What Company Is Offering:
Give or Take is an online shopping centre where you earn cashback on your purchases at over 500 stores listed on the site which you can either donate to your chosen charity or keep for yourself.
Give or Take is an extensive online shopping centre that brings together over 500 leading online stores, including familiar high street names such as John Lewis, Marks and Spencer, WHSmith, Waterstones and Currys, and 60 charity partners, including Shelter, Samaritans and RNID.
Give or Take’s aim is to make it effortlessly simple for people to save masses of money on their shopping bills, or raise oodles of cash for charity for free.
How It Works:
Sign up for an account.Type your email address and name in the sign up box above.Go Shopping.Click on the 'Stores' page and choose a store you'd like to look at.
Purchase Tracking
A notice will appear to tell you that your purchases are being tracked (this is so we can track and put all the cashback you earn into your account). You will then be transferred to the store's Home Page.
Shop in the usual way
Look at products and services you're interested in, and check out your purchases as usual on the store's checkout area.
Each store displays the amount of cashback you will receive as a member. This can be either a lump sum amount, or a percentage of the purchase price. This is the same fee the store will pay us, and we've chosen to GIVE BACK 100% of this fee to YOU or your chosen charity.
The only thing you have to do is SIGN UP NOW so that we can track your cashback, then you're free to START SHOPPING.Every time you make a purchase, Give or Take earns a referral fee from the store you buy through. We create ‘cashback’ by passing the fee we earn from the store back to the member who made the purchase.
More at:http://www.giveortake.com/
Thursday, November 29, 2007
Livescreen's original content discovery service displays dynamic, fresh and engaging content teasers on Idle screens
What Company Is Offering:
Celltick, pioneer of Active Content Marketing, has introduced a new mass reach medium into the mobile space. Its flagship product, LiveScreen Media, allows content providers and advertisers to broadcast targeted content messages to millions of mobile phone idle screens, turning them into a network of interactive personal billboards and creating a strong revenue stream for operators. Celltick Races Ahead in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 - Ranked 2nd Place.
How It Works:
With LiveScreen™ Media, Celltick took the service a step further. It now collects not only content but also marketing messages from multiple sources and matches them to dynamic user segments.
While the mobile industry braces itself for the day mobile marketing establishes its place in the digital marketing mix, advertisers are already paying real money to use LiveScreen Media. Leading operators around the world have adopted Celltick's vision and created a new medium for content and advertising.
Celltick cooperates with mobile operators to turn their mobile screen medium into a powerful revenue driver.
Livescreen's original content discovery service displays dynamic, fresh and engaging content teasers on Idle screens - that is when - and only when - they are not in use. News headlines, sport reports, weather updates, music stories, gossip or games entice users to react - and when they do, they are just two clicks from requested content.
Celltick systems are already deployed by more than 20 mobile operators. The company has close relations with all network infrastructure companies, all major SIM vendors and the leading handset manufacturers.
More at:http://www.celltick.com/
Celltick, pioneer of Active Content Marketing, has introduced a new mass reach medium into the mobile space. Its flagship product, LiveScreen Media, allows content providers and advertisers to broadcast targeted content messages to millions of mobile phone idle screens, turning them into a network of interactive personal billboards and creating a strong revenue stream for operators. Celltick Races Ahead in Deloitte Technology Fast 500 - Ranked 2nd Place.
How It Works:
With LiveScreen™ Media, Celltick took the service a step further. It now collects not only content but also marketing messages from multiple sources and matches them to dynamic user segments.
While the mobile industry braces itself for the day mobile marketing establishes its place in the digital marketing mix, advertisers are already paying real money to use LiveScreen Media. Leading operators around the world have adopted Celltick's vision and created a new medium for content and advertising.
Celltick cooperates with mobile operators to turn their mobile screen medium into a powerful revenue driver.
Livescreen's original content discovery service displays dynamic, fresh and engaging content teasers on Idle screens - that is when - and only when - they are not in use. News headlines, sport reports, weather updates, music stories, gossip or games entice users to react - and when they do, they are just two clicks from requested content.
Celltick systems are already deployed by more than 20 mobile operators. The company has close relations with all network infrastructure companies, all major SIM vendors and the leading handset manufacturers.
More at:http://www.celltick.com/
Laaik.it is a social news and bookmarking service that lets you decide which issues and stories are important and which are not
What Company Is Offering:
Laaik.it is a social news and bookmarking service that lets you decide which issues and stories are important (those you “laaik”) and which aren’t worth your time (those you “dislaaik”). As you and thousands of other users “laaik” and “dislaaik” stories, a community driven picture of the day’s (and week’s and month’s) news emerges.
How It Works:
You can either submit a link to a story or picture or video that you consider relevant or vote on an existing entry. You can also comment on stories and save interesting stuff to your personal bookmarks area.
