List of German web 2.0 startups / Liste deutscher Web 2.0 Startups
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“German” – meaning from Germany, based in Germany, with German involvement and/or German-speaking (may include project from Austria and Switzerland).
“Web 2.0” – meaning… you know what it means!
“Startup” – meaning: a real company, profit motive, maybe team/employees, maybe funded etc.
“Alpha project” – meaning: very early stage, research and development, but with the goal in mind to eventually grow and survive in the market.
“Other projects” – meaning all other ideas, inventions, services, which for now don't aim at starting a startup.
Bitte ergaenzen. Danke!
“Deutsch” – soll bedeuten: aus Deutschland, mit Sitz in Deutschland, unter deutscher Beteiligung und/oder deutschsprachig (einschließlich Angeboten aus Österreich und der Schweiz).
“Web 2.0” – soll bedeuten: … ihr wisst schon!
“Startup” – soll bedeuten: eine richtiges Unternehmen, Gewinnerzielungsabsicht, ggf. Team/Mitarbeiter, ggf. bereits erfolgte Finanzierung etc.
“Alpha-Projekt” – soll bedeuten: Noch ganz fruehes Stadium, Forschung und Entwicklung, aber schon mit Ziel auf Wachstum und Bestehen am Markt.
“Sonstige Projekte” – soll bedeuten: alle sonstigen Ideen, Erfindungen, Services, die aber zunaechst ohne eine eigene Gruendung im Blick erfolgen.
Sources / Quellen
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| Name | City | Mission | Web Monday | Funding | Contact | Type | Team Size | Notes |
| Kontaktlinsen Preisvergleich | Neubau, Austria | Pulpmedia | - | ? | Pulpmedia, Online Marketing | Online | 1 | - |
| livecard | Aachen, Cologne, Mönchengldbach, Düsseldorf | Webservices for agencies | - | ? | sendreceive, Tim Bruysten | Beta | 3 | - |
| Laberbrett | - | Another german digg.com. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Leze | - | Online Bookmarking. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Laufrausch | - | Laufstrecken sammeln und teilen. | - | ? | Peter Schink | - | - | - |
| Laux, Christopher | München | Blogsuche | - | private | Christopher Laux | Startup | 1 | Still looking for a name |
| LinkLift | Berlin | Marktplatz für Textlinks. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| loggel.com | Bremen | Mein Online-Tagebuch | - | - | Werbeagentur tlc communications GmbH & Co. KG | - | - | - |
| lokalisten.de | 80469 München | - | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| lufee News | CH-3004 Bern, Schweiz | Nachrichtenbroker (deutschsprachig, international) | - | - | - | - | 5 | - |
| Lycos IQ | - | Expert Search. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Mabber | 50999 Cologne | Unified IM solution, web-based. | mabber.com | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Magnoto | - | Personal homepage. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Mamily | - | Online community for mothers. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| MBA & Master Portal MBAmaster.de | 81679 München | Online Portal für MBA und Master Interessierte | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| MeinProf.de | 10623 Berlin | Rate your (university) teacher. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Miaplaza | Palo Alto, CA (USA) | Community building platform. | - | ? | - | Startup | - | - |
| MindMeister | - | Collaborative mind mapping | - | ? | Till Vollmer | - | - | - |
| Mindpicnic | - | E-learning. | - | ? | - | Startup | - | - |
| Mister-Wong | Bremen | Online bookmarking. | Social Bookmarking, Mister Wong ... | ? | Christian Clawien | Company | - | Ein Service der construktiv GmbH Bremen/Berlin |
| mnemomap | Aachen | A new way to search the internet. | 2006/7/3 Cologne, 2006/8/14 Silicon Valley | ? | Tim Bruysten | Alpha | 3 | - |
| Musiclens | - | Music recommendation. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| myblog.de | 20459 Hamburg | Your weblog service. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| myCORNERS | London | Business Networking-Plattform. | - | - | Dr. Volker Haeberlin | Company | - | - |
| MyPrinting.de | München | Hochwertiger Poster- und Leinwanddruck | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| myvideo.de | D-85774 Unterföhring | Best videos on the internet. | - | - | - | - | - | Entwicklung in Rumänien, Vermarktung in Deutschland |
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| Name | City | Mission | Web Monday | Funding | Contact | Type | Team Size | Notes |
| Newsride.org | Berlin | *Web Democracy 2.0* Newsride is a social community aimed at news junkies and politically interested surfers. | | | | | | | | | | | |
2006-09-18||?||Arash Yalpani||Beta||1-2|| - |
| neozero.de | Eigeltingen | *Gebührenfrei Spiele verkaufen & kaufen, kein Abo & keine lästige Verkaufsprovision. Neue & gebrauchte Videospiele. | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nur!Studenten | 10119 Berlin | Das Studentenwerk für deine Stadt. | - | - | - | - | - | Yet another facebook clone? ([person:Tim Bonnemann | Tim]]) |
