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

By Robert Andrews Apr. 14, 2011, 2:52pm Comments Off

KupiVIP, a Russian online shopping club for luxury brands, is taking what its spokespeople tell us is a record investment for Russian e-comm… Read More »

Money Flows To Mobile Startups: Appia, Apperian, Bubble Motion, And Others

By Ingrid Lunden Mar. 30, 2011, 11:55pm Comments Off

It may not be $41 million, but there are still serious funds flowing into the mobile sector at the moment, and the companies taking advantag… Read More »

Online Video Ad Marketplace Adap.tv Raises $20 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Mar. 29, 2011, 9:16pm Comments Off

Adap.tv has raised $20 million in a round of funding, as money Read More »

Social Media Marketer Involver Raises $8 Million Third Round

By David Kaplan Oct. 14, 2010, 6:34pm Comments Off

Involver, a company that has significantly changed its focus in the past two years, has raised $8 million to further pursue its direction as… Read More »

Crowdsourcing Startup CrowdFlower Raises $5 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Jan. 21, 2010, 12:00am Comments Off

CrowdFlower, a crowdsourcing startup that recruits thousands of people online to complete repetitive tasks for big companies, has raised $5… Read More »

Smule Adds $8 Million Second Round From Shasta Ventures

By Tameka Kee Dec. 17, 2009, 3:03am Comments Off

Sell two of the top 10 iPhone apps for the entire year (iTunes link) and what do you get? $8 million. At least, that’s what Smule (aka Sonic… Read More »

MashLogic Gets $2.5 Million In First Round Funding

By Tameka Kee Sep. 3, 2009, 11:15pm Comments Off

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 M… Read More »

Casual Games Firm OMGPOP Raises $5 Million

By Rory Maher Mar. 10, 2009, 11:26pm 6 Comments

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), th… Read More »

iPhone Developer Smule Raises $3.9 Million First Round

By James Quintana Pearce Feb. 13, 2009, 2:30am Comments Off

Sonic Media’s SonicMule (aka Smule), which develops applications for the iPhone, has raised $3.9 million in its first round of funding. The… Read More »

Updated: Goodmail Systems Adds $5 Million To Third Round

By Tameka Kee Jan. 13, 2009, 1:34am Comments Off

E-mail provider Goodmail Systems has added $4 million worth of $5 million in additional funding to a previously closed third round. Omidyar… Read More »

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

By David Kaplan Jan. 12, 2009, 7:48pm 1 Comment

Online lead gen firm Yodle has closed a $10 million third round funding led by JAFCO Ventures. Other backers included Draper Fisher Jurvetso… Read More »

Access 360 Media Raises $8 Million In Second Round

By Matt Kapko Oct. 29, 2008, 7:48pm Comments Off

Venice, Calif.-based Access 360 Media has raised $8 million in a second round led by Mission Ventures. Bessemer Venture Partners, which led… Read More »

Wix Gets $3.5 Million For Website Creation

Siano Mobile Silicon Raises Third Round Of $17.5 Million

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

Social Browser Flock Raises $15 Million Fourth Round

International Classifieds Site OLX Raises $13.5 Million Funding