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Joseph Tartakoff
Jan 24, 2011 5:20 PM
Auditude, which sells a platform used by a number of top sites to manage their online video ads, has raised $11 million in a second round of funding. Auditude says it will use the new funding to move into additional markets, including mobile video. The company has also hired Jeremy…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jul 14, 2010 7:40 PM
Shopkick, which is behind a highly-anticipated mobile app that will send offers to shoppers when they are near a store, has raised $15 million in a second round led by Greylock Partners. Shopkick has already lined up several major retailers, including Best Buy and Macy’s, as partners for its app…
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Tameka Kee
Nov 2, 2009 3:46 PM
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman has joined Greylock Partners as an investing partner, and the VC firm—which currently backs Pandora and Israeli ad content-creator The Box, among others—has raised $575 million more for new investments. Greylock partner David Sze told VentureBeat that the firm had no trouble raising the new money,…
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Rory Maher
Mar 11, 2009 3:00 PM
Auditude, which operates an online video-management and advertising platform, has raised $10.5 million from Redpoint Ventures along with existing investor Greylock Partners. Chris Moore, a partner at Redpoint Ventures, will join Auditude’s board. Auditude has a platform where producers can distribute their video to Auditude’s network of publishers and monetize…
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Staci D. Kramer
Feb 10, 2009 12:33 PM
Online classifieds network Oodle has raised another $5.6 million from the same investors that funded its $11 million second round in March 2007—Greylock Partners, JAFCO Ventures, and Redpoint Ventures. Turns out that in addition to a $5 million first round in 2006, the San Mateo, Calif.-based company also raised $3…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Sep 24, 2008 12:06 PM
It looks like perpetually almost-for-sale social news site Digg is going to stay solo for awhile… The SF-based company has just announced a big, $28.7 million third round led by Highland Capital Partners. The company has now raised $40 million, having last raised $8.5 million in late 2006. The current…
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Rafat Ali
Sep 17, 2008 2:42 PM
WEbook, a Bethesda, Maryland-based online book publishing and writers community startup, has received $5 million in a new round of funding. The round was led by Vertex Venture Capital and its existing backer, Greylock Partners Israel. The round also included investments from eight angel investors. The site was launched in…
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Rafat Ali
Jun 17, 2008 7:44 PM
LinkedIn has closed its big round, which it had been working on for a while now in the midst of fielding some acquisition offers from strategics: it has received $53 million in funding, primarily from Bain Capital Ventures, the Boston-based PE firm. Other investors in the round include Sequoia Capital,…
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Joseph Weisenthal
May 13, 2008 8:11 AM
Another big round in the social apps space, as Social Gaming Network has raised a $15 million first round from Greylock Partners, the Founders Fund, Columbia Partners, and Novak Biddle Venture Partners. Among its game titles: Warbook, Jetman, and Text Twirl. All the bigs in this space are building up…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Apr 10, 2008 12:47 AM
Richrelevence, a provider of personalized recommendations for e-commerce firms, has raised a $4.2 million second round led by Greylock Partners and Tugboat Ventures. It previously raised an unspecified amount from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Draper Richards and certain angels. The SF-based company offers services that work in realtime, a la Amazon’s…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Mar 17, 2008 10:59 AM
Palo Alto, CA-based Car Advisory Network, a start-up building a portal for auto information, has raised a $6.5 million first round Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, reports PE Hub. It appears as though the company is building a fresh site, though it currently operates TheCarConnection.com, an online car review and…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jan 24, 2008 11:27 AM
There is life after flying toasters: SF-based chirp has raised unspecified angel funding for a screensaver that keeps a user updated on their social connections. The funding comes from Greylock Partners, SoftTech VC, Reid Hoffman (LinkedIN), Jay Adelson (Digg) and Dave Samuel (Spinner.com, Grouper). Chirp’s pitch is that it offers…
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Rafat Ali
Jun 24, 2007 8:52 PM
Revision3, the online video shows firm founded by Digg co-founders Jay Adelson (CEO of Revision3) and Kevin Rose, has received $8 million in its second round of funding, reports VentureBeat. The round was led by previous backer Greylock, and several of the angel investors. Greylock is also an investor in…
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Rafat Ali
Sep 25, 2006 12:11 PM
Collaborative news site Digg’s cofounders, high on the hype cycle, have launched a new online video production and podcasting firm called Revision3, and have received $1 million in funding for the venture. Investors include Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, and Greylock Partners, a previous investor in Digg. The new…
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