Ingrid Lunden
Mar 10, 2011 8:05 AM
Big news today from Rovio, the Finland-based developers behind the hugely successful Angry Birds mobile game: the company has picked up $42 million in funding, a first round round led by no less than Accel Partners and Atomico Ventures, the VC firm founded and led by Skype/Kazaa/Joost founders Niklas Zennstrom…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Apr 15, 2010 6:18 PM
Xobni, which sells a Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Outlook plug-in that helps users keep track of their mail and contacts, has raised $16.2 million in a third round of funding. The startup—one of several selling e-mail add-ons that have recently raised rounds—adds a host of features to Outlook, including faster search,…
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Tameka Kee
Oct 2, 2009 1:25 PM
Zattikka, the casual and mobile gaming company founded by Virgin Interactive vet Tim Chaney, has raised a seed round of funding led by Atomico Ventures. Atomico Ventures is the early stage VC firm created by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom. The amount of the funding was not disclosed.…
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Tameka Kee
Jan 12, 2009 12:42 PM
Digital content incubator DECA has added $10 million to its war chest, in a second round led by new investor Rustic Canyon Partners, per a regulatory filing that socalTECH confirmed. Previous investors Atomico, General Catalyst Partners and Mayfield Fund also participated in the funding, which brings DECA’s total raise to…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Feb 20, 2008 11:02 AM
Mountain View, CA-based TrialPay, an online payment provider, has raised a $12.7 million second round from Index Ventures, Atomico Ventures and ex-PayPal executives. The round brings the company’s total raise to $15.8 million, having previously taken investments from Battery Ventures, Ron Conway and Bob Pittman in 2006. The company’s strategy…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Feb 7, 2008 8:00 AM
SF-based WooMe, a service that facilitates personal introductions, a la speed dating, has raised $3 million led by Mangrove Capital, along with previous investors Atomico (Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis) and investor Klaus Hommels. The round, which the start-up is calling a “bridge”, follows a $1.9 million first…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Sep 27, 2007 1:17 PM
Santa Monica-based digital entertainment studio DECA, has officially launched, while announcing the $5 million venture round from the Mayfield Fund, General Catalyst Partners and Niklas Zennstrom’s Atomico Investments, that was reported earlier this month. In an interview with NewTeeVee, DECA CEO Michael Wayne made clear that the company isn’t just…
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