| Jan Nygren on NECINA Venture Club Panel |
October 29, 2008
Today, Jan Nygren, Venture Partner at EuroUS Ventures, served as a panelist for the NECINA (New England Chinese Information & Networking Association) Venture Club seminar. The topic of the meeting was the convergence of private equity and hedge funds. The meeting was held in downtown at the offices of Brown Rudnick. The discussion centered on the changing roles of private equity, particularly in light of current international economic conditions. For more information on NECINA see: http://www.NECINA.org.
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| EuroUS Ventures Sponsoring and Co-organizing SEE US Conference |
September 17, 2008
 Together with MentoNet, EuroUS Ventures will be co-organizing the Strategies for European Entrepreneurs in the U.S. (SEE US) conference from November 11th-14th in Boston, MA. Several high-profile keynote speakers and a panel drawn from technology experts throughout New England will pack quite a punch in a 3 day setting. Noted local law firm Choate, Hall & Stewart will provide the venue, while Red Herring and the European Tech Tour are providing additional sponsorship of the event. A link to the event can be found here.
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| EuroUS Participates in German Tech Tour |
June 4, 2008
From June 4th to 6th, EuroUS Ventures GP, Lucian Wagner will continue our longstanding association with the Geneva-based Tech Tour organization by participating in the latest German tour. About 25 companies will be presenting in Munich and Berlin during the event. More information under http://www.techtour.com/german08/index.php.
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| Jan Nygren participates in Babson College panel for Spanish MBA students. |
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March 13, 2008 Jan Nygren, Venture Partner at EuroUS Ventures, participated in a panel organized by Babson College for visiting students from the ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain. The discussion centered on company formation, market strategies and financing of startup companies entering the US market.
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| Inside Contactless Closes C Round |
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January 7th, 2008 INSIDE Contactless, the world leader in contactless payment chips and NFC technologies for mobile devices, today announced it has closed its most recent strategic funding round with the participation of Motorola Ventures and HID Global, which joins the company's existing investors.
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| EuroUS Ventures to participate in European Tech Tour |
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October 2, 2007 In November, our firm will continue our long-standing productive cooperation with the European Tech Tour Association and participate in their Web 2.0 / Mobile Summit. On Nov. 14 & 15, the top 25 companies from Europe in these fields will meet with the leading US, European, and Asian venture capitalists and media companies. More information under:
http://www.techtour.com/cve2007/index.php.
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| EuroUS Attending ETRE 07 Conference |
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September 15, 2007 In October, EuroUS Ventures GP Lucian Wagner will participate in the ETRE 07 conference in Budapest (Oct. 7-10). This long running conference, organized by the new owners of the Red Herring franchise, is a perfect occasion to sample the latest developments in the European start-up scene and to develop our relationships with the European VC community. More information can be found at:
www.herringevents.com/etre07/.
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| FROST&SULLIVAN BESTOWS Its 2007 Global Contactless Innovation & Advancement Award To InsideContactless |
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June 29, 2007
 INSIDE Contactless, a leading provider of open standard contactless chip technologies, today announced that Frost & Sullivan has awarded INSIDE with a 2007 Global Contactless Industry Innovation and Advancement Award. Frost & Sullivan has bestowed this award upon INSIDE due to its innovative technology, and industry-wide reputation with partners and customers. Click here to read the full article.
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| Inside Contactless Named One of Europe's Top 100 Private Companies |
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March 26, 2007
 Portfolio company Inside Contactless has been named one of Europe's Top 100 Private Companies by Red Herring. The selection process focused on innovative technology, quality of management, financing, and the company’s competitive position. Click here to read the article.
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| Lucian Wagner Joins Oxxius Board |
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November 1, 2006
EuroUS GP Lucian Wagner has joined the Board of Directors of French Laser manufacturer Oxxius as an independent director to help the company with their US expansion plans and to provide general guidance to management. So far, only Sofinnova had represented the interests of investors, while AXA PE holds an observer seat as of the recently completed €10M round.
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| EuroUS Holding Seminar on US Market Entry |
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September 20, 2006
EuroUS General Partner Lucian Wagner will hold a seminar on the key success factors for US market entry and expansion. This seminar is part of the 3rd CEO Day organized by Swiss start-up advisory group CTI-Invest in Berne, Switzerland. It will explore the do's and don'ts of establishing a company in the US and provide participants with a template and process they can follow while growing their US companies. Total participation will be about 100 persons, with 25-35 expected to attend this particular seminar. For more information visit http://www.cti-invest.ch/
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| Inside Contactless Secures €19.5 million |
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September 5, 2006
By Tornado Staff
Inside Contactless, a provider of contactless semiconductor chips, has closed a new funding round of €19.5 million led by Granite Global Ventures. The other new investor in this round was EuroUS Ventures. Current investors who contributed half of the total amount were led by Sofinnova Partners, now the largest shareholder, and include Vertex Venture Capital, Vertex Management, GIMV, and Siparex Ventures. This funding will allow the company to further expand its sales and marketing presence in Asia and the US. It will also reinforce its research and development efforts, and accelerate new product introduction across the company’s two major business lines in Payment and NFC. Headquartered in France with a global presence in China, Singapore, Poland and the US, Inside Contactless is a fabless semiconductor provider, delivering a flexible, cost-effective, and trusted platform for contactless applications including bankcard payments and Near Field Communications (NFC). Inside is involved in numerous industry initiatives, including the NFC Forum, which is driving the standardization of NFC; as well as the IN-CLUB, which is a non-profit association that brings together companies in the Payment, ID, Mass Transit and Mobile application markets, to collaborate on contactless applications and initiatives.
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| EuroUS Opens Zurich Office |
June 10, 2006
EuroUS has opened an office in Zurich, Switzerland. Conveniently located in the heart of Europe, the new base provides fast and efficient access to the main financing and technology centers. At the same time, EuroUS joined the Swiss Private Equity and Corporat Finance Association (SECA), cementing extensive contacts with the Swiss VC and PE community.
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| Alain Renaud Joins EuroUS |
February 18, 2006
Alain Renaud has joined the EuroUS team as a Venture Partner located in France. Alain is a co-founder of MentoNet and spent the last 12 years as a venture catalyst and business angel, developing eleven French start-up companies and raising more than €100 million. Four of these companies have been sold, one was quoted on Nasdaq. He started his career at Teradyne where he held high-level sales and marketing positions.
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