German millionaires gave money for the European expansion of Facebook
The fast-growing social network Facebook has acquired another strategic investor. Three German financier brothers Alexander, Mark and Oliver Somvers, who made a fortune in Internet start-ups, invested their money in the project. At the time, the brothers founded a start-up Alando (sold by eBay in 1999 for $ 54 million) and Jamba (sold by Verisign in 2004 for $ 273 million).
The amount of investment is not called, but it is quite possibly measured in tens of millions of dollars. This money will be spent on the European expansion of the American portal. Previously, the Somvers have already invested in a German Facebook clone called StudiVZ . This project was sold a year ago for? 100 million . In addition, the brothers own a share in the social network LinkedIn .
Europeans are rapidly becoming involved in various social networking projects. For example, 11% of UK residents visit such sites weekly, while in the US this figure is only 7%. Other European countries still lag behind both the UK and the US.
The information that the Somvere brothers acquired part of Facebook was leaked to the press yesterday through one of the German blogs. There is no official confirmation yet, but a quick check of the facts shows that these data are most likely reliable. Moreover, Facebook has already done the same trick in Asia when it raised $ 60 million from one of the Hong Kong millionaires to develop its portal in Asia.
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Based on the same logic, Facebook can now negotiate with the Russian oligarchs on the creation of the Russian Facebook site, the more fertile ground has been prepared for it here.
via Business Week
The amount of investment is not called, but it is quite possibly measured in tens of millions of dollars. This money will be spent on the European expansion of the American portal. Previously, the Somvers have already invested in a German Facebook clone called StudiVZ . This project was sold a year ago for? 100 million . In addition, the brothers own a share in the social network LinkedIn .
Europeans are rapidly becoming involved in various social networking projects. For example, 11% of UK residents visit such sites weekly, while in the US this figure is only 7%. Other European countries still lag behind both the UK and the US.
The information that the Somvere brothers acquired part of Facebook was leaked to the press yesterday through one of the German blogs. There is no official confirmation yet, but a quick check of the facts shows that these data are most likely reliable. Moreover, Facebook has already done the same trick in Asia when it raised $ 60 million from one of the Hong Kong millionaires to develop its portal in Asia.
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Based on the same logic, Facebook can now negotiate with the Russian oligarchs on the creation of the Russian Facebook site, the more fertile ground has been prepared for it here.
via Business Week
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/18815/
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