1eEurope: Let’s Go Shopping — for Funding

Entrepreneur Richard A. Kozak had big ambitions: To use his holdings in Galileo LTD, a British-based eCommerce company, as the springboard for an ISP acquisition spree that would create a Continent-wide eCommerce company: 1eEurope. Making his vision a reality hinged on convincing investors to buy in.

Crawford created and orchestrated a broad multinational campaign, organizing and managing a network of PR agencies across the Continent to drive media results. European media hits rolled in: The Times of London, The Financial Times, Investnet, New Media Age, Netzticker, Pressetext Schweiz AG, Tages Anzeige, El Pais, Expansion, CincoDias, Granar.com, La Empresa de Noticias, Newsbyte, ComputerWorld, Persoenlich, Erhervs Bladet, Lebensmittel Zeitung, E.Market, Internet Age and e-Business.

Following the campaign, funding raised from a syndicate of private and public institutions fueled 1eEurope’s acquisition of 16 eCommerce companies in 12 nations. End result: formation of the first pan-European eCommerce conglomerate.