Nanoradio WiFi solution is inside the world's first 3G UMA mobile phone
2008-09-26
Nanoradio today announced that its "Always On WiFi"TM solution has been commercially launched inside the world´s first 3G UMA phone. The same "Always On WiFi"TM solution was also recently launched in a 2.5G UMA phone. The two phones, P250 and P270, will both be released by Samsung in multiple countries in Europe, opening up a new world of multimedia services to the UMA operator customer base. The P270 is the first device on the market that combines UMA and 3G network technology.
Stockholm OpenCoffee Club on 11 Sep
2008-09-01
It’s time for the autumn kickoff of the OpenCoffee Club of Stockholm. Please come and meet Per von Zelowitz and Mark Johnson from Nordic Venture Partners, in addition to many other interesting people. This is a casual meeting to talk about entrepreneurship and technology among friends. We will meet every month in the back room of Cafe Fresco at Grev Turegatan 10 at 14.00. We hope to see you there!
Nordic Venture Partners Invests €5 Million in NYX Interactive
2008-08-27
Stockholm August 29 2008: Nordic Venture Partners, the leading Scandinavian ICT venture capital firm, today announced a €5 million investment in NYX Interactive. The investment is a further testament to NYX being a world-class developer and supplier of online gaming technology and will aid the company in its international expansion.
Age of Conan one of the fastest selling PC games of all time
2008-05-27
- Over 400.000 gamers have entered game – First 20 reviews with an average review score above 90% - Durham, USA – May 26th, 2008 – Funcom is proud to announce that Age of Conan is one of the fastest selling PC games of all time. More than 400.000 gamers have entered Hyboria over the last few days, with almost half coming from the North American market. This amazing figure for a PC game shows that the positive pre-order trend has transferred into actual sales, and people from all over the world are now flocking to the most savage, sexy and brutal MMO ever created.
Danish start-up ZYB acquired by Vodafone for 235 million DKK
2008-05-16
The founders of ZYB and sole investor Nordic Venture Partners have signed an agreement with Vodafone to sell all shares in ZYB to Vodafone at a price of 235 million DKK.
Syslore to deliver an address recognition system for Itella
2008-05-07
Helsinki, Finland - 5 May 2008 – Syslore Ltd. Itella Mail Communication and the Finnish software company Syslore Ltd. have signed a contract for the delivery of an address recognition system for mail sorting and electronic message delivery services.
Nordic Venture Partners Invests in SANAKO’s International Expansion
2008-01-08
HELSINKI, Jan 8, 2008 - Nordic Venture Partners will invest over € 5 million in SANAKO shares. The new capital will allow SANAKO to enhance its presence in key markets including the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) and the Middle East. It will also strengthen the company’s educational offering to its worldwide customer base by collaborating with value network partners.
Atheros Communications Acquires u-Nav Microelectronics
2007-12-19
SANTA CLARA, CA, Dec. 13, 2007 - Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a leading developer of advanced wireless solutions, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and certain liabilities of u-Nav Microelectronics, a privately held fabless semiconductor company specializing in global positioning system (GPS) chipsets and software that enable mobile location-based products and services. u-Nav's 54 employees are located at its Irvine, CA headquarters and its European engineering facility in Tampere, Finland. The cash and stock transaction, currently valued at approximately $54 million, includes $15.4 million in cash and 1.28 million shares of Atheros common stock and may include an additional consideration to shareholders if certain defined milestones are achieved.
Nordic Venture Partners announces €12M investment in Exensor
2007-11-19
Copenhagen, Denmark - Nordic Venture Partners announces a €12M investment in Exensor, a Swedish based world leader in the development, design, integration and supply of sensor systems for Military and Homeland Security Applications.
blinkBox announces UK launch date
2007-11-19
After many months of intense development and negotiations with Hollywood Film Studios and international TV companies, blinkBox.com will ‘go live’ in beta format and will thereafter accept registrations from the general public. blinkBox.com is the first ‘one stop’ film and TV site to unleash the power of ‘blinks’. As well as purchasing and downloading films and TV shows, blinkBox enables you to clip your favourite scene, add a personalised message and send it to a friend’s mobile or PC as a ‘blink’.
