Zyb -

[Tee Emm]

Zyb, which someone mentioned here as a company having some developers in Islamabad, got acquired by Vodafone for 31.5 million euros.

From TechCrunch:

ZYB, a mobile social network that we gave high marks to in August 2007, has been acquired by Vodafone for €31.5 million, or about $50 million. The company had raised just €3 million in venture capital.

ZYB was smart in how they built their service. At first they were a simple address book backup-to-web service. But they realized they had a very complete social graph from the data (who's closer to you than the people you call frequently on your mobile phone)? So they launched a mobile social network on the back of the original service.

We've continued to write about ZYB in comparison to competing mobile social networks (an area we've taken a special interest in). Last month. ZYB acquired one of those competitors, Imity.

[Babar]

Does anyone have any contacts at Zyb?

On May 16, 12:52 pm, "Tee Emm" <tariq.must...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Zyb, which someone mentioned here as a company having some developers in
> Islamabad, got acquired by Vodafone for 31.5 million euros.
>

> From TechCrunch:<http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/16/danish-mobile-social-network-zyb...>
>
> ZYB <http://www.zyb.com/>, a mobile social network that we gave high marks
> to in August 2007<http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/zyb-the-mobile-social-network/>,

> has been acquired by Vodafone for €31.5 million, or about $50 million. The
> company had raised just €3 million

> <http://www.crunchbase.com/company/zyb>in venture capital.

>
> ZYB was smart in how they built their service. At first they were a simple
> address book backup-to-web service. But they realized they had a very
> complete social graph from the data (who's closer to you than the people you
> call frequently on your mobile phone)? So they launched a mobile social

> network<http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/21/zyb-the-mobile-social-network/>on

> the back of the original service.
>
> We've continued to write about ZYB in

> comparison<http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/24/mocospace-has-strong-growth-race...>to
> competing<http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/09/11/the-holy-grail-for-mobile-social...>mobile
> social
> networks<http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/12/06/limejuices-mobile-social-network...>(an

> area we've taken a special

> interest<http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/23/will-there-be-an-iphone-only-soc...>in).
> Last month. ZYB
> acquired <http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/04/22/confirmed-zyb-bought-imity/>one
> of those competitors, Imity.

[Shaaf Syed M]

The company here in Pakistan is

Mondo - Geopaq. Islamabad ETC.

-- Shaaf