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Saul Klein: London's Start-Up Accelerator

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on March 1, 2013

Saul Klein, a scheduled speaker at the March 1st Web Summit in London, helped kick start Britain’s Internet sector 20 years ago, launching a digital version of the Telegraph newspaper when only some 30,000 people in Britain were online. Fast forward 20 years, the Internet represents 8% of the UK’s GDP and Klein, now a tech industry veteran and seasoned investor, is still playing a pivotal role.Read more

VCs Are Flocking to Russia

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on May 29, 2012

Russia is experiencing a gold rush of sorts, as venture funds from the U.S and Europe attempt to cash in on the largest and fastest-growing Internet market in Europe.

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Russia's E-Commerce Boom

Submitted by Eric Sylvers on May 28, 2012

Russia, Europe’s biggest and fastest-growing Internet market, is red hot.Read more

Smart Meter Company AlertMe Raises 17 Million Euros, Announces Commercial Partnership with British Gas

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on October 12, 2010

AlertMe, a Cambridge, England- based energy management company that helps consumers understand their electricity consumption and reduce it through a device and software, announced Oct. 11 that is has closed a €17 million  round led by Good Energies, Index Ventures, SET Venture Partners and VantagePoint Venture Partners.Read more

Spain's Privalia Venta Directa Raises $95 Million from Index Ventures, General Atlantic and Highland Capital Partners

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on October 12, 2010

Privalia Venta Directa, a private online sales club, has raised  €70 million ($95 million) in financing from Index Ventures.   Privalia was founded in Barcelona, Spain in 2006 by Lucas Carné and José-Manuel Villanueva and is the market leader in each country in which it currently operates: Spain, Brazil, Italy and Mexico and has over 5 million members worldwide.
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Mobile Payments Company Boku Raises $25 Million In Series C Funding Led by Dag Ventures

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on January 19, 2010

 Mobile payment provider BOKU,  announced January 19 that it has raised $25 million in series C capital led by DAG Ventures,  with continued participation from Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures.Read more

Electronic Arts Accelerates Move Into Social Gaming With Playfish Acquisition

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on November 9, 2009

In an anticipated deal Electronic Arts announced November 9 that it will buy Playfish, a London-based company that produces games for friends to play together over social and mobile platforms such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Google, iPhone and Android. Playfish, a two-year-old company backed by Accel Partners and Index Ventures, is disrupting the traditional video game marketplace by offering game experiences that allow people to play with their real life friends via social networks.Read more

Boku Raises 8 Million Pounds, Acquires Two Mobile Payment Companies

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on June 16, 2009

BOKU, a San Fransico-based global mobile payments company, announced June 16 that it is acquring two competitors and has secured £8 million pounds in venture funding in a round led by Benchmark Capital, with participation from UK-based Index Ventures and Khosla Ventures.Read more

British Cleantech Start-Up Raises 9.1 Million Euros

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on June 10, 2009

AlertMe, a Cambridge, England -based company that helps consumers understand their electricity consumption and reduce it through a device and software, has raised 8 million pounds (€9.1 million) in venture capital in a B round.Read more

OpenX ad exchange raises $10 million in series C round

Submitted by Jennifer L. Schenker on May 26, 2009

OpenX Technologies, an independent ad server for web publishers, today announced it has completed a $10 million Series C fundingbringing  the total investment in the company, which was founded in London and is now based in Pasadena, California, to more than $30.8 million. DAG Ventures led the round and  existing investors Accel Partners, Index Ventures, Mangrove Capital, First Round Capital and Jonathan Miller, the company’s Board chairman, all participated.Read more

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