Skype Settlement: Zennström And Friis Have Won It Again
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You’ve got to hand it to Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis. They braved not one but at least two high-risk court actions to wrestle back the phone app they created seven years ago - and it’s they who emerge as winners from riday’s settlement.
The entrepreneurs - one Swedish, one Danish - have not only secured themselves a 14 percent place back at the Skype table; they have also kicked Index Ventures, the heavyweight European tech VC firm the pair had been suing and which was part of the consortium that successfully bid for Skype in September, off the team. Full story...
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