Socialcast raises $1M to help your company communicate
Socialcast, a startup that provides tools for communication within a company, has raised $1 million in funding from True Ventures.
In the announcement, True Ventures’ co-founder Phil Black cites Socialcast’s “impressive customer deployments” and its ability to exploit “a rapidly growing niche in the corporate market: social media for the enterprise.” (Socialcast says it isn’t releasing any user numbers) There seemed to be a flood of “build a social network” startups a couple years back, many… Continue Reading
Tech news network Giga Omni Media grabs another $4.5M
Giga Omni Media, the company that owns news blog GigaOM and its related sites, announced today that it has raised $4.5 million in additional funding.
The last few months have been busy for Om Malik’s fledgling media empire. He acquired mobile blog jkOnTheRun in July, followed by TheAppleBlog just a few weeks ago. He also promoted chief operating officer Paul Walborsky to chief executive, and announced some new syndication deals, including one with The New York… Continue Reading
MobileBeat: Apps, advertising and the “golden age” of mobile; plus, Skydeck opens to the public
A major question facing mobile developers today is how to distribute their content — where, in what form, and monetized in what way? Custom-built applications using Java, BREW and other languages, while once the norm, are giving way to mobile Internet deployments. But will the mobile device, like the home computer, become dominated by the web browser and advertising?
Yes and no, the panelists said at today’s “Mobile vs. Web” talk at MobileBeat, moderated by Om… Continue Reading
Om has heart attack, feeling better
It’s great news to hear that Om Malik is feeling better after his heart attack. On behalf of everybody at VentureBeat, I want to send him my best wishes for a full recovery. We at VentureBeat may compete with his team head-to-head on a daily basis, but we sustain each other just as much as we compete — we’re small players that link to each other on a regular basis, and we consider him and… Continue Reading
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