WePlay plays with Little League, Derek Jeter and LeBron James, raises $8.6M
If you get superstar athletes to invest in your youth-sports social network, does that mean you’re onto something big?
WePlay seems to think so. The company, which combines standard social network features with scheduling functionality to manage practices and games, hopes to attract young athletes and their parents and coaches, and has just raised $8.6 million in its second round of funding. While Deep Fork Capital led the round, previous investors Derek Jeter, LeBron James and… Continue Reading
Real estate search company Trulia raises $15M more
Trulia, the real estate search startup backed by high-profile venture firms Sequoia Capital and Accel Partners, has raised $15 million in additional funding, bringing its total financing to $33 million.
To be honest, a lot of real estate sites look pretty similar to me, and Trulia lacks a big attention-getting feature like Zillow, which will estimate the value of your home. But the funding should help Trulia stay competitive with the more heavily-financed Zillow, which has… Continue Reading
Moblyng converts Flash applications to work on mobile devices
One day soon, with the help of Moblyng, you’ll likely be able to stream music playlists from social networks to your phone.
In the meantime, though, you can use Moblyng to watch any number of things on your mobile device — a YouTube video or to put Slide slideshow widgets from MySpace or another social network.
First, you go to Moblyng’s site (going live later today), enter the social network profile URL, username and password.
Then, the Menlo… Continue Reading