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swiss-list: CH funding for this week

From: Jean-Michel Pittet <click for textversion of email address >
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 07:29:24 -0800
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UB-MOBILE
http://www.ub-mobile.com
Geneva
FUNDING: $7M
PRIOR FUNDING: N/A
ROUND: 1st
CATEGORY: Wireless
DESCRIPTION: Develops wireless publishing services for
lifestyle and global travel content.
LEAD INVESTOR: Softbank Europe Ventures
OTHER INVESTORS: N/A
THE HERRING TAKE: Two-year-old uB-Mobile has wasted no
time in joining the parade of those producing content for
wireless devices. Its specialty is interactive travel
services and lifestyle content, in English, French, German,
Italian, and Spanish. Having already formed distribution,
technical development, and marketing agreements with Nokia,
Telefonica, and BT Wireless, uB-Mobile will use the new
funds to expand internationally and develop its next-
generation information technology. Daniel Sasaki, managing
director of Softbank Europe Ventures, says uB-Mobile's
innovative business model offers a strong revenue-sharing
proposition to both content and distribution partners. --
G.P.

SURFKITCHEN
http://www.surfkitchen.com
New York, Zurich
FUNDING: $3M
PRIOR FUNDING: N/A
ROUND: 1st
CATEGORY: Portal
DESCRIPTION: Turn-key portal apps for wired and wireless
services.
LEAD INVESTOR: ADD Partners
OTHER INVESTORS: None
MORE INFORMATION:
http://www.surfkitchen.com/news/index.cfm?part=news

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Jean-Michel Pittet - Director of Software Engineering - Kaveri Networks Inc.
jmp_at_kaverinetworks.com 408-585-5600, 950 Kifer Rd, Sunnyvale CA 94086

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