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Social Games Developer Funzio Raises $20 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff May. 10, 2011, 11:30pm Comments Off

Funzio, a social games developer best known for its hit title Crime City, has raised $20 million in a first round of funding led by IDG Vent… Read More »

Job Search Site SimplyHired Gets $4.6 Million Funding

By Rafat Ali Aug. 11, 2009, 4:28pm Comments Off

Job search engine SimplyHired, based in Mountain View, CA, has received $4.6 million in a new round of funding, led by IDG Ventures and Foun… Read More »

SocialMedia Raises $6 Million For Widget Ad Network

By Tameka Kee Jan. 30, 2009, 7:42am Comments Off

Social media-based ad network SocialMedia has picked up $6 million in a second round of funding. IDG Ventures and previous backer Charles Ri… Read More »

Friendster Closes $20 Million Round; Focuses On Asia Now; New CEO

By Rafat Ali Aug. 5, 2008, 10:26am 3 Comments

Friendster has closed its new round of funding, in progress for most of this year, and it is a big one: it has raised $20 million in a new r… Read More »

Ex-Facebooker’s i2we Raises $750k For Social Net Apps

By Joseph Weisenthal Jun. 17, 2008, 11:10pm Comments Off

More money for Facebook apps, this time going to an ex-Facebook employee’s startup. i2we, a social apps maker started by ex-Facebooker Karel… Read More »

Chinese Mobile Social Network Pica Gets $10 Million Funding

By Rafat Ali Jan. 9, 2008, 2:16am Comments Off

Pica, a Chinese mobile social networking service, has received $10 million in its third round of financing. The round was led by Crosslink C… Read More »