More at:http://laaikit.24.com/
Laaik.it is a social news and bookmarking service that lets you decide which issues and stories are important (those you “laaik”) and which aren’t worth your time (those you “dislaaik”). As you and thousands of other users “laaik” and “dislaaik” stories, a community driven picture of the day’s (and week’s and month’s) news emerges.
How It Works:
You can either submit a link to a story or picture or video that you consider relevant or vote on an existing entry. You can also comment on stories and save interesting stuff to your personal bookmarks area.
More at:http://laaikit.24.com/
Submit your photos or video clips to ANN and get paid every time your content is used
What Company Is Offering:
Submit your photos or video clips to ANN and get paid every time your content is used.The Amateur News Network is different than any other video clip sharing communities. They sell your content to news & media outlets around the world for you. TV Stations are willing to pay for content such as: news worthy material, funny clips, bizarre clips, rescues, accidents, celebrities, storm footage and many other topics. Your videos or photos could be worth thousands. The next time you are an eyewitness to a news event; film it, send it to us and start making money.
Turn your hobby into cash with this exciting NEW program. For more information check out Frequently Asked Questions and Terms Of Use..
How It Works:
If you have personally filmed or took photos of something which you think is of interest to others, simply up-load up your video clips or images and we take care of the rest. Your content will then be offered to stations around the world and at the end of every month we will send you a check or a payment with pay Pal. Its that simple!ANN will take care of the whole sales process for you. They negotiate prices with media outlets, invoice for the materials and make sure you get paid. They are your agent and it is their job to negotiate for you. For their services they charge 40% of all revenues, the other 60% will be paid out directly to you.They do not own or buy your media (including without limitation text, video, photographs, graphics, images, music and sound that you have created) they are yours. They only act as an agent for you. Remember everyone that uses your material, whether Internet, TV, Newspapers or magazines has to pay royalties to you.
More at:http://amateurnewsnetwork.info/
Submit your photos or video clips to ANN and get paid every time your content is used.The Amateur News Network is different than any other video clip sharing communities. They sell your content to news & media outlets around the world for you. TV Stations are willing to pay for content such as: news worthy material, funny clips, bizarre clips, rescues, accidents, celebrities, storm footage and many other topics. Your videos or photos could be worth thousands. The next time you are an eyewitness to a news event; film it, send it to us and start making money.
Turn your hobby into cash with this exciting NEW program. For more information check out Frequently Asked Questions and Terms Of Use..
How It Works:
If you have personally filmed or took photos of something which you think is of interest to others, simply up-load up your video clips or images and we take care of the rest. Your content will then be offered to stations around the world and at the end of every month we will send you a check or a payment with pay Pal. Its that simple!ANN will take care of the whole sales process for you. They negotiate prices with media outlets, invoice for the materials and make sure you get paid. They are your agent and it is their job to negotiate for you. For their services they charge 40% of all revenues, the other 60% will be paid out directly to you.They do not own or buy your media (including without limitation text, video, photographs, graphics, images, music and sound that you have created) they are yours. They only act as an agent for you. Remember everyone that uses your material, whether Internet, TV, Newspapers or magazines has to pay royalties to you.
More at:http://amateurnewsnetwork.info/
mbuzzy is a place for consumers and content publishers alike to create new experiences
What Company Is Offering:
mbuzzy is a place for consumers and content publishers alike to create new experiences through pictures, videos, and sounds across both the mobile phone and the PC.
Whether for personalization of one's own phone, sharing with friends, or connecting with others in new and interesting ways, mbuzzy creates a seamless experience regardless of wireless carrier or mobile phone.
How It Works:
With mbuzzy you can use your own personal content to personalize your phone with Ringtones, Wallpaper, and Videos. Share your personal content with your friends and the mbuzzy community.Browse hundreds of thousands of shared pictures and videos from the mbuzzy community. Watch videos on your PC or your mobile phone.Connect with friends by sharing and recommending content, and seeing what your friends are sharing. Capture pictures and videos directly from your mobile phone to share with friends and the community, or keep private .While most mbuzzy services are completely free, some premium content-related services are offered as well. mbuzzy partners with many in the mobile entertainment industry to offer the best premium content catalog available.
More at:http://www.mbuzzy.com/
mbuzzy is a place for consumers and content publishers alike to create new experiences through pictures, videos, and sounds across both the mobile phone and the PC.
Whether for personalization of one's own phone, sharing with friends, or connecting with others in new and interesting ways, mbuzzy creates a seamless experience regardless of wireless carrier or mobile phone.
