Press Releases

Webjam first to release pricing and reseller scheme for branded social networks

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:14:00 GMT

Webjam empowers digital experts to resell social media solutions

Webjam, where social networks are made easy, announces the pricing and reseller scheme for Community Network Services, its pay-for Branded Services package available now to resellers like digital agencies, web designers, directories and online services providers.

Webjam’s Community Network Services gives resellers who may not have specific in-house technology the ability to bundle an easy to use and versatile social publishing platform with their existing offering to corporate customers. Resellers can quickly build branded online inter-connected communities for their clients’ customers including branded replicable templates with their own domain names and advertising. Through Community Network Services, Webjam empowers a limitless number of end-users to create their own micro-communities, facilitating viral growth of corporate brands and transforming a huge, passive audience into a fully interactive community.

Webjam CEO, Yann Motte comments: “By opening up the Webjam platform to resellers we are completely disrupting the status quo for the social media market. For the first time a simple, one-stop, bespoke solution to create corporate social networks is available for purchase. We are empowering companies to take control of their social media presence without the need to build a platform from scratch or license an expensive content and community management system.”

Yann continues, “Our resellers benefit from a versatile, easy to use platform that can be quickly customised to suit a client’s specific needs, saving both time and money. With Webjam, every reseller can be seen as an expert and innovator in social media, providing their clients with alternative revenue through online advertising and subscription services combined with an in-built viral engine and powerful tools for brand engagement.”

Webjam’s Community Network Services are priced at £499 per month with an initial set-up fee of £2999. Webjam is also releasing several Managed Service options:

1½ day training pack
Skin pack – ‘Ready to go’ design, graphics and logo
Engagement pack – populate blog, forum, moderation
Dedicated account management & end user support
Bespoke widget design and build

A complete breakdown of Webjam’s Branded Services and its pricing is now available online at http://www.webjam.com/branded_services/packages.

Lexie Mendelson, Webjam Business Development Director concludes, “Through Webjam, any organisation can control their social networks as they desire. Webjam can populate your forums and blogs, provide end user technical support, implement new features and create new graphics and custom widgets for your branded community. For less than the cost of hiring one Web 2.0 savvy professional, organisations can now have a team of developers and community managers at their disposal, all year round.”

Webjam gives any organisation:

a viral engine for brands to leverage on what the community does best
a simple and easy-to-use social publishing platform to publish and share information with privacy, member management and collaboration
a powerful community management tool, from modular privacy settings to replication and co-edition rights, to easily share site maintenance and community management from a single platform
a hassle-free turn-key solution where Webjam provides the platform, hosting and if necessary additional services like editorial and community management

The standard Webjam platform remains free and will continue to allow users to set up versatile communities, featuring forums, blogs, polls, photos, maps, videos and more.

Webjam’s Branded Services are suitable for non-profit organisations, brands, media and e-commerce companies, whilst the member sites created can range from the professional, personal, topical, or simple fan sites, clubs and societies. More information about Webjam’s services can be found at www.webjam.com/branded_services.

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Further enquiries:

Nicholas Vangelis
Skywrite Communications
nick.vangelis@skywritecomms.com
+44 20 7608 4680

About Webjam - "Your social networks made easy"

Webjam provides individuals and organisations with a free or subscription-based platform to create customisable, purpose-driven social networks, with the flexibility to control what is shared with whom. Webjam Branded Services allow larger organisations to build branded online communities in a Software as a Service (SaaS) mode.

Founded in 2006 by a British, a Spanish and a French entrepreneur in London, UK, Webjam differentiates itself by bundling powerful community features with an easy drag-and-drop interface, a rich catalogue of modules and styles and a unique feature to replicate contents, applications and lay-outs. Available to everyone regardless of technical skills, Webjam allows anyone to share their creations and learn from others.

A finalist in the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008, Webjam has been compared to Ning by CNET, offering "Apple-like simplicity for website building", and touted as an alternative to Facebook by BBC News Online.

For additional information: www.webjam.com

London Webjam community make it through to The Other Side?

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:55:00 GMT

Six months on, London freesheet and online community The Other Side breaks new ground

One publication has bucked the trend of declining circulations by taking a fresh approach in the way it interacts with its audience. By implementing a specific strategy to engage through Webjam’s Branded Services, The Other Side has managed to develop a deep relationship with its audience in only six months. The Other Side’s online community now reaches nearly 400 people who regularly share and discuss news, opinion and events in and around the Northern Line in London.

Founder of The Other Side, Sam Lassman comments; “For us, it’s been critical to engage in ways that are really going to gain traction with our audience. Developing The Other Side across the Webjam platform has meant that not only are we able to interact with our audience on a more personal level, but they can also interact with us and actually generate the kind of content they wish to see for themselves.”

Webjam CEO, Yann Motte added: “The Other Side is a brilliant example of how publishers can create real value. Being literally within millimeters of their audience’s appetite for cultural news and views in and around the Northern Line in London, the Other Side has managed to really flourish during times which have been tough for the industry as a whole.”

