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The fastest growing tech companies in Europe? We found them

Apr11
by on April 11, 2014 at 9:23 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, UK, Voice

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A month ago we teamed up with global payments technology provider Adyen to launch a new competition in search of Europe’s fastest growing tech startups: The European Tech5. After receiving a ton of submissions and screening more than a hundred companies across seven countries in Europe, the list of the fastest growing young European tech companies is ready. The Tech5 lists are based on actual revenue, traffic and employee data and shows the growth rate between 2011 and 2013. The main entry criteria for the Tech5 was that they must’ve launched in 2009 or later, have more than €500,000 in…

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Zopim’s $30m exit boosts Singapore and highlights opportunities for B2B startups

Apr11
by on April 11, 2014 at 8:37 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Singapore, zendesk, zopim

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Singapore is celebrating one of its most notable tech exits to date after Zopim, a company that provides live chat support services for websites, was sold to customer service software firm Zendesk in a deal that could be worth as much as $30 million. There have been bigger acquisitions out of Singapore — for example Rakuten’s $200 million deal for Viki last year — but Zopim is different, since it did not raise private venture funding and has been profitable for some time. Build good products Zopim bootstrapped, pivoted to a freemium model and maintained a strong focus on product….

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WeChat isn’t planning to make money outside of China (yet), sees US as ‘hardest market’ to crack

Apr11
by on April 11, 2014 at 7:21 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, messaging app, Profiles and Interviews, wechat

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Messaging app WeChat (known as Weixin in China) hit the monetization switch last year and is already expected to rake in $1.1 billion in revenue this year. However, that seems to be limited to China for now, where Weixin has gone beyond engaging with brands to create ‘Official Accounts’ to form an m-commerce ecosystem which includes payments. The international market, on the other hand, has not progressed in this way — there are Official Accounts but no stirrings of an m-commerce ecosystem (think flash sales and payment mechanisms) on WeChat. Poshu Yeung, vice president of the international business group at Tencent, which owns WeChat, had…

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Good deal: 1Password gets 50% discount following the Heartbleed security flaw discovery

Apr11
by on April 11, 2014 at 7:06 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

In the wake of the discovery of the Heartbleed security issue, popular password-management software 1Password is now available for half price for Mac, Windows and iOS. 1Password 4 for Mac and 1Password for Windows can be yours for upwards of $24.99, while the iOS app is available for $8.99. Knox for Mac is down to $17.49, while a 1Password Mac + Windows Bundle is priced at $34.99. (Details of all of the deals can be found here.) Agile Bits, the company behind 1Password, is making the move to help more Internet users take better care of their online presence. As well as storing passwords,…

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