Ventures
Companies, we helped with Investments and Mentoring:
Hojoki
Hojoki aims at solving the problem of information fragmentation by providing a unified inbox to cloud apps like Google Docs, Dropbox, Highrise and more. Hojoki looks for activities in connected apps and builds a Facebook-like activity stream. It supports individuals in-tracking their apps and provides a place for team collaboration in projects, with support for microblogging and comments. The company’s goal is to leverage cutting-edge technology to integrate cloud apps into a joint work environment.
Tamyca
Tamyca is Germany's first and leading peer-to-peer carsharing marketplace, connecting car owners whose vehicles are sitting idle for most hours of the day with people who need a car. Providing a fully comprehensive insurance as well as all legal forms and documentations there is no hassle or risk for owners and renters.
Mambu
Mambu offers online software applications for microfinance organizations worldwide. The software-as-a-service solutions developed by Mambu enable microfinance institutions in Africa, Asia, South America, and Eastern Europe to provide financial services to their clients more professionally, more conveniently, and cheaper than before.
Umbono
Umbono is a technology startup incubator for South Africa launched by Google and a selected group of experienced Angel Investors including Michael Greve, the CEO of KIZOO. The incubator is aimed to provide seed-financing and an ideal workspace in Cape Town to founders with support from experienced angels and mentors to transform ideas into reality.
About the Umbono Program
Babbel
Babbel is a new language learning website where users are worldwide participating in diverse interactive multimedia lessons and community features.
Babbel is unique in its innovative combination of language instruction and online social networking. Users can team up with partners all over the world to teach each other their native languages, upload images for use in the lessons, chat and message with other users, and generate their own personal vocabulary sets, which Babbel conveniently reminds them to study and refresh.
MegaZebra
MegaZebra GmbH is developer and publisher of Social Games. Its platform allows users of social networks to play online games against their friends. This has made MegaZebra one of the fastest growing European social applications. Millions of games are already being played by its users.
Founded in 2008, MegaZebra has already launched numerous popular games in multiple, European languages on Facebook – including Yazzy, Sudoku and a fantasy soccer league KickerBuddies.
PlayAll
Playall makes PC games social. With Playall a new level of gaming experience is brought to the Facebook gaming world.
Playall links your social network to visually stunning PC games and allows to challenge ones Facebook friends or play against other Facebook users. Free and fast downloads are included and everything is preconfigured for an immediate start.
Reposito
Reposito is a free-of-charge smartphone application (initially for iPhone) which allows the digitization, storage and online administration of sales checks. In view of the utilization of statutory warranties or manufacturer guarantees, the important voucher information is available at all times in an online archive. With the smartphone, the paper-based sales check is photographed and the barcode is scanned. Apart from saving the data and the possibility of printing them out, the Reposito app can in future also be used to extend guarantees or writs of protection subject to special terms and conditions.
Advertory
With Advertory small and mid-sized businesses and freelancers can create their Internet presence in a simple manner. With its turnkey solutions, Advertory offers an easy-to-use online marketing tool through which customers are provided with a high-performance Internet presence, including an optimized mobile version which is geared to the recruitment of new customers in a local environment.
