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shwup by muvee Technologies gives friends a common album in which to share digital photos and videos
(New)
June 2008 - Vertex's portfolio company, muvee Technologies, best
known for its software that creates short movies using digital videos and photos with music
and transitions, has just launched
a free web-based application, shwup.
A WSJ journalist tested it and shared his views in an article on 11 June 2008. He said that
"the concept of the application is simple: Anyone who signs up for a shwup account can create
an album filled with digital photos and videos, and this album can be shared with anyone else
via email whether they have a shwup account or not. Recipients of these email invitations can click
on an embedded link to view and add content to the album. Or users can completely skip visiting the
site and instantly upload content by replying to the email invitation with attached photos and
videos." With shwup, sharing is made simple.
muvee Technologies also announces a new version of its downloadable pay software:
muvee Reveal.
This software has more detailed features to "extra personalize" your videos.
Vertex's Taiwan portfolio company PC Home Online's IPO ushers in a good start for 2005
January 2005 - PC Home Online Inc is one of the largest e-commerce vendors in Taiwan, providing
membership service, e-commerce service, community service, digital content (ePaper) and value-added
services. PC Home Online was officially listed on the OTC exchange of Taiwan on 24 January
2005 at the listing price of NT$26.37 per share. The shares are trading under the stock code 8044.
For more information on PC Home Online, please visit
www. pchome.com.tw
Vertex scored again with China Finance Online Co Limited's listing on NASDAQ - Our fourth
IPO for the year 2004
October 2004 - China Finance Online Co Limited, another of Vertex's portfolio company, has successfully
achieved listing on NASDAQ. Its initial public listing offering of 6.2 million American
Depositary Shares (ADS) was priced at US$13 each. The ADS began trading on 15
October 2004 under the trading symbol "JRJC". China Finance Online specializes in
providing online financial and listed company data and information in China. Through
www.jrj.com.cn, the company
offers subscription-based service packages that
integrate financial and listed company data and information from multiple sources with
features and functions such as data and information search, retrieval, delivery, storage
and analysis. These features and functions are delivered using software tools China
Finance Online has developed.
Vertex and its Israeli Successes
Singapore, 13 September 2004 - Vertex Management's Israel-focus investments have seen
good returns, with fund sizes of US$30 million and US$160 million set up in recent
years for investments in Israeli companies, and a third fund currently being raised.
These funds, which focus on security, communications, information technology and
bio-technology sectors, have been among the better-performing funds managed by Vertex
Management. Interviewed by The Straits Times, Senior Vice President Mr
Chua Joo Hock said that Israeli firms, which represent about 20% of Vertex
Management's portfolio, are very innovative. He said that Israeli firms are becoming
increasingly aware of the growing market in Asia and wish to use Singapore to get
into the Asian market. They also offer Singapore investors a wider choice in the
high-tech arena and as they have many dealings with the US, they have adopted many
of the US corporate governance and management practices.
Another Collaboration between two Vertex
portfolio companies
Linktone and Vasunas Partner to Provide Avatar-Based WAP Mobile
Dating Service to China Mobile Users
21 July 2004 - Linktone Ltd, one of China's premiere wireless
value-added service providers, and Vasunas, a Singapore-based character creation and
animation company, today announced that they have entered a partnership to launch a
WAP-based mobile dating service that features the avatars of members from an
interactive community. The service "Love Genie", officially launched on 1 July 2004,
caters to the needs of the growing mobile population in China. It allows China mobile
users to choose and customize avatars or characters as their identities in the virtual
community of "Love Genie". Featuring a chat room function, the service is accessible
through all WAP-enabled mobile phones on a monthly subscription basis. This successful
launch of "Love Genie" marks the first step of the close collaboration between Vasunas
and Linktone, both of which strive to bring more exciting wireless services to China's
300 million mobile users in the near future. For more information, please visit
www.linktone.com and
www.vasunas.com
Mobileway, a Vertex's US portfolio company, to set
up Global Hub in Singapore
1 July 2004 - Mobileway, a leading global provider of mobile content and network
services, has announced that it will locate its global hub operations in Singapore. The
company also plans to invest about US$8.8 million over the next three years to expand
further into the Asian region. It hopes to double Asia's contribution to its global revenues
from the 25% of last year's US$55 million by seeking new customers with partners and
carriers in the region, which leads the world in mobile adoption. The company has
recently raised US$23 million in the fourth round of funding to help fund its expansion
into China. As an early investor in Mobileway, Vertex sees great potential for Mobileway
to contribute great value to SMS services globally. For more information on Mobileway,
please visit
www.mobileway.com
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