Hyper
Company

Last deal

Amount

Seed

Stage

10.12.2015

Date

3

all rounds

$1.1M

Total amount

date founded

Financing round

General

About Company
The company develops a curated video platform for publishing short-form video content.

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founded date

01.01.2014

Number of employees

Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Seed

IPO status

Private

Description

The company's mobile application aggregates 6 to 12 hand-picked videos from the web and presents them in a digital magazine format, providing users with the best and newest videos every day. The platform, called Hyper, focuses on a minimalist design and offers a clear and concise selection of videos. However, after nearly 600 video editions, Hyper has announced its closure.
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3

Number of Funding Rounds

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Their latest funding was raised on 10.12.2015. Their latest investor Microsoft Accelerator Berlin. Their latest round Seed

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People

Founders
4
Mathias Sauvestre
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Mathias Sauvestre

Jonas Brandau
Jonas Brandau

Jonas Brandau

Jonas Brandau is a Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Klima.

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Hyper
Hyper

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3

Jonas Brandau

Markus Gilles
Markus Gilles

Markus Gilles

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Hyper
Hyper

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3

Markus Gilles

Andreas Pursian
Andreas Pursian

Andreas Pursian

Andreas Pursian is a Berlin-based computer scientist with over a decade of experience in IT. He is the Co-Founder and CTO of Hyper. Before Hyper, Andreas headed IT development for other mobile startups such as Pinio.me and Awwkward.com. As part of Germany's international development program, Andreas has trained international IT teams and built infrastructure in war-torn countries like Kosovo, Afganistan and Iraq. Previously, he managed a sub-devision for a large-scale German social network. Andreas holds a masters degree in computer science, has traveled extensively and is a proud father.

current job

Hyper
Hyper

organization founded

3

Andreas Pursian

Employee Profiles
5
Tyler Hall

Tyler Hall

Principle Software Engineer

Andreas Pursian

Andreas Pursian

CTO & Co-Founder

Jonas Brandau

Jonas Brandau

Head of Product & Co-Founder

Markus Gilles

Markus Gilles

Co-Founder & CEO

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