Contentful Announces $33.5 Million in Series D Funding to Deliver Content Infrastructure for the Modern Technology Stack December 5, 2018 SAN FRANCISCO & BERLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Contentful, the leading content infrastructure for digital teams, today announced $33.5 million in Series D equity funding. Led by Sapphire Ventures, with participation from OMERS Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, and existing backers
Loyalty Prime Intensifies Its International Growth By Loyalty Prime, December 29th, 2018 The Loyalty Prime Group, a leading provider of SaaS-based loyalty platforms, has completed another seven-figure funding round. The investors are Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG), which is a new investor in the company, and the existing consortium of investors – including Senovo, UVC Partners […]
German HR software company Softgarden sells to Investcorp By Andrii Degeler, September 5th, 2018 Berlin-founded HR platform company Softgarden has been acquired by Investcorp, an investment fund headquartered in Bahrain, for an undisclosed amount. This is the fourth deal from Investcorp’s fourth Technology Fund. Softgarden’s main product is an applicant tracking system (ATS), which […]
A nice article about two experienced founders, who I met first time in 2012, just when they started to kick of riskmethods. Indeed, like mentioned in the article, “klassische Start-upler sind Schwarz, 41 Jahre, und Zimmer, 46 Jahre, laengst nicht mehr“, but that made the whole story particulaly interesting to me as a mentor and […]
Berlin-based Contentful raises $28 million to help more digital teams ship content faster By Thomas Ohr, December 4, 2017 Contentful, the content infrastructure startup, today announced it secured $28 million in Series C financing. Led by General Catalyst Partners, with participation from existing investors Benchmark Capital, Balderton Capital, and Point Nine Capital, the round […]
Updating Risk Management for the 21st Century: One CPO’s Approach by Nick Heinzmann, September 12, 2017 6:00 AM When the financial crisis struck, in 2008, Ron Wilson learned fast that his company’s approach to managing risk had become obsolete. As chief procurement officer at Wilbur Curtis, Wilson intimately knew the ups and downs of managing […]
Propertybase Acquired by Boston Logic To Expand Client Offerings Munich, Boston, June 8, 2017, 8:05 Munich-based Propertybase GmbH, a leading software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider for CRM and marketing for the real-estate industry, has been acquired by US firm Boston Logic, the two companies announced today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Propertybase offers an […]
I have to admit that I was a bit skeptical when the founder of that company mentioned to me that he is about to sign an overdraft (debt capital) contract with a bank, only a few weeks after he had initiated the dialog. And indeed, a few days later the agreement was signed and the […]
5 Münchner Start-ups, die wir definitiv im Auge behalten by Alexander Hüsing, Thuesday, 4. April 2017 München ist immer eine Start-up-Reise weit. In der Isar-Metropole tummeln sich einige große und bekannte junge Digitalunternehmen. Einige haben aber noch mehr Aufmerksamkeit verdienst. Hier deswegen einmal 5 junge und ältere Münchner Start-ups, die wir definitiv im Auge […]
Positioned for Continued Growth and Market Leadership: riskmethods Receives an Additional 13.5 Million Euro Growth Capital By Businesswire, April 26, 2017 08:00 AM Digital+ Partners leads Series-B financing. Previous investors, EQT Ventures, Senovo and Bayern Kapital all co-funded the round MUNICH & BOSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–riskmethods, the leading provider of solutions to identify, assess, and mitigate global […]