What Company Is Offering:
Kickfire provides the first high-performance, easy-to-use open source database appliance for the burgeoning MySQL market. Based on a patented SQL chip that packs the power of tens of CPUs into an exceptionally small, low-power form factor Kickfire delivers a quantum leap in performance efficiency -- avoiding the hardware build out, power, and space costs of today's data warehouse and database offerings. By delivering astoundingly fast query performance out of the box, Kickfire enables organizations to use MySQL for demanding business intelligence, reporting, and analysis rather than migrating to costly, non-open source alternatives. Kickfire appliances scale from gigabytes to terabytes and are based on commodity hardware and Linux.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Kickfire(TM), Inc. today announced that it has closed Series B financing. Pinnacle Ventures led the round and Series A investors Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, and The Mayfield Fund reinvested. The capital will be used to build out the sales, marketing and customer operations infrastructure to bring the Kickfire appliance to market.
Kickfire developed the first MySQL appliance to capitalize on the analysis and reporting needs of the more than 11 million active MySQL installations that are struggling to support explosive data volumes. In a July 2008 report titled Market Update: Open Source Databases, Forrester Research estimates the size of the open source database market including software licensing, technical support, and services will reach $1.2 billion by 2010. Noel Yuhanna, principal analyst states "More enterprises are deploying open source databases than ever before, with many planning mission-critical deployments in the coming years.
More at;http://www.kickfire.com
Thursday, July 31, 2008
myYearbook.com has secured a $13 million Series B
About Company:
myYearbook.com is the third largest social network in the United States, according to Hitwise, a competitive intelligence service. myYearbook has grown from a single high school to more than 10 million unique visitors and 2 billion page views per month. The average myYearbook member visits the site eight times per month and spends 30 minutes per visit, making myYearbook one of the most engaging social media destinations on the Internet.
How Much They Got From VCs:
myYearbook.com, one of the most popular social media destinations on the Internet, announced today that it has secured a $13 million Series B investment by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) with participation from existing investors, US Venture Partners and First Round Capital. myYearbook will use the funds to develop new services for its members and continue to drive revenue. Sergio Monsalve from Norwest Venture Partners will join the Board of Directors.
According to Comscore’s June report, myYearbook is now the leading online community for teens as measured by time spent and visits. myYearbook is also the fastest growing US social networking site and is the third largest in the US, according to Hitwise. The company has raised $18.6 million to date.
More at:www.myYearbook.com
myYearbook.com is the third largest social network in the United States, according to Hitwise, a competitive intelligence service. myYearbook has grown from a single high school to more than 10 million unique visitors and 2 billion page views per month. The average myYearbook member visits the site eight times per month and spends 30 minutes per visit, making myYearbook one of the most engaging social media destinations on the Internet.
How Much They Got From VCs:
myYearbook.com, one of the most popular social media destinations on the Internet, announced today that it has secured a $13 million Series B investment by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) with participation from existing investors, US Venture Partners and First Round Capital. myYearbook will use the funds to develop new services for its members and continue to drive revenue. Sergio Monsalve from Norwest Venture Partners will join the Board of Directors.
According to Comscore’s June report, myYearbook is now the leading online community for teens as measured by time spent and visits. myYearbook is also the fastest growing US social networking site and is the third largest in the US, according to Hitwise. The company has raised $18.6 million to date.
More at:www.myYearbook.com
Crescendo Networks, Ltd., the recognized performance leader in accelerating and optimizing Web applications has secured $9.5 million
What Company Is Offering:
Crescendo Networks is the recognized performance leader for accelerating and optimizing the delivery of business-critical, web-enabled applications. The company’s unique multi-tier application architecture dramatically improves the operation of today's demanding application infrastructure. The world’s largest corporations and fastest growing web properties rely on Crescendo for the application performance and efficiency needed to ensure usability, facilitate rapid business growth, lower IT costs and capture additional revenue.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Crescendo Networks, Ltd., the recognized performance leader in accelerating and optimizing Web applications, today announced the company has secured $9.5 million in its third round of major funding, bringing its total amount raised to $36.2 million. The Challenge Fund – Etgar II L.P. participated in the current financing and joined current investors, Evergreen Venture Partners, Apax Partners, Magma Venture Partners, StageOne Ventures and Convergent Capital. In these tough economic times, Crescendo Networks is one of a very few companies to receive additional venture capital financing from new investors, illustrating its strength in the market place.
More at:www.crescendonetworks.com
Crescendo Networks is the recognized performance leader for accelerating and optimizing the delivery of business-critical, web-enabled applications. The company’s unique multi-tier application architecture dramatically improves the operation of today's demanding application infrastructure. The world’s largest corporations and fastest growing web properties rely on Crescendo for the application performance and efficiency needed to ensure usability, facilitate rapid business growth, lower IT costs and capture additional revenue.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Crescendo Networks, Ltd., the recognized performance leader in accelerating and optimizing Web applications, today announced the company has secured $9.5 million in its third round of major funding, bringing its total amount raised to $36.2 million. The Challenge Fund – Etgar II L.P. participated in the current financing and joined current investors, Evergreen Venture Partners, Apax Partners, Magma Venture Partners, StageOne Ventures and Convergent Capital. In these tough economic times, Crescendo Networks is one of a very few companies to receive additional venture capital financing from new investors, illustrating its strength in the market place.
More at:www.crescendonetworks.com
Derivix is a financial services software company that provides institutional-strength, broker-neutral options pricing and analytics solutions
What Company Is Offering:
Derivix is a financial services software company that provides institutional-strength, broker-neutral options pricing and analytics solutions to the industry’s leading options traders and hedge funds. Derivix sets the new standard in analytics systems offering customers the quality and powerful tools they need to keep ahead of the electronic trading revolution.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Derivix, a broker-neutral provider of institutional-strength options pricing and analytics solutions to the industry’s leading options traders, announced today that it has received Series A funding from leading Wall Street firms Goldman Sachs and Susquehanna Growth Equity, LLLP (SGE).
Derivix provides its customers with a competitive edge in the markets with best-of-breed, next-generation tools that offer advanced real-time options analytics and pricing, risk management and broker-neutral access to their customers’ choice of execution provider. Derivix’s intimate knowledge of the options world ensures that its clients remain competitive in today’s constantly changing electronic marketplace. This round of funding, representing a minority stake in the company, will allow Derivix to power continued product innovation, drive new customer acquisition, expand its sales team and presence in the New York and Chicago markets and rise to the overwhelming market demand for its high-end options trading solutions.
More at:www.derivix.com
Derivix is a financial services software company that provides institutional-strength, broker-neutral options pricing and analytics solutions to the industry’s leading options traders and hedge funds. Derivix sets the new standard in analytics systems offering customers the quality and powerful tools they need to keep ahead of the electronic trading revolution.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Derivix, a broker-neutral provider of institutional-strength options pricing and analytics solutions to the industry’s leading options traders, announced today that it has received Series A funding from leading Wall Street firms Goldman Sachs and Susquehanna Growth Equity, LLLP (SGE).
Derivix provides its customers with a competitive edge in the markets with best-of-breed, next-generation tools that offer advanced real-time options analytics and pricing, risk management and broker-neutral access to their customers’ choice of execution provider. Derivix’s intimate knowledge of the options world ensures that its clients remain competitive in today’s constantly changing electronic marketplace. This round of funding, representing a minority stake in the company, will allow Derivix to power continued product innovation, drive new customer acquisition, expand its sales team and presence in the New York and Chicago markets and rise to the overwhelming market demand for its high-end options trading solutions.
More at:www.derivix.com
Beacon Street Girls -- is dedicated to quality parent-approved literature, media, and gifts for preteen girls who are between toys and boys
What Company Is Offering:
Beacon Street Girls -- is dedicated to quality parent-approved literature, media, and gifts for preteen girls who are between toys and boysTM. Shaped by experts in adolescent development and current research on how to positively impact girls' self-esteem, the award-winning Beacon Street Girls book series is committed to the health and well-being of tween girls.
They want girls to believe in themselves, no matter what their challenges. They provide girls, especially those ages 9 to 13, with positive role models and empowering messages. They give them a look at a wide range of life experiences, supplying them with problem-solving tools that they can apply to their own lives. And they do it in a fun and entertaining way that makes girls want to come back again and again.
More at:http://www.beaconstreetgirls.com/
Beacon Street Girls -- is dedicated to quality parent-approved literature, media, and gifts for preteen girls who are between toys and boysTM. Shaped by experts in adolescent development and current research on how to positively impact girls' self-esteem, the award-winning Beacon Street Girls book series is committed to the health and well-being of tween girls.
They want girls to believe in themselves, no matter what their challenges. They provide girls, especially those ages 9 to 13, with positive role models and empowering messages. They give them a look at a wide range of life experiences, supplying them with problem-solving tools that they can apply to their own lives. And they do it in a fun and entertaining way that makes girls want to come back again and again.
More at:http://www.beaconstreetgirls.com/
Sometrics is pioneering social intelligence
What Company Is Offering:
Sometrics is pioneering social intelligence - combining deep, relevant social analytics with precision-targeted ad serving/social branding capabilities to help developers and brands monetize the social web.
Sometrics is the first to tailor its analytics and ad serving solutions to focus on social networking platforms and applications. It provides the most relevant and effective audience analysis available, helping developers and brands better understand who's doing what within the major social networking communities and ultra-targeted niche sites.
The result is precision-targeted advertising within the massive playground that is the social web - a world that's been frustratingly hard to quantify and monetize until now.
More at:http://www.sometrics.com/
Sometrics is pioneering social intelligence - combining deep, relevant social analytics with precision-targeted ad serving/social branding capabilities to help developers and brands monetize the social web.
Sometrics is the first to tailor its analytics and ad serving solutions to focus on social networking platforms and applications. It provides the most relevant and effective audience analysis available, helping developers and brands better understand who's doing what within the major social networking communities and ultra-targeted niche sites.
The result is precision-targeted advertising within the massive playground that is the social web - a world that's been frustratingly hard to quantify and monetize until now.
More at:http://www.sometrics.com/
Kiobo helps users enrich their browsing experience by making browsing a more social activity
What Company Is Offering:
Kiobo helps users enrich their browsing experience by making browsing a more social activity. They enable users to explore and leverage their social graph's browsing behavior. Users can effortlessly find not only new sites relevant to their interest but also people with similar browsing behavior.
How It Works:
Once you download the toolbar, Kiobo's algorithms will analyze your browsing behavior and make recommendations based on where other people (particularly your friends) of similar interest like to browse. They will also show you people who have similar browsing behavior and allow you follow their browsing by enabling you to become their fan.
At any given time, you can see a real time view of what tags and sites are popular on Kiobo. You can see how many people and who is browsing those sites. You may also explore and learn more about those people and about the topics which they are browsing. Think of it as Alexa.com on steroids. You can also see what some of the upcoming sites are a sort of advance peek into sites becoming newly popular.
More at:http://kiobo.com/
Kiobo helps users enrich their browsing experience by making browsing a more social activity. They enable users to explore and leverage their social graph's browsing behavior. Users can effortlessly find not only new sites relevant to their interest but also people with similar browsing behavior.
How It Works:
Once you download the toolbar, Kiobo's algorithms will analyze your browsing behavior and make recommendations based on where other people (particularly your friends) of similar interest like to browse. They will also show you people who have similar browsing behavior and allow you follow their browsing by enabling you to become their fan.
At any given time, you can see a real time view of what tags and sites are popular on Kiobo. You can see how many people and who is browsing those sites. You may also explore and learn more about those people and about the topics which they are browsing. Think of it as Alexa.com on steroids. You can also see what some of the upcoming sites are a sort of advance peek into sites becoming newly popular.
More at:http://kiobo.com/
Tatango allows any group to collect, manage and message all of their group members both from a computer and mobile phone
What Company Is Offering:
Tatango allows any group to collect, manage and message all of their group members both from a computer and mobile phone. Tatango was born from the promise of giving groups the ability to stay connected anytime, anywhere. The Tatango service doesn’t require a special phone or its users to download software to use the service. The service is ad-supported and completely free, Tatango places 30-character text ads at the bottom of group messages, costing you no more than a standard text message to receive a group alert.
Unique Features:
Send up to 100 email invites through Tatango to build your group, or share your group's join page using your own email client.
Assure your members that the only messages they will receive are going to be coming from you when they join your Tatango group.
Group members can remove themselves from a group by simply texting the word STOP to 68398 – they are automatically removed from that group.
Go to the “my account” section, and select the group you would like to delete. Keep in mind that this action is permanent and the group and all it’s contacts will be deleted forever.
More at:http://tatango.com/
Tatango allows any group to collect, manage and message all of their group members both from a computer and mobile phone. Tatango was born from the promise of giving groups the ability to stay connected anytime, anywhere. The Tatango service doesn’t require a special phone or its users to download software to use the service. The service is ad-supported and completely free, Tatango places 30-character text ads at the bottom of group messages, costing you no more than a standard text message to receive a group alert.
Unique Features:
Send up to 100 email invites through Tatango to build your group, or share your group's join page using your own email client.
Assure your members that the only messages they will receive are going to be coming from you when they join your Tatango group.
Group members can remove themselves from a group by simply texting the word STOP to 68398 – they are automatically removed from that group.
Go to the “my account” section, and select the group you would like to delete. Keep in mind that this action is permanent and the group and all it’s contacts will be deleted forever.
More at:http://tatango.com/
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
iContract delivers solutions for managing contracts that are faster, easier and less expensive to implement
What Company Is Offering:
iContract delivers solutions for managing contracts that are faster, easier and less expensive to implement.Powered by a Simplified Common User Interface (SCUI) that makes every user an "expert" by learning just two simple, reusable views and is backed by highly evolved data architecture built by technologists with considerable and unique experience in building contract management solutions for the Life Sciences industry. This deep understanding and straightforward approach shows in everything they do. IContracts comprehensive suite of solutions manages all aspects of a Life Science company's chargeback, rebate and Medicaid processes as well as other incentive agreements and Government Pricing compliance at all levels.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Edison Venture Fund announced a $4 million investment in iContracts based in Three Bridges, NJ. The proceeds will be used to expand development, marketing and sales.
The contract management solutions are designed for the unique requirements of Life Sciences manufacturers and distributors. The comprehensive suite of fully integrated solutions manages chargeback, rebate and Medicaid processes. iContract also complies with government pricing regulations and incentive agreements.
John Martinson, Managing Partner, and two Edison Director Network members, serve on iContract's Board of Directors. Flint Lane is the CEO of another Edison success, Billtrust. Rob LeClair is a pharma contract expert and CFO of Octagon Research, the leader in FDA submissions. Rob Finn, Associate conducted Edison's due diligence.
More at:www.icontracts.com
iContract delivers solutions for managing contracts that are faster, easier and less expensive to implement.Powered by a Simplified Common User Interface (SCUI) that makes every user an "expert" by learning just two simple, reusable views and is backed by highly evolved data architecture built by technologists with considerable and unique experience in building contract management solutions for the Life Sciences industry. This deep understanding and straightforward approach shows in everything they do. IContracts comprehensive suite of solutions manages all aspects of a Life Science company's chargeback, rebate and Medicaid processes as well as other incentive agreements and Government Pricing compliance at all levels.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Edison Venture Fund announced a $4 million investment in iContracts based in Three Bridges, NJ. The proceeds will be used to expand development, marketing and sales.
The contract management solutions are designed for the unique requirements of Life Sciences manufacturers and distributors. The comprehensive suite of fully integrated solutions manages chargeback, rebate and Medicaid processes. iContract also complies with government pricing regulations and incentive agreements.
John Martinson, Managing Partner, and two Edison Director Network members, serve on iContract's Board of Directors. Flint Lane is the CEO of another Edison success, Billtrust. Rob LeClair is a pharma contract expert and CFO of Octagon Research, the leader in FDA submissions. Rob Finn, Associate conducted Edison's due diligence.
More at:www.icontracts.com
Cequint provides technology that enables wireless carriers to offer enhanced Caller ID services
What Company Is Offering:
Cequint provides technology that enables wireless carriers to offer enhanced Caller ID services. The company's City ID product is a patent-protected Caller ID feature that automatically displays the city and state beneath the number of every wireless call received.City ID covers over 20,000 cities in North America, including suburbs and even neighborhoods within larger metropolitan areas. City ID represents the first enhancement in wireless Caller ID technology in nearly a decade and is realizing enormous pent up demand from carriers, manufacturers, and end customers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Cequint Inc., a Seattle-based developer of caller ID technology for mobile phones, has expanded its Series B round to a total of $7.1 million, according to a regulatory filing. iSherpa Capital led the deal, and was joined by return backer Benaroya Capital.
More at:www.cequint.com
Cequint provides technology that enables wireless carriers to offer enhanced Caller ID services. The company's City ID product is a patent-protected Caller ID feature that automatically displays the city and state beneath the number of every wireless call received.City ID covers over 20,000 cities in North America, including suburbs and even neighborhoods within larger metropolitan areas. City ID represents the first enhancement in wireless Caller ID technology in nearly a decade and is realizing enormous pent up demand from carriers, manufacturers, and end customers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Cequint Inc., a Seattle-based developer of caller ID technology for mobile phones, has expanded its Series B round to a total of $7.1 million, according to a regulatory filing. iSherpa Capital led the deal, and was joined by return backer Benaroya Capital.
More at:www.cequint.com
MeetUp Inc., the New York-based "Web meets world" company, has raised $7.5 million
What Company Is Offering:
Meetup is the world's largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 2,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities.