Webjam Branded Services are suitable for non-profit organisations, brands, media and e-commerce companies, whilst the member sites created can range from the professional, personal, topical, or simple fan sites, clubs and societies.

See www.webjam.com/branded_services and www.theothersidemag.co.uk for more information.

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Further enquiries:

Nicholas Vangelis
Skywrite Communications
nick.vangelis@skywritecomms.com
+44 20 7608 4680

Sonia Kalfon,
Webjam Ltd
media@webjam-ltd.com
+44 20 3170 8741

About Webjam

For additional information: www.webjam.com

Webjam launches Branded Services

Tue, 09 Sep 2008 09:40:00 GMT

Powerful social publishing tool to extend brands into vibrant, interactive and monetised online communities

Webjam, the place for you, your groups and your sites today announces the launch of its Branded Services which enable businesses and organisations to create custom online communities, under the motto “Your social networks made easy”. Webjam’s Branded Service is the only platform that allows companies to give their audience, members or clients the ability to create their own social networks to spread awareness and bring a sense of purpose and community within a branded environment.

Through Webjam, users can manage forums, blogs, polls, photos, maps, videos and more. Webjam allows companies to initiate a faster interactive discussion about their products or services amongst their audience and to aggregate user generated content (UGC) and re-purpose it as a way to engage and empower their audience.

A number of organisations including The Sanctuary, Yamaha Music Education, The Centre for Policy Studies, Zone New Media and the Digital Hub Development Agency have already piloted the service to great effect.

Ian Clethero, Managing Director of Zone New Media explains: “Webjam acts as a channel to virally spread information about us, as a forum for discussions and as a means to quickly set-up a community around an event. At the same time, Webjam is straightforward and simple to use allowing anyone within Zone New Media to maintain the site. Our audience loves the level of interaction that Webjam affords and the ability to set up their own sites from the branded templates we’ve provided.”

Thanks to easy site creation and replicable templates, Webjam can enable hundreds of users to create their own micro-communities, facilitating viral spreading of the brand through users to a huge, untapped, passive audience, now transformed into a fully interactive community.

Webjam CEO, Yann Motte comments: “Businesses cannot afford to ignore the advantages that social media can bring. Currently, most social networking sites only allow organisations to create separate social networks that are simply a collection of individuals. However, as a next-generation social networking tool, Webjam brings the concept of social publishing to the next level by allowing users to create their own social network within the brand’s environment.”

Webjam gives any brand or organisation:

a viral engine to leverage on what they and the community do best via branded website templates
a simple and easy-to-use social publishing platform to publish and share information with privacy settings, member management tools and co-editing options
a hassle-free turn-key solution where Webjam provides the platform, hosting and if necessary additional services like editorial and community management

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Further enquiries:

Nicholas Vangelis
Skywrite Communications
nick.vangelis@skywritecomms.com
+44 20 7608 4680

Sonia Kalfon,
Webjam Ltd
media@webjam-ltd.com
+44 20 3170 8741

About Webjam

For additional information: www.webjam.com

Webjam raises £1M in latest round of funding

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 17:05:00 GMT

Investment underlines new Branded Services offering from Webjam

Webjam today announced it has secured a further £1 million (1.9M USD/1.2M EU) in funding led by initial investor I-Source. Webjam allows individuals and organisations to build fully customisable, purpose-driven social networks, with the flexibility to control what is shared with whom. Webjam represents the next generation social publishing platform that extends ‘sharing’ to all aspects of social networks by allowing users to replicate any part of webjams created by others. The A round extension will be used to accelerate Webjam’s developments in the B2B2C market which enables businesses and organisations to create custom online communities through its new Branded Services offering.

Webjam’s new paid-for service allows organisations to build branded online communities and furthermore empowers individuals in those communities to automatically replicate their own branded splinter social publishing platforms. Currently in pilot mode, Webjam’s Branded Services offering has already been used to great effect by a number of organisations including Yamaha Music Education, the Centre for Policy Studies, Zone Mag and The Digital Hub Development Agency. The full Branded Services programme will be available to all in September 2008 in a Software as a Service (SaaS) fee-paying version.

The £1 million reinvestment demonstrates I-Source’s confidence in Webjam’s strategy. Eric Harle, Managing Partner of I-Source commented: "With the single aim to back the hottest technology start-ups with the biggest potential for growth in Europe, Webjam remains a key investment for I-Source. By December we anticipate that Webjam will have secured stable revenue streams around fees, premiums and advertising as web 2.0 services become established in the minds of businesses and organisations as an essential part of reaching and interacting with their customer base."

Yann Motte, co-founder and CEO of Webjam added: "With I-Source support, we will continue to execute our vision to enable communities with a purpose. Webjam is built around the democratic premise that anyone should be able to build and manage their own social networks, regardless of whether they are an individual, corporation or charitable cause. As such we differentiate ourselves with features like our unique replication facility which provides the tools for organisations who want to engage and empower their communities to spread the word."

Webjam Branded Services is the solution of choice for organisations with large communities of users or customers, such as printed media, retailers, interest groups, sport and education organisations, think tanks and charities which want to easily connect online and share content in a controlled and safe environment.

