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NUMBER 01 INSIGHT INTO THE ONLINE CAPITAL BERLIN With contributions from Alexander Kudlich, Ansgar Oberholz, Michael Brehm, Mathias Döpfner, Carsten Maschmeyer, Christian Reber, Jan Beckers, Fabian Heilemann, Fabian Siegel, Florian Heinemann, Ijad Madisch, Jens Begemann, Klaus Hommels, Lukasz Gadowski, Joel Kaczmarek and 85 other great minds. „BERLIN HAS THE MOST POTENTIAL OF ALL CITIES IN Europe“ PETER THIEL * Peter Thiel, Former CEO of PayPal, first investor of Facebook and partner of the venture capital firm, Founders Fund. ENJOY BERLIN VALLEY! HUNDERT IS A PROJECT FROM BERLINVALLEY.COM DAILY NEWS FROM THE BERLIN ONLINE SCENE what A Great family: WE HIRE! WE ARE LOOKING FOR COOL INTERNS AND EDITORS, MALE OR FEMALE. CAREER CHANGERS WELCOMED. APPLY WITH 100 WORDS OR LESS AT MODEL: JENNIFER IRMLER (WWW.MODEL-fabriK.COM) photo: MAX Threlfall (WWW.threlfall-GOERS.DE) MAKEUP: BIANCA BENSCH (facebooK.COM/BENSCHBIANCA) OUTFIT WITH FRIENDLY SUPPORT FROM PEPE JEANS (NEUE SCHÖnhauser STRASSE) [email protected] THE HUNDERT Register now, and receive every issue by INTRODUCTION mail for free! Klaus Wowereit Governing Mayor of Berlin People from all over the world come to Berlin to turn their ideas and KLAUS WOWEREIT HAS BEEN THE GOVER- visions into reality. The lively startup and founder’s scene of Berlin NING MAYOR OF BERLIN SINCE 2001, AND THE is greatly responsible for our city’s creativity, innovation, economic LONGEST SERVING HEAD OF GOVERNMENT IN development as well as international attraction. OFFICE OF ANY GERMAN STATE. In recent years, our Berlin startup metropolis’ digital industry has par- ticularly made the biggest leap. More than 60,000 people are already active in this field, and the future value of the industry has already surpassed that of the construction industry. The impressive growth figures are optimistic for the coming years as well. To ensure that this trend continues and Berlin further proves to be one of the world‘s HUNDERT CONTINUES AS A SERIES! leading locations, the Berlin Senate is continuously and effectively improving the environment for startups and the digital industry. The „Hundert“ 100 portrayed people are all representatives of this development in Berlin. Whether as a founder, financer, investor or We are very excited about the response that “Hundert – in- Startups that you should know”, and “Hundert: Online marke- BE networker, they all contribute to the upswing in the German capital. sight on the Online Capital Berlin” has received. Therefore, we ting experts explain the way to web success”. They are the prominent faces of the startup metropolis Berlin. To all have decided to continue “Hundert” as a series. In the coming of the readers of „Hundert“, I can only recommend that you try and do year we will present new issues such as, “Hundert: Online Every issue of the series “Hundert” is available free of charge, the same. Berlin welcomes you – Start up in Berlin! entrepreneurs speak about their biggest mistakes”, “Hundert: both as print magazine as well as PDF download. BERLIN! Sincerely, Simply register and receive every issue for free: www.the-hundert.com 7 91 81 71 61 51 41 31 21 11 01 NENAD MAROVAC HEINRICH ARNOLD FLORIAN HEINEMANN FLORIAN NÖLL CHRISTIAN VOLLMANN RIVA-MELISSA TEZ ANDREA PETERS BURCKHARDT NIKOLAS TANJA HAEUSLER MANAGING PARTNER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT CO-FOUNDER & SPOKESPERSON ENFANT