Meetup's mission is to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize. Meetup believes that people can change their personal world, or the whole world, by organizing themselves into groups that are powerful enough to make a difference.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MeetUp Inc., the New York-based "Web meets world" company, has raised $7.5 million in Series D funding. The round had been announced earlier this month, but without a dollar amount. Union Square Ventures led the round, while other shareholders include Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Omidyar Network.
More at:www.meetup.com
Meetup is the world's largest network of local groups. Meetup makes it easy for anyone to organize a local group or find one of the thousands already meeting up face-to-face. More than 2,000 groups get together in local communities each day, each one with the goal of improving themselves or their communities.
Meetup's mission is to revitalize local community and help people around the world self-organize. Meetup believes that people can change their personal world, or the whole world, by organizing themselves into groups that are powerful enough to make a difference.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MeetUp Inc., the New York-based "Web meets world" company, has raised $7.5 million in Series D funding. The round had been announced earlier this month, but without a dollar amount. Union Square Ventures led the round, while other shareholders include Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Omidyar Network.
More at:www.meetup.com
SpectraGenics Inc is developer of OTC consumer cosmetic medical devices, has called down around $30 million of a $37 million
What Company Is Offering:
SpectraGenics, a leader in light-based therapeutic beauty devices, gives men and women the freedom to incorporate clinically-proven aesthetic technologies into their personal care regimen with out the inconvenience and investment associated with professional treatments.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SpectraGenics Inc., a Pleasanton, Calif.-based developer of OTC consumer cosmetic medical devices, has called down around $30 million of a $37 million Series E round, according to a regulatory filing. Aisling Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers like De Novo Ventures, Technology Partners, GVC (Japan) and Vivo Ventures.
More at:www.spectragenics.com
SpectraGenics, a leader in light-based therapeutic beauty devices, gives men and women the freedom to incorporate clinically-proven aesthetic technologies into their personal care regimen with out the inconvenience and investment associated with professional treatments.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SpectraGenics Inc., a Pleasanton, Calif.-based developer of OTC consumer cosmetic medical devices, has called down around $30 million of a $37 million Series E round, according to a regulatory filing. Aisling Capital led the round, and was joined by return backers like De Novo Ventures, Technology Partners, GVC (Japan) and Vivo Ventures.
More at:www.spectragenics.com
HourTown is the most intelligent way for small business owners to schedule their customers and market their services online
What Company Is Offering:
HourTown is the most intelligent way for small business owners to schedule their customers and market their services online.
HourTown makes it easy for new and existing customers to connect with your business and schedule an appointment online. It helps manage your schedule, markets your services and notifies you when someone schedules an appointment. There's nothing to install and it works on any computer.
How It Works:
HourTown Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based maker of online scheduling software for small business owners, has secured $450,000 of a $1 million Series A round led by Baseline Ventures, according to a regulatory filing.
More at:www.hourtown.com
HourTown is the most intelligent way for small business owners to schedule their customers and market their services online.
HourTown makes it easy for new and existing customers to connect with your business and schedule an appointment online. It helps manage your schedule, markets your services and notifies you when someone schedules an appointment. There's nothing to install and it works on any computer.
How It Works:
HourTown Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based maker of online scheduling software for small business owners, has secured $450,000 of a $1 million Series A round led by Baseline Ventures, according to a regulatory filing.
More at:www.hourtown.com
Deposco offers next-generation supply chain solutions to manufacturers, distributors, retailers
What Company Is Offering:
Deposco offers next-generation supply chain solutions to manufacturers, distributors, retailers and 3PL’s. Past supply chain solutions were limiting due to their expense, closed architecture, lack of mobility, and inability to share with partners. Our SaaS delivery model, rapid implementation and easy customization drive quick ROI with minimal up-front investment.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Deposco, the industry’s leading authority on next-generation supply chain solutions for manufacturers, distributors, retailers and third party logistics providers, today announced the completion of a strategic investment with the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund. This marks the first strategic investment for the rapidly growing supply chain solutions provider.
“We are pleased to have UPS, one of the most influential logistics solutions providers in the world, as an investor,” said Chris Clark, Chief Executive Officer and President of Deposco. “Their knowledge and operational experience in logistics and supply chain management will greatly enhance Deposco’s ability to deliver superior technology to the supply chain solutions marketplace.”
More at:www.deposco.com
Deposco offers next-generation supply chain solutions to manufacturers, distributors, retailers and 3PL’s. Past supply chain solutions were limiting due to their expense, closed architecture, lack of mobility, and inability to share with partners. Our SaaS delivery model, rapid implementation and easy customization drive quick ROI with minimal up-front investment.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Deposco, the industry’s leading authority on next-generation supply chain solutions for manufacturers, distributors, retailers and third party logistics providers, today announced the completion of a strategic investment with the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund. This marks the first strategic investment for the rapidly growing supply chain solutions provider.
“We are pleased to have UPS, one of the most influential logistics solutions providers in the world, as an investor,” said Chris Clark, Chief Executive Officer and President of Deposco. “Their knowledge and operational experience in logistics and supply chain management will greatly enhance Deposco’s ability to deliver superior technology to the supply chain solutions marketplace.”
More at:www.deposco.com
Searchandise Commerce provides the first eCommerce ad network for product manufacturers
What Company Is Offering:
Searchandise Commerce provides the first eCommerce ad network for product manufacturers. The company offers an innovative service leveraging paid search tactics combined with in-store merchandising practices for application against eCommerce efforts. SearchNet, the company’s network of retail and comparison shopping sites, offers manufacturers the opportunity to use CPC bids to heighten their position within search results and product listings across the network, and provides retailers the opportunity to merchandise, monetize and maximize their eTail efforts through HitList. At both ends of the spectrum, Searchandise Commerce’s services are designed to engage prospects at the point of purchase to increase revenue and sales.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Guidester, Inc. today announced its re-launch as Searchandise Commerce, shifting the company’s focus from navigational tools to search-based merchandising services. The company has added to its executive team with key appointments from ATG and Google and secured $7.5 million in Series C funding. The round was led by new investor Cloquet Capital Partners, LLC with participation from existing investors DFJ Gotham, Wheatley Partners, Milestone Venture Partners, Inflection Point Ventures and Tim Draper. The Series C funds will be used to expand sales, marketing and general growth initiatives.
Searchandise Commerce combines best practices from paid search and in-store merchandising. For manufacturers, Searchandise Commerce provides an innovative service for leveraging cost-per-click (CPC) marketing to affect placement on search results, product showcases and product listings across SearchNetTM, the company’s network of leading retailers and comparison shopping engines including PriceGrabber, Become.com and Buy.com. The service has been developed to provide manufacturers with the tools to manage reach, rank and revenue through familiar paid search tactics and like any point-of-purchase effort, participation gives manufacturers a tool to impact buyers when they are in active buying mode.
More at: http://www.searchandise.net
Searchandise Commerce provides the first eCommerce ad network for product manufacturers. The company offers an innovative service leveraging paid search tactics combined with in-store merchandising practices for application against eCommerce efforts. SearchNet, the company’s network of retail and comparison shopping sites, offers manufacturers the opportunity to use CPC bids to heighten their position within search results and product listings across the network, and provides retailers the opportunity to merchandise, monetize and maximize their eTail efforts through HitList. At both ends of the spectrum, Searchandise Commerce’s services are designed to engage prospects at the point of purchase to increase revenue and sales.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Guidester, Inc. today announced its re-launch as Searchandise Commerce, shifting the company’s focus from navigational tools to search-based merchandising services. The company has added to its executive team with key appointments from ATG and Google and secured $7.5 million in Series C funding. The round was led by new investor Cloquet Capital Partners, LLC with participation from existing investors DFJ Gotham, Wheatley Partners, Milestone Venture Partners, Inflection Point Ventures and Tim Draper. The Series C funds will be used to expand sales, marketing and general growth initiatives.
Searchandise Commerce combines best practices from paid search and in-store merchandising. For manufacturers, Searchandise Commerce provides an innovative service for leveraging cost-per-click (CPC) marketing to affect placement on search results, product showcases and product listings across SearchNetTM, the company’s network of leading retailers and comparison shopping engines including PriceGrabber, Become.com and Buy.com. The service has been developed to provide manufacturers with the tools to manage reach, rank and revenue through familiar paid search tactics and like any point-of-purchase effort, participation gives manufacturers a tool to impact buyers when they are in active buying mode.
More at: http://www.searchandise.net
Heatwave Interactive is an entertainment production company has received a $7.5 million series “A” investment
About Company:
Heatwave Interactive is an entertainment production company developing original and licensed games that crossover to film and television. Staffed by veterans from multiple media industries, Heatwave’s team members are credited with over 50 commercial video games including Wing Commander (series), Battlefield 2 (series), Ultima Online (series), Star Wars (various), Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, and Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa. Supporting the Central Studio is a Board of Advisors, including Jason Bell, CEO of Chrysalis Games, formerly of Turbine, Atari, EA, and Kesmai; Ann E. Kronen, formerly of Atari, Humongous Entertainment, Disney, Phillips, and Broderbund Software; and Charles J. Weber, CEO of Weber Communications, formerly of LucasFilm Ltd.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Heatwave Interactive announced that it has received a $7.5 million series “A” investment from Syncom Venture Partners for the initial funding of “Central Studio” which will develop new and licensed Video Game IP for exploitation across multiple media channels.
“Heatwave’s Central Studio has assembled veteran talent from the interactive games, film, television and music industries to create a production studio with a unique business approach,” said Anthony Castoro, Heatwave’s President and Chief Creative Officer. “Games are a powerful platform for creating mainstream brands and IP, however the game industry is notorious for missed deadlines, excessive ‘crunch,’ and formulaic licensed games. Heatwave has taken lessons from game industry veterans as well as seasoned professionals from other media sectors to create a new model that is more disciplined and provides a more productive creative environment. The result is an entity that will generate successful new game IP that will easily crossover to other media formats.”
Heatwave’s innovative business model is designed to minimize the risks traditionally associated with developing new entertainment properties. “We internally fund the development of new concepts and screen them through an exhaustive evaluation process,” explained Donn Clendenon, CEO of Heatwave. “Once a concept makes it through this process, Heatwave raises development funds, partners with talented developers and leverages strategic relationships to bring our products to market. This model enables designers and artists to be creative and innovative while at the same time reducing the risk for investors, publishers and strategic partners.”
More at:www.heatwaveinteractive.com
Heatwave Interactive is an entertainment production company developing original and licensed games that crossover to film and television. Staffed by veterans from multiple media industries, Heatwave’s team members are credited with over 50 commercial video games including Wing Commander (series), Battlefield 2 (series), Ultima Online (series), Star Wars (various), Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar, and Richard Garriott’s Tabula Rasa. Supporting the Central Studio is a Board of Advisors, including Jason Bell, CEO of Chrysalis Games, formerly of Turbine, Atari, EA, and Kesmai; Ann E. Kronen, formerly of Atari, Humongous Entertainment, Disney, Phillips, and Broderbund Software; and Charles J. Weber, CEO of Weber Communications, formerly of LucasFilm Ltd.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Heatwave Interactive announced that it has received a $7.5 million series “A” investment from Syncom Venture Partners for the initial funding of “Central Studio” which will develop new and licensed Video Game IP for exploitation across multiple media channels.
“Heatwave’s Central Studio has assembled veteran talent from the interactive games, film, television and music industries to create a production studio with a unique business approach,” said Anthony Castoro, Heatwave’s President and Chief Creative Officer. “Games are a powerful platform for creating mainstream brands and IP, however the game industry is notorious for missed deadlines, excessive ‘crunch,’ and formulaic licensed games. Heatwave has taken lessons from game industry veterans as well as seasoned professionals from other media sectors to create a new model that is more disciplined and provides a more productive creative environment. The result is an entity that will generate successful new game IP that will easily crossover to other media formats.”
Heatwave’s innovative business model is designed to minimize the risks traditionally associated with developing new entertainment properties. “We internally fund the development of new concepts and screen them through an exhaustive evaluation process,” explained Donn Clendenon, CEO of Heatwave. “Once a concept makes it through this process, Heatwave raises development funds, partners with talented developers and leverages strategic relationships to bring our products to market. This model enables designers and artists to be creative and innovative while at the same time reducing the risk for investors, publishers and strategic partners.”
More at:www.heatwaveinteractive.com
Allvoices is global media destination that provides multiple perspectives around news and events
What Company Is Offering:
Allvoices is global media destination that provides multiple perspectives around news and events. The website content ranges from first hand accounts, local news, global news, blogs, to user generated videos and images. We encourage people to contribute and share from anywhere around the world using cell phones and computers to create news and to participate in existing news by sharing views, articles, images and videos. Allvoices provides the tools to let people on the ground create and break the news and to share their story with the rest of the world. We want the global community to share and have real discussions with the rest of the world. Allvoices makes local news and events global by enabling a global community.
How It Works:
To contribute on allvoices you have to register on the site. The registration process is fairly simple. You can sign up for allvoices by going to the Login page and clicking on the "Click here to register" link. You will be asked to enter some basic information and you will then be able to sign up and start contributing to allvoices. You can also register on the event page itself, by starting to contribute, you will be automatically prompted to register before you start contributing.
Contributions are defined by the following actions - contribution or submission of breaking news (from computer or cell phone), sharing videos, news URLs, images, perspectives, asking a question, answering a question, commenting, user profile, and sharing content with a friend via email or sms. All contributions require you to create an account with allvoices. If you are contributing from a cell phone for the first time, allvoices will accept your submission without registering, but you will later need to register with allvoices.
More at:http://www.allvoices.com/
Allvoices is global media destination that provides multiple perspectives around news and events. The website content ranges from first hand accounts, local news, global news, blogs, to user generated videos and images. We encourage people to contribute and share from anywhere around the world using cell phones and computers to create news and to participate in existing news by sharing views, articles, images and videos. Allvoices provides the tools to let people on the ground create and break the news and to share their story with the rest of the world. We want the global community to share and have real discussions with the rest of the world. Allvoices makes local news and events global by enabling a global community.
How It Works:
To contribute on allvoices you have to register on the site. The registration process is fairly simple. You can sign up for allvoices by going to the Login page and clicking on the "Click here to register" link. You will be asked to enter some basic information and you will then be able to sign up and start contributing to allvoices. You can also register on the event page itself, by starting to contribute, you will be automatically prompted to register before you start contributing.
Contributions are defined by the following actions - contribution or submission of breaking news (from computer or cell phone), sharing videos, news URLs, images, perspectives, asking a question, answering a question, commenting, user profile, and sharing content with a friend via email or sms. All contributions require you to create an account with allvoices. If you are contributing from a cell phone for the first time, allvoices will accept your submission without registering, but you will later need to register with allvoices.
More at:http://www.allvoices.com/
vi.sualize.us allows you to remember your favorite images around the web, and share them with everyone
What Company Is Offering:
vi.sualize.us is a web application to remember pictures you like around the web. You can say it's a way to bookmark your favorite images and share them with everyone.
— vi.sualize.us allows you to remember your favorite images around the web, and share them with everyone.
Within two clicks, you can save the image reference in your account, and easily look at it whenever you want to, just as your new favorite picture deserves. All without thinking about what computer you stored it in: always online, always available.
How It Works:
With their bookmarklet button or our Firefox extension there's nothing more to worry about. Two clicks and you will never forget that picture!Everyone can use vi.sualize.us for free. The server and infrastructure are supported by the ads displayed on some of the pages on the site.Even if you bookmarked a picture as private, the picture must be hosted and accessible by everyone in its original location. In the Gmail case, the Thumbnail Robot can't login into your account and retrieve the image. One patch to this could be to temporary host the image in a service like imageshack.us
More at:http://vi.sualize.us/
vi.sualize.us is a web application to remember pictures you like around the web. You can say it's a way to bookmark your favorite images and share them with everyone.
— vi.sualize.us allows you to remember your favorite images around the web, and share them with everyone.
Within two clicks, you can save the image reference in your account, and easily look at it whenever you want to, just as your new favorite picture deserves. All without thinking about what computer you stored it in: always online, always available.
How It Works:
With their bookmarklet button or our Firefox extension there's nothing more to worry about. Two clicks and you will never forget that picture!Everyone can use vi.sualize.us for free. The server and infrastructure are supported by the ads displayed on some of the pages on the site.Even if you bookmarked a picture as private, the picture must be hosted and accessible by everyone in its original location. In the Gmail case, the Thumbnail Robot can't login into your account and retrieve the image. One patch to this could be to temporary host the image in a service like imageshack.us
More at:http://vi.sualize.us/
Mytalk.at is a smaller version of a blog, limiting posts to 1000 characters with link, photo, video
What Company Is Offering:
Mytalk.at is a smaller version of a blog, limiting posts to 1000 characters with link, photo, video.
You can connect with friends by sharing short messages called Topic post.
You can find a new friends about your interest, and You can talk about common topics with your friends or others.
This is a great way to meet friends and keep up on what they are doing.
Mytalk.at support your adsense and widget code in your page.(ex: google adsense code, analyst code, ....)
How It Works:
By posting about your topic, other people are responsive to your post, your topic, also you.
If already it exixst other people's post about your topic, you can join together with your new post. By joining Mytalk.at for free, you can get your own page.
Enter your username, email address and choose a password. It's that simple, fast and free!
More at:http://www.mytalk.at/
Mytalk.at is a smaller version of a blog, limiting posts to 1000 characters with link, photo, video.
You can connect with friends by sharing short messages called Topic post.
You can find a new friends about your interest, and You can talk about common topics with your friends or others.
This is a great way to meet friends and keep up on what they are doing.
Mytalk.at support your adsense and widget code in your page.(ex: google adsense code, analyst code, ....)
