Der Tagesspiegel
February 13, 2012
Was Berlin zum Silicon Valley fehlt
Ciarán O’Leary ist im Juli 1980 in Irland geboren. In Berlin betreut er unter anderem die Start-ups Crowdpark und Madvertise. (…)
News Coverage
Digital Journal
February 10, 2012
GiGse Announces ‘Start-up Launchpad’ at the iGaming Conference in San Francisco
Companies such as Ryzing Bingo, Crowdpark, Fanduel and others have been successfully using the virtual currency and fantasy betting model to monetize social gamblers, offering a legal alternative to markets where wagering is not allowed.
Netzwertig.com
January 30, 2012
AnteUp: Crowdpark erlaubt spontane Wettduelle zwischen Freunden
Das Berliner Social-Game-Startup Crowdpark hat sich auf Onlinewetten spezialisiert. Mit AnteUp präsentiert das Unternehmen einen Dienst, der spontane Wettduelle zwischen Freunden ermöglicht. (…)
Silicon Allee
January 27, 2012
Up the Ante with AnteUp – A Better Way to Gamble
Gambling is all about losing stacks of money at a casino or on the gee-gees, right? (…) With their latest release, called AnteUp, games developer Crowdpark wants to bring betting into a truly social space. And it’s genuinely quite fun. (…)
Startups.co.uk
January 27, 2012
What business to start in 2012: Social gaming
A number of social betting pioneers are seeing huge success. For example, German internet start-up Crowdpark has enticed over 500,000 people to its Facebook-only gambling game, Bet Tycoon, in just nine months. (…)
CNN
December 20, 2011
Tech start-ups call Berlin home
CNN’s Diana Magnay takes a look at the buzz around Berlin’s booming tech scene. (…)
Machine-a-sous.com
November 27, 2011
Bet Tycoon, une application Facebook pour parier autrement
La dynamique start-up allemande CrowPark ne cesse de développer des applications pour jouer entre amis. Son marché: le « social betting ». (…) Ce système qu’ils ont appelé le Dynamic Betting, permet aux joueurs de maîtriser leurs pertes. En effet, si lors d’un match, l’équipe sur laquelle vous avez parié est en train de perdre vous pouvez toujours avant la fin du match revendre votre pari initial. (…)
Spiegel Online
November 22, 2011
Gaming Firm Emerges as Global Player
Germany is well-known for Internet browser-based games, with several developers including BigPoint in Hamburg, Gameforge in Karlsruhe and Browsergames in Potsdam. Berlin-based game developer Crowdpark focuses on legal non-cash betting. (…)
FAZ
November 18, 2011
Gute Geschaftsideen für das Internet
Jungunternehmer, die auf der Suche nach Wagniskapital sind, tun sich derzeit deutlich leichter, wenn sie eine gute Geschäftsidee für das Internet haben. (…) “Immer mehr originelle originäre Geschäftsideen entstehen bei uns”, sagt er und führt als Beispiel das Berliner Unternehmen Crowdpark an, das Wettspiele aller Art im Internet anbietet. (…)
Online Casino Archives
November 12, 2011
Social betting is gaining momentum
Over recent months companies have been discovering that people are just as eager to spend money gambling on Facebook games for virtual cash as they are in real online casinos. Of course here the companies have one major advantage, the house always wins. (…) Crowdpark has been funded by European investors Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital. Ingo Hinterding is co-founder and chief product officer and he believes that the company has invented an entirely new genre of Facebook game. (…)
tip Berlin
November 8, 2011
Die neue Gründerszene in Berlin
Wird Berlin das neue Silicon Valley, oder wächst hier die nächste Internet-Blase heran? tip-Autorin Anne Lena Mösken hat sich in der Gründerszene umgesehen und dabei einen neuen Unternehmertypus kennengelernt. (…) Die Szeneblogs schreien wöchentlich neue Schlagzeilen aus der Berliner Gründerszene hinaus in die Netzwelt. Crowdpark bekommt sechs Millionen. (…)
20 Minuten Online
November 6, 2011
Die Bank gewinnt immer
Auf sozialen Netzwerken wird gewettet, bis das Portemonnaie glüht. Anders als im Casino oder an der Pferderennbahn hat man aber keine Aussicht, sein Geld je wieder zu sehen. Dennoch wächst das Geschäft rasant. (…) Mitte Oktober konnte zudem das Berliner Unternehmen Crowdpark Venture-Kapital-Geber davon überzeugen, 6 Millionen Dollar in die junge Firma zu stecken. (…)
Reuters
October 28, 2011
Venture capital firms focus on Berlin
The German capital has gained a reputation as Europe’s newest start-up hub, and now venture capital firm Earlybird is setting up an office in Berlin to be closer to the firms it wants to invest in. (…)
VentureBeat
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark raises $6M for social betting games
