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Nov 14, 2022 · Blinkist founders: Holger Seim, Niklas Jansen, and Tobi Balling. Sebastian Klein is not pictured. Since its launch, the app has won awards from Google, been repeatedly featured by Apple, made countless headlines in the likes of The New York Times, The Guardian, and TechCrunch, and Apple CEO Tim Cook recently stopped by the office to meet the team.
Total assets. US$35 million (2018) [1] Website. www.blinkist.com. Blinkist is a book-summarizing subscription service based in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in 2012 by Holger Seim, Niklas Jansen, Sebastian Klein, and Tobias Balling and has 23 million downloads as of 2023. [2]
Jan 15, 2024 · The app contains cleverly written digests — called blinks — where books are broken down into their main arguments.’. — The New York Times. Blinkist, a fast-growing company with over 29 million users, raised over $35 million in less than six years. VC firm Insight Venture Partners, who were early investors in Twitter, Tumblr, and ...
Jan 7, 2022 · – Holger Seim, Blinkist co-founder The idea was sparked when Sebastian Klein, one of Blinkist’s founders, noticed that full-time work left no time for reading. He and three friends thought of ways this could be fixed—they knew they couldn’t speed themselves up, but they thought about ways they could speed up the reading process itself.
Jun 25, 2021 · Dubai - Holger Seim along with Sebastian Klein, Tobias Balling and Niklas Jansen founded the ‘millennial’ app in 2012. Published: Fri 25 Jun 2021, 10:40 PM Updated: Sat 26 Jun 2021, 6:43 AM
Mar 7, 2024 · In this episode, Holger Seim, Co-founder and CEO of Blinkist discusses the origin story of Blinkist and the fulfillment he finds in meeting customers who have benefited from the app. He explains the power of short-form content in a world of information overload and how it caters to the needs of modern readers and listeners.
Feb 15, 2024 · About Holger Seim: Holger Seim is the co-founder and former CEO at Blinkist , the mobile-first microlearning app. He holds a diploma from the Philipp University of Marburg and previously worked for companies like Volkswagen Group China and Deutsche Telekom before starting Blinkist in 2012.
