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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Ingrid Lunden
Jan 28, 2011 9:29 AM
The mobile music space has just picked up a bit more capital: Rdio, music discovery and sharing startup, has raised financing from Mangrove Capital Partners. Rdio was founded by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, pictured, who had also created Skype and Joost and file sharing site Kazaa.
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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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Patrick Smith
Feb 25, 2009 7:45 AM
The recession has been here one month in the UK but, somehow, home-grown start-ups are still getting VC funding. Online profiling technology developer Imagini today announces (via TCUK) a $13.5 million (£9.3 million) second round of funding from Horizon Ventures, NorthZone and Atomico. That follows a first round of $5…
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