How It Works:
With mbuzzy you can use your own personal content to personalize your phone with Ringtones, Wallpaper, and Videos. Share your personal content with your friends and the mbuzzy community.Browse hundreds of thousands of shared pictures and videos from the mbuzzy community. Watch videos on your PC or your mobile phone.Connect with friends by sharing and recommending content, and seeing what your friends are sharing. Capture pictures and videos directly from your mobile phone to share with friends and the community, or keep private .While most mbuzzy services are completely free, some premium content-related services are offered as well. mbuzzy partners with many in the mobile entertainment industry to offer the best premium content catalog available.
More at:http://www.mbuzzy.com/
docstoc is a user generated community for sharing professional documents raised $750,000 in a Series A round of funding
What Company Is Offering:
docstoc is a user generated community for sharing professional documents.
Find a vast quantity of high quality legal, business, technology, educational, and creative documents for free. docstoc allows users to upload their documents for all the world to share.
In addition, users can store their documents in their own personal online folders for anytime, anywhere access.
How It Works:
Simply create a profile (only username and email required) and you can download any document on docstoc. Users can upload an unlimited amount of documents. Just make sure that they are valuable for the community and that you have the copyright to do so. Currently we are supporting the following file types: .doc, .pdf, .xls, .ppt, .ppt, .txt
How Much They Got From VCs:
They raised $750,000 in a Series A round of funding. This comes months after its angel funding which was for an undisclosed amount.
more at:http://tnr.tribes.cc/
docstoc is a user generated community for sharing professional documents.
Find a vast quantity of high quality legal, business, technology, educational, and creative documents for free. docstoc allows users to upload their documents for all the world to share.
In addition, users can store their documents in their own personal online folders for anytime, anywhere access.
How It Works:
Simply create a profile (only username and email required) and you can download any document on docstoc. Users can upload an unlimited amount of documents. Just make sure that they are valuable for the community and that you have the copyright to do so. Currently we are supporting the following file types: .doc, .pdf, .xls, .ppt, .ppt, .txt
How Much They Got From VCs:
They raised $750,000 in a Series A round of funding. This comes months after its angel funding which was for an undisclosed amount.
more at:http://tnr.tribes.cc/
Amobee--Mobile Advertising Company Got VCs Funding From Vodafone
What Company is Offering:
Amobee is the first company to deliver a unified, telco-grade system for funding mobile content and communications through advertising revenues.
Amobee Media Systems is, enabling all players in the mobile content and data value chain to generate new revenues from advertising. Its software solution supports digital ad delivery to all mobile content and communication types, including WAP and mobile web, mobile games, mobile video and mobile messaging. The company launched its first live consumer trial in March of 2006 and has now several commercial operator launches including Vodafone in Greece, Czech Republic and Spain.
How Much They Got From VCs Funding:
Amobee Media Systems, the world leader in mobile advertising solutions for mobile operators today announced that Vodafone has made a strategic minority investment in the company, joining Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners and Globespan in funding Amobee through its next stage of development.
What's Market Of That Kind Of Product:
Mobile advertising presents an unprecedented potential to increase reach for advertisers. According to Pyramid Research, by 2010, one billion new mobile subscribers will join the current base of 2.8 billion. Further, according to Informa, worldwide mobile advertising will rise to $11.35 billion in 2011.
What VCs Says:
Mobile internet is fast emerging as a mainstream information, entertainment and transaction source for people on the move. We see a tremendous opportunity for brands to target segments that traditional media reach less efficiently and help them run truly integrated communication campaigns.” says Frank Boulben, Vodafone’s Director of Strategic marketing & Communication Planning. “We’re working with Amobee in three markets to develop mobile advertising approaches that will deliver revenue for Vodafone whilst ensuring our customers enjoy a richer mobile experience, “
More at:http://www.amobee.com/
Amobee is the first company to deliver a unified, telco-grade system for funding mobile content and communications through advertising revenues.
Amobee Media Systems is, enabling all players in the mobile content and data value chain to generate new revenues from advertising. Its software solution supports digital ad delivery to all mobile content and communication types, including WAP and mobile web, mobile games, mobile video and mobile messaging. The company launched its first live consumer trial in March of 2006 and has now several commercial operator launches including Vodafone in Greece, Czech Republic and Spain.
How Much They Got From VCs Funding:
Amobee Media Systems, the world leader in mobile advertising solutions for mobile operators today announced that Vodafone has made a strategic minority investment in the company, joining Sequoia Capital, Accel Partners and Globespan in funding Amobee through its next stage of development.
What's Market Of That Kind Of Product:
Mobile advertising presents an unprecedented potential to increase reach for advertisers. According to Pyramid Research, by 2010, one billion new mobile subscribers will join the current base of 2.8 billion. Further, according to Informa, worldwide mobile advertising will rise to $11.35 billion in 2011.
