Intronetworks gets Virgin Galactic contract, funding from Adobe
There are at least 41 companies that offer services to help you create your own social network. IntroNetworks differentiates itself by analyzing data about members of a network and telling each user which other users they have the most in common with — something that professional social network Visible Path and only half a dozen other competitors also do.
For example, Virgin Galactic, the commercial spaceship tour to be unveiled later this year, will use introNetworks… Continue Reading
ScanR, a cross-device scanner company, raises $8M more
ScanR, a Palo Alto, Calif. company that lets you scan documents with your camera phones or digital camera, and then fax them, store them or ship them to places such as your printer or email inbox, has raised $8 million in a second round of funding, according to a regulatory filing cited by PE Week. Adobe Systems and JAIC American were joined by return backers Trinity Ventures and Thomvest International.
MobiTV has raised $100 for mobile TV
MobiTV, the Emeryville start-up that offers TV and other digital content to your mobile phone and other connected devices, is soaking up the cash.
It has just raised $30 million more in its third round of venture capital, GigaOm reports. This make for a total of $100 million since July — and its valuation reportedly already exceeds $400 million.
Is this company red hot, or is it getting bloated? It started out serving mobile phones. But… Continue Reading