What Company is About:
Covestor is:
A real-trade sharing service for proven self-investors. To share your real investment decisions, gain recognition and earn fees by helping others.
Where all data is private, normalized and anonymous, and membership is free.
How It Works:
Build a track record. Professional grade tools measure and display your normalized results. These validate your performance and build you a track record comparable to professional hedge funds. Our secure broker link makes it effortless to upload and update your holdings.
Choose how widely to share your activity. You choose whether to share your track record publicly or just with other Covestor members. Covestor 'widgets' also let you export your verified performance and rankings to your personal blog. Members get free access to all Covestor profiles, transactions, and commentary.
Get feedback and ideas from other Members. See what other members are investing in and why, in near real time. In addition you can benchmark your own performance, and see where you rank,
Earn financial rewards. Covestor will be adding a regulated investment service. If you choose to be compensated you will receive an annual data fee for every follower you have. Find out more.
More at:http://www.covestor.com/
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
TokBox allows free video calling from any website,got $4 Million from Sequoia Capital and angel investors
What Company is About:
TokBox allows free video calling from any website.
TokBox allows you to talk face-to-face with anyone in a single click. And imagine you do not require registration, nor do you need to download software.
How It Works:
TokBox lets users send videomails to anyone with an email address, and embed video communication into any website.
By making it so simple to understand, quick and easy to use, the adoption rate may be very fast.
You may use Tokbox for free.
How Much They Got From VCs:
TokBox received $4 Million from Sequoia Capital and angel investors.
About site detail:http://www.tokbox.com/
About VCs:http://www.sequoiacap.com/sequoia-capital/
TokBox allows free video calling from any website.
TokBox allows you to talk face-to-face with anyone in a single click. And imagine you do not require registration, nor do you need to download software.
How It Works:
TokBox lets users send videomails to anyone with an email address, and embed video communication into any website.
By making it so simple to understand, quick and easy to use, the adoption rate may be very fast.
You may use Tokbox for free.
How Much They Got From VCs:
TokBox received $4 Million from Sequoia Capital and angel investors.
About site detail:http://www.tokbox.com/
About VCs:http://www.sequoiacap.com/sequoia-capital/
New Alternative for Generating Mad Cash for Websites
In 1998, a group of renegade entrepreneurs had the vision to enable websites to generate revenue by selling advertising on their site. They developed an advertising platform called L90/adMonitor. At the time, DoubleClick was the #1 competitor and adMonitor entered as the 7th horse in a 7 horse race. Within a few years, they grew from #7 to #2, delivered billions of ads each month for more than 3,000 companies, reached 65% of the Internet population, took the company public, and attracted a market cap of half a billion dollars before being acquired by DoubleClick in 2001.
The team went their separate ways, spurring innovation in the Internet world. Their leader, Frank Addante, a serial entrepreneur, started his 5th successful company. Craig Roah, who managed adMonitor’s extreme growth, built a company that eventually sold to ValueClick. Duc Chau, the mastermind behind the ad-serving platform, was the original developer of MySpace.com. And Julie Mattern, their resident industry veteran, developed some of the top online advertising platforms including YesMail.com, FastClick, ValueClick and Euroclick. (She’s vying hard to add “click” to the end of the company name for good luck.)
Earlier this year, the team regrouped. Amazed by the growth in the online advertising industry, they took a closer look at what’s changed and quickly realized the answer—not much. Except there was more: more advertising dollars, more ad impressions, more ad networks (e.g. Google AdSense, Yahoo!, Adtegrity, HispanoClick) selling more ads to more advertisers and more confusion for websites trying to make money from advertising. They identified two conflicting trends: first, the lack of advertising technology available for websites; second, the rapid growth of new ad networks.
They reunited to start the Rubicon Project, creating a self-serve solution for websites to generate mad cash from ads on their site. “Seven years ago, when we were in this business there were 15 ad networks. Two years ago, there were over a hundred. Today, more than 300,” said Frank Addante, CEO & Founder of the Rubicon Project, “The fact is that advertisers are spending money with all of them. More money is spread around to more places creating a large, yet highly fragmented and inefficient market.” There are small and large ad networks; CPA, CPC and CPM networks; text, display and now video networks; local ad networks and networks in other countries. Currently, 80% of online advertising goes unsold (directly) and that 80% is what’s sent to ad networks to monetize.
