We are excited to announce that we have recently closed a financing round with Deutsche Telekom, KfW and our existing investor Neuhaus Partners.

Having already been financed in 2008 by Neuhaus Partners, we are pleased to have landed another strong investor with T-Venture, who is significant for us in this market segment.

Together with our investors, we now look forward to future international growth in an exciting and rapidly growing market environment.

Exciting times ahead!

You can find the complete press release here.

In German:

T-Venture und Neuhaus Partners investieren in apprupt

Es freut uns heute den erfolgreichen Abschluss einer Finanzierungsrunde mit der Deutschen Telekom, Neuhaus Partners und der KfW bekannt zu geben.

Nachdem uns Neuhaus Partners bereits seit 2008 unterstützt, freuen wir uns mit T-Venture einen weiteren starken Investor überzeugt zu haben, der für uns in diesem Marktsegment von sehr hoher Bedeutung ist.

Gemeinsam mit unseren Partnern werden wir das internationale Wachstum in einem spannenden und schnell wachsenden Marktumfeld vorantreiben.

Eine vollständige Pressemitteilung findet sich hier.

Throughout the last year we have grown to almost 40 apprupt App Stores on partnering portals. Most of these stores are on a mobile website.

Lately, we have been focussing on extending our reach regarding in-app App Stores as well. This is important to us, as we want to reach users where they are and provide a great service to our partners regardless of whether they operate a mobile website, an app or both.

So check out the new inside-handy app and our store in it (download here). The app is free to download and provides news and information regarding mobile in general as well as detailed information on mobile phones. They also also do podcasts, so the app should definitely be worth the download.

If you are a publisher with a mobile website or app and want to monetize your existing traffic and provide additional value to your users, please get in touch.

In German:

Apprupt App Shop geht in inside-handy.de iPhone app live

Während des letzten Jahres ist unser Partnernetzwerk auf fast 40 apprupt App Store Integrationen gewachsen. Die meisten dieser Stores befinden sich auf mobilen Webseiten von Partnern.

In der letzten Zeit haben wir uns zusätzlich darauf konzentriert, unsere Reichweite durch apprupt Stores innerhalb von iPhone Apps zu erweitern. Dieses ist uns ein Anliegen, da wir unseren Service allen interessierten Partnern zur Verfügung stellen möchten – ob auf einer mobilen Webseite, in einer App oder beidem.

Wir freuen uns also besonders über diese neue Partnerschaft. Laden Sie sich die inside-handy.de iPhone App herunter (Download hier) und werfen Sie einen Blick in unseren App Store. Die App ist eine Free App und bietet ihren Nutzern einen direkten und übersichtlichen Zugriff auf aktuelle Mobilfunknews, Handy-Datenblätter und Podcasts.

Falls Sie selbst eine Mobile Webseite oder App haben und Ihren Nutzern einen echten Mehrwert bieten sowie bestehende Reichweite monetarisieren wollen, nehmen Sie Kontakt zu uns auf. Wir freuen uns auf Sie!

We have recently gone live with yet another apprupt App Store. This time for the impulse website (yes, online), which is a monthly magazine for entrepreneurs. Since it’s an online store, you can browse it right here. It features a selection of communication, productivity, finance and business apps. Check it out and let us know what you think.

And (not getting tired of repeating) if you are a publisher with a mobile website or app and want to monetize your existing traffic and provide additional value to your users, please get in touch.

In German:

Wir sind mit einem weiteren apprupt App Shop live gegangen. Dieses Mal für die Webpräsenz von Impulse, dem monatlich erscheinenden Magazin für Unternehmer.  Man kann sich direkt in den Shop durchklicken, da die Apps Online angeboten werden. Wir bieten dort eine Auswahl von Apps aus den Kategorien Kommunikation, Produktivität, Finanzen und Business und freuen uns natürlich über jegliches Feedback!

Falls Sie selbst eine Mobile Webseite oder App haben und Ihren Nutzern einen echten Mehrwert bieten sowie bestehende Reichweite monetarisieren wollen, nehmen Sie Kontakt zu uns auf. Wir freuen uns auf Sie!

We have some great news today! The mobile website of Simyo now includes an apprupt App Store. Go have a look at it by visiting m.simyo.de with your iPhone or iPod Touch. The store offers a selection of lifestyle, productivity, fun, gaming and location apps.

Simyo is one of Germanys first MVNOs and nowadays offers it’s mobile services in countries all across Europe. We are happy to have them as a partner – go check them out! You can also read more about them on their blog, follow them on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.

If you are a publisher (mobile portal or app) and want an apprupt App Store of your own, please contact us.

In German:

Neuer apprupt App Shop: Simyo

Gute Neuigkeiten! Mit Simyo bindet ein weiterer prominenter Partner einen apprupt App Shop in sein Mobilportal ein. Der Shop kann mit iPhone und iPod Touch unter m.simyo.de angesehen werden. Er beeinhaltet eine Auswahl von Apps aus den Kategorien Produktivität, Lifestyle, Fun, Gaming und Location.

