Amsterdam, The Netherlands - October 3rd 2008. Amiz.fr, the two million plus member social networking platform, has been acquired by Steek SA of France.
The Dutch founders of Amiz, Sebastiaan Moeys (19) and Tijmen Crone (20) have today confirmed the acquisition that was already rumoured on Techcrunch France last Thursday. Financial details were not disclosed. According to Moeys, "The network wasn't sold at its peak traffic". But given the large number of members, "the service obviously didn't go for free", he later added.
The Amiz founders say they are "happy" about the network's future with Steek. After having discussed a possible acquisition with other parties, like Netlog, and receiving an attractive offer from - the also Dutch - Hyves, the founders decided in favour of the French company.
About Amiz.fr
Amiz.fr was founded in the summer of 2006 by Sebastiaan Moeys and Tijmen Crone following their graduation from high school in the Netherlands. Since its launch, Amiz has quickly grown to over two million members with hundreds thousands of visitors per day. The service offers its members various ways to communicate and express themselves through messaging, blogging, pictures, videos and music.
Other information
For more information on this topic or interviews please contact seb.moeys@gmail.com.
URL of this press release:
http://semoe.blogspot.com/2008/10/teenage-entrepeneurs-sell-social.html
Other references:
http://www.steek.com/2008/10/01/steek-sa-snaps-up-amiz-social-networking-platform/
http://fr.techcrunch.com/2008/10/02/fr-steek-rachete-le-reseau-social-amizfr-mais-pourquoi/
vrijdag 3 oktober 2008
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