Rafat Ali
Robert Andrews
Feb 25, 2010 10:26 PM
Berkeley, CA-based music service Mog.com, which recently launched its subscription music service with good review, is taking a new VC round to finance an entry to the UK market, promising to undercut the much-hyped Spotify and CBS-owned social site Last.fm, we have learned. The second round closed at around $10…
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Patrick Smith
Feb 3, 2009 9:20 AM
Start-ups shouldn’t be too down-hearted—at least some sites are still being backed with big money as Europe continues its skid into recession. Paris-based TVTrip, which publishes video reviews of hotels in 157 cities worldwide, has bagged €7 million (about $9 million) in VC funding from previous backers Partech International and…
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Robert Andrews
Jan 12, 2009 5:22 AM
Fresh from making $140 million from the sale of Bebo and a “substantial return” on the sale of MySQL, Balderton Capital is announcing a new $430 million (£285 million) tech and media fund to capitalise on promising business plans thrown up in the downturn - proving that VCs really mean…
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Rafat Ali
Sep 12, 2008 2:54 AM
And who said there was anything casual about casual games: Seattle-based casual games distributor Big Fish Games has received the biggest game-related funding in recent history. It has raised $83.3 million in a round led by Balderton Capital, General Catalyst Partners, and Salmon River Capital. The money will be used…
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Rafat Ali
Apr 18, 2008 7:00 AM
LiveUniverse, the online media firm operated by Brad Greenspan, has made another small acquisition: it has bought the troubled online personalized homepage firm Pageflakes. The transaction was a combination of cash and stock, but further terms were not disclosed. Recently LU bought the online video site Revver. Pageflakes was launched…
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