News Archive
04 December 2006
Handelsblatt
By Dirk Heilman
Klaus Hommels has so far had a flair for spotting internet trends. Now the 39 year old is bringing Xing, the contacts site for Managers, to the stock exchange Many young people want to be football stars, others want to be car mechanics and some journalists. But for Klaus Hommels there was never any question want he wan..
26 November 2006
Sunday Business Post
By Benchmark
26 November 2006 Dublin internet company Globoforce had revenue of €15.8 million last year, an increase of almost 250 per cent on 2004. The company, which provides online incentive programmes to big international companies, reduced its pre-tax loss to €1.6 million last year from €3.4 million in 2004. Its re..
22 November 2006
Partnership Enables Consumers to Further Personalize Mobile Phone Experience
By Market wire
Jamster, a worldwide leader in digital content and entertainment services and a wholly owned subsidiary of VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), has teamed up with WeeWorld, creators of the WeeMee digital identity, to mobilize WeeMees for enjoyment on mobile phones for the first time. WeeMee is an online digital identity and p..
21 November 2006
Guardian
By Owen Gibson
3D virtual world attracts teenagers other media no longer reach In the bar Bono and the rest of U2 are hosting a pub quiz for all comers, while elsewhere R&B star Jamelia holds court in her own beauty salon. Next door, teen pop sensations McFly and Shayne Ward are chatting to a throng of inquisitive fans and a new boy ban..
19 November 2006
Poker News
By Tony Bromham
In a sign of things to come "post-America" for online gambling, Betfair Poker has reported a stunning success in filling to capacity the Main Event of its inaugural Asian Poker Tour festival in Singapore. Over 370 players have each paid the $5,000 entry buy-in for the three-day Main Event which takes place from 15th Novemb..
18 November 2006
Benchmark press release
By Benchmark
C/NET News.com Jan 30 2007 By Marguerite Reardon A small Spanish start-up called Whisher is thumbing its nose at U.S. broadband providers as it prepares to launch a new service that lets people share their broadband connections via Wi-Fi. Whisher, ba..
15 November 2006
Open source, Web 2.0, and cleantech will be VC firm’s investing themes.
By Red Herring
November 15, 2006 Only 18 months after setting up a $375-million European VC fund, Benchmark Capital said Wednesday it has closed a new $550-million European venture fund. “We ran out of money,” said Barry Maloney, a London-based general partner with Benchmark. He was referring to the fact that the VC firm ..
14 November 2006
Financial Times
By Philip Stafford
Benchmark Capital Europe, the venture capital group, is set to announce on Wednesday it has raised $550m (€430m) for its latest European venture capital fund. The total raised matched the $500m it generated for the group’s first fund at the height of the dotcom boom in May 2000 and the $375m from July 2004. ..
05 November 2006
The Sunday Business Post
By Gavin Daly
Electronic payments firm Alphyra had earnings of €31.3million last year, up 83 per cent from €17.1 million in 2004, as revenue rose sharply. The company had gross revenue of more than €2.8 billion last year, up 43 per cent from just under €2 billion in 2004, according to new accounts. John Williamson..
01 November 2006
VentureWire
By Clancy Nolan
3V Transaction Services Ltd. has raised EUR20 million ($25.5 million) in a first round of venture capital financing to expand its pay-as-you-go debit card service for online shopping. Atlas Ventures led the Series A round and was joined by Benchmark Capital Europe. The service, which launched a year ago in Ireland, enables consumers to buy a pre-pa..
31 October 2006
Siliconrepublic.com
By John Kennedy
An Irish firm whose technology enables consumers to buy online without the need of debit or credit cards has raised €20m from a consortium of European investors. 3V Transaction Services will create 67 jobs as it proceeds with plans to crack the €500m European prepaid market opportunity.The consortium that contributed to the first-round fu..
26 October 2006
Siliconrepublic.com
By John Kennedy
A Dublin-based high-potential software company has scored a major deal with software company Microsoft to train thousands of developers around the world on its flagship .NET technology. Under the terms of the deal, InnerWorkings will offer its entire catalogue of Microsoft .NET framework coding challenges and performance s..
19 October 2006
Red Herring
By Red Herring
Germany’s spodradio gets backing from Benchmark Capital and Baytech Venture Capital.
Spodradio, a German radio and podcast hub for mobile devices, said Thursday it has raised $10 million in a second round of funding from Benchmark Capital Europe and Baytech Venture Capital.
Baytech is a Munich-based VC firm that backed s..
19 October 2006
VentureWire
By Clancy Nolan
Online real estate start-up Igglo Oy has raised EUR12.5 million ($15.7 million) in a first venture round led by Benchmark Capital Europe.
Benchmark invested the lion's share of the Series A round, pouring EUR10 million into Igglo, to help the company expand its service across Europe, said Benchmark General Partner Johan Brenner..
18 October 2006
Benchmark press release
By Igglo Oy
Igglo Oy, the Finnish online estate agency, today announces that it has raised €12.5m in funding led by Benchmark Capital Europe, the top-tier venture capital firm behind eBay, Betfair and Bebo. Co-founder of Igglo, the Taivas Group (part of WPP), is also investing in this round. The funds will be used to accelerate I..
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