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Mike Volpi

Updated: Skype Founders Get Personal; Sue Former Joost CEO Volpi Over Trade Secrets

Sep 18, 2009 11:54 AM

Janus Friis and Niklas Zennstrom, the founders of a P2P maze of Skype, Joost and other startups based on code owned by their company Joltid, are now suing one of their own former execs. Wednesday, former Joost CEO Michaelangelo “Mike” Volpi was the only individual included in Joltid’s copyright infringement…

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Posted In: Legal, ebay, joltid, joost, mike volpi, skype

Industry Moves
Industry Moves: Volpi Out As Joost Chairman

Sep 11, 2009 1:30 AM

Mike Volpi kept the role of chairman when Joost switched to a white-label tech provider and he left as CEO for Index Ventures, an investor in the video startup. That’s over, too. Volpi told paidContent, following a report on SAI that he was out as chairman, “I will confirm that…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, danny rimer, index ventures, joost, mike volpi

Industry Moves
Industry Moves: Former Joost CEO Volpi Lands At Index Ventures

Jul 6, 2009 8:50 AM

So much for any of the whispers that had Mike Volpi moving to another executive operations role—less than a week after stepping down as CEO of struggling video company Joost, Volpi has surfaced as a partner at venture capital firm Index Ventures. Index was one of the investors in the…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, danny rimer, index ventures, joost, mike volpi, skype

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