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Got Funds? LocalReponse Checks $5 Million Into the Bank
ADOTAS – Check-in based targeter LocalResponse, which we profiled back in May, has garnered $5 million in additional equity financing from new investors Cava Capital, Vodafone Ventures, Advancit Capital, and Progress Ventures, as well as existing investors Metamorphic Ventures, Extreme Venture Partners, FF Ventures, Acadia Woods Partners. Jim Pallotta and more. The funding will [...] more...
Got Funds? Hallelujah, It’s Raining Venture Capital!
ADOTAS – Holy smokes, there’s a lotta funding news to cover! E-commerce company Rearden Commerce pulled in $133 million in financing from existing investors American Express and JPMorgan Chase, as well as rookie Citi. Rearden will put the funds toward building out its Deem e-commerce platform. In addition, the company acquired HomeRun.com, a group-buying service [...] more...
Got Funds? $12.1 Million for Acquisio
ADOTAS – Agency-focused performance-marketing platform Acquisio closed a $12.1 million equity financing round led by private growth capital fund Tandem Expansion. The Montreal-based company plans to use the investment to make “massive” increases in its sales and account management staff, as well as open new offices around the globe. Acquisio gives [...] more...
Why Sarbanes-Oxley Was the Best Thing to Happen to the Internet
DUE DIGITAL DILIGENCE – In the next year or two, we’ll likely see the following companies go public with an initial market value over $10 billion: Facebook Groupon LivingSocial DropBox Zynga Many of these are companies that, in a world without Sarbanes-Oxley, could already be public. That would probably be good for investors; if average people [...] more...
Got Funds? Yext Rounds Up Another $10 Million
ADOTAS – Local business listing management service Yext has raised $10 million in a Series D round of funding led by WGI Group, the investment vehicle of former Right Media founder, President and CEO Mike Walrath. Oh, and he’s not just an investor — Walrath is the chairman as well, a [...] more...
The New Display Ecosystem, Part I: A Few Words on HYPE
ADOTAS – It’s been four years since I wrote one of my most popular series of blog posts of all time — “The Ad Exchange Model” (part 1, part 2 and part 3). Since then a lot has happened. A whole slew of three letter acronyms has appeared: DSP, SSP, [...] more...
Got Funds: Does Venture Capital Grow on Trees?
ADOTAS – I apologize — I’ve been obsessing over Google+ identity issues (some great comments from virtual identity proponents) DMPs and web analytics, so I haven’t been able to catch up on the crazy amount of funding news on the wire. But I’m here to hit the highlights one by [...] more...
RockMelt Takes Home $30 Million
ADOTAS – Social browser RockMelt, which allows users to access Facebook and Twitter features through the browser (I’m not just a reporter, I’m a user too), just scored $30 million from existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, First Round Capital’s Josh Kopelman, Intuit Chairman Bill Campbell and angel investor Ron Conway, as well [...] more...
Got Funds? Spongecell Absorbs Cash From Schmidt and Pallotta
ADOTAS – Sometimes it’s not the size of the investment, but the people opening up their wallets. Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt and Raptor Group Chairman and Managing Director Jim Pallotta led a round of funding for dynamic display firm Spongecell that included participation from Pittsburgh Steelers Board Member Brian [...] more...
DigitalMoses: The Performance Marketer’s Value Proposition Dilemma
DM CONFIDENTIAL – The outside world seems to love to hate the performance marketing sector. Every time we find ourselves pontificating on this topic, though, we can’t help but think of a preacher trying to find a new way to discuss seemingly never changing story lines such as following the [...] more...
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- Funding in Brief: $10M for Spongecell, $8M for Prolexic February 9th 2012 ADOTAS – Rich media ad company Spongecell has raised $10 million [...] more »
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