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Updated: Chas Edwards Leaves Digg For Pixazza; Digg Lays Off 25

Oct 25, 2010 12:28 PM

After a year and a half, Chas Edwards is exiting Digg as its chief revenue officer to join photo ad network Pixazza. The departure comes amid a wider change in Digg’s “product focus” along with plans to layoff 25 staffers, or roughly 37 percent of its employees, according to a…

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Posted In: Advertising, Industry Moves, Social Media, News Sharing, Photo Sharing, chas edwards, digg, pixazza

Photo Ad Network Pixazza Raises $12 Million

Jul 19, 2010 12:25 PM

Pixazza, the Google-backed photo ad network, has raised $12 million in a new funding round. Pixazza’s technology adds ads to photos which pop up when a viewer mouses over them. The ads typically show where users can purchase the objects found in the photo; for instance, somebody who mouses over…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, google ventures, pixazza, shasta ventures

Photo-Based Ad Network Pixazza Raises $5.75 Million In First Round; Backing from Google

Mar 25, 2009 11:10 AM

Startup Pixazza has raised $5.75 million in a first round that includes investors August Capital, CMEA Ventures, Foundation Capital and most interestingly, from Google (NSDQ: GOOG), according to peHub. Angel investors include Ron Conway, former *eBay* COO Maynard Webb, and Facebook CFO Gideon Yu.  Founded in 2008, Pixazza has a…

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Posted In: Advertising, E-Commerce, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Google, august capital, cmea ventures, foundation capital, pixazza

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