What Company Is Offering:
Tvinci Media Management is a smart, friendly way for video content owners, broadcasting channels and publishers to manage media. With a few easy steps, you can upload media and manage content with tools and methods that make the content even smarter and richer. You can control a number of types of players and match the players to your audiences.
How It Works:
Tvinci Media Management allows you to syndicate your content and to create your own syndication network. It also helps you learn about your user behavior, receive segmented statistics and analysis online, monetize your content using ecommerce and billing tools, and integrate with existing advertising systems. Tvinci Media Management is available in a number of languages.
Tvinci provides services to video content owners, broadcasting channels and publishers while always keeping their users in mind. They offer the Tvinci platform to manage media while making the content smarter and richer, and have tasked themselves with the mission to improve the Internet TV viewing experience.
At Tvinci, they have developed a number of methods to extend the period of time and frequency the user is engaged with video content and therefore helps maximize possible monetization.
Using the Tvinci video dashboard, editors can tag content and users can create layers of textual information. The combination of editor and user added content with analysis of how its used, shows what and how much users viewed, as well as what they liked, what they added to their playlists, and how popular their playlists are amongst their friends. This and more enriches the content even further.
More at:http://www.tvinci.com/
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Fivelimes is a brand new way to find, review and buy the coolest green, health-conscious and ethical products and service
What Company Is Offering:
Fivelimes is a brand new way to find, review and buy the coolest green, health-conscious and ethical products and service. Fivelimes is a collaborative shopping community where every member has a similar goal: live a full life without compromising future generations. In other words, the members of this service share a common view of sustainability and 'flag' products of interest for each other. You can signup for free and start participating instantly.
How It Works:
Go to their Submit Page and simply input the URL of a product or service you have discovered on the Web. Their service will then go grab images, text and content from that site and allow you to easily review and add the product or service. You can also install a neat little tool in your browser called a 'bookmarklet'. This little tool allows you to instantly add a product or service you discover on the Web back into the community with little effort. For example, say you discover a new eco friendly detergent at greenstuff.com. Simply click the button in your browser and that product (images included) will be added to the Fivelimes community. It's that easy!
You can easily click the 'Save' button anywhere you see a product on Fivelimes. This will allow you to add the product or service to your own list of bookmarks. Alternatively you may submit a bookmark for a product or service you have discovered on the Web that is not already in the Fivelimes database.
More at:http://www.fivelimes.com/
Fivelimes is a brand new way to find, review and buy the coolest green, health-conscious and ethical products and service. Fivelimes is a collaborative shopping community where every member has a similar goal: live a full life without compromising future generations. In other words, the members of this service share a common view of sustainability and 'flag' products of interest for each other. You can signup for free and start participating instantly.
How It Works:
Go to their Submit Page and simply input the URL of a product or service you have discovered on the Web. Their service will then go grab images, text and content from that site and allow you to easily review and add the product or service. You can also install a neat little tool in your browser called a 'bookmarklet'. This little tool allows you to instantly add a product or service you discover on the Web back into the community with little effort. For example, say you discover a new eco friendly detergent at greenstuff.com. Simply click the button in your browser and that product (images included) will be added to the Fivelimes community. It's that easy!
You can easily click the 'Save' button anywhere you see a product on Fivelimes. This will allow you to add the product or service to your own list of bookmarks. Alternatively you may submit a bookmark for a product or service you have discovered on the Web that is not already in the Fivelimes database.
More at:http://www.fivelimes.com/
GreenDimes, the trusted leader in stopping junk mail, offers you the complete solution to a clean mailbox
What Company Is Offering:
GreenDimes, the trusted leader in stopping junk mail, offers you the complete solution to a clean mailbox.
How It Works:
They take you off dozens of junk mail lists and plant 5 trees for you!Choose which catalogs you don't want... they stop them and plant 1 tree per catalog!Sign in to your account and enter only those catalogs and non-profit mailings you want stopped with our new and improved Catalog Screener. They plant 5 trees for the first 5 opt-out requests.
They monitor your account every month to Make Sure You Stay Off!
Each month, GreenDimes reviews direct marketers' lists to ensure that your name gets off and stays off.
GreenDimes reduces the credit card offers, insurance offers, sweepstakes offers, coupon mailers, charitable solicitations and retail catalogs that your household receives. We can't reduce mailings that are the result of a personal relationship you have with the company or organization. These include magazine subscriptions, bank statements, brokerage statements and school alumni mailings.
