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HOW TO SEDUCE A VC
Roberto Bonanzinga is a Partner at Balderton Capital and has spent over 15 years working with entrepreneurs in the US and in Europe. In the following article he gives some candid advice on how to approach a VC.
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URTURN LAUNCHES MOBILE APP AND SECURES $13.4M INVESTMENT LED BY BALDERTON CAPITAL
Innovative social platform lets users spontaneously connect and interact in rich and playful ways
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What are Harry Briggs thoughts on investing in Stockholm start-ups?
What is a VC like Balderton looking for in a nordic start-up? At what stage is it good to initiate contact with Harry? What drives the disproportionate number of exiting tech start-ups in the Nordic region. What did Balderton see in TicTail (in which they invested early stage)?
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Shining a Spotlight on Venture Capital
European tech entrepreneurs often look enviously at their U.S. counterparts when it comes to their venture capital backers. European VCs are parsimonious and risk-averse, they complain, compared with the deals of their U.S. counterparts.
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"We Back People Who Want to Be Rich Not Famous"
For one of Europe’s most influential investors, Barry Maloney keeps a low profile. The big, genial Irishman is the driving force behind Balderton Capital — the London-based VC with one of the best hit rates around. But he doesn't often give interviews. “We prefer to let our companies do the talking,” he says, when we meet for coffee at the company’s offices right in the center of the British capital.
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We're Hiring
Balderton Capital are seeking a bright, motivated invidual for the role of VC Associate. Please send all applications to Rob Moffat (rmoffat@balderton.com).
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Promoawards: SCVNGR Win First Place in ProAwards 2011
Best Mobile Marketing CampaignAgency: BFG InteractiveCampaign: Home Court AdvantageClient: Buffalo Wild WingsNationwide restaurant chain Buffalo Wil... Full Article -
VentureBeat: Big Fish Games launches game for the Amazon Kindle
Big Fish Games is launching a game for the Amazon Kindle electronic book reader today as part of a diversification into new markets.The Kindle has p... Full Article -
Fast-growing online home goods retailer WorldStores secures £8.5m backing from Advent and Balderton in second investment round
WorldStores, the leading online retailer of products for the home and garden, is pleased to announce that it has raised funds to support the next st... Full Article -
The Sunday Times - Online group £8.5m boost
Venture firms Advent and Balderton Capital have ploughed £8.5m into a fast-growing British online retailer. Worldstores, founded by entrepreneurs Jo... Full Article -
The Sunday Times - Hospitals do it the John Lewis way
The healthcare supplier Circle bills itself as the acceptable face of the private sector’s involvement in medical treatment As he strode out to the ... Full Article -
Mail Online - Doubling in size – the department store that you’ve never heard of
Internet ‘department store’ Worldstores expects to reach sales of £40million this year after a growth spurt that will see the company’s range more t... Full Article -
The Daily Telegraph - Circle to raise £45m in flotation on Aim
Circle Holdings, the investment vehicle behind the health care partnership set to take over an NHS hospital, is to list on the London Stock Exchange... Full Article -
Circle Holdings plc announces AIM admission creating one of the first public vehicles to fund an employee co-owned healthcare enterprise in the UK
Circle Holdings plc (the “Company”), the vehicle that enables financial institutions to invest in Circle, the healthcare enterprise co-owned by the ... Full Article -
Forbes - Nvidia To Buy Mobile Phone Chip Firm Icera For $367 Million
In a move designed to bulk up its position in the mobile device business, Nvidia this morning said it agreed to buy Icera, which makes baseband proc... Full Article -
NVIDIA to Acquire Baseband and RF Technology Leader Icera
NVIDIA to Acquire Baseband and RF Technology Leader IceraBuilds on Tegra’s Momentum by Expanding Offerings for Phone and Tablet Markets; Strengthens... Full Article -
The ECMOD Direct Commerce Awards - Winners Announced!
