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Love It Or Hate It, Business Insider Raises $7 Million Round

Sep 22, 2011 12:30 PM

Financial and media news online site network Business Insider has raised $7 million for what founder and editor Henry Blodget says will be a “ton more cool stuff over the next couple of years.”

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Online News, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, allen & co, business insider, gordon crovitz, institutional venture partners, ken lerer, marc andreessen, rre ventures

Pandora Raises Its Fifth Funding Round

Jun 2, 2010 4:10 PM

Music discovery service Pandora has raised an undisclosed amount of funding to promote continued growth, the company said in a statement.  The round was led by GGV Capital, with additional investment from Allen & Company. The funding comes almost a year after Pandora nearly faced extinction in its battle with…

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Posted In: Apps, Entertainment, Music, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, allen & co, ggv capital, pandora

Social Media Marketing Firm Nabbr Raises $2.57 Million In Latest Round

Nov 24, 2008 2:23 PM

Online marketing and widget development firm Nabbr has raised $2.57 million in its latest round of funding, peHub reports. Previous investors Allen & Co. and Avalon Ventures participated in the round, though we could not confirm whether there were additional investors. Chicago-based Nabbr has raised money from a number of…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, allen & co, avalon ventures, nabbr

CityVoters Gets $2.6 Million Second Round For Local ‘Best Of’ Lists

Sep 22, 2008 10:23 AM

Local papers often have an end-of-the-year poll, listing reader favorites in categories like “Best Mexican Restaurant” or “Best Piano Tuner”... CityVoters has raised a $2.6 million second round to take that concept to the web. Investors include Allen & Co. and past backer Dace Ventures. The Cambridge, Mass.-based startup, whose…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, allen & co, cityvoters, dace ventures

CDN BitGravity Gets $2.5 Million Seed Round From Allen & Co, Sling Founder

Aug 5, 2008 11:26 AM

BitGravity, the much-hyped content delivery network startup based in Burlingame, CA, has closed a $2.5 million “seed” round, from Allen & Co. and Sling founder and CEO Blake Krikorian. The company launched its service last year, and focuses on high resolution and live video delivery, and says it is at…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, allen & co, bitgravity, blake krikorian

Video From EconAds: Interview: Nancy Peretsman, Managing Director, Allen & Co

Jun 8, 2008 9:58 PM

At our EconAds conference last week, the most anticipated part was the interview with Nancy Peretsman, managing director at Allen & Co...among the most powerful bankers in the media sector, she has been part of marquee deals such as Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) 5 percent stake in AOL (NYSE: TWX), the…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, allen & co, econads, nancy peretsman

Nabbr Secures Third Round Funding For Music Widget Marketing

Dec 6, 2007 6:11 PM

Nabbr, a distributor of music videos via widgets, has completed a third round financing led by Allen & Co., a company representative said. The amount of this and the last two fundings were not disclosed. As we reported last July, music label S-Curve Records participated in its second round. In…

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Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Music, Marketing, allen & co, nabbr

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