Comments on: VantagePoint Venture Partners kills 3Guppies, a $20M investment http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:10:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Our Techno Lyrics » Blog Archive » VCs Push 3Guppies Into The Deadpool http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-730270 Our Techno Lyrics » Blog Archive » VCs Push 3Guppies Into The Deadpool Sun, 13 Jan 2008 00:07:22 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/#comment-730270 [...] $8 million of an original $20 million (raised in April 2006) left to burn in the bank. VentureBeat reports that the company’s 40 employees were sent home last week, but will be paid through the end of [...] [...] $8 million of an original $20 million (raised in April 2006) left to burn in the bank. VentureBeat reports that the company’s 40 employees were sent home last week, but will be paid through the end of [...]

]]> By: VCs Push 3 Guppies Into The Deadpool — hometown.at http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-691686 VCs Push 3 Guppies Into The Deadpool — hometown.at Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:20:09 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/#comment-691686 [...] $8 million of an original $20 million (raised in April 2006) left to burn in the bank. VentureBeat reports that the company’s 40 employees were sent home last week, but will be paid through the end of [...] [...] $8 million of an original $20 million (raised in April 2006) left to burn in the bank. VentureBeat reports that the company’s 40 employees were sent home last week, but will be paid through the end of [...]

]]> By: Mobile | Business Finance | Mortgages » VantagePoint Venture Partners shutters 3Guppies http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-691294 Mobile | Business Finance | Mortgages » VantagePoint Venture Partners shutters 3Guppies Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:57:53 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/#comment-691294 [...] For more on 3Guppies’ demise:- read this VentureBeat article [...] [...] For more on 3Guppies’ demise:- read this VentureBeat article [...]

]]> By: Mobile | Business Finance | Mortgages » Trouble At 3Guppies After VC Firm Yanks Investment; Layoffs, Confusion http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-691210 Mobile | Business Finance | Mortgages » Trouble At 3Guppies After VC Firm Yanks Investment; Layoffs, Confusion Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:19:33 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/#comment-691210 [...] Venture Partners, have yanked its $20 million investment, effectively shutting the company down. VentureBeat says VantagePoint “turned off the lights” at 3Guppies and sent its employees home last [...] [...] Venture Partners, have yanked its $20 million investment, effectively shutting the company down. VentureBeat says VantagePoint “turned off the lights” at 3Guppies and sent its employees home last [...]

]]> By: William Volk http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-690188 William Volk Sat, 22 Dec 2007 04:08:34 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/#comment-690188 I am very sorry to hear about the layoffs etc. This is why, as difficult as it has been, having a model centered on a social marketplace ... where the members are posting content for sale to mobile consumers, always made more sense to us than a 'eyeballs' play. That's what our social marketplace <a href="http://mynumo.com" rel="nofollow">MyNuMo.com</a> does, and we did it without VC investment. MyNuMo.com is a social community that provides the tools to enable independent creators to upload and sell their mobile content (ringtones, wallpapers, and videos) from any website. We took the time (over a year) to get the deals to allow for carrier billing and delivery. People expect to buy mobile content and have it charged to their phone bill. This is part of our vision to be The Social Entertainment Company, which now includes a leadership position in iPhone entertainment. William Volk CEO, MyNuMo I am very sorry to hear about the layoffs etc.

This is why, as difficult as it has been, having a model centered on a social marketplace … where the members are posting content for sale to mobile consumers, always made more sense to us than a ‘eyeballs’ play.

That’s what our social marketplace MyNuMo.com does, and we did it without VC investment. MyNuMo.com is a social community that provides the tools to enable independent creators to upload and sell their mobile content (ringtones, wallpapers, and videos) from any website. We took the time (over a year) to get the deals to allow for carrier billing and delivery. People expect to buy mobile content and have it charged to their phone bill.

This is part of our vision to be The Social Entertainment Company, which now includes a leadership position in iPhone entertainment.

William Volk
CEO, MyNuMo

]]> By: Subbu Mahesh http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-688284 Subbu Mahesh Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:11:45 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/#comment-688284 Mobile advertising is projected by analysts to be a $10 billion market by 2009. Greystripe, a mobile startup company based out of San Francisco is spearheading this growth with its revolutionary AdWRAP platform. Check us out at www.greystripe.com, we are interested in server (Java and Web) and mobile (J2ME)engineers. Mobile advertising is projected by analysts to be a $10 billion market by 2009. Greystripe, a mobile startup company based out of San Francisco is spearheading this growth with its revolutionary AdWRAP platform.

Check us out at http://www.greystripe.com, we are interested in server (Java and Web) and mobile (J2ME)engineers.

]]> By: Keith Chosen http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-687668 Keith Chosen Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:04:40 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/#comment-687668 I knew this company - who had AWESOME technology - was doomed from the moment the name of the product changed from MIXXER (great name) to 3GUPPIES (horrid name). Didn't think it would happen this fast, though. I knew this company – who had AWESOME technology – was doomed from the moment the name of the product changed from MIXXER (great name) to 3GUPPIES (horrid name). Didn’t think it would happen this fast, though.

]]> By: pod6 - SERENITY NOW! » Blog Archive » I know what I did last summer… swimming with the fishes. http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-687150 pod6 - SERENITY NOW! » Blog Archive » I know what I did last summer… swimming with the fishes. Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:20:45 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/#comment-687150 [...] on the ropes, cuts staff VantagePoint Venture Partners kills 3Guppies, a $20M investment VCs Push 3Guppies Into The Deadpool 3Guppies Loses Funding, Cuts Staff VantagePoint Venture [...] [...] on the ropes, cuts staff VantagePoint Venture Partners kills 3Guppies, a $20M investment VCs Push 3Guppies Into The Deadpool 3Guppies Loses Funding, Cuts Staff VantagePoint Venture [...]

]]> By: VCs Push 3 Guppies Into The Deadpool http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/comment-page-1/#comment-686114 VCs Push 3 Guppies Into The Deadpool Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:20:31 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/19/vantagepoint-venture-partners-puts-a-3guppies-a-20mm-investment-to-death/#comment-686114 [...] having $8 million of an original $20 million (April 2006) left to burn in the bank. VentureBeat reports that the company’s 40 employees were sent home last week, but will be paid through the end of [...] [...] having $8 million of an original $20 million (April 2006) left to burn in the bank. VentureBeat reports that the company’s 40 employees were sent home last week, but will be paid through the end of [...]

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