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Further enquiries:

Nicholas Vangelis
Skywrite Communications
nick.vangelis@skywritecomms.com
+44 20 7608 4680

Sonia Kalfon,
Webjam Ltd
media@webjam-ltd.com
+44 20 3170 8741

About Webjam

For additional information: www.webjam.com

About I-Source

I-Source is an early stage venture capital firm, focusing on Information and Communication Technologies (Software, SaaS, Multimedia and Telecom). We invest at first and following rounds in early stage technological companies. Our funds are managed by a stable and senior team with a strong background in the industry, in finance and in entrepreneurship. This allows us to actively support each portfolio company and bring significant added value. With 175 M€ under management, I-Source has invested in 60+ companies since its inception in 1999.

For additional information: www.isourcegestion.fr

Webjam introduces badge creator for greater user data portability

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 15:07:00 GMT

Social network users fed up with updating multiple profiles, contact lists and activities have a new tool to help manage their online presence. Webjam, the place for you, your groups and your sites today announces that it has launched a ‘badge creator’ so users can easily and simply build a profile that can be embedded into any site they want.

As Webjam’s badge creator allows users to keep their profile in sync around the web, it also addresses the pressing issue of data privacy, helping users of social networks to decide for themselves what data they show and how it will be used.

Yann Motte, Co-founder and CEO of Webjam said, “First and foremost, we are focused on looking at the issues from the perspective of the user and the fuss of managing profiles across multiple sites is a real bug bear for them. Most of our users have a presence in more than one web-based social networks or applications and the Webjam badge fulfils the need for more flexibility and control in sharing their information between different places on the web.”

The badge works by providing a template of key data with customisation options, which then gives the user the html to embed anywhere they want to replicate that information. Users can control the data that is held on the badge including profile information, friends, a list of their sites and even their latest activities, which can be viewed even if the viewer is not logged into Webjam.

Yann continues, “Data portability and the implication it has on privacy is an immensely important issue in the web 2.0 arena. Our badge creator is the first deliverable of our overall goal to enable individuals to truly be able to decide what to do with their own data and how it gets used by others.”

Webjam is the next generation tool in social publishing, allowing any individual, organisation or corporation to give a sense of purpose to their online connections and manage their web presence, from the content they share to the groups they interact with. Webjam is the solution of choice for local communities, interest groups, think tanks or charities which want to easily connect online and share content in a controlled and safe environment.

Webjam was recently named as a finalist in the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008.

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Further enquiries:

Nicholas Vangelis, Skywrite Communications, nick.vangelis@skywritecomms.com, +44 20 7608 4680

Sonia Kalfon, Webjam Ltd, media@webjam-ltd.com, +44 20 3170 8741

About Webjam

Webjam provides individuals and organisations with a free and flexible platform to create a relevant and personalised web presence.

Founded in 2006 by a British, a Spanish and a French entrepreneur in London, UK, Webjam differentiates itself by bundling powerful community features with an easy drag-and-drop interface, a rich catalogue of modules and styles and a unique feature to replicate content, applications and lay-outs. Users are able to piece together their perfect online community, taking feeds from major services including Flickr, Google, YouTube, Amazon and Gmail. Available to everyone regardless of technical skills, Webjam allows anyone to share their creations and learn from others.

Webjam was recently na,ed as a finalist in the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008, and has been touted as an alternative to Facebook by BBC News Online.

For more information about “the place for you, your groups, your sites”, visit www.webjam.com.

Yamaha and Webjam: Music and Technology in perfect harmony

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:53:00 GMT

When thinking of the most solitary professions, Arctic explorers or tube drivers might come to mind, but apparently the life of a music teacher – often working alone or in small departments - can be a lonely one, at least as far as contact with other music education professionals goes.

But don’t start playing those tiny violins just yet. Striking a chord with UK music teachers, Webjam, the place for you, your groups and your sites, and Yamaha have teamed up to deliver the Yamaha Music Education online community – a place to connect, interact and collaborate. Teachers joining the community at www.yamahaeducation.co.uk can collaborate with each other and Yamaha to promote and further music education.

Webjam allows the community to orchestrate an overwhelming range of features, including:

Forums and discussion boards.
One to one communication with other members.
RSS feeds to aggregate relevant information from all over the web.
Posting and sharing streaming video and MP3s.

In addition, the Yamaha webjam has a unique replication system which allows teachers to create their own blogs about music education which can all be linked back to the main community. Members can also buy and sell musical instruments, as well as keeping themselves updated about recent events in the industry and competitions for up and coming talent that their students may wish to enter.

Bill Martin, Education Liaison Manager, Yamaha Music UK Ltd said, “Originally I just wanted a blog that people with something interesting to say could use and attract a community. However, on coming across Webjam I realised there was so much more we could do. You can have a forum, a blog, profile, MP3 player, polls, YouTube videos, the lot. It’s very simple to set up and the interface works brilliantly. Already we’ve attracted a huge number of visitors and members to the site and are well on the way to building a real community for music teachers to make their voice heard in multimedia. If you want to run a club, community or association, Webjam is a fantastic resource and I recommend it wholeheartedly”.

