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David Kaplan
May 5, 2011 6:00 AM
Mobile ad network Jumptap has closed a $25 million fourth round funding. The Cambridge, MA-based company plans to use the proceeds for hires and product development. Additionally, the company tells paidContent that as one of the last of the large independent mobile ad nets, Jumptap is considering some acquisition activity…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 29, 2011 12:16 PM
Adap.tv has raised $20 million in a round of funding, as money continues to flow to startups in the online video space.
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jan 24, 2011 5:20 PM
Auditude, which sells a platform used by a number of top sites to manage their online video ads, has raised $11 million in a second round of funding. Auditude says it will use the new funding to move into additional markets, including mobile video. The company has also hired Jeremy…
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David Kaplan
Jan 20, 2011 9:24 AM
Kabam, a developer of massive multiplayer games like Kingdoms of Camelot, has raised a $30 million third round of funding to support its acquisition goals. The Redwood City company also plans to use the proceeds to produce more titles and expand its studio, which has grown from 20 employees last…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Oct 26, 2010 5:40 PM
Video ad manager Adap.tv has raised $4.5 million in its latest funding round, according to an SEC filing. The startup initially was behind a platform that let publishers manage their online video ad inventory, but the company expanded earlier this year with the launch of a first-of-its-kind video ad exchange,…
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David Kaplan
Jun 15, 2010 6:00 AM
Online game and entertainment network Machinima.com has raised a $9 million second round. The round was led by Redpoint Ventures. The Los Angeles-based company raised $1.7 million last November from MK Capital as an add-on to its first round for a total $2.5 million. Including this latest funding, Machinima has…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 5, 2010 4:01 PM
Posterous, the popular quick blogging platform, has raised $4.4 million in additional funding, CEO Sachin Agarwal tells us. The site—which is likely best known for letting users blog simply by e-mailing text, photos, or files to a default Posterous account—has grand ambitions for its service; it says it “wants to…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Feb 9, 2010 12:05 AM
Redpoint Ventures, the VC firm that has backed a long list of digital media companies, including in recent months ad provider Impact Radius and video search engine Clicker, has closed a new $400 million fund. The cash will be used to invest in early stage “social and mobile internet, cloud…
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David Kaplan
Feb 1, 2010 10:13 AM
Online ad data provider Bluekai has raised a huge $21 million third round funding led by GGV Capital (formerly Granite Global Ventures). Previous backers Redpoint Ventures and Battery Ventures also participated. With this round, the Seattle company has raised $34.7 to date. As part of the current funding round, BlueKai…
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Tameka Kee
May 20, 2009 12:34 PM
One big detail about former MySpace COO Amit Kapur’s new startup has emerged: the company has just raised $10 million in its first round of funding. Redpoint Ventures and August Capital jointly led the round, and the investment has come before Kapur and fellow MySpace execs Steve Pearman and Jim…
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Tameka Kee
Mar 23, 2009 9:25 PM
Zimbra founder and former *Yahoo* exec Satish Dharmaraj is slated to become a partner at Redpoint Ventures, All Things D reports. Dharmaraj left Yahoo in January; he joined *Yahoo* after it acquired email firm Zimbra for $350 million in late 2007. He’ll be in familiar territory at Redpoint, as Kara’s…
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Rory Maher
Mar 19, 2009 8:11 AM
Buzznet, which runs niche sites covering mostly entertainment topics (music, celebrity and others), has raised $12.5 million in a round led by Focus Ventures that also included Anthem Venture Partners, New Enterprise Associates, Redpoint Ventures and Sutter Hill Ventures. Buzznet also announced that it will change its name to Buzz…
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Rory Maher
Mar 11, 2009 3:00 PM
Auditude, which operates an online video-management and advertising platform, has raised $10.5 million from Redpoint Ventures along with existing investor Greylock Partners. Chris Moore, a partner at Redpoint Ventures, will join Auditude’s board. Auditude has a platform where producers can distribute their video to Auditude’s network of publishers and monetize…
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Staci D. Kramer
Feb 10, 2009 12:33 PM
Online classifieds network Oodle has raised another $5.6 million from the same investors that funded its $11 million second round in March 2007—Greylock Partners, JAFCO Ventures, and Redpoint Ventures. Turns out that in addition to a $5 million first round in 2006, the San Mateo, Calif.-based company also raised $3…
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Tameka Kee
Jan 12, 2009 1:04 AM
Analysts and VCs alike are pegging social media ad spending (and investments) to slump this year—but don’t tell that to SocialVibe. The LA-based social media platform has picked up $8 million in a second round led by JAFCO Ventures, bringing its total raise to just over $12 million. Previous investor…
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Rafat Ali
Dec 19, 2008 4:59 AM
Scribd, the document uploading and sharing service which doesn’t yet seems to have found a way to get any major revenues, has found some more money: it has received $9 million in second round funding led by Charles River Ventures, along with money from previous investors Redpoint Ventures and Kinsey…
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David Kaplan
Dec 16, 2008 12:01 AM
Marketing data provider BlueKai has raised a $10.5 million second round led by Battery Ventures. Returning backer Redpoint Ventures also participated. The proceeds will be used to expand client support services and for new products tied to data services BlueKai Exchange and the BlueKai Registry. The Bellevue, WA-based company raised…
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Tameka Kee
Nov 11, 2008 1:57 PM
Who says VC funding is drying up ... It’s not exactly a content play, but vacation-rentals site HomeAway has picked up $250 million in funding in what Bits says is the largest round raised by a tech company since 2000 (when MetroPCS, which went public in 2007, picked up $350…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Sep 22, 2008 11:01 PM
Video ad manager Adap.tv has raised a substantial second round, taking in $13 million from lead investors Spark Capital and past backers Redpoint Venture and Gemini Israel Fund. The company’s first round was for $10 million last summer, for a total raise of more than $23 million. Adap.tv says it…
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Tricia Duryee
Aug 26, 2008 8:00 AM
Cambridge, MA.-based JumpTap, a white-label mobile search and advertising company, plans to announce today that it has raised $26 million in a fourth round of funding, bringing its overall total to $72 million. The latest round was led by Alliance Bernstein L.P., a publicly traded global asset management firm. All…
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