Joseph Tartakoff
Feb 3, 2010 4:23 AM
BrightRoll—which bills itself as the largest online video ad network—has raised $10 million in a third round of funding. In its announcement, the company also hypes that it has now been profitable for the last 12 months. BrightRoll’s network includes “three-fourths of the top 100 online media properties” in the…
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Tameka Kee
Feb 11, 2009 9:39 PM
Ludic Labs, a social media tech development firm, has picked up $5 million in a round of funding led by Accel Partners; KPG Ventures and a number of undisclosed private investors also participated in the round. Founded in 2006, the San Mateo, Calif.-based startup has been in stealth mode, but…
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Tameka Kee
Feb 9, 2009 4:32 PM
Cake Financial, an online hub for individual investors, has picked up $1.26 million worth of a $1.5 million round of funding, per peHUB, citing a regulatory filing. We confirmed that previous investors Alsop Louie Partners and KPG Ventures participated in the follow-on round; Cake Financial lists Bay Partners and Ron…
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Rafat Ali
Sep 8, 2008 7:00 AM
Sportgenic, the San Francisco-based online ad networked focused on sports sites, has received $10 million in its second round of funding. The round was led by Adams Street Partners, and previous investors Alsop Louie Partners, KPG Ventures, and Greycroft Partners also invested in the new round. The company, formerly called…
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David Kaplan
Jun 5, 2008 8:00 AM
Travel reviews aggregator NileGuide has secured an $8 million second round, the company tells us. Austin Ventures led the round, with additional backing from Lehman Brothers Venture Partners and existing investors Draper Richards and KPG Ventures. This brings NileGuide’s total funding to over $9.5 million. Two-year-old, San Francisco-based NileGuide is…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Nov 2, 2007 1:39 PM
Los Altos, CA-based SezWho, a startup looking to improve conversations on blogs and other social media, has raised a $1 million first round from KPG Ventures. The company’s service allows users to rate the quality of user-generated content, while allowing contributors (blog commenters) to establish a reputation that can be…
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