What VCs Says:
Mobile internet is fast emerging as a mainstream information, entertainment and transaction source for people on the move. We see a tremendous opportunity for brands to target segments that traditional media reach less efficiently and help them run truly integrated communication campaigns.” says Frank Boulben, Vodafone’s Director of Strategic marketing & Communication Planning. “We’re working with Amobee in three markets to develop mobile advertising approaches that will deliver revenue for Vodafone whilst ensuring our customers enjoy a richer mobile experience, “
More at:http://www.amobee.com/
Entrepreneur Challenge Launches, Web 2.0 Company to Help Start-Ups Gain Funding
What Company Is Offering:
spigit is a platform that provides professionals the ability to showcase new ideas and innovations and in the process build their professional network. Companies and Entrepreneurs can obtain feedback-contributions-ratings from employees, partners and customers. Through our proprietary simulation they can build and refine an idea, find the right resources to contribute, create buzz, and calculate a multitude of targeted metrics to provide insight into viability and simulate the likelihood of success.
The spigit simulation engine measures and quantifies interactions on social networks. The spigit simulation engine captures dynamic feedback from all participants, tracking hundreds of dynamic events and through a series of algorithms, computes results producing valuable predictions and identifies key social connections to maximize professional and economic gains.
The Entrepreneur Challenge invites entrepreneurs to showcase their start- ups on the website, develop ideas, business plans and leadership teams, and connect with industry leaders and investors worldwide utilizing the spigit platform. Some 1,000 companies registered for the competition and 130 have been chosen at this point to participate on spigit's platform for innovation, which incorporates a market-tested, seven-step process where entrepreneurs build their reputation based on the quality of their ideas and contributions to the ideas of others, earn badges and expert approval, and finally, launch their company on a virtual stock market.
How It Works:
The top six startups will be awarded prizes by industry leaders to help make their dream a reality: Keiretsu Forum SoCal, one of the nation's leading angel investment communities and premier sponsor, will offer the opportunity to present live in front of the forum; Sun Microsystems will supply hardware; Southwest Airlines will provide nationwide air travel; and Mashable, the popular social networking news site, will publish live, on-going coverage of the event and its winners.
The Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneurs is now live at: http://innovation.spigit.com/
"spigit's Entrepreneur Challenge is the first online platform competition that will truly give an insider's view on the funding process. The capabilities of outsiders, insiders and experts to engage in discussion and push one company ahead of another is the true meaning of Web 2.0 technology at work. The opportunity for the participants is not only measurable by their success throughout the competition, but the buzz that is generated from the platform," said Adam Hirsch, Mashable Community & Marketing Director.
More at:http://innovation.spigit.com/
spigit is a platform that provides professionals the ability to showcase new ideas and innovations and in the process build their professional network. Companies and Entrepreneurs can obtain feedback-contributions-ratings from employees, partners and customers. Through our proprietary simulation they can build and refine an idea, find the right resources to contribute, create buzz, and calculate a multitude of targeted metrics to provide insight into viability and simulate the likelihood of success.
The spigit simulation engine measures and quantifies interactions on social networks. The spigit simulation engine captures dynamic feedback from all participants, tracking hundreds of dynamic events and through a series of algorithms, computes results producing valuable predictions and identifies key social connections to maximize professional and economic gains.
The Entrepreneur Challenge invites entrepreneurs to showcase their start- ups on the website, develop ideas, business plans and leadership teams, and connect with industry leaders and investors worldwide utilizing the spigit platform. Some 1,000 companies registered for the competition and 130 have been chosen at this point to participate on spigit's platform for innovation, which incorporates a market-tested, seven-step process where entrepreneurs build their reputation based on the quality of their ideas and contributions to the ideas of others, earn badges and expert approval, and finally, launch their company on a virtual stock market.
How It Works:
The top six startups will be awarded prizes by industry leaders to help make their dream a reality: Keiretsu Forum SoCal, one of the nation's leading angel investment communities and premier sponsor, will offer the opportunity to present live in front of the forum; Sun Microsystems will supply hardware; Southwest Airlines will provide nationwide air travel; and Mashable, the popular social networking news site, will publish live, on-going coverage of the event and its winners.
The Innovation Challenge for Entrepreneurs is now live at: http://innovation.spigit.com/
"spigit's Entrepreneur Challenge is the first online platform competition that will truly give an insider's view on the funding process. The capabilities of outsiders, insiders and experts to engage in discussion and push one company ahead of another is the true meaning of Web 2.0 technology at work. The opportunity for the participants is not only measurable by their success throughout the competition, but the buzz that is generated from the platform," said Adam Hirsch, Mashable Community & Marketing Director.
More at:http://innovation.spigit.com/
Gilt Groupe, a provider of invite-only high-fashion "sample sales" to its members, has raised $5 million in VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
Gilt Groupe is a private online community dedicated to providing its members with access to coveted fashion and luxury lifestyle brands at sample sale prices.
