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blaxxun interactive

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blaxxun interactive was an early Internet company, headquartered in San Francisco. blaxxun provided 3D Virtual Worlds technology.

blaxxun was initially funded by CMGI@Ventures (in the same fund as Lycos and GeoCities), with additional investors such as General Electric joining in later rounds.

blaxxun was an early leader in 3D Virtual Worlds with ongoing contributions to the VRML (Virtual Reality Markup Language) standard, especially for all aspects of multi-user interaction with avatars. Customers included BMW, Canal+, CBS, Deutsche Bank, IBM, Intel, Lycos, Siemens with many spectacular and highly innovation 3D environments.

The company employed various people who started highly successful companies after blaxxun, including Franz Buchenberger (co-founder and CEO of Foroso Communications), Konstantin Guericke (co-founder and VP Marketing LinkedIn), Munjal Shah (co-founder and CEO of Like.com), Mike Jetter (co-founder and CTO of Mindjet).

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  blaxxun interactive added Franz Buchenberger as CEO and co-founder.
  Posted 12/30/11 at 11:42pm
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  blaxxun interactive added Mike Jetter as Director Engineering.
  Posted 12/30/11 at 3:12am
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  blaxxun interactive added Munjal Shah as Director Product Management.
  Posted 12/30/11 at 3:12am
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  blaxxun interactive added Konstantin Guericke as VP Marketing.
  Posted 12/30/11 at 3:12am
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  blaxxun interactive added Franz Buchenberger as CEO and Co-founder.
  Posted 12/30/11 at 3:12am

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