Click on the following link to find out more about the media sector: https://bluetreegroup.de/download/valuation-snapshot-media-may-2019/?wpdmdl=2403&refresh=5ced5222d0b6d1559056930

Luckin Coffee,  the ambitious Chinese upstart that’s going after Starbucks, could raise nearly $600 million from its upcoming IPO. That’s according to a price range released by the Chinese startup. If you want to read more please click on the following link: https://techcrunch.com/2019/05/06/luckin-coffee-500-million/

Cloud misconfigurations, business email compromise (BEC) and intellectual property theft are all up in the Verizon DBIR 2019 from last year. To read more click on the folllowing link: https://threatpost.com/verizon-dbir-espionage-c-suite-cloud/144486/

Tesla says that next year, it’ll leverage a fraction of the millions of Tesla cars on the road to launch an autonomous taxi service powered by its Autopilot software. For more info please click on the following link: https://venturebeat.com/2019/04/22/tesla-plans-to-launch-driverless-taxi-service-in-2020/ 

Pinterest wants to sell its shares at between $15 and $17 when it goes public. That could value the company at nearly $11 billion. Still, that is less than some recent private valuations of the company. For more details please click the following link: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/08/pinterest-ipo-range/

Barcelona-based Red Points has closed a $38 million Series C led by Summit Partners. Existing investors Northzone, Mangrove, Eight Roads Ventures and Banco Sabadell also participated in the funding round which follows a $12M Series B last year. Click on the following link to read more: https://techcrunch.com/2019/04/03/red-points-closes-38m-series-c-for-its-antivirus-saas-for-brands/?guccounter=1

An abrupt surge in Bitcoin sent the world’s most popular cryptocurrency to the highest level since November, jolting the $160 billion market for digital assets after three months of calm. If you want to know more, click the following link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-02/bitcoin-s-sudden-jump-propels-cryptocurrency-above-5-000

Das ambitionierte Ziel von Zalando, zum Betriebssystem für Mode werden zu wollen, mag die Phantasien der Börse beflügeln. Für den Handel ist die Strategie aber vor allem eines: gefährlich.  Link: https://www.internetworld.de/e-commerce/zalando/spotify-mode-plant-zalando-zukunft-1097304.html 

McDonald’s Corporation (MCD) and Dynamic Yield Ltd. today announced an agreement by which McDonald’s will acquire Dynamic Yield, a leader in personalization and decision logic technology. For more details please check the following link: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/mcdonalds-to-acquire-dynamic-yield-will-use-decision-technology-to-increase-personalization-and-improve-customer-experience-300818098.html

Europe’s biggest publisher, Axel Springer, is interested in buying eBay’s classifieds business, German trade magazine Capital reports. For more details, please check the following link: http://fortune.com/2019/03/21/ebay-classifieds-axel-springer/