Jan
26
Exclusive – Yet another funding round for a Berlin-based tech startup. T-Venture, Deutsche Telekom’s venture arm, and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft have co-invested in privately-held online video syndication and marketing company Clipkit. The size of the round was not disclosed, but we’re told that it was a “mid-seven-digit euros” figure. With the new capital, Clipkit intends to …
Jan
24
Ostrovok.ru, the Moscow-based hotel booking service, just raised a triple funding boost from three of the most respected names in online travel. Erik Blachfold, CEO of Expedia, Hotwire and Tripit founder Gregg Brockway and Altimeter Capital’s Brad Gerstner all agreed to invest in the travel company. Travel is a hot industry to invest in and …
Jan
22
e-Commerce is growing by leaps and bounds and people are splashing money on online purchases through not only desktops and laptops but also via their smartphones and tablets. According to a latest survey conducted by Adobe Digital Marketing Insights, tablet owners trump when it comes to spending money on online purchases. Tablet owners tend to …
Jan
20
This week you’ll have likely come across two new acronyms: SOPA (Stop Internet Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act). They are new powers being discussed in the US congress which will give content owners the power to shut down any website that is facilitating or involved in piracy online at any level. The …
Jan
03
Mobile commerce is on the rise and the stats are proving that iOS users are the main force behind this revolution. According to a recent survey conducted by ecommerce company RichRelevance, iPhone and iPad users were responsible for 92 percent of the mobile transactions carried out in the month of December. The survey also showed …
Dec
26
Christmas season also means heavy discounts from retailers and thus plenty of chances to snag your favorite stuff at rock bottom prices. Amazon UK is joining in the festive spirit and has kicked off Christmas sales. It has already added hundreds of book titles to its sales and these books are now available at throwaway …
Dec
22
Rocket Internet, the Berlin-based incubator best known for German-language clones of US startups like Zappos and Groupon, now has big ambitions in the online furniture space according to information passed to TechCrunch Europe. In a confidential email sent by Oliver Samwer which we have confirmed is genuine, the head (with his brothers Marc and Alexander) …
Dec
21
LeGuide.com Group, a pan-European publisher of online shopping guides, comparison websites and the like, has acquired online shopping portal Ciao from Microsoft. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but LeGuide.com says it paid for the Ciao assets in cash and didn’t need to take on debt to finance the transaction. Founded in 1999 …
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