Berlin’s Crowdpark is announcing today it has raised $6 million for its social betting games business. Crowdpark takes prediction markets and turns them into a social game where you can bet virtual currency on the prediction you believe will come true. (…) “It basically works like a stock market, and we think it’s a game changer,” said Ingo Hinterding, co-founder and chief product officer at Crowdpark, in an interview. “It’s all in real-time and based on real-life events. Whatever happens in real life, you can bet on it.” (…)
TechCrunch
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark Raises $6 Million To Bring Legal, ‘Social Betting’ Games To Facebook (And Soon Android & iOS)
Crowdpark, a Berlin-headquartered game developer, announced today that it has raised $6 million in series B financing from top German venture capital firms, Target Partners and existing investor, Earlybird Venture Capital. Waldemar Jantz, partner at Target Partners, will be joining the startup’s board as a result of the investment. The new round of funding brings Crowdpark’s total to $8 million. (…)
Inside Social Games
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark Bets on Forecasting Algorithm for Facebook Game, Scores $6M Round for Mobile Development
Berlin-based social betting game developer Crowdpark has raised a $6 million second round of investment led by Europe’s Target Partners with participation from previous investor Earlybird Venture Capital. This brings the developer’s total funding to $8 million. (…) Crowdpark made some ink earlier this year with Bet Tycoon (formerly titled “Crowdpark – Betting Game”), consistently landing in our top 20 emerging Facebook games category toward the beginning of the summer. (…)
Gamasutra
October 19, 2011
Social Betting Developer Crowdpark Secures $8M In Funding
Start-up social games company Crowdpark, which focuses on social betting titles, has secured $6 million in a new round of equity funding, bringing its total funding to $8 million. (…) Ingo Hinterding, co-founder at Crowdpark, explained, “Crowdpark is defining an entirely new genre of social betting games based on actual events.” (…)
Games.com
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark: Bet Tycoon heralds ‘a promising, new genre’
So, online gambling is illegal, right? Well, not if you do it right, according to Crowdpark co-founder Ingo Hinterding and COO Christoph Jenke, who just scored another $6 million in funding from European investors Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital. (…) Players can also create their own bets and send them to friends for personalized competition. We sat down with the duo recently to learn more about Bet Tycoon, what’s next for the game and how Crowdpark intends to capitalize on what it calls “an entirely new genre of social betting games.” (…)
San Francisco Chronicle
October 19, 2011
The Biggest Betting Game On Facebook Just Raised $6 Million
Crowdpark the most popular betting game on Facebook with over 1 million users, just raised $6 million from Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital. The social betting platform lets users wager virtual currency on the outcomes of real-life events, like sports games and elections. (…) Crowdpark says it will use the money to improve the product, create new games, and hire talent. (…)
SiliconANGLE
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark Raises $8M to Develop “Social Betting”
Berlin-based Crowdpark brings yet another social game genre that allows users to bet and compete against each other in betting events using virtual currency, making it a pioneer in the so-called social betting space. (…) The funds will be used to hire more talent in game design and development, to enhance the technology and develop cross-platform social games. It will allow players to bet on real life sports, entertainment, news, technology and other areas of interest. (…)
Social Games Observer
October 19, 2011
Berlin Social Games Company Crowdpark Secures $6M US for Social Betting
Berlin’s cluster of promising social game companies is growing. Crowdpark, a social game developer focused on social betting games, today announced it has secured approximately $6 million (€4 million) in new equity funding from European investors Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture Capital. (…)
Reuters
October 19, 2011
New Social Games Company Crowdpark Secures US$8M in Funding from Target Partners & Earlybird
Crowdpark, the leading developer focused on social betting games, today announced it has secured approximately $6M USD (€4M) in new equity funding from top European investors Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture Capital. (…) “Crowdpark is defining an entirely new genre of social betting games based on actual events,” said Ingo Hinterding, co-founder and chief product officer for Crowdpark. (…)
