joiz, the interactive, cross-media platform including HD TV channel, receives funding from Creathor Venture
(PresseBox) - joiz, based in Zurich, is the new media home for teenage media user in Switzerland. User will be entertained, informed and animated to interact with friends and people with similar interests.
joiz - a combination of Joy and Choice - produces interactive cross-media entertainment programs for the target group of ages 15 to 29. joiz combines classic TV with Web and Mobile connecting to social media. "joiz is the answer to the dramatically changing media usage behavior of our young generation and offers advertisers a unique chance to reach the target group on today's parallel used media platforms", Alexander Mazzara, CEO and Co- Founder.
With regards to content, joiz focuses on crucial topics of the target group such as music, social relevant youth issues and lifestyle. All three, TV, Mobile and Web are synchronized in real-time allowing joiz to create the interactive formats and cross-media advertising campaigns according to parallel media usage of young people.
Therefore, joiz has established an exclusive partnership with Publicitas, a subsidiary of PubliGroupe. "With PubliGroupe we have an ideal partner to get marketing sales expertise from one hand for all these channels", says Kurt Schaad, President of the Board and Co-Founder.
Cédric Köhler, Investment Manager at Creathor Venture, is fully convinced of the potential of this channel: "From the first moment we've been enthusiastic by this revolutionary business model, the professionalism and expertise of the team. So far, cross-media marketing of advertising messages in real-time hasn't been or has only been possible in a very limited way for advertisers.
We are glad to participate in such an innovative and exiting project. Our investment of several million CHF will support the further development of joiz. In addition, joiz can benefit from our extensive network in the growth markets of New Media, Advertising and Mobile, among them our portfolio companies just as Netbiscuits (Kaiserslautern), aka-aki (Berlin), Sofialys (Paris), DIVA (Zürich), Doodle (Zürich)."
About joiz
joiz AG (former 7screens AG) was founded by Kurt Schaad, Christoph Bürge, Peter Schulz and Alexander Mazzara, together more than 100 years of TV- and Streaming-Media experience (among others at SF, Sat.1, RTL, Pro7, VIVA, Endemol and RealNetworks)
joiz is supported by the music industry (IFPI), the Schweizer Künstlervereinigung Action Swiss Music, der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Schweizer Jugendverbände (SAJV) with 500.000 Members, of Dachverband der offenen Jugendarbeit (DoJ), der Jugendförderung infoklick.ch. Furtermore joiz has existing cooperations with the Universitys of Hochschulen Zürich und Luzern.
Creathor Venture invests in technology-oriented companies and entrepreneurs from the fields of life science, IT, telecommunication, new media, new materials, electronics, nanotechnology and clean tech. With 25 years of experience in the venture capital market, acting as lead investor for more than 200 companies and participating in over 20 IPOs we provide not only capital but also industry knowledge, expertise at building companies, and the network to develop a sustainable business model with a globally competitive advantage.
The management team at Creathor Venture includes the founder of former Technologieholding, Dr. Gert Köhler as well as Ingo Franz and Karlheinz Schmelig. Examples of successful companies the partners have managed from the first round of financing to IPO are Micronas (SMI), SEZ (SMI), Intershop (Prime Segment), Infovista (NASDAQ, Nouveau Marché), POET (Prime Segment, NASDAQ), Wavelight (Prime Segment),Epigenomics (Prime Segment) and ITN Nanovation (Prime Segment).
Extraordinarily successful companies that the partners have managed from the first round of financing to IPO include Micronas (SMI), SEZ (SMI), Intershop (Prime Segment), Infovista (NASDAQ, Nouveau Marché) and ITN Nanovation (Prime Segment)
Themen in dieser Pressemitteilung:
Unternehmensinformation / Kurzprofil:
Creathor Venture invests in technology-oriented companies and entrepreneurs from the fields of life science, IT, telecommunication, new media, new materials, electronics, nanotechnology and clean tech. With 25 years of experience in the venture capital market, acting as lead investor for more than 200 companies and participating in over 20 IPOs we provide not only capital but also industry knowledge, expertise at building companies, and the network to develop a sustainable business model with a globally competitive advantage.
The management team at Creathor Venture includes the founder of former Technologieholding, Dr. Gert Köhler as well as Ingo Franz and Karlheinz Schmelig. Examples of successful companies the partners have managed from the first round of financing to IPO are Micronas (SMI), SEZ (SMI), Intershop (Prime Segment), Infovista (NASDAQ, Nouveau Marché), POET (Prime Segment, NASDAQ), Wavelight (Prime Segment),Epigenomics (Prime Segment) and ITN Nanovation (Prime Segment).
Extraordinarily successful companies that the partners have managed from the first round of financing to IPO include Micronas (SMI), SEZ (SMI), Intershop (Prime Segment), Infovista (NASDAQ, Nouveau Marché) and ITN Nanovation (Prime Segment)
Datum: 06.10.2010 - 11:39 Uhr
Sprache: Deutsch
News-ID 1019373
Anzahl Zeichen: 0
contact information:
Contact person:
Town:
Bad Homburg
Phone:
Kategorie:
Religion
Anmerkungen:
Diese Pressemitteilung wurde bisher 623 mal aufgerufen.
Die Pressemitteilung mit dem Titel:
"joiz, the interactive, cross-media platform including HD TV channel, receives funding from Creathor Venture
"
steht unter der journalistisch-redaktionellen Verantwortung von
CREATHOR VENTURE Management GmbH (Nachricht senden)
Beachten Sie bitte die weiteren Informationen zum Haftungsauschluß (gemäß TMG - TeleMedianGesetz) und dem Datenschutz (gemäß der DSGVO).
