News Archive
25 January 2006
Benchmark press release
By Benchmark
Globoforce Location Dublin, Ireland URL www.globoforce.com Founded 1999 CEO Eric Mosley Employees N/A Funding $15 million, 3 rounds Key Investors Benchmark Capital, Atlas Ventures, private investors Incentives driv..
15 January 2006
Sunday Business Post
by Benchmark
Openet Telecom, the Dublin software firm backed by Benchmark Capital, has won an eight-figure deal with an American mobile phone operator, believed to be Sprint/Nextel. The deal is Openet's biggest to date, and is understood to be worth between €10million and €15 million to the company in its first phase this year. A similar-sized ..
13 January 2006
Business Weekly
By Ben Fountain
A spin-out from the University of Cambridge’s computer lab has raised £5.1m in second round funding to expand its workforce and the capabilities of its flagship product, writes Ben Fountain. Azuro, originally called Paradigm, was founded by post-doctoral researchers Paul Cunningham – now CEO – and Steve Wilcox, chief ..
05 January 2006
InDEFENSE
By Ben Fountain
Azuro Inc., a provider of electronic design automation tools that reduce the power consumption of digital semiconductor chips, today announced it has raised $9 million in second round venture funding. The round was led by Miramar Venture Partners, with the participation of Azuro's existing investors, Benchmark Capital and TTP Ventures. Azu..
08 December 2005
Benchmark press release
by WeeWorld
WeeWorld, creator of the WeeMee visual identity and Skype, the global Internet communications company, today announced a deal which will enable Skype’s millions of callers to create their own WeeMee visual identity within Personalise Skype. The world famous WeeMee visual identity has been integrated into Personalise Skype which lets ..
04 December 2005
The Mail on Sunday
By Helen Loveless
Christmas. It's here again - and it's expensive. We ran up debts of more than £11 billion on credit cards in December last year and nearly half of borrowers are thought still to be paying off last year's Christmas hangover of loans, credit card and bank debts. But this year there is a source of cheaper credit as a novel idea in b..
08 November 2005
The Daily Telegraph
By Stefan Stern
Stefan Stern looks at the software start-up that outgrew its UK roots to become a global darling This is a tale of the unexpected: a made in Britain software company doing great things in the US, an entrepreneurial start-up that began life inside Shell of all places, a hi-tech business winning the approval of venture capitalists, and already whetti..
07 November 2005
BUSINESS WIRE
By San Mateo
ScanSafe, the worldwide leader in managed Web security, today announced that it has begun offering its unique services designed to protect enterprises from the evolving threat of Web borne viruses and malware to U.S. customers. ScanSafe's approach to Web security is different than all others -- it is the first and only company to offer compreh..
04 October 2005
Boston Mass High Tech
By Benchmark
Adaptive enterprise data warehouse provider Kalido Inc., with offices in Burlington and London, reports today it has raised $13.5 million in a third round of venture capital, with an eye toward growing business in the United States. In all, the company has raised $43 million. 'Kalido has 120 employees but by the end of the year expects to hire 10 m..
15 September 2005
BUSINESS WIRE
Et Bellevue
NewBay Software, the leader in mobile community applications, has opened an office in Bellevue, Washington to service the company's growing client base in North America. Timo Bauer, recently appointed Director of Business Development, will head up NewBay's North American operation. NewBay has already established a strong presence in the region..
14 September 2005
Reuters News
By Jeffrey Goldfarb
European broadcaster North American Sports Network said on Wednesday it acquired exclusive rights to show National Football League games for four years in 17 European countries and shared rights in four others. The deal, which does not include rights for Britain or Ireland, gives three-year-old NASN a key programming boost as it seeks to expan..
04 September 2005
The Sunday Business Post
By Gavin Daly
The company, which is headed by John Nagle, last week launched a disposable credit voucher in Ireland, in conjunction with Permanent TSB. A spokesman for the bank said that more than 500 people registered for the cards in the first working day a rate of about one registration a minute. The three partners in the venture are the bank, Alphyra and 3V ..
12 June 2005
FINANCIAL EXPRESS
By Manfreda Cavazza
FIGLEAVES, the online retailer that made its name selling knickers on the Net, is set for further expansion with the backing of US private equity firm Benchmark Capital. Chairman Daniel Nabarro, who founded the business with chief executive Michael Ross six years ago, told the Financial Sunday Express that Benchmark had recently bought a 40 per cen..
16 May 2005
EE Times
By Richard Goering
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Paul Cunningham and Steev Wilcox, both recent PhD graduates from the University of Cambridge, England, didn't look for jobs after college. Instead they launched Azuro Inc., an EDA startup that's rolling out a power clock implementation solution this week.Three years after its founding, U.S.-based Azuro has 27 employees, $..
04 May 2005
The Guardian
By Dan Milmo
The video games veteran who helped launch the bloodthirsty Mortal Kombat series will today be confirmed as chief executive of Codemasters, the business behind Colin McRae Rally and Brian Lara Cricket. Rod Cousens, dubbed a godfather of the industry by his peers, has promised to make the Leamington Spa-based company a worldwide player. Earlier this ..
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