Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » eBuddy http://pulse2.com Sat, 26 May 2012 21:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 eBuddy Raises 6.5 Million Euros (Approx. $9.62 Million) http://pulse2.com/2008/02/04/ebuddy-raises-e65-million-approx-962-million/ http://pulse2.com/2008/02/04/ebuddy-raises-e65-million-approx-962-million/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:50:54 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/2008/02/04/ebuddy-raises-e65-million-approx-962-million/ Continue reading →]]> eBuddy Logo
eBuddy, a multi-network web messenger announced today that they have raised €6.5 million in Series B led by Prime Technology Ventures. eBuddy’s biggest competitor is Meebo.   However, eBuddy launched in 2003 and Meebo launched in 2005.   Both companies have roughly the same amount of traffic at close to 5 million uniques per month.

eBuddy messaging platforms supported includes AIM, MSN, MySpace messaging, Google Talk, and Yahoo! Messenger. Conveniently, eBuddy’s multi-network system works on the Sony Playstation Portable.   eBuddy previously raised €5 million in Series A.

In order to make eBuddy more universal, languages supported include Portuguese (Brazilian), Chinese (Traditional), Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Hungarian, Italian, Swedish and Vietnamese [Source: eBuddy blog].

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