Tag Archives : Niklas Zennström

The company Skype aims to raise $ 100 million through an initial public offering (IPO in the stock market) in the United States. The order of business is to diversify and further increase revenue and user base. In its presentation, the corporation said that most of its revenue now comes from the SkypeOut service, which the company intends to expand, [...]

The founders of one of the most widely used voice over Internet telephony services (VoIP), Skype have reportedly raised new funds, that they intend to invest in emerging and disruptive technologies from Europe. The founders of Skype, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis had set up an all new investment firm in the year 2006, by the name of Atomico Ventures, [...]

After a long standing legal battle between the online auction giant, eBay and the internet telephony company, Skype has finally led to the salvation of Skype, as eBay has sold out a major share of telephony company, but still retains 30% stake in Skype. It is one of the most biggest and most successful web telephonic company, that provides its users [...]

The long standing legal stand off between Skype, a leading online communications network and one of the largest online shopping websites, eBay has finally come to end with the founders of Skype being awarded a 14% stake in the company along with two seats on Skype’s board of directors. eBay retains 30% rights on Skype. The private investors, who [...]

The founders of Kazaa, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, in partnership with Skype, should throw in the beginning of 2010 Rdio, service that will allow the sharing, storage and streaming of music online, based on a signatures system. The music businesses move in a very slow way due to the subjects of copyrights. The first attempt was the creation of [...]