CMUNE is pioneering 3D game development on social game platforms bringing-console quality games to the web and mobile devices. Its flagship title, UberStrike, has over 5 million registered players making it the largest First-Person Shooter on Facebook where it has 1 million monthly active users. It’s also available on GameStop’s Kongregate, UberStrike.com and the Mac App Store. It is soon to launch on iOS and Android for mobile devices.

“We’re delighted to be investing in a China-based company that targets a global market”, said Kelly Poon, Atomico’s Lead in China. “CMUNE’s innovation in bringing 3D games to social platforms is remarkable, and it is already leading the way with UberStrike in the popular First Person Shooter genre. The company has done a brilliant job at overcoming both technical and design challenges to bring console-quality games to the web.”

Atomico invests in technology companies around the world, with more than 50 investments spanning four continents. It looks for companies have remarkable growth prospects and outstanding management teams, and its investment portfolio includes Rovio, the maker of the popular Angry Birds franchise.

“Niklas is one of the few modern tech entrepreneurs who has built a global company with success in both the East & West. Having co-founded Skype and previously made major investments in pioneering gaming companies such as Rovio, he understands freemium as a business model.” said Ludovic Bodin, CEO of CMUNE.

CMUNE demonstrated on stage today, at the 2012 Global Mobile Internet Conference, UberStrike performing cross-platform between Facebook, iOS & Android mobile devices, marking it out as the first truly immersive, massively multiplayer game available on all major social platforms.

Shaun LeLacheur Sales, CTO & co-founder of CMUNE, said: “We’re proud to have created what we believe to be one of the most entertaining and socially engaging experiences on the web whilst simultaneously extending our presence to different platforms, including successfully taking the lead as the #1 FPS and 3D game on Facebook. With iOS & Android mobile launches just round the corner – we’re just at the beginning of a new era.”

The commitment and contribution of UberStrike fans has been strong since the launch of the company, with the community generating content for the game including new maps and concept art. CMUNE now has 20 employees in Beijing while continuously hiring top talent from around the world. As well as showcasing the mobile version of UberStrike, the company also expressed its intention to launch in China.

About CMUNE

CMUNE is the leading developer and publisher of hardcore 3D social games including UberStrike, #1 First Person Shooter on Facebook, soon launching on iOS & Android. CMUNE was founded in 2007 in Seoul, South Korea with now most of its Design and Development team in Beijing, China and commercial representation in San Francisco, USA. In 2011, CMUNE released UberStrike, world’s first free-to-play browser-based FPS using Unity3d, soon launching on iOS & Android for mobile devices. For more information about CMUNE, visit cmune.com or join over 800,000 gamers on UberStrike’s Facebook Fan page at http://facebook.com/uberstrike

About Atomico

Atomico is a leading international venture capital firm formed in 2006 by Niklas Zennström, a successful serial-entrepreneur and co-founder of Skype, Kazaa and other companies. Atomico seeks to deliver outsized returns to investors by being the partner, and investor of choice, for fast-growing technology companies that will become global category winners. It has so far invested in more than 50 companies on four continents. Atomico is headquartered in London with offices in São Paulo, Istanbul and Beijing. For more information about Atomico, please visit: http://www.atomico.com

Contacts

Nad Chishtie, Press Relations Cmune:
press@cmune.com

Guy Dennis, Head of Communication Atomico:
guy@atomico.com

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – February 24, 2011- Atomico, the international venture capital firm founded by Niklas Zennström, also known as a co-founder Skype, today announced its first two investments in Brazil, following recent investments in other Latin American countries.

It has invested US$8.7m in Connect Parts, the leading online retailer of motorcar parts that recently changed its name from Dakota Parts, and US$2.9m in Bebê Store, the online retailer selling products for young children and mothers.

Atomico invests in technology companies around the world, mostly in the internet area, and has made more than 50 investments on four continents. It looks for companies that have remarkable growth prospects and outstanding management teams. The firm is headquartered in London, but has offices in São Paulo and Beijing.

