David Kaplan
Mar 10, 2011 7:00 PM
RadiumOne, an ad network that targets ads around users’ social graph, has closed a $21 million second round funding to support its international expansion plans and its acquisition strategy. The move comes amid a number of M&A and funding deals around targeting consumers based on their social connections.
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Joseph Tartakoff
Dec 21, 2010 12:44 PM
Fast-growing sports site Bleacher Report has raised $10.5 million in a round of funding led by new investor Crosslink Capital. The company says its flagship site now gets more than 16 million unique monthly visitors a month, making it the web’s fifth most popular sports destination. It also syndicates content…
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Entertainment, Sports, Companies, CBS, News Corp., Fox, Yahoo, bleacher report, crosslink capital
Joseph Tartakoff
Jul 13, 2010 12:09 PM
More than a year after reportedly being forced to lay off half of its staff because it was unable to raise new cash, social network Hi5 has raised $14 million in a new round of funding. The cash comes as Hi5, which has more than 50 million registered users, has…
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Tameka Kee
Oct 13, 2009 4:17 PM
Ecast, a long-standing digital jukebox-based ad network and content platform, has raised $17 million in funding, per an SEC filing. New investor LG Electronics (SEO: 066570) participated in this round, along with previous backers Foundry Group, Escalate Capital Partners, DCM and Crosslink Capital; Ecast has raised well over $80 million…
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Tameka Kee
Oct 22, 2008 4:39 PM
Visual search and shopping engine Like.com closed a third round of funding worth $32 million, VentureBeat reports. Luckily for Palo Alto, Calif.-based Like.com, the round officially closed at the end of July, well before the market went belly up. Menlo Ventures led the funding, with Crosslink Capital and other previous…
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Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Search, Technologies / Formats, crosslink capital, like.com, menlo ventures
Joseph Weisenthal
Jul 9, 2008 7:00 AM
Mevio, the early commercial entrant into the podcasting game then known as PodShow, has raised a big, $15 million third round led by Crosslink Capital, with past backers Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital, Sherpalo Ventures and DAG Ventures. It now is mainly focused on distributing video. The company…
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Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, crosslink capital, dag ventures, kpcb, mevio, sequoia capital, sherpalo ventures
Joseph Weisenthal
May 19, 2008 12:44 PM
JellyCloud, a company that promises better performance for online ads via targeting, has called down $6 million of an $11.5 million first round, reports peHUB. The round, led by Softbank America, U.S. Venture Partners, Crosslink Capital and Sand Hill Capital, was first announced back in April. Basically, the company is…
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