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Real-Time Search Lives On: Topsy Raises $15 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Mar. 10, 2011, 10:01pm Comments Off

Search startup Tospy has raised $15 million in a new round of funding. The company, which ranks results based on what’s being shared by “inf… Read More »

Verve Wireless Raises $7 Million More To Deliver The News Over Mobile

By Tricia Duryee Sep. 28, 2010, 4:00pm Comments Off

Verve Wireless, which is helping hundreds of media companies worldwide create and monetize news applications for smartphones, said it has ra… Read More »

Zivity Spins Off Employees, Funding Into New Company

By Tameka Kee Jul. 23, 2009, 10:53pm Comments Off

Adult social network Zivity is splitting in two, with the majority of its employees headed to a new celebrity-obsessed site called Top Fans.… Read More »

Celeb and Gaming Site Hollywood Interactive Gets $5 Million Funding

By Rafat Ali Sep. 19, 2008, 1:55am Comments Off

Hollywood Interactive Group, a Los Angeles-based online media company focused on entertainment content, has received $5 million in its first… Read More »

HD Video Startup Vusion Gets Funding From BlueRun; Launches

By Rafat Ali May. 5, 2008, 8:01pm 2 Comments

Vusion, a San Jose, CA-based online video tech startup, has received an undisclosed amount of first round funding from BlueRun Ventures and… Read More »

Adult Social Net Zivity Raises $7 Million Second Round

By Joseph Weisenthal Mar. 11, 2008, 2:03am 1 Comment

SF-based Zivity, an ‘adult’ social networking site, has raised a $7 million second round from BlueRun Ventures and the Founders Fund. This f… Read More »

Bluerun Ventures Raises $200 Million Fund

By Rafat Ali Feb. 9, 2008, 12:20am Comments Off

BlueRun Ventures, which was once part of Nokia (NYSE: NOK) but is now independent, has raised an initial $200 million for its fourth fund, r… Read More »

C3L3B Digital Raises $3 Million For Casual MMOs

By Joseph Weisenthal Jan. 29, 2008, 11:24pm Comments Off

C3L3B Digital, a Simi Valley, CA-based developer of casual MMO games, has raised $3 million of a $4 million round from BlueRun Ventures, rep… Read More »

Chinese Mobile Social Network Pica Gets $10 Million Funding

By Rafat Ali Jan. 9, 2008, 2:16am Comments Off

Pica, a Chinese mobile social networking service, has received $10 million in its third round of financing. The round was led by Crosslink C… Read More »