Archive for March, 2007

BestBuy Acquires Speakeasy

March 27th, 2007

Our portfolio company Speakeasy announced today that it would be acquired by BestBuy. Here’s the full release. We have been using Speakeasy’s high quality broadband services at our US office and have always been thrilled with their service, so I am sure that this will be a strong addition to BestBuy’s offering and a great […]

BV Capital leads investment in German Experteer.de

March 26th, 2007

I’ve got some shameless self-promotion today, but bear with me since I am really excited about the deal: BV Capital is leading a round of financing of Experteer.de, with Wellington Partners of Munich also participating in the round.
Experteer is a career service for everyone aiming to make more than 60,000
Euros annual salary. For a monthly […]

Web 2.0 Investments Double in 2006

March 23rd, 2007

I saw this article in VentureWire, a newsletter for VCs, yesterday:
Start-ups dabbling in the so-called Web 2.0 space raised $844.4 million in 2006, more than double the previous year, highlighting the gold rush for the next YouTube.
However, while an industry report issued today confirmed that investors are undoubtedly flooding into these start-ups across the globe, […]

No, I have not forgotten…

March 23rd, 2007

…about this blog. I just took a hiatus while I was really busy with a bunch of things, but more about that later. For now, I just want to let you know that you can expect me to post again regularly.