Gamezebo
October 19, 2011
Investors bet on Crowdpark with $6 million funding announcement
Crowdpark, the developer behind social betting game Bet Tycoon, has received $6 million in funding to help expand its business and the betting genre as a whole, with new games, platforms, and technology. When added to previous investments, Crowdpark has now raised $8 million in funding. The Berlin-based developer’s first release, Bet Tycoon, currently has just under half a million monthly active users. The game lets players bet virtual currency on any topic they like, from sports games to entertainment events. (…)
benzinga
October 19, 2011
Social Betting Pioneer Crowdpark Gets a $6M Boost from Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital
The funds will be used to hire new talent and to further development of this “completely new genre.” Crowdpark, the maker of Bet Tycoon and other, soon-to-be-released social betting games, has received $6 million in additional funding from Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture Capital. (…) To make these games a reality, Crowdpark developed a new technology called Dynamic Betting. “Basically this means that you can bet on anything you like and it works just like the stock market,” Hinterding explained. (…)
Tornado Insider
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark wins €4 million
Crowdpark, a German company focused on social betting games, has received €4 million in new equity funding from Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture Capital. (…) Crowdpark now aims to use their technology to build games in growth categories such as casino games. It will offer several betting and casino products for social platforms such as Facebook, the Web and mobile applications (iOS and Android). (…)
All Things D
October 19, 2011
Casino Social Gaming Ringing Up Big Business on Facebook
Facebook games are often compared to gambling because of their addictive qualities that get consumers to spend a few more dollars to continue playing. (…) Today, Berlin-based CrowdPark has announced it had raised $6 million in capital to help fuel a concept of social betting, where people can bet friends on everything from who will win a football game to whether Angelina Joie and Brad Pitt are getting married. (…)
peHUB
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark Inks $6M from Target Partners, Earlybird
Crowdpark, a developer of social betting games, has raised $6 million in new financing. Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital provided the round, which brings the company’s total financing to $8 million. The company will use the round to add to staff and continue and product development. (…)
Digital Media Wire
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark Raises $6M for “Social Betting” Games
Crowdpark, a startup developer focused on social betting games, today announced investments totaling about $6 million from Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture Capital. This brings the Berlin-based company’s total amount of funding to approximately $8 million. Waldemar Jantz, partner at Target Partners, will also join the board of Crowdpark. (…)
Business Insider
October 19, 2011
The Biggest Betting Game On Facebook Just Raised $6 Million
Crowdpark the most popular betting game on Facebook with over 1 million users, just raised $6 million from Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital. (…) Based in Berlin, Crowdpark just introduced its next generation “dynamic betting” technology, which serves as a real-time marketplace for these types of bets. (…)
Dow Jones Venture Wire
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark Puts $6M Toward Social Betting
Crowdpark GmbH has raised a $6 million Series B round of funding for social betting games where players wager virtual currency on real-life events. (…)
Forbes
October 19, 2011
Social Betting Pioneer Crowdpark Gets a $6M Boost from Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital
The funds will be used to hire new talent and to further development of this “completely new genre.” Crowdpark, the maker of Bet Tycoon and other, soon-to-be-released social betting games, has received $6 million in additional funding from Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture Capital. This brings Crowdpark’s total funding to $8 million USD. (…)
VatorNews
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark secures $6 million in funding
Social-betting gaming website Crowdpark announced Wednesday that it’s secured $6 million in capital from Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital, bringing their total funding to $8 million.
