Web meeting provider Dimdim raises $6 million

Open-source Web conferencing provider Dimdim has raised $6 million in Series B funding, the company is set to announce on Wednesday.

The funding round, which was led by current investors Index Ventures, Nexus India Capital, and Draper Richards, will enable Dimdim to introduce enhancements to the free service and expand its market reach.

Dimdim competes with fee-based services like Webex. Because it is open source, it could become a platform for real-time communications if it garners enough developer support, my CNET colleague Rafe Needleman predicts.

Since its private launch 10 months ago, Boston-based Dimdim has attracted more than 500,000 users in more than 180 countries, the company says.

[technoguide]

Thanks for the great mention. We?re delighted to have raised this round - especially during tough economic conditions. We think this really emphasizes the value of free, open alternatives to traditional meetings. We?re excited about the future of this space and Dimdim's potential to democratize web meetings just as Hotmail and Skype did for their respective markets.

Don?t forget, you can sign up here and begin hosting your own Dimdim Web Meetings - with up to 20 people at a time - absolutely free. No download required for attendees or Mac users.

[spreed-com]

DimDim is not the only free web meeting system. Try out spreed.com a free European web meeting service. spreed Web meetings are fantastic on Macs and Linux too. OS X and Linux screen sharing is fully supported and it has built-in telephone conferencing. It's free too! Get your account on http://www.spreed.com and go.

[larrysokolic]

Good for Dim Dim. However, it is a well served market... with Free Programs which are way EASIER to use. Check out http://showmypc.com for example. Amazing ease of use, works on PC, Mac, Linux and they give free conference calling. What more can you ask for. Free conference calling and free screen sharing.

[unified-communications]

Well, if aiming at reaching more people around the world, these kind of applications may not only convince by being free-of-charge, but to be avaiblable in more languages. The usage of these kind of modern techniques still is for a lot of people a difficult chapter. On the other hand, the future video communication is IMHO unified communications, the bringing together of devices and methods. Currently videocommunication tends to having to be as real as possible - i.e <a href="http://www.mvc.de/webkonferenzen/telepresence.html">telepresence</a>.

Just my two cents.

Sandra.
MVC Unified Communications
http://www.mvc.de/

[Josh_Show_Document]

Take a look at http://www.showdocument.com - It is a free alternative to dimdim
It allows document sharing and web meeting together with anyone in real-time
all the participants in the session see each others' drawing, highlights, etc.
It is free and requires no installation.

Josh