More at:http://www.greendimes.com/
GreenDimes, the trusted leader in stopping junk mail, offers you the complete solution to a clean mailbox.
How It Works:
They take you off dozens of junk mail lists and plant 5 trees for you!Choose which catalogs you don't want... they stop them and plant 1 tree per catalog!Sign in to your account and enter only those catalogs and non-profit mailings you want stopped with our new and improved Catalog Screener. They plant 5 trees for the first 5 opt-out requests.
They monitor your account every month to Make Sure You Stay Off!
Each month, GreenDimes reviews direct marketers' lists to ensure that your name gets off and stays off.
GreenDimes reduces the credit card offers, insurance offers, sweepstakes offers, coupon mailers, charitable solicitations and retail catalogs that your household receives. We can't reduce mailings that are the result of a personal relationship you have with the company or organization. These include magazine subscriptions, bank statements, brokerage statements and school alumni mailings.
More at:http://www.greendimes.com/
NewsTrust.net helps people find good journalism online
What Company Is Offering:
NewsTrust.net helps people find good journalism online.
Their non-profit, non-partisan project provides quality news feeds, news literacy tools and a trust network to help citizens make informed decisions about democracy.
How It Works:
The free NewsTrust.net website features daily feeds of quality news and opinions, which are carefully rated by our members, using our unique review tools. They rate the news based on quality, not just popularity. NewsTrust reviewers evaluate each article against core journalistic principles such as fairness, evidence, sourcing and context.
Their community is growing steadily.
Their research studies suggest that citizen reviewers using their review tools can evaluate news quality reliably - and as effectively as experienced journalists. Based on their collective evaluations, they're building a reputation database for mainstream and independent news providers, to help the public identify trustworthy publications.
Who Is Backing Them:
NewsTrust's Executive Director is Fabrice Florin, a former journalist and a digital media pioneer at Apple and Macromedia. Their experienced management team includes award-winning journalist and media executive Rory O’Connor and former Lucasfilm project manager David Fox, who bring extensive track records in content and technology development. Their advisors include Dan Gillmor, Craig Newmark, Howard Rheingold and other digital media innovators from organizations like Craigslist, Google, the Poynter Institute and Stanford University.
More at:http://newstrust.net/
NewsTrust.net helps people find good journalism online.
Their non-profit, non-partisan project provides quality news feeds, news literacy tools and a trust network to help citizens make informed decisions about democracy.
How It Works:
The free NewsTrust.net website features daily feeds of quality news and opinions, which are carefully rated by our members, using our unique review tools. They rate the news based on quality, not just popularity. NewsTrust reviewers evaluate each article against core journalistic principles such as fairness, evidence, sourcing and context.
Their community is growing steadily.
Their research studies suggest that citizen reviewers using their review tools can evaluate news quality reliably - and as effectively as experienced journalists. Based on their collective evaluations, they're building a reputation database for mainstream and independent news providers, to help the public identify trustworthy publications.
Who Is Backing Them:
NewsTrust's Executive Director is Fabrice Florin, a former journalist and a digital media pioneer at Apple and Macromedia. Their experienced management team includes award-winning journalist and media executive Rory O’Connor and former Lucasfilm project manager David Fox, who bring extensive track records in content and technology development. Their advisors include Dan Gillmor, Craig Newmark, Howard Rheingold and other digital media innovators from organizations like Craigslist, Google, the Poynter Institute and Stanford University.
More at:http://newstrust.net/
Woomail.com---Electronic communication
What Company Is Offering:
Woomail.com, a progressive internet company at the pioneering forefront of cutting-edge of electronic communication, was founded by John Halloran.
The diverse and experienced management team at Woomail.com understands the critical issues that have plagued traditional email and has created a new process that will revolutionize online communications for individuals, small business and large enterprises. Woomail offers an unparalleled level of online communication that is safe, hassle-free and innovative.
They are the invisible security blanket behind their clients' online communications.
Why To Use It:
* Personal and business email accounts that become bogged down and debilitated with spam; overwhelming server space as well as possessing viruses, spy ware or other hostile and harmful attachments.
* Business owners frustrated with managing hundreds of spam messages a day.
* A growing online population desperately seeking a better, safer way to communicate online.
Email costs companies millions of dollars; including the real costs of employees' wasted time reading and deleting, system downtime due to email viruses, network space and bandwidth usage. Woomail eliminates these issues and provides time and money savings that are immediate and immeasurable.
