What Company Is Offering:
Topicle is a search engine community.
Every Topicle search engine only searches handpicked URLs, instead of the whole Web.
You - the community - can create new Topicle search engines and maintain all existing ones.
How It Works:
Their goal is to enable users to easily find more relevant information on the Internet, with you - the Topicle community - as experts. They want to generate more precise and useful search results with sources recommended by humans than solely with computer-generated algorithms.
With Topicle, you can create a new vertical search engine with a few clicks. In Topicle's world, a vertical search engine is a topic search engine, like Digital Camera Reviews, Parenting or Diabetes. Each Topicle search engine only searches handpicked URLs, instead of the whole Web.
All Topicle search engines are open, and everyone can contribute by adding URLs and rating existing URLs. Just like anyone can author articles on Wikipedia, anyone can create and enhance search engines on Topicle. With everyone's help, Topicle search engines will get better and better over time.
More at:http://www.topicle.com/
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
FINVIZ.com offers the fastest, and the most advanced stock screener available online
What Company Is Offering:
FINVIZ.com offers the fastest, and the most advanced stock screener available online, interactive markets maps, inovative market analysis and custom market intelligence solutions.
How It Works:
FINVIZ.com gives you everything you need to keep track of the stock market.There are interactive market maps as well as several market intelligence solutions. There’s also a search option for finding information pertaining to different companies listed on the stock market.
Unique Features:
Analysis & Visualisation Tools - licensing, development, integration.
Custom Financial Research - data mining, backtesting, realtime monitoring.
Automated Trading Systems - design, development, deployment.
More at:http://finviz.com/
FINVIZ.com offers the fastest, and the most advanced stock screener available online, interactive markets maps, inovative market analysis and custom market intelligence solutions.
How It Works:
FINVIZ.com gives you everything you need to keep track of the stock market.There are interactive market maps as well as several market intelligence solutions. There’s also a search option for finding information pertaining to different companies listed on the stock market.
Unique Features:
Analysis & Visualisation Tools - licensing, development, integration.
Custom Financial Research - data mining, backtesting, realtime monitoring.
Automated Trading Systems - design, development, deployment.
More at:http://finviz.com/
Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world
What Company Is Offering:
Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world.
How It Works:
* Create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike.
* Transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of scientists, by aggregating virtually all known data about every living species.
* Engage a wide audience of schoolchildren, educators, citizen scientists, academics and those who are just curious about Earth's species.
* Increase our collective understanding of life on Earth, and safeguard the richest possible spectrum of biodiversity.
Unique Features:
* About 25 exemplar species pages. These pages show the kind of rich environment, with extensive information, to which all the species pages will eventually grow. These pages have been authenticated (endorsed) by scientists.
* Tens of thousands of additional species pages. These pages are authenticated, but do not contain the rich array of information found on the exemplar pages.
* About 1 million minimal species pages contain the scientific and common names for a species and often have a distribution map, but lack other authenticated information.
More at:http://www.eol.org/
Encyclopedia of Life is an ecosystem of websites that makes all key information about all life on Earth accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world.
How It Works:
* Create a constantly evolving encyclopedia that lives on the Internet, with contributions from scientists and amateurs alike.
* Transform the science of biology, and inspire a new generation of scientists, by aggregating virtually all known data about every living species.
* Engage a wide audience of schoolchildren, educators, citizen scientists, academics and those who are just curious about Earth's species.
* Increase our collective understanding of life on Earth, and safeguard the richest possible spectrum of biodiversity.
Unique Features:
* About 25 exemplar species pages. These pages show the kind of rich environment, with extensive information, to which all the species pages will eventually grow. These pages have been authenticated (endorsed) by scientists.
* Tens of thousands of additional species pages. These pages are authenticated, but do not contain the rich array of information found on the exemplar pages.
* About 1 million minimal species pages contain the scientific and common names for a species and often have a distribution map, but lack other authenticated information.
More at:http://www.eol.org/
Hulu's ambitious and never-ending mission is to help you find and enjoy the world's premium content when, where and how you want it
What Company Is Offering:
Hulu's ambitious and never-ending mission is to help you find and enjoy the world's premium content when, where and how you want it. They hope to provide you with the web's most comprehensive selection of premium programming across all genres and formats – television shows, feature films, clips, and more. Additionally, they want to give you more choices of when and where you can enjoy your favorite programming, while creating innovative experiences that let you watch and participate in online video in new and exciting ways.
For now, videos are available for streaming from the U.S. only. Their intention is to make Hulu's growing content lineup available worldwide and will continue to work with our content partners to clear rights internationally to make great programming available across the globe.
