Game Publisher ZeniMax Media Raises $150 Million
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ZeniMax Media, the video game publisher behind titles including Doom and Fallout, has raised a huge $150 million round. The cash comes from… Read more »
Fast-Growing Eventbrite Raises $20 Million More
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Eventbrite, which lets people set up pages to promote their events and also sell tickets, has raised $20 million in its fourth round of fund… Read more »
Microsoft Helps AppNexus Raise $50 Million Third Round
Real-time bidding for display ads has certainly come into its own this year, and one of the early stars of the space, AppNexus, has raised a… Read more »
Blackberry, Qualcomm Among Backers For Viewdle’s $10 Million Round
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Viewdle, a tech firm that markets facial recognition software to consumer products companies, has raised $10 million in second round funding… Read more »
NBCU Backs Set-Top Box Ad Company Invidi With ‘Small’ Investment
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TV ad targeter Invidi Technologies has received a “small” investment from NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), the WSJ reported. The network, which is… Read more »
TabbedOut Raises $2 Million For Restaurant Mobile Payment Platform
Austin, Texas-based TabbedOut has raised $2.05 million to develop software that uses your smartphone to speed up the process of paying your… Read more »
ClairMail Raises $13.8 Million For Mobile Banking Technology
ClairMail, which helps banks process transactions via SMS, mobile web and apps, said it has raised $13.8 million in an additional round of c… Read more »
Petsky Prunier: Media M&A Grew 27 Percent In Q3 — But Dropped Off From Q2
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M&A activity in the marketing, information and digital media/commerce areas rose 27 percent Q3, but fell compared to the second quarter of t… Read more »
Case’s Revolution Backs College Site Koofers
Koofers, a site which offers various resources for students taking classes at universities, has raised $5 million in its first round of fund… Read more »
Moscow Fund Putting $10 Million In To Twitter VC IVP For Digital Investment
A Russian government-backed fund of funds is putting $10 million into the Menlo Park venture capital firm behind Twitter, Zynga, Netflix (NS… Read more »
Social News Startup Ongo Raises $12 Million From Gannett, NYTCo, WaPo
Ongo, a news sharing site currently in stealth mode, has raised $12 million from a trio of major newspaper publishers, USA Today reported. I… Read more »
Tech Blog Ad Network NetShelter Raises $15 Million
Longtime blog ad network NetShelter has raised $15 million in its latest round of funding. The company counts more than 200 independent tech… Read more »
The Face Race: Facial Recognition Face-Off Heats Up
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Digital cameras can tell a head from a bed, Facebook organises photos by manually-added face tags, iPhoto tries its best to put a name to a… Read more »
Video Ad Startup Innovid Raises $4 Million
Innovid, a startup which helps advertisers make their pre-roll video ads interactive, has raised $4.1 million in a first round of funding le… Read more »
Ad Optimizer Rocket Fuel Takes Another $10 Million From Nokia, Others
It says plenty about how the growth in online advertising – though it’s still growth – has slowed, that companies like Rubicon Project, whic… Read more »
Reviews Site Angie’s List Raises $22.5 Million
Long-time reviews site Angie’s List has raised $22.5 million in its latest round of funding. Unlike rivals, such as Yelp and the new LikeLis… Read more »
PE Firm Legion Capital Launches To Fund Young Male-Centric Start-Ups
While a lot of investors in the media and tech spaces inevitably end up throwing a lot of money at companies that focus on the younger male… Read more »
Naspers Buys ‘Controlling Interest’ In Social Networing Site Multiply.com
Naspers, the South African media company which owns stakes in a number of digital properties, including Facebook-backer Digital Sky Technolo… Read more »
Autobytel Buys Car Site Autotropolis For $15 Million
Autobytel has bought up fellow car site Autotropolis, which features various resources for car buyers, including a “vehicle selector aid” an… Read more »
Conviva Raises $15 Million More To Help Improve Online Video Quality
Conviva, which helps content companies improve the quality of their live and on-demand online video broadcasts, has raised $15 million in it… Read more »
