United Mobile successfully attracts major new financial backing to support growth strategy
5 November 2007 – In addition to Skype’s founding investor Morten Lund, United Mobile has attracted several new investors who will provide funds and counsel. The companies are Grazia Equity, Carrington Equity, Ammer!Partners, and Geitner Investment. United Mobile is an international mobile communications provider with its own network infrastructure. Travellers use United Mobile’s SIM cards to make international calls without paying any roaming fees.
Grazia Equity is a successful leading venture capital firm with expertise in technology investments, specialising on the alternative energy, telecommunications and media sector. Grazia’s investment portfolio currently includes more than ten companies, e.g. the mobile TV provider MFD (Mobiles Fernsehen Deutschland GmbH) or the Metaversum GmbH.
The venture capital investment company Ammer!Partners was founded by Dieter Ammer, formerly CEO of Becks Beer and the coffee roasting company Tchibo, in summer this year. Ammer!Partners will play an important role in helping United Mobile with its brand development and global sales. Ammer already holds a stake in paper and cellulose reseller Gratenau & Hesselbacher from Hamburg and Swiss mineral water manufacturer Icelandic Water.
Geitner Investment will support United Mobile with its long-standing experience and excellent contacts in the global telecommunications market. Its role will consist in optimising and enhancing United Mobile’s technology platform.
Sven Donhuysen, primary shareholder and President of United Mobile, expressed his enthusiasm about the new investors: “The successful results of our investment phase provide United Mobile with an ideal basis to turn the company into one of the most innovative global mobile communications players.”
United Mobile allows customers to make outgoing calls at worldwide low rates (from 19p per minute) and receive free incoming calls in over 80 countries. Among these are the EU members, Morocco, South Africa, Australia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates – countries where an incoming call can cost 1,40 up to 2,00 GBP per minute. With United Mobile users save up to 80%. For more information on the company visit:
www.united-mobile.com
