Zvents, moving its events search to mobile, raises $24M

Zvents, moving its events search to mobile, raises $24M

Zvents, a San Mateo, Calif. company that has been building an events-based search engine for several years, must be on the right track: It just raised $24 million from a set of investors including Nokia Growth Partners, AT&T and NAVTEQ.

What makes Zvents a bit different… Continue Reading

Event sites face-off

Event sites face-off

The events listing business has shrunk, with one competitor, Attendio, dropping out lately. The leading remaining competitors are, in rough order of apparent market share, Eventful, Yahoo’s Upcoming, Zvents and Going.com.

Among those four, there’s not yet a clear leader, nor have they yet attracted tens… Continue Reading

Zvents gets $7M (yikes) for Ajax events site

Zvents gets $7M (yikes) for Ajax events site

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Zvents, which lets people search for events in their neighborhood, has raised $7 million in a first round of funding led by VantagePoint Venture Partners.

That is a very large sum of money, and it raises questions about the company’s business model. Such a large round… Continue Reading