“Today’s online advertising market is like the stock market without a NASDAQ system,” said Addante, “it needs to be automated. That’s our mission.”
the Rubicon Project enables websites to optimize 300 ad networks in one place. The company’s self-serve solution, powered by its smart matching technology, understands the strengths of each ad network and matches each ad impression to the best money-making opportunity. The secret is that it deciphers ad space into 9,000 micro-segments using geographic, demographic and contextual information. “Our engineers write notes in 1’s and 0’s.” says Craig Roah, COO and Founder of the Rubicon Project, “Intelligently matching ad impressions to ad networks for thousands of sites and hundreds of ad networks is easier said than done, especially when you need to do it billions of times per day.” The company has ambitious plans, being that there are hundreds of thousands of sites on the Internet that make money from advertising. the Rubicon Project service is free to join.
Sites ranging from small blogs to the world’s largest online properties can be up and running with the solution in 10 minutes. Early tests with alpha customers have shown promising results. Until now, the company has been operating in secret-ninja mode (a.k.a. “stealth”). Today, the company launched its private beta invitation site for 500 websites to participate in the beta program.
Want to make mad cash? Join...
Want to be one of the first 500 websites to get a sneak peek before we let everyone in? It’s free to join. Don’t worry; sites not making the initial 500 will be first in line for the official public launch. To request an invitation to the private beta, visit www.rubiconproject.com.
More at:www.rubiconproject.com
Via-http://www.rubiconproject.com/press/mad-cash
The team went their separate ways, spurring innovation in the Internet world. Their leader, Frank Addante, a serial entrepreneur, started his 5th successful company. Craig Roah, who managed adMonitor’s extreme growth, built a company that eventually sold to ValueClick. Duc Chau, the mastermind behind the ad-serving platform, was the original developer of MySpace.com. And Julie Mattern, their resident industry veteran, developed some of the top online advertising platforms including YesMail.com, FastClick, ValueClick and Euroclick. (She’s vying hard to add “click” to the end of the company name for good luck.)
Earlier this year, the team regrouped. Amazed by the growth in the online advertising industry, they took a closer look at what’s changed and quickly realized the answer—not much. Except there was more: more advertising dollars, more ad impressions, more ad networks (e.g. Google AdSense, Yahoo!, Adtegrity, HispanoClick) selling more ads to more advertisers and more confusion for websites trying to make money from advertising. They identified two conflicting trends: first, the lack of advertising technology available for websites; second, the rapid growth of new ad networks.
They reunited to start the Rubicon Project, creating a self-serve solution for websites to generate mad cash from ads on their site. “Seven years ago, when we were in this business there were 15 ad networks. Two years ago, there were over a hundred. Today, more than 300,” said Frank Addante, CEO & Founder of the Rubicon Project, “The fact is that advertisers are spending money with all of them. More money is spread around to more places creating a large, yet highly fragmented and inefficient market.” There are small and large ad networks; CPA, CPC and CPM networks; text, display and now video networks; local ad networks and networks in other countries. Currently, 80% of online advertising goes unsold (directly) and that 80% is what’s sent to ad networks to monetize.
“Today’s online advertising market is like the stock market without a NASDAQ system,” said Addante, “it needs to be automated. That’s our mission.”
the Rubicon Project enables websites to optimize 300 ad networks in one place. The company’s self-serve solution, powered by its smart matching technology, understands the strengths of each ad network and matches each ad impression to the best money-making opportunity. The secret is that it deciphers ad space into 9,000 micro-segments using geographic, demographic and contextual information. “Our engineers write notes in 1’s and 0’s.” says Craig Roah, COO and Founder of the Rubicon Project, “Intelligently matching ad impressions to ad networks for thousands of sites and hundreds of ad networks is easier said than done, especially when you need to do it billions of times per day.” The company has ambitious plans, being that there are hundreds of thousands of sites on the Internet that make money from advertising. the Rubicon Project service is free to join.
Sites ranging from small blogs to the world’s largest online properties can be up and running with the solution in 10 minutes. Early tests with alpha customers have shown promising results. Until now, the company has been operating in secret-ninja mode (a.k.a. “stealth”). Today, the company launched its private beta invitation site for 500 websites to participate in the beta program.
Want to make mad cash? Join...