How It Works:
By posting about your topic, other people are responsive to your post, your topic, also you.
If already it exixst other people's post about your topic, you can join together with your new post. By joining Mytalk.at for free, you can get your own page.
Enter your username, email address and choose a password. It's that simple, fast and free!
More at:http://www.mytalk.at/
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Virtudex is a powerful Social Application meant to simulate real life personal and business interaction
What Company Is Offering:
Virtudex is a powerful Social Application meant to simulate real life personal and business interaction. Their dynamic multi-level social graph of active users and smart industry algorithms tailors every users experience to their industry.
Unique Features:
Powerful Contact management.
Stay in tune with exclusive industry parties, Industry news and Updates.
Connect with Co-Workers, Friends and Business contacts.
Research top companies and network your way to the top.
Keep informed with business and personal news in your Daily News Center.
They've implemented the most sophisticated & simple to use privacy settings ever created (Patent Pending).
All features 100% free to use.
More at:http://www.virtudex.com/
Virtudex is a powerful Social Application meant to simulate real life personal and business interaction. Their dynamic multi-level social graph of active users and smart industry algorithms tailors every users experience to their industry.
Unique Features:
Powerful Contact management.
Stay in tune with exclusive industry parties, Industry news and Updates.
Connect with Co-Workers, Friends and Business contacts.
Research top companies and network your way to the top.
Keep informed with business and personal news in your Daily News Center.
They've implemented the most sophisticated & simple to use privacy settings ever created (Patent Pending).
All features 100% free to use.
More at:http://www.virtudex.com/
Questler is an informal learning network
What Company Is Offering:
Questler is an informal learning network which allows you to learn from others on any topic you have in mind through posting Quests and commenting on them. Quests in Questler are mini-blogs of information categorized into 6 types, Query, Observation, Discovery, Research, Media and Story. Each of those types represents an informal aspect to everyday learning.
Questler is a place for mini-blogging, conversation, discussion, opinions and recommendations from peers rather than experts.
How It Works:
By joining Questler, you can create your learning network and post your quests to your learning buddies. You can also follow your learning buddies and comment on their contributions.
More at:http://questler.com/
Questler is an informal learning network which allows you to learn from others on any topic you have in mind through posting Quests and commenting on them. Quests in Questler are mini-blogs of information categorized into 6 types, Query, Observation, Discovery, Research, Media and Story. Each of those types represents an informal aspect to everyday learning.
Questler is a place for mini-blogging, conversation, discussion, opinions and recommendations from peers rather than experts.
How It Works:
By joining Questler, you can create your learning network and post your quests to your learning buddies. You can also follow your learning buddies and comment on their contributions.
More at:http://questler.com/
Plista is a social recommender network based on collaborative filtering
What Company Is Offering:
Plista is a social recommender network based on collaborative filtering (CF). It allows to enhance end-user experience by recommending more relevant content, products, services and advertising in real-time - based on individual preferences.
plista is item- and device-independent. It works with any item and via various channels on the internet: as a widget, per API integration or browser plug-in.
plista delivers on-site as well as cross-site recommendations throughout the plista network. It allows you to monetize your website, promote your items and target your customers individually.
plista connects content, products, people and preferences to the benefit of publishers, users and ad partners.
More at:http://www.plista.com/
Plista is a social recommender network based on collaborative filtering (CF). It allows to enhance end-user experience by recommending more relevant content, products, services and advertising in real-time - based on individual preferences.
plista is item- and device-independent. It works with any item and via various channels on the internet: as a widget, per API integration or browser plug-in.
plista delivers on-site as well as cross-site recommendations throughout the plista network. It allows you to monetize your website, promote your items and target your customers individually.
plista connects content, products, people and preferences to the benefit of publishers, users and ad partners.
More at:http://www.plista.com/
fixx simplifies your bug tracking and issue tracking process and helps you deliver better software
What Company Is Offering:
fixx simplifies your bug tracking and issue tracking process and helps you deliver better software.
By focusing on the needs of software developers and their managers, fixx enables you to collaborate, painlessly resolve bugs, and deliver quality software in time.
More at:http://hedgehoglab.com/
fixx simplifies your bug tracking and issue tracking process and helps you deliver better software.
By focusing on the needs of software developers and their managers, fixx enables you to collaborate, painlessly resolve bugs, and deliver quality software in time.
More at:http://hedgehoglab.com/
CoNotes is your online destination to discover and learn about job opportunities in startup companies
What Company Is Offering:
CoNotes is your online destination to discover and learn about job opportunities in startup companies. They provide you with information about these exciting startups, and also tools to find the best startup company and job for you.
How It Works:
CoNotes centralizes job openings in startups in one location, and at the same time provides startups exposure by distributing those job openings to appropriate partner organizations. Some of CoNotes’ other unique features include a company recommendation engine and integration with users’ LinkedIn networks.
More at:http://www.conotes.com/
CoNotes is your online destination to discover and learn about job opportunities in startup companies. They provide you with information about these exciting startups, and also tools to find the best startup company and job for you.
How It Works:
CoNotes centralizes job openings in startups in one location, and at the same time provides startups exposure by distributing those job openings to appropriate partner organizations. Some of CoNotes’ other unique features include a company recommendation engine and integration with users’ LinkedIn networks.
More at:http://www.conotes.com/
Sensys Networks, Inc., the leader in wireless sensors for the transportation industry got $5 million in funding
What Company Is Offering:
Sensys Networks, Inc. is a global technology leader and innovator in wireless sensor networking and its applications to advanced traffic management and intelligent transportation systems. With city, county, department of transportation, and private customer deployments worldwide, Sensys equipment has a proven track record of providing accurate, reliable, and real-time vehicle detection and traffic data information.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Sensys Networks, Inc., the leader in wireless sensors for the transportation industry today announced it closed a $5 million expansion round of funding that was led by venture capital firm Voyager Capital and including current investors Velocity Interactive, Horizon Ventures and Garrett Gruener.
Sensys has had a record year of growth and has emerged as the new standard for vehicle detection and traffic data collection for some of the world’s largest transportation agencies. With deployments in more than 30 states in the US and 10 countries internationally, the Sensys wireless vehicle detection and traffic data systems are quickly becoming the technology of choice for advanced traffic management and traveler information systems.
More at:www.sensysnetworks.com
Sensys Networks, Inc. is a global technology leader and innovator in wireless sensor networking and its applications to advanced traffic management and intelligent transportation systems. With city, county, department of transportation, and private customer deployments worldwide, Sensys equipment has a proven track record of providing accurate, reliable, and real-time vehicle detection and traffic data information.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Sensys Networks, Inc., the leader in wireless sensors for the transportation industry today announced it closed a $5 million expansion round of funding that was led by venture capital firm Voyager Capital and including current investors Velocity Interactive, Horizon Ventures and Garrett Gruener.
Sensys has had a record year of growth and has emerged as the new standard for vehicle detection and traffic data collection for some of the world’s largest transportation agencies. With deployments in more than 30 states in the US and 10 countries internationally, the Sensys wireless vehicle detection and traffic data systems are quickly becoming the technology of choice for advanced traffic management and traveler information systems.
More at:www.sensysnetworks.com
deCarta, the leading supplier of software and services for the Location-Based Services has raised $20-million
What Company Is Offering:
deCarta is the leading geospatial software platform that has enabled some of the industry's most successful Location-Based Services (LBS) applications such as those deployed by Verizon, Sprint Nextel, AT&T, T-Mobile, Multimap and Hotels.com. The company's technology is ideal for high-volume LBS applications in the mobile, personal navigation, connected navigation, enterprise and Internet markets where scalability, speed and reliability are vital. deCarta's solutions are preferred by application developers and service providers who seek to leverage deCarta's unique core strengths of server-side and wireless LBS expertise, and also want the flexibility to customize map styles and self-brand.
How Much They Got From VCs:
deCarta, the leading supplier of software and services for the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry, announced today that it has raised $20-million in a Series C-1 round of financing. The majority of the financing was obtained from large strategic investors in recognition of deCarta's opportunity in the fast-growing market for mobile location-based services and navigation.
In addition to a previously announced investment from T-Mobile Venture Fund (announced June 10, 2008), deCarta received investments from two other strategic investors who have not been named. The Company anticipates announcing the strategic investors at a later date. International venture capital firms Hotung Group and TransLink Capital, as well as existing investor Norwest Venture Partners, also participated in the round. deCarta's relationship with Hotung and TransLink provides a unique window to mobile LBS business development opportunities in Asia.
More at:http://www.decarta.com
deCarta is the leading geospatial software platform that has enabled some of the industry's most successful Location-Based Services (LBS) applications such as those deployed by Verizon, Sprint Nextel, AT&T, T-Mobile, Multimap and Hotels.com. The company's technology is ideal for high-volume LBS applications in the mobile, personal navigation, connected navigation, enterprise and Internet markets where scalability, speed and reliability are vital. deCarta's solutions are preferred by application developers and service providers who seek to leverage deCarta's unique core strengths of server-side and wireless LBS expertise, and also want the flexibility to customize map styles and self-brand.
How Much They Got From VCs:
deCarta, the leading supplier of software and services for the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry, announced today that it has raised $20-million in a Series C-1 round of financing. The majority of the financing was obtained from large strategic investors in recognition of deCarta's opportunity in the fast-growing market for mobile location-based services and navigation.
In addition to a previously announced investment from T-Mobile Venture Fund (announced June 10, 2008), deCarta received investments from two other strategic investors who have not been named. The Company anticipates announcing the strategic investors at a later date. International venture capital firms Hotung Group and TransLink Capital, as well as existing investor Norwest Venture Partners, also participated in the round. deCarta's relationship with Hotung and TransLink provides a unique window to mobile LBS business development opportunities in Asia.
More at:http://www.decarta.com
MedeFinance, Inc is the leading healthcare performance analytics company has secured $50 million
What Company Is Offering:
Mede is transforming healthcare by achieving advanced outcomes for its clients through a unique combination of performance intelligence solutions and deep healthcare expertise. Mede provides a full suite of customizable solutions for advanced financial, operational and clinical performance. These analytics solutions are delivered through Mede’s Web-hosted analytics platform and are enhanced by healthcare-specific client teams to ensure speed to sustainable value.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MedeFinance, Inc. (Mede), the leading healthcare performance analytics company, today announced that it has secured $50 million in funding led by Bain Capital Ventures with additional reinvestment from certain of the company’s existing investors. The purchasers acquired a minority position in the company. This venture funding round was based on the company’s strong track record of revenue growth, expansion of its solutions portfolio and significant set of future opportunities.
Mede plans to use the financing proceeds to fund new growth initiatives and acquisition opportunities. The company also used a portion of the proceeds to complete a stock repurchase from certain existing investors.
More at:www.medefinance.com
Mede is transforming healthcare by achieving advanced outcomes for its clients through a unique combination of performance intelligence solutions and deep healthcare expertise. Mede provides a full suite of customizable solutions for advanced financial, operational and clinical performance. These analytics solutions are delivered through Mede’s Web-hosted analytics platform and are enhanced by healthcare-specific client teams to ensure speed to sustainable value.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MedeFinance, Inc. (Mede), the leading healthcare performance analytics company, today announced that it has secured $50 million in funding led by Bain Capital Ventures with additional reinvestment from certain of the company’s existing investors. The purchasers acquired a minority position in the company. This venture funding round was based on the company’s strong track record of revenue growth, expansion of its solutions portfolio and significant set of future opportunities.
Mede plans to use the financing proceeds to fund new growth initiatives and acquisition opportunities. The company also used a portion of the proceeds to complete a stock repurchase from certain existing investors.
More at:www.medefinance.com
Blow Up presents that data at any size - allowing for fullscreen views of photos as well as embedding on personal sites
What Company Is Offering:
Blow Up presents that data at any size - allowing for fullscreen views of photos as well as embedding on personal sites. Of course, if you just want to view your flickr account without downloading a thing, you can always do that too.
more at:http://blowup.bondartsciencefair.com/
Blow Up presents that data at any size - allowing for fullscreen views of photos as well as embedding on personal sites. Of course, if you just want to view your flickr account without downloading a thing, you can always do that too.
more at:http://blowup.bondartsciencefair.com/
Moondo, a vivid world of games and excitement
What Company Is Offering:
Moondo, a vivid world of games and excitement. Create your character and join the colorful action on the lunar surface. From fast-paced shooting parties, to intense buggy racing and thrilling jetpack sport matches. Take your character, items and friends between games and never have to start from scratch again.
More at:http://www.moondo.com/
Moondo, a vivid world of games and excitement. Create your character and join the colorful action on the lunar surface. From fast-paced shooting parties, to intense buggy racing and thrilling jetpack sport matches. Take your character, items and friends between games and never have to start from scratch again.
More at:http://www.moondo.com/
Monday, July 28, 2008
FantasyFootballNerd.com, a comparison fantasy football website, is the first metasearch engine
What Company Is Offering:
FantasyFootballNerd.com, a comparison fantasy football website, is the first metasearch engine for the estimated 18 million adults who participate in fantasy sports each year. Offering a comprehensive search engine that scours nearly 20 online fantasy football sites, FantasyFootballNerd.com provides cumulative rankings on more than 1,000 active NFL players.
How It Works:
FantasyFootballNerd.com users have the ability to select news feeds to display automatically on their custom news page. "The integration of news from The Sports Network enhances our users' ability to stay abreast of current events within the NFL. Staying on top of the latest developments affecting NFL players is important to fantasy football enthusiasts when making draft choices and sit/start decisions," said J. Joseph Dyken, creator behind the Nerd system.
In addition to The Sports Network, FantasyFootballNerd.com has recently integrated news from Rotoworld.com and The Hazean. These additional leaders in fantasy football news join a growing list of other respected sources like CBS Sports, ESPN, FOX Sports, NFL.com, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Yahoo! Sports, and more.
More at:www.FantasyFootballNerd.com
FantasyFootballNerd.com, a comparison fantasy football website, is the first metasearch engine for the estimated 18 million adults who participate in fantasy sports each year. Offering a comprehensive search engine that scours nearly 20 online fantasy football sites, FantasyFootballNerd.com provides cumulative rankings on more than 1,000 active NFL players.
How It Works:
FantasyFootballNerd.com users have the ability to select news feeds to display automatically on their custom news page. "The integration of news from The Sports Network enhances our users' ability to stay abreast of current events within the NFL. Staying on top of the latest developments affecting NFL players is important to fantasy football enthusiasts when making draft choices and sit/start decisions," said J. Joseph Dyken, creator behind the Nerd system.
In addition to The Sports Network, FantasyFootballNerd.com has recently integrated news from Rotoworld.com and The Hazean. These additional leaders in fantasy football news join a growing list of other respected sources like CBS Sports, ESPN, FOX Sports, NFL.com, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Yahoo! Sports, and more.
More at:www.FantasyFootballNerd.com
Streamfile.com allows anyone to “stream” files that are too big to email without any additional need of installed software other than a browser
What Company Is Offering:
Streamfile.com allows anyone to “stream” files that are too big to email without any additional need of installed software other than a browser. Streamfile is a hosted FTP replacement solution that allows streaming functionality. By streaming, we mean that when an uploader sends a file, downloaders are able to start the download process immediately. This single functionality enhancement actually allows time savings of up to 90% (compared to a traditional FTP server-to-client transfer). It’s like P2P, but with a 24h answering service. All of the file transfers have the option to be encrypted with high-grade AES 256-bit SSL encryption.
More at:http://www.streamfile.com/
Streamfile.com allows anyone to “stream” files that are too big to email without any additional need of installed software other than a browser. Streamfile is a hosted FTP replacement solution that allows streaming functionality. By streaming, we mean that when an uploader sends a file, downloaders are able to start the download process immediately. This single functionality enhancement actually allows time savings of up to 90% (compared to a traditional FTP server-to-client transfer). It’s like P2P, but with a 24h answering service. All of the file transfers have the option to be encrypted with high-grade AES 256-bit SSL encryption.
More at:http://www.streamfile.com/
Cuil searches more pages on the Web than anyone else—three times as many as Google and ten times as many as Microsoft
What Company Is Offering:
Cuil searches more pages on the Web than anyone else—three times as many as Google and ten times as many as Microsoft.
Rather than rely on superficial popularity metrics, Cuil searches for and ranks pages based on their content and relevance. When they find a page with your keywords, they stay on that page and analyze the rest of its content, its concepts, their inter-relationships and the page’s coherency.
Then they offer you helpful choices and suggestions until you find the page you want and that you know is out there. They believe that analyzing the Web rather than their users is a more useful approach, so they don’t collect data about you and your habits, lest they are tempted to peek. With Cuil, your search history is always private.
More at:http://www.cuil.com/
Cuil searches more pages on the Web than anyone else—three times as many as Google and ten times as many as Microsoft.
Rather than rely on superficial popularity metrics, Cuil searches for and ranks pages based on their content and relevance. When they find a page with your keywords, they stay on that page and analyze the rest of its content, its concepts, their inter-relationships and the page’s coherency.
Then they offer you helpful choices and suggestions until you find the page you want and that you know is out there. They believe that analyzing the Web rather than their users is a more useful approach, so they don’t collect data about you and your habits, lest they are tempted to peek. With Cuil, your search history is always private.
More at:http://www.cuil.com/
LookupAnyone is an individual reference service, a company that provides information used to help identify and locate individuals
What Company Is Offering:
LookupAnyone is an individual reference service, a company that provides information used to help identify and locate individuals.
LookupAnyone provides information solutions for consumers and small businesses using public records and publicly available information. Their products help people find other people, verify the identities of individuals they encounter, manage risk and ensure personal safety.
