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HackFwd – The slow-burn European accelerator is speeding up » im facebook — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 05:27:51 +0000

[...] in June last year Lars Hinrichs, the founder of LinkedIn competitor XING who exited for €48.3 million created a new startup investment vehicle dubbed [...]

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Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:02:30 +0000

[...] in June last year Lars Hinrichs, the founder of LinkedIn competitor XING who exited for €48.3 million created a new startup investment vehicle dubbed [...]

By: HackFwd – The slow-burn European accelerator is speeding up

HackFwd – The slow-burn European accelerator is speeding up — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 13:57:19 +0000

[...] in June last year Lars Hinrichs, the founder of LinkedIn competitor XING who exited for €48.3 million created a new startup investment vehicle dubbed [...]

By: XING Founder Launches HackFwd, A Ycombinator Re-made For Europe « Whella – Latest News on Wireless Topics

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:42:40 +0000

[...] de-cloaking in the middle of Europe, Lars Hinrichs the founder of LinkedIn competitor XING who exited for $58 million last year is putting his efforts onto a new startup investment vehicle dubbed HackFwd. But although [...]

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By: XING founder Lars Hinrichs launches HackFwd, a product-oriented incubator

XING founder Lars Hinrichs launches HackFwd, a product-oriented incubator — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:06:47 +0000

[...] de-cloaking in the middle of Europe, Lars Hinrichs the founder of LinkedIn competitor XING who exited for €48.3 million last year is putting his efforts onto a new startup incubator dubbed HackFwd. But although the web [...]

By: Pentablog: the European offshore, nearshore and right costing blog » Press review week 48/2009

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:24:26 +0000

[...] 2009, Techcrunch) – Bharti Airtel launches far-east connect network (17 novembre 2009, CIOL) – Burda buys 25% stake in XING (18 novembre 2009, Techcrunch) – Social network sites criticized on bullying (18 novembre 2009, [...]

By: Alexander Straub

Alexander Straub — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:22 +0000

Xing in my opinion is still in usability the world’s leading social network. LinkedIn is very very badly designed versus the elegant layout and functions on Xing. Xing should be LinkedIn but then in Europe we do not have the same bold funding strategies like in the US to make it really big. – still Lars, well done for building such an important company. Without it is a GEM.

By: Conrad Seder

Conrad Seder — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:16:45 +0000

Despite advertising, invitation specials and affiliate programs are registered in the last quarter, only 400 thousand new members of the Business Network, which is a decrease of over 5 percent. As many applications listed competitor, LinkedIn in just 5 days: http://blog.suxess24.com/2009/11/12/xing-verzeichnet-einbrueche-bei-mitglieder-registrierungen/

By: Wolfgang

Wolfgang — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:03:34 +0000

How can one be a “former XING co-founder”…? Even if he would have left the company, he would still be co-founder, no…?

By: Andrew Mager

Andrew Mager — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:03:41 +0000

Zing!

By: Mario

Mario — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:45:19 +0000

I kinda respect those Net operations. What bothers me is valuations of those pie-in-the-sky companies (for example Xing val. is 200M EUR). I mean what is their real value except for wasting user’s time and pretending to do something of a value to a visitor.

They may may be popular during some period, but they may also easily go into obscurity fast. And what will happen with invested money? It will evaporate as fast as it was collected.

By: Social Networking Watch

Social Networking Watch — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:30:20 +0000

Burda Buys 25% Stake In XING…

TECH CRUNCH – Nov 18 – German media giant Burda has purchased a 25.1% share in XING, the business social network that is biggest in Germany and competes with LinkedIn. The 1,323,041 shares were sold to Burda by Cinco Capital,……

By: Eddy

Eddy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:18:28 +0000

Sounds good. Reaffirms that not all of Burda’s digital investments are dogs.

By: Xing gets a news Shareholder as Burda purchases 25.1% stake | Startup Meme - Technology Startup and Latest Tech News

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:59:09 +0000

[...] has got a new shareholder today as Burda, the German media giant bought 25.1% share. Xing as we have extensively [...]

By: XING und Burda - das ist der Hammer!!! | Spirofrog Blog

XING und Burda - das ist der Hammer!!! | Spirofrog Blog — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:36:57 +0000

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By: Lebenslauf

Lebenslauf — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:31:16 +0000

Great deal for the founder! The liquidity in the stock was not great, so a blocktrade was not possible!

By: Media-Blog » Blog Archive » Burda beteiligt sich mit 25% an XING

Media-Blog » Blog Archive » Burda beteiligt sich mit 25% an XING — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:42:49 +0000

[...] beteiligt sich mit 25% an XING, das meldet Techcrunch: The 1,323,041 shares were sold to Burda by Cinco Capital, the investment vehicle owned by the [...]

By: wayne lambright

wayne lambright — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:52:29 +0000

oh I thought you said http://ning.com

By: Christian

Christian — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:12:20 +0000

Tim and Eric 4life!

By: Sarik

Sarik — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:03:56 +0000

Congrats, Lars, Burda seems like a good fit for Xing

By: Burda Goes Xing « Wir sprechen Online.

Burda Goes Xing « Wir sprechen Online. — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:49:33 +0000

[...] Burda Digital purchased a 25.1% share in Xing from Cinco Capital, becoming the largest shareholder; http://j.mp/25LFZj [...]

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:39:35 +0000

This does seem to reinforce Xing as a predominantly German company. I wonder how it might influence their expansion plans versus LinkedIn?