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Los inversionistas que andan buscando darle el palo al gato, ya les quedan pocas ideas donde poner el dinero. Los holandeses de Solid Ventures acaban de apostar al portal-obituario Respectance.com, una idea desarrollada por LeftBrain BV, que tiene entre sus filas al exfundador de Kazaa, Richard Derks. (more)

Respectance.com will solche „virtuellen Grabsteine“ anbieten. Der Gründer hält es für ein großartiges Geschäftsmodell. Mit der Zahl der auch im Netz lebenden Menschen steigt auch die Anzahl dort wahrgenommener Todesfälle. Da die Internetpopulation jünger als die normale Bevölkerung ist, kommt dies noch selten vor. (more)

Solid Ventures, a Dutch VC firm whose portfolio includes internet TV operations, has contributed an undisclosed amount as sole investor in a first round for obituaries site Respectance.com. (more)

Respectance, een consumenten mediabedrijf met een online community voor het delen van herinneringen, heeft een investering voor internationale expansie heeft ontvangen van Solid Ventures. In de community van Respectance kunnen mensen op een eenvoudige manier multimedia tributes maken. Hieronder wordt verstaan het delen van persoonlijke foto’s, verhalen en herinneringen. Zo kan er altijd en overal in contact gebleven worden met dierbaren. (more)

Today I had lunch with Richard Derks from Respectance.com. They launched during The Next Web Conference but had some technical problems during their Showcase. I felt bad about that and suggested we have lunch to talk about it. (more)

An entrepreneur named Todd Wilkinson has launched a social network, Respectance.com, based in San Francisco and Krakow, Poland where people can share their memories of someone who have died. (more)

Respectance, a Web 2.0 services company focusing on creating a social community around sharing memories for loved-ones who passed away. Respectance services give consumers complete freedom to share any digital content with other family members, friends, acquaintances or the public by uploading personal photos, creating video clips or a personalized photo book from the photos, share memories and express condolences. (more)

The only showcase which really stuck in my head was Respectance. Initially I thought it was one of the worst ideas of all time. I was expecting it to be monetized via ads for coffins. But the more I think about it, the more I think they may have a winner. I want to write about my late Grandaunt and whilst I’ll probably do it on my blog, I may give Respectance a go too. (more)

Last week, our sister site reported that memorial multimedia site Respectance, which operates out of San Francisco and Krakow was in line for some funding from a Dutch group. In the meantime we had an email from Solid Ventures, saying that it is the sole investor in the startup's Series A round. The size of the deal is not disclosed. (more)

Respectance is a tribute site dedicated to honoring the memory of those who have passed away. The site promotes itself as universal means to share and relive memories which spans time and distance. Community members are encouraged to submit photos, text, comments and images. (more)