Fon leve 21,5 M$
Hallucinant, Fon vient de lever 21,5 millions de dollars auprès de Google, Skype, Sequoia Capital, and Index Ventures. Je suis super impressionné par cette levée! Je suis encore douteux quant au fond du projet, et manifestement Glenn Fleishman partage mes doute dans cette note où il écrit en gros:
Part of why I’d ridiculed Fon was because it seemed to rely on an idea already discarded in the Wi-Fi hotspot world that by providing the right software and incentives, tens of thousands of people would install hotspots, building a worthwhile network. But this is problematic because hardware and physical locality are tough sells.
Skype is useful when even two people have Skype in the entire world. Those two people, if geographically distant, save money using it and have better quality calls. With a few thousand people on Skype, it becomes viral because its value is much higher the more connections among people. A few million, and you have a multi-billion-dollar acquisition by eBay.
Mais peut-être y-a-t-il des plans secrets que je ne connais pas…
