Weblo, where you can be a virtual mayor, raises $3.3M

Weblo, where you can be a virtual mayor, raises $3.3M

In April, we wrote about Montreal company Weblo, and we called it somewhat of a pyramid scheme.

It lets you buy virtual domain names, for example www.LosAngeles.com for a few bucks (even though the domain name is owned by someone else on the real web),… Continue Reading

Bambi’s Vator.TV, a pitch platform for entrepreneurs, raises round

Bambi’s Vator.TV, a pitch platform for entrepreneurs, raises round

Bambi Francisco, the former MarketWatch columnist who left last month amid a stir to form her own video company, has finished raising a round of capital.

The round includes Richard Rosenblatt, the former chief executive of Intermix, owner of MySpace, Georges Harick, a former Google engineer… Continue Reading

Demand Media raises $100M for Web site land grab

Demand Media raises $100M for Web site land grab

Demand Media, the company pursuing the audacious strategy of buying up a bunch of generic Web sites that have no staff generating real content of their own — to throw advertising on them — has raised another $100 million.

In May, we reported it raised its… Continue Reading