Media — paidContent

In The Money: Google’s NFC Partner ViVOtech Raises $24 Million

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 27, 2011, 6:51pm Comments Off

We’ve yet to see mass-market adoption of NFC-based mobile payment services — or, indeed, of any point-of-sale mobile payment systems — but… Read More »

Mpire Changes Name To AdXpose, Raises $3 Million; Winfield In As CEO

By David Kaplan Apr. 4, 2011, 7:13pm Comments Off

A month after rolling out a beta test for its new metrics and verification product aimed at, in part, improving mobile ad measurement, Mpire… Read More »

PubMatic Raises $7.5 Million Third Round; Platform Adds IAC, United Online

By David Kaplan Apr. 15, 2010, 3:00pm Comments Off

PubMatic, the sell-side ad platform, has raised $7.5 million in a third round funding. The Palo Alto company has now raised $18 million sinc… Read More »

Box.net Adds $7.1 Million In Funding For Digital File Storage

By Tameka Kee Oct. 15, 2009, 2:44pm Comments Off

Box.net, an online file-sharing and storage platform, has raised $7.1 million in funding, per an SEC filing. Previous backer Draper Fisher J… Read More »

Video Webcast Platform Vivu Raises $3 Million First Round

By Tameka Kee Oct. 13, 2009, 8:21pm Comments Off

ViVu, a startup that offers webcast production and management services, has picked up $3 million in its first round of funding. Inventus Cap… Read More »

TargetCast Buys Out-of-Home Digital Network Ripple TV

By Tameka Kee Sep. 23, 2009, 11:39pm Comments Off

More consolidation in the out-of-home digital ad space … TargetCast Networks (TCN) has acquired Ripple TV, a retail digital ad network bas… Read More »

SocialText Raises $4.5 million In Fourth Round

By Joseph Tartakoff Apr. 10, 2009, 6:09am Comments Off

One deal announcement that slipped past us last week: Enterprise wiki company SocialText raised $4.5 million in a fourth round from investor… Read More »

PubMatic Closes Second Round; New Optimizer Tool Promises To Reduce 'Commoditization'

By David Kaplan Mar. 16, 2009, 6:55pm Comments Off

Ad revenue optimizer PubMatic has closed a second round of funding. Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Nexus India Capital and Helion Ventures — all… Read More »

4INFO Raises $20 Million For Ad-Supported Texting Campaigns

By Tricia Duryee Jan. 22, 2009, 5:00pm 3 Comments

4INFO, the San Mateo, Calif.-based company that enables ad-supported text messaging campaigns for media companies, has raised $20 million in… 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 »

JiWire Raises $11.1 Million For Wi-Fi Ad Network

By Tricia Duryee Dec. 11, 2008, 1:09am Comments Off

JiWire, the San Francisco-based company that started off as a Wi-Fi directory and evolved into an ad network that helps Wi-Fi hotspots gener… Read More »

Stock Music Library AudioMicro Secures First Round

By Amanda Natividad Oct. 23, 2008, 3:41am Comments Off

Stock music marketplace AudioMicro has closed its first round of financing from DFJ Frontier. The LA-based company will use the undisclosed… Read More »

Eventful Picks Up $10 Million In Third Round Led By Telefonica, Inks Ticketmaster Deal

Online Clothing Store myShape Gets $12 Million From Lehman Bros. And Others

E-Paper Provider Pressmart Raises $6 Million Funding

Stealthy iList Raises $1.5 Million For Social Classifieds

Meetup’s Latest Round: $7.5 Million