Joseph Tartakoff
Apr 10, 2009 3:38 PM
TalentSpring, a semantic-search startup that lets recruiters identify potential job candidates on social-networking sites and job boards by scanning for their qualifications, has raised $1.6 million. Investors include Second Avenue Partners. The company is testing its service, and expects to go live with it in May. TalentSpring argues that semantic…
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Amanda Natividad
Mar 3, 2009 6:34 PM
Fanzter, the creator of celebrity and style-focused site Coolspotters has closed its second round of funding for $2 million. Disney-backed Steamboat Ventures led the round, with Second Avenue Partners, the lead investor in the $2 million first round, also participating. The Collinsville, Conn.-based company was co-founded in 2007 by former…
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Amanda Natividad
Sep 29, 2008 12:55 PM
We missed this one earlier: Incubator Curious Office has closed its first round of funding of $1.7 million for its latest venture, Pressplane, led by Second Avenue Partners and angels, including *MTVN’s* Mika Salmi, Expedia founder Rich Barton, former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford, Whitepages founder Alex Algard and a slew…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jul 14, 2008 6:53 PM
Atomic Moguls, the online sports gamer led by ex-NBA official Brenda Spoonemore, has raised another $1 million from past backer Second Avenue Partners, according to SeattlePI. Last year, the company announced an unspecified first round from Second Avenue and Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN), though Amazon did not participate in this latest…
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Staci D. Kramer
Jan 10, 2008 12:30 PM
Fanzter, an early-stage new media development start-up, has raised a first round from Richard Barton (Benchmark Capital, Expedia, Zillow.com), and Seattle-based VCs Second Avenue Partners and Curious Office, as well as angel investors from media and entertainment. The amount wasn’t announced but we have confirmed that it is about $2…
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