Interestingly we have a comparably big number of members from Japan in the closed beta of Club Cooee. Today i found a blog entry in the Japanese “Second Times”. Follow this link: Club Cooee in the Second Times.
Just stumbled over this interesting post about Club Cooee in Virtual World News. The comparison with RocketOn and Weblin is interesting and indeed there are similarities at first sight. However … Club Cooee with its true 3D scene based casual virtual world and its unique Instant Messenger approach is dramatically different.
Good news! We have been TechCrunched today!
Jason Kincaid over at TechCrunch checked out Club Cooee yesterday and as it seems he liked it. If you are fast enough you might catch one of those 500 closed beta invites we provided to TechCrunch here: TechCrunch Club Cooee Beta Invites
I have a strong feeling that this might be a nice burn in test for our server clusters …
Cheers,
Alexander
Kaiserslautern, April 10th, 2008 – Club Cooee has become one of the 200 finalists in this year’s Red Herring 100 Europe 2008 Award. Red Herring editors have discovered well-known companies such as Google, eBay and Skype in their early days and touted them as pioneers.
Red Herring, editor of the worldwide leading innovation magazine for investors and business decision-makers, assigns this award to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) once every year.
To assign this award the editorial staff of Red Herring rigorously evaluates several hundred private technology companies through a careful analysis of financial data and other strict criteria. This year the TOP 100 Red Herring start-ups will be awarded during the Red Herring Event, taking place at the Westin Dragonara Resort at Malta from April 14th-16th.
The two founders and seed investors Alexander Jorias and Ingo Frick:
„For our start-up team the placement among the finalists of the ‚Red Herring 100 Europe 2008’ award means a confirmation of our company’s philosophy. Communication simply is key to any innovation”
, says Alexander Jorias.
And Ingo Frick adds:
„The mere vicinity to great names such as eBay and Google fills us with pride. To be listed among the best 200 start-ups based in Europe, the Middle East and Africa is not only an honour, but also a challenge.”
Today cooee GmbH also announces the participation of the venture capital company AURELIA PRIVATE EQUITY.
Stefan Lemper, partner at AURELIA PRIVATE EQUITY:
„We are absolutely convinced of Club Cooee’s potential. The innovative technical approach as well as the creative power behind this ambitious project open up many different possibilities and business ideas.”
„We are very happy to have found an early stage investor in AURELIA PRIVATE EQUITY. Their management team has immediately recognized Club Cooee’s high technical and conceptional innovation potential”
, says Ingo Frick.
„With Club Cooee as a social gaming application of the latest generation we are entering a worldwide fast growing market. But together with AURELIA PRIVATE EQUITY Club Cooee’s unique selling points will enable us to open up this market”
, states Alexander Jorias.
Cooee GmbH is situated in Kaiserslautern and was founded in October 2007. With Club Cooee the company provides a 3D communication environment whose motto is: “Express yourself!”. The lean 3D-client, available on http://www.clubcooee.com for free, enables the depiction of rooms, places, avatars and accessories on Windows Vista and Windows XP. The official website is connected to the 3D-client and contains loads of live features to create a Club Cooee community.
Aurelia Private Equity invests in innovative technology companies in Germany. They support companies in the fields of IT, life sciences and industry innovations with an excellent management and scaleable products with a clear competitive advantage.
For further information go to: www.aurelia-pe.de
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Malta , March 20, 2008 – Red Herring today announced that Club Cooee was named a Finalist of Red Herring 100 Europe, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region each year.
“This year’s impressive list of submissions from companies demonstrates Europe’s growing role as a major center of innovation in the global technology sector,” said Red Herring Editor-in-Chief Joel Dreyfuss. “The exceptional accomplishments of European technology startups and entrepreneurs are a testament to the rapid advancements being made in building the European innovation ecosystem.”Red Herring’s lists of top private companies are an important part of the publication’s tradition of identifying new and innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs. Companies like Google, eBay, and Skype were spotted in their early days by Red Herring editors, and touted as leaders that would change the way we live and work.
Red Herring’s editorial staff rigorously evaluated several hundred private companies through a careful analysis of financial data and subjective criteria, including quality of management, execution of strategy, and dedication to research and development.
Red Herring will honor the Red Herring 100 Europe Finalist companies at its Red Herring Europe 2008 event. Scheduled for April 14-16, at the Westin Dragonara Resort, this intimate, three-day event is themed “The Pursuit of Disruption” and will explore how European firms are leading the charge in many technology sectors, gaining the competitive advantage, and driving entrepreneurial success in ways that create business opportunities for challengers and incumbents alike.
Alexander Jorias, one of the Club Cooee founders:
„A placement amongst the finalists for the ‘Red Herring 100 Europe 2008′ is a confirmation of our company’s philosophy. Communication is the driving force of any innovation.Being that close to great names like eBay and Google fills us with pride. To be listed among the best 200 startups from Europe, the Middle East and Africa is an honour as well as a challenge.”
About Red Herring
Red Herring is a global media company which unites the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com.
Club Cooee is counting down to launch!
„Cooee!“ is a traditional Aborigene call that is still being used in Australia today to communicate with each other over a longer distance. It means something like: “I am here – and where are you?”
And this call will soon resound all over the internet too!
Club Cooee is more. More than a messenger system, more than a chat environment, more than just another client to download.
Club Cooee takes place in realtime and 3D on your desktop. No dull and boring programme window, no browser – you and your buddies, you can move within an environment you create yourselves.
For a start we will provide you with loads of items you can use to furnish your rooms. There will also be different clothing styles and other means to design your own personal avatar.
The Cooee shops will soon offer even more means to express yourself.
YOU will be the ones who will create the Club Cooee world, YOU will populate the Cooeeverse, YOU will make friends in the chatrooms and lounges, YOU will spend quality time with your friends in your own rooms.
The only thing WE do is to provide you with the means to do so. Club Cooee – that is YOU!