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KupiVIP Takes Record Funding To Be Western Retailers’ Gateway To Russia

By Robert Andrews Apr. 14, 2011, 2:52pm Comments Off

KupiVIP, a Russian online shopping club for luxury brands, is taking what its spokespeople tell us is a record investment for Russian e-comm… Read More »

Angry Birds’ Rovio Raises $42 Million From Accel And Skype Founders

By Ingrid Lunden Mar. 10, 2011, 7:05pm Comments Off

Big news today from Rovio, the Finland-based developers behind the hugely successful Angry Birds mobile game: the company has picked up $42… Read More »

Resurgent StumbleUpon Raises $17 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Mar. 10, 2011, 1:45am Comments Off

StumbleUpon, the content recommendation service that eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) purchased for $75 million in 2007 and then sold back to its founders… Read More »

Mobile Advertising: MoPub Gets Seed Funding, Viacast Launches

By Ingrid Lunden Dec. 7, 2010, 4:19pm Comments Off

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is disproportionately ahead of everyone else in when it comes to mobile advertising, but given that only about three per… Read More »

Social Game Developer Vostu Raises $30 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Nov. 29, 2010, 11:20pm Comments Off

In the latest sign of the huge interest in social games among investors, Vostu, a Brazilian social game developer which is known for its pop… Read More »

SB Nation Ups Its Funding To Nearly $24 Million With New Round

By Staci D. Kramer Nov. 8, 2010, 4:00pm 1 Comment

Eager to expand its sales team and continue its momentum, sports blog network SB Nation has raised another $10.5 million in a third round of… Read More »

Etsy Raises Another $20 Million For $300 Million Valuation

By Robert Andrews Aug. 27, 2010, 3:29pm 1 Comment

Crafts buying site Etsy has raised a fifth VC round of $20 million from Index Ventures, the investor announced through TechCrunch, though no… Read More »

Web Publishing Platform Squarespace Raises $38.5 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Jul. 14, 2010, 9:00am Comments Off

Squarespace, the popular web publishing platform, has raised $38.5 million in a first round of funding led by Index Ventures and Accel Partn… Read More »

GetJar, The ‘Wal-Mart For Mobile Apps,’ Raises $11 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Jun. 24, 2010, 9:01am Comments Off

Fast-growing mobile app store GetJar, which says it has had more than one billion apps downloaded from its store to date, making it second i… Read More »

Booyah Gets $20 Million For Its Check-In App

By Joseph Tartakoff May. 17, 2010, 12:44pm Comments Off

Booyah, a startup battling rivals Gowalla and FourSquare in the very hot location-based mobile app market, has raised $20 million. Like Gowa… Read More »

Brightcove Raises Another $12 Million; Says An IPO May Come Next Year

By Joseph Tartakoff Apr. 6, 2010, 2:50am Comments Off

Online video platform company Brightcove has raised $12 million in a fourth round of funding — and is now talking about going public as soo… Read More »

Flickr Co-Founder Butterfield’s Online Gaming Startup Raises $5 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Apr. 1, 2010, 11:15pm Comments Off

Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield has raised $5 million in funding for his new online gaming venture, Tiny Speck. Word that Butterfield,… Read More »

Updated: Marc Ecko’s Complex Media Gets $12.8 Million, Spins Off Into Standalone Company

Groupon Raises $30 Million For Local, Social Shopping Deals

Used Car Seller Autoquake.com Get £4 Million VC Funding

Software Company Cloudera Raises $5 Million

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