Joseph Tartakoff
Jan 31, 2011 8:00 AM
Online video services provider KIT Digital is continuing to roll-up other firms in its market. The Prague, Czech Republic-based company is paying $77.2 million to purchase three companies, KickApps, Kewego and Kyte, in moves it says will help it become a “one-stop shop” for corporations’ video needs.
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Tameka Kee
Nov 24, 2008 10:27 PM
Update: KickApps released details about the funding, noting that it was the third round, and that closed at $14 million. New investor North Atlantic Capital led the investment, with participation from Prism Ventures, Softbank, Spark and individual investor Jarl Mohn (former CEO of Liberty Digital). Release. White label social networking…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Apr 20, 2008 8:56 PM
Automagically, news of Ning’s latest funding comes out concurrently with a rather glowing piece in Fast Company... the make-your-own social network has raised a $60 million fourth round from unspecified institutional investors investors, valuing the company at $500 million, pre-money. The company last raised $44 million last summer, which then…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 14, 2008 4:13 PM
So tons of KickApps-related rumors have been floating around since Kara reported last night that AOL (NYSE: TWX) is close to buying the white-label social networking service (more here and here). Turns out it is not as involved as reported: AOL has certainly expressed interest, but so have others. At…
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