About Company:
CardinalCommerce Corporation is the global leader in enabling authenticated payments, secure transactions and alternative payment brands for both mobile commerce and eCommerce. CardinalCommerce enables payment brands such as Verified by Visa, MasterCard SecureCode, PayPal, eBillme, Bill Me Later, Google Checkout, MyECheck, and NetCash (with Western Union and NACHA coming soon) to a network of over 32,000 merchants and thousands of banks. The Cardinal mobile platform leverages their merchant network, bank network and payment brands by linking them with end users' mobile phones through an integrated mobile platform.
About YapStone
YapStone, Inc., through its RentPayment™ division, is the largest electronic payments processor focused primarily in the property management industry. YapStone provides merchant processing and ACH services to over 1,000 property management companies, representing over 3 million units. YapStone’s technology includes a unified real-time Web-based platform for check scanning, credit card processing, and electronic check processing to the property management industry.
Recent Deal:
RentPayment, a division of YapStone, Inc., the country’s largest payment processor to the multi-family property market, announced today the implementation of Cardinal MAX™, the mobile platform from CardinalCommerce Corporation, to allow residents to make payments via their mobile phones.
Through the Cardinal MAX™ technology from CardinalCommerce, the worldwide leader in enabling payment brands for mobile and eCommerce, RentPayment’s student housing clients can now receive a monthly alert when their rent is due and trigger a payment via text message on their mobile phones. By linking the residents’ mobile phone to their payment accounts, the Cardinal MAX™ platform allows rental payments to be made anytime, anywhere, offering RentPayment’s customer base of over 3 million units revolutionary convenience and payment security.
More at:
Yapstone, Inc.
Tom Villante
(310) 458-9356
tvillante@rentpayment.com
www.rentpayment.com
CardinalCommerce
Tim Sherwin
(877) 352-8444
tims@cardinalcommerce.com
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Lurnto-----Watch And Learn
What Company Is Offering:
Lurnto is an online portal for people who need quick access to advice and expert tutorials. The site will bring together international experts offering excellent tutorial videos which can be streamed from the website. Users are free to browse through the videos and even upload their own.
How It Works:
Lurnto offers excellent video quality for an enhanced user experience. Videos are uploaded frequently so users can always expect to see something new and different on Lurnto. The web design team continues to add new features even after its launch. This website certainly hasn’t stopped evolving and their objective is to find new and improved ways in which to better the website so it can offer a great visual and learning experience for the user.
Lurnto.com does not charge a fee to upload videos so people are free to share their knowledge with the rest of the world. Almost anyone can be an expert. Lurnto welcomes videos from people in different walks of life. It could be medicine, law, sports or any other field as long as the video is informative.
Users are not restricted in the videos that they download so they can take advantage of the tutorials offered by the website. So whether it is learning how to play the piano or how to make a pancake, users can log on and watch a video instead of reading through an article, manual or journal. ‘Watch and learn’ is the buzz phrase for the website.
Users from around the globe can log on and view tutorial videos in fields like beauty, health, language, pets, automotives, home, music, sport - the list goes on.
More at:Lurnto
Kit Chong
+447966611868
contact@lurnto.com
www.lurnto.com
Lurnto is an online portal for people who need quick access to advice and expert tutorials. The site will bring together international experts offering excellent tutorial videos which can be streamed from the website. Users are free to browse through the videos and even upload their own.
How It Works:
Lurnto offers excellent video quality for an enhanced user experience. Videos are uploaded frequently so users can always expect to see something new and different on Lurnto. The web design team continues to add new features even after its launch. This website certainly hasn’t stopped evolving and their objective is to find new and improved ways in which to better the website so it can offer a great visual and learning experience for the user.
Lurnto.com does not charge a fee to upload videos so people are free to share their knowledge with the rest of the world. Almost anyone can be an expert. Lurnto welcomes videos from people in different walks of life. It could be medicine, law, sports or any other field as long as the video is informative.
Users are not restricted in the videos that they download so they can take advantage of the tutorials offered by the website. So whether it is learning how to play the piano or how to make a pancake, users can log on and watch a video instead of reading through an article, manual or journal. ‘Watch and learn’ is the buzz phrase for the website.
Users from around the globe can log on and view tutorial videos in fields like beauty, health, language, pets, automotives, home, music, sport - the list goes on.
