Indian social site Sulekha gets $10M from Norwest
Sulekha.com, one of India’s bigger social networking sites, has raised $10 million from a leading Silicon Valley venture firm, Norwest Venture Partners.
Sulekha provides Indians with 1) a networking component, meaning blogs and groups, and 2) an online marketplace for things like movies, events, travel and news in each of 25 cities. These cities are in India and in other cities with large Indian populations. These local sites also have small business listings — effectively local… Continue Reading
BigJock, a Silicon Valley gay social networking start-up
Richard Rudometkin, founder of new gay social networking site BigJock.com, looked us up today to mention his site went live last Thursday. It’s offering a drawing for a free iPod for those who register before the official launch on Nov 5th.
He has launched this from a spare bedroom in North San Jose, and it is self-funded.
Naturally, our question was how his site differs from all the other gay social networking companies out there. Our suspicion… Continue Reading