LookupAnyone provides online access to public records such as real estate deeds, lawsuit filings, liens, professional licensing records, and other information filed by individuals and businesses with local, state and federal agencies.
Other LookupAnyone information includes publicly available data complied by third parties from published telephone directories. LookupAnyone is not a consumer credit reporting agency, and we do not compile mailing lists or consumer marketing data.
LookupAnyone does not offer the ability to search for international people or information. The LookupAnyone services are provided to locate US based information and people.
More at :http://www.lookupanyone.com/
LookupAnyone is an individual reference service, a company that provides information used to help identify and locate individuals.
LookupAnyone provides information solutions for consumers and small businesses using public records and publicly available information. Their products help people find other people, verify the identities of individuals they encounter, manage risk and ensure personal safety.
LookupAnyone provides online access to public records such as real estate deeds, lawsuit filings, liens, professional licensing records, and other information filed by individuals and businesses with local, state and federal agencies.
Other LookupAnyone information includes publicly available data complied by third parties from published telephone directories. LookupAnyone is not a consumer credit reporting agency, and we do not compile mailing lists or consumer marketing data.
LookupAnyone does not offer the ability to search for international people or information. The LookupAnyone services are provided to locate US based information and people.
More at :http://www.lookupanyone.com/
Epernicus is a professional networking platform for health and life scientists
What Company Is Offering:
Epernicus is a professional networking platform for health and life scientists.Their goal is to connect researchers with their real world scientific networks, enabling them to find the resources they need to advance their work. They believe that having a useful network isn't necessarily about adding as many contacts as possible. In fact, most scientists already have a large network based on their current institution and their prior research advisors. The bigger challenge is tapping this network to find the right people with the right expertise at the right time. That's why they created Epernicus.
Scientists use Epernicus to search efficiently for expertise, methods, and materials in their network. Through their scientific profiles, researchers also maintain a professional web presence and stay connected to their current and former colleagues. As many of our members would say, when you're looking for something, it's always better to find it through someone in your network.
More at:http://www.epernicus.com/
Epernicus is a professional networking platform for health and life scientists.Their goal is to connect researchers with their real world scientific networks, enabling them to find the resources they need to advance their work. They believe that having a useful network isn't necessarily about adding as many contacts as possible. In fact, most scientists already have a large network based on their current institution and their prior research advisors. The bigger challenge is tapping this network to find the right people with the right expertise at the right time. That's why they created Epernicus.
Scientists use Epernicus to search efficiently for expertise, methods, and materials in their network. Through their scientific profiles, researchers also maintain a professional web presence and stay connected to their current and former colleagues. As many of our members would say, when you're looking for something, it's always better to find it through someone in your network.
More at:http://www.epernicus.com/
Buildium is a leading provider of online property management software delivered over the Internet
What Company Is Offering:
Buildium is a leading provider of online property management software delivered over the Internet. Completely online with no software to install, Buildium’s property management software helps professional property management companies and self-managed associations with secure online payments, full general ledger accounting and more.
How It Works:
Buildium is an on-demand service delivered over the Internet, there is no hardware or software to buy, install, or maintain. Just point your browser to your login page and enter your email address and password. Buildium’s Professional Services team can help you import your data quickly, efficiently, and effectively so you can get up and running quickly.You can export your data on demand from each module to Microsoft Excel.Most customers sign up for Property Manager Edition and Association Edition online, right from our Web site. The process is completely safe and secure. Additionally, if you prefer, you can also sign up with us over the phone. Sales and support representatives are available Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time at 1-888-414-1988.
More at:http://www.buildium.com/
Buildium is a leading provider of online property management software delivered over the Internet. Completely online with no software to install, Buildium’s property management software helps professional property management companies and self-managed associations with secure online payments, full general ledger accounting and more.
How It Works:
Buildium is an on-demand service delivered over the Internet, there is no hardware or software to buy, install, or maintain. Just point your browser to your login page and enter your email address and password. Buildium’s Professional Services team can help you import your data quickly, efficiently, and effectively so you can get up and running quickly.You can export your data on demand from each module to Microsoft Excel.Most customers sign up for Property Manager Edition and Association Edition online, right from our Web site. The process is completely safe and secure. Additionally, if you prefer, you can also sign up with us over the phone. Sales and support representatives are available Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM Eastern Time at 1-888-414-1988.
More at:http://www.buildium.com/
Piczo empowers teens worldwide to creatively express themselves, build personal communities, and share experiences with their friends in a safe enviro
What Company Is Offering:
Piczo empowers teens worldwide to creatively express themselves, build personal communities, and share experiences with their friends in a safe environment. Piczo's customizable content, colorful graphics, glitter text, video, and photo tools spotlight member creativity without requiring technical skills.
More at:www.piczo.com
Piczo empowers teens worldwide to creatively express themselves, build personal communities, and share experiences with their friends in a safe environment. Piczo's customizable content, colorful graphics, glitter text, video, and photo tools spotlight member creativity without requiring technical skills.
More at:www.piczo.com
THE ART LIST, an extensive digest of art contest and opportunity listings from all over the United States and abroad
What Company Is Offering:
THE ART LIST, an extensive digest of art contest and opportunity listings from all over the United States and abroad. TheArtList.com currently has a subscriber base of over 5500 members and partnerships with WetCanvas!, F&W Publications, Southwest Arts magazine, LicensingCourse.com, ArtistSites.org and The Women’s Caucus of the Arts.TheArtList is a huge time saver for artists and photographers. The countless hours you'll save not having to hunt down art contests, competitions and opportunities to enter are hours you'll be able to devote creating your own artwork and guiding your career. At only $15 a year, we're confident your time is worth it.TheArtList saves you money by eliminating mistakes. When you mail out for prospectuses that later prove undesirable, envelopes, postage and time is wasted. With an Art List Premium Membership, you can read the details, contact information, and even download prospectus' when available, giving you the information that you need to make smarter decisions about what to enter.
More at:http://www.theartlist.com/
THE ART LIST, an extensive digest of art contest and opportunity listings from all over the United States and abroad. TheArtList.com currently has a subscriber base of over 5500 members and partnerships with WetCanvas!, F&W Publications, Southwest Arts magazine, LicensingCourse.com, ArtistSites.org and The Women’s Caucus of the Arts.TheArtList is a huge time saver for artists and photographers. The countless hours you'll save not having to hunt down art contests, competitions and opportunities to enter are hours you'll be able to devote creating your own artwork and guiding your career. At only $15 a year, we're confident your time is worth it.TheArtList saves you money by eliminating mistakes. When you mail out for prospectuses that later prove undesirable, envelopes, postage and time is wasted. With an Art List Premium Membership, you can read the details, contact information, and even download prospectus' when available, giving you the information that you need to make smarter decisions about what to enter.
More at:http://www.theartlist.com/
Friday, July 25, 2008
DigitalBridge's mission is to build solutions that enable protected information sharing between individuals and organizations involved
What Company Is Offering:
DigitalBridge's mission is to build solutions that enable protected information sharing between individuals and organizations involved in simple and complex ecosystems, while protecting the security, privacy and integrity of the information. DigitalBridge's revolutionary, patent-pending DigitalFusion(TM) platform, incorporating Digital Packet Technology(TM), is a completely new architecture for managing information in motion. Their solutions provide protected information sharing to digital ecosystems in the education, justice, and healthcare markets. Their unique solutions interoperate with existing legacy systems without requiring replacement, allowing authorized users to access the right information, at the right time, in the right context, in a secure and timely manner, from any Web-enabled device.
More at:http://www.digitalbridge.com
DigitalBridge's mission is to build solutions that enable protected information sharing between individuals and organizations involved in simple and complex ecosystems, while protecting the security, privacy and integrity of the information. DigitalBridge's revolutionary, patent-pending DigitalFusion(TM) platform, incorporating Digital Packet Technology(TM), is a completely new architecture for managing information in motion. Their solutions provide protected information sharing to digital ecosystems in the education, justice, and healthcare markets. Their unique solutions interoperate with existing legacy systems without requiring replacement, allowing authorized users to access the right information, at the right time, in the right context, in a secure and timely manner, from any Web-enabled device.
More at:http://www.digitalbridge.com
Rofo is a free website for entrepreneurs and small businesses to address
What Company Is Offering:
Rofo is a free website for entrepreneurs and small businesses to address
their commercial real estate needs. While your needs are unique to you,
the inefficient process to find space is not. They created Rofo to easily
search available spaces, post your real estate needs, read and write reviews
and find the right professionals related to your move.
How It Works:
Signing up is simple – you just enter your name, email, and a password.
There are numerous brokers, landlords and sub-landlords who all want
to know about your needs. They’ve created a two-way street to uncover
more options for you.
First, you can simply search on Rofo. View photos, read reviews, see
who’s in the neighborhood and where to get things done (eat, drink,
park, make copies). It’s easy to connect directly and anonymously with
any listing contact and request a tour.
You can also post your needs anonymously. You may be actively
looking or just beginning to gather space ideas. By posting your needs
you will surely cast a wider net.
My Rofo is a great place to track your shortlist, take notes and remember
the places you’ve toured. It also serves as your inbox to track messages.
Adding a listing is always free and easy to do. You can add photos and
all the details about your space. Plus you can add property details and
you can post reviews.They bring in all the other helpful data to describe
the location (local amenities, parking info and maps – including street
views and aerials). They keep your profile secure and your contact info
protected from spammers.
More at:http://www.rofo.com/
Rofo is a free website for entrepreneurs and small businesses to address
their commercial real estate needs. While your needs are unique to you,
the inefficient process to find space is not. They created Rofo to easily
search available spaces, post your real estate needs, read and write reviews
and find the right professionals related to your move.
How It Works:
Signing up is simple – you just enter your name, email, and a password.
There are numerous brokers, landlords and sub-landlords who all want
to know about your needs. They’ve created a two-way street to uncover
more options for you.
First, you can simply search on Rofo. View photos, read reviews, see
who’s in the neighborhood and where to get things done (eat, drink,
park, make copies). It’s easy to connect directly and anonymously with
any listing contact and request a tour.
You can also post your needs anonymously. You may be actively
looking or just beginning to gather space ideas. By posting your needs
you will surely cast a wider net.
My Rofo is a great place to track your shortlist, take notes and remember
the places you’ve toured. It also serves as your inbox to track messages.
Adding a listing is always free and easy to do. You can add photos and
all the details about your space. Plus you can add property details and
you can post reviews.They bring in all the other helpful data to describe
the location (local amenities, parking info and maps – including street
views and aerials). They keep your profile secure and your contact info
protected from spammers.
More at:http://www.rofo.com/
VIREL is a website-friendly crawler for microformats
What Company Is Offering:
VIREL is a website-friendly crawler for microformats. It is primarily focusing on collecting published open microformats embedded in websites. It searches Websites for Microformats and follows links on Websites to other Websites to continiue its search to the WWW. To learn more about microformats you may want to take a look at http://www.microformats.org/. Right now VIREL is searching for contact informations (hCard) and calendaric informations (hCalendar)
To create a hCard you can use their online version of the hCard-Creator Online hCard Creator or another third party Online hCard Creator or this third-party Online hCalendar Creator
If you like to make your microformats accessible to VIREL you may want to submit your URL to VIREL. VIREL checks this URL in regular intervals for new or updated informations embedded in microformats.
More at:http://www.virel.de/
VIREL is a website-friendly crawler for microformats. It is primarily focusing on collecting published open microformats embedded in websites. It searches Websites for Microformats and follows links on Websites to other Websites to continiue its search to the WWW. To learn more about microformats you may want to take a look at http://www.microformats.org/. Right now VIREL is searching for contact informations (hCard) and calendaric informations (hCalendar)
To create a hCard you can use their online version of the hCard-Creator Online hCard Creator or another third party Online hCard Creator or this third-party Online hCalendar Creator
If you like to make your microformats accessible to VIREL you may want to submit your URL to VIREL. VIREL checks this URL in regular intervals for new or updated informations embedded in microformats.
More at:http://www.virel.de/
InnoCentive connects companies, academic institutions, public sector and non-profit organizations, all hungry for breakthrough innovation
What Company Is Offering:
InnoCentive connects companies, academic institutions, public sector and non-profit organizations, all hungry for breakthrough innovation, with a global network of more than 145,000 of the world's brightest minds on the world's first Open Innovation Marketplace™.
These creative thinkers -- engineers, scientists, inventors, and business people with expertise in life sciences, engineering, chemistry, math, computer science, and entrepreneurship -- join the InnoCentive Solver™ community to solve some of the world's toughest challenges.
InnoCentive will change the world and influence the lives of people everywhere by applying our planet’s human creativity and intelligence to solving the most important challenges facing commercial, governmental, and humanitarian organizations today. By combining technology, economic incentives, and human ingenuity, they will address and resolve these problems better, faster, and cheaper than ever before possible.
More at:http://www.innocentive.com/
InnoCentive connects companies, academic institutions, public sector and non-profit organizations, all hungry for breakthrough innovation, with a global network of more than 145,000 of the world's brightest minds on the world's first Open Innovation Marketplace™.
These creative thinkers -- engineers, scientists, inventors, and business people with expertise in life sciences, engineering, chemistry, math, computer science, and entrepreneurship -- join the InnoCentive Solver™ community to solve some of the world's toughest challenges.
InnoCentive will change the world and influence the lives of people everywhere by applying our planet’s human creativity and intelligence to solving the most important challenges facing commercial, governmental, and humanitarian organizations today. By combining technology, economic incentives, and human ingenuity, they will address and resolve these problems better, faster, and cheaper than ever before possible.
More at:http://www.innocentive.com/
BigCharts is the world's most comprehensive and easy-to-use investment research Web site
What Company Is Offering:
BigCharts is the world's most comprehensive and easy-to-use investment research Web site, providing access to professional-level research tools such as interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis and intraday stock screeners, as well as market news and commentary. These tools combine with a graphical interface and our intuitive navigation to make your research experience productive, entertaining and fun. Best of all, BigCharts is a free service supported entirely by site sponsors.
More at:http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
BigCharts is the world's most comprehensive and easy-to-use investment research Web site, providing access to professional-level research tools such as interactive charts, quotes, industry analysis and intraday stock screeners, as well as market news and commentary. These tools combine with a graphical interface and our intuitive navigation to make your research experience productive, entertaining and fun. Best of all, BigCharts is a free service supported entirely by site sponsors.
More at:http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com/
InovaHire----LiveHire
What Company Is Offering:
InovaHire’s new Patent-Pending Real-Time Interview and Social Network Technology promises to deliver a cutting-edge hiring solution to both candidates and employers.
InovaHire will allow candidates and employers to receive the highest level of personal online interaction necessary for a successful hiring experience.
Candidates and employers will benefit from multiple features including: a database search engine which promises both ease and accuracy; convenient and private communication tools; the ability to interview live in the privacy of a home or office; and a true representation of preference and ability through the creation of a professional profile.
Alongside their Patent-Pending Real-Time Interview and Social Network Technology, they will be working with industry leaders to offer additional tools and resources necessary for the success of an individual and the growth of a company.
More at:http://inovahire.com/
InovaHire’s new Patent-Pending Real-Time Interview and Social Network Technology promises to deliver a cutting-edge hiring solution to both candidates and employers.
InovaHire will allow candidates and employers to receive the highest level of personal online interaction necessary for a successful hiring experience.
Candidates and employers will benefit from multiple features including: a database search engine which promises both ease and accuracy; convenient and private communication tools; the ability to interview live in the privacy of a home or office; and a true representation of preference and ability through the creation of a professional profile.
Alongside their Patent-Pending Real-Time Interview and Social Network Technology, they will be working with industry leaders to offer additional tools and resources necessary for the success of an individual and the growth of a company.
More at:http://inovahire.com/
DailyMe gives you full control over the what, who, when and how of reading news
What Company Is Offering:
DailyMe is a news provider and content platform that allows you to customize, personalize, aggregate, share, and interact with the news, blogs, columns and stories that interest you. DailyMe gives you full control over the what, who, when and how of reading news. You can choose the content that interests you by making selections based on categories, keywords, sources, profiles or a combination of these methods. You can search by a broad topic such as sports or narrow your query to the name of a player- it's your call.
Their licensing agreements allow them to import full articles into their database from thousands of diverse sources so that their audience can enjoy a more seamless, less distracting reading experience. (No more links or teasers that redirect you to other sites with different fonts, formats, etc.)
More at:http://dailyme.com/
DailyMe is a news provider and content platform that allows you to customize, personalize, aggregate, share, and interact with the news, blogs, columns and stories that interest you. DailyMe gives you full control over the what, who, when and how of reading news. You can choose the content that interests you by making selections based on categories, keywords, sources, profiles or a combination of these methods. You can search by a broad topic such as sports or narrow your query to the name of a player- it's your call.
Their licensing agreements allow them to import full articles into their database from thousands of diverse sources so that their audience can enjoy a more seamless, less distracting reading experience. (No more links or teasers that redirect you to other sites with different fonts, formats, etc.)
More at:http://dailyme.com/
PropertyPreviews allows you to quickly and easily upload your real estate photos and create a compelling and engaging video presentation of your prope
What Company Is Offering:
PropertyPreviews allows you to quickly and easily upload your real estate photos and create a compelling and engaging video presentation of your property in three easy steps. Your online real estate video can then be distributed throughout the Internet to a variety of video hosting sites – all with just a click of a button! Try it today and discover the impact video tours can make in your marketing efforts.