| NEAYU | 50825 Cologne | Social community with individual homepages | - | VC wanted | Philipp Kraft | Closed Alpha | 12 | Project started in 2006. Not only another myspace. Powered by www.supreme-newmedia.com | |
| OMQ | 10967 Berlin | Support der neuen Generation. | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | |
| Oneview | - | Find, collect & share stuff. | - | ? | - | - | - | - | |
| openPeople | 30171 Hannover | Your friendship community. | - | ? | - | - | - | Ein Angebot der typographia media GmbH | |
| OpenMapi | Stuttgart | OpenMapi.org is a set of libraries (for C#, Java PHP and Python) that implement a simple but powerful API to connect to different groupware servers | - | ? | - | Startup -Co-Operation | - | Ein Angebot u.a. der http://www.topalis.com AG | |
| Ormigo | Cologne | Performance marketing with social elements. | - | Yes | - | Startup | - | - | |
| Parfum Preisvergleich | Neubau, Austria | Thomas Wusatiuk | - | ? | startups_germanyutxgiomr, startups_germanyutxgiomr | Online | 1 | - | |
| Pageflakes | - | Personal homepage. | - | privately funded | - | Startup | - | - | |
| paggr | Düsseldorf | Semantic Mashup Platform. | 2006-10-09 (2006-10-09) | private | Benjamin Nowack | Alpha | 1 | - | |
| Paguna | - | Hotel reservation on one ajax-page. | - | ? | - | - | - | - | |
| Peppr | 47057 Duisburg | RSS aggregator | - | ? | - | - | - | Ein Product der sugr GmbH | |
| Photocase | - | Manage & share photos. | - | ? | - | - | - | - | |
| Pimpmybrain | - | Podcasting portal. | - | ? | - | - | - | - | |
| PlayJack | 80333 München (D) | Geschicklichkeitsspiele | Games | - | Startup | - | - | |
| Plazes | 8044 Zürich (CH) | Adding physical presence to the web. | Plazes | yes | - | Startup | - | - | |
| podcast.de | Berlin | Das deutschsprachige Podcast-Portal | 2006-11-20 | privately funded | Fabio Bacigalupo | Startup | 3 | - | |
| podster.de | 94032 Passau | German podcasting and podcast portal. | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Prangr | - | (Anti)social bookmarking. | - | ? | - | - | - | - | |
| pricewi.se | Erlangen / Nürnberg, Los Angeles | Price-Comparison Search Engine | - | ? | | | | | | | | |
| PureTrip | 50670 Köln | Intelligent travel search- & booking-engine | - | ? | | | - | - | |
| Qwik! | - | Your own Wiki. | - | ? | - | - | - | - | |
| Qype | 20354 Hamburg | Local search with social factor. | - | yes | - | Startup | - | - | |
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| Name | City | Mission | Web Monday | Funding | Contact | Type | Team Size | Notes |
| Read.io | - | Podcast your blog. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Readster | 45128 Essen | Online bookmarking. | The German Rddit | ? | - | Company | - | - |
| Reisonaut | Hamburg/Pinneberg | Reisebürosuchmaschine | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Reliwa | - | Manage & share your books. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Regis24 | Berlin | Verwaltungsdienstleistungen über das Internet zugänglich machen | 2006-09-18 | Own | - | Company | 100 | - |
| Romso | - | News search. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Scoutpress | - | Blog platform for scouts. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Seconds11 | - | Promote your podcast in 11 seconds. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| sellaband.com | Bocholt | It's your music. It's your choice. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| SemaWorx | Mainz(currently) | Personal Information Management, P2P Transaction | frankfurt | self, investors wanted | Bardo Nelgen | Alpha-Projekt | 3 | - |
| starsfilter.de | Pfullendorf | Ihr Star aus hunderten Webseiten | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Sevenload | Cologne | Social media sharing. | - | ? | - | Startup | - | - |
| ShowCast Models | Cologne | portalbasierte Modelagentur | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Sofortpreis | - | Mobile shopping assistant. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| SoSmart | D-55128 Mainz | Find gifts easily! (social commerce) | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| SoulPeddler | Duisburg | Bringt Künstler und Veranstalter zusammen | - | ? | Malte Kluck | - | - | - |
| Sozeug | - | Buy & sell handmade stuff. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Jobbörse Spirofrog.de | D-81679 Munich | Jobs, Internships & Career Portal | - | Yes | - | - | 3 + interns | funded in 2007 - one of the biggest job sites in Germany & Europe for students |
| Spreadshirt | Leipzig | Customized clothing. | - | yes | - | Startup | ~250 | - |
| Stilmagazin | Aachen | Online-Magazin | - | none | Andreas Gerads | Startup | - | - |