More at:https://www.woomail.com/
Woomail.com, a progressive internet company at the pioneering forefront of cutting-edge of electronic communication, was founded by John Halloran.
The diverse and experienced management team at Woomail.com understands the critical issues that have plagued traditional email and has created a new process that will revolutionize online communications for individuals, small business and large enterprises. Woomail offers an unparalleled level of online communication that is safe, hassle-free and innovative.
They are the invisible security blanket behind their clients' online communications.
Why To Use It:
* Personal and business email accounts that become bogged down and debilitated with spam; overwhelming server space as well as possessing viruses, spy ware or other hostile and harmful attachments.
* Business owners frustrated with managing hundreds of spam messages a day.
* A growing online population desperately seeking a better, safer way to communicate online.
Email costs companies millions of dollars; including the real costs of employees' wasted time reading and deleting, system downtime due to email viruses, network space and bandwidth usage. Woomail eliminates these issues and provides time and money savings that are immediate and immeasurable.
More at:https://www.woomail.com/
First Light Net Is a advertising company that specializes in servicing the fishing, hunting, outdoor and sports industries Internet needs
What Company Is Offering:
First Light Net is a trademark of Predatorial Advertising Associates L.L.C. It is a marketing and advertising company that specializes in servicing the fishing, hunting, outdoor and sports industries Internet needs. FLN owns the largest self owned online network of outdoor related vertical niche websites. They offer clients a wide range of services including banner advertising, featured "Retailer Showcase" ads, Pay Per Click advertising, textual ads, targeted opt in email marketing, and newsletter sponsorship.
How It Works:
First Light Net offers free information, free promotional giveaways, forums, mobile and social network sites to outdoor enthusiasts and monetizes this web traffic by offering clients targeted online advertising.
How Is Market Of That Kind Of Company:
Considered by some a late adopter online industry, “fishing” has definitely carved out its niche on the internet. According to the 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation conducted by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, and U.S. Census Bureau. It was concluded that in 2006, 30.0 million U.S. residents 16 years old and older enjoyed a variety of fishing opportunities throughout the United States. Anglers fished 517 million days and took 403 million fishing trips. They had $42.2 billion in fishing-related expenses during the year.
More at:
First Light Net
Mike Hodgdon
719-572-9065
mgh@firstlightnet.com
www.firstlightnet.com
First Light Net is a trademark of Predatorial Advertising Associates L.L.C. It is a marketing and advertising company that specializes in servicing the fishing, hunting, outdoor and sports industries Internet needs. FLN owns the largest self owned online network of outdoor related vertical niche websites. They offer clients a wide range of services including banner advertising, featured "Retailer Showcase" ads, Pay Per Click advertising, textual ads, targeted opt in email marketing, and newsletter sponsorship.
How It Works:
First Light Net offers free information, free promotional giveaways, forums, mobile and social network sites to outdoor enthusiasts and monetizes this web traffic by offering clients targeted online advertising.
How Is Market Of That Kind Of Company:
Considered by some a late adopter online industry, “fishing” has definitely carved out its niche on the internet. According to the 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation conducted by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Department of Commerce, and U.S. Census Bureau. It was concluded that in 2006, 30.0 million U.S. residents 16 years old and older enjoyed a variety of fishing opportunities throughout the United States. Anglers fished 517 million days and took 403 million fishing trips. They had $42.2 billion in fishing-related expenses during the year.
More at:
First Light Net
Mike Hodgdon
719-572-9065
mgh@firstlightnet.com
www.firstlightnet.com
Tzero Technologies--Wireless video products has raised $18 million
What Company Is Offering:
Tzero Technologies is a fabless semiconductor provider of CMOS, high-performance Ultra Wideband chipsets. The company's wireless High Definition video distribution solutions are designed into display and A/V component products from top tier OEMs around the world. Founded in 2003, TZero is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Tzero Technologies, the leader in Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology and wireless video products, announced that it has raised $18 million in its third round of funding. The investment was led by the CID Group with full participation from Tzero's current investors: August Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, OVP, U.S. Venture Partners, and VentureTech Alliance.
"Tzero's technology for wireless distribution of high definition video is the only solution that meets the performance requirements of the leading consumer electronics manufacturers," said David Yang, partner with the CID Group. "UWB is quickly gaining traction in the market as the standard for wireless video and Tzero is leading this ramp. We are excited to be part of the team that brings this product to the wireless digital media centered home market."