How It Works:
At Hulu, you'll find a vast selection of premium programming across all genres and content types including hit shows, movies, clips and more.
Hulu offers current primetime shows like The Office, Prison Break, Bionic Woman, House and Bones, and episodes from TV classics like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Miami Vice, Arrested Development and more. We've also partnered with premier content owners like E! Entertainment, FUEL TV, SciFi Network and USA Networks to add to our growing collection of premium programming.
Hulu is designed with a singular focus on providing an exceptional, online video viewing experience. You can customize the experience to fit your viewing preferences - watch videos in full screen, or pop out the video player and place it anywhere on your computer screen and re-size it if you're multi-tasking. You can even dim the lights and mute the rest of the browser window so nothing distracts you from the video you're watching.
Hulu lets you easily share your favorite videos via email or embed them on your own website. You can even choose to share the entire video or just one scene. By selecting the share or embed feature, you have the option of selecting your own start and stop point in a video to create your own fun video clips.
Hulu lets you enjoy your favorite videos at websites where you are already spending your time online. Visit our partner sites: AOL, Comcast, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo, to view the same selection of premium programming available at Hulu.com. Each partner features content in its own customized video player to provide a seamless viewing experience on their sites.
More at:http://www.hulu.com/
Hulu's ambitious and never-ending mission is to help you find and enjoy the world's premium content when, where and how you want it. They hope to provide you with the web's most comprehensive selection of premium programming across all genres and formats – television shows, feature films, clips, and more. Additionally, they want to give you more choices of when and where you can enjoy your favorite programming, while creating innovative experiences that let you watch and participate in online video in new and exciting ways.
For now, videos are available for streaming from the U.S. only. Their intention is to make Hulu's growing content lineup available worldwide and will continue to work with our content partners to clear rights internationally to make great programming available across the globe.
How It Works:
At Hulu, you'll find a vast selection of premium programming across all genres and content types including hit shows, movies, clips and more.
Hulu offers current primetime shows like The Office, Prison Break, Bionic Woman, House and Bones, and episodes from TV classics like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Miami Vice, Arrested Development and more. We've also partnered with premier content owners like E! Entertainment, FUEL TV, SciFi Network and USA Networks to add to our growing collection of premium programming.
Hulu is designed with a singular focus on providing an exceptional, online video viewing experience. You can customize the experience to fit your viewing preferences - watch videos in full screen, or pop out the video player and place it anywhere on your computer screen and re-size it if you're multi-tasking. You can even dim the lights and mute the rest of the browser window so nothing distracts you from the video you're watching.
Hulu lets you easily share your favorite videos via email or embed them on your own website. You can even choose to share the entire video or just one scene. By selecting the share or embed feature, you have the option of selecting your own start and stop point in a video to create your own fun video clips.
Hulu lets you enjoy your favorite videos at websites where you are already spending your time online. Visit our partner sites: AOL, Comcast, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo, to view the same selection of premium programming available at Hulu.com. Each partner features content in its own customized video player to provide a seamless viewing experience on their sites.
More at:http://www.hulu.com/
Zivity, a company creating a new category of subscription-based social networking has raised $7 million in Series B
What Company Is Offering:
Zivity empowers women to feel their most beautiful and comfortable. With helpful guides on makeup, hair, and photo shoots, Zivity is the place to unleash your inner model. They offer cool social tools to track your fans, tally your votes, share your photos with friends, and even collect royalties.Zivity’s collection of models from every walk of life is uncensored, advertising-free, and different from online photo sites because you can actually interact with the real models and photographers you’re voting for. Connect with stars, become a top fan, and chat with photographers about upcoming photo shoots with new models.
How It Works:
Zivity pay $10 per month and distribute 40 percent of their subscription fee to the participating models and photographers via Zivity’s innovative dollar-backed voting system. Each vote cast delivers cash to the content creators.
Your profile on Zivity is a portfolio of your work showcasing your beauty. You get to create your very own social magazine of your hottest images.
You and your favorite photographer get together and make a photo set – starring you! A photo set ranges from 15-35 photographs. In these photos, we want to see who YOU are and we want that personality of yours to shine. What the pictures look like and what you are wearing is entirely up to you! Tell a story, because the photograph, frame by frame, is your stage.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Zivity, a company creating a new category of subscription-based social networking for the 18 and over market, has raised $7 million in Series B financing from venture capital firms BlueRun Ventures and Founders Fund.
