Joseph Tartakoff
Apr 15, 2010 6:18 PM
Xobni, which sells a Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Outlook plug-in that helps users keep track of their mail and contacts, has raised $16.2 million in a third round of funding. The startup—one of several selling e-mail add-ons that have recently raised rounds—adds a host of features to Outlook, including faster search,…
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David Kaplan
Feb 19, 2010 1:57 PM
Mixed-media book publisher Vook has raised $2.5 million in seed funding as the company looks to capitalize on the wider adoption of e-readers and other portable devices. The funding comes from individual investors Ron Conway and Huffington Post chairman Ken Lerer, along with Maples Investments, Baseline Ventures and Founder Collective.…
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Tameka Kee
Nov 16, 2009 12:26 PM
Expensify, an online expense report management startup, has raised roughly $1 million in its first round of funding, per an SEC filing. The new money came from Hillsven Capital, Baseline Capital Ventures and Red Swoosh and Scour investor Travis Kalanick; CEO David Barrett said Expensify will use the investment for…
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Rafat Ali
Jul 8, 2009 2:21 PM
Wordnik, the online dictionary site which has been under some controversy due to this NYT story last weekend about its P.R. strategy, has raised $3.7 million in funding, according to an SEC filing just filed. The site, based in Chicago and started by Erin McKean, former editor in chief for…
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Rory Maher
Mar 10, 2009 1:26 PM
Just a few days after changing its name from iminlikewithyou.com to OMGPOP.com (people were having trouble typing the old name as a URL), the gaming company announced it has raised $5 million in venture financing. Bessemer Ventures led the round, and current investors Spark Capital and Ron Conway’s Baseline Ventures…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Aug 6, 2008 4:22 PM
750 Industries, a stealthy SF-based startup, has raised a $1 million first round from Ron Conway, Maples Investments and Baseline Ventures, TechCrunch reported. What’s the company do? Not clear. It’s notable because one of its co-founders wrote a controversial guest post on TC, which was basically a tutorial on how…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jun 27, 2008 12:05 PM
I’m in Like With You, a NY-based social gaming startup, has raised $1.5 million led by Spark Capital, along with Baseline Ventures, Betaworks, Ron Conway, and Marc Andreesen. The news was first reported by CNET’s Caroline McCarthy. The company, which began as more of a dating site, raised an unspecified…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Apr 3, 2008 4:41 PM
Yardbarker, a community site and ad network revolving around sports, has raised a $6 million second round from DFJ along with past backers Russ Siegelman, Ronnie Lott (yes, that Ronnie Lott), Jarl Mohn, Labrador Ventures, Baseline Ventures, and others. The company previously raised unspecified seed funding last April. The Berkeley,…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Nov 27, 2007 6:06 PM
Sunnyvale-based Sendori, a service that allows companies to bid on the traffic of unused domain names, has raised an unspecified first investment round from First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures and Maples Investments, according to Venturewire (via VentureBeat). Basically, the service offers an alternative way for domain name holders to monetize…
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