"This round of funding will enable Tzero to expand its market presence, gain critical design wins across a broad spectrum of high-volume customers, and bring the next-generation of products to market," said Rajeev Krishnamoorthy, founder and CEO of Tzero. "The CID group's relationships and operational expertise are great assets for us, and we look forward to working closely together."
More at: www.tzerotech.com
Tzero Technologies is a fabless semiconductor provider of CMOS, high-performance Ultra Wideband chipsets. The company's wireless High Definition video distribution solutions are designed into display and A/V component products from top tier OEMs around the world. Founded in 2003, TZero is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Tzero Technologies, the leader in Ultra Wideband (UWB) technology and wireless video products, announced that it has raised $18 million in its third round of funding. The investment was led by the CID Group with full participation from Tzero's current investors: August Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, OVP, U.S. Venture Partners, and VentureTech Alliance.
"Tzero's technology for wireless distribution of high definition video is the only solution that meets the performance requirements of the leading consumer electronics manufacturers," said David Yang, partner with the CID Group. "UWB is quickly gaining traction in the market as the standard for wireless video and Tzero is leading this ramp. We are excited to be part of the team that brings this product to the wireless digital media centered home market."
"This round of funding will enable Tzero to expand its market presence, gain critical design wins across a broad spectrum of high-volume customers, and bring the next-generation of products to market," said Rajeev Krishnamoorthy, founder and CEO of Tzero. "The CID group's relationships and operational expertise are great assets for us, and we look forward to working closely together."
More at: www.tzerotech.com
NewBay Software is the global leader in digital lifestyle solutions for operators got 6.5 million in Series B
What Company Is Offering:
NewBay Software is the global leader in digital lifestyle solutions for operators, enabling subscribers to create, store, view and share user generated content. NewBay LifeCache product suite empowers operators to deliver an integrated set of converged rich-media services across any internet connected device such as mobile, PC and TV. NewBay's carrier grade product based solutions include photo and video albums/blogs, social networking, handset clients, network address book and messaging services.
NewBay enables operators to increase messaging, data and content revenue, strengthen customer loyalty and build communities and social networks based on user generated content.
How Much They Got From VCs:
NewBay Software, the global leader in digital lifestyle solutions for operators, announced it has received EUR 6.5 million in Series B financing led by Boston, MA and London-based Fidelity Ventures with participation by existing investor Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Capital Europe). Balderton Capital first backed the company in 2003. Simon Clark, a partner at Fidelity Ventures, will join the company's board of directors.
Proceeds from this round of financing will enable NewBay to accelerate its global expansion plans, explore acquisition opportunities and increase investment in R & D to ensure continued development of world class, innovative solutions that add value, revenue and loyalty for operators. NewBay has experienced exceptional success working with leading operators worldwide. NewBay LifeCache product suite is powering operator services that are currently available to over 250 million subscribers. Services include T-Mobile USA MyAlbum, Orange Photography, Vodafone MyCommunities, O2 Bebo and T-Mobile MyFaves.
About VCs:
1.Fidelity Ventures invests in technology companies ready to enter the market and those poised for the next phase of growth. Its 40-year track record includes hundreds of successful investments in the consumer, communications, systems and software markets. Fidelity Ventures is distinguished by the ability to accelerate market adoption for its portfolio companies' offerings and by a global network of senior technology and business executives. Fidelity Ventures actively manages over $800 million from offices in Boston and London. For more information, please visit: www.fidelityventures.com.
2.Balderton Capital is one of Europe's largest venture capital firms, committed to finding and helping talented entrepreneurs build great companies. Based in London, its Funds total approximately $ 1.5 billion available for investment.
Since 2000, Balderton has invested in over 70 companies across a wide variety of technology sectors and geographies, including throughout Europe, and in the US and China. Notable investments include Bebo (the leading social networking site), Betfair (online betting exchange) Codemasters (video games developer and publisher), Habbo Hotel (teen social networking site), MySQL (open-source database business) and Setanta Sports (the European sports broadcaster).
NewBay Software is the global leader in digital lifestyle solutions for operators, enabling subscribers to create, store, view and share user generated content. NewBay LifeCache product suite empowers operators to deliver an integrated set of converged rich-media services across any internet connected device such as mobile, PC and TV. NewBay's carrier grade product based solutions include photo and video albums/blogs, social networking, handset clients, network address book and messaging services.
