Carloz Diaz secures $5.3 million from Sofinnova and discusses Blue Kiwi development plans.

Blue Kiwi ‘CEO Carlos Diaz announced yesterday that Sofinnova invested €4 million ($5.3 million) in the company to speed up international development of the 1 year old start-up, founded in 2006.

BlueKiwi sells an entreprise collaborative social software. The software enables collaborative work within entreprise social networks. An example : allowing a sales force spread over several countries to share customer feedbacks and experiences through a confidential and secured virtual space (like a corporate weblog). Carlos explains how he was able to create the company with the support of a first client, Dassault Systemes. Since then, they secured a number of major customers like Danone or La Poste. Carlos puts a perspective to the financing and the development plans fo the company.

Carlos Diaz, CEO BlueKiwi, interviewed in French on June 25, 2007

Full Press Release in French here