One of the benefits of a one-stop shop like PropertyPreviews is that they give you a one-stop destination for marketing your listing. They create a high quality video and distribute your video tour details throughout the Internet, including Realtor.com. The posting system at Realtor.com requires that all data match perfectly and they know in this digital age that this doesn’t always happen. So to insure that your video tour information is up and running in a timely manner, one of our PropertyPreviews client service specialists is assigned to monitor this feed and for that we charge a nominal service charge.
More at:http://www.propertypreviews.com/
PropertyPreviews allows you to quickly and easily upload your real estate photos and create a compelling and engaging video presentation of your property in three easy steps. Your online real estate video can then be distributed throughout the Internet to a variety of video hosting sites – all with just a click of a button! Try it today and discover the impact video tours can make in your marketing efforts.
One of the benefits of a one-stop shop like PropertyPreviews is that they give you a one-stop destination for marketing your listing. They create a high quality video and distribute your video tour details throughout the Internet, including Realtor.com. The posting system at Realtor.com requires that all data match perfectly and they know in this digital age that this doesn’t always happen. So to insure that your video tour information is up and running in a timely manner, one of our PropertyPreviews client service specialists is assigned to monitor this feed and for that we charge a nominal service charge.
More at:http://www.propertypreviews.com/
Opposing Views helps you uncover all sides of the issues you care about most
What Company Is Offering:
Opposing Views helps you uncover all sides of the issues you care about most. Here at www.opposingviews.com, experts go head-to-head on real-life concerns, debating news and events, addressing the questions that keep you up at night. We introduce the questions, the experts present their cases (and disagree with each other), and you leave ready to make well-informed decisions and take action.
How It Works:
Each section of www.opposingviews.com is a channel, including politics, society, health, money, and religion. Our point/counter-point format gives each expert a chance to state their information and opinions on an issue. Meanwhile, the other side objects by calling out the flaws in that information, and then states their own side. Opposing Views brings together the information on the issue, the evidence on each side and their counter-points.
The hundreds of known and credible experts, opinion leaders and advocate groups include: the Obama Campaign, the McCain campaign, the National Rifle Association (NRA), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), The Sierra Club and Amnesty International, as well as individuals who are authorities on issues of current consumer interest. Collectively, these partner organizations already have been cited as authorities on their topics.
More at:http://www.opposingviews.com/
Opposing Views helps you uncover all sides of the issues you care about most. Here at www.opposingviews.com, experts go head-to-head on real-life concerns, debating news and events, addressing the questions that keep you up at night. We introduce the questions, the experts present their cases (and disagree with each other), and you leave ready to make well-informed decisions and take action.
How It Works:
Each section of www.opposingviews.com is a channel, including politics, society, health, money, and religion. Our point/counter-point format gives each expert a chance to state their information and opinions on an issue. Meanwhile, the other side objects by calling out the flaws in that information, and then states their own side. Opposing Views brings together the information on the issue, the evidence on each side and their counter-points.
The hundreds of known and credible experts, opinion leaders and advocate groups include: the Obama Campaign, the McCain campaign, the National Rifle Association (NRA), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), The Sierra Club and Amnesty International, as well as individuals who are authorities on issues of current consumer interest. Collectively, these partner organizations already have been cited as authorities on their topics.
More at:http://www.opposingviews.com/
Microstock Music ---StockAudioCommunity
What Company Is Offering:
Microstock Music is a concept rooted in the photography industry. What defines a platform as a microstock photography company is that they (1) source their images almost exclusively via the Internet, (2) do so from a wider range of photographers than the traditional stock agencies (including a willingness to accept images from "amateurs" and hobbyists), and (3) sell their images at a very low rate (anywhere from $1.00 - $10) for a royalty-free image. AudioMicro takes the same idea and applies it to the music industry. Anyone can upload his or her music, and then, it can be bought at a very low rate ($1 per minute).
How It Works:
Through this, the artist has the ability to get his or her music out to a large group, and due to the low price, more buyers are attracted.
You can check your downloads by visiting the “My Account” profile page and clicking “Download Activity”. You can drill down on your monthly downloads and see exactly which tracks have been licensed.
You’ll first need to add credits to your account. Generally, 1 credit equals 1 US dollar, but here you’ll see that their pricing offers discounts for purchases of 10 credits or more.
More at:http://www.audiomicro.com/
Microstock Music is a concept rooted in the photography industry. What defines a platform as a microstock photography company is that they (1) source their images almost exclusively via the Internet, (2) do so from a wider range of photographers than the traditional stock agencies (including a willingness to accept images from "amateurs" and hobbyists), and (3) sell their images at a very low rate (anywhere from $1.00 - $10) for a royalty-free image. AudioMicro takes the same idea and applies it to the music industry. Anyone can upload his or her music, and then, it can be bought at a very low rate ($1 per minute).
How It Works:
Through this, the artist has the ability to get his or her music out to a large group, and due to the low price, more buyers are attracted.
You can check your downloads by visiting the “My Account” profile page and clicking “Download Activity”. You can drill down on your monthly downloads and see exactly which tracks have been licensed.
You’ll first need to add credits to your account. Generally, 1 credit equals 1 US dollar, but here you’ll see that their pricing offers discounts for purchases of 10 credits or more.
More at:http://www.audiomicro.com/
Thursday, July 24, 2008
ProjectWorm.com's mission is connecting service providers and service buyers on the internet platform for FREE
What Company Is Offering:
ProjectWorm.com's mission is connecting service providers and service buyers on the internet platform for FREE. With the help of their website, service buyers will easily find the right company or person to work with. It's very easy and simple to use.
ProjectWorm.com's free services. You can search for and find professionals. Post your project. Get free quotes within hours. Get your project done quickly, easily and for the best price (Fees will be paid to the professional not us).
More at:http://www.projectworm.com/
ProjectWorm.com's mission is connecting service providers and service buyers on the internet platform for FREE. With the help of their website, service buyers will easily find the right company or person to work with. It's very easy and simple to use.
ProjectWorm.com's free services. You can search for and find professionals. Post your project. Get free quotes within hours. Get your project done quickly, easily and for the best price (Fees will be paid to the professional not us).
More at:http://www.projectworm.com/
SenseBot is a semantic search engine that generates a text summary of multiple Web pages on the topic of your search query
What Company Is Offering:
SenseBot is a semantic search engine that generates a text summary of multiple Web pages on the topic of your search query. It uses text mining and multidocument summarization to extract sense from Web pages and present it to the user in a coherent manner. A "Semantic Cloud" of concepts is displayed above the summary, allowing to steer the focus of the results.
How It Works:
SenseBot represents a new type of Search Engine that delivers a summary in response to your search query instead of a collection of links to Web pages. SenseBot parses top results returned by one of the major Web search engines (either Google or Yahoo or Live) and prepares a text summary of them. The summary serves as a digest on the topic of your query, blending together the most significant and relevant aspects of the search results. The summary itself becomes the main result of your search. SenseBot's approach is unique and protected by Patent Pending.
More at:http://www.sensebot.net/
SenseBot is a semantic search engine that generates a text summary of multiple Web pages on the topic of your search query. It uses text mining and multidocument summarization to extract sense from Web pages and present it to the user in a coherent manner. A "Semantic Cloud" of concepts is displayed above the summary, allowing to steer the focus of the results.
How It Works:
SenseBot represents a new type of Search Engine that delivers a summary in response to your search query instead of a collection of links to Web pages. SenseBot parses top results returned by one of the major Web search engines (either Google or Yahoo or Live) and prepares a text summary of them. The summary serves as a digest on the topic of your query, blending together the most significant and relevant aspects of the search results. The summary itself becomes the main result of your search. SenseBot's approach is unique and protected by Patent Pending.
More at:http://www.sensebot.net/
ProcessMaker is a complete workflow management suite with tools to design forms, create documents, assign roles and users
What Company Is Offering:
ProcessMaker is commercial open source workflow management software designed for small to medium-sized businesses and organizations. ProcessMaker allows a business user with zero programming experience to model, automate, and manage a company's unique business processes.
ProcessMaker is a complete workflow management suite with tools to design forms, create documents, assign roles and users, create routing rules, interconnect with third party systems, and map a process quickly and easily. You can manage workflow from your favorite web browser without having to download any client software at all.
ProcessMaker includes tools to design forms, create documents, assign roles and users, create routing rules, interconnect with third-party systems including business intelligence (BI), document management (DMS), content management (CMS), and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems through a service oriented architecture (SOA), and to map business processes quickly and easily.
More at:http://www.processmaker.com/
ProcessMaker is commercial open source workflow management software designed for small to medium-sized businesses and organizations. ProcessMaker allows a business user with zero programming experience to model, automate, and manage a company's unique business processes.
ProcessMaker is a complete workflow management suite with tools to design forms, create documents, assign roles and users, create routing rules, interconnect with third party systems, and map a process quickly and easily. You can manage workflow from your favorite web browser without having to download any client software at all.
ProcessMaker includes tools to design forms, create documents, assign roles and users, create routing rules, interconnect with third-party systems including business intelligence (BI), document management (DMS), content management (CMS), and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems through a service oriented architecture (SOA), and to map business processes quickly and easily.
More at:http://www.processmaker.com/
SnappyFingers is a search engine
What Company Is Offering:
SnappyFingers is a search engine. Not quite like the one that you use daily! It looks for answers in the millions of Q&A's (Questions and Answers) that are spread across multiple sites on the internet on Forum's, FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), Q&A sites etc.
More at:http://www.snappyfingers.com/
SnappyFingers is a search engine. Not quite like the one that you use daily! It looks for answers in the millions of Q&A's (Questions and Answers) that are spread across multiple sites on the internet on Forum's, FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), Q&A sites etc.
More at:http://www.snappyfingers.com/
Zynga is the largest social gaming company got new funding
What Company Is Offering:
Zynga is the largest social gaming company. Zynga games are available on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5 and Friendster and include Texas Hold’em Poker, Blackjack, Mafia Wars, Scramble, Word Twist and Triumph. The company is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, IVP, Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, Avalon Ventures and The Pilot Group, as well as leading individual investors Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Zynga, the largest social gaming service, announced today that it has completed a new round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers along with Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). The $29 million investment also includes funding from previous investors Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group and Avalon Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate Zynga’s creation of next generation social games.
The company also announced today that Kleiner Perkins partner and former co-founder and chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, Bing Gordon, will take an active director role in building the company. He will join LinkedIn’s chairman Reid Hoffman, Foundry Group’s Brad Feld and Zynga’s CEO Mark Pincus on the company’s board of directors.
More at:www.zynga.com
Zynga is the largest social gaming company. Zynga games are available on Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5 and Friendster and include Texas Hold’em Poker, Blackjack, Mafia Wars, Scramble, Word Twist and Triumph. The company is funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, IVP, Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group, Avalon Ventures and The Pilot Group, as well as leading individual investors Reid Hoffman and Peter Thiel.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Zynga, the largest social gaming service, announced today that it has completed a new round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers along with Institutional Venture Partners (IVP). The $29 million investment also includes funding from previous investors Union Square Ventures, Foundry Group and Avalon Ventures. The funding will be used to accelerate Zynga’s creation of next generation social games.
The company also announced today that Kleiner Perkins partner and former co-founder and chief creative officer of Electronic Arts, Bing Gordon, will take an active director role in building the company. He will join LinkedIn’s chairman Reid Hoffman, Foundry Group’s Brad Feld and Zynga’s CEO Mark Pincus on the company’s board of directors.
More at:www.zynga.com
DocVerse is a document-sharing and collaboration tool
What Company Is Offering:
DocVerse makes storing and exchanging all types of documents painless and easy.With DocVerse, you can collaborate on files with colleagues without clogging your inbox.
Share documents with clients, without opening a desktop application. Send and receive faxes, and search through them with ease .Backup your documents and access them from anywhere. Keep track of your colleagues as they work with your shared documents.
How Much They Got From Vcs:
DocVerse, a Seattle-based developer of a document-sharing and collaboration tool, has raised $1.3 million in VC funding. News of the deal was first reported by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, while VentureWire identified Baseline Ventures as the lead investor. DocVerse soon plans to move its headquarters to San Francisco.
More at:www.docverse.com
DocVerse makes storing and exchanging all types of documents painless and easy.With DocVerse, you can collaborate on files with colleagues without clogging your inbox.
Share documents with clients, without opening a desktop application. Send and receive faxes, and search through them with ease .Backup your documents and access them from anywhere. Keep track of your colleagues as they work with your shared documents.
How Much They Got From Vcs:
DocVerse, a Seattle-based developer of a document-sharing and collaboration tool, has raised $1.3 million in VC funding. News of the deal was first reported by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, while VentureWire identified Baseline Ventures as the lead investor. DocVerse soon plans to move its headquarters to San Francisco.
More at:www.docverse.com
Vericept is the leading provider of data leakage prevention solutions
What Company Is Offering:
Vericept is the leading provider of data leakage prevention solutions. Using patented detection and classification techniques, Vericept identifies and protects your unique business-critical information assets that, if lost, have a material impact on financial performance, company brand and reputation, and risk of non-compliance with the law. Vericept's content classification and data leakage prevention solution is deployed in over 800 organizations worldwide, making the technology the most widely deployed solution for maintaining compliance, preventing breaches of customer data, and protecting intellectual property.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Vericept Corporation a leading provider of data leakage prevention (DLP) solutions today announced it has successfully closed on additional funding of up to $8 million, led by Sigma Partners. This funding will allow Vericept to focus on sales expansion and drive to profitability.
"We are pleased our investors are showing continued confidence in Vericept's vision and execution," said Dave Parkinson, President and CEO of Vericept. "Our strength in classification of unstructured data uniquely positions us to capitalize on the huge latent need for protection of intellectual property. Vericept's content-aware technology and classification tools make IP protection realizable."
More than 800 companies and organizations deploy Vericept solutions to maintain and streamline compliance, prevent breaches of customer data and protect against the loss of intellectual property.
More at: http://www.vericept.com
Vericept is the leading provider of data leakage prevention solutions. Using patented detection and classification techniques, Vericept identifies and protects your unique business-critical information assets that, if lost, have a material impact on financial performance, company brand and reputation, and risk of non-compliance with the law. Vericept's content classification and data leakage prevention solution is deployed in over 800 organizations worldwide, making the technology the most widely deployed solution for maintaining compliance, preventing breaches of customer data, and protecting intellectual property.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Vericept Corporation a leading provider of data leakage prevention (DLP) solutions today announced it has successfully closed on additional funding of up to $8 million, led by Sigma Partners. This funding will allow Vericept to focus on sales expansion and drive to profitability.
"We are pleased our investors are showing continued confidence in Vericept's vision and execution," said Dave Parkinson, President and CEO of Vericept. "Our strength in classification of unstructured data uniquely positions us to capitalize on the huge latent need for protection of intellectual property. Vericept's content-aware technology and classification tools make IP protection realizable."
More than 800 companies and organizations deploy Vericept solutions to maintain and streamline compliance, prevent breaches of customer data and protect against the loss of intellectual property.
More at: http://www.vericept.com
Good Data Corporation, an emerging provider of on-demand (SaaS) collaborative business intelligence solutions got $2 million in funding
What Company Is Offering:
Good Data Corporation was founded with the mission to provide a platform for collaborative analytics. The company believes sharing and teamwork allows users to move past isolated reports and arrive at the true meaning of "business intelligence."
How Much They Got From VCs:
Good Data Corporation, an emerging provider of on-demand (SaaS) collaborative business intelligence solutions, today announced the closing of a seed round of funding totaling $2 million. This initial round of funding will enable the company to deliver a cloud-based platform for mid-size business intelligence projects.
"This is an important step forward for Good Data as we prepare for the public launch of our technology," said Roman Stanek, founder and CEO of Good Data Corporation. "We have developed a technology that will provide a platform of collaborative analytics and transform what is now a multi-month, costly IT-driven BI project to an easy-to-start, on-demand solution for the business user. I am pleased to have Esther Dyson, Tim O'Reilly and Windcrest Partners join us on this initial funding. We look forward to utilizing the brightest minds in information technology, enterprise software and Web 2.0 as we move forward with our solutions."
More at:http://www.gooddata.com/
Good Data Corporation was founded with the mission to provide a platform for collaborative analytics. The company believes sharing and teamwork allows users to move past isolated reports and arrive at the true meaning of "business intelligence."
How Much They Got From VCs:
Good Data Corporation, an emerging provider of on-demand (SaaS) collaborative business intelligence solutions, today announced the closing of a seed round of funding totaling $2 million. This initial round of funding will enable the company to deliver a cloud-based platform for mid-size business intelligence projects.
"This is an important step forward for Good Data as we prepare for the public launch of our technology," said Roman Stanek, founder and CEO of Good Data Corporation. "We have developed a technology that will provide a platform of collaborative analytics and transform what is now a multi-month, costly IT-driven BI project to an easy-to-start, on-demand solution for the business user. I am pleased to have Esther Dyson, Tim O'Reilly and Windcrest Partners join us on this initial funding. We look forward to utilizing the brightest minds in information technology, enterprise software and Web 2.0 as we move forward with our solutions."
More at:http://www.gooddata.com/
Medpedia is the collaborative project to collect the best information about health, medicine and the body and make it freely available worldwide
What Company Is Offering:
Medpedia is the collaborative project to collect the best information about health, medicine and the body and make it freely available worldwide. The Medpedia community seeks to create the most comprehensive and collaborative medical resource in the world. Medpedia will serve as a catalog, database, and learning tool about health, medicine and the body for doctors, scientists, policymakers, students and citizens that will improve medical literacy worldwide.
