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Social Gamer Kabam Raises $30 Million For Acquistions, Studio Expansion

By David Kaplan Jan. 20, 2011, 8:24pm Comments Off

Kabam, a developer of massive multiplayer games like Kingdoms of Camelot, has raised a $30 million third round of funding to support its acq… Read More »

Blip.tv Raises $10.1 Million To Promote Indie Web Programs

By David Kaplan May. 19, 2010, 5:00pm Comments Off

As it approaches its fifth anniversary, online video provider Blip.tv has closed a $10.1 million third round. The round was led by Canaan Pa… Read More »

Social Shopper OpenSky Nets $6 Million Second Round

By David Kaplan Apr. 26, 2010, 9:01am 1 Comment

Social shopping sites like Groupon and LivingSocial keep attracting investment dollars as consumers continue to look for online deals during… Read More »

TweetPhoto Gets $2.6 Million For Its Own Funding Hole

By Rafat Ali Apr. 13, 2010, 6:52pm Comments Off

Forget about all those clever headlines about “hole-filler” filling its own funding hole. With no discernible business model, and very tough… Read More »

Video-Sharing Site Motionbox Gets $6 Million In Funding; Former VC Becomes CEO

By Tameka Kee Jan. 15, 2009, 4:07pm Comments Off

Video-sharing service Motionbox has picked up $6 million in a third round of funding, though it comes with a change of guard. Current invest… Read More »

Microsoft Helps Back N-Trig’s $24M Funding For Touch-Sensing PCs

By David Kaplan Jan. 12, 2009, 7:35pm Comments Off

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has covered the chunk of Israeli tech company N-Trig’s $24 million funding, the WSJ reports. Other backers include Au… Read More »

Blurb Raises $5 Million Third Round

By Tameka Kee Oct. 14, 2008, 3:09am Comments Off

Web-based self-publishing service Blurb has raised around $5 million in third-round funding, according to peHUB. Previous investors Canaan P… Read More »

Mobile Workforce Software Company Dexterra Raises $21.5 million In Funding

By Tricia Duryee Oct. 3, 2008, 4:31am Comments Off

Dexterra, a Bothell, Wash.-based company which builds enterprise software for mobile workforces, said it has raised $21.5 million in funding… Read More »

ESPN Leads $80 Million Investment In The Active Network; Will Pursue Acquisitions

By Joseph Weisenthal Aug. 27, 2008, 10:17pm 1 Comment

The Active Network, the big provider of sports-related technology, has just closed a huge, $80 million sixth round led by ESPN. Past backers… Read More »

ON24 Gets $8 Million For Webcasting And Virtual Trade Shows

By Joseph Weisenthal Jul. 16, 2008, 10:42pm Comments Off

ON24, a provider of webcasting technology, has raised $8 million from U.S. Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, and Rho Ventures. The company… Read More »

Zoosk Raises $4.1 Million Second Round For Social Network Dating

By Joseph Weisenthal Jun. 13, 2008, 3:33am Comments Off

And here I thought social networking sites were already for dating. Zoosk, an SF-based startup, has raised a $4.1 million second round for a… Read More »

India Deals: eBay Sells Stake In Indian Ops; Bharatmatrimony Gets $11.75 Million From Yahoo & Others

By Nikhil Pahwa Feb. 5, 2008, 10:57pm Comments Off

Two major Indian Internet deals today, covered in details on ContentSutra: – eBay Sells Stake in Indian Arm: Kijiji India, the Indian site… Read More »

Online Video Ad Network Tremor Media Secures $11 Million Second Round

Online Video Service Motionbox Receives $7 Million Funding

Vivox Raises $7.8 Million Second Round for In-Game Voice Services

Peer39 Raises $8.2 Million Second Round For Natural Language Ad Exchange

Sports Betting Service PicksPal Raises $3 Million Third Round