The Berlin, Germany-based startup plans to use the money to build upon its 20-person staff, particularly in its new offices in San Francisco, and develop casino-styled games for Facebook. (…)
Deutsche Startups
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark sammelt 4 Millionen Euro ein – Target Partners und Earlybird investieren in das Start-up
Überraschung am späten Mittwochnachmittag: Der Berliner Social-Gaming-Anbieter Crowdpark (www.crowdpark.com) verkündet mal eben den Abschluss einer millonenschweren Finanzierungsrunde. Target Partners und Earlybird statten das Jungunternehmen in einer Series-B-Finanzierungsrunde mit stattlichen vier Millionen Euro aus. (…)
gamesindustry.biz
October 19, 2011
$8 million in funding for Bet Tycoon dev Crowdpark
Crowdpark has brought its funding total to $8 million, after recently securing $6 million from European investors Target Partners and Earlybird Venture Capital. (…)
mobilbranche.de
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark sammelt 4 Mio Euro für Mobile Games ein
Nächste Games-Erfolgsstory made in Berlin: Das erst 2009 gegründete Startup Crowdpark aus Berlin, das bislang v.a. durch das Facebook-Spiel “Bet Tycoon” bekannt ist, hat sich 4 Mio Euro Risikokapital gesichert und will damit vor allem seine Expansion in Richtung Mobile Games vorantreiben. Das Geld, das von Target Partners und Earlybird kommt, soll u.a. in die Entwicklung eines neuen Sportwetten-Spiels fließen, das für mobile Endgeräte konzipiert ist und binnen der nächsten drei Monate erscheinen soll. (…)
mediabiz
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark sammelt vier Mio. Euro ein und startet “Bet Tycoon”
Internet-Startup und frisch geschlüpfter Socialgames-Anbieter Crowdpark hat ein Vier-Millionen-Investment erhalten. Die Münchner VC-Gesellschaft Target Partners und der bestehende Investor Earlybird bringen durch diese zweite Finanzierungsrunde die Gesamtfinanzierungssumme auf sechs Millionen Euro. Das zwei Jahre alte Startup hat auf die bestehende Plattform Crowdpark.de, bei der in Echtzeit und mit dynamischen Quoten auf reale Ereignisse gewettet werden kann, das Facebook-Spiel “Bet Tycoon” aufgesetzt. (…)
Silicon Valley Watcher
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark Bets On Social Wagers – VCs Bet $6m
I recently spoke with Crowdpark, an interesting startup that allows Facebook users to wager virtual currency on football games, elections, or anything they want. (…) Our technology is derived from prior business in developing algorithms to predict pricing in B2B markets, used by large companies. There will be mobile versions of its social gaming apps so that people can make bets while they are at a game or anywhere they find themselves. (…)
GamingIntelligence
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark to develop cross-platform social betting games
Social betting games developer Crowdpark will look to develop several betting and casino products for multiple social platforms including Facebook after the company secured approximately US$6m in new equity funding from European investors Target Partners and existing investor Earlybird Venture Capital. (…) “Crowdpark is defining an entirely new genre of social betting games based on actual events,” said Ingo Hinterding, co-founder and chief product officer for Crowdpark. (…)
CalvinAyre.com
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark hopes to popularize ‘social betting’ among Facebook gamers
Berlin-based ‘social betting’ game developer Crowdpark has scored $6m from European venture capitalists betting that Facebookers are looking for alternatives to growing crops in Farmville and playing Zynga Poker. Opening up their wallets this time around were Target Partners and original investors Earlybird Venture Capital, with Target Partners’ Waldemar Jantz earning a spot on Crowdpark’s board of directors. (…)
Gründerszene
October 19, 2011
