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D-LABS offers open workshops for Professionals March 16th, 2009

Within the D-LABS Academy a one day workshop is announced for April, 23rd. Theme of the workshop will be"Brainstorming & Co - creativity tools in practice".It is especially suited for software developers, consultants and product manager. 

Costs: 390 Euro.

Please find here more information and the right contact for registration.


sMeet nominated for Web 2.0 Startup Award March 13th, 2009

Our portfolio company sMeet is among the ten internet companies that have qualified for the competition Web 2.0 Startup Award. On 30th of March at the IIR-Web 2.0 Congress the ten startups are going to pitch and will try to win over the audience. The winner is going to be elected by teledialog. The nominees are: Pendla.de, Beko Käuferportal, Schenkando, smaboo, Comicstars, Loomondo, sMeet Communications, roccatune, Kellnerkartei und Talential.

Read the whole story on the Web 2.0 Congress Site


Intel and OpenSynergy announce partnership March 5th, 2009

As of today Intel and OpenSynergy sign a contract to start a partnership for automotive market. It will focus on offering a state-of-the art platform which bases on the latest Intel processor Intel Atom and the car operating system COQOS. The x86 automotive platform allows car manufacturers and Tier 1 suppliers to run open-standard infotainment platform

Read it on PR-Inside


Hiogi elevator pitch on youtube March 4th, 2009

Hiogi did an elevator pitch at Techcrunch in Barcelona, the whole idea in three minutes.

Watch it!


OpenSynergy and Funkwerk Dabendorf present flexible Infotainment Platform February 27th, 2009

OpenSynergy and Funkwerk Dabendorf have developed a flexible platform for the integration of communication and infotainment within cars. It can be operated by voice, touch screen or a turn and press switch. The system is based on a Autosar conform operating system.

Article on Electronicnet.de


Hasso Plattner lays cornerstone for HPI expansion February 25th, 2009

 

Our founder Hasso Plattner, Brandenburg’s Minister of Science Johanna Wanka, Potsdam’s mayor Jann Jakobs and the President of the HPI Prof. Dr.  Christoph Meinel laid the cornerstone for the expansion of the Hasso Plattner Institute in a ceremony on Tuesday, 24th February. The new building has become necessary because the privately financed University Institute, which was founded in 1998, has been growing and bursting at the seams. Hasso Plattner has donated € 16m for the new expansion building which will have the form of arc.

 

Article in Berliner Morgenpost

Article in Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten

Press Release HPI


Verwandt.de starts Russian homepage February 23rd, 2009

 

Our portfolio company Verwandt.de/ OSN launched the 9th language version: Russian relatives can now be searched for on semyaonline.ru.

PR-inside reports on the new website


dango presents at ForretningsSystemer in Copenhagen February 23rd, 2009

datango is going to present its products at the biggest Danish enterprise application conference ForretningsSystemer in Copenhagen on 3rd and 4th March. 

datango Press Release in German


datango celebrates 10 years of success February 16th, 2009

datango AG, the leading independent provider of software that reduces time-to-value and increases user acceptance of mission-critical systems, will celebrate the 10th anniversary of its initial incorporation in 1999 on February 19th, 2009.

Congratulations!

Yahoo Finance


Tiburon-TV Interview with our portfolio companies February 15th, 2009

Tiburon-TV visited Hasso Plattner Ventures on site and interviewed some of the leading men of our portfolio companies. The series started off with Inchron CEO Uwe Brodtmann and is continued with Philip Bouteiller from sMeet, Jörn Hartwig from D-LABS, Björn Behrend from hiogi, Jan Bastian from VoIPFuture and Emanuel Züger from VIOSO.

http://www.tiburon-tv.com/