Scoopler gets seeded for real-time search
Scoopler, one of the newest companies providing real-time search capabilities, has brought in a seed round somewhere between $500,000 and $1 million. Based in San Francisco, the company was backed by Avalon Ventures, XG Ventures and high-profile individual investors Ron Conway and Michael Birch.
Scoopler, which scours Twitter, Digg and Delicious as their content is updated, first received funding last year from Y Combinator.
Simple blogging startup Posterous raises $725K
Posterous, a startup that simplifies the blogging process, has raised $725,000 of new angel funding.
The San Francisco company allows you to write and post blog entries any way you choose — through the web site, through email, or via SMS text message. You don’t have to create an account, or even post on the Posterous site itself. Instead, you can use it as a “middle man” for other blogging services like Blogger, WordPress, and TypePad…. Continue Reading