What Company Is Offering:
SpotXchange online video advertising network allows advertisers and publishers to buy and sell online video advertising in a true, real-time auction marketplace. The patent-pending technology takes the best practices in sponsored search-self-service tools, free market bidding, precision targeting, transparent reporting, real-time tracking and optimization-and applies those tools to a comprehensive marketplace of online video ad inventory. The marketplace currently represents over one billion monthly impressions.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SpotXchange announced today that it has raised an undisclosed amount in its first round of angel funding.
Investors include: Alex Bogusky, Chief Creative Officer, Crispin Porter Bogusky,Laurence Chang, former Portfolio Manager, Janus Worldwide Fund ,Tim Hudner, former Chief Operations and Chief Technology Officer, Janus Capital Group, Mike Lu, former Portfolio Manager, Janus Global Technology Fund
Kent Moore, former Portfolio Manager, Janus Capital Group and Senior
Analyst/Portfolio Manager Marsico Capital, Blaine Rollins, former Portfolio Manager, Janus Fund , Claire Young, former Portfolio Manager, Janus Olympus Fund
"To date SpotXchange has been funded by Booyah Networks' operating proceeds," said SpotXchange President and CEO Michael Shehan.
More at:http://www.spotxchange.com/
Saturday, February 2, 2008
DK Images---Discover Image Search Tool
What Company Is Offering:
DK Images, the image encyclopedia, offer a collection of 3.5 million images from 180 professional photographers on 20 major categories including food and drink, animals cut-out images, technology, plants, crafts, geography and travel, art, gardening, science and architecture.
DK Images is part of Dorling Kindersley Limited.
Discover function enables user to search through over a million images including 70,000 artworks and photographs from 180 photographers on the DK Image gallery (http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/index.html ), which has been termed an image encyclopedia on account of its design and depth of subject coverage.
How It Works:
Users can search the free database by category, such as 'animals', 'history' or 'sports', and will then find more detailed subcategories offering further choice; for example in the 'food and drink' category, users can choose from subcategories such as 'breads', 'cooking' and 'national cuisines'. Clicking on 'breads' then pulls up a further choice of subcategories such as 'croissants', 'dough' and 'French bread' for example.
The new Discover search tool is expected to help attract even more visitors to the DK Image site.
More at: http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/index.html
DK Images, the image encyclopedia, offer a collection of 3.5 million images from 180 professional photographers on 20 major categories including food and drink, animals cut-out images, technology, plants, crafts, geography and travel, art, gardening, science and architecture.
DK Images is part of Dorling Kindersley Limited.
Discover function enables user to search through over a million images including 70,000 artworks and photographs from 180 photographers on the DK Image gallery (http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/index.html ), which has been termed an image encyclopedia on account of its design and depth of subject coverage.
How It Works:
Users can search the free database by category, such as 'animals', 'history' or 'sports', and will then find more detailed subcategories offering further choice; for example in the 'food and drink' category, users can choose from subcategories such as 'breads', 'cooking' and 'national cuisines'. Clicking on 'breads' then pulls up a further choice of subcategories such as 'croissants', 'dough' and 'French bread' for example.
The new Discover search tool is expected to help attract even more visitors to the DK Image site.
More at: http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/index.html
ReplayGamez.com, a new video game trading site that certifies the working condition of each game before making a trade
What Company Is Offering:
ReplayGamez.com is an online video game trading site that offers a simple, secure way to trade games for $5.99. This fee covers inspection and certification of the games being traded. Games are shipped to the company and to the recipient free of charge. The site requires no monthly fees and no point systems. ReplayGamez, Inc provides a secure way to trade games and to get value for value.
How It Works:
With ReplayGamez.com the process is simple. Users register on the site and submit a game they want to trade and the game they want in return. When another site user accepts the offer, both parties are notified to send their games to ReplayGamez.com using a pre-paid mailer. Once the games are received, and validated, both parties are notified that their games have shipped and are provided with a tracking number. Once customers receive a requested game they can play it forever or trade it in again.
On ReplayGamez.com you can register and search for free, and trade for quality games for only $5.99. Reid added, “That’s much better than turning over your perfectly good game at the local game store for $10 or $20, which won’t exactly cover the cost of a new game.”
More at:www.ReplayGamez.com
ReplayGamez.com is an online video game trading site that offers a simple, secure way to trade games for $5.99. This fee covers inspection and certification of the games being traded. Games are shipped to the company and to the recipient free of charge. The site requires no monthly fees and no point systems. ReplayGamez, Inc provides a secure way to trade games and to get value for value.
How It Works:
With ReplayGamez.com the process is simple. Users register on the site and submit a game they want to trade and the game they want in return. When another site user accepts the offer, both parties are notified to send their games to ReplayGamez.com using a pre-paid mailer. Once the games are received, and validated, both parties are notified that their games have shipped and are provided with a tracking number. Once customers receive a requested game they can play it forever or trade it in again.
On ReplayGamez.com you can register and search for free, and trade for quality games for only $5.99. Reid added, “That’s much better than turning over your perfectly good game at the local game store for $10 or $20, which won’t exactly cover the cost of a new game.”
