Joseph Tartakoff
Jun 28, 2010 1:10 PM
Geodelic, which is behind the popular location-based smartphone app of the same name, has raised $7 million in a second round of funding. The company’s app—which is available for the iPhone and Android—automatically pulls information about a user’s surroundings; for instance, users can click on an icon for “coffee shop”…
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Rafat Ali
Nov 6, 2008 10:37 AM
Machinima.com, the Los Angeles-based online gaming site focusing on the Machinima genre, has received $3.85 million in capital from MK Capital and other private investors. The company’s site allows users to showcase their machinima video, and says it serves about 30 million videos views per month. It has advertisers such…
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David Kaplan
Sep 30, 2008 7:01 AM
Online video network HealthiNation has raised $7.5 million in a second round of funding led by *Intel Capital* and existing backer MK Capital. The New York-based company plans to use the proceeds for general expansion plans, CEO Raj Amin told paidContent. The company secured a first round of $4.2 million…
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Rafat Ali
May 3, 2008 12:39 AM
As has been expected for a while, Verisign has sold off its content delivery service Kontiki to MK Capital, a VC firm which invested in the P2P company prior to its sale we have learned and confirmed through sources. Verisign bought Kontiki in 2006, for around $62 million, but this…
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Rafat Ali
Mar 5, 2008 12:00 AM
Generate, the Santa Monica-based multi-platform video production and talent management firm co-founded by Jordan Levin, the former CEO of The WB, has received $6 million in its first round of funding. The round was co-led by Velocity Interactive Group, the digital-media investment firm headed by Ross Levinsohn and Jonathan Miller,…
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