NewBay enables operators to increase messaging, data and content revenue, strengthen customer loyalty and build communities and social networks based on user generated content.
How Much They Got From VCs:
NewBay Software, the global leader in digital lifestyle solutions for operators, announced it has received EUR 6.5 million in Series B financing led by Boston, MA and London-based Fidelity Ventures with participation by existing investor Balderton Capital (formerly Benchmark Capital Europe). Balderton Capital first backed the company in 2003. Simon Clark, a partner at Fidelity Ventures, will join the company's board of directors.
Proceeds from this round of financing will enable NewBay to accelerate its global expansion plans, explore acquisition opportunities and increase investment in R & D to ensure continued development of world class, innovative solutions that add value, revenue and loyalty for operators. NewBay has experienced exceptional success working with leading operators worldwide. NewBay LifeCache product suite is powering operator services that are currently available to over 250 million subscribers. Services include T-Mobile USA MyAlbum, Orange Photography, Vodafone MyCommunities, O2 Bebo and T-Mobile MyFaves.
About VCs:
1.Fidelity Ventures invests in technology companies ready to enter the market and those poised for the next phase of growth. Its 40-year track record includes hundreds of successful investments in the consumer, communications, systems and software markets. Fidelity Ventures is distinguished by the ability to accelerate market adoption for its portfolio companies' offerings and by a global network of senior technology and business executives. Fidelity Ventures actively manages over $800 million from offices in Boston and London. For more information, please visit: www.fidelityventures.com.
2.Balderton Capital is one of Europe's largest venture capital firms, committed to finding and helping talented entrepreneurs build great companies. Based in London, its Funds total approximately $ 1.5 billion available for investment.
Since 2000, Balderton has invested in over 70 companies across a wide variety of technology sectors and geographies, including throughout Europe, and in the US and China. Notable investments include Bebo (the leading social networking site), Betfair (online betting exchange) Codemasters (video games developer and publisher), Habbo Hotel (teen social networking site), MySQL (open-source database business) and Setanta Sports (the European sports broadcaster).
Storm Exchange, Inc., a company that helps businesses improve their performance in the face of increasingly volatile weather got $7.2 million
What Company Is Offering:
Storm Exchange, Inc. operates an online financial market to help businesses (and in some cases their end consumers) better plan for and manage their weather-related risks.
The company's innovative online platform gives corporations, governments and other clients the specialized industry knowledge, data-driven indices, analytical tools and capital market access they need to execute a contract to hedge their weather-related risks. The result is more control over uncertain forecasts, improved operating results and stronger, more predictable financial performance.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Storm Exchange, Inc., a company that helps businesses improve their performance in the face of increasingly volatile weather, announced that a group of leading private equity firms, including its original backers - RRE Ventures and Venrock Associates - has invested an additional $7.2 million in expansion capital in the company.
Storm Exchange helps businesses across a diverse set of industries - each of whom has unique requirements for quantifying and managing the weather's impact on their operations and financials. By tapping the breadth and depth of the capital markets, Storm Exchange is able to deliver financial weather protection that is structured similarly to the strategies used today by institutional investors to reduce financial exposures to other forms of volatility, such as interest rate fluctuations or rapidly changing currency rates.
More at:www.stormexchange.com.
Storm Exchange, Inc. operates an online financial market to help businesses (and in some cases their end consumers) better plan for and manage their weather-related risks.
The company's innovative online platform gives corporations, governments and other clients the specialized industry knowledge, data-driven indices, analytical tools and capital market access they need to execute a contract to hedge their weather-related risks. The result is more control over uncertain forecasts, improved operating results and stronger, more predictable financial performance.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Storm Exchange, Inc., a company that helps businesses improve their performance in the face of increasingly volatile weather, announced that a group of leading private equity firms, including its original backers - RRE Ventures and Venrock Associates - has invested an additional $7.2 million in expansion capital in the company.
Storm Exchange helps businesses across a diverse set of industries - each of whom has unique requirements for quantifying and managing the weather's impact on their operations and financials. By tapping the breadth and depth of the capital markets, Storm Exchange is able to deliver financial weather protection that is structured similarly to the strategies used today by institutional investors to reduce financial exposures to other forms of volatility, such as interest rate fluctuations or rapidly changing currency rates.
More at:www.stormexchange.com.
