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Earlybird Venture Capital

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Established in 1997 Earlybird currently manages over $700 million in assets and is a leading European venture capital firm active in technology venture investing.

Since its inception, Earlybird has invested in many companies which have sparked some of the most significant innovations in business and technology and resulted in large scale ($1bn+) IPOs and trade sales. Earlybird’s active portfolio currently includes more than 20 companies in the consumer internet and enterprise services space such as B2X Care Solutions, Carpooling.com, Madvertise, Nfon, Peak Games, 6Wunderkinder, Smava, Socialbakers, Traxpay and Ubitricity.

Recent Milestones

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  Earlybird Venture Capital invested in VERSUS IO. (5/15/13)
  Posted 5/15/13 at 6:43pm via techcrunch.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital invested in THE Football App. (4/18/13)
  Posted 4/20/13 at 3:12am via finsmes.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital invested in Videdressing. (3/19/13)
  Posted 3/19/13 at 5:42pm via techcrunch.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital — Socialbakers, Global Leader in Social Media Analytics, raises additional $6M to accelerate Growth (11/19/12)
  Posted 11/23/12 at 3:38am via allthingsd.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital invested in Socialbakers. (11/19/12)
  Posted 11/19/12 at 7:18pm via techcrunch.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital — Italian Azimut enters Venture Capital Sector with Earlybird (10/19/12)
  Posted 11/23/12 at 5:50am via altassets.net
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  Earlybird Venture Capital — Earlybird Venture Captial exits BMEYE to Edwards Lifesciences Corporation (10/10/12)
  Posted 11/23/12 at 3:42am via siliconallee.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital invested in Auctionata. (10/1/12)
  Posted 4/2/13 at 7:16pm
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  Earlybird Venture Capital invested in Traxpay. (6/26/12)
  Posted 6/26/12 at 9:09am via traxpay.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital invested in Moped. (6/20/12)
  Posted 6/20/12 at 7:29pm via businessinsider.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital — LinkedIn Co-Founder Guericke joins Earlybird as a Venture Partner (5/16/12)
  Posted 6/14/12 at 4:04am via thenextweb.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital — LinkedIn Co-founder Guericke joins Earlybird as a Venture Partner (5/16/12)
  Posted 11/23/12 at 5:38am via venturevillage.eu
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  Earlybird Venture Capital — Earlybird is announcing the first close of the new fund (4/3/12)
  Posted 11/23/12 at 6:02am via venturebeat.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital — Earlybird announces $100M first close of fourth venture fund (4/3/12)
  Posted 6/14/12 at 3:58am via venturebeat.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital — Earlybird portfolio company smava.de launches cooperation for further growth (12/1/11)
  Posted 11/23/12 at 5:45am via reuters.com
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  Earlybird Venture Capital invested in smava.de. (11/1/11)
  Posted 11/1/11 at 11:26pm via finsmes.com

Investments

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1. Berlin Is Still Sexy But No Longer Poor – Earlybird Raises $100M For A $200M Fund (techcrunch.com) [edit]
ubitricity Raises 1.8M in Series A Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
B2X Care Solutions Closes Growth Financing Round with Earlybird (finsmes.com) [edit]
Earlybird gets the raise (venturebeat.com) [edit]
LinkedIn co-founder Konstantin Guericke joins the Earlybird VC flock as US Partner (thenextweb.com) [edit]
Analytics outfit Socialbakers scores $6 Million (allthingsd.com) [edit]
Earlybird's BMEYE exits to Edwards Lifesciences (siliconallee.com) [edit]
Exclusiv in-depth interview with LinkedIn Co-founder and Earlybird's newest partner (venturevillage.eu) [edit]
Earlybird portfolio company smava.de launches cooperation for further growth (reuters.com) [edit]
Azimut, Earlybird partner for Italian tech fund (altassets.net) [edit]
madvertise secures $10M in a Series B round (eu-startups.com) [edit]
The VCs at Earlybird raise $100M for their fourth fund (venturebeat.com) [edit]
2. Comparison Engine VERSUS IO Adds Further $2.8M To Its Coffers From Earlybird, Dave McClure, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
3. THE Football App Raises €10M in Series A Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. Social Fashion Marketplace Videdressing Secures $6M To Go International From France (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. Social Analytics Heats Up: Socialbakers Raises $6M From Index And Earlybird To Expand Its Big Brand-Focused Monitoring Service (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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7. Traxpay Raises $4 Million, Sets Sights On Redefining B2B Online Payments (traxpay.com) [edit]
8. Moped Raises $1 Million From Betaworks And SV Angel To Become Twitter For Private Messages Only (businessinsider.com) [edit]
9. smava.de Raises 4M; Invests in prestiamoci.it (finsmes.com) [edit]
10. Crowdpark Raises $6 Million To Bring Legal, "Social Betting" Games To Facebook (And Soon Android & iOS) (techcrunch.com) [edit]
11. Miracor Secures 7M/$10M in Series B Financing Round (miracormedical.com) [edit]
12. madvertise Completes over $10M Series B Financing (finsmes.com) [edit]
13. Socialbakers Raises $2M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
14. With A Foothold In Emerging Markets, Peak Games Climbs Up The Rankings; Raises $11.5 Million (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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17. Peak Games raises $5M for social gaming (venturebeat.com) [edit]
18. nfon Raises 4M (finsmes.com) [edit]
19. Light Blue Optics raises US$13 million to realise growing list of new applications for Light Touch (lightblueoptics.com) [edit]
20. Earlybird Ventures (earlybird.com) [edit]
21. EDGAR [edit]
22. Mobile ad network madvertise secures series A round (eu.techcrunch.com) [edit]
23. Germany, EBS Technology Completes 3m Series B Financing Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
24. BridgeCo Turns Ears, Efforts To Streaming Audio With $7.5M Recap (earlybird.com) [edit]
25. Upek raises $6.2M for fingerprinting software (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
26. Social Gaming Startup Scoreloop Closes $2.8 Million Round (techcrunch.com) [edit]
27. Light Blue Optics Raises US$15 Million in Series A Extension (freshnews.com) [edit]
28. BridgeCo Raises $6 Million in New Financing (freshnews.com) [edit]
29. Conject Raises New Round (feeds.feedburner.com) [edit]
30. MergeOptics Raises 5.3 M / $8.5 M in Fourth Round Led by KTB (earlybird.de) [edit]
31. German Fuel Cell Maker Clean Mobile Raises 3.3M From Earlybird (thealarmclock.com) [edit]
32. Compact-ultrasound maker Zonare Medical raises $30M (deals.venturebeat.com) [edit]
33. lightblueoptics.com [edit]
34. EDGAR [edit]
35. Earlybird lead investor in online credit marketplace smava (tornado-insider.com) [edit]
36. Home Entertainment Networking Firm BridgeCo Gets $17 Million (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
37. BridgeCo Raises $23M in Latest Venture Finance Round (thefreelibrary.com) [edit]
38. Yoggie completes a $ 1.8M round of investment (yoggie.com) [edit]
39. EDGAR [edit]
40. Lumics raises additional 5.5 million (ecapital.de) [edit]
41. EDGAR [edit]
42. BridgeCo Secures $16 Million Series C Funding Round; Fidelity Ventures Joins as Lead Investor (businesswire.com) [edit]