Yann Motte, co-founder and CEO of WebJam, added, “It’s great to see Webjam being used to create communities by such a huge range of people with such diverse needs, from bringing together the millions of Londoners that use the Northern Line every day to smaller groups including local football teams and knitting circles. It really is putting the internet back into the hands of the people.”

Webjam was recently named as a finalist in the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008.

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Further enquiries:

Nicholas Vangelis, Skywrite Communications, nick.vangelis@skywritecomms.com, +44 20 7608 4680

Sonia Kalfon, Webjam Ltd, media@webjam-ltd.com, +44 20 3170 8741

About Webjam

Webjam provides individuals and organisations with a free and flexible platform to create a relevant and personalised web presence.

Webjam was recently na,ed as a finalist in the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008, and has been touted as an alternative to Facebook by BBC News Online.

For more information about “the place for you, your groups, your sites”, visit www.webjam.com.

London free-sheet works with Webjam for social publishing

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:56:00 GMT

The Other Side and Webjam bring Northern Line community together

Webjam, the place for you, your groups and your sites, and The Other Side, a new London free-sheet are in partnership to create an online interactive community to take on the big established free London papers and tap an audience of more culturally aware and web 2.0 savvy Londoners.

Launched on 11 April, The Other Side will be distributed in and around the areas served by the Northern Line tube service and is also supported with an online community, www.webjam.com/theothersidemag, to allow readers to interact with other readers and journalists. Filled with news, opinion, reviews and events happening around the Northern Line, The Other Side and Webjam aim to bring the London community together.

The brainchild of entrepreneur and editor, Sam Lassman Watts, The Other Side was born in response to what he views as the limited agenda of free papers being handed out in London.

Sam said, “There is a certain character about the Northern Line that you don’t get on some of the others. Whether it’s the Camden folk jumping on and off the tube, the constant mix of city boys and tourists at Bank and Charing Cross or the signal failures and delays, it all adds up that the line was crying out for The Other Side.”

“Working hand in hand with Webjam to foster an online community is critical to the way we want to take the magazine. The Other Side is all about bringing people together and allowing them to play an active part in how the magazine develops and is used, not just drip feeding Londoners with the same old titbits of where Jemima Khan went for tea.”

Webjam is the next generation tool in social publishing, allowing any individual, organisation or corporation to give a sense of purpose to their online connections and manage their web presence, from the content they share to the groups they interact with. Webjam is the solution of choice for local communities, interest groups, think tanks or charities which want to easily connect online and share content in a controlled and safe environment.

Yann Motte, Co-founder and CEO of Webjam added, “As entrepreneurs ourselves, we’re totally behind Sam’s vision and are working closely to make sure we can offer members and readers a truly interactive experience where they play their part in editing and shaping The Other Side both in print and online.”

“It’s great to see Webjam being used to create communities by such a huge range of people with such diverse needs, from bringing together the millions of Londoners that use the Northern Line every day to smaller groups including local football teams and knitting circles. It really is putting the internet back into the hands of the people.”

Webjam was recently named as a finalist in the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008 award.

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Further enquiries:

Sonia Kalfon, Webjam, media@webjam-ltd.com, +44 20 3170 8741

About Webjam

Offering the “Web the Way you want ®” since its first release in February 2007, Webjam provides individuals and organisations with a free and flexible platform to create a relevant and personalised web presence.

Founded in 2006 by a British, a Spanish and a French entrepreneur in London, UK, Webjam differentiates itself by bundling powerful community features with an easy drag-and-drop interface, a rich catalogue of modules and styles and a unique feature to replicate contents, applications and lay-outs. Users are able to piece together their perfect online community, taking feeds from major services including Flickr, Google YouTube, Amazon and Gmail. Available to everyone regardless of technical skills, Webjam allows anyone to share their creations and learn from others.

With investment support from I-Source Gestion, Webjam is set to bring a disruptive approach to online presence management through its three pillar principles of replication, reputation and relevance.

For more information about “the place for you, your groups, your sites”, visit www.webjam.com.

Webjam provides new online discussion platform for the Centre for Policy Studies

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 12:10:00 GMT

CPS becomes the first public policy group to set-up an Interactive Think Tank

London, 31^st March 2008 – Webjam, the place for you, your groups and your sites, has been chosen by one of Britain’s best known and most respected think tanks, the Centre for Policy Studies (CPS), as its online discussion and collaboration platform.

The Centre for Policy Studies has created a series of micro-sites dedicated to debating each of its policy topics as well as hosting papers by the group, the first of which ‘Politics, Policy and The Internet’ by Robert Colville, Commissioning Editor for the Daily Telegraph is available to view at http://policystudies.cps.org.uk/. In addition, the CPS will also allow its members to replicate its webjams, enabling users to start their own blogs and discussion groups to foster debate in their own communities.

On March 31^st Webjam is presenting the case for interactive online engagement at the Politics, Policy and the Internet seminar, hosted by The Daily Telegraph and the CPS at Portcullis House. Speakers will include Iain Martin, Group Executive Editor, Politics, The Daily telegraph, George Osborne MP, Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and Robert Colville.

