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06/08/2018

- indiska, one of the leading Scandinavian Fashion and Lifestyle stores, empowerd by WELD.IO technology: "we have won our creativity back"

75% of Indiska’s start page is built in Weld. The e-commerce team makes pages for clothing collections entirely inside Weld, giving them the freedom to mix videos, photos and animations freely.

02/07/2018

The overhyped scooter company that raised more than 400M USD in 4 months is an example of everything that’s wrong with Silicon Valley and Venture Capital.

Electric scooter company Bird has raised so much money so fast that its venture capitalist investors are left defending their investment choice. Despite their exuberance, electric scooters look like a niche transportation choice at best.

03/04/2018

That's something founders should do more often when they raise capital: talk about what they do with it!

We just raised $125M in a funding round led by Mary Meeker at Kleiner Perkins. Here's how we’re putting it to work for you, our customers.

22/12/2017

Because we are capitalists. - it is time to break up big tech.

Why should we break up Big Tech? Because we're capitalists. Scott Galloway's talk at Business Insider's Ignition 2017 conference. Episode 154

18/12/2017

In case you missed it, go and watch Christoph Magnussen's interview to Benjamin Rohé for his podcast - it's safe to say that now the debate about Silicon Valley vs Silicon Allee is finally over. Enjoy!

05/12/2017

After years and years talking about a tech bubble, looks like we finally found it: https://buff.ly/2iIPmkR

In cryptocurrencies, the "store of value" is simply everyone's agreement that there is value here. There is no asset. And that is what a bubble looks like.

04/12/2017

You heard it here first: "There’s an implosion of early-stage VC funding, and no one’s talking about it" https://buff.ly/2iIAjrd

10/11/2017

Here's our vision about our investment in Steady - a full overview of the market and the latest numbers, written by Benjamin Rohé.

Everybody knows online journalism has a problem. In the era of populism, the lack of trust in newspapers and broadcasting news is all too…

07/11/2017

Here's why we invested in Innsides, explained in detail by Benjamin Rohé.

Stationary dealership death has struck prominent names in the industry recently, from such giants of retailing as Sears, JCPenny or your…

01/11/2017

Folge 10 des podcasts - Interview mit mir zum Thema "Vision: Corporate Ökosystem" - Vielen dank für das gute Gespräch und die wichtigen Fragen!

Was macht ein Serial Entrepreneur, der bereits zahlreiche Firmen erfolgreich gegründet und verkauft hat? Ganz einfach, er widmet sich seiner ganz persönlichen Vision. Benjamin Rohé spricht mit uns im

01/11/2017

Here are the thoughts of Benjamin Rohé on the retail apocalypse we've seen in the last 2 years. It's time for brands to conquer consumers both online and offline, and in the luxury furniture market, there's a startup that is finally giving the right answer: https://buff.ly/2ykh8L0

Stationary dealership death has struck prominent names in the industry recently, from such giants of retailing as Sears, JCPenny or your childhood memory...

19/10/2017

Benjamin Rohé analyses the infographic recently released by German Tech Digital - seems like Germany is giving away the potential from new technologies and startups created in the country. Check the full report here (in German) → https://buff.ly/2xPGF9Q

82 Prozent aller Startup Exits weltweit gehen in die USA Nur 43 deutsche Corporates haben zwischen 2012 und 2016 überhaupt eine nennenswerte

17/10/2017

We've put a ton of research in this one with German Tech Digital & the results are clear: German corporations don't buy startups. See the full analysis here → https://buff.ly/2x1Wr1w

17/10/2017

Deutsche Unternehmen kaufen keine Startups: 82 Prozent aller Exits gehen in die USA | Kroker's Look @ IT - Wirtschaftswoche

Wenn es um Exits geht, ist Deutschland im Vergleich zu den USA ein Entwicklungsland – sowohl bei Käufern als auch bei der Herkunft der Startups.

09/10/2017

Some thoughts from Benjamin about how to save journalism from fake news by finding a new business model based on trust. Would you rather agree?

Everybody knows online journalism has a problem. In the era of populism, the lack of trust in newspapers and broadcasting news is all too apparent. Peopl...

30/07/2017

meet the portfolio

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09/07/2016

parlamind, a Berlin, Germany-based provider of Artificial Intelligence platform for customer service, raised €1.5m in seed funding.

Backers included Motu Ventures, Asgard Capital and angelfund.vc.

The company intends to use the funds to continue to develop the platform.

Founded in August 2015 by Dr. Tina Klüwer, Christian Wolf, Dr. Nuria Bertomeu Castelló and Tobias Lehmann, parlamind leverages Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning to provide a cloud platform platform for customer service. Currently used by a dozen online merchants, the service allows companies to recognize and analyze interactions to automate and optimize their customer experience.

07/07/2016

our lateinvestment
http://www.gruenderszene.de/allgemein/parlamind-finanzierung-ki

Ein „Google Analytics für das Kundenpostfach“ will Parlamind aus Berlin werden. Mit dieser Vision konnte das KI-Startup nun 1,5 Millionen Euro einsammeln.

21/06/2016

Building Africa's no.1 e-commerce marketplace: GTEC Open Lecture highlight before summer break!

Join our GTEC Open Lecture highlight with Oliver Skopec before we break for the summer!

07/06/2016

Upcoming GTEC Open Lectures: meet Berlin's finest storyteller and the woman designing the digital future

Successful founders share how to tell a perfect story and how to design the future.

25/05/2016

Upcoming GTEC lectures with the founder of XING, Berlin's finest storyteller, and the innovators designing the future of work

Plus upcoming events with Berlin's finest storyteller, Miriam Rupp, and the innovators designing the future of work, Nancy Birkhölzer and Verena Augustin

11/05/2016

GTEC lectures and events: meet the founders driving world-class innovation in VR, professional networks, and storytelling

Meet the founders driving world-class innovation in VR, professional networks, and storytelling

27/04/2016

GTEC lectures and events: meet the founders changing the way we work, revolutionising VR, and connecting us online

Meet the founders changing the way we work, revolutionising VR, and connecting us online

12/04/2016

GTEC Open Lectures: meet the founders transforming the way we stay healthy and the way we work

Bianca Gfrei, Austria's founder of the year 2016 (21 April) and Christoph Fahle, founder of betahaus, Germany's no.1 co-working space (5 May).

29/03/2016

GTEC Open Lectures with seven-times founder Mikko Alasaarela and Bianca Gfrei, Austria's founder of the year 2016

With seven-times founder Mikko Alasaarela (7 April) and Bianca Gfrei, Austria's founder of the year 2016 (21 April).

15/03/2016

GTEC Open Lectures: Maxim Nohroudi on individualized mass transit, and 7x founder Mikko Alasaarela on emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship

With Maxim Nohroudi (ally) on individualized mass transit (24.03) and Mikko Alasaarela on emotional intelligence and entrepreneurship (07.04).

01/03/2016

GTEC Open Lectures with Hannes Kloepper (iversity) and Maxim Nohroudi (ally): the founders revolutionising online learning and urban transportation

The founders revolutionising online learning and mass urban transportation.