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Text-Video Publishing Platform Vook Gets $2.5 Million Seed Funding

Feb 19, 2010 1:57 PM

Mixed-media book publisher Vook has raised $2.5 million in seed funding as the company looks to capitalize on the wider adoption of e-readers and other portable devices. The funding comes from individual investors Ron Conway and Huffington Post chairman Ken Lerer, along with Maples Investments, Baseline Ventures and Founder Collective.…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, Books, e-readers, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, baseline ventures, founder collective, ken lerer, maples investments, vook

Gaming Community DotBlu Gets $2 Million First Round

Dec 15, 2008 4:13 PM

DotBlu, a social network/community for online gaming, has picked up $2 million in a first round, peHUB says, citing a regulatory filing. Maples Investments and DE Shaw participated in the round. DotBlu members can play casual games, take quizzes and vote in polls using BluBucks, the site’s virtual currency. BluBucks…

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Posted In: Entertainment, Games, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, de shaw, dotblu, maples investments

Stealthy 750 Industries Gets $1 Million First Round

Aug 6, 2008 4:22 PM

750 Industries, a stealthy SF-based startup, has raised a $1 million first round from Ron Conway, Maples Investments and Baseline Ventures, TechCrunch reported. What’s the company do? Not clear. It’s notable because one of its co-founders wrote a controversial guest post on TC, which was basically a tutorial on how…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, Video, 750 industries, baseline ventures, maples investments, ron conway

Sendori Raises First Round for Paid Traffic Redirection

Nov 27, 2007 6:06 PM

Sunnyvale-based Sendori, a service that allows companies to bid on the traffic of unused domain names, has raised an unspecified first investment round from First Round Capital, Baseline Ventures and Maples Investments, according to Venturewire (via VentureBeat). Basically, the service offers an alternative way for domain name holders to monetize…

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Posted In: , baseline ventures, first round capital, maples investments, sendori

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