Matchmaker application Zoosk catches $6M
Zoosk, provider of a social network application for dating, has brought in $6 million in a third round of preferred stock. Based in San Francisco, it previously raised $4.1 million last year at this time from Canaan Partners, ATA Ventures and Amidzad Partners.
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Plug and Play startup incubator eyes $20M for seed fund
The Plug and Play Tech Center, a Palo Alto, Calif., accelerator program that provides office space, mentorship and a fundraising springboard for about 200 startups in the Silicon Valley, says it plans to raise $20 million for its own seed investment fund, to be called Plug and Play LLC. And it’s looking to its partners and several other capital firms — Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Sequoia Capital among them — to make it happen.
It seems… Continue Reading
Fotomoto lets photographers sell work direct on their sites
Fotomoto lets photographers sell their photos directly to customers through their own web sites. E-commerce capabilities can now be added to an artist’s photo gallery with only a few lines of JavaScript code, the company claims.
An offering like this could turn the industry on its head. Previously, most photographers had to go through a middleman like iStockPhoto to sell their work online. In turn, they had to sacrifice control over how their images were sold,… Continue Reading