DIGITAL CO-FOUNDER MANAGING DIRECTOR BONELLO WOISCHNIK GARDENER GAINING DN CAPITAL DEUTSCHE TELEKOM MANAGING DIRECTOR BUNDESVERBAND STICKSTAR.COM & MEDIA.NET BERLIN- CEO FOUND FAIR & CEO NEW GROUNDS PROJECT A VENTURES DEUTSCHE STARTUPS KARDASHEV.AI BRANDENBURG EVERPRENEUR TECH OPEN AIR RE:PUBLICA 82 72 62 52 42 32 22 12 02 92 AGNES V. MATUSCHKA MARKUS BECKEDAHL VIOLA BENSINGER CORNELIA YZER FRANK THELEN STEPHAN ZOLL GÜNTER FALTIN MICHAEL BREHM INGKE WEIMERT JAN BECKERS DIRECTOR, CENTER OF FOUNDER & HEAD OF TECHNOLOGY SENATOR FOR FOUNDER & CEO VICE PRESIDENT PROF. OF ENTREPRE- CEO & FOUNDER HEAD OF MOVIEPILOT FOUNDER & ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GERMANY OLSWANG ECONOMICS, TECHNO- DOO UND E42 EBAY GERMANY NEURSHIP, FOUNDER REBATE NETWORKS DEUTSCHLAND MANAGING DIRECTOR TU BERLIN NETZPOLITIK.ORG LOGY AND RESEARCH „TEEKAMPAgne” HITFOX GROUP 03 93 83 73 63 53 43 33 23 13 STEFAN WOLPERS TOMISLAV BUCEC MATo Perić RAÚL KRAUTHAUSEN SVEN LUBEK ANDREAS THÜMMLER TIM DÜMICHEN / ALEXANDER KUDLICH CHRISTIAN REBER MATHIAS DÖPFNER FOUNDER MANAGING PARTNER FOUNDER & CEO PRESIDENT & FOUNDER & CEO FOUNDER & CEO MARIUS STERNBERG MANAGING DIRECTOR FOUNDER & CEO CEO BERLINUP LASERLINE EPIC COMPANIES INITIATOR COVUS GRUPPE CORPORATE FINANCE KPMG BERLIN ROCKET INTERNET 6WUNDERKINDER AXEL SPRINGER AG SOZIALHELDEN E.V. PARTNERS 04 94 84 74 64 54 44 34 24 14 SIMON SCHAEFER BERNHARD ROHLEDER JENS BEGEMANN PAULA HANNEMANN CONSTANZE BUCHHEIM LARS DITTRICH TORSTEN OELKE MARK HOFFMANN LUKASZ GADOWSKI KLAUS HOMMELS ENTREPRENEUR DIRECTOR GENERAL FOUNDER & CEO CAMPAIGNS DIRECTOR FOUNDER & FOUNDER & CEO OWNER AND CEO CEO PARTNER FOUNDER & PARTNER BITKOM E.V. WOOGA GERMANY MANAGING DIRECTOR GAULY | DITTRICH | SMART MOBILE VERTICAL MEDIA TEAM EUROPE LAKESTAR CHANGE.ORG I-POTENTIALS VAN DE WEYER FACTORY 95 05 15 85 75 65 55 45 35 25 TILO BONOW STEPHAN JACQUEMOT LEA-SOPHIE CRAMER CHARLES VON CORINNA POWALLA RALF ROGOSCH DOREEN HUBER CIARÁN O´LEARY CAROLINE DRUCKER MELANIE BÄHR FOUNDER & CEO EMERGING BUSINESS FOUNDER & ABERCRON FOUNDER & CEO PARTNER OPERATIONS PARTNER HEAD OF INT BRAND MANAGING DIRECTOR PIÂBO LEAD, MICROSOFT MANAGING DIRECTOR FOUNDER & CEO MANAGING DIRECTOR TRADEERS SPRINGSTAR EARLYBIRD VENTURES COMMUNICATIONS BERLIN PARTNER DEUTSCHLAND AMORELIE GLOSSYBOX MODOMOTO ETSY 86 76 66 56 46 36 26 16 96 06 STEFAN GLÄNZER ULRICH KISSING MARCUS BÖRNER NIKOLAUS RÖTTGER LUCAS VON CRANACH KAI DIEKMANN CONRAD FRITZSCH ALEXANDER LJUNG PAWEL CHUDZINSKI MIKE BUTCHER CO-FOUNDER CHAIRMAN FOUNDER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CEO & FOUNDER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CEO CO-FOUNDER & CEO CO-FOUNDER & EDITOR AT LARGE PASSION CAPITAL INVESTITIONSBANK REBUY GRÜNDERSZENE ILIGA BILD ZEITUNG TAPE.TV SOUNDCLOUD PARTNER TECHCRUNCH BERLIN POINT NINE CAPITAL 97 07 87 77 67 57 47 37 27 17 DOMINIK MATYKA YARON VALLER MARTIN SINNER ALEXANDER HÜSING MASOUD KAMALI & ALEX VON MATTHIAS EHRLICH BÉA & OLIVER BESTE THOMAS BRANDHOFF ANDRE ALPAR CEO & CO-FOUNDER MANAGING PARTNER FOUNDER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF ALEXANDER KÖLPIN FRANKENBERG PRESIDENT FOUNDERS FOUNDER & CEO PLISTA HASSO PLATTNER VEN- IDEALO DEUTSCHE- WESTTECH VENTURES MANAGING DIRECTOR BVDW TOLLABOX.DE MANAGING DIRECTOR AKM3 TURES MANAGEMENT STARTUPS.DE HTGF SOCIOMANTIC LABS 88 78 68 58 48 38 28 18 98 08 FABIAN HEILEMANN EYEEM JAN BORGSTÄDT JOEL KACZMAREK STEPHANIE RICHTER SASCHA SCHUBERT ULRIKE HINRICHS CARSTEN