Medpedia aims to inspire a new generation of doctors, nurses, medical professionals, and patients by allowing unprecedented numbers of individuals the ability to contribute to the well-being of humanity. The goal is to create an invaluable clearinghouse for all the best medical information that cuts across disciplines, socio-economic status and geography to provide valuable medical information to anyone, anywhere, at any time.
More at:http://www.medpedia.com/
Medpedia is the collaborative project to collect the best information about health, medicine and the body and make it freely available worldwide. The Medpedia community seeks to create the most comprehensive and collaborative medical resource in the world. Medpedia will serve as a catalog, database, and learning tool about health, medicine and the body for doctors, scientists, policymakers, students and citizens that will improve medical literacy worldwide.
Medpedia aims to inspire a new generation of doctors, nurses, medical professionals, and patients by allowing unprecedented numbers of individuals the ability to contribute to the well-being of humanity. The goal is to create an invaluable clearinghouse for all the best medical information that cuts across disciplines, socio-economic status and geography to provide valuable medical information to anyone, anywhere, at any time.
More at:http://www.medpedia.com/
With Locify you can explore insteresting places near you
What Company Is Offering:
With Locify you can explore insteresting places near you from Wikipedia, seek for geocaches, display map where you are (or you want to go), twitter you location, save interesing places from phone or web sync them and even navigate to them... and much more.
Locify is free application for common mobile phone. It can use phone's internal GPS or connected bluetooth GPS and is fairly usable even without any GPS device new!.
More at:http://www.locify.com/
With Locify you can explore insteresting places near you from Wikipedia, seek for geocaches, display map where you are (or you want to go), twitter you location, save interesing places from phone or web sync them and even navigate to them... and much more.
Locify is free application for common mobile phone. It can use phone's internal GPS or connected bluetooth GPS and is fairly usable even without any GPS device new!.
More at:http://www.locify.com/
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
MyToons.com is the premier online resource and entertainment destination for professional animators, students, artists and animation fans
What Company Is Offering:
MyToons.com is the premier online resource and entertainment destination for professional animators, students, artists and animation fans. Combining high-quality video file streaming with best-in-class social networking for animators, MyToons.com showcases the greatest variety of independent and studio animation anywhere. MyToons.com empowers animators and animation fans everywhere by providing a platform for interaction and world-wide exposure, and allowing artists to share their techniques, discuss their thoughts and ideas, and explore their commonalities in a robust visual environment.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MyToons.com, the world’s premier online animation community, today announced the completion of its second round of funding led by Syncom Venture Partners and Barshop Ventures. The capital will be used to support MyToons’ continued technology infrastructure development and revenue growth, as well as expanded global partnerships. Launched in spring of 2007, MyToons.com provides global content creators with a platform to promote and share their original animations, artwork, and games with animators, enthusiasts and fans world-wide.
“MyToons presents a tremendous opportunity to address an underserved niche in the on-line content marketplace,” said Herb Wilkins, General Partner at Syncom. “The MyToons team has a clear view of what both animators and consumers are craving, and is moving quickly to deliver key services to address those needs. We look forward to helping take MyToons from early-adoption to mainstream consumption.”
More at:www.MyToons.com
MyToons.com is the premier online resource and entertainment destination for professional animators, students, artists and animation fans. Combining high-quality video file streaming with best-in-class social networking for animators, MyToons.com showcases the greatest variety of independent and studio animation anywhere. MyToons.com empowers animators and animation fans everywhere by providing a platform for interaction and world-wide exposure, and allowing artists to share their techniques, discuss their thoughts and ideas, and explore their commonalities in a robust visual environment.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MyToons.com, the world’s premier online animation community, today announced the completion of its second round of funding led by Syncom Venture Partners and Barshop Ventures. The capital will be used to support MyToons’ continued technology infrastructure development and revenue growth, as well as expanded global partnerships. Launched in spring of 2007, MyToons.com provides global content creators with a platform to promote and share their original animations, artwork, and games with animators, enthusiasts and fans world-wide.
“MyToons presents a tremendous opportunity to address an underserved niche in the on-line content marketplace,” said Herb Wilkins, General Partner at Syncom. “The MyToons team has a clear view of what both animators and consumers are craving, and is moving quickly to deliver key services to address those needs. We look forward to helping take MyToons from early-adoption to mainstream consumption.”
More at:www.MyToons.com
ResponseLogix takes auto dealers' Internet sales departments to the next level of productivity and profitability
What Company Is Offering:
ResponseLogix takes auto dealers' Internet sales departments to the next level of productivity and profitability. ResponseLogix solves the three biggest challenges in the Internet sales process: the speed and quality of initial response to leads; the impact and consistency of ongoing follow up; and, the effectiveness of the live communications in-between. ResponseLogix is the only solution in the marketplace that solves all three of these issues while delivering personalized messages to the customer that are timely, consistent, and relevant.
How Much They Got From VCs:
ResponseLogix, Inc. announced the close of an $8 million Series A round of financing, led by GRP Partners and Shasta Ventures with support from A. H. Belo Corporation and the Belo Corp. ResponseLogix will use the money to continue to grow and scale its platform of tools and services for automotive dealers' Internet sales.
"ResponseLogix has created a valuable and exciting technology platform for managing automotive sales leads. ResponseLogix's solutions suite significantly increases the close rate of dealers using the web to sell," said Steven Dietz, partner at GRP Partners. "We're delighted to invest in ResponseLogix to accelerate the adoption of its ground-breaking technology in the automotive community."
More at :http://www.responselogix.com
ResponseLogix takes auto dealers' Internet sales departments to the next level of productivity and profitability. ResponseLogix solves the three biggest challenges in the Internet sales process: the speed and quality of initial response to leads; the impact and consistency of ongoing follow up; and, the effectiveness of the live communications in-between. ResponseLogix is the only solution in the marketplace that solves all three of these issues while delivering personalized messages to the customer that are timely, consistent, and relevant.
How Much They Got From VCs:
ResponseLogix, Inc. announced the close of an $8 million Series A round of financing, led by GRP Partners and Shasta Ventures with support from A. H. Belo Corporation and the Belo Corp. ResponseLogix will use the money to continue to grow and scale its platform of tools and services for automotive dealers' Internet sales.
"ResponseLogix has created a valuable and exciting technology platform for managing automotive sales leads. ResponseLogix's solutions suite significantly increases the close rate of dealers using the web to sell," said Steven Dietz, partner at GRP Partners. "We're delighted to invest in ResponseLogix to accelerate the adoption of its ground-breaking technology in the automotive community."
More at :http://www.responselogix.com
NiceCritic.com
What Company Is Offering:
NiceCritic.com is a way of communicating difficult thoughts comfortably. This free service gives users the ability to say something to someone that has been on their minds in a safe, non-embarrassing environment. They simply visit the site, pick a statement from a wide variety of pre-written “thought bubbles,” and send that message anonymously to a friend, acquaintance, or relative’s email address. This site is meant to be a constructive critic on a wide variety of potentially-uncomfortable issues. The person being “NiceCritic’d” then has the opportunity to reflect on the message received, choosing to take the suggestion or dismiss it. Please feel free to use this site in the constructive manner for which it is intended. This site is meant to be polite, constructive, and fun. This site is NOT meant to make anyone feel uncomfortable.
More at:http://www.nicecritic.com/
NiceCritic.com is a way of communicating difficult thoughts comfortably. This free service gives users the ability to say something to someone that has been on their minds in a safe, non-embarrassing environment. They simply visit the site, pick a statement from a wide variety of pre-written “thought bubbles,” and send that message anonymously to a friend, acquaintance, or relative’s email address. This site is meant to be a constructive critic on a wide variety of potentially-uncomfortable issues. The person being “NiceCritic’d” then has the opportunity to reflect on the message received, choosing to take the suggestion or dismiss it. Please feel free to use this site in the constructive manner for which it is intended. This site is meant to be polite, constructive, and fun. This site is NOT meant to make anyone feel uncomfortable.
More at:http://www.nicecritic.com/
RYZ ---Fashion Brand
What Company Is Offering:
RYZ isn’t just another fashion brand. It’s a new way of thinking about the fashion business that includes getting input -- and ultimately forming a partnership -- with our customers.
Unlike the fashionista elite who dictate style from on high, RYZ invites anyone to design the perfect pair of shoes. We’ll produce the most popular designs, sell them around the world, and share the profits with the designer. Everybody wins.
More at:http://www.ryzwear.com/
RYZ isn’t just another fashion brand. It’s a new way of thinking about the fashion business that includes getting input -- and ultimately forming a partnership -- with our customers.
Unlike the fashionista elite who dictate style from on high, RYZ invites anyone to design the perfect pair of shoes. We’ll produce the most popular designs, sell them around the world, and share the profits with the designer. Everybody wins.
More at:http://www.ryzwear.com/
Estalea provides the expertise in technology, product development and marketing
What Company Is Offering:
Estalea, an innovative entrepreneurial company that is capitalizing on these opportunities by creating a network of new internet businesses. Whether developing new products or improving on established offerings, Estalea provides the expertise in technology, product development and marketing to ensure each of its operating companies thrives in the marketplace.Each of Estalea's operating companies is built with forward-looking technology by an experienced team of engineers with state-of-the-art competencies in enterprise grade web-based software development and management. This enables Estalea to minimize development time and launch each additional company on a mature and reliable platform designed for online businesses.
And by outsourcing many functions of the business, Estalea delivers differentiated products and services at a comparatively low cost of entry, allowing pricing leverage over the competition and ensuring a clear path to profitability. The result - Estalea's companies launch new products and services better, faster and more cost-effectively than competitors.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Impact Radius Inc., a Los Angeles-based developer of online infrastructure infrastructure has raised nearly $2.5 million in Series B-1 funding led by Redpoint Ventures, according to a regulatory filing.
More at:www.estalea.com
Estalea, an innovative entrepreneurial company that is capitalizing on these opportunities by creating a network of new internet businesses. Whether developing new products or improving on established offerings, Estalea provides the expertise in technology, product development and marketing to ensure each of its operating companies thrives in the marketplace.Each of Estalea's operating companies is built with forward-looking technology by an experienced team of engineers with state-of-the-art competencies in enterprise grade web-based software development and management. This enables Estalea to minimize development time and launch each additional company on a mature and reliable platform designed for online businesses.
And by outsourcing many functions of the business, Estalea delivers differentiated products and services at a comparatively low cost of entry, allowing pricing leverage over the competition and ensuring a clear path to profitability. The result - Estalea's companies launch new products and services better, faster and more cost-effectively than competitors.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Impact Radius Inc., a Los Angeles-based developer of online infrastructure infrastructure has raised nearly $2.5 million in Series B-1 funding led by Redpoint Ventures, according to a regulatory filing.
More at:www.estalea.com
Conformia is the leading provider of Product and Process Lifecycle Management Solutions for the Pharmaceutical Industry
What Company Is Offering:
Conformia is the leading provider of Product and Process Lifecycle Management Solutions for the Pharmaceutical Industry. Built on a unique understanding of the global knowledge management needs of the pharmaceutical industry for the 21st century, Conformia is enabling the ICH vision(Q8/9/10) by providing stewardship of core product/process lifecycle knowledge for today and tomorrow.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Conformia Software Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of compliance management software for regulated process industries, has called down $2.95 million of a $4 million Series D round, according to a regulatory filing. Return backers include Sequoia Capital, Jafco Ventures and Foundation Capital.
More at: www.conformia.com
Conformia is the leading provider of Product and Process Lifecycle Management Solutions for the Pharmaceutical Industry. Built on a unique understanding of the global knowledge management needs of the pharmaceutical industry for the 21st century, Conformia is enabling the ICH vision(Q8/9/10) by providing stewardship of core product/process lifecycle knowledge for today and tomorrow.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Conformia Software Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of compliance management software for regulated process industries, has called down $2.95 million of a $4 million Series D round, according to a regulatory filing. Return backers include Sequoia Capital, Jafco Ventures and Foundation Capital.
More at: www.conformia.com
Athenix Inc is developer of products and technologies for agricultural and industrial applications like biofuels, has raised $10 million
About VCs Deal:
Athenix Inc., a Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based developer of products and technologies for agricultural and industrial applications like biofuels, has raised $10 million in new "Series S" funding, according to a regulatory filing. Return backers include Hunt Ventures, Intersouth Partners and Polaris Venture Partners.
More at:www.athenix.com
Athenix Inc., a Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based developer of products and technologies for agricultural and industrial applications like biofuels, has raised $10 million in new "Series S" funding, according to a regulatory filing. Return backers include Hunt Ventures, Intersouth Partners and Polaris Venture Partners.
More at:www.athenix.com
TicketLeap.com is an online event ticketing solution designed for small to medium sized events and organizers
What Company Is Offering:
TicketLeap.com is an online event ticketing solution designed for small to medium sized events and organizers. TicketLeap requires no special hardware, software, or contracts, and is free and simple to setup online. Over 2,500 clients from Florida to Alaska are already using TicketLeap to sell tickets online for their events. Consumers use any major debit or credit card to purchase event tickets in a secure environment, and receive their personalized ticket via email. TicketLeap is ideal for any event or venue manager who wants to reduce administrative burden, improve revenue controls, and enhance customer convenience.
How Much They Got From VCs:
TicketLeap.com, which allows anyone, anywhere to easily sell tickets online, announces the closing of a $2 million Series A venture capital round. The additional funds will allow the company to implement several recently-signed business development deals, make important new hires, and continue investments in technology and marketing. The investment group was led by MentorTech Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and others.
More at:www.TicketLeap.com
TicketLeap.com is an online event ticketing solution designed for small to medium sized events and organizers. TicketLeap requires no special hardware, software, or contracts, and is free and simple to setup online. Over 2,500 clients from Florida to Alaska are already using TicketLeap to sell tickets online for their events. Consumers use any major debit or credit card to purchase event tickets in a secure environment, and receive their personalized ticket via email. TicketLeap is ideal for any event or venue manager who wants to reduce administrative burden, improve revenue controls, and enhance customer convenience.
How Much They Got From VCs:
TicketLeap.com, which allows anyone, anywhere to easily sell tickets online, announces the closing of a $2 million Series A venture capital round. The additional funds will allow the company to implement several recently-signed business development deals, make important new hires, and continue investments in technology and marketing. The investment group was led by MentorTech Ventures, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania, and others.
More at:www.TicketLeap.com
Shapeways! Just upload your design, they print it and ship it to you - it's easy
What Company Is Offering:
Shapeways! Just upload your design, they print it and ship it to you - it's easy. Within ten working days you'll hold your own design in your hands.
But that's not all - they're offering you everything you need to meet fellow Shapeways users, share your work and find inspiration.
They're using a technique called '3D Printing' which has proven itself as a high-quality production technique, but up to now has always been very expensive. By creating a large community they are able to produce much cheaper, meaning better prices for you.
More at:http://www.shapeways.com/
Shapeways! Just upload your design, they print it and ship it to you - it's easy. Within ten working days you'll hold your own design in your hands.
But that's not all - they're offering you everything you need to meet fellow Shapeways users, share your work and find inspiration.
They're using a technique called '3D Printing' which has proven itself as a high-quality production technique, but up to now has always been very expensive. By creating a large community they are able to produce much cheaper, meaning better prices for you.
More at:http://www.shapeways.com/
Slydial is a free voice messaging service that connects you directly to someone's mobile voicemail
What Company Is Offering:
Slydial is a free voice messaging service that connects you directly to someone's mobile voicemail. slydial is a service of MobileSphere.
Anyone who is short on time, wants to avoid an awkward conversation, or doesn't want to bother someone, but needs to leave them a voicemail.
How Is It Different:
There is no other service that does quite what slydial does. While some mobile phone carriers enable their users to reply to or send voicemails within their voicemail system, there are significant limitations. For example, voicemails can only be sent to users with the same carrier (e.g. Verizon) and more specifically only to users within a certain geographic area (e.g. New York metro).
More at:http://www.slydial.com/
Slydial is a free voice messaging service that connects you directly to someone's mobile voicemail. slydial is a service of MobileSphere.
Anyone who is short on time, wants to avoid an awkward conversation, or doesn't want to bother someone, but needs to leave them a voicemail.
How Is It Different:
There is no other service that does quite what slydial does. While some mobile phone carriers enable their users to reply to or send voicemails within their voicemail system, there are significant limitations. For example, voicemails can only be sent to users with the same carrier (e.g. Verizon) and more specifically only to users within a certain geographic area (e.g. New York metro).
More at:http://www.slydial.com/
GradeGenie is a website that allows students and faculty to share non-copyrighted, academically allowed course materials with other students
What Company Is Offering:
GradeGenie is a website that allows students and faculty to share non-copyrighted, academically allowed course materials with other students. Items such as class notes, study guides, prior homework assignments and other materials that would help a student gain a more in-depth understanding of their coursework would be offered on the site. Items such as tests, etc, or anything that would be in violation of the academic fraud and plagiarism policies are NOT allowed.
How It Works:
GradeGenie takes study groups to a whole new level. It allows real-time, mass collaboration of ideas, notes, etc beyond the geographic limitations of a single university. Our belief is if GradeGenie can enhance a student's understanding of their course materials, and help them save time, then better grades can be achieved through better learning.
GradeGenie depends on students helping students by uploading class notes in an easy to use tool that will then post the notes in a way that other students will be able to easily find them. The second way and probably the most frequently used way, will be for students to search for the class notes that are important to them. You will be able to search, view and download (as applicable) the notes that will help you study more effectively for your class.
