E-Business and E-Commerce Companies Analysis & Insights Report

This report presents an analysis of several e-business and e-commerce companies, examining their services, team composition, funding status, and market insights. It covers companies like BigchainDB, omni:us, German Autolabs, parlamind, Cringle, LendStar, BetterTaxi, 8select Software GmbH, OpenCampus GmbH, sprylab, StackFuel GmbH, Ambiverse, Parasut and 1001dubai. The analysis includes details about the founders, industry, year founded, number of employees, operational countries, city, and funding. It also summarizes the company's offerings, recent news, and insights derived from LinkedIn and other sources. Each company's profile provides a snapshot of its activities and market positioning within the e-business and e-commerce landscape.

Running head: E-BUSINESS, E-COMMERCE
E-BUSINESS, E-COMMERCE
Name of the student
Name of the university
Author Note

BigchainDB
The blockchain database.
Contact Information and
name of founders:
Bruce Pon.
Maria McConaghy.
Trent McConaghy
Industry
Year founded
2014
Number of Employees
11 -50
Countryes operational
Germany
City
Berlin
Funding:
N/A
Website:
http://www.bigchaindb.co
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Downloads on the app
store:
10k+
App rating
4.2
About the company:
BigchainDB allows developers and enterprise to deploy blockchain proof-
of-concepts, platforms and applications with a scalable blockchain
database. Rather than trying to scale up blockchain technology,
BigchainDB starts with a distributed database and then adds blockchain
characteristics - decentralized control, immutability and the ability to create
and transfer assets.
Information about the team:
Currently, 5 team member with 3 board members/advisors.
What do product/service do they provide?
Specalized in-
 Ideation
 Use case development
 Blockchain consulting
Have they been in the news recently:
Oct 28, 2016
BigchainDB: Cryptocoins News — Scotland’s Capital to Hold Blockchain
Tech Conference
INSIGHTS
In the summer of 2013, they started working on a project that became
ascribe, blockchain-based intellectual property (IP) attribution.
Recently,they exhibit three events, named, Consensus 2018, Blockchain
Expo Europe 2017 and Consensus 2017.
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Contact Information and
name of founders:
Eric Pfarl,
Harald Gölles,
Martin Micko,
Sofie Quidenus-
Wahlforss,
Stephan Dorfmeister
Industry
Year founded
2015
Number of Employees
11 -50
Countryes operational
Germany
City
Berlin
Funding:
Seed
Website:
https://omnius.com/
Downloads on the app
store:
20k+
App rating
4.1
About the company:
omni:us delivers structured data from highly variable documents to
streamline your processes & facilitate end2end document interchange.
Information about the team:
Currently, 6 team member with 2 board members/advisors.
What do product/service do they provide?
Specalized in-
 Processing times with semantic document classification &
extraction.
 Policy: Deliver better insurance products faster.
Have they been in the news recently:
Nov 17, 2016
omni:us: TechCrunch — SearchInk – Unlocking the handwritten past, and
present, with mach
INSIGHTS
Document Processing startup that uses AI. None of the co-founders have a
tech background but 12 of the 22 employees on linkedin are
engineers/developers including several with PhDs.
OMNIUS
Real enterprise problems solver
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German Autolabs
Developing IoT (internet-of-things) solutions
Contact Information and name
of founders:
Holger G. Weiss,
Patrick Weissert
Industry
Hardware & software developer
Year founded
2016
Number of Employees
11 -50
Countryes operational
Germany
City
Berlin
Funding:
Seed
Website:
https://www.germanautolabs.com/
Downloads on the app store:
30k+
App rating
4.4
About the company:
German Autolabs is a Berlin based technology company, focussing
on the future of the car. Making every car smarter and safer.
Information about the team:
Currently, 6 team member with 1 board members/advisors.
What do product/service do they provide?
API & SDK give easy access to 3rd party service providers such as
insurers and roadside assistance services.
Have they been in the news recently:
July 4, 2017
German Autolabs: Sprachsteuerung im Auto: Neue Generation
kommt bald
INSIGHTS
Develops Digital Assistants for drivers. About 30 employees on
linkedin with 15 in tech. Highly experiences Founder/CEO. The
quality of the average tech employee is good too.
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Contact Information and name
of founders:
Christian Wolf
Tina Klüwer
Tobias Lehmann
Industry
Artificial Intelligence developer
Year founded
2015
Number of Employees
11 -50
Countryes operational
Germany
City
Berlin
Funding:
Seed
Website:
https://parlamind.com/
Downloads on the app store:
15k+
App rating
4.7
About the company:
parlamind offers artificial intelligence solutions that analyzes, routes,
and autonomously answers incoming customer communication.
Information about the team:
Currently, 3team member with 1 board members/advisors.
What do product/service do they provide?
Specalized in-
 parlamind supports.
 AI dvelopement for enable efficient communication.
Have they been in the news recently:
Oct 23, 2017
parlamind: WiWo Gründer — German Accelerator Tech: 22 Start-
ups holen sich ihr USA-
INSIGHTS
AI (Natural Language Processing) based customer service
technology company. 11 of the 16 employees on LinkedIn have
technical backgrounds. CTO has a very strong background in Natural
Language Processing.
Parlamind
Artificial intelligence solutions
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Cringle
FinancialServices
Contact Information and name
of founders:
Frane Bandov,
Joschka Friedag,
Konrad Maruszewski,
Malte Klussmann
Industry
FinancialServices
Year founded
2014
Number of Employees
11 -50
Countryes operational
Germany
City
Berlin
Funding:
EquityCrowdfunding
