Balderton’s investment in Metaversum was officially announced today on the Metaversum blog. Please read there for the full announcement.
More on Twinity at Virtual Worlds News
While at the GDC last month, I did an interview with Joey Seiler at Virtual Worlds News. The interview is now online, link here.
Twinity on D.I.Y. Startup News
Just a link to us here.
sered on Twinity again
Link is here. And yes, we are still working on many of the issues you mention, particularly dropped connections. And we’re glad you like the face generation concept!
Balderton Capital Invests In Metaversum
Metaversum, the developer and operator of the virtual world Twinity, attracts Balderton Capital as investor.
Berlin, 1st April 2008 Metaversum GmbH, developer and operator of the upcoming 3D virtual world Twinity, is pleased to announce a significant multi million Euro investment from Balderton Capital. Balderton Capital, formerly Benchmark Capital Europe, is one of the leading European venture capital firms, and recently sold its stakes in both Bebo and MySQL – both deals being amongst the most successful European internet/technology transactions of recent years.
Added to existing investment and support from founding VC Grazia Equity, the new relationship with Balderton Capital positions the Berlin start-up Metaversum for the global launch of its virtual world, Twinity.
Klaus Hommels, Balderton Capital’s representative on the Metaversum board, comments: “Virtual worlds linked closely with reality will significantly influence the future of the Internet. Twinity is one of the most promising projects in this exciting and competitive space and we look forward to accompanying Metaversum in this endeavor.“
Jochen Hummel, CEO of Metaversum, adds: “We are very glad to have won the support of an experienced international player in Balderton Capital. As we gear up to release our virtual world Twinity, the addition of our new partner puts us in a great position. “
The virtual world Twinity is currently in its private beta phase. Twinity offers its members the ability to move through the digital world using personal avatars, design their own 3D homes, communicate with friends, work or simply have fun. For additional information, visit www.twinity.com.
[Operations] Twinity update Monday, March 31, 2008
Twinity will be unavailable between approximatey 2pm CET (1400) and 10pm (2200) due to the latest update. Release notes will be sent to the twinity-beta mailing list.
Operations] Twinity update this evening postponed
The planned update of Twinity this evening has been postponed. Further information on the next release will be posted this coming Monday.
[Operations] Twinity update Friday, March 28, 2008
We’re sorry, but we wanted to let you know that Twinity will be updating again this evening between 5 pm (1700) CET and 12 am Midnight CET.
[Operations] Twinity update Thursday, March 27, 2008
Please be aware that Twinity will be offline today from about 2 pm (1400) CET until 2 am (0200 – March 28) CET this evening for the latest release. Release notes will be sent to the twinity-beta mailing list.
Twinity Lounge for March 27 cancelled
Dear Twinizens,
We’re sorry, but the Twinity Lounge party for tomorrow is cancelled! We will have a new Twinity update on Thursday, so we will not be able to bring you our event this week.
But wait, there’s some interesting news up ahead! In mid-April, we will have a totally different kind of party. Curious? Good! Keep your eyes and ears open for the details.
Thank you for your understanding and we hope to see you next time!
The Twinity Team