Viadeo Acquires Contact Management, Syncing Service Soocial

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Monday, November 28th, 2011
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French business media are reporting that Viadeo, the professional social network challenging LinkedIn in a number of countries, has acquired Soocial, a Dutch contact management, syncing and backup service provider (via Journal Du Net).

The service basically lets users sync all their contacts across their smartphones, email accounts and computers, and lets them manage, clean up and share contacts from their digital address books.

Read more on TechCrunch Europe.


Company: Soocial
Website: soocial.com
Launch Date: November 1, 2007
Funding: €300k

Soocial provides a synchronization service that syncs contacts between your computers, phones and the web applications you use. Soocial also provide tools to manage contacts, backups, and keep your current address book in sync and up to date with all your devices.

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Company: Viadeo
Website: viadeo.com
Launch Date: June 2004
Funding: $50.2M

The Viadeo Group owns and operates professional social networks around the world with a total membership base of over 50 million professionals. It includes the brands Viadeo, ApnaCircle, and Tianji. The Viadeo platform is available globally and is branded as ApnaCircle on the Indian sub-continent. In China, the Tianji platform is the largest professional network with over 14 million members and rapid growth. Professionals use the networks to enhance their career prospects, discover business opportunities, and create effective online...

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