Central Desktop raises $7M to grow in crowded collaboration market
Web collaboration startup Central Desktop has raised $7 million in a first round of funding. The company has already found some success targeting small businesses, and chief executive Isaac Garcia says he plans to use the new funding to expand the product and make headway with bigger clients.
Central Desktop faces plenty of competition, both from startups like 37Signals, with its project manager Basecamp, and major tech players like Microsoft’s Sharepoint, but Garcia says the Pasadena,… Continue Reading
Reality Digital, a white-label video service, gets funding to expand
Reality Digital provides software that web publishers can use to host their own collections of videos. The company was founded in 2004, before the latest wave of online video startups appeared, and has done well enough for itself, winning MTV, The Travel Channel and other large media companies as partners. And now it has also raised $6.3 million from OpenView Venture Partners.
Reality Digital lets a third party use its software to host an entire interface… Continue Reading
Updated: Loyalty Lab raises $7M for online retail customer management
Updated with response from Canaan Partners:
Loyalty Lab, a San Francisco company that provides software to online retailers to help them manage customers and nurture loyalty, said it has raised $7 million in venture capital.
OpenView Venture Partners, of Boston, led the funding.
Its customers include New York & Co., Brookstone, 1-800-Flowers.com and Bally Total Fitness.
In one notable development, the company’s earlier investors, Canaan Partners, Mobius Venture Capital and Outlook Ventures, did not participate in this round. Mobius… Continue Reading