Millionenfinanzierung: Crowdpark erhält vier Millionen Euro von Target Partners und Earlybird
Wieder ein Berliner Spiele-Unternehmen mit Millionenfinanzierung. Der Social-Gaming-Anbieter Crowdpark (www.crowdpark.de) hat sich in einer Series-B-Finanzierungsrunde insgesamt vier Millionen Euro von der Münchner Venture Capital-Gesellschaft Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de) und dem bestehenden Investor Earlybird (www.earlybird.com) Venture Capital gesichert. (…)
OGLabs
October 19, 2011
SocialGames Start-up Crowdpark sammelt 4 Millionen Euro ein
Das 2009 in Berlin gegründete SocialGames-Unternehmen Crowdpark konnte vor Kurzem eine Finanzierungsrunde von 4 Millionen Euro abschließen. Der Berliner SocialGames-Entwickler Crowdpark verkündete gestern den Abschluss einer vier Millionen Euro Finanzierungsrunde. Investiert wurde das Geld von Target Partners und dem bereits bestehenden Investor Earlybird Venture Capital. Die gesamte Finanzierungssumme beläuft sich damit auf rund sechs Millionen Euro. (…)
iBusiness
October 19, 2011
Social-Gaming-Anbieter Crowdpark sichert sich Anschubfinanzierung
Der Berliner Social-Gaming-Anbieter Crowdpark hat sich in einer Series-B- Finanzierungsrunde insgesamt vier Millionen Euro von der Münchner Venture-Capital-Gesellschaft Target Partners und dem bestehenden Investor Earlybird Venture Capital gesichert. Die gesamte Finanzierungssumme beläuft sich damit auf rund sechs Millionen Euro. (…)
Börse Express
October 19, 2011
Gaming-Firma Crowdpark erhält sechs Millionen Euro Finanzierung
Die Münchner Venture Capital-Gesellschaft Target Partners hat sich zusammen mit dem bestehenden Investor Earlybird Venture Capital in einer Series-B-Finanzierungsrunde mit insgesamt vier Millionen Euro an Crowdpark beteiligt. Die gesamte Finanzierungssumme beläuft sich damit auf rund sechs Millionen Euro. Crowdpark ist auf dem Gebiet der Social Betting Games tätig. Crowdparks erstes Social Betting-Spiel „Bet Tycoon“ hat derzeit etwa eine halbe Million aktive Spieler pro Monat und ist den Angaben zufolge das beliebteste Wettspiel auf Facebook. (…)
2366.com
October 19, 2011
社交游戏公司Crowdpark获600万美元融资
位于柏林的博彩社交游戏公司Crowdpark于日前获得了第二轮总计高达600万美元的融资。此笔融资由位于欧洲的Target Partners公司领投，其他参与者包括先前曾投资过Crowdpark公司的投资商Earlybird风投公司。此笔融资的完成也使得Crowdpark公司总融资数上升到800万美元。Crowdpark公司旗下游戏Bet Tycoon（原名Crowdpark–Betting Game）曾在今年初受到了Facebook玩家的广泛好评。该游戏在今夏时常跻身Facebook新兴游戏榜。Bet Tycoon这款游戏的一大亮点在于玩家可以为任何事情下注，小到体育比赛博彩，大到流行时事主题。玩家通过使用Facebook Credits换取游戏内大量虚拟货币，并使用这些虚拟货币进行博彩。值得一提的是，由于Facebook相关政策和各国法律法规限定，即使玩家在游戏中赢得了大量的虚拟货币，这些货币也不能被兑换成Facebook Credits。(…)
eNet.com.cn
October 19, 2011
社交游戏公司Crowdpark获600万美元融资
位于柏林的博彩社交游戏公司Crowdpark于日前获得了第二轮总计高达600万美元的融资。此笔融资由位于欧洲的Target Partners公司领投，其他参与者包括先前曾投资过Crowdpark公司的投资商Earlybird风投公司。此笔融资的完成也使得Crowdpark公司总融资数上升到800万美元。(…)
Android Apps
October 19, 2011
PlayStation Store hits Android-based Sony tablets
Android tablets are getting a well-deserved boost with the launch of Ice Cream Sandwich. (…) Encouraging an entire sub-market for the gaming industry, Android devices will also be part of Crowdpark’s distribution strategy around legal betting games. The game publisher raised $8 million in a funding round this week, jump-starting its plans to launch social betting games across mobile devices and networking sites. Based on its virtual currency, Crowdpark is placing its own bets on this cross-platform strategy, following the success of Zynga Poker and others with their own spin on the game. (…)
PoslovniPuls
October 19, 2011
Zaboravite na Zyngu, nova tvornica novca na Facebooku je virtualna kladionica Crowdpark
I dok čekamo da se carstvo virtualnih igara na Facebooku zvano Zynga konačno ukaže na Njujorškoj burzi – čini se da jedan njemački startup u svojim rukama ima novu tvornicu novca i to ne onog virtualnog…
Kompanija koja razvija zanimljivu Facebook virtualnu kladionicu Crowdpark objavila je kako je osigurala ulaganje teško 6 milijuna dolara uz pomoć kojeg će nastaviti razvijati svoj inovativni proizvod. Ukratko – riječ je o virtualnoj kladionici na kojoj se s drugim igračima možete kladiti na događaje iz stvarnog svijeta. (…)