Yann Motte, Co-founder and CEO of Webjam comments, “Webjam is growing at its fastest ever rate and it is great that an important body like the Centre for Policy Studies recognises our potential to help it foster debate on the internet. Having a major think tank using our service is testament to Webjam’s ability to unite serious blogging with powerful discussion forums.”

The Centre for Policy Studies exists to promote coherent and practical public policy, to roll back the state, reform public services, support communities and challenge threats to Britain’s independence. It is the first major think tank to recognise Webjam’s potential as a basis for an interactive platform incorporating its blog on its latest publications and events.

Tim Knox, Editor of the Centre for Policy Studies commented: “With Webjam, we are able to offer a modern and interactive way to influence policy making, through a medium which is accessible to all. Our members now have an easy and convenient way to voice their opinion, whilst Webjam gives us the tools we need to regulate the forum. The Centre for Policy Studies has put policy into action and brought a conservative institution into the social media age.”

The Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) is independent of all political parties and special interest groups. It is a non-profit-making organisation which relies entirely on the donations of individuals and companies to carry out its work. Its webjam can be visited at http://policystudies.cps.org.uk/.

Webjam was recently named as a finalist in the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008 award.

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Further enquiries:

Tim Masih Sonia Kalfon

Hotwire Webjam Ltd

tim.masih@hotwirepr.com or media@webjam-ltd.com

+44 20 7608 4665 +44 20 3170 8741

About Webjam

Webjam provides individuals and organisations with a free and flexible platform to create a relevant and personalised web presence.

Founded in 2006 by a British, a Spanish and a French entrepreneur in London, UK, Webjam differentiates itself by bundling powerful community features with an easy drag-and-drop interface, a rich catalogue of modules and styles and a unique feature to replicate contents, applications and lay-outs. Users are able to piece together their perfect online community, taking feeds from major services including Flickr, Google YouTube, Amazon and Gmail. Available to everyone regardless of technical skills, Webjam allows anyone to share their creations and learn from others.

Webjam was recently named as a finalist in the Red Herring 100 Europe 2008, and has been touted as an alternative to Facebook by BBC News Online.

For more information about “the place for you, your groups, your sites”, visit www.webjam.com.

Webjam named as Finalist of Red Herring 100 Europe 2008

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 12:18:00 GMT

London, 26^th March 2008 – Webjam, the place for you, your groups and your sites, has been named as a finalist in the Red Herring 100 Europe, an award given to the top 100 private technology companies based in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Webjam was selected by Red Herring’s editorial staff, who rigorously evaluated several hundred private companies based on financial data and subjective criteria including quality of management, execution of strategy and dedication to research and development. Red Herring's lists of top private companies are an important part of the publication's tradition of identifying new and innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs.

Yann Motte, Co-founder and CEO of Webjam comments, “We are constantly striving to evolve our offerings and come up with new and innovative designs for social publishing and networking. To be recognised as one of the top technology innovators in EMEA is a great compliment to the team. Webjam aims to be the solution of choice for local communities, interest groups, charities, fan clubs or families who want to easily connect online and share content in a controlled and safe environment.”

Red Herring editor-in-chief, Joel Dreyfuss said “This year’s impressive list of submissions from companies demonstrates Europe’s growing role as a major centre of innovation in the global technology sector. The exceptional accomplishments of European technology start-ups and entrepreneurs are a testament to the rapid advancements being made in building the European innovation ecosystem.”

Red Herring will honour the Red Herring 100 Europe Finalist companies at its Red Herring Europe 2008 event. Scheduled for 14^th – 16^th April at the Westin Dragonara Resort, this three-day event is themed “The Pursuit of Disruption” and will explore how European firms are leading the charge in many technology sectors, gaining the competitive advantage and driving entrepreneurial success in ways that create business opportunities for challengers and incumbents alike.

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Further enquiries:

Tim Masih Sonia Kalfon

Hotwire Webjam Ltd

tim.masih@hotwirepr.com or media@webjam-ltd.com

020 7608 4665 020 3170 8741

About Webjam

Webjam provides individuals and organisations with a free and flexible platform to create a relevant and personalised web presence.

Founded in 2006 by a British, a Spanish and a French entrepreneur in London, UK, Webjam differentiates itself by bundling powerful community features with an easy drag-and-drop interface, a rich catalogue of modules and styles and a unique feature to replicate contents, applications and lay-outs. Users are able to piece together their perfect online community, taking feeds from major services including Flickr, Google YouTube, Amazon and Gmail. Available to everyone regardless of technical skills, Webjam allows anyone to share their creations and learn from others.

Webjam was recently voted the .net people’s choice award winner, and has been touted as an alternative to Facebook by BBC News Online.

For more information about “the place for you, your groups, your sites”, visit www.webjam.com.

About Red Herring

Red Herring is a global media company which unites the world’s best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider’s access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. More information about Red Herring is available on the Internet at www.redherring.com.

