What Company Is Offering:
Soundflag starts with its website acts as agent for unknown musician and bands from more than 25 countries worldwide.
“Their goal is to arrange a cooperation between gifted people with professional backgrounds and radio / music stations, music magazines and event managers” says Elias Meyer, Soundflag´s manager.
Pop, Hop Hop, classical music, reaggae, country music or dance – you can find it all on Soundflag.
How It Works:
You can listen to song samples on www.soundflag.com, register yourself, pay and download the pieces you like.
The Online Sound Label Soundflag is addressed to radio / music stations, music magazines and event managers. Soundflag makes it easy to obtain knowledge of artists from countries with a less well known music scene.
Soundflag also is a way for everybody to find out about new hits not being played on commercial charts.
More at:http://www.soundflag.com/
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Local Motors is a next generation American car company
What Company Is Offering:
Local Motors is a next generation American car company. It is the first disruptive entrant in the US automotive industry in decades and it is the first of its kind.Local Motors will design, manufacture, and bring to market innovative, safer, more functional, lightweight, efficient cars through a revolutionary, local assembly and retail experience. These cars will revolutionize not only automobiles, but also the very structure of auto-making, auto-selling, and auto-servicing.
How It Works:
Local Motors will build low inventory, high cash conversion, low capital intensity assembly facilities distributed across the United States, which will bring satisfying and meaningful manufacturing employment in a pleasurable life-work experience.
Local Motors will create an aspirational experience of scarcity driven demand whereby the local factory will create a Wonka-like fascination with its products and methods. Not only will it sell its cars, but it will sell the experience of people being able to visit and watch their car being "born".
Local Motors will pledge a customer experience of loyal, uncompromising, personal service deserving of the largest purchase that many people ever make - their car.
You may post your design competition submissions to your own portfolios. This includes your personal website as well as portfolio hosting sites. By participating in the Local Motors competition, you are pledging not to try and sell your design to other buyers. This means you may not submit the same design to the Local Motors competition and another competition at the same time. We do not want to fall in love with your design, only to find out that you no longer own it or it is no longer available.
After you register and activate your account, you can access your portfolio by going to the "My Account" link in the upper right corner of the main page. Scroll about halfway down, and you will see an option to "Add this picture to my portfolio". There you can upload any design you like, but you will need to do so one at a time and each file will need to be 1Mb or smaller. They are working to make this process faster. Some people have had difficulty uploading designs.
More at:http://www.local-motors.com/
Local Motors is a next generation American car company. It is the first disruptive entrant in the US automotive industry in decades and it is the first of its kind.Local Motors will design, manufacture, and bring to market innovative, safer, more functional, lightweight, efficient cars through a revolutionary, local assembly and retail experience. These cars will revolutionize not only automobiles, but also the very structure of auto-making, auto-selling, and auto-servicing.
How It Works:
Local Motors will build low inventory, high cash conversion, low capital intensity assembly facilities distributed across the United States, which will bring satisfying and meaningful manufacturing employment in a pleasurable life-work experience.
Local Motors will create an aspirational experience of scarcity driven demand whereby the local factory will create a Wonka-like fascination with its products and methods. Not only will it sell its cars, but it will sell the experience of people being able to visit and watch their car being "born".
Local Motors will pledge a customer experience of loyal, uncompromising, personal service deserving of the largest purchase that many people ever make - their car.
You may post your design competition submissions to your own portfolios. This includes your personal website as well as portfolio hosting sites. By participating in the Local Motors competition, you are pledging not to try and sell your design to other buyers. This means you may not submit the same design to the Local Motors competition and another competition at the same time. We do not want to fall in love with your design, only to find out that you no longer own it or it is no longer available.
After you register and activate your account, you can access your portfolio by going to the "My Account" link in the upper right corner of the main page. Scroll about halfway down, and you will see an option to "Add this picture to my portfolio". There you can upload any design you like, but you will need to do so one at a time and each file will need to be 1Mb or smaller. They are working to make this process faster. Some people have had difficulty uploading designs.