More at:Lurnto
Kit Chong
+447966611868
contact@lurnto.com
www.lurnto.com
MenuPix.com is the leading menu provider on the Internet
What Company Is Offering:
MenuPix.com is the leading menu provider on the Internet. Many sites have reviews or phone numbers or listings but they are missing the most important part. The menus. Menupix has it all. It allows you to truly make an informed decision when picking a restaurant. Menupix.com allows you to clean out your menu drawer and access any menu you want with the click of a button.
How It Works:
Just register and create your MyMenuPix virtual menu drawer. Your favorite restaurants will be stored on your own custom homepage.You can (a) Click the cuisine you want from the homepage of any city, or (b) Select a cuisine from the drop down menus on any page and click go, or (c) Type the cusine in the quick search box on the top of any page.For specific restaurant, just type the restaurant in the quick search in the top right hand corner of the page and click go. For zip code,just type the zip code in the quick search in the top right hand corner of the page and click go.
More at:http://menupix.com/
MenuPix.com is the leading menu provider on the Internet. Many sites have reviews or phone numbers or listings but they are missing the most important part. The menus. Menupix has it all. It allows you to truly make an informed decision when picking a restaurant. Menupix.com allows you to clean out your menu drawer and access any menu you want with the click of a button.
How It Works:
Just register and create your MyMenuPix virtual menu drawer. Your favorite restaurants will be stored on your own custom homepage.You can (a) Click the cuisine you want from the homepage of any city, or (b) Select a cuisine from the drop down menus on any page and click go, or (c) Type the cusine in the quick search box on the top of any page.For specific restaurant, just type the restaurant in the quick search in the top right hand corner of the page and click go. For zip code,just type the zip code in the quick search in the top right hand corner of the page and click go.
More at:http://menupix.com/
Who Is The Owner is a free online tool which enables you to discover who is the owner of any domain
What Company Is Offering:
Who Is The Owner is a free online tool which enables you to discover who is the owner of any domain by querying more than 350 whois servers in the world.
Simply type in any domain name and you'll get all the available informations (name, address, phone, ...) about its owner.
How It Works:
You can obtain many useful informations about any domain you're interested in. For example you can check the expiration date or obtain the contact info (address, phome, email,...) about the owner.
More at:http://www.whoistheowner.net/
Who Is The Owner is a free online tool which enables you to discover who is the owner of any domain by querying more than 350 whois servers in the world.
Simply type in any domain name and you'll get all the available informations (name, address, phone, ...) about its owner.
How It Works:
You can obtain many useful informations about any domain you're interested in. For example you can check the expiration date or obtain the contact info (address, phome, email,...) about the owner.
More at:http://www.whoistheowner.net/
A book of business best practices could be written by "the crowd"?
About Company:
In a time where community and social networks are starting to infiltrate every aspect of our personal and professional lives, they decided to test the notion that a book of business best practices could be written by "the crowd," and they are excited to have participated in this groundbreaking experiment.
We Are Smarter Than Me is sustained completely through the support of its original founding organizations, its volunteer community managers, the active participation of its contributors and the generosity of its sponsors.
How It Works:
It represents the collective wisdom of their respective communities, and a large number of individuals who joined the community during the course of the project.
n the spirit of continuing the process of innovation, we have already set out to “crowdsource” a second book focused on employees as vibrant social networks will reshape the organization as we all know it today—including leadership, governance, and compensation. This book will be the next in a series of several topic-specific books that demonstrate the power of “WE.”
More at:http://www.wearesmarter.org/
In a time where community and social networks are starting to infiltrate every aspect of our personal and professional lives, they decided to test the notion that a book of business best practices could be written by "the crowd," and they are excited to have participated in this groundbreaking experiment.
We Are Smarter Than Me is sustained completely through the support of its original founding organizations, its volunteer community managers, the active participation of its contributors and the generosity of its sponsors.
How It Works:
It represents the collective wisdom of their respective communities, and a large number of individuals who joined the community during the course of the project.
n the spirit of continuing the process of innovation, we have already set out to “crowdsource” a second book focused on employees as vibrant social networks will reshape the organization as we all know it today—including leadership, governance, and compensation. This book will be the next in a series of several topic-specific books that demonstrate the power of “WE.”
More at:http://www.wearesmarter.org/
IPP is a leading provider of electronic payment services got $20.5 million in VCs Funding
What Company Is Offering:
IPP of America Inc is a leading provider of electronic payment services operates the largest national network of independent neighborhood-based payment centers, providing reliable and safe electronic payment services to cash paying customers. Through their Payment Settlement Network, IPP authorized payment centers offer a wide array of alternative financial services including electronic bill payment, prepaid long distance, prepaid wireless epins, and prepaid home phone. The company's payment center network currently extends to over 8,000 locations nationwide.