Webjam launches new flavour in social networking

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 15:08:00 GMT

Strawberry release of award-winning new social network makes social publishing for your group easier and faster than ever before

25 January 2008 – Webjam, the place for you, your groups and your sites, today announced the new and improved Strawberry release, offering the most powerful social publishing tools yet. Users can now create and share blogs, groups and websites faster then ever. With added privacy settings and customised profiles, you can show just what you want, to who you want, how you want, and finally give a sense of purpose to your online connections.

Jam packed with new features, users have more control than ever. You can change the way your Webjam looks by simply dragging and dropping items on the page to get it just right. The addition of a new style editor gives users the ultimate in customisation options, allowing easy modification to every part of your Webjam to get just the flavour you want. You can change background, header, fonts and even more in just one click with instant updates. Now your Webjam can match your purpose as well as your personality.

Users can easily spread their Webjam even further with simplified invitations so non-members don’t need to have a full profile to contribute. Stir in your favourite clips from Flickr, YouTube, Amazon search, Google Maps or BBC News to get the mix just right, then share the fruits of your labour with friends, family or co-workers.

Other tasty features include:

Increased privacy through the option of a mini profile which shows just what you want to, and to whom you want you, so that you’re always in control.
Friends and Members module that lets you interact with the relevant communities around you.
Upgraded Photo module with a new photo uploading tool to streamline the process. You can even add comments to them or set-up a message board to talk about them.
Interactive Bulletin board for the community.
Revamped Poll module that gives you a easy and quick option to poll a group about various topics.

Yann Motte, Co-founder and CEO of Webjam comments: “The Strawberry release makes Webjam the solution of choice for local communities, interest groups, charities, fan clubs or families who want to easily connect online and share content in a controlled, safe environment”

Webjam is the next generation tool in social publishing, allowing any individual, organisation or corporation to give a sense of purpose to their online connections and manage their web presence, from the content they share to the groups they interact with. Whether you want to manage a private book club, publicly share your passion for your local football team, or contribute to an education project, there’s a Webjam for you.
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Further enquiries:
Peter Bowles, Hotwire, peter.bowles@hotwirepr.com, +44 20 7608 4649

Sonia Kalfon, Webjam Ltd, media@webjam-ltd.com, +44 20 3170 8741

About Webjam

Webjam provides individuals and organisations with a free and flexible platform to create a relevant and personalised web presence.

Founded in 2006 by a British, a Spanish and a French entrepreneur in London, UK, Webjam differentiates itself by bundling powerful community features with an easy drag-and-drop interface, a rich catalogue of modules and styles and a unique feature to replicate contents, applications and lay-outs. Users are able to piece together their perfect online community, taking feeds from major services including Flickr, Google YouTube, Amazon and Gmail. Available to everyone regardless of technical skills, Webjam allows anyone to share their creations and learn from others.

Webjam was recently voted the .net people’s choice award winner, and has been touted as an alternative to Facebook by BBC News Online.

For more information about “the place for you, your groups, your sites”, visit www.webjam.com.

Webjam wins .net’s prestigious People’s Choice Award

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:52:00 GMT

19th December 2007 – Webjam, the place for you, your groups and your sites, has won one of the UK’s most auspicious awards for internet companies, the .net People's Choice Award. Judged by readers of the magazine, Webjam was awarded the title ‘New Site of the Year’, seeing off hundreds of other sites to take the prestigious award.

Readers of .net nominated the most innovative websites and technologies they had come across throughout the past year, with the most popular making a shortlist which was voted on by the thousands of visitors to the .net website. After three months of voting, Webjam came out the clear winner.

Yann Motte, Co-founder and CEO of Webjam comments, “To be recognised by the British public as the most exciting new site of the year is a great honour, and clear recognition that people love Webjam’s innovative take on social publishing. Webjam is the first site to allow any individual, organisation or corporation to manage their web presence, from the content they share to the groups they interact with, and has clearly struck a chord with internet users. But we won’t stop here. Webjam is continuing to evolve and make it even easier for people to shape and share the web in new and exciting ways whilst bringing together all the aspects of their digital life in a single space.”

Webjam offers easy-to-use but powerful social publishing tools, giving users the ultimate in personalisation and customising. By being able to choose the exact look and layout users want, groups, personal pages or sites are brought to life, and applications like MP3s and RSS feeds are pieced together using simple drag and drop options. The result is the creation of their ideal Webjam to share with others in minutes.
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Further enquiries:
Peter Bowles, Hotwire, peter.bowles@hotwire.com, +44 20 7608 4649

Sonia Kalfon, Webjam, media@webjam-ltd.com, +44 20 3170 8741

About Webjam

Founded in 2006 by a British, a Spanish and a French entrepreneur in London, UK, Webjam differentiates itself by bundling powerful community features with an easy drag-and-drop interface, a rich catalogue of modules and styles and a unique feature to replicate contents, applications and lay-outs. Users are able to piece together their perfect online community, taking feeds from major services including Flickr, Google YouTube, Amazon and Gmail. Available to everyone regardless of technical skills, Webjam allows anyone to share their creations and learn from others.

With investment support from I-Source Gestion, Webjam is set to bring a disruptive approach to online presence management through its three pillar principles of replication, reputation and relevance.

For more information about “the place for you, your groups, your sites”, visit www.webjam.com.

