• March 16th, 2010

    Mobile social network aka-aki hits 500,000 members

    [Germany] Berlin-based aka-aki, the location-based social network for mobiles, has hit something of a milestone. The startup is claiming 500,000 sign-ups, up from 350,00 last October.

    Writing on the company’s official blog, CEO Gabriel F. Yoran also revealed that the site is seeing 300,000 aki-messages sent daily with average time spent using the service at “about half an hour daily” per member. → Read More

    October 21st, 2009

    Mobile social network aka-aki raises 'several millions of euros' in funding

    [Germany] Berlin-based aka-aki, which offers a location-based social network for mobiles, has raised additional funding. The amount of this second round of financing was not disclosed, although the company did say it was ‘several millions of euros’.

    Investors were Creathor Venture and Innovacom.

    Aka-aki has been running its mobile social networking service for about two years now and says its… → Read More

    October 21st, 2009

    German Mobile Social Network aka-aki Gets Another Capital Infusion

    Berlin-based aka-aki, which offers a location-based social network for mobiles, has raised additional funding. The amount of this second round of financing was not disclosed, although the company did say it was ‘several millions of euros’.

    Investors were Creathor Venture and Innovacom.

    Aka-aki has been running its mobile social networking service for about two years now and says its community is… → Read More

    July 3rd, 2008

    Europe's Mobile 2.0 startups come together

    Europe is a hotbed of mobile startups right now, so appropriately enough the Mobile 2.0 event which started in San Francisco is putting on a one-day international event tomorrow in Barcelona which focuses on mobile startups, dubbed Mobile 2.0 Europe. I’ll be moderating a panel there, hosting a TechCrunch networking party and we now have the exclusive on the early stage start-ups selected for… → Read More