More at:http://www.local-motors.com/
ClipSyndicate enables broadcasters and other video content producers to realize new revenue streams and extend their brand
What Company Is Offering:
ClipSyndicate enables broadcasters and other video content producers to realize new revenue streams and extend their brand into the "Long Tail" of the Internet by syndicating video clips to thousands of vertical web sites looking for specific content of interest for their end-users.Video news syndication is a win-win-win for the broadcaster, the Web publisher and the advertiser. As a result of these new distribution opportunities provided by ClipSyndicate, broadcasters can further monetize their clips, web publishers have a new source for fresh, relevant content, and advertisers have access to a highly targeted audience.
How It Works:
Search for clips by browsing through Clip Syndicate's featured channels. Click on any of the thumbnails on the home page to find clips.
Once you have found your clip, click on publish this clip and you will be taken to the publish page. You will see a drop down menu to select "My First Channel." The clip will be added to your first channel. You may add more clips to your channel or copy code to publish your clip to your site. Click "Get Code" and a screen will offer several integration methods:
copying the link code will integrate a simple html link to your channel. A user clicking on the link will pop up the ClipSyndicate player and play your clip.
copying the html code will integrate one thumbnail image, the title and description of your channel. Note: if you have more than one clip in your channel, you can select which thumbnail to display on your site.copying the JavaScript code will integrate your channel and display as many thumbnails as you choose on your site. Also, a JavaScript integration will automatically update your channel as you add clips to it (without having to re-copy code into your site.) ClipTip: some blog sites do not support JavaScript well.
copying the RSS code into your site will publish your channel and automatically update it when you add clips.
More at:http://www.clipsyndicate.com/
ClipSyndicate enables broadcasters and other video content producers to realize new revenue streams and extend their brand into the "Long Tail" of the Internet by syndicating video clips to thousands of vertical web sites looking for specific content of interest for their end-users.Video news syndication is a win-win-win for the broadcaster, the Web publisher and the advertiser. As a result of these new distribution opportunities provided by ClipSyndicate, broadcasters can further monetize their clips, web publishers have a new source for fresh, relevant content, and advertisers have access to a highly targeted audience.
How It Works:
Search for clips by browsing through Clip Syndicate's featured channels. Click on any of the thumbnails on the home page to find clips.
Once you have found your clip, click on publish this clip and you will be taken to the publish page. You will see a drop down menu to select "My First Channel." The clip will be added to your first channel. You may add more clips to your channel or copy code to publish your clip to your site. Click "Get Code" and a screen will offer several integration methods:
copying the link code will integrate a simple html link to your channel. A user clicking on the link will pop up the ClipSyndicate player and play your clip.
copying the html code will integrate one thumbnail image, the title and description of your channel. Note: if you have more than one clip in your channel, you can select which thumbnail to display on your site.copying the JavaScript code will integrate your channel and display as many thumbnails as you choose on your site. Also, a JavaScript integration will automatically update your channel as you add clips to it (without having to re-copy code into your site.) ClipTip: some blog sites do not support JavaScript well.
copying the RSS code into your site will publish your channel and automatically update it when you add clips.
More at:http://www.clipsyndicate.com/
Omnisio lets you select clips from videos you find on YouTube and other video sites, and easily post them on your profile page or blog
What Company Is Offering:
Omnisio lets you select clips from videos you find on YouTube and other video sites, and easily post them on your profile page or blog. Even better, you and your friends can add comments directly in the video!
How It Works:
With Omnisio you make and share your own shows by assembling clips from different videos. Are you a sports fan and think you can do better than SportsCenter? Create your own sports show by combining the best sports highlights you can find. Are you a fashion guru? Create a fashion show with clips showing the latest fasions worn by celebrities - you can even add your own commentary.With Omnisio you can show them both side-by-side - synchronized - and give your viewers a rich and interactive experience! Great for conferences, lectures and corporate training.Use Omnisio to tag the people that appear in your video, and the key highlights. The Omnisio player will then give your viewers a list of people and highlights, and allow them to quickly jump to the parts they are interested in.
