12 posts tagged zennstrom

There are now rumors circulating that Google will buy Skype. These rumors are not new -- I wrote about this as recently as November 20 of 2007. But they did die down for a while and have been renewed. I have heard wild claims like the evaluation of Skype is in the multibillion dollar range, etc.

Yes Peter, telecom is broken in some areas you mention but in others it seems to be doing just fine. What scares me most about the points you mention is how our politicians and regulators don't seem to care about fairness in the markets. But this topic we will leave for another day.

Article by CNET News.com at http://www.news.com/ Shopping.com's CEO, Josh Silverman, will take the helm of Skype, which has not had a permanent chief executive since co-founder Niklas Zennstrom stepped down in October.

On to Sweden for a BIG debate about the future of public service broadcasting - since this is what i advise the BBC on these days you can imagine I'm in favour. But how wise to have a national debate - all televised and webcast of course.

Seesmic has revealed details of its $6 million first round of funding, in which a group of prominent technology entrepreneurs and Silicon Valley angel investors put capital in the video...

Seesmic has revealed details of its $6 million first round of funding, in which a group of prominent technology entrepreneurs and Silicon Valley angel investors put capital in the video...

Seesmic has revealed details of its $6 million first round of funding, in which a group of prominent technology entrepreneurs and Silicon Valley angel investors put capital in the video...

 Seesmic (San Francisco) finally broke the news on its $6M Series A funding which it had actually closed in Sepetember, 2007.  The news cames as Loic Meur used his blog to disclose both the rationale and what it means to the company.  While the round was led by Atomico (Niklas Zennstrom and Janus

WooMe’s online network that can be used for virtual introductions ranging from speed dating to job interviews has just announced a $3 million bridge round, led by Mangrove and previous investors Atomico (which was founded by Nikas Zennstrom and Janus Friis), and Klaus Hommels.

Whitman Departs: What it Means to Skype Meg Whitman was the person who put the Skype deal together at eBay and over the past year it has become apparent that Skype is not generating the revenue eBay hoped it would. In addition, in the last 12 months, there has been a lack of clear leadership at the Skype unit.