ZippyCart
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark Allows Social Betting On Almost Anything
Crowdpark is a Berlin-based company that creates social betting games which allow players to make bets in real time on anything going on in the world around them. (…) Crowdpark’s Bet Tycoon is currently only available on the Web but the company plans to begin releasing mobile games soon for Android and iOS. (…)
iGamingBusiness
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark secures additional investment
Berlin-based social betting games developer Crowdpark has secured approximately six million dollars in new equity funding from European investor Target Partners and existing backer Earlybird Venture Capital. Established in 2009 Crowdpark revealed that it has now raised around eight million dollars that will be used to further develop cross-platform technology, create new games and hire additional design and development staff. (…)
The Zimbabwe Telegraph
October 19, 2011
Crowdpark Raises $6 Million To Bring Legal, ‘Social Betting’ Games To Facebook
Crowdpark, a Berlin-headquartered game developer, announced today that it has raised $6 million in series B financing from top German venture capital firms, Target Partners and existing investor, Earlybird Venture Capital. Waldemar Jantz, partner at Target Partners, will be joining the startup’s board as a result of the investment. The new round of funding brings Crowdpark’s total to $8 million. (…)
FYB
October 19, 2011
Target Partners & Earlybird finanzieren Crowdpark mit 6 Mio Euro
Crowdpark hat sich in einer Series-B Finanzierungsrunde insgesamt vier Millionen Euro von der Münchner Venture Capital-Gesellschaft Target Partners und dem bestehenden Investor Earlybird Venture Capital gesichert. Die gesamte Finanzierungssumme beläuft sich damit auf rund sechs Millionen Euro. Damit kann das rasante Wachstum des Berliner Social-Gaming-Unternehmens weitergehen. Waldemar Jantz, Partner von Target Partners, wird den Beirat von Crowdpark ergänzen. (…)
Casino.de
October 19, 2011
Wetten auf Facebook
Schon seit April kann man Bet Tycoon auf Facebook spielen. Wetten mit virtuellem Geld und gegen seine Freunde stehen hoch im Kurs. Die Spieler zocken auf ganz legalem Weg und haben viel Spaß dabei. (…) Bet Tycoon ermöglicht das Herausfordern seiner Freunde und den steten Wettkampf um die besten Plätze auf der Rangliste. Wer sein Können unter Beweis stellen will, kann dies mit Spielgeld tun und sich eine gute Position erarbeiten. Jede gewonnene Wette bringt Punkte. (…)
StartUp Beat
October 19, 2011
With $6 million in new funding in-hand, Berlin-based Crowdpark is breaking new ground in social betting games
A Q&A with Crowdpark co-founder and COO Christoph Jenke. The Berlin–based company was founded in April of 2009. (…) SUB: What differentiates Crowdpark from your competitors? Jenke: We’re experts and completely focused on social betting games. Our products are based on current events and the bets happen real-time. Much of the excitement of Crowdpark’s games derives from its patent pending “dynamic betting” technology that enables forecasts in social gaming—in real-time—similar to how people play the stock market. (…)
Financial Times – Germany
October 4, 2011
Berlin takes off
The start-up scene in the capital is booming like never before. This new start-up-generation doesn’t just want to copy successful US-ideas, but also wants to create something new. Investors already praise Berlin as the new Silicon Valley. (…) They apply at a new generation of German start-ups, like Researchgate or Crowdpark, Wooga or 6Wunderkinder. They all experiment with their own ideas and by now even convince investors to join. (…)
förderland
September 28, 2011
Investment with Venture Capital – how much money do I need?