The cream of the UK’s multi-channel retail sector gathered together last night at the Lancaster London for the prestigious ECMOD Direct Commerce Awa... Full Article -
GamesBeat - Q&A: Big Fish Games chief sees more growth in mobile than social
Big Fish Games is one of the stalwarts of casual games, with more than $100 million in revenues and steadily growing profits. Jeremy Lewis, chief ex... Full Article -
$250m tech exits in Europe over the last 3 years
To put the recent exit of Lovefilm in context, we have compiled the following list of ‘successful’ (>$250m) tech exits in Europe over the last 3 yea... Full Article -
The Guardian - Nicholson expects companies will run more NHS hospitals
The health service's chief executive has said that private sector takeovers and mergers may be needed for NHS hospitals to survive under government ... Full Article -
VentureBeat - Scvngr finds 1 million users willing to complete location challenges
Scvngr, the maker of a check-in app that asks users to complete activity challenges, is defying the conventional wisdom that services which broadcas... Full Article -
The Independent - Ali Parsa: The banker bringing the market to the NHS
The Monday Interview: Are Ali Parsa's luxury hospitals the future of healthcare? Oliver Wright meets him It must rank among the stranger conversatio... Full Article -
Financial Times - Upmarket redesign for My-wardrobe
My-wardrobe.com, the online fashion retailer, is defying the mood of austerity in Britain by moving more upmarket with a relaunch this week. The web... Full Article -
PaidContent: Balderton involved in 5 of the 13 $250m Software exits since 2008
Europe’s digital media economy is doing just fine, if investor returns are anything to go by - Lovefilm is only one of 13 online companies which hav... Full Article -
The Guardian: Amazon finally reels in Lovefilm rental service
Amazon yesterday ended months of speculation and took full control of the DVD and online video rental firm Lovefilm, in a deal thought to value the ... Full Article -
Wall Street Journal Europe: LoveFilm Deal Points to Better Times for Europe’s Tech Sector
Does LoveFilm’s exit to Amazon mark a sea change for the European Venture Capital markets, or was the lack of an IPO an indication that Europe is st... Full Article -
Balderton congratulates LOVEFiLM on their sale to Amazon
As investors in LOVEFiLM, Balderton Capital, DFJ Esprit and Index Ventures would like to thank Simon Calver and his team for their leadership and ha... Full Article -
The Guardian: Location game SCVNGR raises $15m from Balderton
The ambitious location-based mobile game SCVNGR has announced a $15m investment round, led by Balderton Capital, that will help it expand gaming dyn... Full Article -
Wall Street Journal Europe: U.S. Start-Up Turns to European V.C. for Global Expansion
Balderton Capital, one of Europe’s largest venture capital firms, has announced a $15 million investment into location-based social-gaming platform ... Full Article -
SCVNGR Announces $15 Million Financing With Balderton Capital
Cambridge, MA – January 4, 2011 – Happy New Year! SCVNGR’s here to open 2011 with a bang! We’re incredibly excited to announce a $15 million round l... Full Article -
Hiring a new associate
Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Europe) is one of Europe's largest and most prestigious Venture Capital Firms, managing approx $2 billion of f... Full Article -
Money pours into the private cloud as Abiquo rakes in $10M
Enterprise cloud management software company Abiquo has raised around $10 million in a second round of funding. The company is ramping up its global... Full Article -
Abiquo Secures $10 Million in Series B Funding Led by Balderton Capital
Redwood City, Calif. – November 30, 2010 – Abiquo, the leading Enterprise Cloud Management software provider, today announced that it has raised app... Full Article -
Private company wins bid to run NHS hospital and make it profitable
An NHS hospital was franchised out to a private company for the first time yesterday, with those involved praising the deal as a beacon for the futu... Full Article -
Nlyte picks up $12 million for greener data centers
Nlyte Software has closed a $12 million third round of funding. The Menlo Park, Calif. company makes data center management tools that can lower pow... Full Article -
Big Fish expanding in sea of casual game lovers
Big Fish Games is diving into more countries as the sea of casual game lovers grows exponentially worldwide. The company behind "Mystery Case Files"... Full Article -
Betfair launches an online trading arm
SHARE trading service LMAX opened for business yesterday, offering contracts for difference on US and European share indices, commodities and UK gil... Full Article -
Financial Times: Betfair can inspire start-ups, say early backers
The venture investors who backed Betfair in its early days are hoping that British entrepreneurs will be inspired by its successful listing last wee... Full Article -
Internet-connected TVs finally arrive
In a week which has seen YouView gain approval from Ofcom and Samsung launch the UK's first TV app store, Simon Calver, Lovefilm's chief, tells Emma... Full Article -
Big Fish Games on why mobile is a fantastic audience expansion opportunity
One of the largest casual game developers, publishers and distributors, US outfit Big Fish Games has steadily been building up its mobile business, ... Full Article -
Irish mobile tech firm chooses Seattle for new Americas HQ
NewBay, a fast-growing Dublin, Ireland-based company that provides social networking, messaging and other services to wireless carriers, has chosen ... Full Article -
Betfair Shares Soar After IPO
LONDON—Shares in online sports-betting company Betfair rallied 18% from their debut of £13 ($20.40) on Friday, in a sign of confidence from investor... Full Article -
Balderton Capital congratulates Betfair on its Initial Public Offering
World’s largest betting community set to join ranks of FTSE 250 following its flotation on the London Stock Exchange Friday 22 October, 2010 BALD... Full Article -
MBA Polymers raises $25 million for recycling plastics
Recycling engineering plastics company MBA Polymers announced today it has raised $25 million in equity funding, which includes the $6.6 million it ... Full Article -
Optimist with a record of success
Always assume you will be successful. This is one of the maxims Stan Boland carries in his head as a result of his broad span of business experience... Full Article -
MBA Polymers Closes $25 million Financing
Richmond, CA, October 19, 2010 – MBA Polymers, Inc., the cleantech leader in recycling engineering plastics, today announced that it has raised $25 ... Full Article -
Doctors and Nurses prove clinical success
An NHS clinic that puts doctors and nurses back in charge of patient care has proved to be 20% more efficient than other hospitals. The productivity... Full Article -
Sony confirms LoveFilm is coming to PlayStation 3
Sony has finally confirmed that the movie subscription service LoveFilm is coming to PS3. Subscribers to LoveFilm will be able to select from thousa... Full Article -
Fiona McIntosh takes My-Wardrobe.com role
Founding Grazia editor appointed to new role of consultant creative director at online fashion retailer. By Mark Sweney Fiona McIntosh, the founding... Full Article -
Betfair thinks big as it gallops towards £1bn-plus listing
About 500 employees of Betfair are on course to share a £100 million windfall Getty Images The chief executive of Betfair suggested yesterday that t... Full Article -
Betfair IPO - You bet
Betfair shareholders are the gamblers who got lucky. When the UK betting exchange failed to win private equity backing at the height of the dotcom b... Full Article -
MBA Polymers founder wins The Economist Innovation Award
London, September 20th 2010: The Economist today announced that Dr. Michael Biddle, founder and president of MBA Polymers, will receive the Energy a... Full Article -
New York Times - Aren’t We Clever?
