GigaOm, the technology blog network, raises more funding
GigaOm, a popular Silicon Valley technology blog network, has raised another round of funding from True Ventures, with angel investors participating.
Founder Om Malik says the money will be used to build out the editorial operation as well as hosting more events. For example, GigaOm blog NewTeeVee, which covers the online video market, will do a repeat next year of the industry conference it hosted yesterday.
The angel investors include Rakesh Mathur, Venky Harinarayan and Anand Rajaraman,… Continue Reading
WeGame, stealthy online gaming site, raises $500k
WeGame, an online gaming company founded by Berkeley student Jared Kim, has raised $500,000 according to a recent filing.
The company — which is keeping its plans a secret — was founded last spring, while Kim was still a freshman. The funding came in August from True Ventures and The Hit Forge.
J&J swallows mother social networking site, Maya’s Mom
The mother-focused site BabyCenter, owned by giant J&J, has acquired Maya’s Mom, a Palo Alto, Calif. social networking site for mothers.
This is the first sign of consolidation in the inflated sector of Mom 2.0.
A host of sites, from Minti to Mommybuzz, MothersClick, CafeMom and Momjunction have launched recently, raised cash, or otherwise moved aggressively to tap this niche. Internet sites focused on women are enjoying a boom, as more women come online: See our… Continue Reading
Vodpod takes funding, grows in face of stiff competition
San Francisco-based VodPod is another also-ran online video site that’s growing.
Vodpod lets you collect videos from around the web and organize them on your own VodPod page, then share them with others. Typically, a user will pick a theme for their collection, or “pod,” such as the Turkish music video pod example shown at bottom.
The most interesting part: You can then embed your video pod on a separate site. The NewTeeVee blog has a… Continue Reading
BrightRoll serving contextual ads in video
BrightRoll, a San Francisco company that places relevant advertising in vidoes, has launched with an expected $1 million in funding (we’d reported this when the company was still called PostRoller).
Announcement is here, with full list of investors, which includes True Ventures, and several Silicon Valley angels.
A number of big players are serving pre-roll advertising in videos, for example Ad.com, Broadband Enterprises and Tremor. But few of them are using technology that lets publishers specify the… Continue Reading
Invasion of the mommy sites — Maya’s Mom launches with angel funding
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Maya’s Mom, a start-up based in a Palo Alto garage, has launched the latest site for parents to trade tips about how to care for their kids.
There are numerous other sites doing very similar things. Minti.com launched last year, and got $1.19M in venture capital earlier this year. It appears to have stolen an early lead, and has found all kinds of ways to integrate with other popular Internet sites. There’s Mommybuzz, which is… Continue Reading