| Studivz.net | 10115 Berlin | German Facebook. | studiverzeichnis.de | yes | - | Startup | 15+ | - |
| Studylounge | - | Students meet & greet. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| SUCKeR | Regensburg, Bavaria | Blog & Foto community for teenagers/young adults out of the alternative subculture. | - | privately funded | Matthew Ulbrich | - | 15 | Originally started in 1995 as a magazine for electronic music the project advanced into an interactive fotosharing&blogging-community with its own uploading software in 2003. |
| Superweb.de | - | Personal website w/ social features. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Supreme Auction | 50825 Cologne | Live Software. eBay Innovation 2005 | - | yes | Philipp Kraft | Startup | 12 | Started in 2005 with “Supreme Auction”, a web-based eBay listertool for Germany and the U.S. |
| Submit Suite | 51371 Leverkusen | Website promotion suite with 5 products | - | no | Cristina Mailat | Startup | 12 |
| Swabba | - | Online exchange. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| System One | A - 1070 Wien | Combines human intelligence and machine power to filter information. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| squeaker.net | Cologne | German-speaking career-community | - | - | - | - | - | - |
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| Name | City | Mission | Web Monday | Funding | Contact | Type | Team Size | Notes |
| Teamslide | München | Live Web Presentations | - | ? | P. Thomas | - | - | www.telepark.de |
| Werbagentur Bremen - tlc communications GmbH & Co. KG | Bremen | Werbagentur Bremen | - | - | Werbeagentur tlc communications GmbH & Co. KG | - | - | - |
| Jobbörse Tom.de | München | Jobs, Ausbildung, Lehrstellen | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| TwoBirds AJAX | Berlin | Full AJAX core | - | - | (see page) | - | - | AJAX-QM superstructure approach |
| Travello | Hamburg/Pinneberg | Reise-Community | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| trivago | Düsseldorf | Internationale Reisecommunity | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trupoli | München | Politics and Web2.0 | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| TVfeed | - | Get TV as RSS. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Typolis | - | Blog platform. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Unister | 04109 Leipzig | A place for students. | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vagabund | Dessau | Social location-guide with collaborative filtering. | - | - | - | Beta | - | - |
| Valoony | - | Best priced products. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Voteo | Frankfurt | German News Voting Portal | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| WatchMeDoing | - | Upload & share videos. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| weblin.com | Hamburg | Free Avatars on every website | Hamburg | BAs, HTGF | Christine Stumpf | Company | 15+ | orginal, unique; no copy cat! |
| Weblinkr | - | Social Weblinking/Bookmarking | - | ? | Weblinkr Kontakt | - | - | - |
| webnews.de | - | deutsches Digg | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| weekendr.com | - | Share yo weekend things. | - | ? | - | - | - | Steht seit 06.12.2006 zum Verkauf. |
| wevent.org | - | Kollaborativer Eventkalender | - | ? | - | - | - | Dennis Blöte und Sören Weber |
| Wingio | 63743 Aschaffenburg | Look for cheapest flight. | - | ? | - | - | - | Ein Projekt der W.I.S.O. Treuhandgesellschaft mbH |
| woobby | Köln | Ranking Community | Köln, Düsseldorf | - | Xing | Open Beta | 7+ | - |
| Woopy | - | “Partnerbörse” for women. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Yieeha | 25479 Ellerau | Social winning. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Yigg | Munich | The German digg.com, B2B for publishers | - | Business Angel | team@h07.org | Startup | 5 | - |
| youmix | 65195 Wiesbaden | artists. places. friends | - | - | - | - | 10+ | - |
| Zeec | - | Upload & share photos & videos. | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| Zeeya | 9500 Wil / SG (CH) | Social network for students | - | ? | - | - | - | - |
| ViiF | Berlin | Mobile Entertainment Community | Berlin | Presse | startups_germanyutxgiomr | Beta | 15 | test drive: Handy 22557 Videoanruf |
| zombig | Stuttgart | Online Marketing - einfach mit zombig.de | Stuttgart | - | info(at)zombig.de | - | - | Der Basis-Eintrag ist kostenlos. Einfach anlegen und gefunden werden! |
Other projects
Expired projects
| Name | City | Mission | Web Monday | Funding | Contact | Type | Team Size | Notes |
| Largest Online Stadium | 90763 Fürth | Place your fan. | - | ? | - | - | - | This was a project during the 2006 soccer world cup. |
| Taggle | 97286 Sommerhausen | Online bookmarking. | - | ? | - | - | - | Ein Projekt der Elardo GbR |