Niklas Zennström, CEO and Founding Partner of Atomico, said: “We’re delighted to be making investments in Brazil. It has a fast-growing online economy, and is home to some brilliant entrepreneurs.

“After much searching and evaluation, we have invested in two brilliant companies that have the attributes we look for: track records that reflect real success as businesses, outstanding management teams, and remarkable potential ahead.”

Connect Parts/Dakota Parts is Brazil’s leading online auto part retailer. It was founded in 2006 by Paulo Biancalana, and is determined to maintain its mission of being the best and most comprehensive retailer of auto parts and accessories.

Bebê Store was founded by Leonardo Gomide Simão in 2009. It sells more than 16,000 products over the internet, including clothing, toys, skincare products and maternity wear. It has about 1 million unique visitors per month.

Atomico’s São Paulo office is responsible for the whole of Latin America, finding investment opportunities and helping the international portfolio companies that Atomico invests in do business there. It currently employs two staff: Haroldo Korte who works for the firm’s Investment Team helping to achieve successful investments, and Carlos Pires who works for the firm’s Expansion Team that helps the companies backed by Atomico grow organically and via international partnerships.

The firm has previously invested in companies in Latin America that operate in Brazil, but are headquartered in other countries. Pedidos Ya, headquartered in Uruguay, allows people to order food delivery online from restaurants in their local area in countries including Brazil.

Restorando, headquartered in Argentina, is a restaurant reservations site that allows restaurants to take bookings online 24 hours a day, as well as giving them valuable marketing tools. And Cinemaki, also headquartered in Argentina, is a social network for recommending movies across seven Latin American countries. Both it and Restorando operate in Brazil among other countries.

NOTES TO EDITORS:

ABOUT ATOMICO
Atomico is a leading international venture capital firm formed in 2006 by Niklas Zennström, a successful serial-entrepreneur and co-founder of Skype, Kazaa and other companies. Atomico seeks to deliver outsized returns to investors by being the partner, and investor of choice, for fast-growing technology companies that will become global category winners. It has so far invested in more than 50 companies on four continents. Atomico is headquartered in London with offices in São Paulo and Beijing. For more information about Atomico, please visit: http://www.atomico.com

ABOUT CONNECT PARTS / DAKOTA PARTS
Since the creation of the physical store in 1996, Dakota Parts, which recently changed its name to Connect Parts, focused primarily on providing the best service with a comprehensive product line, always aiming to please the customer with competitive pricing as well as promotions and discounts. It sells domestic and imported auto parts and accessories. To meet demand from across the country and provide great convenience to consumers, in 2006 it created the best and most complete e-commerce offering, Dakota Parts Imports (now Connect Parts). This has made it the leading online autoparts retailer in Brazil.

ABOUT BEBÊ STORE
Established in late 2009, Bebê Store is a leader in its field, with over 1 million unique visitors monthly on its four sites – Bebê Store, Toystore, MommyStore and Loja do Bebê/Abril. Currently, Bebê Store has over 16,000 products including, strollers and baby seats, and the best global brands, collections of clothes, shoes from more than 80 brands, renowned boutiques etc.

CONTACTS
Guy Dennis, Head of Communication Atomico: guy@atomico.com or +44 207 659 5083

23 February – Argentina – Restorando, the leading online reservation platform for restaurants in Latin America, announced that it has secured $3.2 million in Series A funding. The funding round is led by Emergence Capital Partners, a California-based venture capital firm focused on technology enabled services, with participation from Kaszek, a newly raised fund for Latin America by the founders of Mercadolibre (NASDAQ: MELI), Atomico, the London-based firm founded by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, and Storm Ventures. Concurrent with the funding, Santi Subotovsky from Emergence Capital and Alex Mendez from Storm Ventures joined Restorando’s board of directors.

Founded in 2010, Restorando enables restaurants to develop new sales channels to promote available tables and increase revenue, while making it easy and efficient for customers to make reservations online. The company already has operations in São Paulo, Brazil and Buenos Aires, Argentina. The new funding will be used to expand into other South American markets and continue building the team.

