Amadeus Backs Linkdex Software Co; Sixth Seed Fund Invest
06 Oktober 2009 - 4:10PM
Dow Jones News
Amadeus Capital Tuesday said it has invested EUR650,000 in
software company Linkdex, the London-based venture capitalist's
sixth investment out of The Amadeus and Angels Seed Fund.
Linkdex, which operates out of London and San Francisco, makes
software which allows companies and agencies to analyse and manage
the natural search results for their online businesses more
efficiently.
"We map hundreds of billions of links rather than just the
thousand currently available," said Linkdex Chief Executive John
Straw.
"Going beyond the first 1,000 links is crucial, because there
are true diamonds in the rough that can make a huge difference in
any marketer's campaign – and we're the only way to find them," he
adds.
Linkdex's search tool and merged Web and blog databases have
created a Web map of over 1 trillion links and it provides
marketing consultancy for blue-chip companies, such as Rolls Royce
Group PLC (RR.LN) and Cisco Systems Inc. (CISCO).
Amadeus, which invests venture capital in growing companies as
well as early stage and start-ups, has some GBP460 million under
management. It has built several global companies including CSR PLC
(CSR), maker of single-chip bluetooth radios for short range
connections, and Solexa Ltd, a developer of next generation genetic
analysis systems, which was bought by U.S. Illumina, Inc. (ILMN) in
2007.
-By Marietta Cauchi, Dow Jones Newswires; +44 207 842 9241;
marietta.cauchi@dowjones.com