FatTail lands $3.5M to streamline online advertising
FatTail, maker of software that helps online publishers determine which combination of ads will bring in the most money, just nabbed $3.5 million of its own in first-round funding from Velocity Interactive, Ted Meisel, former chief executive at Overture and president of Yahoo Search Marketing, Jonathan Miller, former chief executive at AOL, and Ross Levinsohn, president at Fox Interactive Media.
In addition to optimizing advertising on sites, the Woodland Hills, Calif.-based company also automates the request… Continue Reading
It’s (Jonathan) Miller time in the tech world — just not at Yahoo
Silicon Valley’s most entertaining parlour game right now is the maneuvering around who will help govern Yahoo.
The latest intrigue centers around former AOL chief executive Jonathan Miller, who was supposed to get a proxy board seat from activist shareholder Carl Icahn. However, that’s apparently not materializing.
AOL, which still has a non-compete clause with Miller, now says Miller can’t be eligible for the seat, numerous reports say. Some argue that this is reversal by AOL, but… Continue Reading
Social network ad company Lookery raises more seed capital
Lookery, the company that offers an ad network for applications social network companies such as Facebook, has raised another couple hundred thousand in seed capital, the company’s founder Scott Rafer said.
Investors include:
Marc Benioff
Tom Cole (blog)
Reid Hoffman
TAG, which is Saul (blog) and Robin Klein’s (blog) seed fund
Jonathan Miller
Allen Morgan (blog)
Levinsohn to merge firm with Silicon Valley’s ComVentures
Ross Levinsohn, the former News Corp. deal-maker who led the acquisition of MySpace, has merged his firm with a controversial Silicon Valley firm to focus on media investments.
We first reported rumors that Levinsohn would team up with the ComVentures in October, and this evening Levinsohn confirmed that news. The merger will be called Velocity Interactive Group.
Levinsohn left News Corp. earlier this year to launch a new firm, Velocity, and his stated goal at the time… Continue Reading
PayPal’s Thiel, AOL’s Miller invest in ad management co., Clickable
Clickable, a service that lets small and medium-sized Web site owners manage their advertising, confirmed it has raised a total of $6 million in a first round of financing.
We reported earlier on the funding, which came in two portions (first here, and then here), but today the company named two more investors we didn’t mention earlier.
Aside from Pequot Ventures and Union Square Ventures, Peter Thiel, former CEO of PayPal, and Jonathan F. Miller, former America… Continue Reading
Levinsohn and Miller form Internet roll-up fund
Ross Levinsohn (left), the former News Corp. exec who masterminded the early acquisition of popular social networking company MySpace, has formed a new firm that will invest in Internet businesses.
Levinsohn is reportedly being joined by Jonathan Miller (below), former chief executive of America Online.
It is called Velocity Investment Group, according to the WSJ, and sounds very much like the plan Levinsohn was rumored to be making last November. According to that rumor, he was caught… Continue Reading