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November 16, 2006
Upcoming Event: Mediatech
Library House, a tech business research and database publisher, is putting on a one day confab in London called Mediatech 2006 on November 30, meant to bring together startups, corporates, and investor types.
For a:c euro readers, it could be a chance to get closer to people from Intel, Microsoft, Google and Yahoo - if that is important to your biz. Intel Capital and Intel will have a contingent there led by managing director Ashish Patel, and Microsoft too, headed by Matthew Bishop, (both companies are sponsoring the event).
The Microsoft people will be the ones that are looking for partnerships with young technology companies who want to exploit Microsoft's software or services in new products. (The Redmond-based giant sheds some light on what it is doing in Europe in its startup blog platform and there are also details on its appetite for acquisitions and startups. E.g. it has made 21 acquisitions this year, three of them were in Europe - none were blockbuster-sized though).
Speakers are Bob Young, the CEO of lulu.com and a co-founder of Red Hat, Jonathan Wolf who is Yahoo's director of corporate development in Europe, and Anil Hansjee who has a similar title at Google, which means you might be able to meet them before and after their talks.
And if a financing round is on agenda, there are quite a few VCs signed on to attend, such as 3i, Acacia Partners, Advent Venture Partners, Amadeus Capital, Benchmark Capital, Celtic House Ventures, Esprit Capital Partners, as well as Partech International, TLcom Capital Partners, and TTP Venture Managers, will be on hand. Most of these invest across Europe, as well as the UK. The BBC, Sky, and Guardian are participating from the media side.
Read - Microsoft EMEA - Investors in Innovation (David Rowe's blog)
Read - Microsoft Ready To Deal (alwayson)
Read - Library House Web 2.0 Conference (the equity kicker)
Read - Mediatech 2006 Who Is Walking The Walk (UK TechCrunch)
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