Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 9, 2011 2:45 PM
StumbleUpon, the content recommendation service that eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) purchased for $75 million in 2007 and then sold back to its founders two years ago, has raised $17 million in a new funding round.
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Tameka Kee
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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Tameka Kee
Apr 3, 2009 9:56 AM
Look out *eBay*—VCs keep lining up to invest in your competitors. The latest auction site is Swoopo, which has nabbed $10 million in a second round of funding. August Capital led the round, bringing the startup’s total raise to $14 million; its first round was from Wellington Partners in 2006.…
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Rory Maher
Mar 25, 2009 11:10 AM
Startup Pixazza has raised $5.75 million in a first round that includes investors August Capital, CMEA Ventures, Foundation Capital and most interestingly, from Google (NSDQ: GOOG), according to peHub. Angel investors include Ron Conway, former *eBay* COO Maynard Webb, and Facebook CFO Gideon Yu. Founded in 2008, Pixazza has a…
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David Kaplan
Jan 24, 2008 12:54 PM
Online lead generator Adchemy has secured a $19 million third round funding. Mayfield Fund led the round, with Hellman & Friedman and existing investor August Capita participating as well. The Redwood City, CA.-based company has now raised a total of $27 million in funding. Its first round closed at end…
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