Want to be one of the first 500 websites to get a sneak peek before we let everyone in? It’s free to join. Don’t worry; sites not making the initial 500 will be first in line for the official public launch. To request an invitation to the private beta, visit www.rubiconproject.com.
More at:www.rubiconproject.com
Via-http://www.rubiconproject.com/press/mad-cash
Webcam avatar community fix8 has raised $3 million
What Company is About:
fix8 lets you create animated avatars with your webcam by reading your expressions and gestures. There are loads of tools that you can play around with, including fix8’s wide selection of avatars, and other accessories like voice manipulation, graphics and editing tools. These clips can then be embedded in your website or social networking profile, or use it for your instant messaging client like AOL, MSN, Skype or Yahoo Messenger.
About VCs Deal:
Webcam avatar community fix8 has raised $3 million in a series a round of funding from Vickers Venture Group, which is a Singapore-based private equity firm.
How They Are Going:
fix8 has recently teamed up with Pringo for distribution purposes, Stickam , also Shanghai Media Group to create AuditionsTV, which makes interactive tv audiences able to participate during live or taped programs. Coming up, fix8 will be offering a mobile solution, which will surely extend the ways in which its avatar creation tool can be used for communicative purposes.
More at:http://fix8.com/
fix8 lets you create animated avatars with your webcam by reading your expressions and gestures. There are loads of tools that you can play around with, including fix8’s wide selection of avatars, and other accessories like voice manipulation, graphics and editing tools. These clips can then be embedded in your website or social networking profile, or use it for your instant messaging client like AOL, MSN, Skype or Yahoo Messenger.
About VCs Deal:
Webcam avatar community fix8 has raised $3 million in a series a round of funding from Vickers Venture Group, which is a Singapore-based private equity firm.
How They Are Going:
fix8 has recently teamed up with Pringo for distribution purposes, Stickam , also Shanghai Media Group to create AuditionsTV, which makes interactive tv audiences able to participate during live or taped programs. Coming up, fix8 will be offering a mobile solution, which will surely extend the ways in which its avatar creation tool can be used for communicative purposes.
More at:http://fix8.com/
Budgeting and financial planning community MoneyTrackinhas launched a new section of its site for networking purposes
Budgeting and financial planning community MoneyTrackin‘ has reached a few milestones and has launched a new section of its site for networking purposes. As of last week, MoneyTrackin’ has now reached over 1 million transactions entered. With a launch earlier this spring, MoneyTrackin’ is still growing and still adding on new features for its community.
One of these new features is a community map, where you can mark places that help you save money. For instance, there’s an Aldo’s shoe liquidation store not too far from my house, where everything is 50% off the clearance price. We fondly and lovingly refer to it as the Promised Land. It would be the perfect type of store to place on MoneyTrackin’s new map, so others in the area can check it out and save money too.
The new map feature goes well with MoneyTrackin’s existing community tip features, which lets you vote for those hints and tricks that have been most helpful, and they will be pushed towards the top, like a Digg model.
More at:http://moneytrackin.com/
http://moneytrackin.com/map/#latitude/40.413496/longitude/-3.032227/zoom/1
Via-Mash
One of these new features is a community map, where you can mark places that help you save money. For instance, there’s an Aldo’s shoe liquidation store not too far from my house, where everything is 50% off the clearance price. We fondly and lovingly refer to it as the Promised Land. It would be the perfect type of store to place on MoneyTrackin’s new map, so others in the area can check it out and save money too.
The new map feature goes well with MoneyTrackin’s existing community tip features, which lets you vote for those hints and tricks that have been most helpful, and they will be pushed towards the top, like a Digg model.
More at:http://moneytrackin.com/
http://moneytrackin.com/map/#latitude/40.413496/longitude/-3.032227/zoom/1
Via-Mash
MyPacis.Eu Is Social Network For Peace
What Company says:
MyPacis.Eu ,"Our mission is to Promote peace and development in Europe and neighbouring Countries by linking people. Make a difference, join the first European Social Network with a social agenda".
How It works:
MyPacis.eu features articles on headlines in Europe, so you can keep up to date with what is going on in the world. Stay socially conscious by reviews the featured articles There are also groups for you to join, many of which have a social theme. MyPacis.eu features more than just groups on peach and development, it has a fun and lighter side as well. The site features photos, which you can rate, and also videos. There are funny videos of hamsters dancing, and there are sports videos as well. MyPacis.eu has chats, a blog, and an events section. Make friends and be part of a social network that focuses on peace at MyPacis.eu.
