Associated Content nabs $6M for its publishing tools
Associated Content, the company that allows 250,000 media companies and unaffiliated users easily publish text, video and audio content on the web, has snagged $6 million in a third round of funding from Softbank Capital, Canaan Partners and new AOL chief executive Tim Armstrong (its… Continue Reading
Goodmail working on tool for more secure email transfer
Goodmail Systems, a company that administers secure email exchanges, just added $5 million to close a third round of funding. Based in Mountain View, Calif., it says it will apply the new money to develop its flaship product, CertifiedEmail, so that trusted messages containing multimedia… Continue Reading
Goodmail secures $20M for certified email
The average email inbox is stuffed with spam, disguised viruses and irrelevant junk. But Goodmail Systems, provider of the CertifiedEmail platform that delivers only trusted emails, just landed $20 million in a third round of funding to help its users rise above the fray.
The Mountain… Continue Reading
Mobile directory startup V-Enable raising $2.2M
V-Enable, the San Diego startup that offers an information directory service for mobile phones called FreeMobile411, has raised half of a new $2.2 million funding round, VentureBeat has learned.
FreeMobile411’s offering comes in two forms — there’s a downloadable voice search application, through which you request… Continue Reading
Giant Realm raises another $2 million for male entertainment portal
Giant Realm said it has raised $2 million from SoftBank Capital to expand its entertainment portal for male entertainment junkies and video gamers.
The investment brings the New York company’s total first round funding to $5.5 million. Last month, the company announced that Comcast Interactive Capital… Continue Reading
Buddy Media launches another “social media” ad network, raises $6.5M
Buddy Media is a small player in the game of trying to build businesses on Facebook’s developer platform, and on other social network platforms, but it has big plans.
Today, it is rolling out an ad network of its own — meaning it is competing against… Continue Reading
Roundup: Ads up, AOL launches mobile social platform, and more
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1) Online advertising up 28 percent
2) Yahoo confirms $160M acquisition of Maven
3) AOL to launch mobile soc-net platform
4) Starbucks to offer somewhat-free WiFi
5) Topanga, next-gen lighting, funded by Khosla
6) Stealth division at EA making social games
7) Bored.com sells for exciting $4.5 million
DanceJam gets another $3.5… Continue Reading
Ad Infuse takes on $12M more, builds market share in mobile advertising
This may well be the year that the leaders in the mobile advertising space emerge, and startup Ad Infuse has taken on another $12 million to try to ensure its place at the table.
As we reported in an October story, Ad Infuse is distinguished by… Continue Reading
Mobile Posse raises $10M for mobile advertising
Mobile Posse is a mobile advertising firm that claims to deliver targeted advertising, as well as “idle screen interactive content delivery,” which takes advantage of the time a customer is not directly using a phone to display ads.
The McLean, VA company recently signed on with… Continue Reading
HuffingtonPost, politics blog site, raises $5M more to target elections
HuffingtonPost, the politics site that doesn’t pay its writers a dime, has raised another $5 million in financing to ready itself for the elections, which could be a defining juncture for the site.
The round included all previous investors: Softbank Capital, Greycroft Partners, CEO and co-founder… Continue Reading
VoodooVox, offering in-call ads, raises $8.1M
VoodooVox, a New York start-up that provides advertising within phone calls, said it has raised $8.1 million in a fourth round of financing.It is led by Softbank Capital, and includes existing investors Apax Partners, Disney’s Steamboat Ventures, and Village Ventures, also participated in the round.
VoodooVox’s… Continue Reading
Sermo links doctors to one another — and to investors
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Cambridge, Mass.-based Sermo, an online social network with a twist, offers physicians the opportunity to ask for and offer advice free of charge. The catch: Well-heeled investors can pay to listen in.
Sermo, which just raised $26.7 million in a third funding round (details below),… Continue Reading
KickApps, social network builder, raises $11 million
KickApps, which enables publishers to quickly add social network functions to their offerings, has just raised $11 million in its second round of financing.
Thanks to companies like Ning, PeopleAggregator, Me.com, and KickApps, the creation of new social networks has become a commodity, and people are… Continue Reading
LiteScape raises $14M more for “unified communications”
LiteScape Technologies, a Redwood Shores, Calif. company that says it offers “unified communications” applications, has raised $14 million in a second round of funding.
See the company’s announcement here.
Vedanta Capital led the deal, which included T-Venture and existing backers SoftBank Capital, TeleSoft Partners and Blumberg Capital.
Sermo, online physician community, raises $9.5M, grows quickly
Sermo, a Cambridge, Mass.-based online community created for physicians, said it has raised a $9.5 million second round of funding.
The round was led by new investor SoftBank Capital, with additional funds from existing investors Longworth Venture Partners who initially funded the Company. The site… Continue Reading
Goodmail Systems, raises $12M for trusted email delivery
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Goodmail Systems, a Mountain View company that helps people and companies deliver trusted email said it has raised $12 million in venture funding in a round led by new investor SoftBank Capital.
Richard Gingras, chairman and CEO of Goodmail Systems, told VentureBeat about the funding… Continue Reading