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Updated: BiggerBoat Raises $2 Million, Brings First Round To $5 Million Total

Jul 29, 2008 1:00 PM

See update below: Here’s another ad network getting funded: BiggerBoat, an ad net for online entertainment properties, has raised a $2 million from Draper Associates, reports socalTech.com. The Beverly Hills-based company claims to reach 15 million users through such sites Billboard.com, Allmusic, and through other social networking services, like Flixster.…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, biggerboat, draper associates, first round capital, zone ventures

Cognition Technologies Raises $2.7 Million For Semantic Search

Joseph Weisenthal

Jul 15, 2008 12:15 PM

Following Microsoft’s (NSDQ: MSFT) acquisition of Powerset, here’s more money for semantic search… Cognition Technologies, a developer of technology for the space, has raised a $2.7 million round from Draper Associates, Fingerhut Ventures, and the company’s CEO Scott Jarus, according to VentureBeat. The Culver City, CA-based company has raised a…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Search, Technologies / Formats, cognition technologies, draper associates, fingerhut ventures, scott jarus