Rafat Ali
Mar 10, 2009 11:50 AM
RotoHog, the Los Angeles-based online fantasy sports white-label provider, has received a $2 million round. The round was led by previous investors Mission Ventures and DFJ Dragon (China Fund). It raised a $6 million round in 2007; previous backers include Jeff Fluhr, co-founder and former CEO of StubHub, and Allen…
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Tameka Kee
Jan 28, 2009 10:56 AM
Digital music service Slacker Radio has picked up a $5 million bridge round of financing, according to VentureWire, citing a regulatory filing. Existing backers Sevin Rosen Funds, Rho Ventures, Centennial Ventures, Mission Ventures and Austin Ventures all participated in the latest round. Slacker has raised $58.5 million in funding since…
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Rafat Ali
Jul 23, 2008 1:21 AM
San Diego-based Verimatrix, which does watermarking and DRM for digital video for IPTV, pay TV and mobile TV, among others, has received an undisclosed amount in its third round of funding, led by Goldman Sachs, and included all of the company’s second round investors, Crescendo Ventures, Cipio Partners and Mission…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jun 25, 2008 12:16 PM
SodaHead, a community site for the debate of serious topics, has raised an $8.4 million second round led by Mission Ventures, along with past backer Mohr Davidow. The Santa Clara, CA-based company raised $4.25 million back in 2006, bringing its total raise to $12.65 million. SodaHead was started by ex-MySpace…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Oct 29, 2007 2:48 PM
San Diego-based video sharing site vMix Media has added $16.5 million to its second round of funding, reports PE Hub. Investors include ATA Ventures and JK&B Capital, as well as previous investors Mission Ventures and Enterprise Partners. Earlier this year, the company began the round with $5.5 million from Mission…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Oct 4, 2007 6:33 AM
San Diego-based Verimatrix, which does watermarking and DRM for digital video, has raised a $5 million third round from existing investors, including Mission Ventures. The company has now raised over $13 million, having previously raised $8 million last summer in a round led by Crescendo Ventures, as well as a…
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