What a contrast. In a year that’s on track to be our planet’s hottest on record, America turned “climate change” into a four-letter word that many U... Full Article -
Vator News: Plastics recycling operation raises $6.6M
MBA Polymers receives financing from Honeywell and Citi MBA Polymers, a company that recovers and recycles plastics, on this week raised $6.6 millio... Full Article -
TouchLocal rings the changes for SMEs
New deal with 118 118 provides TouchLocal customers with access to millions more business leadsLondon, September 13th, 2010: TouchLocal, the local b... Full Article -
Financial Times: Lovefilm strengthens digital ability
Lovefilm, the DVD mail order rental company, is looking to accelerate its digital distribution push with the hiring of two new board members. The co... Full Article -
Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Leader nlyte Software Demonstrates Continued Strong Market Momentum
Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) Leader nlyte Software Demonstrates Continued Strong Market Momentum Superior Execution, Strategic Partn... Full Article -
“Circle is at the cutting-edge of reshaping healthcare for the future”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/supportservices/7946812/Circle-is-at-the-cutting-edge-of-reshaping-healthcare-for-the-future.html ... Full Article -
Big Fish Games toasts its billionth download
Big Fish is distributing more than 2 million games a day through its website and is on track to have 2010 sales "well in excess of $100 million," Ch... Full Article -
Investors put their shirts on my-wardrobe in £6m injection
A former sub-editor at The Times is sitting on a paper fortune of more than £10 million after securing private equity funding for my-wardrobe.com, t... Full Article -
Balderton invests $9m in My-wardrobe
My-wardrobe.com, which sells affordable luxury clothes and accessories, has received a $9m (£5.9m) investment from Balderton Capital, one of Europe’... Full Article -
My-Wardrobe secures $9 million Series A lead by Balderton to expand abroad
E-commerce continues to provide a rich seam of businesses for European tech investors and this is represented today by a series A funding in an onli... Full Article -
my-wardrobe.com announces Series A funding led by Balderton Capital
London, July 5, 2010 -- my-wardrobe.com, the UK’s leading online retailer of ‘accessible luxury’ designer fashion, has today announced a $9 million ... Full Article -
nlyte Software Wins 2010 Red Herring 100 North America Award
Menlo Park, CALIF – June 29, 2010 –nlyte Software, the only provider of performance-based solutions for Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM)... Full Article -
Balderton plugs into teenagers’ attention spans
Balderton Capital, one of Europe’s largest venture capital firms, has recruited a group of teenagers to advise it on the latest technology trends. B... Full Article -
Lovefilm appoints Airey as non-executive director
Lovefilm, the movie rental service, has appointed Five chairman and chief executive Dawn Airey as non-executive director. She will take up the role ... Full Article -
Icera gains Vodafone modem deal: UK software defined baseband firm pushes HSPA dongle performance
Having secured $45m in new funding recently, UK-based soft modem maker Icera has gained a flagship deal with Vodafone. The cellco is to use Icera's ... Full Article -
Inter Resolve builds £30m war chest through VC deal
Inter Resolve plans to expand its personal injury claims business after securing a major funding deal with European venture capital firm Balderton C... Full Article -
InterResolve secures funding from Balderton Capital to drive alternative personal injury scheme growth
London, 15 April, 2010 – InterResolve, the independent injury claims specialist, has today announced that it has secured a major funding deal with B... Full Article -
Tech shorts - Intune to design cloud computing network
Intune Networks, the Irish maker of telecoms equipment for high bandwidth transmission, has won a major EU-funded research contract to design a tele... Full Article -
NewBay is in the eye of a mobile social media storm
Paddy Houlihan’s mobile software company NewBay has secured a major deal with Deutsche Telekom to drive the Germany telecoms giant’s next generation... Full Article -
MBA Polymers voted Most Unique Offering at Cleantech
MBA Polymers voted Most Unique Offering at CleantechConnect Awards CeremonyRichmond, CA USA – November 24, 2009: MBA Polymers, the world leader at r... Full Article -
Big Fish Games Further Strengthens Leadership Team
Big Fish Games Further Strengthens Leadership Team SEATTLE--(Business Wire)-- Big Fish Games today announced that Michael Vernon and Ian Hurlock-Jon... Full Article -
Desmond among backers as Intune raises €22m in funds
Technology firm Intune Networks has closed a €22 million round of funding, which has been led by financier Dermot Desmond and venture capital firm K... Full Article -
TouchLocal Acquires Enable Media
Local search and business reviews site, TouchLocal, has acquired from ITV 100% of the share capital of Enable Media Ltd, which operates Scoot and As... Full Article -
MBA Polymers named a Global Cleantech 100 clean technology company
Recognized by the Guardian and Cleantech Group for potential and likelihood to achieve high growth and high market impact Richmond, CA USA – Septem... Full Article -
7digital to power HMV Group’s digital entertainment and book stores
7digital to power HMV Group’s digital entertainment and book stores • HMV Group to acquire 50% stake in 7digital for £7.7m • 7digital will power HMV... Full Article -
Web Firms Find Paths To Profits: Free Vs. Fees
Consumers love a price of zero — but it can be tough on the bottom line. That has led some companies to provide a lot of free stuff and only charge ... Full Article -
Betfair Profit Jumps as Users Deposit More Than $1.7 Billion
Betfair Ltd., which enables bettors in 140 countries to bet with each other over the Internet, reported a 29 percent increase in profit and said use... Full Article -
