Media — paidContent

Resurgent StumbleUpon Raises $17 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Mar. 10, 2011, 1:45am Comments Off

StumbleUpon, the content recommendation service that eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) purchased for $75 million in 2007 and then sold back to its founders… Read More »

Social Net For Gay Men Fab Gets $1.75 Million More From WaPost, Others

By Joseph Tartakoff Dec. 14, 2010, 1:52am Comments Off

Fab, a social network for gay men, has raised $1.75 million in a first round of funding from investors including existing backer the Washing… Read More »

Jelli Gets $7 Million For Crowdsourced Radio

By Joseph Tartakoff May. 13, 2010, 9:40pm Comments Off

Jelli, a startup trying to shake up the traditional radio industry by letting listeners control what songs are played on air, has raised $7… Read More »

Xobni Raises $16 Million In Third Round For Outlook Plug-In

By Joseph Tartakoff Apr. 16, 2010, 3:18am Comments Off

Xobni, which sells a Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Outlook plug-in that helps users keep track of their mail and contacts, has raised $16.2 million… Read More »

Online Ad Monitor DoubleVerify Raises $10 Million Second Round

By David Kaplan Mar. 8, 2010, 7:58pm Comments Off

Online ad manager DoubleVerify has raised a $10 million second round funding. The round was led by Institutional Venture Partners. Previous… Read More »

Social Search Startup PeerPong Raises $2.8 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Feb. 25, 2010, 12:05am Comments Off

Social search startup PeerPong has raised $2.8 million in a funding round from Doll Capital Management, First Round Capital, Charles River V… Read More »

Rixty Raises $1.24 Million For Online Payment System

By Joseph Tartakoff Jan. 22, 2010, 1:05am Comments Off

Rixty — which offers an online payment system designed for people who don’t have creditcards — has raised $1.24 million in a funding round… Read More »

Kid-Friendly Online Gamer Roblox Raises $2.2 Million

By Tameka Kee Aug. 14, 2009, 9:26pm Comments Off

Roblox has raised roughly $2.2 million in funding for its virtual world/casual game hybrid, according to an SEC filing. Altos Ventures and F… Read More »

Travel Fare-Tracker Yapta Adds $2 Million Second Round

By Tameka Kee Jun. 26, 2009, 12:15am Comments Off

Travel shopping and fare-tracking site Yapta.com has picked up $2 million in a second round of funding. Voyager Capital led the round, with… Read More »

Amazon Invests In Online Ad Optimization Firm Yieldex

By Rafat Ali Feb. 17, 2009, 3:21pm 3 Comments

Yieldex, a New York City-based online ad targeting optimization firm, has received $8.5 million in second round funding. It was led by Madro… Read More »

Mobile Video Platform Transpera Closes $8.25 Million In Second Round

By Matt Kapko Nov. 13, 2008, 5:00pm Comments Off

Transpera, the Santa Monica, Calif.-based mobile video platform company, has closed a second round of funding worth $8.25 million. Labrador… Read More »

MoVoxx Raises First Round For SMS Advertising Platform

By Tricia Duryee Oct. 31, 2008, 7:58pm Comments Off

MoVoxx, a Santa Monica, Calif.-based company that helps brands and agencies integrate ads into SMS campaigns, has raised an undisclosed amou… Read More »

Widget’s Parellel Economy: Gigya Gets $11 Million Funding

Updated: Content Licensing Firm GumGum Officially Announces First Round

Teen Social Network myYearbook Raises $13 Million Round

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

Mashery Raises $2 Million More For Web APIs