Following the successful acquisition of German ACON Actienbank, multi-asset fintech group JFD Brokers has now introduced fully commission-free stock trading and has added Dutch equities to its product portfolio. From time immemorial, stock trading has always been a rather expensive treat for traders and investors. The high fees traditionally charged…
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Over the years, some startups really came to the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Accel Partners invested $ 14.8 million in a website called “thefacebook.com” in 2005, and received a return of $ 5.6 billion, 378 times its original disbursement. Most of the time, however, new…
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Last year, over 50 financing circles attracted over 62 million euros to start-up companies via Baystartup’s investor network. The focus was on early stage investments. 42.7 million euros of the invested money came from venture capitalists, public investors and strategic investors. Private investors come to a stake of 20 million…
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The Berlin start-up wants to involve wealthy private investors in construction projects. The start went well now the equity capital is again increased significantly. 20 million euros for a residential quarter in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, 8 million euros for a commercial project on Alexanderplatz, more than three million for an office project…
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To speak of the Pierre family we can say like father like son. Father Oscar, has been struggling for several decades with the digitization processes for companies. And son, also Oscar, has revolutionized the casting world with Glovo. Now Oscar, the father, also makes an important nod to the startup…
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In 2014, when Alex Tabor made his first trip to Beijing, the Brazilian executive was concerned about communication. Tabor does not speak Mandarin, but he hoped (with the help of a translator) to be able to convey something: the enormous opportunity for Chinese companies looking to invest in Latin American…
Leave a CommentWho has launched a startup often has the problem that outside of the circle of friends of the founder only two institutions know at all, that one exists: so how do you sprinkle the first known sed, if you have not more than a few seed capital euros and good…
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As announced, the investment company ZMH GmbH has taken over the majority of the Viennese startup Digital Hero from Hans Peter Haselsteiner. Founded by Blue Minds founder Eveline Steinberger-Kern, the company offers Energy Hero, an automated electricity provider change service. At the time of its formation about a year ago,…
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Barbara Fischer is a partner at Arena Ventures AG in Zurich and supports startups throughout Europe in financing. In their monthly Masterclass “Fundraising Fundamentals” in Zurich, startups learn how to structure and efficiently prepare and finalize their financing round. Here are her top 3 tips for founders: Skin in the…
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The path of a financial startup to profitability is long and difficult: the development of new applications is time-consuming. In addition, there are expensive marketing measures to reach a critical mass of users. Collaborating with established banks on an open platform can help. The fintech scene is facing a new…
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