Betfair posts another record year of results
The world’s leading online betting company sees revenues double in three years; active customers up 150% in same periodHighlights for year to 30 Apr... Full Article -
7Digital and Warner sign pan-European deal
7Digital and Warner Music have agreed an extended partnership deal that will see high-quality MP3 downloads from Warner acts available across Europe... Full Article -
People.com Hooks Up With Big Fish Games
Web Firms Find Paths To Profits: Free Vs. Fees NEW YORK People.com has entered an exclusive partnership with casual online games publisher Big Fish ... Full Article -
Circle hospital nears completion
Finishing touches are being put on the first hospital designed by Norman Foster, part of what will become a 25-hospital portfolio operated by Circle... Full Article -
America next as Betfair pushes betting boundaries
A newly published history of Betfair serves as a reminder of the fundamental change the exchange has brought to bettting. We live in an age when spo... Full Article -
No Recession in WeeWorld: Teen Socializing Drives Growing Virtual Goods Revenues
Dinner party conversations with Celia Francis don’t go down the usual paths. “When people ask ‘What do you do?” she says, “I have to say ‘I sell ani... Full Article -
Big Fish Games swallows Grubby Games
Big Fish Games has acquired game development studio Grubby Games as it makes its first big spend from the whopping $83.3 million war chest it raised... Full Article -
Betfair to sponsor RTE racing coverage
BETFAIR have signed a deal with RTE to sponsor their live racing coverage for the next 13 months. The new association with Ireland’s national broadc... Full Article -
7Digital announces Winamp tie-up
7Digital is to sell tracks via AOL’s Winamp application as part of its third download integration deal in three weeks. The new partnership follows d... Full Article -
NewBay LifeCache Hits 4 Billion Milestone
NewBay LifeCache operator cloud services now storing over 4 billion pieces of user-generated content. NewBay, the leader in digital lifestyle soluti... Full Article -
Spotify adds download through 7Digital
On-demand music streaming app Spotify has now formally added one of the three music retail affiliates it told us about earlier this month. Listeners... Full Article -
Hotel video site lets you look before booking
TVtrip.com What it offers: Hotel video tours What we like: TVtrip.com offers video tours — shot by professional videographers — of hotel exteriors, ... Full Article -
Betfair takes a £35m punt on American racing channel
Betfair, the internet betting exchange which matched its first bet less than 10 years ago, took a huge stride into the American racing and betting m... Full Article -
TALEND SECURES $12 MILLION IN FUNDING TO FUEL CONTINUED WORLDWIDE GROWTH AND MOMENTUM
Balderton Capital and AGF Private Equity Lead Series C Round of Investment in OpenSource Data Integration Leader PALO ALTO, Calif., January 26, 2009... Full Article -
LoveFilm announces over 1m subscribers
Online DVD and games rental service LoveFilm has announced it has achieved over 1m subscribers and received £10.5m of debt funding.Lovefilm became p... Full Article -
Balderton Capital announces new US$500m Fund
Balderton Capital, Europe’s leading venture capital firm, today announces that it has raised US$430m in the first closing for its new fund. This is ... Full Article -
Balderton raises £282m for tech and media investments
Balderton Capital, the venture capital group that backed the Betfair gambling website and Setanta, the pay-TV broadcaster, will shrug off the gloom ... Full Article -
Icera secures £47m backing
A Bristol-based chipmaker has secured $70m (£47m) of further backing from some of the technology sector's biggest venture capital firms to spur its ... Full Article -
Big Fish Swims Against Current, Looks To Make New Hires—and Not Only for Games
“We’re not just a gaming company,” says Glenn Walcott. The chief financial officer of Seattle-based Big Fish Games is telling me about his company’s... Full Article -
Online Betting Site Takes on Derivatives
Online betting exchange Betfair has spun off a new venture called Tradefair which it hopes will allow it to cash in on the retail derivatives space—... Full Article -
'Stay at home' economy gives Lovefilm a happy ending
Lovefilm, the online DVD rental site, expects to grow its customer base by up to 70pc this year due to the growing 'stay at home' economy and its re... Full Article -
Top-secret innovation will revolutionise internet use
With laser technology, Intune Networks has an Irish solution to a universal problem, writes Jane Suiter.EVER been annoyed at the crappy resolution o... Full Article -
7Digital to sell rights-free music
"A UK start-up has beaten the likes of Apple, HMV and Tesco to be the first to sell music from all of the large labels online without restrictions o... Full Article -
Podell Named CEO of Next New Networks
"After a three-month search, Web video studio Next New Networks has appointed advertising executive Lance Podell as its CEO, effective Oct. 1. He r... Full Article -
More deals on the way for NewBay
"Mobile software firm NewBay is believed to be on the verge of signing another major deal with a large mobile operator, following an agreement last ... Full Article -
BIG FISH GAMES CLOSES $83 MILLION FINANCING WITH PREMIER INVESTMENT FIRMS
"SEATTLE – Big Fish Games™ (www.bigfishgames.com), the world’s leading online destination for games and interactive entertainment, announced today t... Full Article -
Irish companies win business awards
Businessman Richard Branson will receive a lifetime achievement award at the International Business Awards, which will be attended by about 250 peop... Full Article -
Salesforce.com buys InStranet for $31.5 million
Business software maker Salesforce.com Inc said on Wednesday that it bought smaller software maker InStranet Inc for $31.5 million. It is Salesforc...
