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Germany’s Samwer brothers make Facebook investment
January 15th, 2008
Mike Arrington reported this morning that the German serial entrepreneurs Alexander, Marc, and Oliver Samwer participated in Facebook’s recent investment round to the tune of a few million dollars. The Samwers join Chinese billionaire Ling Ka-Shing and Microsoft as strategic Facebook investors.
Known for their investments in studiVZ (a German Facebook clone which they sold for 100 million Euros), LinkedIn, and Frazr (a European Twitter clone), the Samwer brothers will help Facebook navigate and expand into the European market. As previously reported, Facebook will be launching translated versions in several European languages soon.
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January 29th, 2008 at 8:25 am
[...] Samwer participated in Facebook’s recent investment round to the tune of a few million dollars, reports Justin Smith. The Samwers join Chinese billionaire Ling Ka-Shing and Microsoft as strategic Facebook investors. [...]
March 27th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
[...] foreign investors step in to snap up premium equity in hot sectors. Ka-Shing and Germany’s Samwer brothers are two foreign investors in Facebook that participated in the round at a reported $15 billion [...]