uboot.com started in 2000 as one of Europe’s first online communities. Yesterday the Vienna-based company announced that JaJah’s founder Daniel Mattes has just invested a sum in the 6-digit range for about 25% of the company’s shares (Update – January 2023: The startup seems to be no longer in business under this name and we therefore deactivated the link).
The fresh capital will be used for the creation of a “revolutionary” social gaming model. The social network aims to establish proof of concept for this new model by the end of this year. Afterwards it will hold another investment round with the help of Daniel Mattes, and then proceed to internationalize the platform.
Back in 2009, Daniel Mattes sold his internet telephony service Jajah for a rumored sum of €145 million to the Spanish telco Telefonica. He also recently unveiled his new startup for online payments called Jumio.com.
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