The document discusses coworking and coliving spaces in Berlin, Germany. It highlights several benefits of Berlin including low costs, many daily events, proximity to Spain, and being one of the top startup ecosystems in the world. It provides examples of successful startups founded in Berlin such as Zalando, Rocket Internet, SoundCloud, and Babbel. The document also lists some of the major accelerators and incubators located in Berlin, and provides contact information for Carlos de Ory Gordillo who authored the document.

5. ¿QUÉ SON LOS ESPACIOS CO­LIVING?
­ RODÉATE DE LOS MEJORES
­ APRENDE AL MÁX. EN POCO TIEMPO
­ CONTACTOS, EVENTOS, EXPERIENCIA
STARTUP RETREATS: ​https://startupretreats.com/

6. ¿POR QUÉ EN BERLÍN?
­ BARATO
­ EVENTOS CADA DÍA (MÁS Y MEJOR)
­ A 3 HORAS DE ESPAÑA
­ INGLÉS
­ TOP 10 CIUDADES CON MEJOR ECOSISTEMA
EMPRENDEDOR DEL MUNDO (1­2ª DE
EUROPA)
CIUDADES BUENAS EN EUROPA:
LONDRES AMSTERDAM PARÍS BERLIN
¿MADRID, BARCELONA?
Berlin is the fastest growing startup ecosystem globally, according to Compass who
recently analyzed the global startup scene’s 20 most important startup locations
Berlin’s Startup Success Stories
Who are those founders and startups that make the news? Which products and
services developed in Berlin attract investment, grow globally, become the new
economy’s favourable brands, or create noticeable exits for their founders?
Zalando​: (​@Zalando​) Online distributor of fashion articles with 2.2 billion Euro annual
revenue and about 8.300 employees. Founded in 2008. Zealand has a range of

7. similar international businesses, including Dafiti in Brasil, Lamoda in Russia, Zando
in South Africa, and The Iconic in Australia.
Rocket Internet​: (​@RocketBerlin​) Startup incubator founded in 2007, focused on
building businesses based on internally successful business models. Active in more
than 100 countries predominantly in growth markets. Foodpanda, Lindico, eDarling,
Home24 and Zalando are some of their successful brands and businesses. IPO in
late 2014
Soundcloud​: (​@SoundCloud​) Online­music service to exchange and distribute audio
files with more than 10 million users. Founded 2007, Soundcloud named Technology
Pioneers 2013 by World Economic Forum and the founders won the Europioneer
Award from the European Commission.
Sociomantic​: (​@sociomantic​) Ad­tech company founded in 2009, bootstrapped
without external funding to grow to 200 employees in over 20 locations globally.
Acquired by UK’s big data specialist Dunnhumby (owned by Tesco) for a few
hundred million Euro in 2014.
6Wunderkinder​: (​@6Wunderkinder​) Developed Wunderlist, a free tasks
management SaaS tool. Founded in 2010. Recently acquired by Microsoft for an
undisclosed about between 100 and 200 million USD.
Wooga​: (​@wooga​) Developer of social games and mobile games played by 40
million users every month around the world on various platforms. Most popular
games include Jelly Splash, Pearl’s Peril, and Diamond Dash. Founded in 2009, now
250 employees from more than 40 countries.
Team Europe​: (​@TeamEurope​) Founded in 2008. Have created and operated
multiple successful internet companies including Lieferheld / Delivery Hero, Trivago,
and Amiando. The companies Team Europe has co­founded in the past four years
have created thousands of jobs.

8. Babbel​: (​@babbel​) Freemium language learning online platform, operated by Lesson
Nine founded in 2007. The app apparently is downloaded up to 120.000 times every
day and the business is profitable since 2011. Babel is growing 100% every year,
with now 350 employees in Berlin and New York.
Onefootball​: (​@Onefootball​) Founded 2008, with 20million downloads, Onefootball is
the world’s most popular online football platform. 60 employees located in Berlin.
They come from 25 countries. Watch this space, there are many hopeful candidates
positioning for the next big headline about large investment, product success or
successful exit.
Who are the biggest and most important players in
Berlin’s ecosystem?
9 out of Germany’s top 10 most important accelerators and incubators are located in
Berlin:
● Axel Springer Plug & Play​ (​@as–pnp​)
● hub:raum​ (​@hubraumberlin​)
● Berlin Hardware Accelerator​ (​@hardwaredotco​)
● You is Now​ (​@YouIsNow​)
● Startupbootcamp​ (​@Sbootcamp​)
● Microsoft Ventures​ (​@MSFTVenturesDE​)
● ProSiebenSat.1
● German Accelerator​ (​@GAccelerator​)
● Seedcamp​ (​@seedcamp​)

9. ● Wilhelm Lappe
Conferencias, cursos, eventos…
● Misión comercial ICEX, adigital red.es a Berlin​. Talk: Doing business in Berlin.
Madrid. speaker. Madrid. Noviembre 2015.

10. ¿QUE OTROS ECOSISTEMAS EMPRENDEDORES
HAY POR EL MUNDO?
http://blog.compass.co/the­2015­global­startup­ecosystem­ranking­is­live/

11.
CARLOS DE ORY GORDILLO
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