More at:http://www.gradegenie.com/
GradeGenie is a website that allows students and faculty to share non-copyrighted, academically allowed course materials with other students. Items such as class notes, study guides, prior homework assignments and other materials that would help a student gain a more in-depth understanding of their coursework would be offered on the site. Items such as tests, etc, or anything that would be in violation of the academic fraud and plagiarism policies are NOT allowed.
How It Works:
GradeGenie takes study groups to a whole new level. It allows real-time, mass collaboration of ideas, notes, etc beyond the geographic limitations of a single university. Our belief is if GradeGenie can enhance a student's understanding of their course materials, and help them save time, then better grades can be achieved through better learning.
GradeGenie depends on students helping students by uploading class notes in an easy to use tool that will then post the notes in a way that other students will be able to easily find them. The second way and probably the most frequently used way, will be for students to search for the class notes that are important to them. You will be able to search, view and download (as applicable) the notes that will help you study more effectively for your class.
More at:http://www.gradegenie.com/
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
OrderMotion is a Boston-based technology company serving small and mid-sized e-Commerce merchants with an order management solution
What Company Is Offering:
OrderMotion is a Boston-based technology company serving small and mid-sized e-Commerce merchants with an order management solution to help them meet the demands of a growing business. Specializing in companies with 5-10 employees processing more than 25 orders per day, OrderMotion’s Web-based software enables merchants to take orders, manage inventory and process payments via one easy-to-use interface.
OrderMotion's award-winning technology has contributed to the rapid growth of known brands including Ronco, Zabar’s, Wolfgang Puck, Goldspeed.com and thousands of others. Designed by Web entrepreneurs for Web entrepreneurs, OrderMotion is the best solution for growing companies that are ready to move beyond manual or email-based processes.
More at:http://www.ordermotion.com/
OrderMotion is a Boston-based technology company serving small and mid-sized e-Commerce merchants with an order management solution to help them meet the demands of a growing business. Specializing in companies with 5-10 employees processing more than 25 orders per day, OrderMotion’s Web-based software enables merchants to take orders, manage inventory and process payments via one easy-to-use interface.
OrderMotion's award-winning technology has contributed to the rapid growth of known brands including Ronco, Zabar’s, Wolfgang Puck, Goldspeed.com and thousands of others. Designed by Web entrepreneurs for Web entrepreneurs, OrderMotion is the best solution for growing companies that are ready to move beyond manual or email-based processes.
More at:http://www.ordermotion.com/
LiveSalary is a free real-time salary comparison website that allows people to calculate their true market value
What Company Is Offering:
LiveSalary is a free real-time salary comparison website that allows people to calculate their true market value by sharing anonymous remuneration data with other employees.
LiveSalary is a free community-based website where people exchange salary data. The site contains REAL salaries entered by Australian employees FOR Australian employees. Help maximise the richness of this data by contributing today and please return in the near future to see how salaries in your area of expertise change over time.
How It Works:
The site enables you to get accurate, real-time salary data based on information relevant to your specific situation such as your job title, location, gender, education and experience.
LiveSalary operates a “give to get” model. Put simply, it's a form of sharing - you provide accurate and anonymous salary data and in return you get access to all the salary information shared by our community.
LiveSalary aims to throw light on information that has always been hard to find. By anonymously adding your salary you become part of a community of employees helping each other by anonymously sharing salary information. To date, this kind of detailed salary information has simply not been available to Australian employees in real time nor has it been available free of charge.
More at:http://www.livesalary.com.au/
LiveSalary is a free real-time salary comparison website that allows people to calculate their true market value by sharing anonymous remuneration data with other employees.
LiveSalary is a free community-based website where people exchange salary data. The site contains REAL salaries entered by Australian employees FOR Australian employees. Help maximise the richness of this data by contributing today and please return in the near future to see how salaries in your area of expertise change over time.
How It Works:
The site enables you to get accurate, real-time salary data based on information relevant to your specific situation such as your job title, location, gender, education and experience.
LiveSalary operates a “give to get” model. Put simply, it's a form of sharing - you provide accurate and anonymous salary data and in return you get access to all the salary information shared by our community.
LiveSalary aims to throw light on information that has always been hard to find. By anonymously adding your salary you become part of a community of employees helping each other by anonymously sharing salary information. To date, this kind of detailed salary information has simply not been available to Australian employees in real time nor has it been available free of charge.
More at:http://www.livesalary.com.au/
FlexJobs
What Company Is Offering:
They are jobs that fall outside of the traditional full-time, on-site, 9-to-5 job. There are many types, such as telecommuting (or work from home, telework, virtual work, etc.), part-time, flex-time, contract, consulting, project-based, seasonal, volunteer... or a combination of these!
How Is It Different:
FlexJobs is one of the few job services completely free of commercial and other paid advertising. That means you won’t have to be constantly suspicious about which jobs are real... and which are scams or schemes “posing” as jobs to take advantage of you.
They believe that it's better -- and critical to the integrity of their company -- to have a database of both high quality professionals AND high quality jobs, and they work hard to accomplish that.
FlexJobs has a clean, easy-to-use, 2.0 website that utilizes top search and privacy technologies.
More at:http://www.flexjobs.com/
They are jobs that fall outside of the traditional full-time, on-site, 9-to-5 job. There are many types, such as telecommuting (or work from home, telework, virtual work, etc.), part-time, flex-time, contract, consulting, project-based, seasonal, volunteer... or a combination of these!
How Is It Different:
FlexJobs is one of the few job services completely free of commercial and other paid advertising. That means you won’t have to be constantly suspicious about which jobs are real... and which are scams or schemes “posing” as jobs to take advantage of you.
They believe that it's better -- and critical to the integrity of their company -- to have a database of both high quality professionals AND high quality jobs, and they work hard to accomplish that.
FlexJobs has a clean, easy-to-use, 2.0 website that utilizes top search and privacy technologies.
More at:http://www.flexjobs.com/
Appirio provides products and services that help enterprises accelerate their adoption of on-demand
What Company Is Offering:
Appirio provides products and services that help enterprises accelerate their adoption of on-demand. Appirio has a proven track record of delivering business value to customers by implementing mission-critical Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions based on platforms such as Salesforce and Google Apps, and developing innovative applications that connect and extend today's leading on-demand platforms.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Appirio , the leader in delivering products and professional services that help businesses accelerate their adoption of on-demand solutions, today announced it has secured Series B financing of $5.6 million. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, the investment firm behind Google, Yahoo!, LinkedIn, and PayPal. This round of financing follows a Series A investment earlier this year, which brought in $1.1 million from salesforce.com and angel investors.
Appirio has a proven track record of delivering both products and professional services using Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) technologies from industry leaders such as Google and salesforce.com. Appirio's service offerings have helped many large enterprises and forward-thinking companies to lower operational costs and improve business agility through on-demand systems that better meet the needs of their business. Appirio also offers a growing product portfolio that "connects the clouds" between Google, Salesforce and Amazon, enabling customers of all sizes to more easily adopt and extend these on-demand solutions within their organization.
More at:www.appirio.com
Appirio provides products and services that help enterprises accelerate their adoption of on-demand. Appirio has a proven track record of delivering business value to customers by implementing mission-critical Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions based on platforms such as Salesforce and Google Apps, and developing innovative applications that connect and extend today's leading on-demand platforms.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Appirio , the leader in delivering products and professional services that help businesses accelerate their adoption of on-demand solutions, today announced it has secured Series B financing of $5.6 million. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, the investment firm behind Google, Yahoo!, LinkedIn, and PayPal. This round of financing follows a Series A investment earlier this year, which brought in $1.1 million from salesforce.com and angel investors.
Appirio has a proven track record of delivering both products and professional services using Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) technologies from industry leaders such as Google and salesforce.com. Appirio's service offerings have helped many large enterprises and forward-thinking companies to lower operational costs and improve business agility through on-demand systems that better meet the needs of their business. Appirio also offers a growing product portfolio that "connects the clouds" between Google, Salesforce and Amazon, enabling customers of all sizes to more easily adopt and extend these on-demand solutions within their organization.
More at:www.appirio.com
10gen is creating a new platform to let developers quickly and easily build complex and scalable Web applications
What Company Is Offering:
10gen is creating a new platform to let developers quickly and easily build complex and scalable Web applications. The 10gen cloud computing architecture will enable developers to write Web applications and automatically scale as demand increases without re-architecting code. The 10gen stack includes a powerful database and application server.
How Much They Got From VCs:
10gen , creator of a new Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) technology that helps developers more quickly and easily build dynamic, scalable Web sites and applications, today announced $1.5 million in Series A financing from Union Square Ventures. The cloud computing company, founded earlier this year by DoubleClick veterans Kevin Ryan, Dwight Merriman and Eliot Horowitz, and former Joost engineering VP, Geir Magnusson Jr., aims to provide significant time and cost saving advantages by allowing developers to focus on solving business problems and delivering functionality rather than expending effort on infrastructure, scaling and system management.
"At 10gen we are building a cloud stack from the ground up -- including a database and application server -- with the design goal of running sites and services of all sizes," noted Dwight Merriman, Founder and CEO. "Rather than porting existing tools into the cloud, Web development can only prosper by building new technologies for this environment, technologies which are available in an open way such that many companies and other entities can collaborate on their development."
More at:http://www.10gen.com/
10gen is creating a new platform to let developers quickly and easily build complex and scalable Web applications. The 10gen cloud computing architecture will enable developers to write Web applications and automatically scale as demand increases without re-architecting code. The 10gen stack includes a powerful database and application server.
How Much They Got From VCs:
10gen , creator of a new Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) technology that helps developers more quickly and easily build dynamic, scalable Web sites and applications, today announced $1.5 million in Series A financing from Union Square Ventures. The cloud computing company, founded earlier this year by DoubleClick veterans Kevin Ryan, Dwight Merriman and Eliot Horowitz, and former Joost engineering VP, Geir Magnusson Jr., aims to provide significant time and cost saving advantages by allowing developers to focus on solving business problems and delivering functionality rather than expending effort on infrastructure, scaling and system management.
"At 10gen we are building a cloud stack from the ground up -- including a database and application server -- with the design goal of running sites and services of all sizes," noted Dwight Merriman, Founder and CEO. "Rather than porting existing tools into the cloud, Web development can only prosper by building new technologies for this environment, technologies which are available in an open way such that many companies and other entities can collaborate on their development."
More at:http://www.10gen.com/
LivingSocial enables you to catalog your interests, browse what your friends enjoy, and find others with similar tastes
What Company Is Offering:
LivingSocial enables you to catalog your interests, browse what your friends enjoy, and find others with similar tastes. LivingSocial is now helping more than 6.4 million users catalogue their interests, seamlessly integrating with Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, hi5, and Orkut.
How Much They Got From VCs:
LivingSocial.com, a social discovery and cataloging network for reviewing and sharing common interests, today announced the company has closed more than $5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Grotech Ventures and includes a personal investment from Steve and Jean Case. Since launching in February 2008, 6.4 million beta users have catalogued more than 80 million reviews of movies, books, music, games, restaurants and beers.
LivingSocial lets users manage and catalogue their interests and share reviews with peers across its themed vertical websites ReelSocial, ReadingSocial, TuneSocial, GamingSocial, DiningSocial and BrewSocial. Once posted on LivingSocial.com, users’ catalogued items and reviews are seamlessly integrated and easily accessed across top social networks, including Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Orkut and hi5. With their first round of funding, the company is poised for aggressive user acquisition – continuing momentum from the significant growth achieved since its beta launch.
More at:http://www.livingsocial.com/
LivingSocial enables you to catalog your interests, browse what your friends enjoy, and find others with similar tastes. LivingSocial is now helping more than 6.4 million users catalogue their interests, seamlessly integrating with Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, hi5, and Orkut.
How Much They Got From VCs:
LivingSocial.com, a social discovery and cataloging network for reviewing and sharing common interests, today announced the company has closed more than $5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Grotech Ventures and includes a personal investment from Steve and Jean Case. Since launching in February 2008, 6.4 million beta users have catalogued more than 80 million reviews of movies, books, music, games, restaurants and beers.
LivingSocial lets users manage and catalogue their interests and share reviews with peers across its themed vertical websites ReelSocial, ReadingSocial, TuneSocial, GamingSocial, DiningSocial and BrewSocial. Once posted on LivingSocial.com, users’ catalogued items and reviews are seamlessly integrated and easily accessed across top social networks, including Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Orkut and hi5. With their first round of funding, the company is poised for aggressive user acquisition – continuing momentum from the significant growth achieved since its beta launch.
More at:http://www.livingsocial.com/
AGORACOM is the Web 2.0 online marketplace and forum for citizens of the small-cap investment community
What Company Is Offering:
AGORACOM is the Web 2.0 online marketplace and forum for citizens of the small-cap investment community. Public companies, shareholders and prospective shareholders amalgamate for the purposes of communicating in a monitored and secure environment free of bashing, hyping, spam and profanity that have plagued other small-cap communities for far too long.
Through the use of dedicated communities, blogging, webcasting, podcasting and other Web 2.0 tools, AGORACOM fills the information void created by the lack of small-cap coverage in the financial media. In addition, through strict enforcement of their 6 Rules Of Use, they eliminate stock promotion techniques such as spam, hyping and bashing whose sole purpose is to manipulate share prices.
AGORACOM derives more than 95% of revenues from public companies that engage them via annual contracts to utilize their superior Web 2.0 community and communications tools.
They believe in small entrepreneurs and small investors. They serve them by widely disseminating great information and then providing current and prospective investors with unsurpassed management access to conduct the best due diligence possible, leading to the most informed investment decision possible.
A Web 2.0 marketplace, forum and community for small-cap citizens.
More at :http://www.agoracom.com/
AGORACOM is the Web 2.0 online marketplace and forum for citizens of the small-cap investment community. Public companies, shareholders and prospective shareholders amalgamate for the purposes of communicating in a monitored and secure environment free of bashing, hyping, spam and profanity that have plagued other small-cap communities for far too long.
Through the use of dedicated communities, blogging, webcasting, podcasting and other Web 2.0 tools, AGORACOM fills the information void created by the lack of small-cap coverage in the financial media. In addition, through strict enforcement of their 6 Rules Of Use, they eliminate stock promotion techniques such as spam, hyping and bashing whose sole purpose is to manipulate share prices.
AGORACOM derives more than 95% of revenues from public companies that engage them via annual contracts to utilize their superior Web 2.0 community and communications tools.
They believe in small entrepreneurs and small investors. They serve them by widely disseminating great information and then providing current and prospective investors with unsurpassed management access to conduct the best due diligence possible, leading to the most informed investment decision possible.
A Web 2.0 marketplace, forum and community for small-cap citizens.
More at :http://www.agoracom.com/
Sendible lets you connect with people by scheduling and receiving messages at a time you choose
What Company Is Offering:
Sendible lets you connect with people by scheduling and receiving messages at a time you choose. Sendible allows you to create targeted ads that will appear in the messages that our users are sending. Your ads will appear in Email, SMS, Facebook and other social messages that people are sending to.
Unique Features:
Send messages to your friends, customers or colleagues in the future.
Schedule reminders for things you might forget.
Organise and manage your contacts.
Jot down notes and have them sent at a time you choose.
Schedule appointment reminders for your customers.
Subscribe to content that interests you most and choose how to receive it.
More at:http://www.sendible.com/
Sendible lets you connect with people by scheduling and receiving messages at a time you choose. Sendible allows you to create targeted ads that will appear in the messages that our users are sending. Your ads will appear in Email, SMS, Facebook and other social messages that people are sending to.
Unique Features:
Send messages to your friends, customers or colleagues in the future.
Schedule reminders for things you might forget.
Organise and manage your contacts.
Jot down notes and have them sent at a time you choose.
Schedule appointment reminders for your customers.
Subscribe to content that interests you most and choose how to receive it.
More at:http://www.sendible.com/
On Lifebooker you can search, browse, and book appointments at the top health and beauty spots in your city for free
What Company Is Offering:
On Lifebooker you can search, browse, and book appointments at the top health and beauty spots in your city for free. You'll not only find exclusive deals, but you'll earn rewards towards your next appointment each time you book.
How It Works:
They've got the best places and the best deals. They negotiate exclusive deals at the city's top health and beauty spots, in order to make sure they offer appointments at dramatically discounted prices to their Lifebooker clients.
Every time you rate an appointment you've honored, you'll receive reward dollars towards any service on their site. For example, book and rate a $100 facial for your first appointment and they'll give you $5 in rewards.
Unlike other online directories, they only display ratings and reviews from clients who have actually honored appointments. Their system also records the specific service your fellow Lifebooker client received, so you'll know if a rating refers to a manicure or a haircut.
More at:http://www.lifebooker.com/
On Lifebooker you can search, browse, and book appointments at the top health and beauty spots in your city for free. You'll not only find exclusive deals, but you'll earn rewards towards your next appointment each time you book.
How It Works:
They've got the best places and the best deals. They negotiate exclusive deals at the city's top health and beauty spots, in order to make sure they offer appointments at dramatically discounted prices to their Lifebooker clients.
Every time you rate an appointment you've honored, you'll receive reward dollars towards any service on their site. For example, book and rate a $100 facial for your first appointment and they'll give you $5 in rewards.
Unlike other online directories, they only display ratings and reviews from clients who have actually honored appointments. Their system also records the specific service your fellow Lifebooker client received, so you'll know if a rating refers to a manicure or a haircut.
More at:http://www.lifebooker.com/
Selfcast is a place to create your own live broadcasts and interact live with a global audience through your own Channel
What Company Is Offering:
Selfcast is a place to create your own live broadcasts and interact live with a global audience through your own Channel.
You can create and broadcast your own live Casts or Schedule them for later. Anyone from around the Web can come to view your own personal Channel on Selfcast and embed your Channel into other websites and social networks.
