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Social Gamer I’m In Like With You Raises $1.5 Million First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 27 Jun 2008 10:05 AM PST

I’m in Like With You, a NY-based social gaming startup, has raised $1.5 million led by Spark Capital, along with Baseline Ventures, Betaworks, Ron Conway, and Marc Andreesen. The news…

Twitter Officially Announces Its Funding; Jeff Bezos Participates - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 24 Jun 2008 01:11 PM PST

Finally Twitter announces its funding. The popular microblogging/messaging service says its newest investors are Spark Capital and Jeff Bezos, via his Bezos Expeditions fund. That Spark was participating was already…

Ad Optimizer AdMeld Raises $5 Million First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 24 Jun 2008 10:30 AM PST

AdMeld, a provider of ad optimization technology, has raised $5 million of a planned $6 million first round according to peHUB, citing regulatory filings. Investors include Foundry Group and Spark…

Video Network Veoh Raises $30 Million Led By Intel Capital, Adobe, Gordon Crawford - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 03 Jun 2008 12:34 PM PST

Just this weekend it was reported that video network Veoh was out for a new round and here it is: The LA-based company has raised a $30 million round led…

Twitter Closing its $15 Million Round With Spark; Bit Less Than $100M Valuation - 2 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 29 May 2008 10:12 AM PST

As has been reported and rumored for the last month or so, the much-hyped mobile messaging and community service Twitter is in the process of closing its $15 million round,…

Lonely No More: Lonelygirl15 Production Company EQAL Gets $5 Million Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 16 Apr 2008 10:01 PM PST

And yet, the funding keeps flowing in: EQAL, the new name of the production company behind the pioneering online video series Lonelygirl15, has received $5 million in funding from various…

Social Investing Site Covestor Gets $6.5 Million First Round - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 08 Apr 2008 10:30 AM PST

Covestor, a service for people to share their stock picks, has raised a $6.5 million first round led by Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital, along with Amadeus Capital Partners.…

Online Video Service NextNew Receives $15 Million Funding; Goldman, Velocity, Pittman Invest - 6 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 12 Mar 2008 08:45 AM PST

Online video production and distribution service NextNew Networks has received $15 million in a new second round of funding...the round was co-led by Goldman Sachs and Velocity Interactive Group (Jon…

News Search And Services Firm Inform Gets $15 Million Funding - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 23 Jan 2008 10:41 AM PST

Inform Technologies, the New York City-based news search and publisher services company, has raised a biggish $15 million third round. The round was done by Spark Capital, which has been…

Updated: CNET Networks Bracing Up For a Proxy Fight; Could Face Investor Takeover - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 07 Jan 2008 12:58 AM PST

This discontent has been brewing for a while, and now, some investors are taking action: A consortium of investment funds has amassed a 21 percent stake in CNET (NSDQ: CNET)…

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“How To” Video Site 5min Secures $5 Million First Round - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 03 Jan 2008 05:00 AM PST

Instructional video site 5min has raised $5 million in a first round financing from Spark Capital. The company, which raised a separate $300k in an angel round from unidentified investors…