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BookRenter Raises $40 Million More For Online Textbook Rentals

By Joseph Tartakoff Feb. 24, 2011, 2:36am Comments Off

BookRenter, which along with rival Chegg, is trying to upend the textbook industry by getting college students to rent textbooks rather than… Read More »

India Ad Net Komli Raises $15 Million For Regional Expansion

By David Kaplan Jan. 19, 2011, 8:21pm Comments Off

Following two fairly big acquisitions designed to expand its regional presence, Indian ad network Komli is preparing to do some deals. The M… Read More »

MobileIron Raises $16 Million To Manage Smartphones In The Enterprise

By Tricia Duryee Aug. 3, 2010, 9:07pm Comments Off

Mountain View, Calif.-based MobileIron has raised $16 million in a third round of funding to help develop a platform that manages everything… Read More »

AdMeld Raises $15 Million Round; Time Warner Among New Backers

By David Kaplan Aug. 2, 2010, 1:46am 1 Comment

Ad inventory optimizer AdMeld has raised a $15 million third round as it expects to attract more publishers making the move to online ad exc… Read More »

Brand-Only Ad Network Brand.net Raises $14 Million

By Joseph Tartakoff Jun. 22, 2010, 9:00pm Comments Off

Fast-growing ad network Brand.net has raised $14 million in a third round of funding. The company’s display and video ad network caters excl… Read More »

BookRenter Raises $10 Million More For Online Textbook Rentals

By Joseph Tartakoff Jun. 3, 2010, 8:31pm 4 Comments

More cash is flowing into online textbook rentals: BookRenter, which lets college students rent textbooks so they don’t have to buy them, ha… Read More »

Mobile Gaming Firm Ngmoco Gets $25 Million, Buys iPhone Game-Maker Freeverse

By Rafat Ali Feb. 23, 2010, 9:13pm Comments Off

‘Tis the season of games: Ngmoco, the SF-based mobile phone games developer focused on iPhone platform, has raised a big $25 million round o… Read More »

High-End Job Site RiseSmart Adds $4.6 Million More In Funding

By Tameka Kee Oct. 21, 2009, 10:23pm Comments Off

Maybe the VCs at Norwest Venture Partners are feeling particularly bullish about the high-end job market rebounding … The firm has investe… Read More »

Smartphone Software Firm MobileIron Launches With $9 Million In Funding

By Tameka Kee Aug. 6, 2009, 2:43am Comments Off

MobileIron, a smartphone software firm that caters to business clients, has come out of stealth mode with $9 million in funding. Backers inc… Read More »

Marketing Technology Provider Pontis Raises $19.65 Million

By Dianne See Morrison Feb. 11, 2009, 2:33am Comments Off

Israeli marketing software provider Pontis has raised $19.65 million in funding from Norwest Venture Partners (NVP), which led the round, an… Read More »

@ CES: Norwest’s Chang: Things Could Get Scary For Facebook, Slide in ’09

By Tameka Kee Jan. 8, 2009, 7:00pm 2 Comments

Despite all the predictions for slashed VC spending and stagnant growth in new media this year, clearly there is still money to be spent, as… Read More »

Brand.net Raises $10 Million Second Round For Brand-Only Ad Net

By Joseph Weisenthal Aug. 26, 2008, 9:40am 1 Comment

Not everyone is buying the idea that in this economy, performance-based ads are the place to be… Brand.net, an ad net (another one) focusi… Read More »

Picateers Gets $6.6 Million For Online Photo Based School Fundraising

Ad Net Turn Inc. Raises $15 Million Third Round

Teen Social Network myYearbook Raises $13 Million Round

Ex-YHOO, MSFT Execs Launch Stealthy Center’d: Local Search Meets Social Networking

Brain Gamer Lumos Labs Raises $3 Million First Round