Simyo ist einer der ersten deutschen MVNOs und bietet seine mobile Services mittlerweile in vielen Ländern Europas an. Wir freuen uns sehr über diese Partnerschaft. Wer mehr über Simyo erfahren will kann sich im Simyo-Blog informieren, Simyo bei Twitter followen oder Fan bei Facebook werden.

Möchten Sie ebenfalls einen App Shop für Ihre App oder mobile Webseite? Kontaktieren Sie uns!

We are excited to announce that the mobile website of DerWesten now includes an apprupt App Store. You can check it out with your iPhone at mobile.derwesten.de. The store features the best apps out of several categories (among them finance and utilities) and also offers a temporary selection of carnival apps. Have a look!

DerWesten is the portal of the WAZ Media Group and features regional and nationwide news for Germany. Follow them on Twitter as well.

Get in touch if you are looking for something similar for your app or mobile website.

In German:

Neuer apprupt App Shop: DerWesten

Wir freuen uns über eine weitere App-Partnerschaft. Ab sofort ist die mobile Webseite von DerWesten mit einem apprupt App Shop ausgestattet. Der Shop ist mit dem iPhone über mobile.derwesten.de erreichbar. Er liefert die besten iPhone-Apps aus verschiedensten Kategorien, unter anderem Finanzen und Nützliches. Für alle Karneval-Fans lassen sich weiterhin, passend zur „Jahreszeit“, die besten Apps rund um das Thema Karneval entdecken.

DerWesten ist das Portal der WAZ Mediengruppe und liefert regionale und überregionale Neuigkeiten zu verschiedensten Themenbereichen. Hier geht’s zum Twitter-Account.

Möchten Sie ebenfalls einen App Shop für Ihre App oder mobile Webseite? Kontaktieren Sie uns!

As twittered last week, there already are a few great posts on which events one should attend at (around) the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week. These are the events we will attend this year (if possible, as on Wednesday some of them actually take place at the time):

Sunday, 14th of February

• Mobile Sunday Barcelona
  

 
Time: begins at 7:00pm

Venue: Black Vintage

Tickets: Here or via dotopen

Monday, 15th of February

• Mobile Premier Awards

 
Time: 3:00 pm – 8:00pm

Venue: Petit Palau de la Música Catalana

Tickets: Here or via dotopen for a discount

More info here

• Mobile Premier Awards Dinner

 
Time: begins at 9:00pm

Venue: Bel-Luna Jazz Club & Restaurant

Tickets: Invitation only – contact @mtrends

• Geisecke  & Devrient Secret Party

 
Time: begins at 8:00pm

Venue: Is probably a secret

Tickets: Invitation only

Tuesday, 16th of February

• GoMo News Blender

 
Time: 6:00pm – 11:00pm

Venue: Incognito Bar Barcelona

Tickets: RVSP via Facebook

Wednesday, 17th of February

• TechCrunch Mobile 2010
  

 
Time:  2:00pm – 6:30pm

Venue: Seminario de Barcelona (map)

Tickets: Here. Hurry, only 31 left.

• Swedish Beers

 
Time: 6:30pm – 1:30pm

Venue: Dostrece (map)

Tickets: RSVP via Facebook

• Carnival of Nations Party

 
Time: 6:30pm – 10:00pm

Venue: 7 Sins Bar

Tickets: Here

• Fring & Fon’s Late Night Party

 
Time: Begins at 10:00pm

Venue: Mondo Club

Tickets: By Invitation only

Get in touch if you want to meet up at any of these events or beforehand – we’ll see you at the bar!

We have twittered about this last week already, but wanted to call out via our blog as well. We are among the last 20 of the Internet World Business Idea 2010. To keep this post short, please click over there and vote for apprupt by clicking on the button on the bottom of the page (it’s in German). Thanks in advance!

We have great news today, as our first In-App App Store has gone live with the launch of the Financial Times Germany iPhone App on friday. The apprupt App Store will deliver the most relevant apps to Financial Times Germany readers.

We have been working together with the FT Germany for a while already regarding their mobile website, so both parties decided to extend the successful cooperation to the new iPhone app. It is doing really well in the Apple App Store so far, as number 9 of most downloaded free apps, almost 5 stars and over 100 user reviews already – we expect downloads and overall position in the App Store to only go up in the coming weeks. It is a great app, so download it here, if you haven’t already.

iPhone app publishers that want to deliver relevant app content to their users and add value to their existing traffic, get in touch.

Developers that want to reach out to their target group and increase downloads, sign up now.

We will keep the good news coming.

For those of you wondering why they cannot enter the Performance Network on apprupt.com, this area will be available as soon as your app is live on the App Store with our tracking library included. You will then be able to see reports for your app(s) as well a check your account balance and complete payments.

Furthermore, the new year will bring some changes to this blog. We will do less posts a week and try to cover a less broad range of topics and more information coming with each post. We want this blog to be helpful as a source of guidance and information on a few topics, but not as an app-news ticker.

These are the topics we want to focus on:

• App Marketing: Statistics and numbers (conversions etc.), experiences (channels) and outlooks (trends)
• Product Marketing: General marketing trends an how they might relate to mobile apps
• Market data: trends and stats
• apprupt: anything concerning ourselves, from new features to official announcements

 
We are looking to an exciting 2010 for mobile and for apprupt – so stay tuned!