Whenever someone does the financial analysis for his own company, at some point he will end up asking himself how to finance essential investments. (…) “In talks with various VC-corporations we discovered that the term venture capital investor was a little bit misleading for a few people”, says Martin Frindt, CEO of the Parklabs GmbH, in retrospect. “We might have expected that we could finance only a smaller scenario. In Earlybird we found an investor that was willing to take a risk with us. (…)
TotallyGaming.com
September 21, 2011
EIG 2011 – Interview with Ingo Hinterding – Founder & MD Crowdpark
Interview with Ingo Hinterding, Founder and Managing Director Crowdpark, at European iGaming Congress & Expo, Milan.
Crowdsourcing Blog.de
August 23, 2011
CrowdPark.de: Wanna bet…!
Since the Middle Ages people have bet on all sorts of different things, be it the stock market, soccer or things of a private nature. CrowdPark, the Social Forecasting Game, is an innovative extension of the traditional bet sport in form of dynamic betting. Under the motto, ‘Waiting is just so yesterday‘ CrowdPark offers to change a stake whenever you want and feel like, without having a limit. (…)
netzwertig.com
August 23, 2011
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Just like Wunderlist reached Crowdpark the 1-Million-User milestone. But to break the million just after half the time Twitter needed is already a good sign.
CNBC Business
July 9, 2011
Berlin’s New Techno Beat
With its cheap rents and hot nightlife, the German capital is a magnet for young techies. (…) Christoph Jenke, COO of Crowdpark, was also impressed and says that being from Berlin was a definite advantage when speaking to potential investors. “They see it as Europe’s tech capital and the message has got out that Berlin is really, really exciting for start-ups.” Crowdpark recently opened an office in San Francisco but most Berlin start-ups are not planning to set up shop in the States any time soon, as it is just too expensive to operate there. (…)
WirtschaftsWoche
May 18, 2011
Valley Talk: In Search for funding in California
The Silicon Valley experiences a venture capital boom again. German entrepreneurs hope to tap into this source of capital. (…) Just like Ingo Hinterding, one of the founders of Parklabs. Since May 2009, the Berlin based startup continues to develop on their betting platform Crowdpark, where users can bet with virtual money, on topics like if Union Berlin will win against Energie Cottbus or if Minister for Foreign Affairs Guido Westerwelle will remain in office. (…)
monsters&critics
May 9, 2011
German start-ups woo ueber-capitalists, California style
It was a quintessential Silicon Valley moment. Whip-smart young tech entrepreneurs were pitching their dreams to high powered venture capitalists in swanky hotel rooms. (…) He gave high marks to Ingo Hinterding of CrowdPark, who was looking for between 6 million dollars and 8 million dollars for a game that allows people to bet virtual currency on any event. CrowdPark was already among the top ten fastest growing games on Facebook, and Tsao liked the social aspect of the game, its huge potential market and its underlying technology. (…)
Focus
May 9, 2011
East German startups campaign for funding in the Silicon Valley
It’s a classic Silicon-Valley-Scenario: smart and young entrepreneurs present their ideas to high-profile investors in fancy hotel rooms. (…) CrowdPark’s Ingo Hinterding received good grades from Tsao. He wants to raise between six and eight million dollars for a game that allows users to bet virtual money on any event they can think of. CrowdPark is already one of the ten fastest growing games on Facebook. (…)
Film Demnächst
February 23, 2011
Oscar-Bets: “The King’s Speech”, Colin Firth and Natalie Portman are ahead
The users at Crowdpark, the ‘dynamic betting’ game, have already picked the winners for this year’s Oscars. For Best Actress it looks like Natalie Portman will take home the prize for her role as Nina Sayers in The Black Swan. Pulling ahead with a lead of 68.7%, Portman is leaving other candidates, like Annette Bening and Nicole Kidman in the dust. (…)
C’t Magazin
January 9, 2011
Betting on the future
