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Bill Gross On UberMedia, The Power Of Twitter And Why He’s Acquiring

Feb 11, 2011 11:36 PM

Why is Bill Gross buying up services built on Twitter? The Idealab CEO talked about his belief in Twitter when I interviewed him recently at DLD in Munich, just after he acquired UberTwitter and renamed the company UberMedia. That closely followed the acquisition of EchoFon. Now TechCrunch reports that he’s…

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Posted In: Advertising, Features, Tweets, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, RIM, BlackBerry, Twitter, bill gross, idealab, tweetdeck, ubermedia, ubertwitter

Perfect Market Raises $15 Million First Round For Archive Monetization

Joseph Weisenthal

Jul 9, 2008 11:12 AM

Perfect Market, an Idealab-incubated company offering publishers tools to monetize archival content, has raised a $15.6 million from Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners, Square 1 Bank, and founding investor Idealab. The Pasadena, CA-based company says it offers publishers easy tools that require little upfront costs. SEO is a big part…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Search, Technologies / Formats, idealab, perfect market, rustic canyon partners, square 1 bank, trinity ventures