Restorando’s angel investors are Andy Freire and Santiago Bilinkis, founders of Officenet, an office products retail business, which was acquired by Staples in 2004.
Restorando marks the first investment in South America for Emergence Capital and Storm Ventures, both of which have deep experience building successful SaaS, cloud, digital media and mobile companies. Increased adoption and activity around Restorando piqued the firm’s interest and convinced Emergence to lead this round and co-invest with the leading players in the region.

“We have a huge opportunity to create value in an industry that currently is not leveraging technology. We will enhance the experience for people dining out and increase the profitability for restaurant owners,” said Frank Martin, Restorando CEO. Franco Silvetti, the company’s COO, added, “Building a regional player following best practices and creating an impact in the region has always been our dream.”

“Emergence has been looking at companies in the region for a while, and after meeting Frank and Franco we saw Restorando had the right ingredients to build a successful company,” said Santiago Subotovsky, Principal at Emergence Capital. “The investor syndicate is the best a company could have in the region, with experienced investors such as Andy Freire, Santi Bilinkis, Alex Mendez, Hernán Kazah and Nicolás Szekasy.” Alex Mendez, Managing Director of Storm Ventures, added “Restorando represents the intersection of a great team, a large market, and a compelling value proposition – definitely a winning combination!”

Restorando currently lists more than 800 restaurants in Brazil and Argentina, generating value both for restaurant owners and diners with their innovative platform. In the first year of operations, the Restorando has seated more than 500,000 diners.

About Restorando
Restorando.com is the leading online reservation platform for Restaurants in Latin America. The company was founded by Frank Martin and Franco Silvetti in October 2010, aiming to address the lack of efficiency in the reservation process at Restaurants. The company has operations in Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, and 4 other cities in Brazil; planning to expand to new gastronomic clusters in the region. For more information, visit http://www.resorando.com.br.

About Emergence Capital Partners
Emergence Capital Partners, based in San Mateo, Calif., is the leading venture capital firm focused on early and growth-stage Technology-Enabled Services companies. Its mission is to help build market leaders in partnership with great entrepreneurs. Emergence partners have funded and helped build more than 50 TES companies, more than any other early-stage venture firm. Emergence Capital has assets of over $325 million under management. Investments include companies such as Salesforce.com (CRM), SuccessFactors (SFSF), HireRight (HIRE), Box.net, Yammer, Veeva and InsideView. For more information, visit http://www.emcap.com.

About Storm Ventures
Storm Ventures is a venture capital firm focused on investing in seed and early stage companies in the Mobile Internet, Enterprise Cloud, and Internet-enabled Commerce sectors. Storm was founded by a seasoned group of industry veterans with the common vision of sharing our collective experience, passion and energy to help talented and driven entrepreneurs build great companies of enduring value. Storm has invested in over 100 companies including Airespace (Cisco), Appcelerator, BookRenter, Com2uS (Korea IPO), EchoSign (Adobe), IML (Taiwan IPO), Kidaro (Microsoft), Lightera (Ciena), Marketo, MobileIron, NetScaler (Citrix), SandForce (LSI), Sanera (McData/Brocade), and Sierra Monolithics (Semtech). For more information, visit http://www.stormventures.com.

About Kaszek
Kaszek Ventures is the leading Latin American venture capital firm investing in high-impact tech entrepreneurs. Led by Nicolas Szekasy, MercadoLibre’s former CFO, and Hernan Kazah, MercadoLibre’s co-founder, the firm actively supports its portfolio companies through value-added strategic guidance and hands-on operational help, leveraging its partners’ successful entrepreneurial backgrounds and extensive network. For more information, visit http://www.kaszek.com.

About Atomico
Atomico is a leading international venture capital firm formed in 2006 by Niklas Zennström, a successful serial-entrepreneur and co-founder of Skype, Kazaa and other companies. Atomico seeks to deliver outsized returns to investors by being the partner, and investor of choice, for fast-growing technology companies that will become global category winners. It has so far invested in more than 50 companies on four continents. Atomico is headquartered in London with offices in São Paulo and Beijing. For more information about Atomico, please visit http://www.atomico.com.

