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KupiVIP Takes Record Funding To Be Western Retailers’ Gateway To Russia

Apr 14, 2011 5:52 AM

KupiVIP, a Russian online shopping club for luxury brands, is taking what its spokespeople tell us is a record investment for Russian e-commerce - a $55 million third round.

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Countries, Europe, Russia, accel partners, balderton capital, bessemer venture partners, kupivip.ru, mangrove capital partners, russia partners

Online Video Ad Marketplace Adap.tv Raises $20 Million

Mar 29, 2011 12:16 PM

Adap.tv has raised $20 million in a round of funding, as money continues to flow to startups in the online video space.

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, adap.tv, bessemer venture partners, gemini israel funds, redpoint ventures, spark capital

Social Media Marketer Involver Raises $8 Million Third Round

Oct 14, 2010 9:34 AM

Involver, a company that has significantly changed its focus in the past two years, has raised $8 million to further pursue its direction as a social media marketer. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners, along with previous backers Western Technology Investment and Cervin Ventures. The San Francisco company…

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Posted In: Apps, Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, bessemer venture partners, cervin ventures, involver, western technology investment

Crowdsourcing Startup CrowdFlower Raises $5 Million

Jan 20, 2010 1:00 PM

CrowdFlower, a crowdsourcing startup that recruits thousands of people online to complete repetitive tasks for big companies, has raised $5 million in a first round of funding co-led by Trinity Ventures and Bessemer Venture Partners. CrowdFlower matches companies with big groups of workers, who complete basic tasks like verifying that…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Community, Technologies / Formats, bessemer venture partners, crowdflower, trinity ventures

MashLogic Gets $2.5 Million In First Round Funding

Sep 3, 2009 2:15 PM

Well ... that was quick. Contextual browser add-on MashLogic has raised $2.5 million in its first round of funding, per an SEC filing. The Menlo Park, Calif.-based startup picked up $500,000 in an angel round from investors including About.com founder Scott Kurnit and Bessemer Venture Partners in June. MashLogic didn’t…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Online News, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, bessemer venture partners, mashlogic, new enterprise associates

Casual Games Firm OMGPOP Raises $5 Million

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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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, baseline ventures, bessemer venture partners, omgpop, spark capital

Updated: Goodmail Systems Adds $5 Million To Third Round

Jan 12, 2009 2:34 PM

E-mail provider Goodmail Systems has added $4 million worth of $5 million in additional funding to a previously closed third round. Omidyar Network led the new funding; Bessemer Venture Partners led the original round, which is now worth $25 million in total. Mountain View, CA-based Goodmail has raised $45 million…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, E-Mail, bessemer venture partners, goodmail systems, omidyar network

Local Lead Gen Provider Yodle Closes $10M Third Round To Expand National Effort

Jan 12, 2009 8:48 AM

Online lead gen firm Yodle has closed a $10 million third round funding led by JAFCO Ventures. Other backers included Draper Fisher Jurvetson Growth and existing investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Bessemer Venture Partners. The company raised a $12 million second round in Nov. 2007 and a $3.5 million first…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, bessemer venture partners, draper fisher jurvetson, draper fisher jurvetson growth, jafco ventures, yodle

Wix Gets $3.5 Million For Website Creation

Oct 13, 2008 12:08 PM

Wix, a platform that helps individuals build affordable websites, has raised $3.5 million in its second round led by Skype-backer Mangrove Capital Partners. Bessemer Venture Partners, which led a $3.5 million first round, also participated. So far, the New York-based company has only had a soft product launch and generates…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, bessemer venture partners, mangrove capital partners, wix

LinkedIn Raised Its Big Round; $53 Million From Bain and Others; $1 Billion Valuation

Jun 17, 2008 7:44 PM

LinkedIn has closed its big round, which it had been working on for a while now in the midst of fielding some acquisition offers from strategics: it has received $53 million in funding, primarily from Bain Capital Ventures, the Boston-based PE firm. Other investors in the round include Sequoia Capital,…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, Adobe, Liberty Media, LinkedIn, bain capital, bessemer venture partners, greylock partners, sequoia capital

Social Browser Flock Raises $15 Million Fourth Round

May 22, 2008 6:44 AM

It hasn’t sustained the massive buzz it got when it first launched, but Flock, the browser that specializes in social networking, has raised a big $15 million fourth round led by Fidelity Ventures. Past backers of the Redwood City, CA-based company Bessemer Venture Partners, Catamount Ventures and Shasta Ventures also…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Technologies / Formats, Browsers, bessemer venture partners, catamount ventures, fidelity ventures, flock, shasta ventures

International Classifieds Site OLX Raises $13.5 Million Funding

Apr 12, 2008 7:03 PM

Free classifieds site OLX is another one now in the crazy-money territory: it has raised $13.5 million in its second round of funding, from previous investors General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Fund and DN Capital. This brings the total raise to $23.5 million. In Sept 2006, it raised its…

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Classifieds Business, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, bessemer venture partners, dn capital, founders fund, general catalyst partners, olx

Online Lead Generator Yodle Raises $12 Million Second Round

Nov 26, 2007 9:16 AM

Online lead generator Yodle has raised a $12 million second round lead by Draper Fisher Jurvetson, along with previous backer Bessemer Venture Partners. The NYC-based company raised an initial round from Bessemer a year ago, which The Local Onliner says came to $3.5 million, for a total of $15.5 million.…

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Posted In: Advertising, bessemer venture partners, draper fisher jurvetson, yodle

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