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Nimbuzz

Website: http://www.nimbuzz.com
Address: Rivium Boulevard 301, Capelle a/d IJssel, See on map
Founded: 2006
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Investor(s): Holtzbrinck Ventures | Mangrove Capital Partners | Naspers
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Nimbuzz offers the most comprehensive social interaction service combining Instant Messaging, presence, and VoIP. The free application is available on the mobile, PC and web, for instant messaging, location sharing, (group)calling, and file sharing across popular communities, including Skype, Windows Live Messenger (MSN), Yahoo! Messenger, ICQ, GoogleTalk, AIM, GaduGadu, Jabber and Twitter, plus 23 social networks including Facebook and MySpace.

Nimbuzz has positioned itself to become the largest global communications platform for seamless IP-based communication among mobile devices and social media platforms.

Nimbuzz officially launched in May 2008. In July 2008, Nimbuzz was recognized by industry experts at AO Stanford Summit as part of the Global Top 250 technology companies for game-changing technology and market value, and won Best Mobile Startup in its category at Mobile 2.0 Europe.

Nimbuzz is headquartered in the Netherlands, with offices in Argentina and Brazil. The company, founded in 2006, and received VC and strategic funding by Mangrove Capital Partners (Skype), Naspers/MIH (Tencent, Mail.ru, Gadu-Gadu, Mweb, Sanook, Tradus) and Holtzbrinck Ventures (Kyte, StudiVZ).