John Malloy, partner and a founder of BlueRun Ventures, and Luke Nosek, managing partner at Founders Fund, will join Zivity co-founders Scott Banister, Cyan Banister and Jeffrey Wescott on the company’s board of directors.
More at:http://zivity.com/
Zivity empowers women to feel their most beautiful and comfortable. With helpful guides on makeup, hair, and photo shoots, Zivity is the place to unleash your inner model. They offer cool social tools to track your fans, tally your votes, share your photos with friends, and even collect royalties.Zivity’s collection of models from every walk of life is uncensored, advertising-free, and different from online photo sites because you can actually interact with the real models and photographers you’re voting for. Connect with stars, become a top fan, and chat with photographers about upcoming photo shoots with new models.
How It Works:
Zivity pay $10 per month and distribute 40 percent of their subscription fee to the participating models and photographers via Zivity’s innovative dollar-backed voting system. Each vote cast delivers cash to the content creators.
Your profile on Zivity is a portfolio of your work showcasing your beauty. You get to create your very own social magazine of your hottest images.
You and your favorite photographer get together and make a photo set – starring you! A photo set ranges from 15-35 photographs. In these photos, we want to see who YOU are and we want that personality of yours to shine. What the pictures look like and what you are wearing is entirely up to you! Tell a story, because the photograph, frame by frame, is your stage.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Zivity, a company creating a new category of subscription-based social networking for the 18 and over market, has raised $7 million in Series B financing from venture capital firms BlueRun Ventures and Founders Fund.
John Malloy, partner and a founder of BlueRun Ventures, and Luke Nosek, managing partner at Founders Fund, will join Zivity co-founders Scott Banister, Cyan Banister and Jeffrey Wescott on the company’s board of directors.
More at:http://zivity.com/
TeachStreet Inc., a Seattle-based online marketplace for teaching and coaching services, has raised $2.25 million in Series A funding
What Company Is Offering:
Their goal is to encourage life-long learning by connecting inquiring minds with inspiring instructors via an insanely easy-to-use website. They’re creating an effortless way for curious folks to find great local instructors (whether they want to learn photography or square dancing!), and for teachers to find motivated students.
They hope that by making it easy to connect learners and teachers, in their own small way they can help build stronger communities and contribute to smarter and more interesting humans out there in the world.
How Much They Got From VCs:
TeachStreet Inc., a Seattle-based online marketplace for teaching and coaching services, has raised $2.25 million in Series A funding led by Madrona Venture Group, according to a regulatory filing.
Who Is Backing Them:
Dave Schappell | President & CEO
Dave focuses on developing the product vision, building the team and making TeachStreet an inspirational place to accomplish great things.
Dave developed his experience creating customer-focused marketplace initiatives at Amazon, JibJab and Unitus. He has deep experience in online marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), affiliate marketing, and high-impact public relations– yes, he spends a LOT of time online. As a Director at Amazon.com from '98-'04, he was a driving force in the emergence of the marketplace platform (used and new product sales by third-party merchants) that grew from 0% to more than 24% of Amazon’s unit sales today.
Prior to joining Amazon, Dave was a CPA and consultant with Arthur Andersen LLP. Dave attended the MBA program at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and has a BS from the Pennsylvania State University.
2.Fred Sadaghiani | Chief Technology Officer
Fred manages the team of mad technical geniuses building the TeachStreet experience.
Fred has extensive experience building large-scale, consumer-facing web applications at both Zillow (where he was Product Team Lead) and Amazon (where he was a software engineer). In addition to his experiences building user-friendly Web 2.0 products, his background includes years of experience developing real-time marketplace systems, including services and applications for information retrieval, knowledge representation and data mining.
Fred (barely) graduated from the University of Toronto with a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics.
More at:http://www.teachstreet.com/
Their goal is to encourage life-long learning by connecting inquiring minds with inspiring instructors via an insanely easy-to-use website. They’re creating an effortless way for curious folks to find great local instructors (whether they want to learn photography or square dancing!), and for teachers to find motivated students.
They hope that by making it easy to connect learners and teachers, in their own small way they can help build stronger communities and contribute to smarter and more interesting humans out there in the world.
How Much They Got From VCs:
TeachStreet Inc., a Seattle-based online marketplace for teaching and coaching services, has raised $2.25 million in Series A funding led by Madrona Venture Group, according to a regulatory filing.
Who Is Backing Them:
Dave Schappell | President & CEO
Dave focuses on developing the product vision, building the team and making TeachStreet an inspirational place to accomplish great things.
