Web and Mobile Business in the Capital Region - Microsoft Accelerator re:publica and MEDIA CONVENTION Berlin

Companies Berlin-Brandenburg as a hot spot in »Berlin is one of only three hot spots Ally the digital scene for innovation worldwide where Amazon there’s a realistic chance of quickly In recent years, Berlin-Brandenburg has evol- building up new businesses with Babbel ved into a globally recognized center of the international relevance. Hence, the Brands4friends Telekom Innovation Laboratories CarJump ­digital economy, while Berlin has become one are active in Berlin, Tel Aviv and the Crate of the most important startup cities in Europe. Silicon Valley. « CoModule The capital region offers excellent conditions Dr. Heinrich Arnold DaWanda and infrastructure for implementing web-based SVP Innovation & Laboratories and Drivy and mobile business models. The region is Managing Director T-Labs (Telekom Innovation Dubsmash Laboratories) eBay also characterized by a wide range of startups Exozet and a high level of energy as well as by a EyeEm ­variety of established and successful digital Funding Circle companies. Successful players, innovative Fyber Appealing living and working conditions attract entrepreneurs and established Game Duell highly educated people with new ideas from Glispa companies Google around the world. You will find intense and ef- Internationally recognized examples of suc- Hello Fresh fective networks between politics, associations cessful e-commerce companies are the online Helpling and companies promoting the digital economy fashion retailer Zalando, the food delivery HERE here. ­service Lieferando or myToys for children‘s and Home24.de In total more than 9,700 companies with over family products. There are also numerous suc- Immobilienscout 24 Iversity 96,000 employees are involved in information cessful digital companies like Immobilien­ Kiwi.ki and communication technology in the capital Scout24, the leading real estate platform online Komoot region. Many of them focus on web and mobile in German, Zanox AG, Europe‘s largest provi- Lieferando business. Strengths can be found in, but are by der of affiliate marketing, SoundCloud, one of Lieferheld no means limited to, the areas of FinTech, Ad- the most important music platforms and the Lock8 Tech, e-Commerce, games, mobility and In- game providers Wooga and Strato, the second Mobile.de Number26 dustrial Internet. largest player in the European web-hosting Onefootball market. The map service HERE offers locati- Orderbird on-based services and TomTom is the leading Outfittery provider of navigation solutions. Payleven »Berlin is creative and full of energy And of course the great international online PayPal and its large network of hungry companies that have settled here are worth Quandoo entrepreneurs offers the perfect reBuy conditions for founders. There are mentioning: eBay in Kleinmachnow, Twitter sociomantic numerous founder events and a and Groupon in Berlin. Google’s German SoundCloud real startup scene in some districts« headquarters is located in Berlin and is also Strato  ­investing in the startup campus Factory. In SumUp Anna Alex 2015, Cisco opened an Innovation Center for Twitter Founder & Managing Director OUTFITTERY GmbH Wooga the Internet of Things. Amazon develops soft- Zalando ware in Berlin and operates a customer care Zanox center and a logistics center in Brandenburg. Major digital location: Around 9,700 companies in the information and communi- cations technology sector, mainly from the web and mobile business, generating a turnover of 13.4 billion euros with more than 96,000 employees.

High startup dynamics: On average every 20 hours a new Internet company is founded in the capital.

Excellent education opportunities: The region offers a host of study, education and training options for the ICT industry at universities, colleges, art colleges, private universities and research institutions.

