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Former MySpace Trio Raise $10 Million For New Startup

May 20, 2009 12:34 PM

One big detail about former MySpace COO Amit Kapur’s new startup has emerged: the company has just raised $10 million in its first round of funding. Redpoint Ventures and August Capital jointly led the round, and the investment has come before Kapur and fellow MySpace execs Steve Pearman and Jim…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, News Corp., Fox, Fox Interactive Media, MySpace, amit kapur, august capital, redpoint ventures

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Updated: MySpace COO Amit Kapur Leaving With Two Other Execs For Startup

Mar 3, 2009 6:46 PM

MySpace COO Amit Kapur is leaving, a little over a year after he was promoted, according to All Things D. Our sources confirmed that he has resigned, though details on when he’ll leave and where he’s headed are scarce. They did back up Kara’s assertion that he might be headed…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Social Media, Companies, News Corp., Fox, Fox Interactive Media, MySpace, amit kapur

Industry Moves
MySpace Launching Its Developer Tools Next Month; New COO

Jan 30, 2008 2:46 AM

MySpace, in an attempt to tap into outside developers (similar to Facebook), is launching its pre-announced developer platform on Feb 5th. Programmers and other companies will be able to develop applications/widgets on top of the MySpace platform, similar to Facebook apps. For now, only the tools are launching…no date yet…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Companies, News Corp., Fox, Fox Interactive Media, amit kapur

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