Recent articles by Lars-Thorben Niggehoff

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SevDesk raises 50 million euros
The Offenburg-based company's Series B financing round is being led by a US investor. The money is to be invested in the product range, service and staff.

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New funding for Rostock shower start-up
Duschkraft receives over one million euros, both from an existing investor and from a new backer. The Rostock-based company now wants to use the money to revise its product.

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Beyond Black becomes Extantia Capital - and brings in a new partner from the World Economic Forum
The Berlin Climate-Tech VC is undergoing a rebranding. Laura-Marie Töpfer, previously responsible for the Uplink platform at the World Economic Forum, is a new member.

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VC market starts the new year strongly
The KfW and BVK business climate indicator is once again approaching its best values. One reason for this is probably the controversial shell companies.

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Platform Group takes over Möbelfirst
The e-commerce company Platform Group is acquiring the Bonn-based start-up Möbelfirst. The companies announced this in a joint press release. The purchase price was not initially disclosed. Both Möbelfirst founders...

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New head of HR for N26
Eva Glanzer, previously at Getyourguide, will take over the department on an interim basis. At the same time, the fintech is looking for a permanent solution.

Portraits
The measurement of soccer
The start-up Kinexon has developed a new technology to capture motion data and has conquered first the US sports world and then soccer. Now the Munich-based company is increasingly making inroads into industry.

Interviews
"The gross misleading of customers must stop"
Lubomila Jordanova co-founded the SaaS start-up Plan A in 2017. It offers software that companies can use to calculate and reduce their own CO2 emissions. Now Jordanova and her start-up are launching the "Make 2021...

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MeinAuto can hope for a stock market valuation in the billions
The car dealer's IPO is official this Wednesday. The company itself is expected to receive 150 million euros.

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4.5 million euros for ThingsThinking
The Karlsruhe-based start-up is already supporting several large companies with its speech processing software Semantha. The new seed funding is now intended to help the KIT spin-off develop the market.
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