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[1 Sep 2010 | No Comment | ]

In order to promote its service to read free book abstracts on Liviato, the berlin-based Start-Up released a Podcast today to let people listen to the book extracts of the most popular books on iTunes. Users can subscribe to receive new episodes for free and to stay updated with the latest literature without reading all books.
Liviato is also giveing away books for free to the Twitter Community every week.
Liviato was launched in April 2010 and generated more than 2500 book abstracts so far from its community of book enthusiasts. The …

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[27 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]

rain beats capital is the title of a concept and a book of Prof. Dr. Günter Faltin, Professor for Entrepreneurship at Freie Universität Berlin. Based on his concept the entrepreneurs competition is inviting Start-Ups every year to participate. This year Liviato was nomiated and is hoping for your support and votes. Please find more about the competition here and feel free to vote for your favorite nominee.
This video (german) explains the background of the competition:

Events »

[11 Aug 2010 | No Comment | ]

Ace Ventures is sponsoring Echtzeit, a by-invitation-only networking event for web entrepreneurs, business angels and investors, which is happing on September 1st in Berlin.
Echtzeit was initiated by Deutsche-Startups, one of Germany´s (or the) largest tech blogs. To find out more about Echtzeit, please check out the latest news on Deutsche Startups.de

Venture Capital »

[14 Jul 2010 | No Comment | ]

The Calibre One Index is a complementary, quarterly research report detailing early stage technology investments in the US and Europe. It is compiled by Calibre One,the leading technology executive search firm. The Index for Q2 2010 is now ready to view.
The number of tech investments across the EMEA region was well-down this quarter, though some big funding rounds ensured that the average investment improved over the second quarter of 2010. The recovery of the M&A and IPO markets in EMEA and the US will hopefully improve sentiment and allow some …

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[9 Jun 2010 | One Comment | ]

95MN48X3JAAP In June 2010 Ace Ventures acquired WeTabBlog.org, the blog which was approved to be the official blog for WeTab by Neofonie.
In collaboration with technology partners such as Intel and Adobe, the company offers the WeTab, a feature-rich tablet in the latest design with an innovative user-interface and open-store concept. In combination with the WeMagazine ePublishing Open Platform and the Web 2.0 search engine WeFind, the WeTab offers an alternative to closed platforms from other vendors, especially for publishers.
The WeTab is about to be presented at LinuxTage in Berlin and …