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Blinkist

Media · Berlin, DE · blinkist.com

Berlin-based grownup company that condenses nonfiction books into text and audio summaries.

Founders

Holger Seim (Germany · ♂) — A university friend of the co-founders who realized full-time work left no time to read books, he co-founded Blinkist in 2012 and served as CEO of the book-summary app until its acquisition by Go1.
Niklas Jansen (Germany · ♂) — One of three university friends who wanted to keep learning from nonfiction books despite busy careers, he co-founded Blinkist in 2012.
Sebastian Klein (Germany · ♂) — His habit of writing and emailing book notes to friends sparked the idea, and he co-founded Blinkist in 2012 to turn nonfiction books into digestible summaries.
Tobias Balling (Germany · ♂) — A friend of the founding trio who joined as the fourth co-founder and CTO, building the Blinkist app from 2012.

Date	Round	Amount
Apr 2026	Funding round I fondatori Holger Seim e Tobias Balling ricomprano Blinkist dall'australiana Go1 (exit 2023), tornando ciascuno al 50%.	—
May 2023	Acquired by Go1 Australian learning company Go1 acquired Berlin startup Blinkist for around EUR 200M.	$216M

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