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nexmed

nexmed is the first premium service provider for imaging diagnostics in the DACH region. The company offers all medical specialists medical imaging on a „pay-per-use“ basis, using high-end technology. ECONA invested in nexmed in 2018 and sold its stake end of 2023.

https://ipricegroup.com/
iPrice Group

iPrice Group is Asia’s largest shopping aggregator, based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The company allows their consumers to browse for products and compare prices from various online stores. iPrice currently operates in seven Asian countries (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam, Hongkong, Philippines, Thailand). ECONA held a stake in iPrice from 2016 until 2023.

https://loewenzahnorganics.com/
Löwenzahn Organics

Löwenzahn Organics stands for maximum quality, purity and sustainability of baby nutrition. Founded by mothers for their own children. 100 % organic. The Löwenzahn Transparency Code even allows to track every single ingredient. ECONA invested in Löwenzahn in 2019 and sold its stake in January 2023.

https://www.comatch.com
COMATCH

COMATCH is an algorithm-based freelancer platform for top management consultants and industry experts. ECONA has been invested in COMATCH from 2016 until 2022.

http://www.wunderflats.com
Wunderflats

Wunderflats is an online-marketplace for furnished apartments to rent for one month or longer. By enabling people to find a home whenever and wherever they need, Wunderflats aims for turning housing into a service. ECONA was invested in Wunderflats from 2017 to 2021.

http://www.deepcode.ai
DeepCode

DeepCode is an ETH Spinoff Company from Zurich and develops and runs a KI platform for code analytics. ECONA was an investor in DeepCode from 2018 until its sale to Snyk in 2020.

http://www.ampere.de
AMPERE AG

Ampere AG is Germany’s first independent energy broker. The company reduces energy costs for small and medium-sized enterprises by aggregating demand and optimizing supply. Since 2008, Ampere has saved its customers over EUR 250 million in costs for electricity and gas. The shareholders of ECONA co-founded the company in 1998 and held a majority stake since 2003. End of 2019 Ampere was sold to SWK Energie, Krefeld.

foodspring

foodspring is the leading European brand for high-quality fitness food. ECONA founded the company in 2013  with Philipp Schrempp and Tobias Schüle and financed it together with selected partners. In 2019 the company was sold to Mars Inc.

AMAPUR

amapur is one of the first health nutrition concepts in Germany that has relied purely on D2C distribution right from the start. ECONA co-founded the company in 2003 with Peggy Reichelt and financed it to break even. Amapur was sold together with foodspring to Mars Inc. in 2019.

https://www.da-platform.com/
Data Artisans

Data Artisans are developing the next-generation large-scale data analysis technology under the umbrella of the Apache Flink project. Apache Flink is a new open source general-purpose engine for fast, reliable, and expressive analysis of Hadoop data and beyond. ECONA invested in Data Artisans in 2016 and sold its stake in 2018 to Alibaba.

http://finanzcheck.de
FINANZCHECK.DE

Finanzcheck.de is one of the largest German comparison sites for personal financial products. ECONA was invested in finanzcheck.de from 2011 to 2018. The sale to Scout24-group in 2018 was the largest fintech-exit in Germany so far.

http://www.smava.de
SMAVA

smava is Germany’s first marketplace for private loans and one of the first German fintech companies ever. Today, the company is one of the country’s largest credit platforms. ECONA founded smava in 2005 together with Alexander Artopé and Eckart Vierkant and has since then financed smava over several rounds. The investment was sold at the end of 2017.

http://www.imoney.my
IMONEY GROUP

iMoney is a leading financial comparison website in South East Asia, based in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia). ECONA invested in the company in an early-stage financing round in 2013 and sold its stake in 2017.

http://www.winlocal.de
WinLocal

WinLocal is one of Germany’s largest online marketing platforms for local service providers and businesses. ECONA has been invested in WinLocal since its foundation in 2008 and has sold its stake to FUNKE media group in February 2016.

http://www.aperto.de
Aperto

Aperto AG was founded in 1995 as one of the first digital agencies in Germany. More than 300 employees are sucessfully working for high-level brands such as Coca Cola, Airbus, VW, Siemens and MINI. The team of ECONA invested in Aperto from the beginning and actively supported the growth of the company. More than 20 years later Aperto was sold to IBM in February 2016, to become a part of the world’s largest IT-service company.

http://www.sparwelt.de/
SPARWELT

SPARWELT GmbH (former ECONA Shopping GmbH) is the leading provider of online coupons and discount offers in Germany. ECONA co-founded the company in 2008  with its directors Daniel Engelbarts and Christian Lang, and financed the company until its break-even. ECONA sold SPARWELT to the German TV network RTL Group in 2014.

http://www.giga.de/
GIGA

GIGA is one of the largest editorial news portals in Germany, focusing on technology, entertainment and games. ECONA acquired GIGA in 2010 from News Corporation as an MBI deal with its directors Peggy Reichelt, Fabian Kröll and Thomas Jahn. By merging with numerous other portals we acquired in a buy&build strategy, ECONA developed GIGA into one of the 100 largest websites in Germany. The company was then sold to Ströer Media Group in 2014.

http://zynga.com/
ZYNGA

Zynga is one of the largest providers of browser and social network games. From 2010 to 2011 ECONA held a pre-IPO investment in Zynga.

http://facebook.com
FACEBOOK

facebook is the largest social network in the world. ECONA invested in facebook shares in 2008 and sold its stake before the company’s IPO.

https://www.xing.com/
XING

XING is Germany’s largest network for business contacts. ECONA invested in XING’s first financing round in 2004 and held that investment until the company’s IPO at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2006.

http://www.bing.com/maps/
BING MAPS

bing.com/maps: ECONA invested in the American geodata service provider Vicinity Corp from 1999 until the company’s IPO and later acquisition by Microsoft in 2002. Vicinity.com developed to become www.bing.com/maps.

http://www.pixelpark.com/de/pixelpark/
PIXELPARK

Pixelpark is one of the leading communications and e-business service providers in Germany. Since 2012 the company is part of the Publicis Group. ECONA held a pre-IPO investment in the company from 1999 to 2002.

http://www.mytoys.de/
MYTOYS

MyToys.de is one of the largest German e-commerce companies. ECONA was an early stage investor in MyToys from its founding in 1999 until its sale to the OTTO Group in 2000.

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