Google starts their own venture capital fund

Submitted by JohnPierre on Tue, 03/31/2009 - 22:37

Google started their own venture capital fund, to create and support the next big thing.
see http://www.google.com/ventures/index.html for more information about this initiative.

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AlpInvest Partners N.V.

Founded: 1999
Fund size: 40000M Euro
Startup portfolio: Q-go
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AlpInvest Partners independently manages the private equity investments for two of the world's largest pension funds: Dutch ABP and PFZW.....

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Serious Toys

Founded: 2008
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Investor(s): Prime Technology Ventures
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Serious Toys develops and sells products that combine fun and personal development optimally. Allowing children to reach their full potential in a pleasant way and without pressure.....

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Nimbuzz is 2009’s “Best Converged Solution”

Submitted by Jaap on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 22:57

Nimbuzz got nominated for the Red Herring 100 but it also won already the price of "Best Converged Solution" at the Mobile News Awards 2009

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5 Dutch Startups nomimated for Red Herring Awards

Submitted by Jaap on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 22:54

Delta Solutions, In Real Life (IRL), Mobypicture, Nimbuzz and Service2Media got nominated for the prestigious ....

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In Real Life

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Founded: 2008
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In Real Life (IRL) is evolving location-based social networking beyond simple mapping of events and places.....

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Service2Media

Founded: 2005
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Service2Media creates interactive mobile marketing and media solutions integrated with other media such as internet and TV.The solutions and propositions of Service2Media enable companies to establish personalized contact with customers by using the mobile phone - both via the internet and via a program on the phone -.....

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Mobypicture

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With Mobypicture you can send videos, pictures and text directly from your phone to you social network sites such as hyves, facebook, twitter, your blog etc.

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Delta Solutions

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Delta Solutions is a software product developer specialized in automating audio & video production workflows. Delta Solutions is an independent Dutch company located in Hilversum, the media capital of The Netherlands.....

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Nothing to Lose (or Risk Tolerance is a Competitive Weapon)

Submitted by Jaap on Wed, 03/25/2009 - 08:28

According to Josh Kopelman the current economic downturn is difficult for startups (no surprise) but that it also brings real opportunities to attack large entrenched players. His reasoning is that startups can take more risks than large players and shows this with an example how Paypal blew the eBay billpoint out of the water round the year 2000.....

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