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Skype

23-29 Rives de Clausen, Lëtzebuerg, L-2165, Luxembourg

Overview

Skype is for doing things together, whenever you’re apart. Skype’s text, voice, and video make it simple to share experiences with the people that matter to you, wherever they are. With Skype, you can share a story, celebrate a birthday, learn a language, hold a meeting, work with colleagues – just about anything you need to do together every day. You can use Skype on whatever works best for you - on your phone or computer or a TV with Skype on it. It is free to start using Skype - to speak, see, and instant message other people on Skype for example. You can even try out group videos, with the latest version of Skype. If you pay a little, you can do more things, in more ways, with more people – like call phones, access WiFi or send texts. You can pay as you go or buy a subscription, whatever works for you. And in the workplace, this means you can bring your entire ecosystem of workers, partners, and customers together to get things done. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Luxembourg, Skype is a division of Microsoft Corp.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
8

Sector focus

  • Mobile
  • Telecommunications
  • Video Chat
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Investment portfolio

  • Rdio

    Participated · Equity · Feb 2011

    Rdio provides an unlimited, on-demand social music service that lets users build and share online music collections from a catalogue of over 8 million songs. The company offers a Web-only tier for $4.99 per month and a premium version with mobile access for $9.99 per month. Rdio has secured licensing agreements with major labels — EMI, Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group — as well as agreements with thousands of indie labels. The service emphasizes social discovery and sharing features as part of its core product. Management says it will use new capital to expand to new platforms and regions during the year. Additional funds will also go toward hiring, ramping up marketing efforts and product development.

Team

  • Jaan Tallinn

    Co-Founder

  • Janno Teelem

    Mac Product Engineering Manager

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  • Nikolay Abkairov

    Director Consumer Video Technology

  • Ross Smith

    Director, Skype for Good

    LinkedIn