David Kaplan
Mar 30, 2011 8:40 AM
Customer relationship manager Salesforce.com is acquiring social media “buzz” monitor Radian6 for $276 million in cash and $50 million in stock. On top of that, about $10 million in stock and $4 million in cash will be issued to founders over the next two years, though that $14 million is…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 8, 2011 4:30 PM
Three huge Silicon Valley names—Sequoia Capital, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Ventures, and Salesforce.com—are investing in HubSpot, as part of the startup’s $32 million fourth round of funding. HubSpot sells all-in-one software used by businesses to get online leads; it includes content management and SEO tools so that businesses can create and…
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David Kaplan
Feb 1, 2011 9:57 AM
Twitter client Seesmic has raised a $4 million third round from customer relationship manager Salesforce.com and an unidentified company managed by investment firm Softbank Group. For the past six months, Saleforce and Seesmic have been working on an “enterprise” offering for companies who want to keep track of what consumers…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Apr 21, 2010 12:50 PM
Salesforce.com has bought up Jigsaw, the business directory startup, for $142 million in cash, as well as up to $14.2 million in additional earnouts. Like rival business directory sites, such as NetProspex, Jigsaw’s members (typically marketers looking for sales leads) add contacts to an online database in exchange for contacts…
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Tameka Kee
Sep 23, 2009 7:01 AM
Enterprise-facing social software developer Mzinga has raised $10 million in funding, bringing its total raise to over $42.5 million; the company raised a double-digit round last year as part of its deal to acquire fellow software firm Prospero. New investor Acadia Woods Partners led the round; BlueCrest Venture Finance Master…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jun 30, 2008 12:05 PM
Mashery, a provider of tools to help companies build APIs and open up their content, has raised $2 million from .406 Ventures, Marc Benioff, CEO of Salesforce.com, and past backers First Round Capital and Formative Ventures. The SF-based company last raised an unspecified amount last September. Given all the hoopla…
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