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Euro Ventures - Friday, March 30, 2007

This Week In Euro Tech

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Investments
+ <ZBD, a UK company that has commercialized what it calls e-paper (bi-stable displays) has raised a further $20M.

+ Sweden's eye-tracking technology maker Tobii Technology has raised $14M.

+ Burda takes stake in German video portal SevenLoad.

+Scottish startup MTEM seeks £25M to grow oil- and gas detecting biz.

+ France's Ipercast raises capital to grow Internet video distribution biz.

+ Streetcar - London's pay as you go car rental business raised £6.4M and plans IPO by year end.

+ Estonia's Ambient backs GPS' Oskanda Eurosat deal.

+ Universal Music Group has made a strategic investment of an undisclosed amount in Trace.tv.

+ Austria's UC4 Software is buying Bellevue, WA's AppWorx. The company makes the claim to be the first truly global and independent provider of IT process automation and optimization solutions. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

+ Germany's Experteer, which runs a web-based executive recruitment platform, has raised a second round of investment.

+ French VC Backs UK's Webjam.

+ Novintel and C-squared raise VC funding.

M&A
+ ePayment's Moneybookers bought out by PE firm for €105M.

+ Germany-based business social network Xing buys Spanish competitor eConozco.

+ France's WebWag acquires fellow French startup Mobease.

IPO
+ Euronext Internet IPOs - more dotcoms. Euronext has supported a few more dotcom IPOs:
Notrefamille (mkt cap €16.9M on Alternext)
Referencement.com (mkt cap €16.5M Marche Libre)
Entreparticuliers (mkt cap €52.6M on Alternetxt)

News & Analysis
+ Top 5 fast digital startups in the UK - King.com is king.

+ alarm:clock euro Puzzler
Which of the following statements is most accurate?
a) Germany has 4 business angel networks?
b) Germany has 40 business angel networks?
c) Germany has 14 business angel networks?

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