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Berlin VC invests in Italian startup. Is this the start of something?

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Re: Berlin VC invests in Italian startup. Is this the start of something?

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Post by vidarh »

brador wrote: post #5
klaut wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

agreed. I really wish the startup scene blossoms in Italy in the near future as there is great potential there - One of my favourite italian startups is http://stereomood.com/

How would you monetize that site?

Buy buttons on every track. Lots of music I've never heard about that I might like to download to my music player.

EDIT: There are buy buttons on every track, but frankly they're almost too inobtrusive - I didn't notice them at first.

Re: Berlin VC invests in Italian startup. Is this the start of something?

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Post by zerostar07 »

tucosan wrote: post #13
zerostar07 wrote: post #6

... and we find out about it thanks to the british correspondent of a californian blog.

http://www.gruenderszene.de/news/point-nine-capital-cibando also http://www.deutsche-startups.de

See that's a problem, writing in English guarantees a wider audience.

Re: Berlin VC invests in Italian startup. Is this the start of something?

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Post by SammyRulez »

dariobarila wrote: post #2

HN, keep an eye on italian startup scene, a lot of potential waiting to be discovered...

Lot of potential but little money.

"Italian VC investors (I mean the ones based in Italy) are, in general, famously useless at identifying high growth businesses in their own country"

Sad but true.

Re: Berlin VC invests in Italian startup. Is this the start of something?

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Post by [deleted] »

vidarh wrote: post #12
brador wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How would you monetize that site?

Buy buttons on every track. Lots of music I've never heard about that I might like to download to my music player. EDIT: There are buy buttons on every track, but frankly they're almost too inobtrusive - I didn't notice them at first.

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Re: Berlin VC invests in Italian startup. Is this the start of something?

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Post by danmaz74 »

guk wrote: post #7

Thanks all! I really hope the Italian scene grows a lot!!

Besides the deserved congratulations, there's a question I'd like to ask you. I noticed that the Cibando website is Copyright "Cibando Ltd.", but in the TOS the service is from "Mobatar S.r.l."

Does this mean that you have both a UK ltd company and an Italian S.r.L.? If that's so, why? Have you already explored what it means from a fiscal point of view having both?

I ask because right now I'm very undecided if I should incorporate in the UK with a ltd company for the paid service I'll launch very soon on pro.hashtagify.me - not to dodge Italian taxes (I live in Rome too), but because a S.r.L. costs too much and sounds much worse for an international audience - and I only found very confusing information on the Internet, so it would be very interesting to learn about your experience :)

Re: Berlin VC invests in Italian startup. Is this the start of something?

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Post by mikebutcher »

tucosan wrote: post #13
zerostar07 wrote: post #6

... and we find out about it thanks to the british correspondent of a californian blog.

http://www.gruenderszene.de/news/point-nine-capital-cibando also http://www.deutsche-startups.de

TC broke it first.
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