Webjam launches the place for you, your groups and your sites

Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:38:00 GMT

Ultimate web 2.0 social publishing tool is launched enabling individuals and organisations to create a personalised web presence.

30th October 2007 – Webjam, a powerful new social publishing utility, launched today a set of new features vowing to let its users to shape the web the way they want through offering the ultimate in personalisation and customising tools. Users can bring their groups, personal pages or sites to life by choosing the exact look and layout they want, add applications like MP3 players, stream RSS feeds on the latest news and piece together their ideal Webjam to share with others in minutes.

Offering as many pages as you need for your blogs, photos or videos, groups or social networks as well as personal homepages, Webjam enables users to easily manage their online presence from one single account. Each page can be tailored to individual requirements whether you are a web 2.0 guru or have little technical expertise. Anyone can mix their own content with services ranging from Flickr, YouTube, Amazon search, Google Maps or BBC News.

Groups come alive on the web with powerful community features using a simple drag-and-drop interface. Any Webjam site can be made of various pages with several membership, invitation and co-editing levels for private, community, or public usage. In addition, by allowing viewers to mash-up and replicate a rich catalogue of content, applications, styles or even sites they like, Webjam is setting new standards for allowing developers and designers to share their creations, allowing anybody to leverage what the community is doing best.

Your sites or “webjams” can be created quickly and easily through one-click options, yet contain advanced options to satisfy even the most demanding power blogger. Webjam is the ideal solution for your groups, for you and for your sites:

• For your groups: Create an interactive social network where everyone can have
a voice

• For you: Collect news, photos, games and the best of the web and
invite others to join the party

• For your sites: Write your own blogs or websites, showcase your portfolio or
design your own styles

Yann Motte, Co-founder and CEO of Webjam comments, “We are really pleased to be moving to the next version of Webjam following some great feedback from our test users. We designed Webjam to be the ultimate platform for creativity, aggregating what you find interesting and then sharing it with the various communities you belong to. Webjam allows people to easily shape and share the Web in new exciting and innovative ways whilst bringing together all the other aspects of their digital life in a single space.”

Webjam heralds the next generation tool in social publishing allowing any individual, organisation or corporation to manage their web presence, from the content they share to the groups they interact with. After just a few months, usage already ranges from fan sites and local communities to charities and professional blogs . Webjam has already been creating a buzz with bloggers who have described the site as a powerful blend of aggregating, blogging and social networking, culminating in “the Swiss Army knife of the internet user”. Whether you want to manage a private book club or publicly share your passion for your local football club, there’s a webjam for you to be inspired from so that you can create your own.
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Further enquiries:
Peter Bowles, Hotwire, peter.bowles@hotwirepr.com, +44 20 7608 4649

or Sonia Kalfon, Webjam, media@webjam-ltd.com, +44 20 3170 8741

About Webjam

Founded in 2006 by a British, a Spanish and a French entrepreneur in London, UK, Webjam differentiates itself by bundling powerful community features with an easy drag-and-drop interface, a rich catalogue of modules and styles and a unique feature to replicate contents, applications and lay-outs. Users are able to piece together their perfect online community, taking feeds from major services including Flickr, Google YouTube, Amazon and Gmail. Available to everyone regardless of technical skills, Webjam allows anyone to share their creations and learn from others.

With investment support from I-Source Gestion, Webjam is set to bring a disruptive approach to online presence management through its three pillar principles of replication, reputation and relevance.

For more information about “the place for you, your groups, your sites”, visit www.webjam.com.

Webjam launches one-click website creation, an innovative feature aimed at local communities, fan clubs and non-profits.

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 16:38:00 GMT

European Internet start-up Webjam lets users start an online community in one click, enabling communities such as fan clubs, residents associations or hobby groups to quickly get a relevant online presence. By entering a single keyword, a user can aggregate the best of the web in one click and immediately start building a community around it.

London, UK – June 20th. Webjam, a London-based internet start-up recently named a “Global Innovator” by Guidewire Group, announced today the full release of its one-click website creation feature. Upon entering a single keyword on www.webjam.com, users immediately get a fully-fledged webpage about a product, a person, a topic or an event they are passionate about, and can start sharing it with a community. Making website creation easy, Webjam lets users focus on managing their existing communities or nurturing a new one, be it around arts, politics, sports, cars or a local neighbourhood.

“By facilitating content aggregation around hobbies, passions or places, we allow internet users to focus on what matters the most to them: building communities around their ideas and experiences” explains Yann Motte, Webjam co-founder & CEO. “The unique versatility of the Webjam platform – that automatically aggregates blogs, news, photos, videos, bookmarks or book reviews- bridges the gap between sharing your thinking and providing the context for it”.

Whether a user wants to share thoughts about the upcoming Harry Potter movie, lobby for sustainable development, manage a local football club association or create an iPhone fanclub, Webjam provides a free and easy solution to publish content and manage memberships. The new community owner can customize the page through a simple drag-and-drop interface, and decides who can see what by setting privacy levels on the whole page or on any given content.