How Much They Got From VCs:
IPP of America , a leading provider of electronic payment services, announced that it has closed a $20.5 million round of venture capital investment led by Old Lane, LP. Also participating in the round were Hamilton Investment Partners, LLC and existing investor Edison Venture Fund.
About VCs:
Old Lane, LP is a global investment firm with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom and India. Old Lane's 125 professionals invest over $4 billion in capital across asset classes on, a global basis. Among our negotiated investments, Old Lane seeks to be a significant investor in public or private businesses, led by exceptional management teams, where the Firm's capital, relationships and capital management experience can catalyze or accelerate the creation of durable value. Public and private financial investments, including transaction-based companies such as IPP and risk-based investments are the single largest sector of focus for the firm. Old Lane, LP's ultimate parent is Citigroup, among the largest and most international financial institutions globally.
About Hamilton Investments, LLC
Hamilton Investment Partners, LLC (HIP, LLC) is an opportunistic private investment firm that makes equity and subordinated debt investments in partnership with superior management teams, focusing primarily on small and middle market buyouts, growth capital financings and bridge financings. Together, the firm's partners have completed more than 50 financings over the past 25 years.
Edison Venture Fund
Edison partners with entrepreneurs, service providers and other financing sources to build successful companies. Edison provides capital and value-added services to expansion stage ($5 to 20 million revenue), information technology businesses. Initial investments range from $5 to 8 million. Edison typically serves as a sole or lead investor in financings up to $10 million. In addition to providing growth capital, Edison funds management buyouts, recapitalizations, spinouts and secondary stock purchases.
More at: www.ipppays.com
IPP of America Inc is a leading provider of electronic payment services operates the largest national network of independent neighborhood-based payment centers, providing reliable and safe electronic payment services to cash paying customers. Through their Payment Settlement Network, IPP authorized payment centers offer a wide array of alternative financial services including electronic bill payment, prepaid long distance, prepaid wireless epins, and prepaid home phone. The company's payment center network currently extends to over 8,000 locations nationwide.
How Much They Got From VCs:
IPP of America , a leading provider of electronic payment services, announced that it has closed a $20.5 million round of venture capital investment led by Old Lane, LP. Also participating in the round were Hamilton Investment Partners, LLC and existing investor Edison Venture Fund.
About VCs:
Old Lane, LP is a global investment firm with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom and India. Old Lane's 125 professionals invest over $4 billion in capital across asset classes on, a global basis. Among our negotiated investments, Old Lane seeks to be a significant investor in public or private businesses, led by exceptional management teams, where the Firm's capital, relationships and capital management experience can catalyze or accelerate the creation of durable value. Public and private financial investments, including transaction-based companies such as IPP and risk-based investments are the single largest sector of focus for the firm. Old Lane, LP's ultimate parent is Citigroup, among the largest and most international financial institutions globally.
About Hamilton Investments, LLC
Hamilton Investment Partners, LLC (HIP, LLC) is an opportunistic private investment firm that makes equity and subordinated debt investments in partnership with superior management teams, focusing primarily on small and middle market buyouts, growth capital financings and bridge financings. Together, the firm's partners have completed more than 50 financings over the past 25 years.
Edison Venture Fund
Edison partners with entrepreneurs, service providers and other financing sources to build successful companies. Edison provides capital and value-added services to expansion stage ($5 to 20 million revenue), information technology businesses. Initial investments range from $5 to 8 million. Edison typically serves as a sole or lead investor in financings up to $10 million. In addition to providing growth capital, Edison funds management buyouts, recapitalizations, spinouts and secondary stock purchases.
More at: www.ipppays.com
CompuMed---to enable physicians and patients everywhere to have affordable and rapid access to medical diagnostic information got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
CompuMed develops and markets medical devices and services in the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal fields that utilize state-of-the-art computer and communications technologies to enable physicians and patients everywhere to have affordable and rapid access to medical diagnostic information. CompuMed’s two principle products are the CardioGram® and the Automated OsteoGram®, both of which have been cleared for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and approved for reimbursement by Medicare. Located in Los Angeles, California, CompuMed currently has approximately 20 employees. The company’s common stock trades under the symbol CMPD.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They announced that the Company entered into a credit agreement with Boston Avenue Capital, LLC, (“BAC”) on February 15, 2008. The facility provides for a new revolving line of credit up to $4 million and is intended to provide liquidity and working capital for growth initiatives and future expansion, including acquisitions. Availability under the new revolving line of credit is subject to certain conditions precedent, which are described in the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, to be filed with the SEC on February 19, 2008. Maurizio Vecchione, CompuMed’s president and CEO said, “We are pleased to announce this new unsecured revolving credit facility. In the currently challenging credit environment, it is important that we have immediate access to funds at favorable terms and rates in order to help us execute on our growth strategy.” Vecchione added, “We have identified expansion and consolidation opportunities within both our telecardiology and musculoskeletal businesses. The facility will provide us with the financial flexibility to pursue these opportunities and achieve our near-term growth initiatives.”
