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Janus Friis

Skype Co-Founders Raise $165 Million For New Fund—Short Of Initial Goal

Mar 21, 2010 11:05 PM

Skype co-founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis have raised $165 million for their second venture fund which will mainly back European high growth tech startups. Zennström and Friis—who also started Kazaa and Joost—had initially aimed to raise $266 million for the fund a year ago but downplay the shortfall telling…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, janus friis, niklas zennstrom

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