Copenhagen, Denmark – December, 20th – Ge.tt, the simple browser-based file transfer service today announced €350,000 of investment funding from Atomico, the international venture capital firm.

The investment followed an entrepreneurship competition organised by Venture Cup in Denmark, which the company won. Mattias Ljungman, Partner at Atomico, was serving as a judge in the competition while visiting the country as part of Atomico’s Open Office programme, whereby the firm visits cities around the world. This led to a small seed investment, and then a later investment together totalling €350,000.

Ge.tt is designed as the easiest-to-use file-transfer service in the world. Rather than email files, which can be difficult with large files, users can use Ge.tt to store and transfer them simply and easily to as many recipients as they choose.

Its ease of use also means that Ge.tt provides users with a brilliant stepping stone to the benefits of cloud computing. Files can be downloaded while they are being uploaded, users are able to easily copy a link to the file, or send as email directly from Ge.tt. And there is no requirement to sign up or install any software, making it as simple and as fast as possible.

The investment is allowing Ge.tt to make new hires. The team now consists of four developers, including the two founders, and a designer. It recently released an API that allows developers to create plugins for Ge.tt, or use it in their own applications. This feature was widely requested, and many developers who asked for it have already finished some of their first projects using it.

Ge.tt is also announcing changes to its customer offering, in response to user demand. Many users wanted long-term storage, and users will now have their files stored as long as they have an account.

To make the business sustainable, however, storage limits are being introduced. Most users will continue to use the service for free because the limits are high, but those requiring larger amounts of storage, such as professional users, will pay a small fee. This will help provide a long-term future for Ge.tt which has been used by more than 425,000 people across the world since launching in November 2010.

The new usage tiers for Ge.tt are simple. Without an account users get 250MB of storage. By spending a few seconds to create an account, users receive 2GB of free storage, which is high enough that most people won’t pay anything. Most users of Ge.tt use less than 2GB, and will simply enjoy an improved, free service with long-term storage.

Users who want more storage, such as professional users or people with large file requirements, will pay small, tiered fees. For $5 a month they get 5GB, for $10 they get 40GB and for $20 they get 100GB.

Tobias Baunbæk, CEO and Co-Founder of Ge.tt, said: “Both the investment we have received, and the introduction of our premium service will help Ge.tt continue to serve our growing number of users across the world. We set out to make file transfer simple and easy, and today’s announcements will help it stay that way.”

Mattias Ljungman, Partner at Atomico, said: “Ge.tt is a great business, and it was brilliant to find it unexpectedly in Copenhagen. It’s incredibly easy to use, and once you start using it, you soon realise the benefits it brings. The company already has users across the world, and it’s easy to see why. It has great founders who have a real focus on the user experience, and a big opportunity in front of it.”

Ge.tt was founded by Tobias Baunbæk and Mathias Buus Madsen who came up with the idea while studying computer science at Aarhus University. They and classmates often needed to share files with many people on different platforms, and often resorted to using USB sticks. Although there were file-transfer services, none suited their needs. Required signups, installations, and no streaming were all factors weighing in.

They realised that a combination of streaming technologies and an intelligent queuing system would make for a much faster and simpler technology. And that this could be done in a browser, with no software installation. They created a prototype, entered the Danish startup competition Venture Cup, and won €6,700. This bootstrapped the company, and the founders left university to focus full time on it.

