Big money for simple websites: SynthaSite raises $20M
SynthaSite, an easy-to-use website builder, has raised $20 million in a second round of funding.
We’re talking about a jaw-dropping amount of cash, particularly when you add that to the $5 million that SynthaSite raised in 2007. That’s a big vote of confidence from Reinet Fund… Continue Reading
Website builder SynthaSite reaches 1M users
Website building startup SynthaSite crossed the 1 million user mark in mid-December, it announced today. That’s a lot of websites, and the growth is particularly impressive given the San Francisco company only left beta testing a year ago, in November 2007.
I imagine that growth will… Continue Reading
Roundup: Rumors of layoffs at Microsoft, Tweeting a plane crash, music video fighting and more
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The layoff bug about to hit Microsoft? – The software giant has thus far avoided the layoffs that some of its competitors have had to succumb to in the rough economic climate, but that’s about to change, according to the blog Mini-Microsoft…. Continue Reading
Site-builder SynthaSite gets new way to make money
Easy-to-use website builder SynthaSite unveiled a bunch of new features today that make it easier for users to blog and make money from their websites. Equally important, they also present new revenue opportunities for the San Francisco company.
From a business perspective, the most interesting addition… Continue Reading
Wix lands $3.5M to give amateurs the power of flash
Flash website builder Wix has brought in $3.5 million in second-round funding from Mangrove Venture Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners. The Israeli company has raised about $8.5 total since its founding in 2006 and hopes to continue developing its drag-and-drop tool that allows even novice… Continue Reading
SynthaSite makes it even easier for your grandmother to build a Web site
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A company called SynthaSite has just unveiled its new, improved and easier-to-use interface for building Web sites.
SynthaSite’s goal is to provide a graphical drag-and-drop interface that enables un-Web-saavy business owners and even your proverbial grandmother to build their own sites. (No, seriously — one of… Continue Reading
Website creation company, Synthasite, lands $5M amid competition
Synthasite, one of a handful of companies that lets you build your own Web site easily, has raised $5 million in its first round of funding.
We’ve mentioned the company several times, referring to its tools that let you drag and drop features onto a template.
While… Continue Reading
Roundup: IAC to split, new Time Warner CEO, and more
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1) IAC splitting into five companies
2) Sea change ahead for Time Warner
3) Google’s merger plans may be foiled by the EU
4) Synthasite launches website creation
5) Whrrl opens local opinion site
6) Internet users like their free stuff
7) Andersen exacts revenge on PR flacks… Continue Reading
Roundup: Facebook search; Business 2.0 folds; Silverlight launches; and more
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Facebook to launch people search in one month — Facebook will let search engines find and display very basic information from your Facebook profile, including only your name and the option to message you or friend you, it announced early this morning.
This way,… Continue Reading
Weebly offers free, easy Web site creation
Weebly, a start-up that lets you easily create Web sites with the latest Web 2.0 tools, has raised seed cash from YCombinator, and moved to San Francisco.
The company is just three people from State College, PA. Co-founder David Rusenko originally told VentureBeat he would move… Continue Reading