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Atomico Invests €350,000 in Ge.tt Freemium File Transfer Service

December 20, 2011

Ge.tt Introduces Premium Service 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 …

Atomico Invests $4.2 Million in Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder

November 22, 2011

BERLIN – 16. November 2011 – 6Wunderkinder, a rising leader in the productivity sector, today announced that it has secured a $4.2m investment from Atomico, the London-based venture capital firm led by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström. The Series A financing …

Atomico Leads $5.5 Million Series A Funding for Wrapp

November 22, 2011

STOCKHOLM – November 15, 2011 – Wrapp, the new social gifting service that lets friends celebrate with free gifts of real value from attractive brands, today announced it has received $5.5 million in Series A funding led by Atomico, the …

myGengo Secures $5.25 Million Of Funding From Atomico, 500 Startups

September 27, 2011

Follows $1.75 million seed round from Team Europe Ventures, Kapor Capital, Point Nine, and other angels, rounding out myGengo’s international investor team San Francisco, Calif., September 27, 2011 – myGengo, the leader in affordable human translation at scale, today announced …

Mitesh Soma of Chemist Direct on Securing Funding

August 9, 2011

Mitesh Soma, founder of Chemist Direct, in which we invested, gives a great interview to The Independent newspaper here in the UK about securing funding from venture capital. It’s worth checking out the full article, which you can read by …

Niklas Zennström Comments in The Economist

August 4, 2011

Niklas gave an interview to The Economist for its article on technology firms in the UK, including the role of venture capital. London, he says, has an advantage because the next generation of great technology firms may come from outside …

Atomico Leads Quid’s $10m Funding Round

July 26, 2011

Zennström, Thiel and Others Invest $10 Million in Quid SAN FRANCISCO – July 25, 2011 – Quid Inc., which has built a software product that augments human intelligence, transforming complex global information into actionable insight, announced today that it has …

Niklas Zennström Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from University of Oxford

July 22, 2011

Niklas Zennström has been awarded an OII Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his role founding and running some of the Internet’s most transformative technology companies, including Kazaa, the file-sharing service, and Skype, the leading Internet telephony service, which helped …

Ostrovok Completes $13.6m Fundraising

July 12, 2011

MOSCOW, July 12, 2011 — Ostrovok, the hotels-focused online travel website for Russian consumers that has become one of Russia’s fastest-growing e-commerce companies, announced today that it has raised $13.6 million in Series A funding, led by General Catalyst Partners …

Mattias Ljungman Interviewed by CNBC

June 29, 2011

Partner Mattias Ljungman gave a great interview to CNBC about the potential in emerging markets. He also spoke about the reasons why our investment in Rovio was a great deal for them, and for us, and how companies can grow …

 
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