Recent articles by Lars-Thorben Niggehoff

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Monday Rocks wins ex-SAP executive as investor
Stefan Ries, formerly HR Director at the software group, will also advise the founders of the HR start-up on its strategic direction.

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Double-digit million sum for Gitpod
Less than a year after it was founded, General Catalyst joins the Kiel-based programming start-up. There is also a new supervisory board.

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A department store within a department store
Just a few months after it was founded, the Stryze Group was able to raise 100 million US dollars. And it did so with a very simple business model.

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Blockchains takes over Evan
"The added value of the acquisition lies not only in evan's broad technology portfolio, which is based on a much-needed trust infrastructure. Rather, the talented employees bring a deep understanding of the...

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Flightright swallows Scandinavian competitor
With the takeover of Flyhjælp, the Potsdam-based start-up wants to expand its Scandinavian business. The founders of the Copenhagen-based company remain on board.

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Carl Finance launches matching platform for investors and SMEs
Private equity investors are looking for takeover opportunities, while many SMEs are urgently looking for a successor. The new Carl Connect platform aims to bring the two sides together.

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Seed funding for Parkdepot
The start-up aims to enable companies - primarily from the retail sector - to continue renting out their parking spaces outside of opening hours. The Munich-based company has now successfully completed its seed round.

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20 million US dollars for Productsup
The e-commerce start-up Productsup has raised 20 million US dollars in capital. The Berlin-based company has thus almost doubled its total funding, which now stands at 45 million US dollars. The round is led by...

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NRW.Bank extends start-up emergency aid
The development bank of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW.Bank, wants to increase its "NRW.Start-up akut" development program launched in response to the coronavirus pandemic. After a first round of financing...

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Finanzen.net takes over "Gratisbroker
The Munich-based neobroker is now part of the Axel Springer portal. The founders remain on board.
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