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Yahoo’s Balogh Resurfaces At StumbleUpon

May 16, 2011 2:37 PM

Ari Balogh, the Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) CTO and EVP of products who left the company a year ago, is joining StumbleUpon as its VP of engineering. The content recommendation service tells us Balogh will be a member of the company’s management team and will “oversee all of the company’s engineering…

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Posted In: Industry Moves, Social Media, Community, News Sharing, Companies, Yahoo, ari balogh, stumbleupon

Resurgent StumbleUpon Raises $17 Million

Mar 9, 2011 2:45 PM

StumbleUpon, the content recommendation service that eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) purchased for $75 million in 2007 and then sold back to its founders two years ago, has raised $17 million in a new funding round.

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Posted In: E-Commerce, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Venture Capital, Social Media, Community, News Sharing, accel partners, august capital, dag ventures, first round capital, sherpalo ventures, stumbleupon

eBay Sheds StumbleUpon; Skype Next?

Apr 13, 2009 4:31 PM

Two years after purchasing web-page rating tool StumbleUpon for $75 million, eBay (NSDQ: EBAY) is handing the company back to its founders as well as Sherpalo Ventures, Accel Partners and August Capital. Financial terms were not disclosed. In a blunt statement, StumbleUpon founder Garrett Smith said there were “few long-term…

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