnaround in traffic
Forwarders Jens and Felix Fiege (from left) “We are convinced that the future growth in transport can no longer take place exclusively on the road.” Photo: Fiege Greven In the…
Start-up for CO2 emissions Planetly sells to US company
For many in the start-up scene, it should come as a surprise what the founders Anna Alex, 36, and Benedikt Franke, 38, are now announcing: They are selling Planetly to…
Ex-Commerzbank boss Blessing joins Hausgold
Sebastian Wagner Currently, 40 million euros in brokerage commission for Hausgold run on an annual basis. A good third of this remains as sales on the platform, said the 41-year-old…
Vestiaire becomes a unicorn thanks to Softbank and Al Gore – used luxury fashion is booming
Dusseldorf Vestiaire Collective: International investors have apparently taken note of the name. In March, a sum of almost 180 million euros had already ensured that Vestiaire, as a provider of…
Vestiari becomes a unicorn thanks to Softbank and Al Gore – used luxury fashion is booming
Dusseldorf Vestiaire Collective: International investors have apparently taken note of the name. In March, a sum of almost 180 million euros had already ensured that Vestiaire, as a provider of…
The Germans should finally get rid of their fear of Internet stocks
This exploded Challenger rocket has permanently damaged the standing of Internet companies. Many German investors carry the industry after the dot-com crash of the early noughties to this day. She…