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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
Tech start-ups call Berlin home
CNN’s Diana Magnay takes a look at the buzz around Berlin’s booming tech scene. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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.” (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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.” (…)
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.” (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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). (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
$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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
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. (…)
