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Widgetbox Rebrands As Display Platform Flite, Raises $12 Million

Mar 9, 2011 7:30 AM

Ad tech firm Flite (fka Widgetbox) has raised $12 million third round as it completes its rebranding from a community for widget developers to one that serves as a display ad platform.

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, general catalyst partners, hummer winblad venture partners, ncd investors, sequoia capital, widgetbox

Ad Optimizer YieldBuild Raises $6 Million Second Round

Mar 3, 2008 2:51 PM

San Francisco, CA-based YieldBuild, which helps publishers optimize the performance of their ads, has raised a $6 million second round led by Storm Ventures, with participation from previous backer Hummer Winblad. The company previously raised $2 million, according to VentureBeat, bringing the total raise to $8 million. The company helps…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, hummer winblad venture partners, storm ventures, yieldbuild

Widget Community Widgetbox Raises $8 Million Second Round

Feb 1, 2008 10:12 AM

SF-based Widgetbox, which offers a community for widget developers, has raised an $8 million second round from Sequoia Capital, Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, NCD Investors, and private investor, Michael Dearing, who is serving as the company’s interim CEO. The company did an unspecified first round last year. Widgetbox claims a…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, hummer winblad venture partners, ncd investors, sequoia capital, widgetbox

Video Streaming Company Move Networks Gets A Big $34 Million, From Disney’s VC Arm And Others

Oct 2, 2007 5:34 PM

Move Networks has been out there raising a big round for a while now, and it has finally closed: the company, based in American Fork, Utah, has raised $34 million from Steamboat Ventures (part of Disney) and Hummer Winblad Venture Partners, and others, bringing its total haul to $45 million,…

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Posted In: Technologies / Formats, Broadband, Companies, Disney, hummer winblad venture partners, move networks, steamboat ventures

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