Website:
https://cringle.net/
Downloads on the app store:
10k+
App rating
4.2
About the company:
Cringle is the intuitive smartphone app for users who want to send
money to friends all over Europe in a matter of seconds.
Information about the team:
Currently, 5team member with 1 board members/advisors.
What do product/service do they provide?
Specalized in-
 Banking,
 Financial Services,
 FinTech,
 Lifestyle,
 Mobile Payments,
 Payments
Have they been in the news recently:
Oct 31, 2016
Equity Crowdfunding - Cringle
INSIGHTS
P2P money transfer app. 13 employees on linkedin, of which 3 are in
engineering positions. 2 of the 3 co-founders also have an
engineering education. App has a rating of 4.7 and 4.2 on iOS and
Android respectively with 10-50k downloads on android.
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LendStar
Finance app
Contact Information and name
of founders:
Christopher Kampshoff
Industry
FinancialServices
Year founded
2013
Number of Employees
3 -10
Countryes operational
Germany
City
Starnberg, Bayern
Funding:
N/A
Website:
https://www.lendstar.io/
Downloads on the app store:
50k+
App rating
3.8
About the company:
Lendstar is the social finance app for paying and chatting among
friends. Easy, fast, free & more secure than online banking.
Information about the team:
Currently, 6 team member with 1 board members/advisors.
What do product/service do they provide?
Finance, Mobile, Mobile Payments
Have they been in the news recently:
Mar 4, 2015
Seed Round - Lendstar
INSIGHTS
2 of the 3 co-founders - the CEO and Head of Software development
are highly experienced in finance and tech respectively. 7 of the 12
employees on linkedin in are in tech. However this is much more
likely to be an acquisition rather than an acquihire.
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Contact Information and name
of founders:
Daniel de la Cuesta,
Hanno Beisinghoff,
NielsBeisinghoff
Industry
Transport services
Year founded
2012
Number of Employees
3 -10
Countryes operational
Germany
City
Munchen, Bayern
Funding:
N/A
Website:
https://www.bettertaxi.com/
Downloads on the app store:
50k+
App rating
4.1
About the company:
BetterTaxi provides taxi and airport transfers for B2B customers.
Information about the team:
Currently, 6 team member with 1 board members/advisors.
What do product/service do they provide?
 RideShare services.
 Online Booking.
 B2B features include corporate payment
Have they been in the news recently:
May 1, 2016
Convertible Note - BetterTaxi (BetterTec GmbH)
INSIGHTS
App to pre-book (not on-demand) taxi rides and airport transfers. Got
an iOS app that has been updated twice a year for the past few years.
But there is no information available about the employees, only the
CEO and CTO are on linkedin - both seem capable but nothing very
impressive.
BetterTaxi
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8select Software GmbH
Contact Information and name
of founders:
Alexander Grünauer,
Mathias Stiefel,
Michael Stiefel
Industry
Shopping services
Year founded
2013
Number of Employees
11 -50
Countryes operational
Germany
City
Regensburg, Bayern
Funding:
N/A
Website:
http://8select.com/
Downloads on the app store:
30k+
App rating
4.2
About the company:
First modular Curated Shopping as a service solution for online
shops (MarTech; B2B-SaaS-Model).
Information about the team:
Currently, 6 team member with 1 board members/advisors.
What do product/service do they provide?
 E-Commerce,
 Personalization,
 Shopping
Have they been in the news recently:
Oct 10, 2016
8select Software GmbH: Bernd Zeilmaier ist neuer Head of S
INSIGHTS
5 out of the 13 employees on LinkedIn are developers. The founders
are not too impressive but the team as whole seems capable. The
business is probably not doing great.
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OpenCampus GmbH
Contact Information and name
of founders:
Kirsten Heiss
Industry
Shopping services
Year founded
2010
Number of Employees
11 -50
Countryes operational
Germany
City
Munich, Bayern
Funding:
N/A
Website:
https://www.opencampus.net/
Downloads on the app store:
40k+
App rating
4.3
About the company:
Open Adaptiv Software (OAS) for Business Process Management
from the Cloud for Enterprise, Education, Healthcare & Government
Information about the team:
Currently, 6 team member with 1 board members/advisors.
What do product/service do they provide?
Specialist in-
 UNIQUE PROCESS MAPPING
 COMPREHENSIVE FEATURE SET
 OPEN ADOPTION SYSTEM
Have they been in the news recently:
Feb 2, 2016
OpenCampus GmbH raised $500,000 / Angel
INSIGHTS
Process management service for educational institutes. The CEO and
the COO (the only C-suites in the company) are have good past
experience. 6 out of the 11 full-time employees are developers/web
designers. However, it is still unlikely the core product will be
abandoned.
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sprylab
Contact Information and name
of founders:
Stephan Heck
Industry
Information Technology
Year founded
2007
Number of Employees
11 -50
Countryes operational
Germany
City
Berlin
Funding:
N/A
Website:
https://sprylab.com/
Downloads on the app store:
10k+
App rating
N/A
About the company:
Open Adaptiv Software (OAS) for Business Process Management
from the Cloud for Enterprise, Education, Healthcare & Government
Information about the team:
Currently, 1 team member with 1 board members/advisors.
What do product/service do they provide?
Specialist in-
 Software develoement
 IT consulting
Have they been in the news recently:
Mar 23, 2015
sprylab raised €2,000,000 / Seed from Investitionsbank Berlin
INSIGHTS
Process management service for educational institutes. The CEO and
the COO (the only C-suites in the company) are have good past
experience. 6 out of the 11 full-time employees are developers/web
designers. However, it is still unlikely the core product will be
abandoned.
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