More at:http://www.compumed.net/
CompuMed develops and markets medical devices and services in the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal fields that utilize state-of-the-art computer and communications technologies to enable physicians and patients everywhere to have affordable and rapid access to medical diagnostic information. CompuMed’s two principle products are the CardioGram® and the Automated OsteoGram®, both of which have been cleared for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and approved for reimbursement by Medicare. Located in Los Angeles, California, CompuMed currently has approximately 20 employees. The company’s common stock trades under the symbol CMPD.
How Much They Got From VCs:
They announced that the Company entered into a credit agreement with Boston Avenue Capital, LLC, (“BAC”) on February 15, 2008. The facility provides for a new revolving line of credit up to $4 million and is intended to provide liquidity and working capital for growth initiatives and future expansion, including acquisitions. Availability under the new revolving line of credit is subject to certain conditions precedent, which are described in the Company’s current report on Form 8-K, to be filed with the SEC on February 19, 2008. Maurizio Vecchione, CompuMed’s president and CEO said, “We are pleased to announce this new unsecured revolving credit facility. In the currently challenging credit environment, it is important that we have immediate access to funds at favorable terms and rates in order to help us execute on our growth strategy.” Vecchione added, “We have identified expansion and consolidation opportunities within both our telecardiology and musculoskeletal businesses. The facility will provide us with the financial flexibility to pursue these opportunities and achieve our near-term growth initiatives.”
More at:http://www.compumed.net/
SilkRoad technology--An Integrated Talent Management Solution Got $10 million In VCs Funding
What Company Is Offering:
SilkRoad technology, inc. provides software as a service (SaaS) solutions that significantly improve the talent within its more than 700 customers across the globe. Through SilkRoad’s Life Suite, an integrated talent management solution, companies are able to hire better employees, identify high and low performers, drive a pay-for-performance culture and improve employee tenure. The SilkRoad Life Suite solution set includes OpenHire, for recruiting management, RedCarpet for employee onboarding and life events, WingSpan for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight for compensation management, and Eprise for employee intranets and content management.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has secured $10 million in growth capital led by new investor Azure Capital Partners, joining existing investor, SilkRoad Equity and individual investors. The funding will enable significant expansion of SilkRoad technology’s direct sales and marketing efforts, as well as support new product development.
About VCs:
Azure Capital Partners is a venture capital firm with over $650 million under management, headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its goal is to identify, invest in and help build earlier stage information technology companies that are at the forefront of a transformative opportunity for growth – companies like TopTier Software, VMware, WorldWide Packets and Bill Me Later. Its partners have a long track record of identifying and helping to build some of the most successful companies in communications, software and related technology segments. The Azure team is recognized for industry thought leadership and a unique professional investment approach to venture investing. Its proven methodology and primary research enable it to identify young companies in attractive markets whose business models provide sustainable competitive advantage. For more information, visit http://www.azurecap.com.
More at:www.silkroadtech.com
SilkRoad technology, inc. provides software as a service (SaaS) solutions that significantly improve the talent within its more than 700 customers across the globe. Through SilkRoad’s Life Suite, an integrated talent management solution, companies are able to hire better employees, identify high and low performers, drive a pay-for-performance culture and improve employee tenure. The SilkRoad Life Suite solution set includes OpenHire, for recruiting management, RedCarpet for employee onboarding and life events, WingSpan for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight for compensation management, and Eprise for employee intranets and content management.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has secured $10 million in growth capital led by new investor Azure Capital Partners, joining existing investor, SilkRoad Equity and individual investors. The funding will enable significant expansion of SilkRoad technology’s direct sales and marketing efforts, as well as support new product development.
About VCs:
Azure Capital Partners is a venture capital firm with over $650 million under management, headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its goal is to identify, invest in and help build earlier stage information technology companies that are at the forefront of a transformative opportunity for growth – companies like TopTier Software, VMware, WorldWide Packets and Bill Me Later. Its partners have a long track record of identifying and helping to build some of the most successful companies in communications, software and related technology segments. The Azure team is recognized for industry thought leadership and a unique professional investment approach to venture investing. Its proven methodology and primary research enable it to identify young companies in attractive markets whose business models provide sustainable competitive advantage. For more information, visit http://www.azurecap.com.
