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Real-Time Search Lives On: Topsy Raises $15 Million

Mar 10, 2011 11:01 AM

Search startup Tospy has raised $15 million in a new round of funding. The company, which ranks results based on what’s being shared by “influencers” on Twitter at any given moment, is a rare survivor in the once red hot real-time search market. Several former competitors have moved on to…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Search, Social Media, Companies, Twitter, bluerun ventures, founders fund, ignition partners, scott banister, topsy, western technology investment

URL Shortener Bit.ly Raises $10 Million From AOL Ventures, Others

Oct 7, 2010 6:05 PM

Despite competition that is growing seemingly by the day, popular link shortener Bit.ly has raised $10 million in its latest round of funding. Bit.ly says it now shortens more than 200 million links a day, up from about 75 million a year ago, a feat that is especially impressive considering…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Facebook, Google, Twitter, aol ventures, betaworks, bit.ly, david shen, founders fund, joshua stylman, mitch kapor, oatv, peter hershberg, rre ventures, sv angel

Doctor Search Site ZocDoc Adds $15 Million

Jul 14, 2010 7:15 AM

Online doctor search and appointment site ZocDoc has raised $15 million in its second round of funding. On ZocDoc, users designate their city, insurance plan, and the type of specialist they are looking for and then see a list of corresponding doctors. Patients can book appointments directly from the site…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Search, founders fund, khosla ventures, zocdoc

Online Financial Service Credit Karma Raising $2.5 Million Second Round

Nov 5, 2009 12:55 PM

Credit Karma, a site that lets users get free access to their credit scores in exchange for receiving targeted ads, has raised $1.5 million worth of a $2.5 million round of funding, per an SEC filing. The company said QED Investors led, with participation from Ron Conway’s SV Angel, Founders…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, aydin senkut, founders fund, ron conway, sv angel

Zivity Spins Off Employees, Funding Into New Company

Jul 23, 2009 1:53 PM

Adult social network Zivity is splitting in two, with the majority of its employees headed to a new celebrity-obsessed site called Top Fans. Zivity raised $8 million over two rounds of funding since late 2007; the startup has about $4 million worth of that cash left, according to TechCrunch, which…

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DailyBurn Raises $525,000 For Online Fitness Community

May 26, 2009 7:22 PM

Health and fitness-centric online community DailyBurn has closed a $525,000 seed round of funding. FF Angel LLC (the early stage investment arm of Founders Fund) led the round, along with participation from individual angels. Founded in 2007 as Gyminee, the startup officially rebranded itself DailyBurn and redesigned its site for…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Community, founders fund

Social Gaming Startup Raptr Gets $12 Million Funding

Sep 3, 2008 11:00 PM

Raptr, a new online social gaming startup founded by Xfire co-founder and professional gamer Dennis Fong, is launching tonight and had received $12 million in its first round of funding. The round was led by Accel Partners and the Founders Fund. The service is a small download that then plugs…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, accel partners, founders fund, raptr

Online Search Marketing Firm Clickable Gets $14.5 Million Funding

Jul 29, 2008 11:40 PM

Clickable, a New York City-based online search advertising and marketing startup, has received $14.5 million in its second round. The round was led the Founder’s Fund, as well as its previous investors Union Square Ventures and FirstMark Capital. This brings its total funding to $22.5 million. The company, founded in…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Search, Technologies / Formats, firstmark capital, founders fund, usv

International Classifieds Site OLX Raises $13.5 Million Funding

Apr 12, 2008 7:03 PM

Free classifieds site OLX is another one now in the crazy-money territory: it has raised $13.5 million in its second round of funding, from previous investors General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Fund and DN Capital. This brings the total raise to $23.5 million. In Sept 2006, it raised its…

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Classifieds Business, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, bessemer venture partners, dn capital, founders fund, general catalyst partners, olx

Project Agape Raises $5 Million Second Round For Online Social Activism

Apr 1, 2008 12:27 PM

Project Agape, a start-up focused on collective social action, has raised a $5 million second round from The Founders Fund, according to an SEC filing reported by peHUB. The Berkeley, CA-based company previously raised $2.35 million, for a total of $7.35 million. The site, which is still closed, is co-founded…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, founders fund, project agape

Adult Social Net Zivity Raises $7 Million Second Round

Mar 10, 2008 4:03 PM

SF-based Zivity, an ‘adult’ social networking site, has raised a $7 million second round from BlueRun Ventures and the Founders Fund. This follows a $1 million raise last November, bringing the company’s total haul to $8 million. The subscription-based site is dedicated to, in its description, “promoting female beauty and…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, bluerun ventures, founders fund, zivity

Social Gamer AlamoFire Gets $2 Million First Round

Feb 27, 2008 11:35 AM

Southlake, TX-based AlamoFire, a developer of games for social networks, has raised a $2 million first round from The Founders Fund and Alsop Louie Partners, reports PE Hub. The company’s current announced product is the game Packrat, which runs on Facebook. The company is an offshoot of design firm Firewheel.

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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, alamofire, alsop louie partners, founders fund

Online Measurement Firm Quantcast Gets $20 Million Funding

Jan 21, 2008 8:50 PM

Quantcast, the San Francisco-based online traffic measurement firm, has received a big $20 million second round funding. The round was led by Founders Fund (Peter Thiel’s fund) and Polaris Venture Partners. The company’s technology combines directly measured traffic statistics with multiple panel data sources, it says. It competes with the…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Research & Metrics, Metrics, founders fund, polaris venture partners, quantcast

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