News Archive
17 July 2008
Digital-lifestyles
By Simon Perry
We all know how popular virtual worlds are, with the best known examples being Second Life and World of Warcraft. These worlds are all very well, but they’re set in a fictional world. Not a bad thing for many people, but some players will hanker for more reality. This is where Twinity comes in. Twinity plan to accurately model cities from aro..
15 July 2008
Siliconrepublic.com
By John Kennedy
Football fans will be able to create their commemorative UEFA Euro 2008 album thanks to a technology developed by Dublin software company NewBay and deployed with Swisscom. Euro 2008 Album, which is localised in four languages, allows Swisscom subscribers to instantly upload multiple photographs taken at Euro 2008 championship matches to a personal..
07 July 2008
MoneyMarketing.co.uk Tanya Powley
By Owen Gibson
Online lending exchange Zopa now has over 200,000 members and has achieved £23m in lending over the last three years. Since its launch, Zopa lenders have received an average return of 7.3 per cent and over the last three months a return of 8.9 per cent. Zopa says its default rate has remained extremely low at 0.02 per cent. Co-founder and U..
01 July 2008
TMCnet
By Calvin Azuri
Rebtel, a global communications company, has beaten 15 other companies in a report that compares international calling rates. The report has been compiled by Technology Appraisals Limited, which is an independent market research and publishing company based in London. The research conducted by Technology Appraisals also lists at least 30 new compan..
27 June 2008
newmediaage.co.uk
By New Media Age
Online ad marketplace AdJug has begun offering its publishers' global ad inventory. The marketplace has agreed a deal with ad technology company Rubicon Project which gives it access to the UK inventory of its network of US publishers. UK visitors to US-based sites will now be served country-specific ads by AdJug following the deal. Michael ..
26 June 2008
MandAdeals.co.uk
By Paul Driscoll
Online restaurant booking service Livebookings networks has received a £6.5 million investment from private equity firm Balderton Capital. Financial advice during the transaction was led by partner Kristoffer Källeskog from technology, media and telecommunications corporate finance boutique EOC Partners in London. The team prepared and ..
21 June 2008
The Daily Telegraph
By Juliette Garside
ALTAVISTA, Magellan, Infoseek... the web is littered with the corpses of search engines that were crushed during Google's rise to the top. Some, like AltaVista, which now belongs to Yahoo!, have been taken over by larger entities. Many were simply closed down. The internet's best brains are still trying to come up with alternatives. Wikipedia li..
20 June 2008
New York Business Wire
By New York Business Wire
Orchestria has been named winner of two Tomorrow's Technology Today Awards for its Data Loss Prevention solution. Silicon Valley-based Info Security Products Guide named Orchestria winner in two award categories, Content Security Solution and Intellectual Property Protection. 'Companies that have been honored with the prestigious 2008 Tomorrow's T..
18 June 2008
Les Echos
By Les Echos
Bernard Liautaud rejoint la société de capital-risque Balderton Capital en tant que general partner. Il prendra ses fonctions, à Londres, le 1er juillet. Bernard Liautaud, quarante-six ans, ancien élève de l'Ecole centrale Paris, entame son parcours chez Oracle France en tant que responsable marketing avant de co..
17 June 2008
Digital Spy
By David Gibbon
David and Richard Darling have been recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, both receiving a CBE for services to the UK games industry. The duo started up games firm Codemasters in 1986 on a shoestring after receiving help from their dad Jim. They began by publishing £1.99 'classics' such as Ghosthunter and the famous Dizzy series o..
16 June 2008
Balderton Press Releaase
By Balderton Capital
London, June 16, 2008 – The Partners of Balderton Capital, the leading venture capital firm, are pleased to announce that Bernard Liautaud, the founder of Business Objects, will join the firm as a General Partner on July 1. Bernard Liautaud said: “I am excited to join Europe’s premier venture capital firm. I strongly believe that ..
16 June 2008
Balderton Press Release
By Balderton Capital
Les associés de Balderton Capital, société de capital-risque de premier plan, sont heureux d'annoncer que Bernard Liautaud, le fondateur de Business Objects, rejoindra leur société en tant que General Partner le 1er juillet. Bernard Liautaud a déclaré: << Je suis très heureux de rejoindr..
16 June 2008
Press Release
International growth bolstered by multi-million dollar investment from Balderton Capital.
Leading Data Centre Management Company, GDCM, has secured a multi-million dollar investment from Balderton Capital, the leading international venture capital firm. The investment will be used to accelerate the company’s international growth. Bernard Liau..
15 June 2008
Financial Times, Digital Media Correspondent
By Tim Bradshaw
Bernard Liautaud, the French founder of Business Objects, a software company that sold for £3.3bn ($6.4bn) this year, has joined Balderton Capital, the London-based venture capital investor. Mr Liautaud sold Business Objects to SAP, the world’s third-largest business software group, in January. His remi t as general partner will involve..
11 June 2008
Media Week
By John Reynolds
LONDON - Trinity Mirror regional sales company Amra is joining ad marketplace AdJug, adding the 274 newspapers it represents to AdJug's existing network of 1,200 publisher sites. Amra will join firms such as business publishers TouchLocal and Vivastreet in using the AdJug service, which allows companies to buy and sell ads directly, eliminating the..
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