Dave developed his experience creating customer-focused marketplace initiatives at Amazon, JibJab and Unitus. He has deep experience in online marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), affiliate marketing, and high-impact public relations– yes, he spends a LOT of time online. As a Director at Amazon.com from '98-'04, he was a driving force in the emergence of the marketplace platform (used and new product sales by third-party merchants) that grew from 0% to more than 24% of Amazon’s unit sales today.
Prior to joining Amazon, Dave was a CPA and consultant with Arthur Andersen LLP. Dave attended the MBA program at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and has a BS from the Pennsylvania State University.
2.Fred Sadaghiani | Chief Technology Officer
Fred manages the team of mad technical geniuses building the TeachStreet experience.
Fred has extensive experience building large-scale, consumer-facing web applications at both Zillow (where he was Product Team Lead) and Amazon (where he was a software engineer). In addition to his experiences building user-friendly Web 2.0 products, his background includes years of experience developing real-time marketplace systems, including services and applications for information retrieval, knowledge representation and data mining.
Fred (barely) graduated from the University of Toronto with a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics.
More at:http://www.teachstreet.com/
Universal Ad, Inc., a leading provider of highly innovative retail Advertising, Marketing and Promotions software and service solutions got$8.5 m
What Company Is Offering:
Universal Ad provides retailers, wholesalers, advertising agencies and printers with highly innovative advertising, marketing and promotions software and service solutions. The On Demand Promotions Suite is the first system to automate and integrate the planning, management and production of retail ad campaigns, helping our customers significantly reduce both time-to-market and operational costs. The patented technology enables the creation of a virtually unlimited number of ad versions, as well as their instant reuse across all media channels, including print, online and in-store.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Universal Ad, Inc., a leading provider of highly innovative retail Advertising, Marketing and Promotions software and service solutions, announced the completion of $8.5 million in Round B financing. The funding will help support new customer deployments, further advance the company's patented ad production automation technology and drive expanded sales and marketing activities.
How It Will Help Companies:
"Universal Ad's product suite allows the company to position itself as a leading player in the market for cross-channel advertising automation solutions for retailers, wholesalers, ad agencies and printers. The rapid growth in the number of multi-channel promotional ad campaigns ensures that automating the ad planning and production process is quickly becoming a must-have for these companies," said Elisheva Yakobovich, Partner at Vertex Venture Capital. "Their unique technology solves a critical pain point for these companies when it comes to planning, managing and producing their ads and other promotional materials across multiple channels, including print, online, digital signage, Point of Sale and mobile,."
About VCs:
1.Vertex Venture Capital is a unique top-tier Israeli VC with $600 million under management, a strong international investor base, an experienced multi-disciplinary team of professionals and an impressive track record of exits through M&A and IPO. Vertex provides unparalleled possibilities for companies in facilitating potential growth, business opportunities and leveraging synergies throughout Israel, Europe, USA, Japan and Asia. Vertex invests in Israeli and Israel-related companies in early stages of development in information networking and communications systems, software and components, digital media and enterprise software.
For more about Vertex, http://www.vertexvc.com .
2.Walden Israel is Israel's top-performing venture capital fund of its vintage. Focusing on fields of communications and IT, the Walden Israel investment team has funded more than 40 early-stage start-ups to date. Its most recent exits include Passave (NASDAQ: PMCS), nLayers (NYSE:EMC), Ex Libris (acquired by Francisco Partners) and Mellanox (NASDAQ: MLNX).
For additional information about Walden, please visit www.walden.co.il .
3.Western Technology Investment (WTI) specializes in venture lending, providing debt financing to venture-backed technology and life science companies. WTI's recently closed 12(th) fund builds upon the success of the firm's 28-year history, which featured portfolio companies such as Juniper Networks, Brocade Communications Systems, Google, Cerent, Infoseek, IDEC Pharmaceuticals, Facebook, IronPort Systems, Volcano Corporation, and many others.
For more: www.westerntech.com
More at: www.universal-ad.com
Universal Ad provides retailers, wholesalers, advertising agencies and printers with highly innovative advertising, marketing and promotions software and service solutions. The On Demand Promotions Suite is the first system to automate and integrate the planning, management and production of retail ad campaigns, helping our customers significantly reduce both time-to-market and operational costs. The patented technology enables the creation of a virtually unlimited number of ad versions, as well as their instant reuse across all media channels, including print, online and in-store.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Universal Ad, Inc., a leading provider of highly innovative retail Advertising, Marketing and Promotions software and service solutions, announced the completion of $8.5 million in Round B financing. The funding will help support new customer deployments, further advance the company's patented ad production automation technology and drive expanded sales and marketing activities.