To give the service an advantage in the file-transfer market, the team developed a new technology that makes transfer much faster, and combined it with a clean interface to make the experience as easy as possible. This has led to a rapid growth in use of the service.
NOTES TO EDITORS

About Ge.tt
Ge.tt was formed October 2010, and is based in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is designed as the easiest-to-use file-transfer service in the world. Its unique real-time file-transfer technology allows users to share several files in a second, even several large videos. This makes it the fastest way to transfer files today. Users aren’t required to install any software or even register to use the service, and it is easy to use, even for a first-time user. For more information, or to try the service, please visit: http://ge.tt

About Atomico
Atomico is a leading international venture capital firm formed in 2006 by Niklas Zennström, a successful serial-entrepreneur and co-founder of Skype, Kazaa and other companies. Atomico seeks to deliver outsized returns to investors by being the partner, and investor of choice, for fast-growing technology companies that will become global category winners. It has so far invested in more than 50 companies on four continents. Atomico is headquartered in London with offices in São Paulo and Beijing. For more information about Atomico, please visit: http://www.atomico.com

6Wunderkinder
6Wunderkinder, a Berlin-based start-up founded in August 2010, creates multi-platform productivity solutions for individuals, groups and businesses. Wunderlist is free and available for Mac, Windows, iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, Android and the Web. The company’s next product, Wunderkit, is targeting a late 2011 launch and aims to become the industry-standard productivity platform. 6Wunderkinder has secured investment from e42, High-Tech Gründerfonds and T-Venture, the corporate venture arm of Deutsche Telekom AG. For more information about 6Wunderkinder, please visit: http://www.6wunderkinder.com

Atomico
Atomico is a leading international venture capital firm formed in 2006 by Niklas Zennström, a successful serial-entrepreneur and co-founder of Skype, Kazaa and other companies. Atomico seeks to deliver outsized returns to investors by being the partner, and investor of choice, for fast-growing technology companies that will become global category winners. It has so far invested in more than 50 companies on four continents.
Atomico is headquartered in London with offices in São Paulo and Beijing. For more information about Atomico, please visit: http://www.atomico.com

High-Tech Gruenderfonds
High-Tech Gruenderfonds invests in young, high potential high-tech start-ups. The seed financing provided is designed to enable start-ups to take an idea through prototyping and to market launch. Typically, High Tech Gruenderfonds invests EUR 500,000 in the seed stage, with the potential for up to a total of EUR 2mm per portfolio company in follow-on financing. Investors in this public/private partnership include the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the KfW Banking Group, as well as twelve industrial groups of ALTANA, BASF, B. Braun, Robert Bosch, CEWE Color, Daimler, Deutsche Post DHL, Deutsche Telekom, Qiagen, RWE Innogy, Tengelmann and Carl Zeiss. High-Tech Gruenderfonds has about EUR 560.5 million under management in two funds (EUR 272 million EUR HTGF I, EUR 288.5 million HTGF II).

Seed funding earlier this year from Creandum, the leading Nordic venture firm, allowed Wrapp to
conduct a proof-of-concept test and commercial launch in Sweden. The Series A funds, which include a
contribution from Creandum, will be used to launch Wrapp’s social gifting service in the U.S. and U.K.,
as well as for ongoing development of the Wrapp application.

Created for social media and smartphone users, Wrapp makes it fun and easy to give, receive and
redeem digital gift cards using mobile devices, and allows friends to contribute to gifts given by mutual
friends. Gift cards, a $100 billion industry in the U.S., have been the most popular gift request for four
years running, according to the National Retail Federation in Washington D.C.

“Wrapp is targeting a huge market by leveraging two mega-trends: social networks and smartphones,”
said Zennström, who is joining Wrapp’s board of directors. “If anyone can disrupt the gift card industry
for the better – make it larger by taking it digital, mobile and social – it’s the talented team at Wrapp.”

Added Johan Brenner, Creandum partner and Wrapp board member: “We saw early on that Wrapp is at
the center of where the gift card industry is headed. With Wrapp, retailers can now create highly
targeted pay for performance campaigns and drive sales offline from desired customers online. With
Atomico’s investment and help we are strengthening Wrapp’s prospects tremendously.”

Wrapp was started earlier this year by Hjalmar Winbladh and a team of young entrepreneurs, including
Andreas Ehn, Spotify’s founding chief technology officer; Carl Fritjofsson, digital media entrepreneur
and former strategy advisor to Groupon.se; Aage Reerslev, founder of mobile browser Squace; and
Fabian Mansson, former CEO of H&M and Eddie Bauer. Winbladh co-founded Sendit, the first mobile
Internet company, where he was CEO and took it public in 1997 before being acquired by Microsoft. In
2006 Winbladh co-founded Rebtel, the world’s largest independent mobile VoIP company.

