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Netberg.com is an online business network headquartered in London, UK. It aims at bringing the world’s small and medium enterprises on the internet, giving them global visibility and streamlined e-commerce operations. They believe every business should have an online presence, hence their vision is "All businesses. Online."

History
Netberg was founded in April 2013 by Jubin Nouri, Michele Cuccovillo, and Lorenzo Rando. It officially launched in May 2014 at Google Campus London. Jubin had the original idea on a London-Amsterdam flight, back in 2012, when he realised that SMEs were struggling with IT services. Additionally, he noticed they do not have enough time and money to run a website with e-commerce. Above all, the most pressing issue for these small and medium businesses was being online and selling online, facing the increasing competition of larger corporations. Subsequently, Jubin discussed this idea with his two best friends, Michele and Lorenzo. They then built a team giving birth to Netberg.

Growth
Netberg is in a startup phase and is pro-actively taking part in programmes and events to accelerate the business.

Accelerator programme
In 2014, Netberg graduated from the Accelerator Academy, a high growth training and mentoring programme in London.

Innopitch
In September 2014, Netberg was selected as one of the six finalists for “European Innovator of the Year 2014”. As a result, the management team took part in the InnoPitch competition in front of some representatives from the EU Commission in Bruxelles.

Crowdfunding
On September 26 2014, Netberg launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. This campaign aims at reaching £100,000 worth 11.76% in equity. The campaign takes 61 days to be funded.

Features
Netberg.com is a searchable network of business websites with integrated e-commerce to help micro and small businesses reach their customers. Businesses can build their own website within 5 minutes, with no IT skills and for free, and all websites are part of a searchable network. Consumers can search specific stores and choose and purchase products for sale. Netberg takes care of both payments and logistics.

Netberg’s website is suitable for any SME, while the e-commerce part of the business is specifically tailored to businesses that sell physical non-perishable products that are easy to ship. According to CEO Michele Cuccovillo, Netberg approaches “all kinds of SMEs: from shoe-shops to butchers”.

Competitors
Netberg operates in a new sector of the e-commerce market; indirect competitors include website generators such as Shopify, Tictail and Squarespace; business directories such as Yell and Yelp; and e-commerce platforms such as Amazon and eBay.