How It Will Help Companies:
"Universal Ad's product suite allows the company to position itself as a leading player in the market for cross-channel advertising automation solutions for retailers, wholesalers, ad agencies and printers. The rapid growth in the number of multi-channel promotional ad campaigns ensures that automating the ad planning and production process is quickly becoming a must-have for these companies," said Elisheva Yakobovich, Partner at Vertex Venture Capital. "Their unique technology solves a critical pain point for these companies when it comes to planning, managing and producing their ads and other promotional materials across multiple channels, including print, online, digital signage, Point of Sale and mobile,."
About VCs:
1.Vertex Venture Capital is a unique top-tier Israeli VC with $600 million under management, a strong international investor base, an experienced multi-disciplinary team of professionals and an impressive track record of exits through M&A and IPO. Vertex provides unparalleled possibilities for companies in facilitating potential growth, business opportunities and leveraging synergies throughout Israel, Europe, USA, Japan and Asia. Vertex invests in Israeli and Israel-related companies in early stages of development in information networking and communications systems, software and components, digital media and enterprise software.
For more about Vertex, http://www.vertexvc.com .
2.Walden Israel is Israel's top-performing venture capital fund of its vintage. Focusing on fields of communications and IT, the Walden Israel investment team has funded more than 40 early-stage start-ups to date. Its most recent exits include Passave (NASDAQ: PMCS), nLayers (NYSE:EMC), Ex Libris (acquired by Francisco Partners) and Mellanox (NASDAQ: MLNX).
For additional information about Walden, please visit www.walden.co.il .
3.Western Technology Investment (WTI) specializes in venture lending, providing debt financing to venture-backed technology and life science companies. WTI's recently closed 12(th) fund builds upon the success of the firm's 28-year history, which featured portfolio companies such as Juniper Networks, Brocade Communications Systems, Google, Cerent, Infoseek, IDEC Pharmaceuticals, Facebook, IronPort Systems, Volcano Corporation, and many others.
For more: www.westerntech.com
More at: www.universal-ad.com
Motorola Ventures announced a strategic investment in Quantum SPA, a leading provider of portable media mobility players
What Company Is Offering:
1.Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications. The company develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. Our portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. Motorola is committed to delivering next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.6 billion in 2007. http://www.motorola.com .
2.Quantum develops innovative multimedia digital devices and Software for the up-coming mobile entertainment market. The Quantum DVB-H Portable TV Media Players have been adopted as a reference standard by major Pay-TV Broadcasters and MNOs for trial services worldwide. Based in Milan, Italy, with a product range that focuses on Mobile and Personal TV, Quantum has the objective to make it simple to consumers to enjoy the preferred video entertainment content "anywhere", "anytime", and "media independent". For more information, please visit http://www.qtm.it .
About VCs Deal:
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm announced a strategic investment in Quantum SPA, a leading provider of portable media mobility players. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.
"As the Mobile TV market continues to grow significantly, Motorola is committed to supporting innovative companies, such as Quantum, that strive to seamlessly deliver multimedia digital content to consumers on the go," said John O'Donohue, managing director, Motorola Ventures. "Motorola will leverage its relationship with Quantum to enable Pay TV Broadcasters and Mobile Network Operators to offer their subscribers compelling services leveraging the convergence of Mobile TV."
1.Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications. The company develops technologies, products and services that make mobile experiences possible. Our portfolio includes communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility solutions, digital set-tops, cable modems, mobile devices and Bluetooth accessories. Motorola is committed to delivering next generation communication solutions to people, businesses and governments. A Fortune 100 company with global presence and impact, Motorola had sales of US $36.6 billion in 2007. http://www.motorola.com .
2.Quantum develops innovative multimedia digital devices and Software for the up-coming mobile entertainment market. The Quantum DVB-H Portable TV Media Players have been adopted as a reference standard by major Pay-TV Broadcasters and MNOs for trial services worldwide. Based in Milan, Italy, with a product range that focuses on Mobile and Personal TV, Quantum has the objective to make it simple to consumers to enjoy the preferred video entertainment content "anywhere", "anytime", and "media independent". For more information, please visit http://www.qtm.it .
About VCs Deal:
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm announced a strategic investment in Quantum SPA, a leading provider of portable media mobility players. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed.
"As the Mobile TV market continues to grow significantly, Motorola is committed to supporting innovative companies, such as Quantum, that strive to seamlessly deliver multimedia digital content to consumers on the go," said John O'Donohue, managing director, Motorola Ventures. "Motorola will leverage its relationship with Quantum to enable Pay TV Broadcasters and Mobile Network Operators to offer their subscribers compelling services leveraging the convergence of Mobile TV."