Although Wrapp is currently operating only in Sweden, people around the world are welcome to
download the Wrapp mobile app today and celebrate by giving digital gift cards to friends in Sweden
from partners such as the country’s largest sporting goods retailer Stadium, Sweden’s largest consumer
electronics chain Elgiganten, designer underwear brand Björn Borg, street fashion brand WeSC, and
home improvement chain Clas Ohlson among 20 others.

“Facebook made it easy to connect and recognize our friends around the world with greetings,” said
Winbladh. “With Wrapp, friends and family can now celebrate each other with real gifts, just as easy as
sending a ‘hi,’ ‘thank you’ or ‘happy birthday’ wish. Wrapp’s quick start in Sweden clearly indicates that
people are ready to make gift-giving an everyday event.”

About Atomico
Atomico is a leading international venture capital firm formed in 2006 by Niklas Zennström, a
successful serial-entrepreneur and co-founder of Skype, Kazaa and other companies. Atomico seeks to
deliver outsized returns to investors by being the partner, and investor of choice, for fast-growing
technology companies that will become global category winners. It has so far invested in more than 50
companies on four continents. Atomico is headquartered in London with offices in São Paulo and
Beijing. For more information about Atomico, please visit: http://www.atomico.com/

About Creandum
Creandum is a Nordic venture capital firm investing in innovative and fast-growing technology
companies within consumer, software and hardware industries. The firm has €120M under
management and 15 portfolio companies like Spotify, Cint and Videoplaza ranging from early stage to
expansion. All investment professionals at Creandum have started companies or been part of
successful startups during their career. Creandum has as one of its corner investors the 6th Swedish
National Pension Fund and is among other major international investors supported by the European
Communities Growth and Employment Initiative, MAP – ETF Start-up Facility. For more information,
please visit www.creandum.com

About Wrapp
Wrapp is a social gift giving service for celebrating your friends using mobile devices or the web. Wrapp
allows friends to give and contribute to free and paid digital gift cards provided by attractive brands,
making it as easy to send a gift of real value, as it is to send a greeting. Founded in the first half of 2011
by a group of serial entrepreneurs, Wrapp is based in Stockholm, London and Silicon Valley. Celebrate
with friends every day at www.wrapp.com

myGengo offers high-quality human translation for companies and people that want to operate internationally. It translates text easily, accurately and quickly through a growing network of more than 3,000 expert native translators in every time zone. Its price point is about 70% lower than traditional professional translation, allowing businesses to translate thousands of pages of content affordably. A free localization toolset helps manage efforts across languages and geographies, and API access for developers makes it easy for any website or service to access the myGengo platform on-demand.

Since its founding in 2008, the company has helped companies around the world, from Japan to the US, go global and localize their businesses for new markets. Customers include VW and Audi Financial Services, Evernote, Japan Tourist Bureau, Pulse, Greplin and Elecom. myGengo currently handles 15 languages, and recently launched Arabic translation.

The new funding will be used to grow the company’s marketing, sales and engineering teams in the US, and extend myGengo’s global translator network to meet growing demand. Revenue rose 1000% in the last 12 months, and the company translated more content in the first quarter of 2011 than in all its previous history. It recently translated its 15 millionth word.

“This investment will allow us to reach thousands of new customers in new places, and help make myGengo the number-one solution to help the world communicate over web pages, apps and more,” said Robert Laing, Founder and CEO of myGengo. “Atomico is a natural fit because they truly understand the potential of the global marketplace, and the needs of customers big and small across different languages and verticals.”