Gilt Groupe hand selects both established and up and coming brands relevant to our membership base.
How It works:
The 'sample sale', a New York phenomenon where consumers line up around the block on a single day to buy top designer items at steep discounts, is now available for the first time online and to shoppers nationally through Gilt Groupe.
Each Gilt Groupe Shopping Event is designer-specific and held over a one day period. The Gilt Groupe production team creates a short video reel to introduce each designer and brand to our membership.
There is no fee associated with joining Gilt Groupe, membership is by invitation only.
For each friend you invite, Gilt Groupe will credit your account with $25.00 after your referral's first purchase.
Working directly with the designer or brand, Gilt Groupe ensures the best product mix and often showcases top end designers who never discount their products or sell online. Membership is by referral, and there is no fee associated with joining Gilt Groupe. The existing membership base hails from all 50 states and since the Company's November launch multiple thousands of members join daily.
How Much They Got From VCs Funding:
Gilt Groupe (www.gilt.com), which brings invitation only 'sample sales' to its national membership, announced that it has secured $5.0 million in financing from top venture capital firm Matrix Partners..
more at:http://www.gilt.com/
Gilt Groupe is a private online community dedicated to providing its members with access to coveted fashion and luxury lifestyle brands at sample sale prices.
Gilt Groupe hand selects both established and up and coming brands relevant to our membership base.
How It works:
The 'sample sale', a New York phenomenon where consumers line up around the block on a single day to buy top designer items at steep discounts, is now available for the first time online and to shoppers nationally through Gilt Groupe.
Each Gilt Groupe Shopping Event is designer-specific and held over a one day period. The Gilt Groupe production team creates a short video reel to introduce each designer and brand to our membership.
There is no fee associated with joining Gilt Groupe, membership is by invitation only.
For each friend you invite, Gilt Groupe will credit your account with $25.00 after your referral's first purchase.
Working directly with the designer or brand, Gilt Groupe ensures the best product mix and often showcases top end designers who never discount their products or sell online. Membership is by referral, and there is no fee associated with joining Gilt Groupe. The existing membership base hails from all 50 states and since the Company's November launch multiple thousands of members join daily.
How Much They Got From VCs Funding:
Gilt Groupe (www.gilt.com), which brings invitation only 'sample sales' to its national membership, announced that it has secured $5.0 million in financing from top venture capital firm Matrix Partners..
more at:http://www.gilt.com/
iotum, a pioneer and leader in voice services for social networks Got VCs Funding
What Company Is Offering:
iotum is a company which empowers conversations by connecting people where, when and how they choose. iotum’s software platform immediately makes people more productive, accessible and in control of their communications.
In other words, iotum is a Voice 2.0 company setting out to shape a world of relevant communications where devices, social networks and web services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with whom they want, when they want and on the device they want. Iotum has been awarded the prestigious CATA Alliance Innovation Award for Emerging Technology Achievement as the best emerging technology company of the year in Canada; was named a DEMOgod at DEMO2006, and was named to the Branham 25 Emerging Companies in Canada as well as to Business 2.0's Next Net 25. iotum and its innovative products, including the iotum Relevance Engine, iotum Talk-Now for Blackberry, and most recently iotum Free Conference Calls for Facebook, have garnered accolades from industry and users alike.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iotum, a pioneer and leader in voice services for social networks, announced today that it has received new investment funding from boutique investment and management consulting firm VERDEXUS. Financial details were not disclosed.
Who Is Backing Them:
VERDEXUS General Partner Randall Howard has joined iotum's Board of Directors and has been appointed Chairman of the Board.Howard, a founding partner of VERDEXUS, brings a global network of senior-level business contacts based on his deep executive experience in international technology markets. As founder, Chairman and CEO of MKS Inc. (www.mks.com) (TSX: MKX), one of Canada's leading enterprise software vendors, he led growth to more than $40 million revenue annually and 350 employees worldwide, including seven acquisitions. From May 2004 to April 2006, Howard served as CEO of VERDEXUS' portfolio company, Software Innovation (www.softinn.com).
Howard's extensive board and advisor experience has included Necho Systems Corp, GoodContacts, Whitehill Technologies, Waterloo Maple Software, Arise Technologies and Nanodesign.
About VCs:
VERDEXUS (www.verdexus.com) is an international, strategic management and financial boutique dedicated to turning great technologies into globally competitive companies. We leverage our extensive management know how, finance partners and international networks to build technology ventures faster and further. Founded in 2001 by international technology entrepreneurs who have founded and built global technology companies, VERDEXUS uses a hands-on investment model that provides seasoned operational executives who turn strategy into execution and build new levels of strategic market value for technology companies.
