Joseph Tartakoff
Oct 19, 2010 12:59 PM
Travel Ad Network, which, as its name implies, runs a travel-focused ad network, has raised $15 million in a third round of funding. The company says its ad network encompasses more than 300 “reputable” travel sites, including Lonely Planet, Let’s Go, and Hawaii.com, which reach more than 20 million unique…
Keep Reading »
Posted In:
E-Commerce, Travel, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, rho ventures, starvest partners, travel ad network, village ventures
Tameka Kee
Jan 12, 2010 12:22 PM
Tech-centric digital media company TopTenReviews has raised $1.5 million in its second round of funding, per an SEC filing. The money came from previous backers Highway 12 Ventures and Village Ventures, and will be used “to propel growth.” TopTenReviews expanded late last year by acquiring the consumer media unit of…
Keep Reading »
Posted In:
Media & Publishing, Online News, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, highway 12 ventures, village ventures
Rafat Ali
Feb 4, 2009 9:53 AM
We missed this late last week: Nerve Media, the NYC-based parent of Nerve.com, has spun off its two-year-old Babble, a parenting community site aimed at urban hipsters, and has raised $2 million from Village Ventures to continue developing its site and grow its sales operations. The site competes with the…
Keep Reading »
Posted In:
Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Social Media, babble, nerve media, village ventures
Tameka Kee
Jan 22, 2009 11:03 AM
Updated: March 25: Greycroft Partners has added an undisclosed amount of funding in the company. It also says it has bought ads on about1,000 TV stations and cable stations in the last 30 days. More on the new funding here. Original story: Jan 22, 2009: Video advertising firm Extreme Reach…
Keep Reading »
Posted In:
Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, Broadband, extreme reach, long river ventures, village ventures
Joseph Weisenthal
Jul 1, 2008 11:36 AM
TopTenREVIEWS, a technology review site, has raised a $6 million first round from Highway 12 Ventures and Village Ventures. The Ogdan, Utah-based company will use the money to add employees and generally continue its growth strategy. The company offers rankings for stuff like web-filtering software, language learning software and consumer…
Keep Reading »
Posted In:
Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, highway 12 ventures, toptenreviews, village ventures
Joseph Weisenthal
Jun 17, 2008 12:30 PM
ImageSpan, a company that enables digital content licensing, has raised an $11 million second round led by Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments. Past backers Greycroft Partners and Village Ventures also participated, along with New York City Investment Fund, City Lights Capital Management and Ackerley Partners LLC. The Sausalito, CA-based company raised…
Keep Reading »
Posted In:
Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, ackerley partners, bertelsmann digital media investments, city lights capital management, greycroft partners, imagespan, new york city investment fund, village ventures
David Kaplan
Apr 20, 2008 8:46 PM
Travel Ad Network has completed a $15 million first round funding led by Rho Ventures, Village Ventures and individual investors, the company tells us. The ad network, founded in 2003, plans to use the funds to support general growth efforts, including the development of new products and establishing itself in…
Keep Reading »
Posted In:
Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, rho capital partners, travel ad network, village ventures
Joseph Weisenthal
Nov 6, 2007 11:51 AM
New York-based Makeover Solutions Inc., a provider of online beauty services, has raised a $7 million first round from Village Ventures Fund, Rho Partners and Borealis Ventures. The service allows users to engage in virtual makeovers, while “trying on” various hairstyles and cosmetics. Its technology is also used at third…
Keep Reading »
Posted In:
, borealis partners, makeover solutions inc., rho capital partners, village ventures
Rafat Ali
Mar 1, 2004 12:03 PM
Certainly a return of the boom-days scenario: Waterfront Media, formerly known as Agora Media, has received $4 million in a new round of funding from Time Warner (NYSE: TWX) Investments, Rho Capital, Village Ventures, and Star Ventures. Waterfront Media, based in New York City and formed by the merger of…
Keep Reading »
Posted In:
Media & Publishing, Health Content, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Technologies / Formats, E-Mail, rho capital partners, star ventures, time warner investments, village ventures, waterfront media
Android Apps (Paid)
Social Standing
Which media brands are getting a lift from Tweeters and bloggers right now -- and which are getting panned?
Show Me: