An interesting phenomenon is taking place in the world of finance: The Banks, are adopting technological advances and innovation that come from startups “fintech”. According to what the newspaper Cronista publishes, from digital onboarding (opening of digital accounts), biometric validation of identity for all types of procedures, until obtaining an…
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First Uber and now Amazon. The Spanish startup specializing in the rental of medium and long-term housing, Spotahome shapes its dream team and makes it ‘fishing’ talent in some of the most leading companies of the last five years. After hiring Cleo Sham, former director of operations of Uber EMEA,…
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A new platform will make it easier for startups in Germany nationwide to establish contact with customers and investors and to find cooperation partners. The platform “Startbase” as a central platform will fundamentally change the ecosystem for startups, announced the German Association of German Startups on Wednesday. The platform is…
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In recent months, it has become apparent that 2019 could be a good year for real estate startups. In November, the broker house gold secured a double-digit million, including Deutsche Bank. Berlin-based Coliving Startup Projects collected 2.2 million euros in December. Shortly thereafter, competitor Medici Living announced that it would…
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German startups from the fields of e-commerce, software and analytics, FinTech, mobility and health in particular were able to record high investment amounts again in 2018. Berlin is ahead in a comparison of countries, followed by North Rhine-Westphalia in fourth place. In order to further improve the framework conditions in…
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The Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) establishes its own corporate start-up within the Group with “viesure innovation center” (viesure). Under the management of Wiener Städtische Versicherung, the largest group company, the new company is focusing on future trends in digital customer service. The headquarters of the company will be the new…
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Israel as a startup nation is still quite young, almost in the founding mode itself. Between ten and fifteen years ago, the state, with its nine million people, was mainly an agricultural country, which had only developed into a veritable innovation center with increasing technological know-how. With a charisma that…
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The prototype is ready, the first interested parties for the innovative product have been found and we are close to the first price calculation. But how do you set a mutually fair price for a novel product, where at first glance you have no comparable products? Why is pricing so…
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Never before have so-called startups – young start-ups – received as much venture capital as last year. The ITC sector collected the most funds. Specifically, 1.24 billion francs flowed into venture capital in young Swiss companies last year. This corresponds to a handsome increase of almost 32 percent compared to…
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The account opening takes place on the smartphone and lasts ten minutes. The app is free, domestic and sepa transfers cost nothing. The Swiss start-up Neon wants to offer one of the slimmest and cheapest forms of banking: an account app and a Maestro card. Neon wants to push in…
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