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January 03, 2008
Nokia-Siemens Gives Apertio Investors An Exit and other Fresh Euro Deals
Nokia Siemens has acquired Apertio, specialized in delivering fixed mobile convergence networking solutions, for $205M, reports Red Herring . The VC investors put in about $40M, according to the report. It lists quite a few backers, namely Deutsche Venture Capital, Tokarz, Eden Ventures, Add Partners, and Motorola Ventures.
Bluetooth marketing specialist OneMedia raised €700K from French business angels. The company is specialised in enterprise-sized"blue cell networks", useful for delivering advertising or content during a trade show, for example. It is permission-based and supports several types of reporting and feedback for the advertisers. [via Neteco.com"]
French jobs site that runs under F1rstEmploi.com raised a seed round of €500K from French business angels David Allouche, Salomon Himy and Harry Kahloun, reports Neteco. The startup is specialized in recruiting and placing freshly graduated candidates. It's using Dailymotion video clips and SMS, showing it knows how to meet its target market.
Another jobs-related website in the UK has attracted seed capital, namely Workhound. The £100K it raised came from private investors. The Workhound.co.uk job search site is in beta and launched in the 3rd quarter of 2007 and now lists more than 700,000 recruitment posts, the firm said in a statement. The site belongs to WorkDigital, a vertical search specialist.
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