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Tech Open Air Berlin: Update: What TOA Berlin has been up to

Tue, 22 May 2012 15:15:34 +0200

Tech Open Air Berlin: Update: What TOA Berlin has been up to: toaberlin: Dear TOA...

Talking to Gidsy Founder Edial about TOA Berlin Check out the...

Mon, 21 May 2012 23:03:00 +0200

Talking to Gidsy Founder Edial about TOA Berlin

Check out the short video interview we did with Gidsy founder Edial Dekker. The video is part of a series of videos we did telling the startup community about TOA Berlin and asking them about feedback and what they would expect/hope for.

Thanks to Edial and the whole Gidsy team for their time!

by Nikolas Woischnik

TWIST BERLIN vs. London

Mon, 14 May 2012 01:24:00 +0200

After an electrifying TWIST Berlin show at Ahoy! Berlin in February the show hosts reached out...

Heureka! Conference Berlin

Mon, 07 May 2012 12:27:00 +0200

Fellow Berlin based blogs Gründerszene and VentureVillage have teamed up to host the Heureka...

Awesome Vid of animated GIFs

Thu, 03 May 2012 09:05:00 +0200

As a follow-up to the Loopc.am post, here an awesome video that conveys the magical nature and...

Skype A Founder #12: Loopc.am Founder Tor Rauden Källstigen on...

Tue, 01 May 2012 13:57:00 +0200

Skype A Founder #12: Loopc.am Founder Tor Rauden Källstigen on his Seed Financing Round and Launch of new web platform

Ok, I don’t want to get carried away, but i can’t help but rejoice in the fact that Loopc.am announced a seed financing round with a group of investors that are without equal.

Loopc.am’s round closed earlier this year and was led by London-based Passion Capital. Joining Passion in supporting Tor and his team is a syndicate of premier angel investors including Zoe Adamovicz (Xyologic, Concise Software), Alexander Ljung (Soundcloud), Heilemann Ventures (Dailydeal), Christophe Maire (Txtr), Felix Petersen (Amen), Peter Read and Eric Wahlforss (Soundcloud).

The Loopc.am app allows you to capture a series of frames through an iPhone or iPad camera stop-motion style, which is seamlessly and quickly merged into an animation to share. This has appeal to anyone who loves visual interaction – and can be described as a blend between still photographs and video. As an example, this was my latest loop from my day at Wannsee yesterday:

The fact that an A-Team of investors yet again backs a product-centric company truly manifests the paradigm change that has taken place in the Berlin scene over the last years. Before investors were focused on backing proven business models and operations driven companies. Today, recently funded startups like Amen, EyeEm, Wahwah.fm or Loopc.am show that one can convince investors in Berlin with a strong vision and an innovative product.

I must admit that when I met Tor the first time more than one year ago at the F@6 radio show we were both guests at, i thought he was kind of nuts to create an App for animated Gifs, a technology that had been around since the late 80s. At that point GIFs were not even out of fashion, they were practically living dead. However, the product he ultimately came up with proved to be uber-slick and bloody addictive. It is wonderful to witness someone like Tor, who pulled through and never stopped chasing his dream to make Loopc.am a full-time endeavor. Kudos!

Have a look at the interview to find out more about the financing round, it’s API release and Tor’s vision to create the Lol-Graph of the future.

by Nikolas Woischnik

SPOTIFY TechTalk at Ahoy! Berlin

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:46:00 +0200

Spotify, the uber-cool music streaming service is coming to town to host an event as part of...

20 Books Berlin Entrepreneurs recommend you to read

Thu, 19 Apr 2012 11:24:00 +0200

These are the books Berlin startup entrepreneurs recommend. The poll was done amongst Berlin...

TOA Berlin: Meetup 3 at EyeEm

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:44:00 +0200

On Wednesday we had our third TOA Berlin meetup. This time EyeEm was so kind to host us. Just...

Interview with Rails Girls Organizer Henrietta Kekäläinen In...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:32:00 +0200

Interview with Rails Girls Organizer Henrietta Kekäläinen

In case you have not heard yet, the Rails Girls are in town. TechBerlin spoke to organizer Henrietta Kekäläinen (Official Holder of the World Championship Title in “Most difficult last Name”) back in March already. Unfortunately the video went MIA in the vastness of the TechBerlin archive (do not ever buy a 128GB flash drive, it forces you to save data all over the place), but resurfaced just-in-time!

