Media — paidContent

Money Flows To Mobile Startups: Appia, Apperian, Bubble Motion, And Others

By Ingrid Lunden Mar. 30, 2011, 11:55pm Comments Off

It may not be $41 million, but there are still serious funds flowing into the mobile sector at the moment, and the companies taking advantag… Read More »

Mobile Payments: Paydiant Gets $7.6 Million; Square Drops Its Fees

By Ingrid Lunden Feb. 23, 2011, 4:24pm Comments Off

It’s still very early days for mobile payments, but with operators, handset makers and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) jumping on the NFC bandwagon, the… Read More »

Offerpal Media Raises $15 Million For In-Game, Social Media Ads

By Tameka Kee Feb. 17, 2009, 10:26pm 2 Comments

Social media and in-game advertising startup Offerpal Media has raised $15 million in a second round of funding. D.E. Shaw Ventures led the… Read More »

ESPN Leads $80 Million Investment In The Active Network; Will Pursue Acquisitions

By Joseph Weisenthal Aug. 27, 2008, 10:17pm 1 Comment

The Active Network, the big provider of sports-related technology, has just closed a huge, $80 million sixth round led by ESPN. Past backers… Read More »

Tradual Raises $2.6 Million For Forex-Based Social Media

By Joseph Weisenthal Jul. 29, 2008, 1:27am 2 Comments

Given the popularity of individuals speculating on the foreign exchange (currency) markets, this seems inevitable… Social media firm Tradu… 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 »

Mobile Music Marketer Mozes Raises $11.5 Million Second Round

By Joseph Weisenthal May. 13, 2008, 9:31pm Comments Off

Mozes, a company that lets bands interact with fans over mobile, has raised an $11.5 million second round from Maveron and return backers No… Read More »

Bigfoot Networks Raises $8.75 Million Second Round To Kill Gaming Lag

By Joseph Weisenthal May. 12, 2008, 11:15pm 2 Comments

Bigfoot Networks, a company that offers a special gaming card that combats lag in multiplayer online games, has raised an $8.75 million seco… Read More »

Acquia Raises $7 Million First Round For Commercialization Of Drupal Publishing Platform

By Joseph Weisenthal Dec. 19, 2007, 7:50pm Comments Off

Acquia, the commercial developer of open source publishing platform Drupal, has raised a $7 million first round led by North Bridge Venture… Read More »