MEEDIA - Job network Xing appointed Thomas Kindler as Managing Director. Kindler succeeds Sabrina Zeplin, who left the company late last year. Thomas Kindler worked for the Xing parent company New Work SE as Senior VP for Portfolio Strategy & Business Operations of the e-recruiting business. Kindler also held management positions at the job portal Stepstone and the career and recruiting platform Experteer.
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Thomas Kindler Is the New Managing Director at Xing
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European LinkedIn Alternatives
EU STARTUPS - Oct 6 - LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network platform, with ~610M users in 200 countries worldwide. Netherlands has the most accounts compared to the working population (81.8%). It is followed by Malta (77.5%) and the UK (75.6%). Here are some LinkedIn's European alternatives:
- Xing – Founded in 2003 in Hamburg, Xing is a leading online business network in German-speaking countries, and is considered one of the biggest challengers to Linkedin. It has 18M users.
- Viadeo – Launched in Paris in 2004, Viadeo is connecting talented members with employment opportunities. Viadeo has ~65M users globally.
- Goodwall – Originated in Geneva, Goodwall is a vast network – 1.5 million – of young professionals from 150 countries, including high school and university students, entrepreneurs, and starting professionals.
- The Dots – Calling themselves 'the professional network for people who don't wear suits to work,' The Dots aims to differentiate itself from other professional networks focusing on creative people working in tech, media, music, fashion, design, education, advertising, film, retail, photography, architecture, hospitality and more. The Dots is a UK-based and primarily very UK-focused network.
by Daria Kholod
See full article at EU Startups
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Xing Buys Intelligence Competence Center
RTTNEWS - Jan 22 - Xing AG has acquired all shares in Aschaffenburg-based Intelligence Competence Center (Deutschland) AG, the operator of the largest jobs search engine in German-speaking countries. Xing AG has to make an aggregate payment of approximately 6.3M euros to all shareholders and depending on the achievement of operating targets for 2015 and 2016, the main shareholder and founder of Intelligence Competence Center (Deutschland) AG may receive additional purchase price payments of up to 2.4M euros by February 2017.
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Xing Signs Deal With Lebenslauf.com
GRUENDERSZENE – May 27 – Career network Xing has signed a deal with Lebenslauf.com to incorporate its resume services. Details were not officially announced, though the deal is rumored to be worth 6 figures. Thomas Bachem, Lebenslauf's founder, will continue to work on the project for the next two years to improve integration with Xing, whose members can now use the service for free.
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Xing Launches An Event App
MEEDIA.DE - Jan 14 - ~150K conferences and seminars are promoted on Xing. This is the reason the professional social network is launching it's own event app that will inform users about upcoming events.
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Xing Rises On Speculation Of LinkedIn Takeover Interest
BLOOMBERG - Aug 22 - Xing rose to a record on speculation that LinkedIn may buy the German provider of online business-networking services. The shares gained as much as 13%, valuing the company at 419M euros ($559M). Xing and LinkedIn declined to comment. There are rumors that LinkedIn is preparing a bid to acquire Xing,” said Alexander Braun, a Frankfurt-based analyst at Montega AG. “It is unrealistic that Xing will sell unless the sum of the bid is absurdly high,” the analyst said.
by Weixin Zha
See full article at Bloomberg
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Xing Acquires Career Portal Kununu
HANDLESBLATT - Jan 8 - German professional social network Xing has acquired Kununu.com, an Austrian site for employer reviews in German-speaking countries. Initially XING will pay ~3.6M EUR upon signature of the contract. Based on Kununu revenue in 2013-2014, further payments totaling 5.8M EUR may be made by Feb 2015.
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Burda Digital Increases Stake In Xing
IDG NEWS SERVICE - Oct 26 – Burda Digital has increased its stake in Xing, the 'LinkedIn of Germany,' to 38.89 percent. Xing had more than 12 million members worldwide in June this year and has more than 50,000 specialist groups and currently employs around 520 people. Burda is offering ¬44 per share, almost ¬7 more per share than Thursday's closing price.
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Xing Toys With News Aggregation
GIGAOM - Aug 29 - Xing, the German LinkedIn rival is investing heavily right now, and it seems to be paying off. A couple of weeks ago the firm reported the addition of 436K members in German-speaking countries during the first half of the year. Xing is trying out an newsletter that aggregates industry news that’s relevant to the user. It’s interesting timing, given the legal brouhaha in Germany right now surrounding copyright and its applicability to headlines and brief news snippets. In Xing’s favour, the most recent draft of that new ‘ancillary copyright’ law only targets search engines. However, a third draft is imminent and that could see a return to the first draft’s inclusion of news aggregators in its remit. Outside of German-speaking countries, the same issue has most definitely hit news aggregators, specifically the Norwegian firm Meltwater. One of Meltwater’s businesses is very similar to that being tested out by Xing: the sending of keyword-specific news alerts to business customers. In the UK, the courts have ruled against Meltwater in a case launched by a newspaper association, and AP is now suing the firm in the US.
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XING Continues Growth Course During H1/2011 with a 95% Rise in Profits
XING - Aug 11 - XING, the business network in German-speaking countries, has continued its growth course during the first half of 2011 with revenues from services rising by 25% to €31.6M compared to €25.3M during H1/2010. The operating result (EBITDA) grew by 60% to €11.3M (compared to €7.0 M in H1/2010).
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XING’s Quarterly Results Show Healthy Growth Across The Board
XING BLOG - May 11 - XING shows a 70% increase in EBITDA to €5.6M, a 24% increase in revenues to €15.7M, and 114% increase in profit to €1.26M.
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XING Q3 Report: 10 Million Members And Rising
XING BLOG - Nov 9 - XING, the German professional social network, passed the ten million member mark this September with 4.27M people registered on their platform in German-speaking countries alone. XING also has 730,000 Premium Members. XING's offices in Turkey and Spain have experienced member growth with ~1M members in Turkey and ~1.5M in Spain. FULL ARTICLE @ XING BLOG
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XING Makes Successful Start To Financial Year 2010
XING - May 12 - Xing's Q1 revenues was €12.60M, which represents a 17% increase over figures for the same period last year (€10.75M). This positive development was largely attributable to the 708,000 Premium Members registered on the platform, a 17% YOY. Overall, the number of members worldwide increased by 23% from 7.5 to 9.2M over the last twelve months. During the first quarter of 2010, 420,000 people joined XING. FULL ARTICLE @ XING
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XING Increases Revenue By 28%
XING - Mar 30 - XING AG increased its revenues by 28% from €35.3M in 2008 to €45.1 M in FY 2009. The key growth driver here was an increase in paying Premium customers by 25% to 687,000 (550,000 in 2008). Overall, in 2009 XING had 8.75M members worldwide. FULL ARTICLE @ XING
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Burda Buys 25% Stake In XING
TECH CRUNCH - Nov 18 - German media giant Burda has purchased a 25.1% share in XING, the business social network that is biggest in Germany and competes with LinkedIn. The 1,323,041 shares were sold to Burda by Cinco Capital, the investment vehicle owned by the former XING co-founder Lars Hinrichs. Priced at €36.50 per share, the deal is therefore worth €48.3M. This makes Burda Digital the largest shareholder in XING. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH
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