Flavio about Business 2.0

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It’s been not even two months since I blogged about facebook Switzerland having 20k users. As of now, facebook Switzerland has 42k users. So we doubled in just about 8 weeks. If we continue at this growth rate, Switzerland’s whole population will be on facebook in just eight months.

Other growing networks are:

France: 150k users (tripled within those 8 weeks)

Germany: 100k users (also doubled)

Italy: 53k users (more than doubled)

Spain: 57k users (more than doubled)

You see, everyone is reporting almost insane growth in Europe. This could help legitimate the rumor of facebooks current 10 bn $ valuation.

As you might have seen in cash daily of today or certainly in the german-speaking blogosphere, the Swiss blog marketing company Trigami successfully closed a business angel round, with well known Investors as Peter Schüpbach and Nicolas Berg  . Other Investors include Olaf Jacobi, serial entrepreneur, Peter Niederhauser and Dominik Tarolli.

Trigami’s official press release can be found here.

Big congratulation to you, Remo and Alain! This is a major step for the young company, who is already making substantial revenue. They are one of the few Web 2.0 companies out there whose business model is not advertising. With smart money in their hands, it should now be possible to accelerate growth quickly and sign some major deals in the near future.

The investors they have been able to attract is a clear signal in favor of this business model.

I wish trigami, with their hardworking founders, all the best!