German tech giants Rocket Internet have a stated it’s their ambition to become the largest internet platform outside of the US and China. So a bit embarrassing then that their website was down for a prolonged period this lunch time…

Founded by the elusive Samwer brothers, Rocket Internet, widely regarded as the world’s most ruthless start-up incubator, have a simple business model. They clone American startups and roll them out in new markets with a self described “Blitzkrieg” efficiency. Shame they can’t keep a website server from overheating. No wonder Silicon Valley still laughs at Europe…