More at:www.silkroadtech.com
Safend is a leading provider of endpoint data leakage prevention solutions got $9 million in Funding
What Company Is Offering:
Safend is a leading provider of endpoint data leakage prevention solutions that protect against corporate data loss via physical, wireless, and removable media ports while ensuring compliance with regulatory data security and privacy standards. Safend's solutions, available through resellers worldwide, are deployed by multinational enterprises, government agencies and small to mid-size companies across the globe.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has secured its Series C round of funding. The $9 million round is being funded by a leading multi-billion dollar European asset management firm, as well as Safend's existing investors, Elron (NasdaqGS:ELRN - News) (Tel Aviv:ELRN.TA - News), Intel Capital and Walden Israel Venture Capital. The new funding enables Safend to accelerate development efforts of its core technology, new solution offerings, and fund continued growth through strategic partnerships and distribution channels worldwide.
About VCs:
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software and services targeting enterprise, home, mobility, health, consumer Internet, semiconductor manufacturing, and cleantech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$6 billion in approximately 1,000 companies in more than 40 countries. In that timeframe, about 157 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and another 187 have been acquired by other companies.
2.Walden Israel is one of the first Israeli venture capital funds dedicated to investing in early-stage start-ups. Their investment team comprises experienced entrepreneurs and their international affiliation spans twenty-five years of experience in building over four hundred early-stage companies. With over $185 million under management in three funds, Walden Israel concentrates investments in Enterprise Software and e/c-Commerce Technology; and Communication and Internet Infrastructure. For more information, contact Noga Kap, Walden Israel General Partner, +972-9-961-8000, +972-54-4428289, or +1 (415) 215-8106 or Leslie Perlberg, Director of Marketing Communications, +972-54-661-7611.
More at:www.safend.com.
Safend is a leading provider of endpoint data leakage prevention solutions that protect against corporate data loss via physical, wireless, and removable media ports while ensuring compliance with regulatory data security and privacy standards. Safend's solutions, available through resellers worldwide, are deployed by multinational enterprises, government agencies and small to mid-size companies across the globe.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has secured its Series C round of funding. The $9 million round is being funded by a leading multi-billion dollar European asset management firm, as well as Safend's existing investors, Elron (NasdaqGS:ELRN - News) (Tel Aviv:ELRN.TA - News), Intel Capital and Walden Israel Venture Capital. The new funding enables Safend to accelerate development efforts of its core technology, new solution offerings, and fund continued growth through strategic partnerships and distribution channels worldwide.
About VCs:
Intel Capital, Intel's global investment organization, makes equity investments in innovative technology start-ups and companies worldwide. Intel Capital invests in a broad range of companies offering hardware, software and services targeting enterprise, home, mobility, health, consumer Internet, semiconductor manufacturing, and cleantech. Since 1991, Intel Capital has invested more than US$6 billion in approximately 1,000 companies in more than 40 countries. In that timeframe, about 157 portfolio companies have gone public on various exchanges around the world and another 187 have been acquired by other companies.
2.Walden Israel is one of the first Israeli venture capital funds dedicated to investing in early-stage start-ups. Their investment team comprises experienced entrepreneurs and their international affiliation spans twenty-five years of experience in building over four hundred early-stage companies. With over $185 million under management in three funds, Walden Israel concentrates investments in Enterprise Software and e/c-Commerce Technology; and Communication and Internet Infrastructure. For more information, contact Noga Kap, Walden Israel General Partner, +972-9-961-8000, +972-54-4428289, or +1 (415) 215-8106 or Leslie Perlberg, Director of Marketing Communications, +972-54-661-7611.
More at:www.safend.com.
Fusu is the world's first Domains Stock Exchange
About Company:
Fusu is the world's first Domains Stock Exchange. Founded by a team of domain industry professionals, Fusu's mission is to:
operate the world's largest and most liquid domain secondary market,
open the domain secondary market to shareholders,
provide means to get liquidity for domain owners, without giving up control of their domain, and add transparency to the domain aftermarket.
How It Works:
Listing your domain on Fusu means that you retain full control, but still get liquidity from selling up to 45% of your domain.
By listing your domain with Fusu, you agree to sell pro-rated rights to future sale revenue or parking revenue from the domain. Fusu reserves the right to deny listings on the domain stock exchange.
