Football App, a German Start-Up, Gets U.S. Investment

New York Times
BERLIN – Lucas von Cranach has come a long way since starting his professional career at a German machinery production company in the mid-2000s.
After struggling to keep up with the goings-on at his favorite soccer team, F.C. Cologne, Mr. von Cranach created Football App in 2008 to allow people to use a cellphone to track leading global soccer teams like Real Madrid or Manchester United.
On Thursday, Mr. von Cranach’s fledgling company, and the wider Berlin technology scene, got a boost after Union Square Ventures, a New York firm that has backed companies like Twitter, Zynga and Tumblr, announced that it had invested $7 million in Football App.
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