Joseph Tartakoff
Sep 2, 2010 12:40 PM
Inflection, an under-the-radar startup which owns genealogy website Archives.com, has raised $30 million in a first round of funding. The company charges users $39.95 a year to access historical records and build their own family trees on the site and it is apparently doing very well, despite competition from sites…
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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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Tameka Kee
Jan 19, 2009 2:22 PM
Email marketing and white-list management company Return Path picked up $6 million in late stage funding, peHub reports, citing a regulatory finding. Backers of this fifth round include Union Square Ventures, Mobius Venture Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures and Western Technology Investments; CEO and founder Matt Blumberg told us the filing…
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Tameka Kee
Oct 28, 2008 6:46 AM
Career-focused social net Glassdoor.com has raised $6.5 million in a second round of funding led by Sutter Hill Ventures. Existing investors Benchmark Capital also participated. The Sausalito, Calif.-based startup gives job seekers a “real” view of what it’s like inside the companies they want to work for, via anonymous tips,…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jun 30, 2008 10:53 AM
Concerns over online video limitations in China aren’t stopping the flow of money into the sector… Youku says it has raised a $40 million fourth round from past backers Brookside Capital Partners, Sutter Hill Ventures, Farallon Capital and Chengwei Ventures, plus a $10 million equipment loan from Western Technology Investment.…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Mar 17, 2008 2:49 PM
Irvine, CA-based WebVisible has raised a $12 million second round led by Sutter Hill Ventures, with participation from previous backer Redpoint Ventures. The company previously raised a $5 million first round back in 2005, for a total raise of $17 million. WebVisible offers software to help small businesses manage their…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Nov 21, 2007 9:30 AM
Chines video-sharing site Youku.com has raised a big $25 million third round from Bain Capital subsidiary Brookside Capital Partners and previous backers Sutter Hill Ventures, Farallon Capital Management and Chengwei Ventures, according to Sohu (NSDQ: SOHU) quoting Youku president Victor Koo (via Pacific Epoch). The company raised two rounds last…
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Rafat Ali
Nov 20, 2006 10:18 PM
Update: The company has officially announced it on Dec 3rd: it has raised $7 million in second round. The round was led by new investor Sutter Hill Ventures and included a follow-on investment from existing investor Mayfield Fund. More in release here. Original post: Nov 20: SF-based Consorte Media, an…
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