Venture Capital

Online Video Solutions Provider Veodia Raises $8.3 Million First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 11 May 2008 09:01 PM PST

Online video broadcasting service Veodia has raised a $8.3 million first round designed to support the company’s marketing and technology. Investors included Clearstone Venture Partners, the D. E. Shaw group,…

Facebook Adds Another $100 Million In Venture Lending, For More Servers - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sat 10 May 2008 09:26 AM PST

Facebook has raised another $100 million in funding, to add to its previous chest of $360 million raised in the last six months, reports BW. This latest money will be…

KIT Digital Raises Another $15 Million: Says It’s The Last One - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 09 May 2008 10:10 AM PST

Internet video company KIT Digital (fka Roo Group) has raised another $15 million from accredited institutional investors, including, but not limited to major shareholder KIT Capital—which controls the company. The…

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Sprint-Clearwire: Our Coverage In Links - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Thu 08 May 2008 07:12 AM PST

From our sister site mocoNews.net… A lot going on since Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) confirmed their agreement to combine their WiMax wireless broadband business to form…

SlideShare Gets $3 Million For Presentation Docs Hosting - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 08 May 2008 06:20 AM PST

Powerpoint presentation sharer SlideShare has raised a $3 million first-round investment. David Siminoff, a partner with lead investor Venrock, is joining a board that includes Guy Kawasaki, Marc Cuban, Ross…

Entertainment Ad Net Giant Realm Gets $2 Million Funding, Closes First Round With $5.5 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 07 May 2008 09:01 PM PST

Video game vertical ad net GiantRealm has raised $2 million from Softbank for a total first round of $5.5 million, the company says. This latest infusion comes about two months…

10-Q Watch: NYTCo: $1.9 Million Invested In QuadrantOne; Newspaper Buy; Epsilen; Debt Rating - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 04:27 PM PST

Some highlights from NYTCo’s (NYSE: NYT) 10-Q filed this evening: -- QuadrantOne: “In February 2008, the Company invested $1.9 million for a 25% ownership interest in quadrantONE LLC, a consortium…

Fora.TV Gets $4 Million First Round For Intelligent Video Programming - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 01:42 PM PST

Fora.TV, a distributor of online video for a discerning audience, has raised a $4 million first round from Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE), William Randolph Hearst III (affiliated with Kleiner Perkins) and…

Online & TV Ad Firm Spot Runner Gets $51M Round From Daily Mail,Televisa, Others; More M&A Coming - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 06 May 2008 09:01 PM PST

Spot Runner, which helps marketers buy TV ad spots on local cable and broadcast using its online service, has raised a big $51 million fourth round from an international group…

LinkedIn Close To Its ‘Nuclear Winter’ Round? - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 07:59 PM PST

This has been in the works for a while and now drum beats suggest it’s close at hand. LinkedIn, the big business networking site, is close to or has raised…

Goodrec Gets $900k For Social Reviews - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 06 May 2008 04:02 PM PST

Goodrec, a recommendation sharing service, has raised $900,000 of a planned $1.05 million first round, reports peHUB. Investors include SoftTech VC and Chance Technologies Seed. Other than the basic idea…

Online-Video-To-TV Provider ZeeVee Closes Second Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 05 May 2008 09:49 AM PST

Online video viewing source ZeeVee has completed an undisclosed, second round funding, giving the Littleton, Mass.-based company a total of “double-digit millions” to date, VentureWire reports (subscription only). Participants in…

HD Video Startup Vusion Gets Funding From BlueRun; Launches - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 05 May 2008 08:01 AM PST

Vusion, a San Jose, CA-based online video tech startup, has received an undisclosed amount of first round funding from BlueRun Ventures and some additional unnamed investors. The company provides HD-quality…

Hoping For Ungodly Returns: Christian Video Sharing Site GodTube Gets $30 Million Funding - 10 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 04 May 2008 08:28 PM PST

GodTube, one of the fast growing Christian online video sharing and social networking sites, has received a big $30 million funding round from hedge fund GLG Partners, paidContent.org has learned.…

Online Golf Site World Golf Tour Raises “Double Digit” Millions - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 02 May 2008 11:50 AM PST

World Golf Tour, the online golf gaming environment, has received an undisclosed amount of funding from Panorama Capital, in its second round. Previous investor Battery Ventures also participated. VentureBeat puts…

SEM Firm Search Agency Sells Stake To PE Firm JMI Equity - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 02 May 2008 10:31 AM PST

The Santa Monica, CA-based search marketing firm The Search Agency (TSA) has received a strategic investment from private equity firm JMI Equity. The amount was undisclosed. TSA provides search optimization…

Social Shopper Wishpot Raises $1 Million First Round - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 11:41 AM PST

Wishpot, a social shopping start-up, has raised a $1 million first round from Monster Venture Partners, along with Italian internet firm H-Farm and angel backer Adrian Hanauer, who had previously…

Lead-Gen Market Pontiflex Raises $2.5 Million First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 11:39 AM PST

The lead-gen game is largely about arbitrage, so it’s no surprise to see more market makers springing up in this area. Pontiflex, a Brooklyn, NY-based lead gen marketplace serving the…

Media6Degrees Raises $2 Million Note For Ad Analytics - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 11:39 AM PST

Media6Degrees, a provider of ad analytics, has raised $2 million via a convertible note from Coriolis Ventures, VentureBeat reported. The NY-based company’s pitch is pretty straightforward: it promises to make…

Game Community Kongregate Gets $3 Million From Bezos Expeditions - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 01 May 2008 05:38 AM PST

Kongregate, the SF-based game community, has raised $3 million from Jeff Bezos’ Bezos Expeditions. The company, which allows developers to create and distribute their own games, says the funding will…

Time Warner and Others Invest $25 Million in Meebo; Korea, Japan Expansion Plans - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 09:00 PM PST

As we reported first earlier today, social IM firm Meebo has closed its third round of funding, and it came in at a big amount: $25 million. The lead investor…

Social IM Firm Meebo Closes Funding; Announcement Tomorrow - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 01:22 PM PST

Mountain View, CA-based Meebo, the popular web-based IM service, has closed its big round of funding, we have learned, and the announcement is coming as soon as tonight or tomorrow.…

MMO Developer Turbine Raises $25 Million Of $40 Million Third Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 30 Apr 2008 09:54 AM PST

Turbine, a developer of MMO games, has raised $25 million of a planned $40 million third round report peHUB. The Westwood, MA-based company has now raised over $90 million. Investors…

Softbank Buys Stake in Chinese Internet Firm Oak; Could Go Up To $385 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 30 Apr 2008 07:58 AM PST

The Japanese teleco and online firm Softbank has bought about 14 percent of Chinese online holding firm Oak Pacific Interactive (OPI), with the intent of increasing the stake to 40…

@ EconSM: Deals And Dealmakers: The Outlook For 2008 - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Apr 2008 05:17 PM PST

The final panel at EconSM was the deals panel, which ContentNext Editor and Publisher Rafat Ali described as the “flagship” panel. Economy and outlook for 2008: Geoff Yang, Redpoint…