By Richard Springer Competition in the dot com world is a jungle, so it's good to have some gorillas on your team. The office site of vJungle isn't coincidental. Amin, who has over 10 years of work experience in computer science and engineering, was one of the four original engineers of Microsoft's Internet Explorer Web browser and served as technical lead for the first two versions of the product. He was also technical lead in the development of Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system. Of the companies 80 employees, including 17 in a development center in Mumbai, about 30 are former Microsoft workers, he said.
Term sheets are in the works for a second-round of financing from institutional investors.
Two weeks ago, vJungle announced a partnership with Santa Clara, Calif.-based Ramp Networks, Inc., a leading provider of Internet services platforms for the small office. Integrated business services are a critical component of Ramp's platform. The gorilla recruiting ploy, it seems, was just the first salvo in vJungle's media blitz.