Drop.io--The simple private exchange platform got $2.7M Series A-1 financing
What Company Is Offering:
Drop.io allows consumers to create their own private online spaces where they can easily share photos, videos, documents, and other types of media with others. By default, drops are "private" -- consumers control how and with whom drops are shared. Drop.io never requires any type of account registration, and all drops can be password-protected and set to expire after a period of time.
How It Works:
Drop.io provides multiple methods of sharing content -- by uploading through the Web site, sending email or MMS messages to the drop email address, faxing assets in and out, or by calling the drop voicemail number to leave a voice notes. The service is used by an incredibly wide range of users ranging from mothers sharing baby photos to large companies using 'drops' as collaborative workspace.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Drop.io, Inc. , the simple private exchange platform, announced that it closed a $2.7M Series A-1 financing led by New York venture capital firms DFJ Gotham and RRE Ventures. The capital will be used to support Drop.io's continued infrastructure and engineering team growth, as well as some expanded marketing efforts. Jed Katz, Managing Director of DFJ Gotham, will be joining Stuart Ellman, Managing Partner at RRE Ventures, Andrew Weinreich, founder of Sixdegrees.com and CEO of Meetmoi, and Sam Lessin and Darshan Somashekar, the founders of Drop.io, on the Board of Directors.
About VCs:
1.
RRE Ventures has been dedicated to helping talented management teams build leading companies in the software, communications, and financial services industries. With $850 million in assets, the firm backs entrepreneurs and management teams that possess the knowledge, vision, and discipline to create market-dominating companies. RRE's team offers a unique combination of management, operations, and investment expertise, as well as an unrivaled network of relationships that has helped build over ninety companies. For more information, visit: www.rre.com
2.
DFJ Gotham Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City focused primarily on investments in information technology startups based in the Northeast U.S. and Israel. The firm partners with extraordinary teams of entrepreneurs to build strong and successful businesses that make a huge impact in their industries. DFJ Gotham takes pride in being an active partner, leveraging our experience, knowledge and relationships to provide substantial value to our portfolio companies. DFJ Gotham is part of the Draper Fisher Jurvetson Global Network, the largest venture capital network in the world.
More at:http://drop.io
Drop.io allows consumers to create their own private online spaces where they can easily share photos, videos, documents, and other types of media with others. By default, drops are "private" -- consumers control how and with whom drops are shared. Drop.io never requires any type of account registration, and all drops can be password-protected and set to expire after a period of time.
How It Works:
Drop.io provides multiple methods of sharing content -- by uploading through the Web site, sending email or MMS messages to the drop email address, faxing assets in and out, or by calling the drop voicemail number to leave a voice notes. The service is used by an incredibly wide range of users ranging from mothers sharing baby photos to large companies using 'drops' as collaborative workspace.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Drop.io, Inc. , the simple private exchange platform, announced that it closed a $2.7M Series A-1 financing led by New York venture capital firms DFJ Gotham and RRE Ventures. The capital will be used to support Drop.io's continued infrastructure and engineering team growth, as well as some expanded marketing efforts. Jed Katz, Managing Director of DFJ Gotham, will be joining Stuart Ellman, Managing Partner at RRE Ventures, Andrew Weinreich, founder of Sixdegrees.com and CEO of Meetmoi, and Sam Lessin and Darshan Somashekar, the founders of Drop.io, on the Board of Directors.
About VCs:
1.
RRE Ventures has been dedicated to helping talented management teams build leading companies in the software, communications, and financial services industries. With $850 million in assets, the firm backs entrepreneurs and management teams that possess the knowledge, vision, and discipline to create market-dominating companies. RRE's team offers a unique combination of management, operations, and investment expertise, as well as an unrivaled network of relationships that has helped build over ninety companies. For more information, visit: www.rre.com
2.
DFJ Gotham Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City focused primarily on investments in information technology startups based in the Northeast U.S. and Israel. The firm partners with extraordinary teams of entrepreneurs to build strong and successful businesses that make a huge impact in their industries. DFJ Gotham takes pride in being an active partner, leveraging our experience, knowledge and relationships to provide substantial value to our portfolio companies. DFJ Gotham is part of the Draper Fisher Jurvetson Global Network, the largest venture capital network in the world.
More at:http://drop.io
Edmodo is a brand new company creating free online tools for the education
What Company is Offering:
Edmodo is a brand new company creating free online tools for the education community. The first tool they are building is a communications tool for Schools, Teachers, Students, and parents for use in the classroom.