More at:www.ReplayGamez.com
MyTrybe ---Your personal taste network
What Company Is Offering:
MyTrybe connects you to people who share your taste, and the things they love. It's called taste networking and is the basis for how MyTrybe works.
Your personal taste network - your Trybe - is comprised of the people most similar to you in the MyTrybe community. No two Trybes are exactly alike.
How It Works:
MyTrybe is a social networking and recommendations website that connects you to people who share your taste…and keeps you tapped into the things they like best.
You submit links and rate content, and MyTrybe learns your tastes – in fashion, food, humor, music, news, and more. Based on your preferences, they connect you to new stuff you’ll love and new people who share your tastes – your Trybe!
They call it “taste networking.”
Ratings are the primary basis for building Trybes. As you rate listings, MyTrybe connects you to people that are most similar to you. They then keep you and your Trybe members tapped in to the best things voted on by the Trybe.
Build your Trybe, discover and connect with people like you, and tap into the wisdom of your crowd.
More at:http://www.mytrybe.com/
MyTrybe connects you to people who share your taste, and the things they love. It's called taste networking and is the basis for how MyTrybe works.
Your personal taste network - your Trybe - is comprised of the people most similar to you in the MyTrybe community. No two Trybes are exactly alike.
How It Works:
MyTrybe is a social networking and recommendations website that connects you to people who share your taste…and keeps you tapped into the things they like best.
You submit links and rate content, and MyTrybe learns your tastes – in fashion, food, humor, music, news, and more. Based on your preferences, they connect you to new stuff you’ll love and new people who share your tastes – your Trybe!
They call it “taste networking.”
Ratings are the primary basis for building Trybes. As you rate listings, MyTrybe connects you to people that are most similar to you. They then keep you and your Trybe members tapped in to the best things voted on by the Trybe.
Build your Trybe, discover and connect with people like you, and tap into the wisdom of your crowd.
More at:http://www.mytrybe.com/
Delver --Connected Search Engine
What Company Is Offering:
Delver is a socially connected search company; a next-generation web search engine - what they call a Connected Search Engine - that improves the relevancy of web search results by prioritizing these results based upon the searcher’s social network. Delver uncovers the wealth of knowledge from users’ online connections in a useful and enjoyable way.
They co-founded Delver because they recognized a strong need for people to find information created or referenced by their friends and friends-of-friends.
How It Works:
Delver supports a spirit of open interchange where the wisdom of a person’s social network can contribute to that individual’s search success. Existing search engines do not account for who a person is and what that person’s network finds valuable. Delver makes search more significant to the user by organizing friends’ tags and information found on social networking profiles, blogs, bookmarks, photo and video sharing sites rather than basing results upon the popularity of a given page or Web site.
More at:http://www.semingo.com/
Delver is a socially connected search company; a next-generation web search engine - what they call a Connected Search Engine - that improves the relevancy of web search results by prioritizing these results based upon the searcher’s social network. Delver uncovers the wealth of knowledge from users’ online connections in a useful and enjoyable way.
They co-founded Delver because they recognized a strong need for people to find information created or referenced by their friends and friends-of-friends.
How It Works:
Delver supports a spirit of open interchange where the wisdom of a person’s social network can contribute to that individual’s search success. Existing search engines do not account for who a person is and what that person’s network finds valuable. Delver makes search more significant to the user by organizing friends’ tags and information found on social networking profiles, blogs, bookmarks, photo and video sharing sites rather than basing results upon the popularity of a given page or Web site.
More at:http://www.semingo.com/
WritingRoom.com is a niche social network designed for writers, students, readers
What Company Is Offering:
WritingRoom.com is a niche social network designed for writers, students, readers and anyone who has ever had to or wanted to put pen to paper.
They are a community where writers can work, share, inspire, encourage and communicate with others.
How It Works:
Simply, click on the Join Now-It’s free button on the right hand side and fill out the registration form. A confirmation email will be sent to you. Once you receive this email you activate your account.
As a member you can create writings; read, rate and critique others; get help and advice from other members; upload photos; send messages; participate in writing activities with other members; store and share your writings.
As a member you can choose who reads, rates and comments on your writings.
You are also able to ask other members for advice and help on your writing.
Every feature and function that you see on the site now is free. In the future WritingRoom will be adding paid premium services but all that you see now will always remain free.
More at:http://www.writingroom.com/
WritingRoom.com is a niche social network designed for writers, students, readers and anyone who has ever had to or wanted to put pen to paper.
They are a community where writers can work, share, inspire, encourage and communicate with others.
How It Works:
Simply, click on the Join Now-It’s free button on the right hand side and fill out the registration form. A confirmation email will be sent to you. Once you receive this email you activate your account.
As a member you can create writings; read, rate and critique others; get help and advice from other members; upload photos; send messages; participate in writing activities with other members; store and share your writings.
As a member you can choose who reads, rates and comments on your writings.
You are also able to ask other members for advice and help on your writing.
Every feature and function that you see on the site now is free. In the future WritingRoom will be adding paid premium services but all that you see now will always remain free.
More at:http://www.writingroom.com/
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