You retain ownership, and as the owner you can decide to sell your domain. The shareholders are, however, entitled to a percentage of the sale price, according to their share ownership. If the domain sale price is less than 150% of the current market value, you are required to get approval from at least 90% of the shareholders. If the domain sale price is more than 150%, you can accept a sale at any time, and the existing shareholders will be bought out.
When you place an Initial Domain Listing, you cannot buy shares yourself. You can, however, buy shares in a domain that you own from other shareholders.
Domains that promote or praise hatred, violence, pornography, racial or religious intolerance may not be listed.
As a domain investor and shareholder, the following policies apply:
Bids are binding and valid until the expiration time specified. During this time, you cannot cancel the bid or change your bid price.
More at:http://www.fusu.com/
Fusu is the world's first Domains Stock Exchange. Founded by a team of domain industry professionals, Fusu's mission is to:
operate the world's largest and most liquid domain secondary market,
open the domain secondary market to shareholders,
provide means to get liquidity for domain owners, without giving up control of their domain, and add transparency to the domain aftermarket.
How It Works:
Listing your domain on Fusu means that you retain full control, but still get liquidity from selling up to 45% of your domain.
By listing your domain with Fusu, you agree to sell pro-rated rights to future sale revenue or parking revenue from the domain. Fusu reserves the right to deny listings on the domain stock exchange.
You retain ownership, and as the owner you can decide to sell your domain. The shareholders are, however, entitled to a percentage of the sale price, according to their share ownership. If the domain sale price is less than 150% of the current market value, you are required to get approval from at least 90% of the shareholders. If the domain sale price is more than 150%, you can accept a sale at any time, and the existing shareholders will be bought out.
When you place an Initial Domain Listing, you cannot buy shares yourself. You can, however, buy shares in a domain that you own from other shareholders.
Domains that promote or praise hatred, violence, pornography, racial or religious intolerance may not be listed.
As a domain investor and shareholder, the following policies apply:
Bids are binding and valid until the expiration time specified. During this time, you cannot cancel the bid or change your bid price.
More at:http://www.fusu.com/
Peanut Labs is a rapidly growing provider of market research services $3.2 million Series A round of funding
What Company Is Offering:
Peanut Labs is a rapidly growing provider of market research services backed by the investors of Skype, Yahoo eGroups and Del.ic.ious. They provide access to hard-to-reach demographics for market researchers – and are the leading provider of Gen Y sample for market researchers today.
They have developed a research technology integrated across 70+ social networks and online communities that has demographically profiled, aggregated, and engages with millions of members each day. Their technology provides access to a recruitment audience of more than 27 million users.
Peanut Labs has partnered with many of the most popular MySpace, FaceBook and Google Open Social applications.
How It Wll Help Companies:
Using research and online surveys, we can generate 3x - 5x the revenue that advertising generates for you. That can mean anywhere between $100,000 - $1 million in net profit for your organization in one year.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Peanut Labs has just announced a $3.2 million Series A round of funding from Leap Frog and BV Capital.
More at:http://peanutlabs.com/
Peanut Labs is a rapidly growing provider of market research services backed by the investors of Skype, Yahoo eGroups and Del.ic.ious. They provide access to hard-to-reach demographics for market researchers – and are the leading provider of Gen Y sample for market researchers today.
They have developed a research technology integrated across 70+ social networks and online communities that has demographically profiled, aggregated, and engages with millions of members each day. Their technology provides access to a recruitment audience of more than 27 million users.
Peanut Labs has partnered with many of the most popular MySpace, FaceBook and Google Open Social applications.
How It Wll Help Companies:
Using research and online surveys, we can generate 3x - 5x the revenue that advertising generates for you. That can mean anywhere between $100,000 - $1 million in net profit for your organization in one year.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Peanut Labs has just announced a $3.2 million Series A round of funding from Leap Frog and BV Capital.
More at:http://peanutlabs.com/
blippr will change the way you discover, recommend, and organize media
What Company Is Offering:
blippr will change the way you discover, recommend, and organize media with your friends.
How It Works:
First and foremost, they want to help you discover new books, games, movies, and music you'll like, love, maybe even want to marry. Besides coffee, it's what gets us out of bed every morning.
When you browse or search blippr, they're all about letting you know really, really, really fast, what your social network says is worth reading, playing, seeing, buying, etc. The bigger your network, the more likely you'll find tons of great new recommendations from the people you trust.