More at:http://www.edmodo.com/
Edmodo is a brand new company creating free online tools for the education community. The first tool they are building is a communications tool for Schools, Teachers, Students, and parents for use in the classroom.
More at:http://www.edmodo.com/
Zoomabet connects people from around the world with the shared passion to bet on life
What Company Is Offering:
Zoomabet connects people from around the world with the shared passion to bet on life. Zoomabet allows people to actually prove themselves when they say, “I bet you that…” without risking any actual money. Through Zoomabet, people simultaneously stay up-to-date with current events from around the world and their friends’ lives in a fun and engaging atmosphere.
How It Works:
Zoomabet allows people with common interests from across the world to interact in an exciting and unique way: betting on the future!
When bets close, Zoomabet uses a secure procedure to fairly determine the winners. If a dispute over the results arises, elected Judges determine the bets’ final outcome, distinguishing Zoomabet from other betting platforms.
Everyone can join Zoomabet. Because the members create the bets, it is guaranteed that there is something for everyone to bet on. People can bet on the weather, award shows, elections, sports events, and even whether or not their friends will pass their driving tests.
Zoomabet is also an online social community. Members can share photos and communicate with other members via live chat and messaging.
More at:More at:http://www.zoomabet.com/
Zoomabet connects people from around the world with the shared passion to bet on life. Zoomabet allows people to actually prove themselves when they say, “I bet you that…” without risking any actual money. Through Zoomabet, people simultaneously stay up-to-date with current events from around the world and their friends’ lives in a fun and engaging atmosphere.
How It Works:
Zoomabet allows people with common interests from across the world to interact in an exciting and unique way: betting on the future!
When bets close, Zoomabet uses a secure procedure to fairly determine the winners. If a dispute over the results arises, elected Judges determine the bets’ final outcome, distinguishing Zoomabet from other betting platforms.
Everyone can join Zoomabet. Because the members create the bets, it is guaranteed that there is something for everyone to bet on. People can bet on the weather, award shows, elections, sports events, and even whether or not their friends will pass their driving tests.
Zoomabet is also an online social community. Members can share photos and communicate with other members via live chat and messaging.
More at:More at:http://www.zoomabet.com/
Jigjak----Discover The Best Of Web
What Company Is Offering:
Relevant Web content can be difficult to locate among the mountain of sub-standard content. JigJak eliminates this problem by combining social bookmarking, blogging, RSS and syndication with a form of non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control. All the sites listed on JigJak have been reviewed, recommended and rated by users just like you based on innovations, usefulness and creativity. The fact is, humans can determine the best sites better than computers or algorithms.
How it Works:
JigJak membership is free of charge and you can:
Import and store your browser bookmarks on JigJak from your home or work PC and access them from anywhere.
Their Browser bookmarklet let's you easily tag a website while browsing the web with just one click.
Add recommended mobile sites to your "favorites" and view this list from your mobile phone.
Use a powerful search engine that returns results based on keywords, user rating, popularity and tag, which makes searching for relevant content a breeze.
Use the Social Network: Allows you to have a personal album of pictures, videos from youTube, a list of friends, a public wall for messages(scraps) , create/belong to communities and much much more. You will be able to easily make social connections with other individuals interested in just about any topic by adding them to your network.
More at: http://www.jigjak.com/
Relevant Web content can be difficult to locate among the mountain of sub-standard content. JigJak eliminates this problem by combining social bookmarking, blogging, RSS and syndication with a form of non-hierarchical, democratic editorial control. All the sites listed on JigJak have been reviewed, recommended and rated by users just like you based on innovations, usefulness and creativity. The fact is, humans can determine the best sites better than computers or algorithms.
How it Works:
JigJak membership is free of charge and you can:
Import and store your browser bookmarks on JigJak from your home or work PC and access them from anywhere.
Their Browser bookmarklet let's you easily tag a website while browsing the web with just one click.
Add recommended mobile sites to your "favorites" and view this list from your mobile phone.
Use a powerful search engine that returns results based on keywords, user rating, popularity and tag, which makes searching for relevant content a breeze.
Use the Social Network: Allows you to have a personal album of pictures, videos from youTube, a list of friends, a public wall for messages(scraps) , create/belong to communities and much much more. You will be able to easily make social connections with other individuals interested in just about any topic by adding them to your network.
More at: http://www.jigjak.com/
lunchn.com ---"Where are we going for lunch?"
What Company Is Offering:
lunchn.com helps provide an answer to the question that you and your friends ask each other almost every single day. "Where are we going for lunch?".
