The Samwer brothers are arguably the most prolific and successful Internet investors in Germany. And the chances are that if you’re a startup entrepreneur and they invested in your company, you wouldn’t forget it in a hurry. At least, not if you were sober. But for argument’s sake let’s say that you did forget – [...]

Suffering from amnesia? Or are you, as a young startup founder, perhaps just a little forgetful when it comes to large piles of investment cash? If you’re at the stage where you’re beginning to wonder who actually backed your business idea, then now may be the time for a little recap. If Team Europe Ventures [...]

Gründerszene is aimed primarily at website founders and internet entrepreneurs. But how do you spot a good internet entrepreneur from a bad one? If you are thinking of giving up the day job to start your own startup – or already own a startup and are wondering why nothing is going right – then the following [...]

Okay, so the headline is deliberately controversial. Things could turn out quite differently – and if they do we will be the first to admit we were wrong. But speculating about the future survival of web companies is entirely legitimate, especially when you consider the inherent insecurities of doing business online. When the dot-com bubble [...]

It will not have escaped the attention of industry watchers that the German startup scene has been gripped by Groupon-mania of late. An American deal-of-the-day website launched back in 2008, Groupon offers “one ridiculously huge coupon each day, on the best things to eat, see, do and buy” in chosen cities. Users can sign up [...]