Berlin

Microsoft übernimmt das Berliner Startup 6Wunderkinder, das die populäre To-Do-App Wunderlist produziert. Das Wall Street Journal berichtet (Paywall) (allerdings nur mit einer Quelle), dass der Preis zwischen 100 und 200 Millionen US-Dollar liegt. 

Wunderlist passt hervorragend zu Microsofts aktueller Teilstrategie, die beste Produktivitätssuite auf allen Plattformen anbieten zu wollen.

Wunderlist ist nicht nur populär (2013 waren es 5 Millionen User) sondern auch neben der Webapp mit nativen Apps auf nahezu allen denkbaren Betriebsystemen (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Mac OS, Windows) vertreten.

Microsoft hat zuletzt die mobile Kalender-App Sunrise zu einem wahrscheinlich vergleichbaren Preis übernommen.

Wunderlist und Microsoft passen so gut zusammen, dass die Übernahme im Rückblick ausgesprochen offensichtlich erscheint.… Weiterlesen

TechCrunch:

“TechCrunch Disrupt Europe: Berlin” will be held – of course – in Berlin, Germany.

Disrupt Europe will be aimed specifically at the founders and investors creating disruptive technology startups who operate across Continental Europe, the Middle East and Africa — but it will be about building global businesses.

The conference will draw together startups aiming not just at regional markets but internationally, taking the fight to the world. We will be joined by some of the biggest players both from Silicon Valley, Europe and other international tech scenes.

The main conference will be on October 28 – 29 and will be preceded by a free Hackathon for startup developers on October 26 – 27. We will release tickets for the Hackathon separately at a later date.

Sehr erfreuliche Neuigkeiten.

Pando Daily: Why tiny Stockholm has the most stunning startup ecosystem since Tel Aviv:

Thanks to Klarna, Spotify, Rebtel, and King.com, among others, Stockholm has a longer history of tech successes and more big-dollar exits than its German rival. For instance, the Nordic region as a whole — which still represents a much smaller population than Germany — accounted for about 6.5 percent of the world’s billion-dollar exits from 2005 to 2012, according to statistics provided by Stockholm-based venture capital firm Creandum. Europe — excluding the Nordics — represented 12 percent. And of the billion-dollar private companies listed in Business Insider’s Digital 100, 13 percent are from the Nordics, while Europe without the northern region represents only 8 percent.

“The Nordics are definitely delivering a disproportionate amount of large companies, especially considering that much less capital is invested in the region and of course that the region is much smaller,” says Creandum’s Daniel Blomquist.