Your friends want to discover new stuff they'll like just as much as you do, and hey, let's face it, we all like giving our opinions. That's why they make it super duper fast and easy for you to recommend media to your social network.
blippr lists give you a new, easy way to quickly organize all those books, video games, movies, music albums, songs, and (soon) TV you come across in life, whether you recommend it or not. There are two types of lists we offer to answer this dilemma.
blippr is not a replacement for social networking sites like Facebook or Myspace. They just want to enable you to discover, recommend and organize media within the context of your existing social network.
More at:http://www.blippr.com/
blippr will change the way you discover, recommend, and organize media with your friends.
How It Works:
First and foremost, they want to help you discover new books, games, movies, and music you'll like, love, maybe even want to marry. Besides coffee, it's what gets us out of bed every morning.
When you browse or search blippr, they're all about letting you know really, really, really fast, what your social network says is worth reading, playing, seeing, buying, etc. The bigger your network, the more likely you'll find tons of great new recommendations from the people you trust.
Your friends want to discover new stuff they'll like just as much as you do, and hey, let's face it, we all like giving our opinions. That's why they make it super duper fast and easy for you to recommend media to your social network.
blippr lists give you a new, easy way to quickly organize all those books, video games, movies, music albums, songs, and (soon) TV you come across in life, whether you recommend it or not. There are two types of lists we offer to answer this dilemma.
blippr is not a replacement for social networking sites like Facebook or Myspace. They just want to enable you to discover, recommend and organize media within the context of your existing social network.
More at:http://www.blippr.com/
Newspond
About Company:
At the heart of Newspond lies a tireless electronic brain. This highly-advanced machine intelligence continually watches over and reads hundreds of different websites, including everything from major news portals, to the tiniest blog, or forum. Newspond pieces together all of the intricate information nailing down exactly how much buzz a particular story has, and produces a number - the story's "Buoyancy Rating". This constantly changing number represents all the interlocking factors that make up the exact popularity of an article at any given point in time. Sorting stories by these popularity ratings reveals a stunningly-instant, up-to-the-second surface view of the entire internet as stories spread throughout it.
How It Works:
As a news story surfaces across one or more of these sites, Newspond notes every detail about it - from how fast a story spreads throughout the internet, to the amount of discussion surrounding the story, to even things like the rate at which people click on or bookmark the article and the size of each of the sites reporting it. Every detail is carefully noted, sized, and gauged, reading at a faster rate of speed than any human being could ever dream of. That way, you don't need to visit multiple news sites to find out what's going on.
More at:http://www.newspond.com/
At the heart of Newspond lies a tireless electronic brain. This highly-advanced machine intelligence continually watches over and reads hundreds of different websites, including everything from major news portals, to the tiniest blog, or forum. Newspond pieces together all of the intricate information nailing down exactly how much buzz a particular story has, and produces a number - the story's "Buoyancy Rating". This constantly changing number represents all the interlocking factors that make up the exact popularity of an article at any given point in time. Sorting stories by these popularity ratings reveals a stunningly-instant, up-to-the-second surface view of the entire internet as stories spread throughout it.
How It Works:
As a news story surfaces across one or more of these sites, Newspond notes every detail about it - from how fast a story spreads throughout the internet, to the amount of discussion surrounding the story, to even things like the rate at which people click on or bookmark the article and the size of each of the sites reporting it. Every detail is carefully noted, sized, and gauged, reading at a faster rate of speed than any human being could ever dream of. That way, you don't need to visit multiple news sites to find out what's going on.
More at:http://www.newspond.com/
Surf Canyon is a browser extension that sits atop search engine sites like Google, Yahoo! and MSN
What Company Is Offering:
Surf Canyon is a browser extension that sits atop search engine sites like Google, Yahoo! and MSN. By observing user behavior, its real-time semantic personalization technology enables users to quickly and easily find relevant information that's buried in the search result set. Check out our blog for more technical discussions.
How It Works:
Enter your keywords and press “search”, just like you always do. You’ll get the top 10 results exactly as they appear on the underlying search engine, such as Yahoo! or Windows Live.
Review the results and select the one that corresponds to your interests. If it’s the Miami Dolphins that you like, click #5: MiamiDolphins.com. If your search is satisfied, great! If not, return to the search results and Surf Canyon will provide you with some “Recommendations”. (Note: You may get the Recommendations directly by either clicking the bulls eye or ‘hovering’ your mouse over the particular link.)
The Recommendations are dug up from the search results based on your real time behavior and are, to the greatest extent possible, relevant to your interests
Surf Canyon develops semantic real-time implicit personalization technology for internet search. Its patents-pending Discovery Engine for Search™ transforms static result pages into dynamic knowledge resources, enabling users to more quickly and easily find pertinent information buried among the irrelevant results, significantly accelerating the search process.