Wireless Industry Attracts $312 Million In Venture Capital In Q2
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Mobile applications, payments, social networking and other software investments were popular in the second quarter, as venture capitalist sh… Read more »
Online Video Platform Ooyala Raises $22 Million Fourth Round
Online video platform startup Ooyala has raised a $22 million fourth round as part of a plan to expand globally. The company has raised a to… Read more »
DataSphere Raises $10 Million More For Hyperlocal Sites For TV Broadcasters
DataSphere, one of the fastest-growing players in the increasingly crowded hyperlocal news space, has raised $10 million in its third round… Read more »
Student E-Reader Startup Kno Raises $46 Million
Kno, which is making an e-reader designed for students, has raised $46 million in additional equity and debt financing. Known until this spr… Read more »
In-Flight Wireless Company Row 44 Raises $37 Million
A second startup hoping to cash in on the the growing popularity of in-flight internet access has raised a big round. Row 44, which is in th… Read more »
Funding Slows For Twitter-Related Startups
Just over a year ago, we called attention to the big flow of funding going toward Twitter-related startups, noting that $23 million had been… Read more »
Archives.com Owner Inflection Raises $30 Million
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Inflection, an under-the-radar startup which owns genealogy website Archives.com, has raised $30 million in a first round of funding. The co… Read more »
Euro VC: ShowroomPrive, Shout ‘Em, Zalando Funded
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A bunch of fashion and social investments from the world of TechCrunch’s start-up scene today…
– ShowroomPrive.com, a French group fashi… Read more »
Etsy Raises Another $20 Million For $300 Million Valuation
Crafts buying site Etsy has raised a fifth VC round of $20 million from Index Ventures, the investor announced through TechCrunch, though no… Read more »
Naspers Invests In Classifieds Site OLX
Naspers, the South African media company which owns stakes in a number of digital properties, including Facbeook-backer Digital Sky Technolo… Read more »
Facebook Investor Thiel Backs A New College-Only Social Network
PayPal co-founder (and early Facebook investor) Peter Thiel is backing a new social network, which restricts membership to students with ver… Read more »
Motorola Acquires 280 North For App Framework For Android
Motorola (NYSE: MOT) has acquired 280 North, a startup that, at least on the surface, doesn’t have any obvious ties to mobile. Read more »
Steelberg Brothers Raise Another $20 Million For Celeb Company BAT
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Brand Affinity Technologies (BAT), which uses research and interactive technology to market a massive roster of celebrities, has closed a $2… Read more »
Google’s Schmidt And BlackBerry Fund Open Pocketbooks For PocketGear
A number of high-level investors, including Tomorrow Ventures, the investment arm of Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt, and BlackBerry Partners Fund… Read more »
Forecast: More Digital-Media IPOs Coming
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In an eye-catching report earlier this week, New York investment bank Peachtree Media Advisors said there had been a surge in digital media… Read more »
Verizon Makes Investment In Loyalty-Card App
Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is throwing $400,000 at the wall to see if it sticks. The parent company of Verizon Wireless has invested… Read more »
Rich Media Marketer OggiFinogi Raises $2 Million For Real-Time Efforts
Real-time bidding is already a common feature of online advertising, but rich media ads aren’t often used for these generally low-cost plays… Read more »
Payment Platform PlaySpan Raises $18 Million From Vodafone, Softbank
Yet another micro-transactions and payment platform has raised a significant wad of money. This time it is PlaySpan, which has received $18… Read more »
In-Game Ad Network IGA Worldwide Raises ‘Significant’ New Round
A year-and-a-half after putting itself up for sale in the midst of a fall off in its business, in-game ad network IGA Worldwide says it has… Read more »
Minnesota Local News Startup BringMeTheNews Raises $1 Million
BringMeTheNews, a local news startup based in Minneapolis, has raised $1 million in funding from business information firm The Dolan Company… Read more »