Location for European and German headquarters: eBay, Groupon, HERE, Twitter and Mozilla, and many startups and digital companies such as SoundCloud, Zalando, Strato, Wooga, ImmobilienScout24 and Betterplace

International meeting point: Not only during the Berlin Web Week, but as a ­year-round melting pot for the international digital scene eBay

Networks and initiatives in the »Berlin’s university and startup Labs digital­ scene scene has dynamic potential that’s Amazon Development unique worldwide. Systematic and Center In just a few short years an extensive network excellent education combined with SAP Innovation Center sophisticated and optimized startup around the digital economy has formed in Berlin T-Labs support programs allow both the and Brandenburg. The central meeting point for successful development and entre- YouTube Space international players is the Berlin Web Week: in preneurial transformation of existing companies in the web and mobile business.« Investors/Incubators/ 2015 it had more than 20,000 visitors and over Accelerators/Funding 850 speakers, making it one of the largest plat- Thomas Schildhauer Axel Springer Ventures Director BC Brandenburg Capital forms of the digital economy in Europe. Other Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet highlights include the re:publica, a conference and Society Berlin Venture Partners Frühphasenfonds Branden- for the digital society, the international media burg congress MEDIA CONVENTION Berlin, the IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft Android developer conference droidcon and the Investitionsbank Berlin Tech Open Air technology festival. Numerous Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg other events also take place throughout the year, Education and talent HitFox Group including the startup conference Heureka, the The capital region’s pull that attracts talent hub:raum web conference Webinale, the WhereCamp from around the world is enormous. Altogether Microsoft Accelerator Berlin, the Lange Nacht der Startups or Europe‘s some 225,000 students are enrolled in Ber- Point Nine Capital largest YouTuber meet-up, Video Days. lin-Brandenburg at universities, art schools Rocket Internet Networks such as media.net, Berlin 2.0, SIBB re- and colleges, including 16,000 in IT and digi- Seedcamp VC Fonds Kreativwirtschaft gion, Silicon Sanssouci or the matchmaking plat- tal-related programs. WestTech Ventures form Startup Match additionally facilitate the Numerous degree programs in media and exchange within the industry. The Berlin initiative communications, journalism and technical Events Projekt Zukunft, the Medienboard Berlin-Bran- ­studies, computer sciences and design provide Berlin Web Week deGUT denburg, Berlin Partner for Business and Tech- extensive educational opportunities. Many Droidcon nology and the ZAB Brandenburg support the in- ­universities also have a department for entre- Entrepreneurship Summit dustry with various activities. preneurship and a startup service. Similarly, GeoMonday there are also numerous opportunities for Heureka ­managers in the creative sector to attend MEDIA CONVENTION Berlin Mobile Advertising Summit schools like the European School of Manage- »Berlin has succeeded in attracting NOAH Internet Conference loads of creative international ment and Technology ESMT, the Hertie School re:publica talent in recent years. This among other things has helped it become of Governance and the Steinbeis-Hochschule Startup Weekend a very promising startup scene. to receive further qualifications using a hands- Startup Safary Even eBay, a »long-established« Tech Open Air Berlin company, has benefited from these on and academic approach. The Alexander VideoDays developments, for example through von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society, creative exchange and attracting new talent.« WhereCamp Berlin founded in 2012, explores the dynamic rela­ World Usability Day Dr. Stephan Zoll tionship between the Internet and society. Vice President eBay Support and financing

Berlin-Brandenburg supports the web Affairs and Energy assist the industry and mobile business segment through a with subsidies or loans for capital invest- joint economic policy in the Cluster ICT, ment, salaries and technology-oriented Media and Creative Industries. Dense R&D projects, as well as with infrastruc- support in the form of consulting, finan- ture projects, competitions and trade cing and subsidies provides the perfect show presentations. environment for inward investment, ­startups and innovative projects. To invest in startups during their initial and growth phases, the investment The two economic development agen- banks in Berlin and Brandenburg have cies, Berlin Partner for Business and set up venture capital funds. There are Technology and Brandenburg Economic also innovation and technology funding Development Board (ZAB), as well as programs. the Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg provide information about the range of Medienboard offers support through the support and financing options. funding program for interactive and inno- vative development and production of The Berlin Senate Department for Eco- games, apps, transmedia, virtual reality nomics, Technology and Research and and other innovative projects. the Brandenburg Ministry for Economic

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