The high end of the translation market has been traditionally comprised in-house, full-time translators, while the low end of the market uses low-fidelity solutions like Google Translate. The myGengo platform is special because it offers human translation services – providing high-quality output at scale, and at a lower cost. For anyone who needs high-quality, locally credible translation, whether for media sites or marketing campaigns, product descriptions or company announcements, myGengo offers the best of both worlds – human translation by experts, but routed, executed, and delivered quickly.

“myGengo allows people and companies to overcome language barriers easily and effectively, and has remarkable potential,” said Hiro Tamura, Partner at Atomico who joins myGengo’s board. “We areparticularly impressed by the international outlook of the company and its founders, and their
determination to make it the global leader in its field.”

The Series A round announced today follows a $1.75m total seed round raised through 500 Startups and a group of 12 international angel investors including Mitch Kapor, Team Europe Ventures and Point Nine.

About myGengo
myGengo offers high-quality human translation at scale for companies that want to do business internationally. myGengo translates text easily, accurately and quickly through a growing network of 3,000+ expert native translators in every time zone. A free localization toolset helps manage efforts across languages and geographies, and API access for developers makes it easy for any site or service to access the myGengo platform on-demand. For more information about myGengo, please visit: http://myGengo.com/

About Atomico
Atomico is a leading international venture capital firm formed in 2006 by Niklas Zennström, a successful serial-entrepreneur and co-founder of Skype, Kazaa and other companies. Atomico seeks to deliver outsized returns to investors by being the partner, and investor of choice, for fast-growing technology companies that will become global category winners. It has so far invested in more than 40 companies on three continents, and in March 2010 launched its second fund, the $165m institutional fund Atomico Ventures II. Atomico is headquartered in London with offices in São Paulo and Beijing. For more information about Atomico, please visit: http://www.atomico.com/

About 500 Startups
500 Startups provides early-stage companies with funding ranging from $10K to $250K via seed investments, our startup accelerator program, and new micro-fund models like the Twilio Fund. With over 160 experienced startup mentors around the world, creative work space in the heart of Silicon Valley, and a vibrant community of startup founders, we help our companies succeed in ways other venture firms do not. For more information about 500 Startups, please visit: http://500.co/

Since its founding in 2009, Quid has built software that locates, collects, organizes, models and visualizes vast amounts of open information from around the world.
The company currently serves Microsoft and other leading international clients, applying Quid software and intelligence to help them understand innovation.

“We live in an increasingly complex world, where billion dollar decisions need to be made against a background of uncertainty,” said Sean Gourley, CTO of Quid. “To make superior decisions we have to make better use of the ambient data surrounding us. At Quid we have spent the last 18 months developing custom algorithms to understand this data. By making use of natural language processing, machine learning and network theory we have built a platform which will allow better decisions to be made. With this round of funding we will be able to grow the engineering team, bring these technologies to market and give people new ways to interact and play with the world’s information.”

Series C participants include Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström’s London-based technology VC firm Atomico; the American “super Angel” Ron Conway (Google, Twitter, FourSquare); Endeavour Vision, a pan-European VC firm headquartered in Switzerland; Infocomm Investments, the VC arm of IDA Singapore; and follow-on investments by Peter Thiel’s San Francisco-based Founders Fund (Palantir, Facebook, Zynga), and founding investor Charles Lho from Korea (CEO Amicus Group and publisher JoongAng Daily). Max Levchin, PayPal co-founder and founder of Slide (now owned by Google), recently joined the Quid Board.

“A round that brings together London, Switzerland, Singapore, Korea, and Silicon Valley reinforces the global nature of the problem we are addressing, and the global potential of the group that solves it,” said Bob Goodson, CEO of Quid. “At Quid we are harvesting and organizing the world’s information and turning it into actionable intelligence, to yield better decisions that optimize investment and economic development.”

With Series C resources, Quid is building advanced interfaces and visualizations, expanding its world-class technical talent pool, and capturing additional data streams.

About Quid
Quid is an 18-month old, 40-person company located in San Francisco, with investors from the U.S., Korea, Singapore, the U.K, and Switzerland. Quid is building software that captures, structures, and visualizes large amounts of open information, to help companies and governments make more informed decisions. www.quid.com

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