Seventure Partners leads €2.1m Testbirds round

Testbirds will use the fresh capital for new hires and to expand its operations into additional European countries. The company will also be adding other services to its offering, such as a self-service option.

Previous funding
Testbirds previously received €1m from investment company Walter Beteiligungen und Immobilien in 2012.

Company
Headquartered in Munich, with three further offices in the UK, the Netherlands and Hungary, Testbirds specialises in testing apps for mobile devices and web applications by using the concept of crowdsourcing.

The testers consist of experts and consumers who trial products under real-world conditions, find bugs and provide feedback.

More than 25,000 testers have signed up to the company's current cloud-based testing platform, while more than 30 staff work across its European sites.

Founded in 2011 by Philipp Benkler, Testbirds is aiming to rival its US counterpart Applause (formerly uTest) in Europe. Testbirds could also be an acquisition target for the US company in the future, as it has 150 current clients on its books including BMW, Audi, Red Bull and Allianz.

People
Philipp Benkler is the CEO and founder of Testbirds.

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