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7digital help ISPs combat music piracy
7digital has launched a new range of download services in order to help ISPs (Internet Service Providers) offer their customers legal musicdownloads...
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OC agrees deal with Betfair to monitor betting
The International Olympic Committee yesterday agreed a deal with Betfair to exchange information about irregular betting patterns on Olympic sport. ... Full Article -
MBA Polymers raises $40M for recycling plants
Some plastics, like high grade steel or aluminum, are just too good to toss in the dump. But for years that has happened to them anyway, for lack of... Full Article -
Berlin virtualised in a game
We all know how popular virtual worlds are, with the best known examples being Second Life and World of Warcraft. These worlds are all very well, bu...
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Mobile firm in UEFA media album deal
Football fans will be able to create their commemorative UEFA Euro 2008 album thanks to a technology developed by Dublin software company NewBay and... Full Article -
WHY STRUGGLE? Google won the search engine war, writes Juliette Garside, but the battle has been taken on by specialist engines
ALTAVISTA, Magellan, Infoseek... the web is littered with the corpses of search engines that were crushed during Google's rise to the top. Some, li...
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Bernard Liautaud
Bernard Liautaud rejoint la société de capital-risque Balderton Capital en tant que general partner. Il prendra ses fonctions, à Londres, le 1er jui...
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GDCM announces appointment of Bernard Liautaud and Tim Bunting as non-executive directors
International growth bolstered by multi-million dollar investment from Balderton Capital. Leading Data Centre Management Company, GDCM, has secured ... Full Article -
Bernard Liautaud, fondateur de Business Objects, rejoint Balderton Capital en tant que General Partner
Les associés de Balderton Capital, société de capital-risque de premier plan, sont heureux d'annoncer que Bernard Liautaud, le fondateur de Business...
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Bernard Liautaud, founder of Business Objects, joins Balderton Capital as General Partner
London, June 16, 2008 – The Partners of Balderton Capital, the leading venture capital firm, are pleased to announce that Bernard Liautaud, the foun...
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Liautaud joins Balderton Capital
Bernard Liautaud, the French founder of Business Objects, a software company that sold for £3.3bn ($6.4bn) this year, has joined Balderton Capital, ...
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Dharmash Mistry joins venture capital firm
Balderton Capital, the venture capital firm that has invested in companies including Bebo, Betfair and Setanta, has hired Emap's former head of digi...
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Icera wins baseband design-in
Icera Semiconductor, the Bristol wireless chip start-up, has achieved its first design win for a baseband in a wireless handset and is looking to ra... Full Article -
Whisher Adds a Symbian App
Whisher, which provides access to Wi-Fi hotspots around the world in exchange for access on users’ own home or business networks, has unveiled a cli... Full Article -
Icera Challenges Rivals With Sirific Buy
Several months after raising a $40 million equity round, semiconductor company Icera Inc. will merge with onetime rival Sirific Wireless Corp. The a... Full Article -
3G chipset firm Icera swoops on Sirific
British silicon chip developer Icera will today step up plans to take on US semiconductor giant Qualcomm with the acquisition of Canadian rival Siri... Full Article -
Whisher: Metered Wi-Fi made easy
I’ve been meaning to post about Whisher for a while but they just launched some nice beta software so it seems like the right time. The company is b... Full Article -
3V to launch new retail partnerships
Virtual credit card company 3V Transaction Services is about to launch a number of new partnerships with a range of well-known retailers.The company... Full Article -
Upwardly mobile
Being first out of the blocks with a new idea is a recipe for success, but chief executive of NewBay Software, Paddy Holahan, is careful to maintain... Full Article -
7Digital.com to distribute mp3 downloads from Warner Music International
7digital.com is the first major European download store to offer Warner Music catalogue in an unencrypted format.More than 80% of 7digital.com’s 3.5... Full Article -
7digital secures Warner Music deal
UK-based digital music store 7digital has secured the first deal to exclusively sell Warner Music's full catalogue in the rights-free format across ... Full Article -
LoveFilm's usable site sets the right example
LoveFilm combines usable design with clever recommendations - a near perfect online service. Its DVD rental website contains lots of examples of us... Full Article -
Open Source, Big Deal: MySQL's $1 Bil Payday
Sun Microsystems' $1 billion purchase of database company MySQL was more than just a hefty price tag for an open-source software company. Analysts c... Full Article -
Multi-million euro deal for Irish mobile firm
Irish mobile media technology firm NewBay has confirmed it has signed a contract worth several million euros with global mobile operator T-Mobile to... Full Article -
Plastics recycling plan
MERSEYSIDE scrap metal giant European Metal Recycling (EMR) is planning to invest millions in creating a planet-saving plastics recycling plant. Th... Full Article -
Can Lovefilm compete with downloads?
