Synthasite raises $5m Series A investment round

Ok - so you wonder why things have been quiet on this blog? Apart from the fact that I’ve been at home for only 4 night this past 7 weeks - I’ve been busy with the all the background details around this announcement and the great news is that Synthasite has finalized an investment round of $5m from Swiss based Richemont. I’m at Geneva airport at the moment and I have to board my flight very soon - but wanted to get this message out quickly before I boarded. You can find the press release here for more information! Thanks to everyone for their support during our startup phase and for all the great feedback and ideas - every bit helped us get to this point!

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  1. Jean-Marie Le Ray Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 4:46 pm

    Wow! Well done, Vinny :-)
    Jean-Marie

  2. Garsen Subramoney Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 5:00 pm

    Congratulations. Way to go.

  3. derrick Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 5:22 pm

    Awesome News! Richemont clearly knows quality when they see it.

  4. Anand Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 6:10 pm

    Things are going awesome for Synthasite at the moment. Congrats Vinny and Good luck..

  5. [...] a Series A investment round from Swiss based Columbus Venture Capital. You can find more details on Vinny’s blog and a formal press release [...]

  6. Synthasite raises $5m in funding Says:
    November 17, 2007 at 10:28 pm

    [...] posted the news on his blog together with a link to the press release: Ok - so you wonder why things have been quiet on this [...]

  7. Poya Says:
    November 18, 2007 at 5:48 am

    great news. good job vinny

  8. John Says:
    November 18, 2007 at 9:31 am

    congrats

  9. Synthasite » Synthasite raises $5m in funding Says:
    November 18, 2007 at 2:51 pm

    [...] proud to announce that Synthasite has raised $5m from Swiss based, Columbus Venture Capital. The official press release is located here. This [...]

  10. Dave Duarte Says:
    November 18, 2007 at 9:10 pm

    Rock on Vinny! Great news for SA startups!!

  11. Elan Says:
    November 19, 2007 at 11:22 am

    Well done. Mazeltov.

  12. Jon Bishop Says:
    November 19, 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Great news guys! I can’t wait for the blog functionality!

  13. Christopher Schultz Says:
    November 19, 2007 at 6:23 pm

    Congrats Vinny. Well deserved and hard earned. Can’t wait to see what is next.

  14. shawn Says:
    November 20, 2007 at 5:48 am

    http://www.Drewryonline.net

    Hey Vinny,

    Sign into your MySpace account and send me a friends request when you get a chance. I just made my newest blog post about you , with our picture together from CJU 2006. My last name is “Drewry” when the friends request section asks you to enter my last name. I’ll put you on my top friends when you sign in and send the request. I’ll be back at CJU next year. I’ll catch you then..:-)

    Shawn

    http://www.Drewryonline.net

  15. shawn Says:
    November 20, 2007 at 5:49 am

    Oh,

    My MySpace page is :

    http://www.myspace.com/sophisticatedndetermined

    And last name

    Drewry

    :-)

  16. rob Says:
    November 20, 2007 at 8:42 am

    is there a gallery of (syntha) sites available somewhere? so we can see what kind of sites are being built with the app?

  17. Vinny Lingham Says:
    November 20, 2007 at 9:15 am

    Hey Rob

    It’s coming. We’re just making some changes on the backend - will be early Q1.

    V

  18. Keith FD Says:
    November 20, 2007 at 11:38 am

    Nice one V, well done :)

  19. shawn Says:
    November 20, 2007 at 2:20 pm

    That’s a good ?’n Rob. I truly dunno. From the features VInny says he got on the site, I think I am just gonna play with it for now and find out more later on how things work…:-)

  20. shawn Says:
    November 20, 2007 at 3:08 pm

    Thanks Vinny. I sent you that friends request on MySpace from

    http://www.myspace.com/sophisticatedndetermined

    I’ll be commenting more too on your blog. This clean template looks good..:-)

    http://www.Drewryonline.net

  21. Michelle Clarke Says:
    November 22, 2007 at 12:25 pm

    Congrats Vin, fantastic news. look forward to the next phase of Synthasite ;-)

  22. shawn Says:
    November 22, 2007 at 6:42 pm

    Vinny is gonna be an overnight success on that Synthasite there. I know this for myself.

  23. Vinny Lingham Says:
    November 26, 2007 at 12:40 am

    Thanks everyone for all the well wishes!!

  24. Richard Says:
    November 26, 2007 at 11:54 am

    Very good Vinny, although the hard work now begins. What valuation does this investment put on the company?

  25. Vinny Lingham Says:
    November 26, 2007 at 12:19 pm

    Thanks Richard. I can’t discuss the valuation, unfortunately :-).

  26. Jenna Bloch Says:
    November 26, 2007 at 2:55 pm

    Well done Vin! This is incredible for you and the synthasite team.

  27. Munashe Gumbonzvanda Says:
    November 30, 2007 at 5:11 pm

    My web alias is nash, i love what you did with synthasite, even joined.
    I am just inspired by how you made it happen, anyway so far so cool.
    I am African and want to change the African cyberspace. Please check out my site and tell me if its cul
    https//www.mybrown.ning.com

    It would mean a lot.
    P.S
    I thought Vinny was a girls name

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