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25.06.2008

Leading Mobile Games Developer XENDEX Raises EUR 2.3 Million

Vienna, June 25th 2008. In a first round of financing, PONTIS Venture Partners, a venture capital company headquartered in Vienna, Austria, as well as a group of business angels are participating with a EUR 2.3 million investment in Xendex, one of Europe's leading developers for mobile games. The former founders of 3United mobile solutions PLC, an Austrian company that was bought for EUR 55 million in early 2006 by global market leader Verisign, are among the business angels.
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25.01.2008

123people.com optimizes Web-Based People Search - European incubator releases "the next generation of people search on the Web"

VIENNA, Austria - January 25, 2008. i5invest, a European-based IT and mobile telecommunications incubator, today announces the European launch of 123people.com, a site designed to fundamentally improve the quality of people search on the Web. In addition to aggregating people information from globally accessible databases and networks on the Web, 123people.com also crawls country-specific Web sites to provide fast access to the most comprehensive results possible.
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17.12.2007

Fundraising without spending money

Fundraising without spending money turns into reality with email charity. email charity (www.emailcharity.com) is a fundraising tool that allows anyone to help without any further costs or efforts, simply by sending emails on a daily basis. With a professionally designed email signature, the user shows his support for a certain charity initiative, thus generating attention and donations. Licht ins Dunkel, the largest charity initiative in Austria in cooperation with Ö3, is one of the first partners of this innovative fundraising tool email charity.
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22.08.2007

Markus Wagner helps Austrian mobile gaming company Xendex to expand

Internet entrepreneur Markus Wagner joins Xendex, one of the leading providers for mobile gaming. As business angel Wagner will contribute time and know-how to help finance and internationalize Xendex.

For Xendex Markus Wagner's help promises acceleration in the planed growth, especially for the international market. Wagner lends Xendex his support and provides his international network within the mobile entertainment branch. Hence, Xendex reaches a significantly wider and more international market entry and positions itself as a global play within the gaming industry.
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24.05.2007

Incubator i5invest enters 3D-Onlineworld Papermint

New York & Vienna, 24th May 2007. Internet Entrepreneur Markus Wagner leaves the US-telecommunication group VeriSign with immediate effect in order to launch i5invest, an IT company that boosts Internet start-ups based in the US and Austria. One of the first steps is to enter in to the 3D online world, Papermint.
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