Ticket reselling site Seatwave lands $17M amid tough rivals
Seatwave, one of several sites for secondary ticket sales, has brought in $17 million in a fourth round of funding to continue developing and marketing its platform. While the London-based company has done quite well for itself — recording a 200 percent jump in revenue… Continue Reading
Quintura scores another round of funding for visual search engine
Visual search startup Quintura has raised a new round of funding to continue building out its engine, which is used on several media sites, including Maxim, the Russian version of Cosmo and ReadWriteWeb. As with its last round of funding, Quintura’s founders have not disclosed… Continue Reading
Speed-dating site WooMe raises $12.5M more, enjoys $41M valuation
WooMe, a video speed-dating site whose claim to fame is a speedy, no-frills interface and the ability to attract people who would never touch a traditional dating site (it calls itself an “introductions platform”), has raised a fresh round of capital to continue expanding.
NewTeeVee… Continue Reading
EnterMedia, a Russian in-game advertising firm, raises first funding
EnterMedia, an in-game advertising firm based in Russia, has raised a round of over $1 million from Mangrove Capital Partners and ABRT Fund, according to coverage of a Moscow press conference posted on the Quintura blog.
The company has a proprietary technology it uses to place… Continue Reading
Free phone service Nimbuzz offers “everything”
If you’re like me and split most of your “online time” between your smartphone, your computer’s chat client and your Facebook/LinkedIn page, Nimbuzz may be for you.
It’ll make all those communications smoother.
My Facebook friends sometimes leave me wall messages that I take forever to respond… Continue Reading
Roundup: Wikileaks judge slaps own wrist, AllPeers unpeers, Saudis developing solar, and more
Here’s the latest action:
1) Wikileaks judge restores restores site, slaps self on wrist
2) AllPeers’ peer-to-peer scheme fails to capture users
3) Chevron, Weyerhaeuser join up for cellulosic ethanol
4) Saudi Arabia and IBM partner to develop green nanotech
5) Akamai wins patent fight, but not happy with ruling
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Secondary event ticket site Seatwave raises money, amid industry frenzy
Seatwave, a European market place for event tickets where fans can buy and sell directly from and to each other, has raised $25 million in a third round of funding.
The financing continues a — yes, a large wave — of interest in the secondary ticket… Continue Reading
OpenAds lets Web companies take control of ads, raises $15.5M
The online advertising world continues to get shaken up.
OpenAds, a company based in London, is the latest to drive change, undercutting the old guard with a low-cost offering. It offers Web site owners something called an “ad server,” a device lets them take control of… Continue Reading
Zlio raises $4M for online shops, defies Amazon
Paris-based Zlio, a company that helps you easily create your own web page “shops” to sell merchants’ goods online, has raised $4 million from Mangrove Capital Partners.
See our previous coverage here.
The site now attracts more than 2.5 million unique visitors per month. More than 100,000… Continue Reading
Quintura, the visual search engine, raises “several” million
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Quintura, a company offering a visual search engine, said it has raised “several millions” of dollars in a first round of venture funding from Luxembourg’s Mangrove Capital Partners.
(Update: Some reports have put the round at “around $5 million”; we haven’t confirmed.)
With Quintura, you search for… Continue Reading
Adserver company, Openads, raises $5M
Openads, the developer of a free, open source product that serves ads for Web sites has raised $5 million in a first round of financing led by Index Ventures.
Also participating are First Round Capital, Mangrove Capital Partners and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. The London, UK company… Continue Reading
Social network Piczo raises $11 million more, shows momentum
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Piczo, the social networking company that tries to distinguish itself as the safer place for teens, has raised $11 million in a third round of funding, it tells VentureBeat.
Piczo is one of handful of sites gunning for “second place” behind MySpace, the overwhelming leader with… Continue Reading