Making website creation easy is part of Webjam’s mission to offer “the web the way you want” to internet users sometimes overwhelmed by the task of creating and maintaining a website. Fans, bloggers, non-profits and local associations now have a simple tool to gather information around their preferred topic and manage the community around it. The new feature is available from Webjam’s homepage or from adopt.webjam.com/[topic].

About Webjam

Founded in 2006 by a British, a Spanish and a French entrepreneur in London, UK, Webjam aims at empowering individuals and communities to create, aggregate and share content online. Webjam differentiates itself by bundling powerful community features with an easy drag-and-drop interface, a rich catalogue of modules and styles and a unique feature to replicate content and styles from the community. With investment support from I-Source Gestion, Webjam is set to bring a disruptive approach to media publishing through its three pillar principles of replication, reputation and relevance. Webjam was recently named a “Global Innovator” by Guidewire Group, the leading global early stage technology research firm and producers of Innovate!Europe. For more information about 'the Web the Way you Want®', visit http://www.webjam.com .

CONTACT INFORMATION

Webjam Ltd

Sonia Kalfon

Phone: +44 791 920 6145 or +44 203 170 8741

media@webjam-ltd.com

http://www.webjam.com

European Internet start-up Webjam raises £1 million in first-round funding.

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:41:00 GMT

A London-based start-up founded by Yahoo! veterans, Webjam, www.webjam.com, provides individuals and communities with an innovative and versatile platform to create, aggregate and share contents online. The investment from French early stage venture capital firm I-Source Gestion will fuel further product development and global expansion.

London, UK and Paris, France – March 28th, 2007. Webjam, www.webjam.com, a London-based internet start-up founded in 2006 by former Yahoo! employees, announced that it has raised £1 million (2 million USD) in first-round funding from French early stage venture capital firm I-Source Gestion. Webjam will use the funds for product development and international expansion across Europe and the US, joining the ranks of European start-ups with a global ambition.

Offering “the Web the Way you Want^®”, Webjam enables users to easily create their online presence in a fully personalised way. With powerful community features, an easy drag-and-drop interface and a rich catalogue of modules and styles, Webjam makes publishing and sharing really simple. In a single place, users can pull together familiar functionalities such as blogs, photos, message boards, news feeds or maps, and combine them in their preferred layout. A whole page or a given module can be made public, private, or restricted to a particular community. Page layouts, contents and modules are replicable, so that users can build their own page by leveraging on what the community does best.

Webjam already picked the interest of notorious bloggers when it launched in a private beta in November last year: it has been featured by influential technology blogs Techcrunch and Mashable, and leading online media sites such as ZDNet or the French Journal du Net.

Thanks to the versatility of the platform, the uses for Webjam are endless. “We envisioned Webjam as an ideal eco-system for local communities, media creators and small businesses” explains Yann Motte, co-founder and CEO. “It is fascinating to discover what our users create on Webjam: a private notebook, a professional blog, a personal news page, a cartoonist’s portfolio, or even a collaborative space for Guidejam, a group of London tourist guides!”

"Webjam is a platform for creativity, an invitation for people to easily shape and share the Web in exciting ways" says Alberto Barreiro, co-founder and Chief Product Officer. He and co-founder Marcus Greenwood nurtured the idea of an innovative community platform when designing a website for their local residents association in London’s Bermondsey. Together with Yann Motte, they have matured the concept and launched the project as a private beta in November 2006, then as a public beta in February 2007.

“Webjam pushes the boundaries of social media. Its unique replication and participation features allow anyone to participate in online communities, blurring the lines between viewers and publishers” say Eric Harlé, Managing Partner and Yvan-Michel Ehkirch of I-Source Gestion.

About WebjamFounded in 2006 by a British, a Spanish and a French entrepreneur in London, UK, Webjam aims at empowering individuals and communities to create, aggregate and share content online. Webjam differentiates itself by bundling powerful community features with an easy drag-and-drop interface, a rich catalogue of modules and styles and a unique feature to replicate contents and styles from the community. With investment support from I-Source Gestion, Webjam is set to bring a disruptive approach to media publishing through its three pillar principles of replication, reputation and relevance. For more information about “the Web the Way you Want^®”, visit www.webjam.com.
About I-Source Gestion

I-Source Gestion is a Venture Capital firm dedicated to early stage financing of high growth potential ventures, coming from either public or private research, and in the areas of Information Technologies and Telecommunications. I-Source Gestion manages six funds totalling an amount of around €160 million and has invested in more than 50 portfolio companies. For more information, visit www.isourcegestion.fr.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Webjam Ltd
Sonia Kalfon
Phone: +44 791 920 6145 or +44 203 170 8741
media@webjam-ltd.com
http://www.webjam.com

I-Source Gestion
Aurélie Ouanson
Phone: +33 1 39 23 02 00
press@isourcegestion.fr
http://www.isourcegestion.fr

Are you ready ?

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:00:00 GMT

We are opening all public pages to all internet users on February 1st. Watch this space for the annoucement !

Our first press release

Thu, 23 Nov 2006 12:39:00 GMT

... is coming soon. We are not there yet ;-)

but you can check all the buzz on Technorati.