How It Works:
Search your local area for existing lunch locations. If you do not find the restaurants that you enjoy for lunch, feel free to add the restaurant yourself! Others who visit lunchn.com in your area will see the restaurants that you have added, and will have the option to add it to their own groups for voting!lunchn.com now includes a mobile version for members to vote for lunch on the go!
Every day that you log in and vote on what you want for lunch that day, you will earn a point which you may spend in our Contest Area for chances to win great prizes for you and your lunch crew! Send your friends and favorite restaurants to lunchn.com, and earn more points to spend on contests!
More at:http://www.lunchn.com/
lunchn.com helps provide an answer to the question that you and your friends ask each other almost every single day. "Where are we going for lunch?".
How It Works:
Search your local area for existing lunch locations. If you do not find the restaurants that you enjoy for lunch, feel free to add the restaurant yourself! Others who visit lunchn.com in your area will see the restaurants that you have added, and will have the option to add it to their own groups for voting!lunchn.com now includes a mobile version for members to vote for lunch on the go!
Every day that you log in and vote on what you want for lunch that day, you will earn a point which you may spend in our Contest Area for chances to win great prizes for you and your lunch crew! Send your friends and favorite restaurants to lunchn.com, and earn more points to spend on contests!
More at:http://www.lunchn.com/
all-rankings.com---enables its users to create, vote and share all kinds of rankings with the community
What Company Says:
Anything can be ranked. That is the premise that lies at the heart of all-rankings.com
Founded in February 2008, all-rankings enables its users to create, vote and share all kinds of rankings with the community. Everyone can do rankings ... and about anything! Share experiences, preferences and knowledge with other rankers.
How It Works:
They provide you, a space where you can create all the rankings about whatever you want, but also, you can vote on other rankings, make comments with other rankers , create your favorite groups, discusss with other users and meet other people different from you.
This project aims to create a space for recreation and dialogue between different rankers, beyond a simple social network. Here, the hobbies and preferences are shared directly and this allows you to have fun and learn.
More at:http://www.all-rankings.com/
Anything can be ranked. That is the premise that lies at the heart of all-rankings.com
Founded in February 2008, all-rankings enables its users to create, vote and share all kinds of rankings with the community. Everyone can do rankings ... and about anything! Share experiences, preferences and knowledge with other rankers.
How It Works:
They provide you, a space where you can create all the rankings about whatever you want, but also, you can vote on other rankings, make comments with other rankers , create your favorite groups, discusss with other users and meet other people different from you.
This project aims to create a space for recreation and dialogue between different rankers, beyond a simple social network. Here, the hobbies and preferences are shared directly and this allows you to have fun and learn.
More at:http://www.all-rankings.com/
Woopra is a robust web-tracking & analysis tool that works perfectly on any website
What Company Is Offering:
Woopra is a robust web-tracking & analysis tool that works perfectly on any website. It is mainly targeted for small to medium websites ranging from few hundreds up to tens of thousands of daily page views.
Essentially, it is targeted for blogs interested in the most minuscule details of every single action. In addition, Woopra provides a precise real-time streaming of every single activity on the website.
Woopra also features a clean interface, including many graphical visualization components, such as charts, maps, panels… Along with many other clean and advanced options that make Woopra an ideal solution for webmasters who desire to discern all the aspects of their website.
How It Works:
Simply create an account, and you will be able to add/remove websites from the members’ area. For each website you add, you will be given a small JavaScript code to place on your website. For further details on how to insert the code on your website, refer to the installation guide in your account page.
Note that during the beta period, you might have to wait for our approval after adding a website.
If you remove a website from your account, make sure to remove the code from the website as well, because this can slow down the load time of your pages.
More at:http://www.woopra.com/
Woopra is a robust web-tracking & analysis tool that works perfectly on any website. It is mainly targeted for small to medium websites ranging from few hundreds up to tens of thousands of daily page views.
Essentially, it is targeted for blogs interested in the most minuscule details of every single action. In addition, Woopra provides a precise real-time streaming of every single activity on the website.
Woopra also features a clean interface, including many graphical visualization components, such as charts, maps, panels… Along with many other clean and advanced options that make Woopra an ideal solution for webmasters who desire to discern all the aspects of their website.
How It Works:
Simply create an account, and you will be able to add/remove websites from the members’ area. For each website you add, you will be given a small JavaScript code to place on your website. For further details on how to insert the code on your website, refer to the installation guide in your account page.
Note that during the beta period, you might have to wait for our approval after adding a website.
If you remove a website from your account, make sure to remove the code from the website as well, because this can slow down the load time of your pages.
More at:http://www.woopra.com/
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