Ingrid Lunden
Nov 19, 2010 10:02 AM
Fashism, the online and mobile service that lets users post pictures of themselves to get feedback from other users, has raised $1 million in a first round of funding, with investors including Ashton Kutcher’s A-Grade Investments.
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Joseph Tartakoff
Oct 7, 2010 6:05 PM
Despite competition that is growing seemingly by the day, popular link shortener Bit.ly has raised $10 million in its latest round of funding. Bit.ly says it now shortens more than 200 million links a day, up from about 75 million a year ago, a feat that is especially impressive considering…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jul 14, 2010 7:40 PM
Shopkick, which is behind a highly-anticipated mobile app that will send offers to shoppers when they are near a store, has raised $15 million in a second round led by Greylock Partners. Shopkick has already lined up several major retailers, including Best Buy and Macy’s, as partners for its app…
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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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Tameka Kee
Nov 5, 2009 12:55 PM
Credit Karma, a site that lets users get free access to their credit scores in exchange for receiving targeted ads, has raised $1.5 million worth of a $2.5 million round of funding, per an SEC filing. The company said QED Investors led, with participation from Ron Conway’s SV Angel, Founders…
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