RiseSmart is a human-powered job search service that prescreens online search results for time-starved managers and executiveshas secured a $1.5 m
What Company Is Offering:
RiseSmart is a human-powered job search service that prescreens online search results for time-starved managers and executives. The RiseSmart team matches opportunities with jobseekers based on each member’s unique profile, freeing senior-level professionals to focus on networking or the demands of their current jobs.
How Much They Got From VCs:
RiseSmart, the human-powered job search service for $100K+ earners, announced today that it has secured a $1.5 million seed round of financing from angel investors, including leading authorities in the human resources and recruitment industry.
Bridging the gap between traditional job boards and the personal attention of a career coach, RiseSmart – a subscription-based service competing with executive job sites such as TheLadders.com – assigns each member a personal “Job Concierge” who is responsible for matching member profiles with the most relevant job listings returned through an intelligent automated search of its million-job database.
Who Is Backing Them:
RiseSmart’s investors include Craig Stamm, the former chief financial officer for CareerBuilder.com and Headhunter.net; Mark Hamdan, founder and chief executive officer of HRsmart, an Inc. 500 HR technology company; and Louis Ramery, senior vice president of relationship marketing at Sears Holdings Corporation.
More at:www.RiseSmart.com/
Contact:
The Idea Grove
Cathy Baradell, 972-235-3439
cbaradell@ideagrove.com
RiseSmart is a human-powered job search service that prescreens online search results for time-starved managers and executives. The RiseSmart team matches opportunities with jobseekers based on each member’s unique profile, freeing senior-level professionals to focus on networking or the demands of their current jobs.
How Much They Got From VCs:
RiseSmart, the human-powered job search service for $100K+ earners, announced today that it has secured a $1.5 million seed round of financing from angel investors, including leading authorities in the human resources and recruitment industry.
Bridging the gap between traditional job boards and the personal attention of a career coach, RiseSmart – a subscription-based service competing with executive job sites such as TheLadders.com – assigns each member a personal “Job Concierge” who is responsible for matching member profiles with the most relevant job listings returned through an intelligent automated search of its million-job database.
Who Is Backing Them:
RiseSmart’s investors include Craig Stamm, the former chief financial officer for CareerBuilder.com and Headhunter.net; Mark Hamdan, founder and chief executive officer of HRsmart, an Inc. 500 HR technology company; and Louis Ramery, senior vice president of relationship marketing at Sears Holdings Corporation.
More at:www.RiseSmart.com/
Contact:
The Idea Grove
Cathy Baradell, 972-235-3439
cbaradell@ideagrove.com
iRise, the world's leading software visualization software company, announced that it has closed $20 million
What Company Is Offering:
iRise is the world’s leading provider of visualization software for business applications. Visualization is quickly becoming a critical competitive advantage for businesses to more effectively communicate their needs to technology teams and give everyone involved the ability to fully experience applications before they are built. Companies of all sizes like UPS, Wachovia, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Manpower, CompuCredit, Capgemini and many others use iRise to “test drive” their applications before building, which accelerates time to revenue, improves customer experience and drives costs down.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iRise, the world's leading software visualization software company, announced that it has closed $20 million in incremental funding. Joining existing investor Morgan Stanley Venture Partners in this round are; Gold Hill Capital, a leading provider of growth capital financing for venture-backed technology and life science companies; SVB Silicon Valley Bank, a provider of commercial banking services to emerging growth and mature companies in the technology, life science, private equity and premium wine industries; and, Deutsche Bank, a leading global investment bank. iRise will leverage this new round of capital to drive new product development and broaden the distribution of its marketing leading application simulation solution to new markets in 2008.
More at:
iRise
Carla A. Schlemminger, 415-772-0827
carlas@irise.com
iRise is the world’s leading provider of visualization software for business applications. Visualization is quickly becoming a critical competitive advantage for businesses to more effectively communicate their needs to technology teams and give everyone involved the ability to fully experience applications before they are built. Companies of all sizes like UPS, Wachovia, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Manpower, CompuCredit, Capgemini and many others use iRise to “test drive” their applications before building, which accelerates time to revenue, improves customer experience and drives costs down.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iRise, the world's leading software visualization software company, announced that it has closed $20 million in incremental funding. Joining existing investor Morgan Stanley Venture Partners in this round are; Gold Hill Capital, a leading provider of growth capital financing for venture-backed technology and life science companies; SVB Silicon Valley Bank, a provider of commercial banking services to emerging growth and mature companies in the technology, life science, private equity and premium wine industries; and, Deutsche Bank, a leading global investment bank. iRise will leverage this new round of capital to drive new product development and broaden the distribution of its marketing leading application simulation solution to new markets in 2008.
