Meilenstein für die russische Startup-Szene
Russlands Internetmarkt verzeichnet die größten Wachstumsraten – und wir setzen unsere Erfolge mit dem russischen Inkubator Fast Lane Ventures (FLV) fort. Gerade schloss eVenture gemeinsam [...]
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Wenn der VC den Unternehmer pitcht
Unser Investment in nginx.com ist ein ungewöhnlicher und spannender Deal. nginx ist ein sehr erfolgreicher open-source Webserver des russischen Programmier-Asses Igor Sysoyev. Umso überraschter [...]
Mein Vortrag beim IdeaLab 2011
Beim diesjährigen IdeaLab an der WHU sprühten die Teilnehmer vor Gründungsenthusiasmus in der aufblühenden deutschen Start-up Szene. Ich durfte einen Vortrag vor einem sichtbar motivierten [...]
Interesting Incubator Initiative in Cologne
Michael just pointed me to an interesting incubation initiative in Cologne: Speedseed (Site in German). The folks there started with their own entrepreneurial activities back [...]
VC FAQ: Where do I find a good Venture Capital lawyer?
As we do many early stage deals, we sometimes run into a situation where our investment would be the first venture financing in the career [...]
BestBuy Acquires Speakeasy
Our portfolio company Speakeasy announced today that it would be acquired by BestBuy. Here’s the full release. We have been using Speakeasy’s high quality broadband [...]
BV Capital leads investment in German Experteer.de
I’ve got some shameless self-promotion today, but bear with me since I am really excited about the deal: BV Capital is leading a round of [...]
Web 2.0 Investments Double in 2006
I saw this article in VentureWire, a newsletter for VCs, yesterday: Start-ups dabbling in the so-called Web 2.0 space raised $844.4 million in 2006, more [...]
Zudeo Launches
One of the privileges of being a VC is being able to see your portfolio companies grow and be successful. One of these companies is [...]
Big Idea Video Contest Started by Some Silicon Valley VCs
When I started my office hours some time ago, some VCs asked me whether I wasn’t getting inundated with random requests. Turns out that I [...]