The blog of Alejandro Brega
Neobanks are hitting hard. They promise a better user experience than traditional banks adapting a very old business to modern times much more quickly than the typical mastodons we know. The principles in which these banks operate are based on three pillars. First, the new banking users do not want…
Leave a CommentReal estate projects are driving the market for swarm financing in Germany. The total volume increases by 50 percent to nearly 300 million euros. More money from the swarm Compared to 2017, the German crowd investment market has risen by 50 percent last year. This is the result of a…
Leave a CommentThe Chinese service provider for mobile payment and the Berlin-based FinTech have announced that they will work together soon. What do the participants hope for? Alipay – more than just mobile payment Since its inception in 2004, the Chinese payment service provider Alipay has more than 700 million users. In…
Comments closedNine years after its launch, the once-successful project of the startup scene has gone bankrupt. The operation of the Germany wide nine branches should continue. When the first Kochhaus store opened in Schöneberg in 2010, the walk-in recipe book caused a sensation, as the founders described their concept. There was…
Leave a CommentIf there was any doubt about Apple’s future direction, they have been eliminated since Monday’s event: the focus was only on services: there were no hardware renewals. In addition to a bored news app, Apple introduced a gaming flat rate and a new video streaming service. And of course: the…
Leave a CommentThe Bitkom draws an ambiguous balance of startup policy in Germany. One year after the start of the new federal government, only a few measures have been implemented for founders. Twenty five projects that would benefit startups include the current coalition agreement. One year after the new federal government has…
Leave a CommentThe cooperation Logcoop bundles fulfillment services for e-commerce and an IT solution under the eSellerspartner brand. According to the cooperation, the members of the logistics network Logcoop offer logistics solutions for e-commerce at 20 locations. Through a specially programmed interface, eSellerspartner now links all ERP and shop systems to the…
Leave a CommentAre the Germans too tired? “The advantage we have is also a disadvantage,” says Cem Özdemir of Alliance 90 / The Greens. “We are doing very well economically. This makes you feel full. “But that’s probably not the only reason why Germany lags behind in digital business models behind the…
Leave a CommentTV formats such as “The Cave of the Lions” on VOX give you the feeling that everyone in Germany is starting a startup and employees are now rather boring and exotic. But if you look at the facts, a different picture becomes visible. According to KfW there were 1,548,000 founders…
Leave a CommentAround 600 German startups raised venture capital already in 2019, some of them several times. This was the result of the startup barometer of the EY audit. Overall, the founders received 4.57 billion euros – almost seven percent, or 290 million euros more than the year before. Most of the…
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