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Updated: Content Licensing Firm GumGum Officially Announces First Round - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 01 Aug 2008 06:40 AM PST

Update: GumGum has officially announced the news, sans-price, naming First Round Capital and Crosscut Ventures. In addition, the company says it’s no longer using Flash technology, promising greater flexibility (and…

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Teen Social Network myYearbook Raises $13 Million Round - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Tue 29 Jul 2008 09:50 PM PST

These social network fundings, they keep coming, downturn or not. Teen-focused social network myYearbook, based in New Hope, PA, has received a biggish $13 million in its second round of…

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Updated: BiggerBoat Raises $2 Million, Brings First Round To $5 Million Total - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 29 Jul 2008 11:00 AM PST

See update below: Here’s another ad network getting funded: BiggerBoat, an ad net for online entertainment properties, has raised a $2 million from Draper Associates, reports socalTech.com. The Beverly Hills-based…

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Attributor Raises $12 Million Third Round To Help Protect Copyright - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 02 Apr 2008 12:10 PM PST

Attributor, a start-up that helps content owners profit from plagiarism of their work, has raised a $12 million third round from Jafco Ventures and Turner Broadcasting, along with return backers…

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Kid-Friendly Net Firm Kidzui Launches With $8 Million - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 19 Mar 2008 01:47 PM PST

San Diego-based Kidzui, a service offering a filtered internet experience for kids, has launched with $8 million in funding. News.com says the company has raised two pre-launch rounds of $3…

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PlayCafe Raising First Round For Online Game Show - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Mon 17 Mar 2008 12:49 PM PST

LA-based PlayCafe, an online video game show, has raised an unspecified first round from First Round Capital, reports NTV, which notes that the raise is still in progress. The site…

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Widget Analytics Firm Gigya Gets $9.5 Million Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 10 Mar 2008 10:11 AM PST

Gigya, the online widgets tracker and analytics firm based in Palo Alto CA, has raised $9.5 million in a second round of funding from Mayfield Fund and two existing investors,…

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Openads Gets $15.5 Million Funding For Open-Source Ad Platform - 3 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 16 Jan 2008 03:00 AM PST

London-based Openads, an open-source ad server, has managed to raise a $15.5 million (£7.9 million) second round of funding, with the aim of stepping up product development and hiring more…

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Sendori Raises First Round for Paid Traffic Redirection - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 27 Nov 2007 04:06 PM PST

Sunnyvale-based Sendori, a service that allows companies to bid on the traffic of unused domain names, has raised an unspecified first investment round from First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures and…

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Teen Social Networking Site myYearbook.com Receives $4.1Million in Funding - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 26 Jan 2007 10:25 AM PST

MyYearbook, a teen social networking site based in New Hope, PA, has received $4.1 million in its first round of funding. The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners and…

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