More at:http://www.iotum.com/
iotum is a company which empowers conversations by connecting people where, when and how they choose. iotum’s software platform immediately makes people more productive, accessible and in control of their communications.
In other words, iotum is a Voice 2.0 company setting out to shape a world of relevant communications where devices, social networks and web services work seamlessly together to let people communicate with whom they want, when they want and on the device they want. Iotum has been awarded the prestigious CATA Alliance Innovation Award for Emerging Technology Achievement as the best emerging technology company of the year in Canada; was named a DEMOgod at DEMO2006, and was named to the Branham 25 Emerging Companies in Canada as well as to Business 2.0's Next Net 25. iotum and its innovative products, including the iotum Relevance Engine, iotum Talk-Now for Blackberry, and most recently iotum Free Conference Calls for Facebook, have garnered accolades from industry and users alike.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iotum, a pioneer and leader in voice services for social networks, announced today that it has received new investment funding from boutique investment and management consulting firm VERDEXUS. Financial details were not disclosed.
Who Is Backing Them:
VERDEXUS General Partner Randall Howard has joined iotum's Board of Directors and has been appointed Chairman of the Board.Howard, a founding partner of VERDEXUS, brings a global network of senior-level business contacts based on his deep executive experience in international technology markets. As founder, Chairman and CEO of MKS Inc. (www.mks.com) (TSX: MKX), one of Canada's leading enterprise software vendors, he led growth to more than $40 million revenue annually and 350 employees worldwide, including seven acquisitions. From May 2004 to April 2006, Howard served as CEO of VERDEXUS' portfolio company, Software Innovation (www.softinn.com).
Howard's extensive board and advisor experience has included Necho Systems Corp, GoodContacts, Whitehill Technologies, Waterloo Maple Software, Arise Technologies and Nanodesign.
About VCs:
VERDEXUS (www.verdexus.com) is an international, strategic management and financial boutique dedicated to turning great technologies into globally competitive companies. We leverage our extensive management know how, finance partners and international networks to build technology ventures faster and further. Founded in 2001 by international technology entrepreneurs who have founded and built global technology companies, VERDEXUS uses a hands-on investment model that provides seasoned operational executives who turn strategy into execution and build new levels of strategic market value for technology companies.
More at:http://www.iotum.com/
Spotzer ,the world's first provider of affordable multi-media video advertising campaigns got Euro 10 million in financing
What Company Is Offering:
Spotzer is the first global advertising agency dedicated to making high quality video advertising fast, affordable and highly targeted.
They offer an online library of creative, ready-to-air commercials produced by industry-leading professionals from around the world.
Spotzer offers local businesses turn-key, multi-media, video advertising campaigns at remarkably low costs. Clients can use advanced search and mapping tools to configure and purchase highly targeted campaigns across television, Web and out-of-home TV networks. Clients also have access to an online library of high-quality, "ready-to-air" video commercials that can be personalized with their unique logos, photos, slogans and other branding materials.
How It Works:
They help you plan and buy spots across multiple advertising media, including television, the web, and narrow cast networks (location specific, out-of-home networks). They use the latest technologies for targeting advertising to limited geographic areas and well defined demographic audiences. This helps you better target your customers and brings efficiency and cost-effectiveness to your video advertising.
Best of all, Spotzer manages your campaign from beginning to end freeing you to focus your time and energy on growing your business.
How Much They Got From VCs Funding:
Spotzer Media Group, BV, the world's first provider of affordable multi-media video advertising campaigns, today announced the closing of Euro 10 million in financing led by Sierra Ventures of Menlo Park, Calif. European Directories, operator of leading yellow page publishers in nine countries, also invested.
What's The Purpose Of Raising Funds:
Spotzer will primarily use the new capital to extend its innovative rich media advertising services into the U.S. market. The company has recently opened offices in New York and California and now plans aggressive build-out of its sales and client services capabilities. Strategic partnerships with a number of major U.S. television, Web and out-of-home TV networks are also under development. The expansion is timed to fully leverage the company's new online advertising platform (www.spotzer.com), which was recently opened to clients globally.
About VCs:
1.Sierra Ventures, founded in 1982, is a privately held venture capital firm focused on investments across all areas of the information technology sector from semiconductors to enterprise software. Sierra Ventures has managed nine venture capital partnerships and currently has more than $1.5 billion of capital under management. Some of the firm's investments include 360Commerce (acquired by Oracle), Active Software (acquired by WebMethods), AmeriGroup (AGP), Authentec (AUTH), Centex (acquired by WorldCom), ConvergeNet (acquired by Dell), FatBrain (acquired by Barnes & Noble), Frontbridge (acquired by Microsoft), Healtheon (merged with WebMD), Interact Commerce (acquired by Sage), Intuit (INTU), Micromuse (acquired by IBM), OnAssignment (ASGN), OnLink (acquired by Siebel), Quinta (acquired by Seagate), StrataCom (acquired by Cisco), Sourcefire (FIRE), Sychip (acquired by Murata Manufacturing) and Teradata (acquired by NCR). More information is available at http://www.sierraventures.com.
