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Janus Friis

Janus Friis - Click to view image in its original context
Janus Friis
Type: Person
Name: Janus Friis
Title: Entrepreneur and Investor
Date of Birth: --/--/1976
Place of Birth: Denmark
Nationality: Denmark
Fact Sheet: Biography for Janus Friis
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 22 hours ago - 37 Documents (in Internet & IT)
EBay Closes USD 2 B Sale of Skype
Online auction giant EBay announced it has completed the sale of its Skype Internet phone unit in a USD 2 B deal.The buyer group, which will control a stake of about 70%, was led Silver Lake and includes Joltid Ltd., the Canada Pension Plan Investment ... [Sofia News Agency - 22 hours ago]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 21 hours ago - 10 Documents
eBay Finally Spins Off Skype
EBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) announced Friday that it has completed its spinoff of the Internet telephony unit to a consortium of investors that includes Silver Lake, Andreessen Horowitz and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board.The deal values Skype at ... [Seeking Alpha - 21 hours ago]
First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents
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Google Inc
Google takes on Skype
Google has begun the battle for VoIP supremacy, writes Garry Barker.Google is about to challenge Skype for the global 'free' internet phone call crown.The giant of search has bought, for a reported $30 million, Gizmo5, the VoIP technology developed by ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/19/2009]
First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)
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eBay Inc
eBay Completes Sale of Skype Unit to Investor Group
San Jose, Calif. - Nearly three months after first announcing the deal, online auction giant eBay (NASD: EBAY) said that it has completed the sale of a majority stake in its Skype Internet telephone business to an investment group headed by Silver Lake ... [Digital Media Wire - 11/20/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 49 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Ebay ends legal wrangle with Skype founders
San Fransisco, November 7 -- EBay Inc. on Friday announced a formal settlement that is expected to end its legal battle with Skype founders and proceed with the sale of the online calling service.Under the new settlement, Zennstorm and Friis will hold ... [The Money Times - 11/07/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/07/2009 - 10 Documents (in Corporate Deals)
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Niklas Zennström
Skype Founders Reach Agreement with Buyers—Reports
The dispute between Skype's founders and the investment groups that are putative buyers of the business may be nearing an agreement, according to Bloomberg. Citing unnamed sources as the deal is not in the public domain, the agreement will see the two ... [Communications Direct - 11/07/2009]
First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/04/2009 - 10 Documents
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Skype Technologies SA
Skype Battle Nears End
Originally posted on VoIP & Gadgets Blog, here: http://blog.tmcnet.com/blog/tom-keating/skype/skype-battle-nears-end.asp.Gigaom reports that there is a good chance that a resolution of the lawsuit between the Skype founders Niklas Zennstr�m and Janus ... [TMC Net - 11/04/2009]
First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/09/2009 - 5 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Deal Confirmed for Founders to Regain Stake in Skype
eBay has confirmed the deal reported last week that will hand Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis a stake in the company they founded. Index Ventures, which was controversially involved with Mike Volpi (chief executive at Zennström and Friis's ... [Communications Direct - 11/09/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 3 Documents
Skype
The return of founding fathers has a mixed record in the tech world, but having Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis back is at least a good start ... [FT.com - IT - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/09/2009 - Updated 11/10/2009 - 7 Documents (in Internet & IT)
Skype calls litigation to a close
Calling weeks of drama to a close, Skype has announced its legal battles between its founders and investors is finally over.The VoIP service's founders, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, who also founded Joltid, have finally reached a settlement with ... [Hexus - 11/10/2009]
First Reported 11/06/2009 - Updated 11/06/2009 - 6 Documents (in Internet & IT)
All Is Forgiven: "It's a Clean Slate," Says Andreessen About Lawsuit-Mad Skype Co-Founders
