After Netvibes received some funding from Index and well-connected business angels, Michael Arrington revealed that Pageflakes will announce a funding round from Benchmark. This obviously will heat up the still early-days of customizable, personalized home-pages.
Takeaway: The funding of these two additional competitors of Microsoft, Google and Yahoo will definitely heat up things in this space, [...]
Archive for May, 2006
Pageflakes receives funding! Heating up AJAX-Desktop Battle!
May 31, 2006German MNO Alliance for Mobile TV
May 29, 2006What a big bang announcement! T-Mobile, Vodafone, O2 and e-Plus have announced a cooperation to deliver 14 TV Channels and 2 Radio Channels based on the DVB-H Standard.
Takeaway: This is a big move in the overall mobile TV landscape. So far, only young and motivated start-ups (MFD, etc.) have started to set-up their own programs [...]
Congratulations to the RedHerring 2006 Winners – Germany coming in only at 4th place!
May 10, 2006Congratulations to the winners of the RedHerring 2006 contest. Some remarkable winners worth mentioning from Germany are (in no particular order): Actionality, OpenBC and Spreadshirt. A positive surprise from a German side is clearly PV Crystalox Solar, examplifying Germany's competitive edge in the cleantech space. Other European companies who made it on the list this [...]
RedHerring 100 Event – Recap
May 10, 2006I am just on my way back from the RedHerring 100 conference, which took place in Paris this week. Definitely one of the top events here in Europe, where you can meet the best VCs and start-ups in Europe. 100 “start-ups” from technology and life sciences got awarded there and had the chance to pitch [...]