More at:
iRise
Carla A. Schlemminger, 415-772-0827
carlas@irise.com
ChitChat, Inc. delivers innovative tools to help educators successfully integrate technology into the classroom
What Company Is Offering:
ChitChat, Inc. delivers innovative tools to help educators successfully integrate technology into the classroom. They started with a vision of an educational network that engages both students and teachers in learning, and moved forward with the knowledge that teachers are too busy to waste their time with the sort of tools that currently pitch for their attention: products with daunting forms, no task automation, big price tags, and (perhaps most importantly), lacking in the fundamental educational workflow.
How It Works:
An educational technology provides teachers a way to collect, track, assess, record, and give feedback. And the good educational ones do a lot of that automatically, so they can actually save teachers time.
Unique Features:
Tools that engage students,
integrate seamlessly into the classroom model,
let teachers create better content with less effort, and
allow teachers to share and find content from our network.
ChitChat currently offers two products: its free educational network, and 1:1, a premier platform for schools with ubiquitous computing.
More at:http://chitch.at/
ChitChat, Inc. delivers innovative tools to help educators successfully integrate technology into the classroom. They started with a vision of an educational network that engages both students and teachers in learning, and moved forward with the knowledge that teachers are too busy to waste their time with the sort of tools that currently pitch for their attention: products with daunting forms, no task automation, big price tags, and (perhaps most importantly), lacking in the fundamental educational workflow.
How It Works:
An educational technology provides teachers a way to collect, track, assess, record, and give feedback. And the good educational ones do a lot of that automatically, so they can actually save teachers time.
Unique Features:
Tools that engage students,
integrate seamlessly into the classroom model,
let teachers create better content with less effort, and
allow teachers to share and find content from our network.
ChitChat currently offers two products: its free educational network, and 1:1, a premier platform for schools with ubiquitous computing.
More at:http://chitch.at/
Social Gaming Network
What Company Is Offering:
SGN is a social gaming platform for developers that uniquely leverage people's social connections -what they call a gaming graph- transforming a typical gaming experience into one that is more relevant, more engaging, more competitive, and ultimately more enjoyable for the player.
How It Works:
The SGN Developer Platform provides an API for social games that allows developers to plug their games into the SGN Gaming Hub and gain the benefits of mass distribution across our network, up-to-date statistics for all users, and greater user loyalty. Plus, more features will become available as we continue to build out the platform.
The Gaming Hub The Gaming Hub is their portal to social gaming on Facebook. Track your status in all the games you play, keep up with your friends, and see who the best gamer really is! Best of all, it's free and open to all games that qualify!
More at:http://www.socialgn.com/
SGN is a social gaming platform for developers that uniquely leverage people's social connections -what they call a gaming graph- transforming a typical gaming experience into one that is more relevant, more engaging, more competitive, and ultimately more enjoyable for the player.
How It Works:
The SGN Developer Platform provides an API for social games that allows developers to plug their games into the SGN Gaming Hub and gain the benefits of mass distribution across our network, up-to-date statistics for all users, and greater user loyalty. Plus, more features will become available as we continue to build out the platform.
The Gaming Hub The Gaming Hub is their portal to social gaming on Facebook. Track your status in all the games you play, keep up with your friends, and see who the best gamer really is! Best of all, it's free and open to all games that qualify!
More at:http://www.socialgn.com/
UnLtdWorld--To connect social entrepreneurs and socially-minded people and enable them to share content and build collaborative value
What Company Is Offering:
UnLtdWorld empowers people to generate greater social impact in the real world by enabling them to share, shape and build knowledge, markets and communities through social networks.Connect with other socially minded people, search and share resources and opportunities, find and list services and products, find answers to key questions, create and join groups and lots more. UnLtdWorld also houses the world's most powerful mapping and graphing of social entrepreneurship, and of social and environmental issues.
How It Works:
UnLtdWorld is an online platform that aims to connect social entrepreneurs and socially-minded people and enable them to share content and build collaborative value, raise the visibility of ideas, issues and projects and ultimately help generate greater positive impact in the real world.
On UnLtdWorld you can connect with others, search and share resources and opportunities, find and list services and products, share answers to key questions, create and join groups, promote and find events, support inspiring projects and lots more.