More at:http://www.surfcanyon.com/
Surf Canyon is a browser extension that sits atop search engine sites like Google, Yahoo! and MSN. By observing user behavior, its real-time semantic personalization technology enables users to quickly and easily find relevant information that's buried in the search result set. Check out our blog for more technical discussions.
How It Works:
Enter your keywords and press “search”, just like you always do. You’ll get the top 10 results exactly as they appear on the underlying search engine, such as Yahoo! or Windows Live.
Review the results and select the one that corresponds to your interests. If it’s the Miami Dolphins that you like, click #5: MiamiDolphins.com. If your search is satisfied, great! If not, return to the search results and Surf Canyon will provide you with some “Recommendations”. (Note: You may get the Recommendations directly by either clicking the bulls eye or ‘hovering’ your mouse over the particular link.)
The Recommendations are dug up from the search results based on your real time behavior and are, to the greatest extent possible, relevant to your interests
Surf Canyon develops semantic real-time implicit personalization technology for internet search. Its patents-pending Discovery Engine for Search™ transforms static result pages into dynamic knowledge resources, enabling users to more quickly and easily find pertinent information buried among the irrelevant results, significantly accelerating the search process.
More at:http://www.surfcanyon.com/
WhyGoSolo is for making spontaneous connections happen
What Company Is Offering:
WhyGoSolo is for making spontaneous connections happen... therefore, bringing about the end of boredom. And you're thinking... "What does that mean?"
It means, always being able to find or post activities you're interested in doing, and always finding someone to do your favorite activities with. It doesn't matter what your interests are: sports, the arts, culture, food, games—you name it, you'll be able to find a like-minded person with the same interests to go and enjoy your favorite activities. No more wondering what to do on your day off, on the weekends, in the evenings or when you have some free-time. With WhyGoSolo... you can always find something to do with someone new and exciting.
How It Works:
WhyGoSolo is perfect for all the things you love to do but you don't have the right person to do the activities with. WhyGoSolo is splendid for those occasions when you're on the road traveling, left behind by your friends, stuck with cancelled plans or just relocated to a new area. WhyGoSolo is also ideal for those moments when you feel spontaneous and find yourself with an afternoon or day off or you want to try something new and meet someone new.
WhyGoSolo is currently free. You can sign-up, create your profile, post listings and take part in the Handshake Process at no cost. Since this is the first version of WhyGoSolo if you Upgrade now you will receive a lifetime membership for the cost of the yearly membership fee. With your Upgrade you will receive a membership card, as well as an Accepting Company Sign. Upon the full release of WhyGoSolo yearly membership fee will apply.
It's a WhyGoSolo branded sign that says Accepting Company that you can take with you when you're dining or having lunch alone to meet new people. It's ideal for locations like Cosi, Panera Bread... Chipotle or other places you go for a quick bite to eat and would like to have someone join you.
More at:http://www.whygosolo.com/
WhyGoSolo is for making spontaneous connections happen... therefore, bringing about the end of boredom. And you're thinking... "What does that mean?"
It means, always being able to find or post activities you're interested in doing, and always finding someone to do your favorite activities with. It doesn't matter what your interests are: sports, the arts, culture, food, games—you name it, you'll be able to find a like-minded person with the same interests to go and enjoy your favorite activities. No more wondering what to do on your day off, on the weekends, in the evenings or when you have some free-time. With WhyGoSolo... you can always find something to do with someone new and exciting.
How It Works:
WhyGoSolo is perfect for all the things you love to do but you don't have the right person to do the activities with. WhyGoSolo is splendid for those occasions when you're on the road traveling, left behind by your friends, stuck with cancelled plans or just relocated to a new area. WhyGoSolo is also ideal for those moments when you feel spontaneous and find yourself with an afternoon or day off or you want to try something new and meet someone new.
WhyGoSolo is currently free. You can sign-up, create your profile, post listings and take part in the Handshake Process at no cost. Since this is the first version of WhyGoSolo if you Upgrade now you will receive a lifetime membership for the cost of the yearly membership fee. With your Upgrade you will receive a membership card, as well as an Accepting Company Sign. Upon the full release of WhyGoSolo yearly membership fee will apply.
It's a WhyGoSolo branded sign that says Accepting Company that you can take with you when you're dining or having lunch alone to meet new people. It's ideal for locations like Cosi, Panera Bread... Chipotle or other places you go for a quick bite to eat and would like to have someone join you.
More at:http://www.whygosolo.com/
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