A British firm that rents out DVDs by post has just taken over internet giant Amazon’s service. But can it compete with downloads? IF you have ever... Full Article -
Amazon puts weight behind Lovefilm
Amazon, the world's biggest online retailer, is to bow out of DVD rentals and throw its weight behind Lovefilm, the leading European specialist, in ... Full Article -
Amazon quits DVD rental and buys into Lovefilm
Amazon is to exit the DVD rental business by folding its 300,000 subscribers into competitor Lovefilm, in exchange for a third of the equity in the ... Full Article -
Splashpower deals could kickstart commercialization
Perennial start-up Splashpower has kicked off 2008 with a brace of deals that could help its wireless charging gadget finally make the step from the...
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UK's 7Digital Downloads $8.5M Round Of Funding
Digital media delivery company 7digital has agreed to terms of an $8.5 million round of funding to continue playing a role in the digital media mark... Full Article -
UK iTunes rival to hit US and Europe
A London-based rival to Apple's iTunes music store has unveiled plans to expand into the US and Europe after securing £4.25m in funding. 7Digital, o... Full Article -
Zubka and the referral boom - Is Web 2.0 just the job?
After last month’s feature on the true value of social networking sites, Exec looks at how the Web 2.0 craze is affecting the recruitment industry. ...
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Sun to buy MySQL for $1bn. Sun Microsystems is buying the maker of the most popular open source, free scalable database - and sa
Sun Microsystems is spending $800m in cash and buying $200m in options on the privately-held stock of MySQL, the 400-strong company which makes and ... Full Article -
DisplayLink is one of the killer technologies at CES 2008
If you were to take a walk around the show floor at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, you'd probably think that big flat panels and wirele... Full Article -
Intune Gets $18M For Optical Burst Switching
After spending eight years waiting for the telecommunications market to pick up, networking equipment developer Intune Networks Ltd. believes... Full Article -
When the LOVEFiLM is in the mail
The chief of DVD-by-post company LOVEFiLM International tells Andrew Cave about the need to keep ahead of technologyI have a story that Simon Calver... Full Article -
Kara Visits WeeWorld in London
While on my visit to London, I wanted to drop into an up-and-coming start-up here, and so I went to see WeeWorld, an avatar-based social netw... Full Article -
Top 10 dotcoms to watch
Britain's internet entrepreneurs are no longer languishing in the dot com doldrums, but have emerged revitalised and ready for another round.... Full Article -
Laser technology firm Intune to boost staff after €13m funding
Intune, an Irish laser technology firm, plans to hire 25 more staff after raising €13million in funding. Tom Fritzley, a former Microsoft... Full Article -
TVtrip.com gets $4.8M
TVtrip.com, an online search engine for hotels in Europe that features video clips, has secured $4.8 million in Series A financing from Balde... Full Article -
Betfair taps Romania for offshore software skills
'It's not stupidly cheap but it is cost effective'... Online betting and gaming company Betfair has set up an offshore software development ... Full Article -
Download store takes on iTunes
The store promises to make music files "more accessible" British download store 7digital says it will "take on iTunes" in the battle for... Full Article -
Swisscom Chooses NewBay to Provide Mobile Blogging and Multimedia Album Service in Switzerland
NewBay Software, the leading provider of mobile multimedia and social networking products and services, today announced that Swisscom ... Full Article -
Benchmark Capital Europe Goes Its Own Way
Seven years after Benchmark Capital launched its European fund, Benchmark Capital Europe, partners on both sides of the Atlantic have decided...
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Benchmark Capital Creates Balderton Capital
The partners of Benchmark Capital and the partners of Benchmark Capital Europe are pleased to announce the creation of a separate Euro...