UnLtdWorld aims to help build the capacity of organisations working in the sector by enhancing the efficiency of relations between social entrepreneurs, relevant agencies and the general public through applications that will leverage deeply on the site's network. We will do this by informing research through publicly accessible statistical information on social and environmental issues and by providing tools for organisations and individuals to communicate more effectively with relevant segments of the community and the broader public.
More at:http://unltdworld.com/
UnLtdWorld empowers people to generate greater social impact in the real world by enabling them to share, shape and build knowledge, markets and communities through social networks.Connect with other socially minded people, search and share resources and opportunities, find and list services and products, find answers to key questions, create and join groups and lots more. UnLtdWorld also houses the world's most powerful mapping and graphing of social entrepreneurship, and of social and environmental issues.
How It Works:
UnLtdWorld is an online platform that aims to connect social entrepreneurs and socially-minded people and enable them to share content and build collaborative value, raise the visibility of ideas, issues and projects and ultimately help generate greater positive impact in the real world.
On UnLtdWorld you can connect with others, search and share resources and opportunities, find and list services and products, share answers to key questions, create and join groups, promote and find events, support inspiring projects and lots more.
UnLtdWorld aims to help build the capacity of organisations working in the sector by enhancing the efficiency of relations between social entrepreneurs, relevant agencies and the general public through applications that will leverage deeply on the site's network. We will do this by informing research through publicly accessible statistical information on social and environmental issues and by providing tools for organisations and individuals to communicate more effectively with relevant segments of the community and the broader public.
More at:http://unltdworld.com/
Driftr is a user-generated content site for travelers, by travelers
What Company Is Offering:
Driftr is a user-generated content site for travelers, by travelers. At Driftr, YOU are the travel writer, the photographer, and the reviewer. All of your travel experiences and information you provide become part of the shared Driftr community. The result is a great big worldwide social network full of fascinating and useful information. Everything from where to find those dinosaurs from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, to the best place to stay in Cape Town, South Africa, to what goes down during Oktoberfest...it's all here. And it all begins and ends with you. And, of course, the people you meet here.
How It Works:
The Driftr experience is driven by a proprietary map that lets you highlight and track the places you've been and intuitively search for community-driven content relating to the places you'd like to go. Much like the explorers of the Age of Discovery, we use maps to help you plan your trip and record where you've been. Only unlike their maps, ours have fancy colors, are actually accurate, and link up to all the information the entire Driftr network has to offer.
All of this makes Driftr THE place to keep track of your travels and share your trip photos, reviews, and blogs with friends and family, as well as research destinations before you book a trip.
How Is It Different:
Because nobody knows the world better than you do. Not the airlines, the hotels, the travel agents, or the weirdly snooty travel writer who keeps recommending places that end up smelling like old cheese. Not even us. We'd have trouble giving you directions to the bathroom in our own office, let alone tell you the best way to get around Buenos Aires (we also have trouble with ping-pong, gardening, hopscotch, and putting together a decent fantasy football team). No, our purpose is to connect you to each other, so that you can better connect to everything the world has to offer.
More at:http://driftr.com/
Driftr is a user-generated content site for travelers, by travelers. At Driftr, YOU are the travel writer, the photographer, and the reviewer. All of your travel experiences and information you provide become part of the shared Driftr community. The result is a great big worldwide social network full of fascinating and useful information. Everything from where to find those dinosaurs from Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, to the best place to stay in Cape Town, South Africa, to what goes down during Oktoberfest...it's all here. And it all begins and ends with you. And, of course, the people you meet here.
How It Works:
The Driftr experience is driven by a proprietary map that lets you highlight and track the places you've been and intuitively search for community-driven content relating to the places you'd like to go. Much like the explorers of the Age of Discovery, we use maps to help you plan your trip and record where you've been. Only unlike their maps, ours have fancy colors, are actually accurate, and link up to all the information the entire Driftr network has to offer.
All of this makes Driftr THE place to keep track of your travels and share your trip photos, reviews, and blogs with friends and family, as well as research destinations before you book a trip.
How Is It Different:
Because nobody knows the world better than you do. Not the airlines, the hotels, the travel agents, or the weirdly snooty travel writer who keeps recommending places that end up smelling like old cheese. Not even us. We'd have trouble giving you directions to the bathroom in our own office, let alone tell you the best way to get around Buenos Aires (we also have trouble with ping-pong, gardening, hopscotch, and putting together a decent fantasy football team). No, our purpose is to connect you to each other, so that you can better connect to everything the world has to offer.
More at:http://driftr.com/
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