How Is It Different:
When you watch a video on TV, you can't do much with it... But when you watch a video on Omnisio... the possibilities are endless.
More at:http://www.omnisio.com/
Omnisio lets you select clips from videos you find on YouTube and other video sites, and easily post them on your profile page or blog. Even better, you and your friends can add comments directly in the video!
How It Works:
With Omnisio you make and share your own shows by assembling clips from different videos. Are you a sports fan and think you can do better than SportsCenter? Create your own sports show by combining the best sports highlights you can find. Are you a fashion guru? Create a fashion show with clips showing the latest fasions worn by celebrities - you can even add your own commentary.With Omnisio you can show them both side-by-side - synchronized - and give your viewers a rich and interactive experience! Great for conferences, lectures and corporate training.Use Omnisio to tag the people that appear in your video, and the key highlights. The Omnisio player will then give your viewers a list of people and highlights, and allow them to quickly jump to the parts they are interested in.
How Is It Different:
When you watch a video on TV, you can't do much with it... But when you watch a video on Omnisio... the possibilities are endless.
More at:http://www.omnisio.com/
Mob4Hire---Crowd Sourced Mobile Application
What Company Is Offering:
Mob4Hire Inc was created to help mobile or cell application developers in the non stop task of testing mobile games and mobile applications. Using the crowd, the process will allow real people to test mobile applications in real field conditions. Mob4hire reduces the pain of testing for mobile developers.
How It Works:
Mob4hire is a bidding system for mobile application testing. Testers will bid on various projects specific to their handsets. Developers will choose the testers that they require and will deploy test plans for the mobile application they are developing. The mobile application tester will test the application and will report back to the developer. On completion of the test, the mobile tester will get paid for the work. Mobile testing could not be easier.
It does not matter if you have an Apple iPhone , Motorola, Nokia, or any other phone.
Any type of programming language is possible: Symbian, J2ME, BREW, Flash or Windows Mobile. (or other new ones that are just being introduced).
For each handset you register before March 31, 2008 you will get an entry to the draw for $US1000 draw. Draw date is March 31, 2008.
If you wish to get more entries to the contest please submit email addresses for other people you believe would be interested. For each successful mob4hire registration you send them, you will be granted one more chance at the draw.
If you want to test on 2 phones, you get 2 entries. If you get 3 friends to register, you get another 3 entries. If you find a bug, you get another entry. Finally put one of the widgets on your blog, website or facebook and we will double your total entries. In this case above, you would get 12 entries to the draw.
If you are a developer, you will receive $200 towards your first project, if you register before March 31, 2008.
More at:https://mob4hire.com/
Mob4Hire Inc was created to help mobile or cell application developers in the non stop task of testing mobile games and mobile applications. Using the crowd, the process will allow real people to test mobile applications in real field conditions. Mob4hire reduces the pain of testing for mobile developers.
How It Works:
Mob4hire is a bidding system for mobile application testing. Testers will bid on various projects specific to their handsets. Developers will choose the testers that they require and will deploy test plans for the mobile application they are developing. The mobile application tester will test the application and will report back to the developer. On completion of the test, the mobile tester will get paid for the work. Mobile testing could not be easier.
It does not matter if you have an Apple iPhone , Motorola, Nokia, or any other phone.
Any type of programming language is possible: Symbian, J2ME, BREW, Flash or Windows Mobile. (or other new ones that are just being introduced).
For each handset you register before March 31, 2008 you will get an entry to the draw for $US1000 draw. Draw date is March 31, 2008.
If you wish to get more entries to the contest please submit email addresses for other people you believe would be interested. For each successful mob4hire registration you send them, you will be granted one more chance at the draw.
If you want to test on 2 phones, you get 2 entries. If you get 3 friends to register, you get another 3 entries. If you find a bug, you get another entry. Finally put one of the widgets on your blog, website or facebook and we will double your total entries. In this case above, you would get 12 entries to the draw.
If you are a developer, you will receive $200 towards your first project, if you register before March 31, 2008.
