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Skype Co-Founding Engineers Invest In Pet Social Network
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Ambient Sound Investments (ASI), the investment company established by the four co-founding engineers of Skype has invested $235,000 USD in United Dogs and Cats Ltd, an Estonian startup that offers localized social networking sites for lovers of dogs and cats. UnitedDogs.com and UnitedCats.com offers traditional social networking tools such as [...] [ TechCrunch ] - Via Orglex
Family-tree site Kindo gets another seed investor
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Family-tree builder and networking site Kindo announced today that it will be receiving seed money from Estonian venture company Ambient Sound Investments. Through features like communication tools, family statistics and a newsfeed, Kindo says it wants to connect families the way Facebook connects friends and LinkedIn connects colleagues. But Kindo [...] [ VentureBeat ] - Via Orglex
Genealogy 2.0 Site Kindo Funded By Skype Founders
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From PCUK: Putney, UK-based "next-generation" family tree network Kindo tells us it has just raised seed funding to add to its high-profile mix of early backers. The sum of an undisclosed size comes from Ambient Sound Investments (ASI), the Estonian-based VC house started by some of Skype's founding engineers. The [...] [ PaidContent.org ] - Via Orglex
You’ve stalked your friends, now get a newsfeed from your family
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London-based Kindo, a social network aimed at your living family-tree, has won undisclosed seed funding from Estonia-based Ambient Sound Investments, reports TechCrunch UK. (Why are they Estonian based? Because they are formed from Skype's founding engineers). Also in the seed round is Saul and Robin Klein of The Accelerator Group [...] [ TechCrunch ] - Via Orglex
FlowPlay Raises $3.7M for Virtual Gaming
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FlowPlay first came on the scene about a year ago, when the company announced its plans to begin testing its casual game platform in preparation for its launch, which is scheduled for later on this spring. Having had a round of angel funding, FlowPlay has been able to build up [...] [ Mashable ] - Via Orglex
FlowPlay raises $3.7M for avatar game for teenagers
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FlowPlay, a Seattle company developing a virtual world for teenagers and young adults around casual gaming, has raised $3.7 million in a first round of funding led by Intel Capital and Ambient Sound Investments. John Cook, of Seattle PI has the news. The company, run by former general manager of [...] [ VentureBeat ] - Via Orglex
FlowPlay creates virtual world for gamers
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FlowPlay, which is developing a virtual world for teenagers and young adults around casual gaming, has raised $3.7 million in a first round of funding led by Intel Capital and Ambient Sound Investments.[...] [ John Cook ] - Via Orglex