How It Works:
When you register with Selfcast you’re automatically given your own Web page on the site, called a Channel. From here people can see all the Shows or Casts you’ve already made, as well as any that are scheduled for the future. Your Channel can also include information about yourself, including content from other sites on the multimedia “Wall”.
People use Selfcast to create live broadcasts, interact with friends and share their life. Musicians and DJs use Selfcast to broadcast music and chat with their fans. Artists use Selfcast to promote their work. Comedians and entertainers use Selfcast to host interactive talk shows. The only limit is your imagination.
More at:http://www.selfcast.com/StaticPages/
Selfcast is a place to create your own live broadcasts and interact live with a global audience through your own Channel.
You can create and broadcast your own live Casts or Schedule them for later. Anyone from around the Web can come to view your own personal Channel on Selfcast and embed your Channel into other websites and social networks.
How It Works:
When you register with Selfcast you’re automatically given your own Web page on the site, called a Channel. From here people can see all the Shows or Casts you’ve already made, as well as any that are scheduled for the future. Your Channel can also include information about yourself, including content from other sites on the multimedia “Wall”.
People use Selfcast to create live broadcasts, interact with friends and share their life. Musicians and DJs use Selfcast to broadcast music and chat with their fans. Artists use Selfcast to promote their work. Comedians and entertainers use Selfcast to host interactive talk shows. The only limit is your imagination.
More at:http://www.selfcast.com/StaticPages/
Preople.com is the ultimate ego booster or perhaps the ultimate ego buster. Preople shows you what you are really worth in the digital age
What Company Is Offering:
Preople.com is the ultimate ego booster or perhaps the ultimate ego buster. Preople shows you what you are really worth in the digital age. Get your Preople.com Rank and let the world know were you stand.
Preople is a new venture of Meganova BV in Amsterdam, the innovative investment company of Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Caspar Wenckbach and the driving force behind companies such as HubHop (Netherlands' first wireless internet service provider), SMSeenhuis (text-a-house.com), TAGnames (interactive marketing with textmessaging for mobile phones)and Junker (the first antispam service in the Netherlands based on challenge response technology).
How It Works:
They visit a few search engines, search for your name, get the number of times your name is found online and perform a complicated calculation to extract a Preople Rank. They guard this formula with their lives because it is what makes their service, and your Preople Rank, unique. Your Preople Rank is calculated based on search results from a few major search engines. Those search indexes are updated all the time and our formula uses a few parameters which might give different results based on the time of day of your search and your popularity at that exact moment.
More at:http://www.preople.com/
Preople.com is the ultimate ego booster or perhaps the ultimate ego buster. Preople shows you what you are really worth in the digital age. Get your Preople.com Rank and let the world know were you stand.
Preople is a new venture of Meganova BV in Amsterdam, the innovative investment company of Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Caspar Wenckbach and the driving force behind companies such as HubHop (Netherlands' first wireless internet service provider), SMSeenhuis (text-a-house.com), TAGnames (interactive marketing with textmessaging for mobile phones)and Junker (the first antispam service in the Netherlands based on challenge response technology).
How It Works:
They visit a few search engines, search for your name, get the number of times your name is found online and perform a complicated calculation to extract a Preople Rank. They guard this formula with their lives because it is what makes their service, and your Preople Rank, unique. Your Preople Rank is calculated based on search results from a few major search engines. Those search indexes are updated all the time and our formula uses a few parameters which might give different results based on the time of day of your search and your popularity at that exact moment.
More at:http://www.preople.com/
ToldYa
What Company Is Offering:
ToldYa advertising widget that's tied directly to your existing offers and offers an unbeatable interactive experience complete with text, images, audio, video, browsing, search and more.ToldYa widgets from the ultimate top-tier advertisers. Maximize your real-estate while improving your visitor's experience and keeping them longer. Use your existing affiliate network publisher id to earn your commissions.
More at:http://www.toldya.com/
ToldYa advertising widget that's tied directly to your existing offers and offers an unbeatable interactive experience complete with text, images, audio, video, browsing, search and more.ToldYa widgets from the ultimate top-tier advertisers. Maximize your real-estate while improving your visitor's experience and keeping them longer. Use your existing affiliate network publisher id to earn your commissions.
More at:http://www.toldya.com/
Monday, July 21, 2008
LOUD3R is a network of exhaustive, topic-driven websites
What Company Is Offering:
LOUD3R is a network of exhaustive, topic-driven websites. They gather and publish the best content from blogs, news and editorial sites, including photos and videos for any given topic. LOUD3R ranks the content, pushing the most important stories to the top. All the news is published by an automated semantic engine that is guided by human editors, user behavior and community feedback.
How it works:
LOUD3R sites are created by assembling a source list of websites and a semantic glossary of terms that teach the content engine how to identify the best news stories, photos, videos, and other content from hundreds of Websites related to a particular topic. They use a combination of human editorial input combined with semantic software to assemble all the best content, from a web-wide perspective, for any given topic. The technology learns from user behavior, allowing the site to react to the community's interests and preferences. They sift through the bad, so you don't have to.
More at:http://www.loud3r.com/
LOUD3R is a network of exhaustive, topic-driven websites. They gather and publish the best content from blogs, news and editorial sites, including photos and videos for any given topic. LOUD3R ranks the content, pushing the most important stories to the top. All the news is published by an automated semantic engine that is guided by human editors, user behavior and community feedback.
How it works:
LOUD3R sites are created by assembling a source list of websites and a semantic glossary of terms that teach the content engine how to identify the best news stories, photos, videos, and other content from hundreds of Websites related to a particular topic. They use a combination of human editorial input combined with semantic software to assemble all the best content, from a web-wide perspective, for any given topic. The technology learns from user behavior, allowing the site to react to the community's interests and preferences. They sift through the bad, so you don't have to.
More at:http://www.loud3r.com/
StumbleAudio is a social music discovery site with a mission is to help you find music by new and exciting artists that you would like
What Company Is Offering:
StumbleAudio is a social music discovery site with a mission is to help you find music by new and exciting artists that you would like, rather than play or sell you the hits by known artists that you are “expected” to love.
Their catalog has over 2,000,000 tracks by over 120,000 artists ready to be played in full length, high quality, free of charge.
StumbleAudio started to build its recommendation engine by importing massive anonymous data of saved favorites, music preferences and buying patterns from several online download and actual music CD stores. As you use StumbleAudio the system learns from your “thumbs up” and “thumbs down” and constantly adjusts the music offered to your liking.
They are committed to making their recommendation engine more accurate and relevant as they collect more real use data.
More at:http://www.stumbleaudio.com/
StumbleAudio is a social music discovery site with a mission is to help you find music by new and exciting artists that you would like, rather than play or sell you the hits by known artists that you are “expected” to love.
Their catalog has over 2,000,000 tracks by over 120,000 artists ready to be played in full length, high quality, free of charge.
StumbleAudio started to build its recommendation engine by importing massive anonymous data of saved favorites, music preferences and buying patterns from several online download and actual music CD stores. As you use StumbleAudio the system learns from your “thumbs up” and “thumbs down” and constantly adjusts the music offered to your liking.
They are committed to making their recommendation engine more accurate and relevant as they collect more real use data.
More at:http://www.stumbleaudio.com/
Portfolio Viewer is Flash based desktop software for tracking the performance of your financial investments
What Company Is Offering:
Portfolio Viewer is Flash based desktop software for tracking the performance of your financial investments. You can track multiple portfolios,works in online and offline modes, receive price updates, lookup stock/fund ticker symbols, view stock/fund profiles and news, import investments in Quicken, Microsoft Money, and an Excel formats.
More at:http://www.adobe.com/
Portfolio Viewer is Flash based desktop software for tracking the performance of your financial investments. You can track multiple portfolios,works in online and offline modes, receive price updates, lookup stock/fund ticker symbols, view stock/fund profiles and news, import investments in Quicken, Microsoft Money, and an Excel formats.
More at:http://www.adobe.com/
pressflip as an internet search that keeps searching and learns what you like
What Company Is Offering:
pressflip as an internet search that keeps searching and learns what you like. Search for a topic that interests you, then save it. pressflip will show you new articles that match your search as time goes on. As you use pressflip, it learns more about what you like and will show you more interesting results.
More at:http://pressflip.com/
pressflip as an internet search that keeps searching and learns what you like. Search for a topic that interests you, then save it. pressflip will show you new articles that match your search as time goes on. As you use pressflip, it learns more about what you like and will show you more interesting results.
More at:http://pressflip.com/
CollegeNET, Inc. is focused on providing technologies that save institutions money and improve educational access and affordability for citizens
What Company Is Offering:
CollegeNET, Inc. is focused on providing technologies that save institutions money and improve educational access and affordability for citizens. The company provides innovations in event and academic scheduling, decision support, admissions, web-based tuition processing, prospect management, alumni development, and email management to colleges, universities, and nonprofits worldwide. More than 1,000 institutions use CollegeNET software and e-solutions.
How It Works:
Click the Sign Up tab at the top of any page.
Enter your information in each field. Fields marked with * are required.
Note: We use your cell phone number to send you an account activation code or a voting security code via text message.
Select "Make me a candidate in the CollegeNET scholarship election" if you're a current or future college student and want to win a scholarship. If you're not signing up to be a candidate, leave the box blank.
To qualify as a candidate, you must be currently attending a college or university, or expect to be enrolled at a college or university within one year of creating an account on this site.
Type the characters you see in the box at the bottom of the page. This procedure verifies that you're a human being--not a bot-- reading this web page.
Click Sign Up.
More at:http://www.collegenet.com/
CollegeNET, Inc. is focused on providing technologies that save institutions money and improve educational access and affordability for citizens. The company provides innovations in event and academic scheduling, decision support, admissions, web-based tuition processing, prospect management, alumni development, and email management to colleges, universities, and nonprofits worldwide. More than 1,000 institutions use CollegeNET software and e-solutions.
How It Works:
Click the Sign Up tab at the top of any page.
Enter your information in each field. Fields marked with * are required.
Note: We use your cell phone number to send you an account activation code or a voting security code via text message.
Select "Make me a candidate in the CollegeNET scholarship election" if you're a current or future college student and want to win a scholarship. If you're not signing up to be a candidate, leave the box blank.
To qualify as a candidate, you must be currently attending a college or university, or expect to be enrolled at a college or university within one year of creating an account on this site.
Type the characters you see in the box at the bottom of the page. This procedure verifies that you're a human being--not a bot-- reading this web page.
Click Sign Up.
More at:http://www.collegenet.com/
Speeka is an easy way to have conversations about things
What Company Is Offering:
Speeka is an easy way to have conversations about things. You can create a new discussion for any topic of your interest, or join existing ones. There’s no need to signup, register or login - just come and talk.
You can think of it as Twitter for conversations, except the talk is centered around the topic, instead of the individual participants. Or, you can think of it as microforums - what Twitter is to blogs, Speeka is for forums. If you prefer chatting, you can think of Speeka as an open chat remembering everything that was said.
Unique Features:
You want to talk about your favorite rock star or movie, and want other fans to be able to join in [create an open topic].
You want to have a quick (or lengthy) discussion with your friends, but everyone’s using a different service, and you don’t want everyone to have to sign up to yet another one [create a private topic and tell your friends the URL and the password]
You want a collaborative microblog / lifestream. Like, when a bunch of you post from some conference or other event.
You want to have a personal or public link / joke / aphorism / oneliner repo.
More at:http://www.speeka.net/
Speeka is an easy way to have conversations about things. You can create a new discussion for any topic of your interest, or join existing ones. There’s no need to signup, register or login - just come and talk.
You can think of it as Twitter for conversations, except the talk is centered around the topic, instead of the individual participants. Or, you can think of it as microforums - what Twitter is to blogs, Speeka is for forums. If you prefer chatting, you can think of Speeka as an open chat remembering everything that was said.
Unique Features:
You want to talk about your favorite rock star or movie, and want other fans to be able to join in [create an open topic].
You want to have a quick (or lengthy) discussion with your friends, but everyone’s using a different service, and you don’t want everyone to have to sign up to yet another one [create a private topic and tell your friends the URL and the password]
You want a collaborative microblog / lifestream. Like, when a bunch of you post from some conference or other event.
You want to have a personal or public link / joke / aphorism / oneliner repo.
More at:http://www.speeka.net/
foreclosuretogo.com offers the largest national selection of foreclosure
What Company Is Offering:
ForeclosuresToGo.com is, featuring a much expanded and more sophisticated distressed property listing service. It's nationwide property listing databases include foreclosures, tax liens, bankruptcies, preforeclosures and FSBO real estate. With over 1.3 million properties listed, they are now among the largest providers of distressed and FSBO property listings in North America.
ForeclosuresToGo.com was designed with their subscribers in mind. Updated daily, its vast property listing databases are considered among the best in the industry. They have also streamlined the website by categorizing listings and incorporating an advanced search capability to help subscribers save valuable time. For added convenience, the customer service department has also been expanded and enhanced to accommodate their fast growing client base.
Why To Use It:
www.foreclosuretogo.com offers the largest national selection of foreclosure, preforeclosure, government-owned, and bankruptcy properties available to private individuals. Here you can locate bargains in real estate that you may purchase at discount prices. Our data is updated daily, not monthly, directly from the tax rolls, government agencies, and notices of the lenders legal actions.
View valuable real estate that you may buy, renovate, and then resell (or "flip") for quick cash profits, or hold your properties in a portfolio of rental investments for long term wealth build-up. Available to you 24/7, our online database includes real estate from a wide variety of sources and represents the most current and comprehensive inventory of "opportunity-laden" real estate available on the Web. More than just property descriptions, we provide a "Foreclosure Knowledge Center" that will enable you to keep informed and make wise investment decisions, or learn the ropes if you are just getting started in the exciting activity of investing in foreclosed properties. Try it FREE during our no obligation 7-day trial period and you will agree this is the easiest method to find what you are searching for in the foreclosure real estate market.
More at:http://www.foreclosuretogo.com/
ForeclosuresToGo.com is, featuring a much expanded and more sophisticated distressed property listing service. It's nationwide property listing databases include foreclosures, tax liens, bankruptcies, preforeclosures and FSBO real estate. With over 1.3 million properties listed, they are now among the largest providers of distressed and FSBO property listings in North America.
ForeclosuresToGo.com was designed with their subscribers in mind. Updated daily, its vast property listing databases are considered among the best in the industry. They have also streamlined the website by categorizing listings and incorporating an advanced search capability to help subscribers save valuable time. For added convenience, the customer service department has also been expanded and enhanced to accommodate their fast growing client base.
Why To Use It:
www.foreclosuretogo.com offers the largest national selection of foreclosure, preforeclosure, government-owned, and bankruptcy properties available to private individuals. Here you can locate bargains in real estate that you may purchase at discount prices. Our data is updated daily, not monthly, directly from the tax rolls, government agencies, and notices of the lenders legal actions.
View valuable real estate that you may buy, renovate, and then resell (or "flip") for quick cash profits, or hold your properties in a portfolio of rental investments for long term wealth build-up. Available to you 24/7, our online database includes real estate from a wide variety of sources and represents the most current and comprehensive inventory of "opportunity-laden" real estate available on the Web. More than just property descriptions, we provide a "Foreclosure Knowledge Center" that will enable you to keep informed and make wise investment decisions, or learn the ropes if you are just getting started in the exciting activity of investing in foreclosed properties. Try it FREE during our no obligation 7-day trial period and you will agree this is the easiest method to find what you are searching for in the foreclosure real estate market.
More at:http://www.foreclosuretogo.com/
Friday, July 18, 2008
BankAround.com is a banking search engine providing its users a simplified way to search checking, money market and savings rates
What Company Is Offering:
BankAround.com is a banking search engine providing its users a simplified way to search checking, money market and savings rates available at national, local, and online financial institutions. At BankAround.com, consumers can search using criteria, including local cities and product types. Consumers are provided direct links to the banks providing the offer making it easy to begin to save.
How It Works:
BankAround provides a simplified way to search checking, savings, and money market rates available at national, local and online financial institutions.
The new website provides a simple way for consumers to input search criteria, including local cities, product types, amount range, and commitment time-frames. In addition, consumers can view approximately how much interest income they should expect based on their criteria. BankAround utilizes Informa Research Services' comprehensive data to power its search engine.
"The premise of BankAround is to increase the awareness of savings options so that Americans can begin to save more," stated Atul Patel, co-founder of BankAround. "We are offering an alternative to current Internet sources for this information, most of which are congested with non-relevant information, such as with content about loans and credit cards. BankAround.com is focused on helping consumers be more informed about savings options."
More at:http://www.bankaround.com/
BankAround.com is a banking search engine providing its users a simplified way to search checking, money market and savings rates available at national, local, and online financial institutions. At BankAround.com, consumers can search using criteria, including local cities and product types. Consumers are provided direct links to the banks providing the offer making it easy to begin to save.
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BankAround provides a simplified way to search checking, savings, and money market rates available at national, local and online financial institutions.
The new website provides a simple way for consumers to input search criteria, including local cities, product types, amount range, and commitment time-frames. In addition, consumers can view approximately how much interest income they should expect based on their criteria. BankAround utilizes Informa Research Services' comprehensive data to power its search engine.
"The premise of BankAround is to increase the awareness of savings options so that Americans can begin to save more," stated Atul Patel, co-founder of BankAround. "We are offering an alternative to current Internet sources for this information, most of which are congested with non-relevant information, such as with content about loans and credit cards. BankAround.com is focused on helping consumers be more informed about savings options."
More at:http://www.bankaround.com/
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