Silicon Valley legend and now VC Marc Andreessen was making the interview rounds this morning, after the settlement between the litigation-addled co-founders of Skype and all the various people they were suing was announced this morning .He’s been tight-lipped ... [All Things Digital - 11/06/2009]
First Reported 11/10/2009 - Updated 11/11/2009 - 4 Documents (in Corporate Deals)
Skype Deal Clears Expansion Path
Where does Skype go from here? It is expected to return its focus to implementing new features and finding new ways to make money, rather than devoting resources to finding a workaround. Skype has released an application that makes its calling service ... [Mobile Tech Today - 11/11/2009]

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Sale of Skype finalized [Neowin.net - 2 hours ago]
eBay Finally Spins Off Skype [Seeking Alpha - 21 hours ago]
EBay Closes USD 2 B Sale of Skype [Sofia News Agency - 22 hours ago]
eBay Completes Sale of Skype Unit to Investor G... [Digital Media Wire - 11/20/2009]
eBay's Skype deal is (finally) undone [TheDeal.com - 11/20/2009]
eBay Closes Skype Sale [Wireless Week - 11/20/2009]
eBay completes $2bn Skype sale [News24.com - 11/20/2009]
EBay completes sale of Skype [Straits Times - 11/20/2009]
eBay closes the deal on Skype sale [Hexus - 11/20/2009]
eBay Completes Skype Sale [WebProNews Feed - 11/20/2009]
eBay sells $2bn stake in Skype [Computer Weekly - 11/20/2009]
EBay finally sells majority of Skype [V3.co.uk - 11/20/2009]
Skype Sold: eBay Completes Deal [Sky News - 11/20/2009]
Canada Pension Plan Part of Skype Purchase from... [Mediacaster - 11/20/2009]
eBay sells majority stake in Skype [TechConnect Magazine - 11/20/2009]
EBay sells Skype for $2 billion [Deccan Chronicle - 11/20/2009]
Investors Sew Up Deal for Skype [New York Times - 11/20/2009]
eBay completes sale of Skype for $2 bn [Indian Express - 11/20/2009]
Skype Sold: eBay Seals Deal After Legal Row [Ananova - 11/20/2009]
Auction's over for Skype [The Register - 11/20/2009]
High Court ruled against Skype founders on day ... [The Register - 11/20/2009]
High Court ruled against Skype founders' US act... [Out-Law.com - 11/20/2009]
eBay Completes Skype Sale at $2.75 Billion Valu... [Seeking Alpha - 11/20/2009]
eBay completes Skype sale [France24 - europe - 11/20/2009]
eBay completes Skype sale [France24 - Business - 11/20/2009]
eBay completes Skype sale [France24 - Asia Pacific - 11/20/2009]
eBay completes Skype sale [France24 - Americas - 11/20/2009]
eBay completes Skype sale [France24 - Middle East - 11/20/2009]
eBay completes Skype sale [France24 - france - 11/20/2009]
eBay completes Skype sale [France24 - culture - 11/20/2009]
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Niklas Zennström, Mike Volpi, Marc Andreessen, [more]
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Skype Technologies SA, eBay Inc, Joltid Ltd, [more]
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TechCrunch50 Conference, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Government of Sweden, [more]
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Complementary, Lawsuit, Pension Plan, [more]
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San Jose (San Jose, Costa Rica), London, San Francisco (United States), [more]
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Canada, United Kingdom, Sweden, [more]
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Internet & IT, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, [more]
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IT, Internet & Online, Telecom, [more]
All Things Digital, GigaOM, TechNews.AM, [more]
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Ebay Successfully Spins Off Skype For $1.9 Bill... [MocoNews - 11/20/2009]
... all the legal craziness, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) has closed its deal to sell ...
eBay completes sale of Skype at $2.75 billion v... [Venturebeat - 11/20/2009]
eBay said it has completed the sale of a 70-percent stake in Skype communications service for an amount that values the company at $2.75 billion. The buyer is an ...
eBay sets Skype loose at $2.75 billion valuation [CNET News.com - 11/20/2009]
Auction site eBay has, as long anticipated, sold off the Skype telephony service to a group of investors that includes Marc Andreessen's new Andreessen Horowitz ...
SOLD: Skype Now Worth $2.75 Billion [Mashable! - 11/19/2009]
Last week, after months of bickering and lawsuits, the Skype saga finally ended. eBay, which bought Skype for $2.6 billion in 2005, settled outstanding litigation ...
Official: Ebay Sells Skype. Receives $1.9 billi... [The Next Web - 11/19/2009]
After being quoted as saying Skype had “limited synergies” with it. eBay has just announced that it has completed the sale of Skype, at a valuation of $2.75 billion. In ...
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