Stuffle, the mobile location-based marketplace for used items (and European rival to Shpock) has raised a new funding round from High-Tech Gründerfonds. The amount is described only as a “mid six-figure amount”, though TechCrunch has learned that it’s actually €500,000 (~$672k) and follows a previous round from Tim Schumacher, founder of SEDO, announced last November, bringing the total raised… → Read More
Shpock, the local classified mobile app (or flea market in your pocket) is reporting some decent progress today. Three and a half months after launch, the iOS and Android app has seen 120,000 downloads, and 60,000 items listed in its marketplace; up from 10,000 downloads, and 3,000 items listed last November. That’s probably testament to the simple solution that Shpock provides and the high… → Read More
In response to the unworldliness of uber-marketplaces like eBay, Shpock (“shop in your pocket”) is a new iOS and Android app from Austrian startup, Finderly, which wants to return the local classified ads model used for selling goods peer-to-peer, to something resembling its original simplicity. It does this by taking advantage of the proliferation of camera-enabled and GPS-powered smartphones to… → Read More
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