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Caregiver Search Site Care.com Raises $20 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Oct. 12, 2010, 9:55pm Comments Off

Care.com, a site that lets users find “caregivers,” like babysitters, nannies, and senior caregivers, has raised $20 million in a third roun… Read More »

Music Recommendation Startup The Echo Nest Raises $7 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Oct. 5, 2010, 5:00pm Comments Off

The Echo Nest, which sells technology used by various music apps, including MOG and Spotify, has raised $7 million in a new round of funding… Read More »

Archives.com Owner Inflection Raises $30 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Sep. 2, 2010, 9:40pm Comments Off

Inflection, an under-the-radar startup which owns genealogy website Archives.com, has raised $30 million in a first round of funding. The co… Read More »

Group Collab Service Huddle Raises $10.2 Million For U.S. Drive

By Robert Andrews May. 18, 2010, 1:24pm Comments Off

London-based Huddle, a software-as-a-service team web collaboration tool, says it’s raised million in VC funds to try making an entry to th… Read More »

Mobile Payment Provider Zong Raises $15 Million Following Spin-Off

By Tricia Duryee Apr. 27, 2010, 3:00pm Comments Off

Mobile payment provider Zong of Palo Alto, Calif. has spun off from its Swiss parent Echovox and has raised $15 million to help pay for its… Read More »

BuyWithMe Raises $5.5 Million For Social Deals

By Joseph Tartakoff Jan. 21, 2010, 4:10am Comments Off

Social shopping site BuyWithMe has raised $5.5 million in a first round of funding from Matrix Partners. BuyWithMe offers exclusive discount… Read More »

Chinese Video Software Site Baofeng Gets $15 Million Funding

By Rafat Ali Nov. 28, 2008, 9:53pm 2 Comments

The Chinese online video fundings are still continuing, and now seems to have graduated into more tech-backed type of deals than consumer: V… Read More »

Wireless Messenger EnvIO Networks Gets $10 Million Second Round

By Joseph Weisenthal May. 29, 2008, 7:55pm Comments Off

EnvIO Networks, a stealth company developing a “new category of mobile application”, has raised a $10 million second round from Matrix Partn… Read More »

Skyfire Raises $13 Million To Roll-Out Mobile Browser

By Tricia Duryee May. 28, 2008, 5:01pm Comments Off

Despite the fact that Mountain View, Calif.-based Skyfire has built a mobile browser only for the Windows Mobile platform and is limited to… Read More »

Online Marketing System Hubspot Raises $12 Million Second Round Funding

By David Kaplan May. 16, 2008, 7:50pm Comments Off

Hubspot, a maker of online marketing tools, has secured $12 million in a second round led by Matrix Partners. Previous backer General Cataly… Read More »

BabyTree Receives $10 Million Venture Funding from Matrix Partners

By Pearl Research Mar. 11, 2008, 11:56pm Comments Off

Chinese website BabyTree.com has raised $10 million in venture funding from Matrix Partners China Fund. BabyTree provides an online platform… Read More »

Event Organizer Renkoo Raises $6 Million Second Round; Eyes Social Net Apps

By Joseph Weisenthal Feb. 8, 2008, 11:00pm Comments Off

Silicon Valley-based Renkoo, one of many companies that’s tried to be the web 2.0 successor to Evite, has raised a $6 million second round l… Read More »

India Deals: eBay Sells Stake In Indian Ops; Bharatmatrimony Gets $11.75 Million From Yahoo & Others

Mobile Streaming Service Buzzwire Gets $8 Million Second Round Funding