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Ben Pasternak - Start-up millionaire at 16

July 5, 2016

16-year-old Ben Pasternak of Australia is the latest digital start-up whiz kid. He's just raised several million euros in venture capital for his new retailing app Flogg.

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DW Shift Ben Pasternak - Start-up-Millionär mit 16
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Ben Pasternak's first app, the smartphone game Impossible Rush, counted over one million downloads. His latest idea, Flogg, is an amalgamation of Instagram and Ebay. Users can share images of items over the Flogg social network. Friends can then make offers and purchase them, if they wish. Ben Pasternak has already raised several million US dollars in venture capital. Investors are hoping Flogg will be the next really big thing.