Casacanda CEO Roman Kirch on the Berlin Startup Scene and Becoming Fab.de (thepoliticker.observer)
__Wilkommen! This is part one of Betabeat’s new mini-series, Die Startup-
Szene, a peek at the _up-and-coming tech hub of Berlin.__ We sat down with
entrepreneurs from three leading young companies here in the city that is only
__very, very occasionally referred to as Silicon Allee.___
Roman Kirch, who skipped two grades, has studied in Los Angeles and London,
backpacked in Australia and interned at Goldman Sachs. In July 2011, he and
two cofounders started an Internet company most recently reportedly valued at
$10 million. About six months later, he sold it to one of the hottest startups
in New York. He is 23.
It’s enough to make you wish for some_ Schadenfreude_. Until you meet Mr.
Kirch, that is, who gave Betabeat a hug when we met with him on Monday morning
at Wohnzimmer Bar, or “living room bar,” a quiet and quaintly-decorated cafe
in Berlin’s startup-heavy Prenzlauer neighborhood. Wrapped in Abercrombie, he
ordered a hot mint tea with honey in place of coffee. He struck us immediately
as, well, _calmer_ than the average starry-eyed 20-something New York
startupper, an even speaker with wry, smiling eyes. Still, he described his
company’s acquisition by Fab.com as …
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