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Tom Schmidtgen

Recent articles by Tom Schmidtgen

News Finleap Connect takes over Spanish competitor The Berlin-based fintech acquires another company for the first time. The necessary growth capital comes from Claret Capital in London.
News Payment processors Afterpay and Sezzle come to Germany The two fintechs want to compete with Klarna and Ratepay. Sezzle is already in Berlin, Afterpay is still looking for a German head.
News Mynaric expands into Asia The Munich-based start-up has entered into a sales partnership with an Indian company. The aim is to penetrate the Indian aerospace market.
News Porsche invests in battery start-up Customcells This lays the foundation for the planned joint venture Cellforce Group. Two other new investors are also on board.
News Content management start-up GraphCMS gets ten million US dollars An investor joins the board of the Berlin start-up. The money is used to expand the team.
News Synbiotic launches CBD without hemp on the market The start-up extracts the cannabinoids from hops, among other things. This should allow the CBD products to be sold in countries that prohibit hemp.
News EU apparently plans embassy in Silicon Valley From there, the EU wants to keep a closer eye on tech companies. However, the plans have not yet been publicly confirmed.
News Fahrengold brings in CEO from Silicon Valley Sean Eckard becomes head of the luxury garage start-up. The previous CEO Max Knüppel will remain with the company.
News Start-up Omio is angry with Deutsche Bahn Deutsche Bahn releases live data from its trains to Google. A start-up from Berlin is not taken into account. The Federal Cartel Office is now investigating the case.
News DemoUp and Cliplister join forces The new platform supports 2,000 manufacturers and 300 online stores in 25 countries. Together they want to expand internationally.

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