Deal Highlights Europe
Name: Borro Sector: Consumer Web CEO: Paul Aitken
Investors: Augmentum Capital, Eden Ventures, Rockridge Investments Deal Value: $12.1 million
borro is the leading online asset lender offering short term loans of £100 to £1,000,000 against assets of value including Jewellery, Luxury Watches, Fine Art, Antiques, Sculptures, Luxury Cars, Light Aircraft and other high value items. With a centralized business model, all of borro’s valuation experts have worked for the leading auction houses. This allows the company to lend against the broadest range of assets, to lend more than anyone else, and at the lowest interest rates.
Name: Conversocial Sector: Software CEO: Joshua March Investors: DFJ Esprit Deal Value: $2.4 million
Conversocial helps turn social platforms into effective marketing and customer service channels for brands. It provides back end workflow, management and reporting tools for companies and agencies to track engagement, manage incoming content on Facebook and Twitter, and manage team assignment and customer service queries.
Name: Neul Sector: Network/Hosting CEO: James Collier
Investors: DFJ Esprit, IQ Capital Partners, Cambridge Business Angels, Private investors
Deal Value: $12.8 million
Neul develops innovative & disruptive wireless network technology to enable the use of TV 'white space' spectrum. They provide reliable, secure, long range wireless connectivity to satisfy the burgeoning market for data communications. By deploying or using a Neul network, customers benefit from unrivalled geographic coverage, increased network capacity and dramatically reduced costs. The vision is to bring about a revolution in the way devices and applications communicate.
Name: Wooga Sector: Social Gaming CEO: Jens Begemann
Investors: Balderton Capital, Highland Capital Partners, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Tenaya Capital
Deal Value: $24 million
wooga develops high-quality social games on networks like Facebook. With new games always in development wooga intends to become a major player in the market for social games by developing very high-quality, emotional social games that raise the bar. Their 1st game Brain Buddies launched in July 2009, quickly climbed to 6 million monthly active users (MAU) in a few short months and now has a dedicated and active fan base.
Name: Groupalia Sector: eCommerce CEO: Joaquin Engel
Investors: General Atlantic, Insight Venture Partners, Index Ventures, Nauta Capital, Caixa Capital
Deal Value: $15 million
Groupalia, founded in Barcelona in 2009, is an online site that offers a daily deal, in the form of a discount coupon, on the best things to do, see, eat, and buy in the cities where it is present. The deal is sold through a coupon that buyers receive by e‐mail, print and hand in to suppliers on the day of consumption, with expiration ranging from 6 to 12 months. For consumers, Groupalia offers the opportunity to buy attractive services at reduced prices.
The Quarterly Transatlantic Tech Investment Review
Calibre One : International Executive Search
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