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07:39 AM Friday, August 31, 2007
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In the context of Don Dodge’s recent blog on Paul Graham and YCombinator , I wanted to highlight a similar initiative here in Europe called SeedCamp . Inspired by YCombinator and the OpenCoffeeClub , Seedcamp will be a week long event in London, September Read More...
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06:24 AM Friday, June 15, 2007
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At the recent EMEA VC Summit ( recap here ) we featured 20 high-potential companies seeking funding in the Microsoft StartupZone Showcase. The format was your generic pitch-camp (7 mins pitch, 3mins Q&A) with the aim of presenting a selection of our Read More...
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11:54 AM Monday, June 11, 2007
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On June 4 th in Brussels, Microsoft hosted our 4 th Annual EMEA VC Summit . This year’s event drew over 200 people from the investment and innovation ecosystem in order to explore opportunities for partnership, insight and investment. The theme this year Read More...
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11:52 PM Friday, June 08, 2007
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We have been on the hunt for our most exciting early-stage partners. As a base, we leveraged Microsoft’s Empower for ISV program and worked with The Library House as well as our European subsidiaries to highlight partners that have the highest potential Read More...
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08:34 AM Monday, May 28, 2007
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The Emerging Business Team is active in many countries and regions world-wide. This blog to feature some highlights from our man in Moscow: Sergey Eremin ... Earlier this year, Microsoft Russia initiated a joint program with the Bortnik’s Fund (a foundation Read More...
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05:39 AM Wednesday, May 16, 2007
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Microsoft are hosting an exciting event in Brussels this coming June with a focus on providing insight into our innovation investments and strategies as well as a showcase of our most innovative Microsoft partners. Built around the theme of ‘ Small Companies, Read More...
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08:12 AM Thursday, May 03, 2007
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We are all very happy that Microsoft and Screentonic have agreed to team up via acquisition, a move that further bolsters our Windows Live mobile advertising capability. In a press release today, Steve Berkowitz, senior vice president of the Online Services Read More...
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05:54 AM Monday, April 30, 2007
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Microsoft is working with The Library House to discover the most exciting Empower partners in Europe. As part of the ‘ High Potential Empower ’ (HIPE) initiative we are offering our European Empower partners the chance to explore your investment readiness Read More...
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12:41 PM Tuesday, April 17, 2007
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Today, BT launched their BT Applications Marketplace , a shop front from which SaaS ISVs can sell their value added services to BT’s 500,000 s mall business broadband customers in the UK . The marketplace provides ISVs with a free micro-site (their own Read More...
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08:18 AM Thursday, April 05, 2007
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The European ICT Prize is the EU's "Nobel Prize" for innovation in information and communication technologies, drawing focus on companies with the most innovative products and services in the field of ICT. The 20 prize winners were selected by the European Read More...
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10:57 AM Friday, March 23, 2007
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Red Herring host the Venture Market Europe 2007 next week in Cannes, France. Microsoft are Gold Sponsors and we always enjoy involvement in this forum. Each year, Red Herring do a great job of highlighting the most innovative companies in cleantech, IT Read More...
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04:05 PM Monday, March 19, 2007
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It is great to see our partners succeed! In this case, the sale of NetEconomy (Netherlands-based, VC-backed, Microsoft EBT partner) to FiServ Inc (US-based, NASDAQ-listed, Certified Microsoft Partner) last week seems to make a lot of sense, delivering Read More...
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08:33 AM Monday, March 19, 2007
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Welcome to the Winter ’07 edition of the Microsoft EMEA ‘Investors in Innovation’ Newsletter! This newsletter is sent out quarterly to our EMEA VC partners. It has been a busy past few months with an apparent up-tick in activity for the venture markets Read More...
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03:57 PM Wednesday, March 07, 2007
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OK – I’m officially amazed at the mindshare that Second Life is gaining. Last week I was sitting with the CEO of an AIM-listed accounting software producer who was raving about Second Life. His company had hosted and event in the virtual world as well Read More...
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05:42 AM Thursday, February 22, 2007
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Who said that MS and its partners are not at the cutting edge of the consumer market... including Mobile 2.0 applications for on-device user generated content? At 3GSM in Barcelona this month, Tao Group 's award winning miniMIXA on Windows Mobile was Read More...
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