More at:http://www.mypacis.eu/
MyPacis.Eu ,"Our mission is to Promote peace and development in Europe and neighbouring Countries by linking people. Make a difference, join the first European Social Network with a social agenda".
How It works:
MyPacis.eu features articles on headlines in Europe, so you can keep up to date with what is going on in the world. Stay socially conscious by reviews the featured articles There are also groups for you to join, many of which have a social theme. MyPacis.eu features more than just groups on peach and development, it has a fun and lighter side as well. The site features photos, which you can rate, and also videos. There are funny videos of hamsters dancing, and there are sports videos as well. MyPacis.eu has chats, a blog, and an events section. Make friends and be part of a social network that focuses on peace at MyPacis.eu.
More at:http://www.mypacis.eu/
AdBidCentral deals with the sale of futures-oriented advertising, bringing together buyers and sellers of CPM advertising
What Company Says:
At AdBidCentral we make buying and selling online media easy and efficient. AdBidCentral is the only fully transparent, open marketplace where everything from posting, shopping, transacting, implementing and reporting takes place - all in one central location. Best of breed, our technology is designed behind people, not the other way around.
How It Works:
They set their own prices for ad space, and list it on AdBid’s Marketplace; continuous monitoring capabilities insure best-case trading outcomes, and payments may be received as early as three days from ad delivery. Buyers, on the other hand, can find their targeted audience with one click; ad orders are processed immediately and efficiently. Campaigns may be monitored in real time and instantly modified based on performance. In essence, AdBid has developed an digital ad market that’s ‘easy, efficient, and intuitive”. All transactions are transparent and take place from within one centralized marketplace. AdBidCentral’s marketplace can be used to complement direct enterprise sales while also providing the ability to purchase future campaigns based on impressions.
More at:http://www.adbidcentral.com/
At AdBidCentral we make buying and selling online media easy and efficient. AdBidCentral is the only fully transparent, open marketplace where everything from posting, shopping, transacting, implementing and reporting takes place - all in one central location. Best of breed, our technology is designed behind people, not the other way around.
How It Works:
They set their own prices for ad space, and list it on AdBid’s Marketplace; continuous monitoring capabilities insure best-case trading outcomes, and payments may be received as early as three days from ad delivery. Buyers, on the other hand, can find their targeted audience with one click; ad orders are processed immediately and efficiently. Campaigns may be monitored in real time and instantly modified based on performance. In essence, AdBid has developed an digital ad market that’s ‘easy, efficient, and intuitive”. All transactions are transparent and take place from within one centralized marketplace. AdBidCentral’s marketplace can be used to complement direct enterprise sales while also providing the ability to purchase future campaigns based on impressions.
More at:http://www.adbidcentral.com/
Yooplus offers tools and applications that will help companies, communicate better with the world
What Company Is About:
Yooplus is an Enterprise 2.0 company offering collaboration and communication environments, tools and services for team and project management for all sized business clients, faced with the challenge of getting things done.
How It Works:
We+ offers tools and applications that will help companies, communicate better with the world and co-worker to co-worker.
The applications have many features, such as; reducing emails by 30% or more, the tools are available in multiple languages, sharing calendar/information, real time information updates, customizable environments, making your company knowledge explicit and available, and more. We+ helps your company by focusing on collaboration, communication, and management. Creating and organizing your team projects is as easy as one click. Keep everyone informed with the calendar of tasks that need to be done, upload documents and communicate with the blog. Your company can be more productive by using we+.
More at:http://www.yooplus.com/
Yooplus is an Enterprise 2.0 company offering collaboration and communication environments, tools and services for team and project management for all sized business clients, faced with the challenge of getting things done.
How It Works:
We+ offers tools and applications that will help companies, communicate better with the world and co-worker to co-worker.
The applications have many features, such as; reducing emails by 30% or more, the tools are available in multiple languages, sharing calendar/information, real time information updates, customizable environments, making your company knowledge explicit and available, and more. We+ helps your company by focusing on collaboration, communication, and management. Creating and organizing your team projects is as easy as one click. Keep everyone informed with the calendar of tasks that need to be done, upload documents and communicate with the blog. Your company can be more productive by using we+.
More at:http://www.yooplus.com/
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