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Social Media Measurement Firm Klout Raises $8.5 Million

Jan 10, 2011 9:45 AM

Klout, a company that markets online influence measurement services, has raised $8.5 million as social media ad spending is expected to be in even greater demand. The round was led by the Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers Fund with participation from Greycroft Partners. A number of angel investors were also…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, bobby yazdani, ff asset management, greycroft partners, howard lindzon, klout, kpcb, paige craig, thomas mcinerney

Buddy Media Raises $23 Million For Big Brand Facebook Pages

Oct 18, 2010 10:41 PM

Buddy Media, a startup that helps businesses manage their presence on Facebook, has raised $23 million in a third round of funding. The company’s tools are used by big brands, such as Johnson & Johnson and Target, to build and update their Facebook pages. Buddy Media says it currently has…

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Posted In: Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Facebook, bay partners, buddy media, greycroft partners, institutional venture partners, softbank capital

Rich Media Marketer OggiFinogi Raises $2 Million For Real-Time Efforts

Aug 19, 2010 5:46 PM

Real-time bidding is already a common feature of online advertising, but rich media ads aren’t often used for these generally low-cost plays. Rich media provider OggiFinogi hopes to change that a bit, now that it has raised a $2 million first round. The round was led by Greycroft Partners, with…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, contour venture partners, greycroft partners, inovia capital, oggifinogi

Extreme Reach Raises $9 Million For Its Video Ad Delivery Platform

Jun 23, 2010 2:20 PM

Extreme Reach, which sells a digital platform that advertisers can use to deliver their video ads to TV stations and websites, has raised $9 million in a second round of funding. Extreme Reach says that since its start two years ago it has delivered ads from “several hundred” ad agencies…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, extreme reach, greycroft partners, long river ventures

Resonate Raises $5 Million Second Round, Aims Ad Target At ‘Attitudes’

Jun 23, 2010 10:10 AM

Resonate Networks has raised a $5 million second round for its “attitudinal” targeting, which sounds like just another word for aiming ads towards web users’ behavior or according to a site’s content. However, Resonate CEO Bryan Gernert begs to differ, saying that the Reston, VA.-based online ad firm can reach…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, greycroft partners, inovia capital, resonate

Twitter Ad Network Ad.ly Gets $5 Million

May 11, 2010 5:20 PM

Doesn’t look like Twitter’s decision to introduce an ad platform of its own is getting in the way of fundraising efforts by startups building alternate ad models around the site. Ad.ly, an ad network that matches popular Tweeters with advertisers, has raised $5 million in a first round of funding,…

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Posted In: Advertising, Companies, Twitter, ad.ly, greycroft partners, grp partners, matt coffin

Patricof’s Greycoft Raises $130.7 Million Second Digital Media Fund

Apr 14, 2010 6:00 AM

It took a year, 160 first meetings and a lot of travel time but Greycroft Partners finally has closed its second fund, $130.7 million Greycroft II. It’s a case of second verse, same as the first with plans to continue investing in early-stage digital media companies that deliver products and…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, alan patricof, contentnext media, dana settle, drew lipsher, greycroft partners, ian sigalow

Updated: WideOrbit Gets $10 Million for Ad Trafficking, Analytics

Oct 20, 2008 1:59 PM

SF-based advertising analytics startup WideOrbit has received $9.5 million in a fourth round of funding, VentureBeat reports. Mayfield Fund led the round, which isn’t closed—as the firm is hoping to wind up with a solid $10 million. Existing backers Khosla Ventures, Greycroft Partners and Hearst Ventures also participated. The firm…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, greycroft partners, hearst ventures, khosla ventures, mayfield fund, wideorbit

Doctor Evaluation Service Vitals.com Gets $4 Million Funding

Oct 17, 2008 11:29 AM

MDX Medical’s Vitals.com has closed a $4 million round of funding. Milestone Venture Partners, Greycroft Partners and Cross Atlantic Partners led the round, while Health Venture Group participated with follow-on financing. A doctor evaluation and comparison service, New Jersey-based Vitals.com provides peer evaluations and patient feedback on over 720,000 doctors…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, cross atlantic partners, greycroft partners, health venture group, milestone venture partners, vitals.com

Online Sports Ad Network Sportgenic Gets $10 Million Second Round Funding

Sep 8, 2008 7:00 AM

Sportgenic, the San Francisco-based online ad networked focused on sports sites, has received $10 million in its second round of funding. The round was led by Adams Street Partners, and previous investors Alsop Louie Partners, KPG Ventures, and Greycroft Partners also invested in the new round. The company, formerly called…

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Posted In: Advertising, Entertainment, Sports, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, adams street partners, alsop louie partners, greycroft partners, kpg ventures, sportgenic

Online Marketer Marketbright Gets First Round Funding

Aug 15, 2008 11:38 AM

Marketbright, a startup offering marketing automation software, has raised an unspecified first round funding from Greycroft Partners and Knights Bridge Capital Partners. The San Bruno, CA-based startup delivers on-demand such services as automated lead-scoring and marketing analytics. CEO Dom Lindars was previously at Oracle, with a background in marketing software.…

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Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, greycroft partners, knight's bridge capital partners, marketbright

ImageSpan Raises $11 Million Second Round For Content Licensing; Bertelsmann Leads

Jun 17, 2008 12:30 PM

ImageSpan, a company that enables digital content licensing, has raised an $11 million second round led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. Past backers Greycroft Partners and Village Ventures also participated, along with New York City Investment Fund, City Lights Capital Management and Ackerley Partners LLC. The Sausalito, CA-based company raised…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, ackerley partners, bertelsmann digital media investments, city lights capital management, greycroft partners, imagespan, new york city investment fund, village ventures

Buzzd Raises First Round For Location-Based Mobile Networking

Apr 24, 2008 11:31 AM

Buzzd, which is developing a location-based social network that revolves around entertainment listings, plans to announce today that it has raised an undisclosed amount of capital in a first round led by Greycroft Partners and Monitor Ventures. The NY-based company, which has 10 employees, plans to use the money for…

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Posted In: Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, buzzd, greycroft partners, monitor ventures

Social App Incubator Buddy Media Raises $6.5 Million Second Round

Apr 16, 2008 12:45 PM

Buddy Media, a developer of social networking apps, has raised a $6.5 million second round from Softbank, European Founders Fund, Greycroft Partners, Ron Conway, as well as its previous backers.. The NYC-based company previously raised $1.5 million from Howard Lindzon, Peter Thiel, Roger Ehrenberg Mark Pincus and James Altucher, so…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Companies, Facebook, acebucks, buddy media, european founders fund, greycroft partners, ron conway, softbank capital

P2P Video Platform Vuze Raises $20 Million Third Round

Dec 19, 2007 1:33 AM

P2P video platform Vuze, formerly known as Azureus, has raised a big $20 million third round led by New Enterprise Associates, with participation from previous backers Redpoint Ventures, Greycroft Partners, BV Capital, and Jarl Mohn. A year ago, the Palo Alto-based the company raised $12 million, which, in addition to…

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Posted In: , bv capital, greycroft partners, jarl mohn, new enterprise associates, redpoint ventures, vuze

Corrected: High School Sports Network Takkle Raises $7 Million In Second Funding

Nov 12, 2007 5:20 PM

Ed. Note: This replaces an inaccurate post originally published Nov. 12 and contains updated information. We regret the error. High school sports social net Takkle said it raised $7 million in a round we previously reported this summer sans amount. The round was led by Sports Illustrated and the New…

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Posted In: Social Media, greycroft partners, ij smith enterprises, jack schneider, new york city investment fund, sports illustrated, takkle, wmg investments

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