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Up one levelCanadian Media Company, Gesca, Expands Investment in SAXOTECH Mediaware Center
Tampa, Fla., August 31, 2010 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management and ad solutions, announced today Montreal-based Gesca, publisher of seven daily newspapers and one of Canada’s premiere media companies, has expanded its usage of the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center to include Quebec’s Le Soleil.
TARGIT enters South America
TARGIT has entered an agreement with consulting firm PA Latinoamericana about distribution rights for TARGIT BI Suite in the Brazilian market.
Jalbum is summer hot in App store - announcing trailblazing update
Stockholm, July 28th, 2010. The recently announced iPhone app from photo sharing service Jalbum.net has quickly become one of the worlds most popular photography apps in App store. Two days after launch it made the "What's hot" list and ranked top 5 most downloaded free photo apps in: Belgium, the Netherlands, Brazil, Mexico, Sweden, Finland, Canada, Italy and Spain. Today, Jalbum announces a pioneering update.
Targit - Business Intelligence becomes personal
Business intelligence is now available for personal use in the cloud. Danish software company TARGIT (with US subsidiary) has launched TARGIT PI, short for TARGIT Personal Intelligence, at pi.targit.com. It is a new cloud based business intelligence solution.
Journal Publications Selects SAXOTECH Online
Journal Publications Selects SAXOTECH Online Business journals to collaborate across properties, creating new efficiencies and additional cost savings
TARGIT will tour Denmark
Meet organizations, which benefit from TARGIT Business Intelligence, listen to their experiences and how they now make better decisions.
Post-Newsweek Media to Implement SAXOTECH Multi-channel
SAXOTECH Mediaware Center and SAXOTECH Online selected to optimize planning, streamline workflows and realize true content sharing.
Saxotech The Durango Herald and Cortez Journal Go Live on SAXOTECH
TAMPA, Fla. – July 7, 2010 – SAXOTECH, a leader in content management and advertising solutions, announced today the Durango Herald and Cortez Journal are live within SAXOTECH’s cloud on the SAXOTECH Mediaware Center and SAXOTECH Online. The two southwest Colorado media companies selected SAXOTECH’s solutions for their print and online media products.
Nanoradio launches a new unique family of wireless products, the Eco-Fi"TM “ family of products.
July 2nd, 2010 Nanoradio today announced the launch of NRX600/605, a new unique family of products, the Eco-Fi"TM “ family of products. Nanoradio will by the launch of the brand new "Eco-Fi"TM “ family of products, the NRX600 and 605 products, be able to significantly strengthen its customer’s products and further enrich the user experiences of embedded consumer electronics, powered by the new solution. The product family which is supporting 802.11 b/g/n standards, gives outstanding power and area savings, unwiring new economically and ecologically innovative customer products. The new "Eco-Fi"TM family of products will be complementing the Nanoradio "Always On WiFi"TM solution, the NRX700/2 WiFi chipset, which is continuing to win tremendous customer attraction.
Nanoradio - have a new member in the executive team, Mr Alan Boyd, VP of Operations
Starting from the 1st of June 2010, Alan holds the position of VP of Operations in Nanoradio AB.
Syslore announces new product: Syslore OCR
Helsinki, Finland, 23 June 2010 - Syslore is proud to announce a new address recognition solution for postal automation and mail processing - Syslore OCR. Syslore OCR is a high-performance address recognition system designed to maximize postal operatorsʼ automation and cost savings by providing highest read rates at the finest sorting depth with minimum error rates. Syslore OCR is capable of recognizing both machine printed and handwritten text.
Rovsing Dynamics expand co-operation with GasNatural-Fernosa in Spain
Copenhagen, 14 June 2010: GasNatural-Fenosa, one of the major energy suppliers in Spain, has just decided to monitor the condition of the mission critical machines of additional 5 power plants and has chosen OPENpredictor™.
Media Companies to Generate New Revenue with SAXOTECH’s
SAXOTECH addresses industry push to create fee-based content with solution media companies can use based on individual business models.
NYX Interactive AB acquires the Bingo network operator Cashball Ltd.
Stockholm June 8 2010: NYX Interactive has acquired 100 % of the shares of the Isle of Man based Bingo network operator Cashball from Bonnier Lottery. Cashball Ltd is one of the newest and the most innovative network operators of gaming services and delivery of digital gaming operations. Cashball has a number of customers in Spain, Sweden and the UK.
TARGIT now grows on home market
The new quarterly financial statement from TARGIT shows growth on the Scandinavian home market. "We have not experienced growth in Scandinavia in 2009, but in the first quarter of this year, we have had 11 percent growth on the Scandinavian home market. We believe this means the crisis must be over", says TARGIT CEO Morten Sandlykke.
Jalbum
Jalbum introduces Theme Shoots with Jack Hollingsworth Stockholm, April 21, 2010. Today, photo-sharing service Jalbum.net announces a new collaboration with world-renowned photographer Jack Hollingsworth. In a series of events, the massive Jalbum community of photography enthusiasts will gather around a common theme, lead and tutored by Jack Hollingsworth. Each event will include a blog post introducing the subject, a competition element and a user Group on Jalbum.net where anyone can participate. The first theme is Close-up photography (http://jalbum.net/blog/entry/close-up-with-jack-hollingsworth), followed by Portraits, Street, Urbex and HDR photography.
Blinkbox
Blinkbox continues to grow and remains the leading independent online VOD service in the UK. In May, the company launched on the PS3, the first of a number of devices it intends to expand onto this year as it extends its reach from the PC/Mac to the TV.
