Start-up : Wimba, the laureate of the "Super Nova Competition"

A company of Sophia Antipolis among the first ten European start-ups selected by the magazine Tornado-Insider at the end of a European tour : Wimba. for the "Super Nova Competition", which results have been revealed in May, the magazine had selected a start-up in each of the ten European countries. A single exception for France where two companies have been retained : Wimba and Logmetrix, a company of client-relation management by Internet which is located in the Europ@web pole.

Wimba, founded in November 1999 by students coming from the Eurécom Institute, is specialised in voice on IP and provides audio Web solutions ready for use. Its technology allows a surfer equipped with a micro and speakers, to record, to stock, to send, to listen, to manage some vocal messages. A technology particularly well adapted to the e-learning. Thus, in May as well, Wimba has been selected to integrate its technology to the INSEAD Internet plat-form, one of the most prestigious European MBAs, for its on-line learning programs. The start-up, one of the success stories in Sophia, is composed of 17 people at the moment.