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Web sports player Powers up
A growing developer of Web-based 3-D sports games is set to announce today venture funding to facilitate the rollout of additional titles and... Full Article -
Power Challenge offers 3D sports games from your browser
Swedish company Power Challenge, which offers a more sophisticated way of rendering video game graphics within a Web-browser, has raised $8 m... Full Article -
Bookmakers on a winner with Betfair
On face value, betting exchanges would seem to be in direct competition with bookmakers, but the Victorian Bookmakers' Association has reache... Full Article -
WeeWorld Puts Faces to Names Online
WeeWorld is outfitting people for Web 2.0. I ran into the company at the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco Wednesday. At the WeeWorld site, you c... Full Article -
WeeWorld Survey Reveals Why Gen Y Loves Avatars
Millennial Respondents Cite Avatar Fun Factor While Demonstrating Industry Trends and Significant Differences Based on Age and Gender WeeWorl... Full Article -
Bebo Goes Mobile With NewBay
NewBay’s User Generated Content Gateway Now Allows Users to Upload Mobile Photos Direct to Bebo NewBay Software, the leading provider ... Full Article -
Benchmark Capital Red Herring 100 European Winners
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Online DVD rental firm ponders £100m flotation
Lovefilm, Europe’s largest online DVD rental group, has appointed Goldman Sachs to advise it ahead of a possible £100 million flotation. ... Full Article -
NewBay Launches New Mobile Video Server
NewBay Launches New Mobile Video Server New video server enhances NewBay’s mobile multimedia services giving operators increased support for... Full Article -
Spanish start-up Whisher promises free Wi-Fi for all
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Dan Cohen Named CEO of Community-Driven Personalised Homepage Pageflakes
Pageflakes Ltd. (www.pageflakes.com ), the community-driven personalised homepage, today announced the appointment of Dan Cohen as CEO...
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WHISHER Receives Funding from Benchmark Capital Europe and Swisscom
WHISHER, a Spanish company launching the first social network powered by a Wi-Fi network, today announced it has received investment f... Full Article -
Rewards on Offer in a Job-Placing Revolution
EVER wondered how the idiot sitting across from you got their job? Ever been shocked by the amount of money the headhunter got paid for placi...
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Cambridge chip firm changes name to DisplayLink
LONDON — U.K. fabless chip company Newnham Research Ltd., which is developing a networked display technology, has changed its name to Display... Full Article -
Pageflakes Releases 'Mini Word' and 'Mini Outlook'
Pageflakes today announced the addition of two new widgets to its personalized startpage at www.pageflakes.com. "Setting up a calendar...
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Disney to Buy U.K. Sports Channel In Bid to Expand Reach of ESPN
Moving to televise more American sports in Europe and expand ESPN, Walt Disney Co. agreed to buy a London-based cable channel that has rights...
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The Young Veteran
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 t...
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Jamster Mobilizes WeeMee Avatars in the USA, UK, Germany
Jamster, a worldwide leader in digital content and entertainment services and a wholly owned subsidiary of VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRS... Full Article -
Betfair Sells Out the Asian Poker Tour
In a sign of things to come "post-America" for online gambling, Betfair Poker has reported a stunning success in filling to capacity the ... Full Article -
Benchmark Raises $550M EU Fund
November 15, 2006 Only 18 months after setting up a $375-million European VC fund, Benchmark Capital said Wednesday it has closed a new $...
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Benchmark Europe to unveil $550m fund
Benchmark Capital Europe, the venture capital group, is set to announce on Wednesday it has raised $550m (€430m) for its latest European vent...
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Alphyra earnings rocket by 83%
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. ...
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3V Transaction Raises $25.5M From Atlas
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 debi... Full Article -
Irish e-payments firm to create 55 jobs in Dublin
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 Europe... Full Article -
Igglo Inks $15.7M For Online Real Estate Platform
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. Ben...
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Benchmark Capital Europe leads €12.5 million investment in Igglo, the online estate agent
Igglo Oy, the Finnish online estate agency, today announces that it has raised €12.5m in funding led by Benchmark Capital Europe, the top-tie... Full Article -
Betfair Open Online Casino
Betfair, the popular online betting exchange company, have launched an online casino. With generous zero house edge games on offer, punters a... Full Article -
Benchmark moves into Russia
Benchmark Capital, a venture capital firm, has made its first foray into Russia, as European investment groups continue to look east for bett... Full Article -
WeeWorld Launches in the United States to Give Internet Users Personalized Online Identities throughout Their Digital Life
WeeWorld, creator of the WeeMee, the world's first and most extensive multiplatform visual identity with more than 10 million WeeMees ... Full Article -
ESPRIT LEADS $13.25 NEWNHAM FUNDING
By Real Deals 20 July 2006 Esprit Capital Partners has led a $13.25m (€10.5m) second round of funding for fabless semiconductor company Newnham. ... Full Article -
NewBay expands with InAMobile acquisition
Irish mobile solutions firm NewBay Software has acquired the UK handheld applications developer InAMobile, for an undisclosed sum. The Dublin-... Full Article -
WeeWorld: $15.5M Allowance
WeeWorld received $15.5 million in a second round of funding from Accel Partners and Benchmark Capital, enabling it to grow its digital identity bus... Full Article -
KLAUS HOMMELS JOINS BENCHMARK CAPITAL EUROPE AS VENTURE PARTNER
London, June 5, 2006 – Benchmark Capital Europe, a leading early-stage technology venture capital firm, today announced that Klaus Hommels has joine...
