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December 12, 2007
Fresh Euro Deals and News From LeWeb 3.0
The glitz, the glamour, the big spinning disco ball of LeWeb 3.0 version 2007. (Image source: leweb 3.0 official photo site)
The reviews so far from the event in Paris are positive. One tech sector blogger describes his feeling about being there as being like a kid in a candy store.
What is more, the newsflow on all things webby is filling our inbox. Here's today's summary, so far.
Dutch Startup Libersy Raised €1.2 Million For Online Booking Platform TechCrunch reports that Libersy, an Amsterdam-based startup has closed a €1.2 Million round of financing this week. Investors include Shramrock Ventures, Technofonds and Reoff. The company was founded in 2005 by Dutch marketing whiz Karin Loeffen (pictured above), who has worked at Belken, Canon, Philips, and a new media publisher. She had previously raised €400k in a series of angel rounds.
Beam it up Scotty has launched this week. It's a new mobile data service from prolific German development company construktiv, the same company that brought us social bookmarking site Mister Wong, and several others (five of which are popular, according to Blognation Germany). Described as a free service that enables download of pictures, music, videos, Word/Excel docs or any other file to mobile devices in three simple steps without the need for compression nor cables.
Bahu, a private social networking site for young students across Europe, announced today the completion of its first round of funding. The round is being led by the Lightspeed-Gemini Internet Lab (LGiLab).
Vringo, a video ringtone sharing service provider, announced its partnership with WeeWorld and with news agency, Agence France Presse at Le Web in Paris. Vringo will make available AFP's clips a videotones. Videotones? A two to ten second clip that announces your call, instead of a sound file.
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