Based on the wisdom of the crowds, prediction models attempt to forecast the future by combining the predictions of many and extracting out of them a trend. This method is often relatively accurate when it comes to stick markets and election results. Crowdpark has taken this technology and adapted it to the world of betting. (…)
Kontakter
December 9, 2010
Betting-platform is expanding
The Berlin based startup Crowdpark is expanding in two respects: On one hand the company, that offers dynamic sport betting on its website, is opening up a branch in San Francisco. At the same time, a Facebook application extends the brand in the Social-Media-Sector. (…)
Deutsche Startups
December 8, 2010
Short notifications: frents, Crowdpark, Damenschuh.de, tasqade, SunSpiele
The Social-Forecasting-Service Crowdpark (www.crowdpark.de) expands to the US. The startup is opening a branch in San Francisco, starts an English version of their website and, last but not least, introduces a bilinugal Facebook-Application. Facebook-users can finally challenge their friends online. (…)
Werben & Verkaufen
December 7, 2010
Betting-platform Crowdpark is expanding
The Berlin based startup Crowdpark is expanding in two respects: On one hand the company, that offers dynamic sport betting on its website, is opening up a branch in San Francisco. At the same time, a Facebook application extends the brand in the Social-Media-Sector. (…)
Internetworld
November 22, 2010
Bet on the future
Crowdpark.de lets users bet on several different topics and sports results and provides forecasts. (…) Crowdpark is a playful variation of an electronic prediction-website. Such platforms are very sought after by investors because they use the wisdom of the online-community and promise bigger markets for companies. (…)
Vorarlberg Online
November 5, 2010
Meow! bet on Katzenberger
Distract yourself with a new and fun online game and become an expert on all things Daniela Katzenberger! “Will she be number one in the charts with her new single?” (…) This and much more are typical questions with which fans of Daniela Katzenberger (and all the other stars) kill their time on the website crowdpark.de. (…)
Welt-Online
June 29, 2010
An-Online-Game-as-Response-Engine-and-Betting-Platform
Crowdpark lets web surfers answer questions – the crowd ought to deliver the correct answers, even though it’s just a betting game – Social Betting provides its users fun and the Berlin based startup Crowdpark a business model and investors funding. (…)
3sat
June 18, 2010
Crowd Wisdom – The wisdom of the many
Who makes a better verdict: an expert or the crowd? In suprisingly many occasions, the crowd is correct. The animal kingodm demonstrates it: Birds, fish, bees and ants are normally no intelligent animals, but as a crowd they can make seemlingly smart decisions. (…) The Berlin based startup Crowdpark wraps this concept together in a playful way. (…)
Berliner Zeitung
May 10, 2010
Winning makes honest
On Crowdpark.de users can bet on the outcome of many topics – and deliver very precise forcasts. The website looks like a typical news-portal, but the news shown are the news of tomorrow. (…)
Detektor FM
May 8, 2010
The swarm – why the crowd is more intelligent than only one individual
An individual in the crowd doesn’t act aimlessly like everyone thought for the longest time. A swarm however develops a certain intelligence, a group is smarter than one individual. Internet companies want to take advantage of this »collective wisdom«. (…)
ZDFheute
April 9, 2010
Bet on the news of tomorrow – Internet-oracle uses the wisdom of the crowd
Bet on the news of tomorrow – Internet-oracle uses the wisdom of the crowd. (…) A Berlin based startup developed a website with which they want to look into the future. (…)
ZEIT Online
April 8, 2010
Playfully looking into the future
The information portal Crowdpark hopes it can rely on the wisdom and gaming instinct of the crowd. With the outcome of real events it wants to make precise predictions. The Berlin based startup ParkLabs developed a portal with which users can predict the future. The site is called Crowdpark and is something like an information platform.. (…)
Venture Visions
May 9, 2009
Precise predictions
With the help of their internet platform, the founders of ParkLabs UG (i.G.) want to accurately forecast events. (…)
Sächsische Zeitung
August 20, 2008
Living in the internet
Martin Friendt documents everything he does on the internet, even his future – with an idea, two friends and 94,000 Euro. (…)
