http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-4727 Kara Visits Joost HQ in London: Restarting the Start-Up (With a Little Help From Its “Friends”)! | Kara Swisher | BoomTown | AllThingsD Wed, 24 Sep 2008 17:16:01 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-4727 [...] Joost was first out of the gate last year with a giant slug of funding, fancy founders (Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, who were also founders of Web phenoms Skype and Kazaa) and blue-chip investors (Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, as well as CBS, Viacom and the wealthy Hong Kong investor Li Ka-shing). [...] [...] Joost was first out of the gate last year with a giant slug of funding, fancy founders (Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, who were also founders of Web phenoms Skype and Kazaa) and blue-chip investors (Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, as well as CBS, Viacom and the wealthy Hong Kong investor Li Ka-shing). [...]

]]> http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-1026 A-Joost-Ments! | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD Mon, 01 Oct 2007 07:19:15 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-1026 [...] was founded by the founders of the Skype online phone service, is backed by some big players–such as Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures– to the tune of $45 million in [...] [...] was founded by the founders of the Skype online phone service, is backed by some big players–such as Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures– to the tune of $45 million in [...]

]]> http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-187 Danny Rimer Comes Back To Valley--Both of Them | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:42:41 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-187 [...] Index’s most recent notable bet has been its lead role in handing over $45 million to Joost, along with Silicon Valley’s famed Sequoia Capital (backers of Yahoo, YouTube and, of course, [...] [...] Index’s most recent notable bet has been its lead role in handing over $45 million to Joost, along with Silicon Valley’s famed Sequoia Capital (backers of Yahoo, YouTube and, of course, [...]

]]> http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-156 Five Questions for Mike | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD Tue, 05 Jun 2007 11:33:44 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-156 [...] 1) Is it just me or does Joost feel like a service only a Hollywood executive could love with its big-ticket content and stricter programming than the Web is used to, as I kind of inferred here? [...] [...] 1) Is it just me or does Joost feel like a service only a Hollywood executive could love with its big-ticket content and stricter programming than the Web is used to, as I kind of inferred here? [...]

]]> http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-152 Volpi In at Joost | BoomTown | Kara Swisher | AllThingsD Mon, 04 Jun 2007 22:53:29 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-152 [...] got a $45 million boost of cash from a group of big venture firms and media companies, as I wrote here, including Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital, as well as [...] [...] got a $45 million boost of cash from a group of big venture firms and media companies, as I wrote here, including Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital, as well as [...]

]]> http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-40 Andy Hunn Thu, 10 May 2007 20:30:03 +0000 http://kara.allthingsd.com/20070510/joost-gets-juiced/#comment-40 Don't you think once the cable operators get it right, they will make every piece of equipment OCAP enabled and allow technolgy purchased at your local Best Buy to talk wirelessly with your set top box and provide you the interactivity you demand. Comcast doesn't tend to like to share in the sandbox; maybe they will be forced to buy Joost. Don’t you think once the cable operators get it right, they will make every piece of equipment OCAP enabled and allow technolgy purchased at your local Best Buy to talk wirelessly with your set top box and provide you the interactivity you demand. Comcast doesn’t tend to like to share in the sandbox; maybe they will be forced to buy Joost.

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