Knowledge Networks buys Dimestore Media
Knowledge Networks, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based consulting firm that aids product development, announced that it acquired Dimestore Media, maker of an online survey platform that can question people about ad campaigns across the web. Dimestore supplies surveys before and after people are exposed to display… Continue Reading
Altius lands $8M to launch accredited online colleges
Altius Education, a company that partners with real junior colleges and universities to run a cost-effective, accredited online degree program, has brought in $8 million in a first round of funding.
Recognizing the need to provide access to areas of study being trimmed from budgets, especially… Continue Reading
Seattle VC firms Maveron and Voyager Capital venture southward
Two Seattle-based VC firms, Maveron and Voyager Capital, have recently brought on new partners to extend their reach to the south.
Maveron, which hit a homerun with an early investment in eBay, but has yet to match that success, has expanded its San Francisco office by… Continue Reading
Can you build a company around text messaging? Mozes says yes, with a big funding
Twitter isn’t the only company trying to build a big business off short messages. For text messages, or SMS, delivered via mobile phone, there’s Mozes, which says it’s ready to take the leading position in a growing marketing and communication business, and now has an… Continue Reading
Online kids’ application Kidzui launches safe search service
Following the acquisitions of Club Penguin for $700 million, there’s been a surge of interest in children’s gaming and social networking sites. Kidzui wants to cash in on the same craze, but rather than pulling kids into a portal of its own, it filters the… Continue Reading
Livemocha raises $6M for language learning
Livemocha is a Seattle, Wash. company that offers online instructional content for language education, helping learners of English, Spanish, Mandarin, French, Hindi, and German.
The site, which launched in September 2007, operates as an online community, where native speakers of different languages can converse to become… Continue Reading
TerraPass, the company that helps you be carbon neutral, raises $5.8M
We wrote about this funding a couple of weeks ago, but didn’t have the exact funding amount. It was released today, by an SEC filing.
Terrapass lets you be “carbon neutral,” raises cash
(Update: The cash raised was $5.8 million, according to a regulatory filing at the SEC)
Terrapass, a Menlo Park, Calif. company that lets people calculate the greenhouse gas emissions caused by daily activities such as driving, and then pay to offset them, has raised another round… Continue Reading
Taleo buys job applicant management company, JobFlash
Taleo, a Dublin, Calif. company that provides software that helps businesses align their workforce to improve peformance, has agreed to acquire the assets of privately-held JobFlash, for $3 million in cash.
JobFlash is based in Fremont, Calif.
Here is the statement:
Founded in 2002, JobFlash enables employers… Continue Reading