Gearbooker is a fast-growing peer-to-peer platform for sharing creative equipment. This interesting vertical combines three factors of successful marketplaces: goods that are often underused, easily shareable, and with a transaction value attractive enough to make it work. As a business model, Gearbooker uses the AirBnB… Read more
Social media advertising is a fast-moving global industry, where “influencer” is THE buzz word. Influencers are the new stars shining in their shows with their specific audience. Adeezy offers a global influencer directory service, which allows brands or media agencies to check influencers worldwide. Influencers… Read more
As a former founder and a current mentor at Techstars, Meera Innes has almost ten years of startup experience. She is committed to creating a better system which enables founders to access support on an ongoing basis. She works directly with founders and can be… Read more
Janneke Niessen is a serial entrepreneur, technologist, innovator, and creative thinker, who started her own company almost 20 years ago when ‘startup’ was still a non-existing word. And even though everyone discouraged her, she went on with the idea. Find out how she entered the… Read more
RefundMe is a platform that digitizes the VAT refund process for tourists, retailers, airports and governments. Their IoT-based solution enables the government to validate purchases automatically without the need for manual intervention. With their solution, all stakeholders benefit from the process. Find out what type… Read more
The Berlin startup scene seems to have largely avoided the dip in startup life that has been going on in other European cities. Although incubators and accelerators remain active in Berlin, the startup ecosystem is able to rely on the startup ecosystem itself. When you… Read more
Information technology is the backbone for most organizations. Delay or an outage in the IT performance with your systems being down for some time can cause financial losses and potentially losing business deals. ITPA prevents IT performance issues and resolves delays and instabilities in the… Read more
In our new ‘Video Lessons’ blog series we share knowledge for both startups and investors in a short video format. Welcome to Leapfunder’s guide to investing! Today we are going to talk about pre-money and post-money valuation. We hope you have enjoyed this video. Stay… Read more
Benjamin founded Civocracy from what he saw as a clear fundamental problem, the non-leveraging of technology for transparency and civic participation. He spent 12 months researching, developing prototypes and the business model prior to co-founding the company in May 2015. Find out more about his… Read more
In our new ‘Raising Funding for Your Startup’ blog series, we’re taking you through six steps of raising funding. The sixth and last blog is dedicated to the long-term founder/investor relationship. Learn about cash flows, updates and why early-stage startups should talk to VCs. Long-Term… Read more
