PARIS (Reuters) - The founder of Rocket Internet, the German venture capital company behind dozens of online start-ups, warned the retail industry on Thursday that e-commerce and smartphones would ...

Jon Soberg is a partner at Blumberg Capital. It’s still winter in Munich. It’s not cold, and while snow from recent flurries hangs in the trees, it melts to slush on the sidewalks and streets. I enter ...

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For the last two months, German startup accelerator Rocket Internet has been working toward an initial public offering, holding meetings with potential investors before making any formal announcements ...

FILE PHOTO: Oliver Samwer, CEO of Rocket Internet, attends the Annual General Meeting of Rocket Internet SE in Berlin, Germany, June 9, 2016. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/File Photo BERLIN (Reuters) - German ...

“Again, you try to make me talk…” At DLD in Munich today, Rocket Internet CEO, Oliver Samwer, made it clear again that he doesn’t enjoy interviews. Still, despite dodging several questions by saying ...

The three Samwer brothers (Oliver, Marc and Alexander) founders of the Rocket Internet incubator in Berlin, are a phenomenon. They are far and away the most successful Internet entrepreneurs in ...

What’s it like to be the billionaire co-founder of a sprawling digital business empire that wasn’t born in Silicon Valley? Oliver Samwer, co-founder of Rocket Internet, gave a glimpse during an on ...

The Billion-Dollar Idea came to Arne Bleckwenn suddenly and all at once: What if travelers could use the Internet to book rooms in apartments just as easily as they could book rooms in hotels? What if ...

Last week, Berlin startup incubator Rocket Internet announced a $445 million strategic investment from the Philippines Long Distance Telephone (PLDT) company, valuing the company at $4.45 billion and ...

Rocket Internet chief Oliver Samwer, his brother Marc, and former Delivery Hero co-CEO Fabian Siegel are teaming up to start Global Founders Capital: a new €150 million ($194 million) fund for ...

In 2011, Oliver Samwer — head of startup incubator Rocket Internet — sent a now-notorious email to his employees. Using aggressive language, the CEO called for a "Blitzkrieg" in the online furniture ...