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Funding Round-Up: iSkoot, GetBack
ADOTAS – iSkoot has raised $19 million in venture capital to build a new mobile platform for AT&T. Vision Opportunity Master Fun led the round, with Charles River Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Jesselon Capital Corporation and ZG Ventures participating. iSkoot is like Skype, except for mobile phones. The platform is set [...] more...
Funding Round-Up: Mogreet, Machinima.com
ADOTAS – Mogreet, a service that sends video greetings via SMS and MMS, has raked in $5 million in a Series B round of funding. Existing investor Draper Fisher Jurvetson Frontier participated, as did Ascend Ventures, Black Diamond Ventures and Spyglass Ventures. Video game entertainment network Machinima.com has received $3.85 million [...] more...
Gnip Raises $3.5 Million
ADOTAS – Data-sharing shop Gnip has raised $3.5 million. Foundry Group, First Round Capital and SoftTech VC participated. Gnip raised $1.1 million earlier this year. Gnip helps other Web services (primarily sites with social elements) share information provided by users. Content distributors (like Digg, Twitter, etc.) and content consumers (like Plaxo) [...] more...
Funding Round-Up: RockYou, Earth Class Mail
ADOTAS – RockYou, a widget and social applications shop, raised $17 million to pad out its already generous $35 million third round. The company has raised a total of $67 million so far. Earth Class Mail has raised $5.1 million in funding through a convertible note. The company has also agreed [...] more...
AdMob Bucks Trend, Gets $15.7M C-Round Led by Sequoia
ADOTAS – Recession, what recession? AdMob has just closed a $15.7 million round of financing (its third), led by Sequoia Capital’s Growth Fund with Accel Partners participating. Sequoia has long been an AdMob supporter, leading its first $4 million round and its second $15 million round. AdMob was founded in 2006, [...] more...
Funding Round-Up: Blip.tv, Brightstorm, Movidia
ADOTAS – Online television network blip.tv has closed a second round of funding (undisclosed) led by Bain Capital Ventures. (Bain also helps fund LinkedIn, Thumbplay, The Find, Tokbox and LaLa Media). Blip.tv previously closed its first roun of funding in June of 2007 with Ambient Sound Investments. Online education site Brightstorm [...] more...
BlackArrow Raises $20 Million
ADOTAS – BlackArrow, a provider of multiplatform ad-management systems for viewer controlled video, today announced that it has secured $20 million in a Series B round of funding. The company plans to use the funds to expand its distribution platform support and boost its worldwide sales and marketing efforts. Current investors [...] more...
Zvents Scores $24M Series B
ADOTAS – Local search shop Zvents just got a big Series B round of funding. Nokia Growth Partners, AT&T, Navteq and previous backers shelled out $24 million. So far, the company has raised about $31 million. Zvents will use the proceeds to expand the reach of its local listings advertising network, [...] more...
Funding Round-Up: Trion, Ooma, Adap.tv, CityVoter.com
ADOTAS – Money, money, money — MON-EH! Online gamers Trion World Network has raised a whopping $70 million in its third round of financing. Act II Capital led; DCM, Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon, Time Warner and Peacock Equity all participated. So far, the company has raised more than $100 million. Startup Ooma [...] more...
Big Fish Reels in $83M in Funding
ADOTAS — Proving they’re more than just a big fish in a small pond, casual game distributor Big Fish Games reeled in the biggest round of funding for a gaming company in recent memory. It closed an $83.3 million round of common stock financing from Balderton Capital, General Catalyst Partners [...] more...
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