Share this post on ShareThis raising $15 million
You usually see this logo (left) at the bottom of our posts since we use ShareThis to let readers share a story with their friends or co-workers. But it’s up top today because the San Francisco-based company has raised $15 million.
Draper Fisher Jurvetson led the round to support the promotion of the media-sharing service. The company has created a sharing button that can be easily embedded into web pages. A user clicks on the button,… Continue Reading
PPLive, Chinese P2P video site, raises $21M
PPLive, a Shanghai based operator of a P2P video site, has raised $21 million in second round of funding. Draper Fisher Jurveston led the round, which also included DFJ’s China affiliate DFJ Dragon and previous investor BlueRun Ventures.
PPLive raised about $6 million last year.
News of the deal first appeared here.
Redfin cuts out real estate agents, raises another $12M
[Note: This story was originally published Tuesday evening, but a software bug caused it to disappear. We're publishing again]
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Redfin is one of the more controversial web companies trying to make home buying and selling more profitable. Specifically, it’s cutting out real estate agents.
Eager to do more cutting, it has raised another $12 million, led by venture firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson. It is expanding its listings from most West Coast cities and Boston, now adding the… Continue Reading
PayPerPost, which pays bloggers to write, gets $7M more
PayPerPost, the site that pays bloggers to write content about advertisers, and then gets paid by those advertisers, has raised $7 million more in financing.
This is a controversial site (see our earlier coverage. Bloggers writing rave reviews about products can sway readers into thinking that a product is actually good, but in reality it may be terrible.
In response, PayPerPost later implemented a policy forcing bloggers to disclose whether or not they’ve received money for their… Continue Reading