Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 11, 2010 5:00 PM
LivingSocial, which develops various social apps and also runs a group-buying service, has raised $25 million in a second round of funding led by U.S. Venture Partners. The company’s flagship app is LivingSocial, which lets users indicate and share favorite things on social networks. More recently, however, a second service—LivingSocial…
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Tameka Kee
Oct 15, 2009 5:44 AM
Box.net, an online file-sharing and storage platform, has raised $7.1 million in funding, per an SEC filing. Previous backer Draper Fisher Jurvetson led the round, with participation from U.S. Venture Partners. Box.net has raised $14.6 million in total, including a $6 million round last year, from the two VC firms.…
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Tameka Kee
Mar 20, 2009 10:37 AM
While some larger publishers have shuttered their own beauty-based blog networks, Total Beauty Media is expanding: the beauty-based online media company has bought out rival site BeautyRiot.com, and closed its third round of funding. US Venture Partners led the undisclosed round, with participation from an affiliate of existing investor Wallington…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Aug 14, 2008 4:14 PM
Media6Degrees, a NYC-based provider of social media analytics for marketers, has raised a substantial $9 million first round led by U.S. Venture Partners. The company raised a $2 million convertible note this spring from Coriolis Ventures. It’s also raised “early stage” money from various angels. The company promises that through…
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Rafat Ali
Jul 29, 2008 11:50 PM
These social network fundings, they keep coming, downturn or not. Teen-focused social network myYearbook, based in New Hope, PA, has received a biggish $13 million in its second round of funding. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from existing investors, US Venture Partners and First Round…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jul 16, 2008 12:42 PM
ON24, a provider of webcasting technology, has raised $8 million from U.S. Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, and Rho Ventures. The company has now raised over $46 million over an unspecified number of rounds. Previous raises were not announced. The company’s core technology revolves around webcasting for the enterprise, but it’s…
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Joseph Weisenthal
May 19, 2008 12:44 PM
JellyCloud, a company that promises better performance for online ads via targeting, has called down $6 million of an $11.5 million first round, reports peHUB. The round, led by Softbank America, U.S. Venture Partners, Crosslink Capital and Sand Hill Capital, was first announced back in April. Basically, the company is…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Mar 17, 2008 2:28 PM
Gamook, a Menlo Park, CA-based casual game developer, has raised a $1.5 million first round from US Venture Partners, according to VentureBeat. Exactly what the company has planned is still unclear, as it is still in stealth and it has no web site. The company is one of several casual…
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Amanda Natividad
Jan 23, 2008 4:55 PM
Box.net, an online digital media and file storage provider, has received $6 million in its second round funding led by U.S. Venture Partners and previous investor Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The Palo Alto, CA-based company, which now has over 1.4 million registered users, will use the capital to continue its expansion…
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Rafat Ali
Jan 26, 2007 1:25 PM
MyYearbook, a teen social networking site based in New Hope, PA, has received $4.1 million in its first round of funding. The round was led by U.S. Venture Partners and First Round Capital. The site was started in 2005 by 17-year-old Catherine Cook and her brother, 18-year-old Dave, who were…
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