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IntoMobile (Free subscription) | yesterday
Nimbuzz, the company behind the popular VoIP and IM client, has announced that it has raised $15 million in the second round of funding. Naspers/MIH led the round and Nimbuzz's other major existing investor, Mangrove Capital Partners, also participated. According to the official release, the new money will be used to further develop Nimbuzz's product offering [...]
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VoIP News (Free subscription) | yesterday
What’s the buzz on Nimbuzz? The company has raised another $15 million for product development. This was Nimbuzz’s second round of fund raising. Naspers/MIH and Mangrove Capital Partners were involved in the fundraising.. “We are actively working on strategic distribution deals with leading social networks and mobile operators. It is our aim to blend our technology with [...]
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VentureBeat (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ringfree Mobility is seeking a round of funding to expand its mobile Internet voice calling solution for smart phones including the iPhone. The company is entering a crowded space, as Matt Marshall wrote last week in a profile of a couple of competitors, Fring and Nimbuzz. But Ringfree Mobility believes it has a user-friendly solution. The San [...]
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Silicon Valley Watcher (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
I'm lucky, I find an empty parking spot right outside the Thai restaurant where I'm meeting "EJ" (Evert Jaap Lugt) the CEO of Nimbuzz it's a company I'm starting to hear a buzz about. I've no idea what EJ looks like but there's a guy waiting outside. He says "Hello Tom, there's a tall blonde guy inside looking for you." I walk inside and sure enough a tall blonde guy bounds up and introduces himself...
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The Next Web (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Remember my ‘Wow!’ post about Nimbuzz last May? The Dutch mobile VoIP and IM start-up then launched a VoIP app that was compatible with more than 500 handsets which allowed free calling in 50 countries. I received a couple of comments on this lyric post, mostly from people who wondered why they should say other [...]
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China 3G Telecom Market Report (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Nimbuzz Raises 5 Million in Second Round Funding TMC Net, CT - 8 hours ago Additionally, their online social networking experience can be extended to the mobile phone, allowing them to become completely connected. ...
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Digital Media Wire (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
London - Nimbuzz, a provider of VoIP and IM services for mobile devices and social networks, announced on Wednesday that it has raised a $15 million second round of funding, led by Naspers/MIH with participation from previous backer Mangrove Capital Partners. read more
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Fierce VoIP (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Mobile UC/FMC hardware maker Agito Networks and mobile VoIP software/social network client Nimbuzz both have secured their second rounds of venture funding this week. Silicon Valley-based Agito received around $13 million, with Castile Ventures leading the round and ITX and original investor Battery Ventures also participating. Agito intends to apply the money to further market expansion in the enterprise...
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Moco News (Free subscription) | 07/02/2008
Holland's Nimbuzz , another mobile app that hopes to aggregate all kinds of messaging networks and VoIP services, has raised a $15 million second round to add Windows Mobile, iPhone and Android support to its list of 23 currently supported mobile operating systems. The round is led by South African media firm Naspers' Myriad International Holdings (MIH) digital arm, which is joined by Luxembourg-based...
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VentureBeat (Free subscription) | 05/24/2008
If you are like me - that is, you split most of your “online time” between your smartphone, your computer’s chat client and your Facebook/LinkedIn page, Nimbuzz may be for you. It'll make all those communications smoother. My Facebook friends sometimes leave me wall messages that I take forever to respond to. Now they can call [...]
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[MobileRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 05/21/2008
Nimbuzz has announced that it will start UK launch of its VoIP application for UK cellphone users. With this all-in-one solution for free mobile VoIP calling the users will be able to communicate with...
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Telecom News / Telekom Haberleri (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Nimbuzz Offers All-In-One Mobile VoIP, IM, Text, And Chat A Netherlands-based startup is offering a sort of Swiss Army knife VoIP-IM-chat-texting program that can operate on hundreds of mobile phone handsets, according to an announcement Tuesday. Called Nimbuzz, the all-in-one application was announced in the U.K. and the beta offering is available for download. The company has received several million...
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UberPhones (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Nimbuzz is an all-in-one communication software that has just been formally launched. Aside from its own network, it also supports instant messaging and voice calls for popular clients such as, Skype, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, AIM and Jabber. Recent additions include support for true VoIP when making voice calls on S60 devices. Nimbuzz has also created a Communicator widget...
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SlashPhone (Free subscription) | 05/19/2008
Nimbuzz announces the UK launch of an application to provide mobile users and online communities with “free calls, chat and more.” Nimbuzz offers an all-in-one solution for free mobile VoIP calling, conference calling, instant messaging, chat and group chat, and photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, [...]
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IntoMobile (Free subscription) | 05/16/2008
Nimbuzz (a small company from the Netherlands) has launched Mobile VoIp in the UK. The app apparently aggregates user logins/contacts from a shed-load of online IM services and social networks, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber, ICQ, Facebook, Myspace, and several others. Nimbuzz also apparently works on 90+ handsets, including the Series60 and WinMo [...]