2.European Directories (www.europeandirectories.com) is a pan-European directory services group, operating in printed directories, online and mobile searches and directory assistance. It holds the leading market position in the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic and Slovakia and has a strong presence in Sweden, Poland and Gibraltar. The company has approximately 4,500 employees and services over 750,000 advertisers with long established brands including De Telefoongids, Herold, De Gule Sider, Fonecta and Zlat鼯SPAN> StrἯSPAN>nky.
More at:http://www.spotzer.com/
Spotzer is the first global advertising agency dedicated to making high quality video advertising fast, affordable and highly targeted.
They offer an online library of creative, ready-to-air commercials produced by industry-leading professionals from around the world.
Spotzer offers local businesses turn-key, multi-media, video advertising campaigns at remarkably low costs. Clients can use advanced search and mapping tools to configure and purchase highly targeted campaigns across television, Web and out-of-home TV networks. Clients also have access to an online library of high-quality, "ready-to-air" video commercials that can be personalized with their unique logos, photos, slogans and other branding materials.
How It Works:
They help you plan and buy spots across multiple advertising media, including television, the web, and narrow cast networks (location specific, out-of-home networks). They use the latest technologies for targeting advertising to limited geographic areas and well defined demographic audiences. This helps you better target your customers and brings efficiency and cost-effectiveness to your video advertising.
Best of all, Spotzer manages your campaign from beginning to end freeing you to focus your time and energy on growing your business.
How Much They Got From VCs Funding:
Spotzer Media Group, BV, the world's first provider of affordable multi-media video advertising campaigns, today announced the closing of Euro 10 million in financing led by Sierra Ventures of Menlo Park, Calif. European Directories, operator of leading yellow page publishers in nine countries, also invested.
What's The Purpose Of Raising Funds:
Spotzer will primarily use the new capital to extend its innovative rich media advertising services into the U.S. market. The company has recently opened offices in New York and California and now plans aggressive build-out of its sales and client services capabilities. Strategic partnerships with a number of major U.S. television, Web and out-of-home TV networks are also under development. The expansion is timed to fully leverage the company's new online advertising platform (www.spotzer.com), which was recently opened to clients globally.
About VCs:
1.Sierra Ventures, founded in 1982, is a privately held venture capital firm focused on investments across all areas of the information technology sector from semiconductors to enterprise software. Sierra Ventures has managed nine venture capital partnerships and currently has more than $1.5 billion of capital under management. Some of the firm's investments include 360Commerce (acquired by Oracle), Active Software (acquired by WebMethods), AmeriGroup (AGP), Authentec (AUTH), Centex (acquired by WorldCom), ConvergeNet (acquired by Dell), FatBrain (acquired by Barnes & Noble), Frontbridge (acquired by Microsoft), Healtheon (merged with WebMD), Interact Commerce (acquired by Sage), Intuit (INTU), Micromuse (acquired by IBM), OnAssignment (ASGN), OnLink (acquired by Siebel), Quinta (acquired by Seagate), StrataCom (acquired by Cisco), Sourcefire (FIRE), Sychip (acquired by Murata Manufacturing) and Teradata (acquired by NCR). More information is available at http://www.sierraventures.com.
2.European Directories (www.europeandirectories.com) is a pan-European directory services group, operating in printed directories, online and mobile searches and directory assistance. It holds the leading market position in the Netherlands, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Czech Republic and Slovakia and has a strong presence in Sweden, Poland and Gibraltar. The company has approximately 4,500 employees and services over 750,000 advertisers with long established brands including De Telefoongids, Herold, De Gule Sider, Fonecta and Zlat鼯SPAN> StrἯSPAN>nky.
More at:http://www.spotzer.com/
Small Cap Directory ---Investment Made Easy
What Company Is Offering:
Small Cap Directory manages a rich database of over 18,000 publicly-traded companies with market caps under $2 billion, making it the most comprehensive research tool of its kind. Its ground-breaking niche technology meets the research needs of small cap investors and the investor awareness needs of small cap companies. Merging the best elements of search engines with the ease-of-use of directory listings, Small Cap Directory’s innovative approach to stock research dramatically improves the relevance & manageability of small cap searches.
How It Works:
Small Cap Directory help self-directed investors find companies more efficiently than ever before—allowing searches by name, symbol, keyword, industry, market cap, exchange & even location—it also leverages the exciting potential of collaborative social technologies to track popular searches by other investors, expanding search horizons and leading site users to interesting, if unexpected, discoveries.
