Cyberia
Cyberia, widely believed to be Britain’s first internet café, was founded in Whitfield Street, London in 1994 by Easynet directors LM associate Keith Teare, Gene Teare, David Rowe and Eva Pascoe, with investment from Easynet. [1] Keith Teare and David Rowe had founded Easynet earlier the same year and the companies operated from the same building. [2] Cyberia was promoted by LM associate Kenan Malik. [3] Early investors included Mick Jagger and Maurice Saatchi. [4] Branches were opened in a number of places, including Paris, Bangkok, Tokyo, Dublin, Edinburgh, Manchester and Rotterdam. [5] [6] Eva Pascoe sold her stake to three Korean investors in 1998. [7] In 2001, Easynet director and LM associate Phil Mullan was chief executive. [8]
Projects associated with Cyberia included a website Channel Cyberia.
Notes
- ↑ "All about Eva", yos.com website, accessed 28 Nov 2010
- ↑ "Coffee Time in Cyberspace", Sunday Times website, accessed 28 Nov 2010
- ↑ "Watch this Cyberspace", Independent website, accessed 27 Nov 2010
- ↑ "Ten years of Cyberia", Telegraph website, accessed 28 Nov 2010
- ↑ "All about Eva", yos.com website, accessed 28 Nov 2010
- ↑ " The first cyber cafe", Guardian website, accessed 28 Nov 2010
- ↑ "Internet café history", kiosdigital website, accessed 28 Nov 2010
- ↑ "Cyber cafes- on the demise?", BBC website, accessed 28 Nove 2010