The programming workshop for women will take place over the next two days and even though it is “fully booked”, there will be an afterparty at Flamingo open to everyone.

According to Henriette, a staggering 180 “girls” applied in Berlin, with 75attendees accepted. And the workshop is spreading around the world like bushfire: “Next week Rails Girls will be in Krakow and we have Stockholm, Buenos Aires, Dublin, Vienna, Hamburg and Paris in the pipeline. And yes, we will obviously be back in Berlin, too” says Henriette.

Watch the video to find out more about this wicked initiative and have a look at their inspiring blog to stay in the loop!

by Nikolas Woischnik

DJ Lowrider playing the Blues

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:31:00 +0200

Holy Moly, what a set! Our dear friend and Ahoy! Berlin resident :-) DJ Lowrider, a.k.a. Daddy...

Tech Open Air Berlin 2012 a.ka. Working with the PIWWs

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:17:00 +0200

I am sure you do not need another reason to believe that Berlin is the best place to start up in...

True Story: The Samwer Brothers are now Cloning Amazon

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:59:00 +0100

Please find updates at the end of the article: Oops, they did it again. TechBerlin found out that...

The TechBerlin City Guide

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:43:00 +0100

Every now and then i get an email with people asking me about Berlin tips. So i thought it would be...

Oh yes, Tweek Goes Live!

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 11:57:00 +0100

The team of personal video guide Tweek just announced on stage at the London Web Summit that they...

Gartner study predicts 95% growth for SaaS market

Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:57:20 +0100

Guest post by Lukas Pfeiffer, co-founder and marketing manager of swabr.com In former times,...

Program-Publish-Prove

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:49:00 +0100

An emerging post-agile paradigm in software development Guest post by Kristian Rother, Science...

Interview with App’Olympics Berlin Organizer Mathias...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 18:42:00 +0100

Interview with App’Olympics Berlin Organizer Mathias Fiedler (CTO, Artflakes)

This weekend is blessed with two great hackathons. Apart from the PhotoHackDay, that TechBerlin reported on earlier, there is the BeMyApp Mobile App Olympics, a 48-hour hackathon and startup bootcamp that unites idea generators, designers and developers in their quest to create some kick ass products. The event will be taking place simutanously in seven cities around the world: San Francisco, New York, Dallas, London, Paris, Zurich and yes, good ol’ BERLIN!

Don’t miss out on the opportunity to be part of such an extraordinary experience and come join other startup ethusiasts for a three day fun ride at Ahoy! Berlin.

The event will start on Friday at 7pm with people pitching their app ideas to fellow designers and developers. After teams have formed around the best ideas, there will be two days of straight hacking with all the clichés of little sleep and lots of Club Mate that go with it. On Sunday a prominent jury will vote for the best app idea and the winning teams await great prizes such as a trip to the Silicon Valley with accommodation covered. The event will finish in Ahoy! Berlin fashion with a wild party and our favorite DJ Daddy Hemingway spinning the tunes!

There are still some spots left for developers as well as party tickets (includes the prize ceremony) for people who do not wish to go through the 48-hour craziness, but want to soak in the unique experience nevertheless. Check out the interview above for more information on what to expect.

Get your ticket now: http://de.bemyapp.com/inscription.php

Thanks to Mathias Fiedler and David Link for making this great event happen!

by Nikolas Woischnik

Paging Mister Mayor

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:52:00 +0100

Berlin startups have recently started discussing the need to have an open exchange with Berlin...

Interview with Photo Hack Day Berlin Organizer Florian...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:47:00 +0100

Interview with Photo Hack Day Berlin Organizer Florian Meissner (Co-Founder of EyeEm)

Hackathons are becoming increasingly popular in Berlin. This weekend alone, there will be two great events for developers to collaborate and create new products in hours.

At the Photo Hack Day Berlin the most innovative developers and designers come together in an old swimming pool to hack the future of photography. Prices include a trip to London to show off your hack at an international agency. TechBerlin is happy to be a media partner and cover the event.

Check out the short interview with organizer Florian Meissner (also Co-Founder of photo discovery app EyeEm) above to find out more. EyeEm has just released its API so your possibilities are unbound. To register, enter your details here: http://photohackdayberlin.eventbrite.com/

by Nikolas Woischnik