As a self-directed investor using Small Cap Directory, you won’t get 8,678,431 results for your search term—an all-too-familiar & frustrating deficiency that plagues traditional search engines. You will get a concise list of publicly-traded small caps that match your search criteria. And from this manageable and relevant list, you will have one-click access to important company profile information, including corporate & IR contacts, as well as financials, SEC filings & news. For companies with premium listings in our directory, you will also get (where available) a calendar of events, investor kits, other supporting investor documentation, audio & video podcasts, webcasts, etc.
More at:http://www.smallcapdirectory.com/
Small Cap Directory manages a rich database of over 18,000 publicly-traded companies with market caps under $2 billion, making it the most comprehensive research tool of its kind. Its ground-breaking niche technology meets the research needs of small cap investors and the investor awareness needs of small cap companies. Merging the best elements of search engines with the ease-of-use of directory listings, Small Cap Directory’s innovative approach to stock research dramatically improves the relevance & manageability of small cap searches.
How It Works:
Small Cap Directory help self-directed investors find companies more efficiently than ever before—allowing searches by name, symbol, keyword, industry, market cap, exchange & even location—it also leverages the exciting potential of collaborative social technologies to track popular searches by other investors, expanding search horizons and leading site users to interesting, if unexpected, discoveries.
As a self-directed investor using Small Cap Directory, you won’t get 8,678,431 results for your search term—an all-too-familiar & frustrating deficiency that plagues traditional search engines. You will get a concise list of publicly-traded small caps that match your search criteria. And from this manageable and relevant list, you will have one-click access to important company profile information, including corporate & IR contacts, as well as financials, SEC filings & news. For companies with premium listings in our directory, you will also get (where available) a calendar of events, investor kits, other supporting investor documentation, audio & video podcasts, webcasts, etc.
More at:http://www.smallcapdirectory.com/
ihound--- Your Device Tracker For Getting Your Digital Life Back
What Company Is Offering:
ihound™ is revolutionary software that helps protect your devices by alerting you when your USB digital device is connected to another individual's computer.
How It Works:
ihound™ Software will alert you via email as soon as someone else tries to connect your device to a computer.Once your device has been located, you can print a report for the authorities that contains your device's information as well as the location where your device has been tracked.You will know where your device is at all times via ihound™ Software's "Device Tracker". See your device's location on a map and "Get your digital life back". ihound™ Software works on most USB devices that you need to connect to your computer to update. i.e. MP3 players, Flash Cards, Jump Drives, Phones, iPods.
More at:http://www.ihoundsoftware.com/
ihound™ is revolutionary software that helps protect your devices by alerting you when your USB digital device is connected to another individual's computer.
How It Works:
ihound™ Software will alert you via email as soon as someone else tries to connect your device to a computer.Once your device has been located, you can print a report for the authorities that contains your device's information as well as the location where your device has been tracked.You will know where your device is at all times via ihound™ Software's "Device Tracker". See your device's location on a map and "Get your digital life back". ihound™ Software works on most USB devices that you need to connect to your computer to update. i.e. MP3 players, Flash Cards, Jump Drives, Phones, iPods.
More at:http://www.ihoundsoftware.com/
Product Clash offers products at low prices
What Company Is Offering:
Product Clash offers products at low prices. Comparison shopping has never been such good value for products. Now you can clash and compare your best consumer products for low price offers. Product Clash features cheap cameras, cheap cell phones, cheap computers, cool gadgets, cheap home entertainment, cheap peripherals and portable media comparison clashes! Clashing is fun for movies, music, games and DVDs.
How It Works:
A purchasing decision is based on three main criteria: The influential power of other people, the emotional connection to the brand or product category, and the underlying rational need for a product or a service. ProductClash addresses the first two of these dimensions, by adding social prioritization to the information overload on the internet. People can vote between cell phones, computers, cameras, gadgets, and more. Meanwhile, you can see all the specifications of each product so you can compare. If you have your own clash, you can submit it for others to vote on them.
More at:http://www.productclash.com/
Product Clash offers products at low prices. Comparison shopping has never been such good value for products. Now you can clash and compare your best consumer products for low price offers. Product Clash features cheap cameras, cheap cell phones, cheap computers, cool gadgets, cheap home entertainment, cheap peripherals and portable media comparison clashes! Clashing is fun for movies, music, games and DVDs.
How It Works:
A purchasing decision is based on three main criteria: The influential power of other people, the emotional connection to the brand or product category, and the underlying rational need for a product or a service. ProductClash addresses the first two of these dimensions, by adding social prioritization to the information overload on the internet. People can vote between cell phones, computers, cameras, gadgets, and more. Meanwhile, you can see all the specifications of each product so you can compare. If you have your own clash, you can submit it for others to vote on them.
More at:http://www.productclash.com/
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