CRF Health
Take a look at the link below for CRF Health's latest news and events. http://www.crfhealth.com/news_press_releases.php
Aepona wins Global Telecoms Business Innovation Award for Canadian GSMA OneAPI Pilot
Belfast, UK – 10th June 2010 - Aepona, the software company that enables a new era of profitable collaboration between mobile operators and application providers, is pleased to announce that it is the joint recipient of a Global Telecoms Business 2010 Innovation Award. Ibrahim Gedeon, CTO of TELUS, Graham Trickey, Senior Director at the GSMA, and Michael Crossey, VP Marketing at Aepona accepted the award on behalf of Bell Canada, Rogers Wireless, TELUS , Aepona and the GSMA for its work on the Canadian OneAPI Pilot.
SAXOTECH - Omaha World-Herald to Capitalize on Local Revenue Opportunities with SAXOTECH’s Directory Publishing Center
SAXOTECH announced today Nebraska’s only statewide newspaper, the Omaha World-Herald, is the latest media company to implement SAXOTECH’s Directory Publishing Center, a turn-key business solution with advanced search functionality designed to enhance end-user experiences. The World-Herald serves more than 500 cities and towns in Nebraska and western Iowa.
Nyx
News in brief: Amuso site launch; Gaming VC sues GTech; Webis; Paf; Sentrigo; 888... Amuso’s trivia gaming network with embedded bingo client, side games and social networking capabilities, has gone live. The site, with gaming elements powered by Bonnier Gaming’s Cashball operating arm and Nyx Interactive, launches around Amuso’s exclusive version of the BBC’s globally successful gameshow The Weakest Link. Amuso chief executive Barak Rabinowitz (pictured) told EGRMagazine.com: “If you are going to try and break the UK bingo market, you either need multi-million pound budgets or exclusive content for marketing differentiation, and the latter is what we’re bringing to the table. The real potential is to use these big brands to reach a much broader audience and, ultimately, get CPAs down from industry standard £100 to £50, £40 or £30.” The launch is being supported with a suite of affiliate mini-games which can be rolled out across any publisher and an initial 50% revenue share offer to affiliates.
Targit - Software to help pressured German car industry
A special software solution for car dealers will now provide the pressured German car industry with everyday decision support. In the future, when the pressured German car industry has to make important decisions, it will do so on the basis of analyses and reports from a Danish information and management tool.
Targit positioned in the Magic Quadrant
After almost 14 years as a pure-play business intelligence developer, Danish TARGIT has been included as a niche player in IT research company Gartner's prestigious "Magic Quadrant" (see "Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence Platforms" by Gartner, January 2010). The inclusion comes after an analysis of TARGIT's business intelligence solution, TARGIT BI Suite. "We feel the inclusion means that we are being recognized as one the 15 most important developers in the world within our industry", says TARGIT CEO Morten Sandlykke. "We are both happy and proud to be accepted in that society, and we are certain that this analysis will facilitate our growth in the global market".
CRF Health reports record growth and earnings
Boosts investments in technology, staff and operations. Lansdale, PA -- February 12, 2010: CRF Health, a leading provider of electronic Patient Reported Outcomes (ePRO) for the life sciences industry, announced record-setting growth and earnings for 2009. Client commitments grew by 65% and resulted in record-setting revenue, earnings and backlog. Sales came from both new and existing clients and the company continues to gain market share. New products such as its TrialSlate® devices contributed strongly to the growth.
Atheros Communications Acquires u-Nav Microelectronics
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 Invests in SANAKO’s International Expansion
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.
End2End Acquires Terraplay
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.
Polar Rose Raises $5.1 m in Series A Funding for Adding Context to Online Photos
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.
blinkBox announces UK launch date
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’.
Nordic Venture Partners announces €12M investment in Exensor
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.
Nordic Venture Partners announces the promotion of new partners and investment directors
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.
Nordic Venture Partners announces $5.1 Million investment in TraceWorks
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.
Player X raises major investment $10 million for growth
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.
Group NBT plc Acquisition of Ascio Technologies A/S
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.
Part exit in Nordic Venture Partners Portfolio company Ascio Technologies
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.
Nordic Venture Partners makes investment in ZYB
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
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.
JAlbum raises capital from Nordic Venture Partners
Stockholm, Sweden-August 29, 2006-Nordic Venture Partners has invested in JAlbum. The financing will be used primarily to support the company in enhancing its software and website to support the growing JAlbum community. JAlbum has grown rapidly to become one of the most widely used and loved open-source photo and video album software projects in the world.
Funcom secures €5 million in financing from NVP
Durham, USA – August 25, 2005 – Funcom, a world leading developer and publisher of subscription-based online games like ‘Anarchy Online’ and ‘Age of Conan – Hyborian Adventures’, has secured a €5 million equity investment from Nordic Venture Partners (NVP). The investment is a further testament to Funcom being a world-class developer and publisher of online games, and will further aid the company in developing and publishing online games.
Nordic Venture Partners announces Robert Göthner
Nordic Venture Partners, the leading pan-Nordic venture capital firm, is pleased to announce that Robert Göthner has joined the firm as a Partner. Robert will utilize his extensive venture capital, operational and company building experience in working with the firm’s current portfolio as well as assisting the firm with new opportunities.
Nanoradio fully financed
Nanoradio fully financed to deliver the worlds smallest and lowest power WLAN chipset solution.
Nordic Venture Partners strengthens its team
Nordic Venture Partners has strengthened its operations by engaging Per-Arne Sandström as Senior Advisor from the 1st of January 2005.
NVP secure M€ 115 for new investments
Nordic Venture Partners now has an additional €115 million available for ICT companies in the Nordic.
Another Stockholm OpenCoffee Club on April 26th
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.