MashLogic pulls in $2.5M for page view-lengthening browser add-on
MashLogic, maker of a contextual browser add-on that pulls in text and images related to the web site you’re visiting and displays them in pop-up windows, has raised $2.5 million in a first round of funding — touting itself to publishers as a way to… Continue Reading
SourceForge acquires Ohloh to target ads at open source coders
SourceForge, the public company whose properties include code repository SourceForge.net and tech news site Slashdot, announced today that it’s acquiring Ohloh, a community and database for open source programmers. This is SourceForge’s first acquisition since 2000.
Bellevue, Wash.-based Ohloh says it has compiled the world’s largest… Continue Reading
Bit.ly nabs cash, gives TinyURL a run for its money
At first glance, Bit.ly looks like every other URL shortening service — turning lengthy web addresses into something compact and easily-tweeted like http://bit.ly/11BCd2 — indistinguishable from the Short.tos and Doiops of the world. Of course, TinyURL, the first of its kind, remains the heavyweight, seemingly… Continue Reading
Tapulous wants to be leading application ecosystem for the iPhone
Tapulous, a new Silicon Valley startup, embodies the craze that’s going on right now around the iPhone.
Tucked inside a ground-floor office on Hamilton Ave. in Palo Alto, Calif., a stone’s throw from social network comany Facebook, the company’s eight employees are feverishly building applications solely… Continue Reading
SocialMedia raises $3.5M to sell ads across social networks
SocialMedia, a company that lets small Facebook applications get exposure by bidding on ad links within Facebook popular applications, has just raised $3.5 million in financing.
Using the marketplace offered by SocialMedia, a Mill Valley, Calif., company, less popular Facebook applications bid to get ads placed… Continue Reading
Satisfaction, the Web 2.0 customer service site, raises $1.3M
[Disclosure: Satisfaction is led by Thor Muller, who is an advisor to VentureBeat. ]
Satisfaction, a San Francisco company that aims to improve online customer service by letting the customers effectively take over the process, has raised $1.3 million seed funding.
VentureBeat reviewed the company two months… Continue Reading
Ariva launches a new style of VC firm: A federation of investors
Ajit Shah, former general partner at Worldview Technology Partners, has put together a different kind of firm to make seed-stage investments in start-ups.
Called Ariva, its model is like a federation of investors — that is, more formal than an angel alliance but less structured than… Continue Reading
Y Combinator continued
Some readers took issue with VentureBeat’s recent assessment that Y Combinator had successfully “nailed” the start-up incubator model. There’s one particular critique we should address.
In return for its advice and money, Y Combinator does take its pound of flesh, in the form of six percent… Continue Reading
Kongregrate, the online social game hub
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Kongregate, of San Francisco, launches tomorrow with a host of Web games targeted at young males with social networking components pushing new bounds.
Kongregate is signifiacant because it targets a group that until now hasn’t been served by online social games. Social gaming has been 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… Continue Reading