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Media investment, which I understand will mostly be in the form of TV advertising but will also include some online and print, comes from SevenVentures (the venture arm of the ProSiebenSat.1 Group), Axel Springer, and media investor GMPVC.
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Today the Berlin/Frankfurt startup is announcing it’s closed €13.2 million in Series A funding, made up of both equity and media-for-equity financing.įinLeap is investing “several million Euros” once again, while additional investors include yabeo Capital, Kulczyk Investments, HitFox, TA Ventures, Tenderloin Ventures, along with various unnamed business angels. That’s something we are starting to see happen.Įnter one of FinLeap’s existing portfolio companies, Clark, which operates in the insurance space with an app to help you stay on top of your various insurance products. Open in ’89 and ‘91, and the ’91 Australian.Ĭhang was in his third Grand Slam final, winning his first at 17 in the 1989 French Open and losing in the French last year to Thomas Muster.When I spoke with Jan Beckers, chairperson of fintech company builder FinLeap, earlier this year, he was particularly bullish about the insurance sector and the shake up he expects insurance brokering to receive because of new technology. Becker is the oldest player to win a major since 30-year-old Andres Gomez took the French in 1990.īecker also extended his mark as the active player with the most singles titles, 45, including Wimbledon in 1985, ’86 and ‘89, the U.S. No man past the age of 25 had won a Grand Slam title since Stefan Edberg captured his second consecutive U.S. That put Becker ahead 2-1, and he broke again for 5-2 when the speedy Chang couldn’t handle a drop shot and then a forehand cross-court pass.īecker served out the match as Chang ran out of passing shots, missing his first three tries in the game and then hitting long on a backhand cross-court effort on the second match point. Chang fell behind, 30-40, when he hit a backhand that brought no call from the baseline judge but then was called out by the chair umpire.Ĭhang protested angrily, and again after hitting wide on an attempted forehand pass down the line on game point.
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Becker served out the set at love.īut Chang, once again coming from behind, got to deuce on a forehand pass down the line and gained his first service break of the day on two double faults by Becker.īecker wound up with seven double faults, Chang six, and they each served 11 aces.Ĭhang broke Becker again in the third set’s final game with two dazzling service returns and Becker’s last double fault of the day.īecker’s first break in the fourth set was frustrating for Chang, who double-faulted at 15-0 after a portable telephone rang in the stands.
He dueled on equal terms with Chang from the baseline, waited patiently for Chang to make mistakes, charged in when he had the chances, and jumped on Chang’s second serve to force breaks.Ĭhang dropped his first service game on a double fault, but was under pressure the whole match as he struggled to save 18 of 23 break points.Ĭhang saved six break points in the second set before, at 4-4, Becker dashed across to put away a forehand volley on what had looked like a winning forehand cross-court pass by Chang from short range. Becker, not to be outdone, stood on his toes too.īecker asserted his size, power and quickness at the net right from the beginning, winning the first four games as Chang tried to figure out ways to beat him.īecker didn’t just dominate with ruthless strength, as he did when he became the youngest Wimbledon winner at 17 in 1985.
When they walked on court and posed for the photographers, the 5-foot-9 Chang stood on his toes to make it seem as if he wasn’t so much shorter than the 6-3 Becker.
At the start against Chang, it looked for a while as if Becker finally would have an easy time.
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