End2End Acquires Terraplay
2007-11-06
Stockholm the 1st of Nov, 2007 - Terraplay, world leader in connected mobile gaming and innovator in developing solutions has been acquired by End2End, based in Aalborg, Denmark. End2End is a leading provider of managed service solutions for mobile data. The Terraplay acquisition allows End2End to offer operators market leading solutions in connected and multiplayer gaming, a fully managed mobile gaming offering, in addition to its full mobile content delivery platform.
Nordic Venture Partners announces $5.1 Million investment in TraceWorks
2007-09-14
Copenhagen, Denmark – Nordic Venture Partners announced today a $5.1M investment in TraceWorks, a Denmark-based company committed to designing, and providing advice and support for the best web-based end-to-end marketing software solution possible.
Nordic Venture Partners announces the promotion of new partners and investment directors
2007-09-11
Venture capital firm Nordic Venture Partners has promoted Thomas Tofte Hansen (Copenhagen) to the position of General Partner, Per von Zelowitz (Stockholm) to Partner and Juha Lehtola (Helsinki) to Investment Director. Mark Johnson joins the firm (Stockholm) as an Investment Director. Nordic Venture Partners is a technology venture capital firm with a global perspective, dedicated to world class performance through hands-on involvement and international networking, applied to ICT ventures with unique potential.
Another Stockholm OpenCoffee Club on April 26th
2007-03-21
Please come and meet Larry McDonald and Per von Zelowitz from Nordic Venture Partners and hopefully many others at the Stockholm OpenCoffee Club. This is a casual meeting to talk about entrepreneurship and technology among friends. We will meet every week in the back room of Cafe Fresco at Grev Turegatan 10 at 14.30. We hope to see you there.
Player X raises major investment $10 million for growth
2007-01-19
January 18th 2007 Mobile media company Player X has announced a second round of venture capital funding raising £5 million ($9.85 million) for rapid expansion and to accelerate its global content strategy across mobile TV, video and games.
Part exit in Nordic Venture Partners Portfolio company Ascio Technologies
2007-01-18
Copenhagen the 17th of January, The Nordic Venture Partners portfolio company Ascio Technologies was today sold to GroupNBT listed on AIM London Stock Exchange for a total price of the company of EUR 27m in a combination of cash, options and shares.
Group NBT plc Acquisition of Ascio Technologies A/S
2007-01-18
Group NBT, the leading UK domain name management company and managed web hosting provider, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Ascio Technologies A/S ("Ascio"), a provider of domain name services based in Copenhagen.
Polar Rose Raises $5.1 m in Series A Funding for Adding Context to Online Photos
2006-11-18
MALMO, Sweden, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Polar Rose AB, a company uniquely combining automatic facial recognition with 3D modeling for visual search applications, today announced it has received initial Series A funding. A total of $5.1 m (euro 4 m, SEK 37 m) was raised from Nordic Venture Partners (Copenhagen), the Nordic region's largest IT venture company. Polar Rose was founded with unique expertise in automatic 3D modeling and pattern recognition pioneered by the company's founder and CTO, Dr. Jan Erik Solem.
Nordic Venture Partners makes investment in ZYB
2006-10-17
COPENHAGEN, Denmark - 16. October 2006 - Nordic Venture Partners, the leading Scandinavian ICT venture capital firm, today announced that it has invested several million € in ZYB, a free mobile backup and sharing service operating on a global level. Also announced today, Preben Damgaard, co-founder of Damgaard/Navision and former Executive Vice President of Microsoft Business Solutions, has joined ZYB’s board of directors.
Operax raises $15 million led by Nomura International
2006-09-27
Stockholm-September 21, 2006-Operax announces it has raised US $15 million in Series C funding for its further global expansion plans, and to strengthen its leadership for QoS Control and Bandwidth Management in convergent all-IP broadband networks. Existing investors Nordic Venture Partners, Innovacom and Emano also participated in this round.