Mit zwei Mobile-Investments lässt Holtzbrinck dieser Tage aufhorchen. Zum einen hat sich Holtzbrinck Ventures den jüngsten Rocket-Unterlagen zufolge 12% an Lyke (“Rockets “Global Mobile Marketplace Services” für Mode”) gesichert (“EXCLUSIVE: Fashion & beauty app LYKE raises close to US$4M Series A led by Holtzbrinck Ventures”):

“Fashion and beauty app LYKE today announced that it has secured close to US$4 million in Series A funding, led by German Vc fund Holtzbrinck Ventures, which is looking to enter the Southeast Asian market.”

Zum anderen gibts von Holtzbrinck & Co. nach längerer Zeit wieder Kapital für Depop (“Depop Closes €7.4M Funding Round”):

“Depop, a London, UK and Roncade, Treviso, Italy-based mobile, social shopping app, closed a €7.4m funding round.

Backers in the round, which valued the company at €38.6m, included Balderton Capital, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Creandum, Red Circle Investments and Lumar.”

Depop findet im fünften Jahr nun offenbar doch zunehmend Anklang bei den Nutzern:

“Developed in H-FARM in 2011 from an idea of Simon Beckerman, Depop allows users to sell and buy from their smartphone, set up their own stores, follow interesting people and discover unique items.

It currently has 4.7 million users in Italy, UK and Central America, with 230k new ones joining every month, an average of 1.6 million new objects uploaded per month, 500k items sold per month corresponding to over €5m, and 70 staff members.”

Holtzbrinck hatte Anfang 2015 einen neuen Fonds aufgelegt (“Neue VC-Fonds: Holtzbrinck mit 285 Mio. €, DN Capital mit 144 Mio. €”).

Frühere Beiträge zum Thema:

• Lyke: Rockets “Global Mobile Marketplace Services” für Mode
• Neue VC-Fonds: Holtzbrinck mit 285 Mio. €, DN Capital mit 144 Mio. €
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