TechCrunch.com has has raised $15 million in a second round led by Naspers/MIH, with Nimbuzz’s other major existing investor Mangrove Capital Partners also participating. It’s already had $10 million from Mangrove (the original Skype investor). Apparently deals with 10 major social networks and three operators are already on the table. The latter see these kinds of apps as a way of boosting data use and therefore revenues. Nimbuzz offers free mobile VoIP, conference calling, IM and group chat and photo and file sending across multiple IM communities, including Skype, MSN, Google Talk, Yahoo!, AIM, Jabber and ICQ, plus 23 social networks, including apps/widgets for Facebook and Myspace.Tags: 10 million, 15m, aim, apps, capital partners, data, facebook, google, icq, investor, jabber, mih, mobile, msn, myspace, network, networkers, nimbuzz, offerings, participants, participation, photo, revenue, revenues, skype, social, social networks, us, voip, voip provider, widget, widgets, yahoo
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