Exits
Atom Entertainment
Atom Entertainment aggregates and distributes the best casual games, short films, and animations on the web. Atom Entertainment works with creative independent content developers to find and publish the very best casual games, short films, video and more to meet the new consumer demand for fun, short, accessible and unusual digital entertainment. Its five brands reach a broad spectrum of highly-desirable audiences. Atom Entertainment was acquired by Viacom's MTV Networks in August 06.back to the top
Chateau Online
ChateauOnline is the leading European online wine merchant. It offers 5000 wines from around the world, that are selected by Jean-Michel Deluc, Head Sommelier, and his wine tasting committee. ChateauOnline is also the No.1 online Wine Auctions Site in France, offering over 2500 lots per year from vineyards across the world. The company was sold to CL Financial in February 2005.back to the top
Firefly
Firefly, founded in Boston MA in 1995, was a pioneering developer of profile management, personalization tools and advanced solutions enabling businesses to build communities and create personalized relationships with customers. Co-investors include Atlas Ventures and Softbank. The company was sold to Microsoft in 1998.
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Fotango
Fotango, based in London, was a Web site for photo developing, sharing, and saving. Co-investors include Wellington Partners and Venture Partners. The company was sold to Canon Europe in 2001.
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h2g2
Formerly known as The Digital Village, h2g2 is a London-based media and communications company co-founded by the late Douglas Adams, author of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy". It was sold to the BBC in 2000.
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Interactive Investor International
Interactive Investor is a London-based financial portal. The company's active community of individual investors and independent financial advisors use the site to track stocks, find out about new financial products, and plan their personal financial portfolios. Co-Investors include Hollinger Digital. The company listed on the LSE in 2000 and was later sold to AMP.
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lastminute.com
lastminute.com is Europe’s leading travel and leisure website. Based on the idea of matching supply and demand, it offers consumers last minute opportunities to acquire airline tickets, hotel rooms, package holidays, entertainment tickets, restaurant reservations and home delivery, speciality services, gifts and auctions. Operating across multiple markets, lastminute.com has established approximately 13,600 supplier relationships and over 9.8 million subscribers to its weekly newsletter. lastminute.com was listed on the NASDAQ and LSE in 2000 and was sold to Sabre Holdings Corporation in 2005.back to the top
Launch
Based in Santa Monica, CA, Launch was one of the first companies to explore ways to use multi-media to enhance the music fan's experience. The company still produces its popular CD-ROM periodical for a core base of music fanatics, and has used the web to create a sophisticated personalized DJ service and destination for viewing music videos and learning about new bands. Co-investors include Intel, Softbank, NBC Entertainment, GE Capital, and Sony. The company was listed on NASDAQ in 1999 and was sold to Yahoo in 2001.
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Opera Software
Opera started in 1994 as a research project inside Norway’s largest telecom company, Telenor. Within a year, it branched out into an independent development company named Opera Software ASA.
Today, Opera Software develops the Opera Web browser, a high-quality, multi-platform product for a wide range of platforms, operating systems and embedded Internet products – including Mac, PC and Linux computers, mobile phones and PDAs, game consoles, and other devices like the Nintendo Wii, DS, Sony Mylo, and more.
Opera’s vision is to deliver the best Internet experience on any device. Opera’s key business objective is to earn global leadership in the market for PC/desktops and embedded products. Opera’s main business strategy is to provide a browser that operates across devices, platforms and operating systems, and can deliver a faster, more stable and flexible Internet experience than its competitors.
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Planet All
Founded in Boston MA, Planet All offers unique web-based address book, calendar and reminder services which allowing users to organize and automatically update contact and schedule information with friends, associates and other user members. Co-Investors include CMG@ventures and Lycos. The company was sold to Amazon in 1998.
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Player X
Player X is an award-winning mobile media company that specialises in games, video and TV. It has two operating divisions: Player X Distribution which delivers content aggregation and value added services to network operators and content providers; and Studio X its content arm that publishes mobile TV & video channels as well as games.
Player X has deals with more than 140 global operators and a potential audience of more than 2.5 billion people.
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PrePay Technologies
PrePay Technologies is an international market leader in designing and delivering a range of innovative yet simple prepay solutions, including Gift Cards, Corporate and Insurance claim cards for major retailers such as Debenhams and COMET. PrePay Technologies services its clients via its UK-based data centre, leveraging its strong project management skills to enable clients to achieve a speed-to-market unsurpassed by other third party and in-house options. PrePay Technologies is now using its experience gained in the UK to make a major push into Continental Europe where the prepay market is taking-off. The company was sold to Accor Services in September 2007.back to the top
Propertyfinder
Propertyfinder.com is one of the UK’s leading property websites. Launched in 1995, the company merged with Asserta Holdings Limited in 2001. Propertyfinder is used by leading estate agents throughout the UK to advertise over 200,000 properties for sale and for let. Propertyfinder was sold to News International and Realestate.com.au in November 2005.back to the top
Spinner
Founded in San Francisco, CA, Spinner is an Internet music destination offering proprietary tools and features to personalize a growing library of over 100,000 songs in 120 different genres. Spinner was the first and largest company offering continuously streaming music over the web. Co-investors include Allen & Company. (Acquired by AOL.) The company was sold to AOL in 1999.
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SmartJog
SmartJog, which spun out of GlobeCast (division of France Télécom), in October 2001, provides services to distributors and broadcasters of television content. The service includes electronic promotion, marketing and delivery of television content using Internet network capabilities combined with a broadband satellite network. Co-investors include Net Partners, TechFund Capital Europe, T-Source and France Télécom Technologies et Investissements (FTTI). The company was sold to TDF SA in August 2006.back to the top
UPOC
Upoc is the leading developer of cross-platform, carrier-agnostic mobile community technologies for reaching consumers across any wireless device. Upoc enables marketers, retailers, consumer goods and media companies to instantly reach their prime audiences with mobile communities, content, commerce and targeted promotions. (Sold to Dada Mobile, an Italian Company ("DA" on Milan Exchange) in 2006. back to the top