DIRK FREYTAG MAX SENGES FOUNDER & CEO TEAM HEAD OF EUROPEAN PUBLISHER COO SPENDINO & MANAGING DIRECTOR MASCHMEYER CEO MANAGER INTERNET HEILEMANN & VENTURES BDMI GRÜNDERSZENE ADSPERT ENTREPreneur’S BVK ENTREPRENEUR, CON- YOC AG POLICY & INNOVATION COMPANY CLUB BERLIN SULTANT & INVESTOR GOOGLE 09 99 19 59 39 29 79 69 49 89 RAYK REITENBACH BERND MONITOR FABIAN SIEGEL NEIL RIMER VERENA DELIUS MARK JOHANNES RECK IJAD MADISCH OLIVER BORRMANN RAINER MAERKLE INVESTMENT MANAGER MEMBER PARTNER CO-FOUNDER & CEO KRYMALOWSKI CEO CEO & CO-FOUNDER CEO PARTNER IBB BETEILIGUNGS- BUSINESS ANGELS GLOBAL FOUNDERS PARTNER GOODBEANS CONSULTANT GETYOURGUIDE RESEARCHGATE BMP HV HOLTZBRINCK GESELLSCHAFT CLUB BERLIN E.V CAPITAL INDEX VENTURES EGON ZEHNDER VENTURES 10 50 30 90 70 40 80 60 20 100 CLAUDIA HELMING GABRIEL MATUSCHKA SIMON WILLNAUER PHILIPP HARTMANN ERIC SCHWEITZER MADELEINE GUMMER MIHO TANAKA ANSGAR OBERHOLZ DANIEL ENGELBARTS AYDOGAN ALI FOUNDER & CEO PRINCIPAL LEAD-ENGINEER & MANAGING PARTNER PRESIDENT V. MOHL CO-FOUNDER CO-FOUNDER CEO & FOUNDER SCHOSSWALD DAWANDA PARTECH VENTURES CO-FOUNDER RHEINGAU FOUNDERS IHK BERLIN CO-FOUNDER & CEO AIRMARKR ST. OBERHOLZ SPARWELT.DE FOUNDER ELASTICSEARCH INC. BETAHAUS HY! BERLIN TABLE OF CONTENTS 10 Introduction 108 Berlin Startups That You Should Know 11 Thank You 126 Working at Silicon Platz (T-Labs) 20 Introducing the Federal Association of German Startups e.V 137 Groundhog Day with Pactas THANK YOU! 32 Impressions of Berlin (in Cooperation with EyeEm) 166 The Hype is over (Sugarhigh’s Guest Article) 46 The Most Popular Cafés to Work From (in Cooperation with Yelp) 168 Fashion in Berlin (Superior Magazine’s Guest Article) 48 Overview of Berlin Co-Working-Spaces 170 Scarosso; On the Way to Becoming a Multi-Channel Retailer WIThouT THE HELP OF ALL OF our SPonsors AND SUPPOR- 49 Overview of Berlin Incubators 172 Events for Startups and Founders TERS, THIS MAGAZINE would HAVE NEVER OF BEEN POSSIBLE. 66 The Cloud: IT Launchpad for Startups (AWS) 174 Notes of Berlin 90 Social Startups Berlin 176 What Berliners don ́t say 106 Guest Article “The hipster thing is a bad joke!” 178 Imprint and Contact Dear Readers, You may not believe us, but the fact that you have our magazine We want to give our many thanks to all involved and thank you all for “Hundert: insight about the online capital Berlin” in your hands, makes your willingness to participate in this project. We hope that the finished us just as happy as you. A precise concept, three intensive months, magazine does justice to all involved, and also conveys how much fun we thousands of e-mails, and what has felt like hundreds of liters of coffee have had with this project. are finally behind us. Above all, it was a time filled with positive meetings with extraordinary people. That was the greatest. Berlin is an incredible city to work and live in. Those of you, who did not yet know this, will find impressive reasoning in this Magazine. Hundert is meant to be a sort of mosaic of opinions, capturing and highlighting the booming hype about Berlin as THE online city. And who We hope you enjoy reading this! better to compare and analyze the reality here better than the people who live, experience and shape it daily? Jan Thomas and Konstantin Iwanow (Editors of the magazine, “Hundert” and the tech blog, berlinvalley.com) Our main objective was to gather as many different opinions, insights and views in order to understand the full picture.