Euro Ventures - Thursday, August 31, 2006
This Week In Euro Tech Ventures
- ZBD Displays has raised £2.86M from Esprit Capital Partners. ZBD uses electronic displays in public places for advertising and among retailers. - Hitflip, a Cologne, Gemany-based online DVD and CD trading exchange, turned down VC offers this summer in favor of raising capital from a syndicate of angel investors. - US VCs think of it as "expensive" when considering a European investment. - Nordic Venture Partners has invested in JAlbum, a developer of software for Web photo albums. - We've just finished reading a book about how Kelkoo's management and backers created the European online shopping comparison company that was acquired in early 2004 by Yahoo for €475M. - More Cash For Online Shoe Shop Sarenza. - BusinessWeek.com says it is "embarking on a search for Europe's Best Entrepreneurs Under 25". We nominate Even Ehssan Dariani, co-founder of StudiVZ.com, the popular German Facebook clone. - French and US VCs team up for new travel search startup. - Expansion capital for Dutch software startup Servoy.... Continue...
Publishing - Thursday, August 31, 2006
Angels Give Bellingham, WA's YapTA! $750K
The Seattle PI sniffs out a stealth-mode start-up called YapTA! based just south of Vancouver in sleepy Bellingham, WA. Nobody knows what they are up to other than some Web 3.0 mumbo-jumbo, but it claims to have raised $750K from angels. A mole does some digging and learns that the startu's new CEO is Thomas Romary, formerly with FogDog and HouseValues. Former FogDog exec and London-based VC Brett Allsop is the founder and Chairman. Read - YapTA! says welcome to "Web 3.0" View site - Yapta... Continue...
News & Updates - Thursday, August 31, 2006
Cheers To Matt @ Newly Launched VentureBeat
Former SJ Mercury/SiliconBeat front-man Matt Marshall has split to form his new outfit VentureBeat. Matt is one of the nicest guys around plus he does great reporting. We wish him well. His server is moaning and groaning on his launch day so you might want to check him tommorow. Publishing tech has made many strides but it is still the bane of our endeavors. View - VentureBeat site... Continue...
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