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Benchmark Backs Personalized Web Page Co. Pageflakes
With backing from Benchmark Capital, Pageflakes.com has joined the growing number of companies developing personalized home pages that combine news,...
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Winners in the race for the web - Betfair
NEW MEDIA For a decade, the doubters have said you couldn't make money from the internet. But a swathe of British companies are proving them wrong, ... Full Article -
Taking on the mobile giants
For a start-up company to take on the giants of the industry for its first product seems like an insanely ambitious strategy, but three year-old Bri... Full Article -
Benchmark gets return from Betfair stake
Benchmark Capital, the venture capital firm whose partners include former Esat Digifone chief Barry Maloney, has made a multi-million-pound return o... Full Article -
Betfair's backers in line for pounds 300m
INVESTORS in Betfair, the online betting exchange fast emerging as one of Britain's most successful new companies, are in line for a payout of aroun... Full Article -
Icera lands $40M Series C round
A British chip developer founded by veterans from Broadcom Corp. and STMicroelectronics NV has lured $40 million in venture capital financing, w... Full Article -
NewBay Software Opens US Headquarters in Bellevue, Washington
NewBay Software, the leader in mobile community applications, has opened an office in Bellevue, Washington to service the company's growing client b... Full Article -
Broadcaster NASN buys rights to show NFL in Europe
European broadcaster North American Sports Network said on Wednesday it acquired exclusive rights to show National Football League games for four ye... Full Article -
Alphyra in Europe card launch to boost funds
The company, which is headed by John Nagle, last week launched a disposable credit voucher in Ireland, in conjunction with Permanent TSB. A spokesma... Full Article -
Barry Maloney
The latter part of the Nineties was, in very many respects, the era of the trusting young executive. Denis O'Brien was a symbol of the times, so too...
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InnerWorkings Raises $8.8M Series A, Moves Headquarters To US
InnerWorkings, a provider of training software for software developers, has raised an $8.8 million Series A round of funding. Benchmark Capital Euro... Full Article -
Maloney to re-enter mobile market
BARRY MALONEY, the former chief executive of Esat Digifone and a partner in Benchmark Capital, is to re-enter Ireland’s mobile phone market. Be...
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Benchmark does social networking
Benchmark Capital's European team has taken another stake in an Internet startup with a social-networking flavor, announcing Thursday, March 24, tha... Full Article -
Video Island ready to raise curtain on film downloads
Online DVD rental firm Video Island is to expand into continental Europe and launch digital movie downloads. The business, which has about a 3 per c...
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Ynon Kreiz joins Benchmark Capital Europe
Benchmark Capital, a leading global early-stage venture capital firm, today announced that Ynon Kreiz has joined the firm as a General Partne...
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Crazy days are here again as venture capital returns
AVENERABLE Silicon Valley venture capitalist company launches a $375m (£210m, E307m) fund targeted at Europe. Another pumps $40m into a little-known... Full Article -
Benchmark Capital Raises $375M European Fund
Benchmark Capital has raised $375 million for its Benchmark Europe II fund, which will make investments primarily in early-stage techn...
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Icera Semiconductor Receives $22.5M In Series B Financing
Bristol, England -- Icera Semiconductor Ltd., a fabless semiconductor designer, said it has raised $22.5 million in Series B funding. ... Full Article -
Gambling Sites Offering Ways to Let Any User Be the Bookie
Mark Davies, the managing director of Betfair.com, a booming Internet gambling operation based in London, refers to Britain's traditio... Full Article -
Online DVD rental firm Video Island nets funding
9 June 2004 Reuters News LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - Video Island, an online DVD rental service, raised 6 million pounds ($10.98 mi...
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Johan Brenner joins Benchmark Capital
London, January 26 2004 - Benchmark Capital, a leading global early stage technology venture capital firm, today announced that Johan Bre...
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Europe’s Most Prolific VC Keeps On Investing
Technology Finance 19th November 2003 Benchmark Capital has been the most prolific pan-European VC of the last twelve months by som...
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TRAILBLAZER - DVD on demand
November 1st, 2003 - By Charlotte Goddard Now you can rent DVD films online and just pop them in the post when you've watched them. Saul ...
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Matrix Preps for Production with $52M Series E Round
March 17th, 2003 - By Michelle Tsai SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Just weeks after announcing $15 million in funding from strategic partner Nint...
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Xignal Technologies Announces Corporate Launch and High-Performance Analog and Mixed Signal Technology
March 3rd, 2003 Available as an IP License, New Xignal IP Platform Allows CMOS System-on-Chip to Replace Exotic Material Designs Xign...
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Benchmark Capital Names Mark Evans as Fourth European Partner London
Sept. 4 - Bloomberg Benchmark Capital, one of several U.S. venture capital firms that expanded to Europe during the Internet boom, named Mar...
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M&A
Nexagent, collaborative commerce company for the telecommunications industry, founded by technology entrepreneur Charles Muirhead, has secure...
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alphyra MBO breaks new ground
May, 2003 The MBO of alphyra was one the most high profile and at times controversial MBO's of the recent genre to provide transactions ...
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