eBuddy! The Dutch can be proud
eBuddy just announced a 5 million euro in venture funding of Lowlands Capital. I think this is great news, and that eBuddy is doing a good job. They recently changed their name (from eMessenger to eBuddy) and after that it all went very fast! They got eternal fame by sponsoring The Next Web Conference 
(The coffee incident! unfortunately not documented) and after the conference they raised a small amount (word goes about a million) from Angel investors in the Netherlands and now about 2 months later, they suck 5 million out of the market from the BIG guys in the states.
WOW!
So all good news here. No, this is GREAT news, it might open up some eyes in the investment world that European companies and more specific, Dutch Internet companies are worthwhile investing in. It is still a tough market here in The Netherlands, there is a big gap between the entrepreneurs and the minds of the investors. It seems that the Angel investors are the ones taking out the best deals here and leaving the Dutch funds behind empty handed.
I’d like to congratulate the guys from eBuddy (Onno, JJ, JJ2, Arthur, and the rest of the team I haven’t met yet) with this stunning growth and performance.
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eBuddy rockz, these guys sure make it easy for everyone to access their MSN, Yahoo and AIM account.
I use eBuddy at work and university. It gets past the firewall with no problems, and the fact that u don’t need to install any software makes it an ideal solution.
eBuddy has a nice user-interface, good features and secure login.
I hope the extra money will make the platform even better.
Keep up the good work guyz
U ain’t much if u ain’t Dutch
What a grand quote