More at:https://mob4hire.com/
Freerange Stock is to provide quality stock photos for commercial and non-commercial use
What Company Is Offering:
Freerange Stock was formed with the goal to provide quality stock photos for commercial and non-commercial use. For free. They feel that free stock photos can be good photos. Freerange is an advertising revenue supported photographic community - photographers get paid when users click on the ads that appear next to their submissions.
Images on the site are either shot by Freerange Stock, drawn from Freerange archives, or contributed by a talented community of photographers.
How It Works:
Each contributed photo is evaluated by a reviewer for its usefulness as a stock photo. Since this is not a personal photo sharing site, family photo snapshots generally don't qualify as good stock. They ask that images be around 2400 x 1600 pixels and under 1.5 megs in file size, though there may be some flexibility in these areas.
Images of people will need to be model released, which means you would need ot have on hand a completed model release document from people who appear in your submitted images.
Images provided directly (in-house) by Freerange Stock originate one of two ways. They are either digitally photographed on Canon DSLR cameras or they are a high resolution (4000 dpi) Nikon scan of an original 35mm slide.
Once the image is acquired, the photo is sharpened, color corrected, cropped and keyworded. Some images are manipulated in Photoshop to make them more effective. Then the original is archived and a 2400x1600 version is optimized and output, then posted on the live site.
They put a lot of work into each image - they feel it's worth it to make the images as appealing as possible. Thousands of images don't make the cut - this makes the collection smaller, but more useful.
More at:http://www.freerangestock.com/
Freerange Stock was formed with the goal to provide quality stock photos for commercial and non-commercial use. For free. They feel that free stock photos can be good photos. Freerange is an advertising revenue supported photographic community - photographers get paid when users click on the ads that appear next to their submissions.
Images on the site are either shot by Freerange Stock, drawn from Freerange archives, or contributed by a talented community of photographers.
How It Works:
Each contributed photo is evaluated by a reviewer for its usefulness as a stock photo. Since this is not a personal photo sharing site, family photo snapshots generally don't qualify as good stock. They ask that images be around 2400 x 1600 pixels and under 1.5 megs in file size, though there may be some flexibility in these areas.
Images of people will need to be model released, which means you would need ot have on hand a completed model release document from people who appear in your submitted images.
Images provided directly (in-house) by Freerange Stock originate one of two ways. They are either digitally photographed on Canon DSLR cameras or they are a high resolution (4000 dpi) Nikon scan of an original 35mm slide.
Once the image is acquired, the photo is sharpened, color corrected, cropped and keyworded. Some images are manipulated in Photoshop to make them more effective. Then the original is archived and a 2400x1600 version is optimized and output, then posted on the live site.
They put a lot of work into each image - they feel it's worth it to make the images as appealing as possible. Thousands of images don't make the cut - this makes the collection smaller, but more useful.
More at:http://www.freerangestock.com/
Agree2 lets you create, collaborate on and reach agreement with your clients and partners
What Company Is Offering:
Agree2 lets you create, collaborate on and reach agreement with your clients and partners.Create and collaborate with your community to create a common goal, public rules of conduct or say an intellectual property release for a standards group. Signatories and collaborators are public. Let's change the world.
How It Works:
Agree2 lets you, your clients and partners to take back control of your agreements and contracts. Write it in your language and with words suitable to your business. Change it, haggle over it and finally accept it with the closest you will get to a friendly handshake on the web.
More at:http://agree2.com/
Agree2 lets you create, collaborate on and reach agreement with your clients and partners.Create and collaborate with your community to create a common goal, public rules of conduct or say an intellectual property release for a standards group. Signatories and collaborators are public. Let's change the world.
How It Works:
Agree2 lets you, your clients and partners to take back control of your agreements and contracts. Write it in your language and with words suitable to your business. Change it, haggle over it and finally accept it with the closest you will get to a friendly handshake on the web.
More at:http://agree2.com/
With Issuu anyone can convert their documents into interactive online publications
What Company Is Offering:
With Issuu anyone can convert their documents into interactive online publications. It only takes a minute and it's free. Forever.
How It Works:
Issuu is the place for online publications: Magazines, catalogs, documents, and stuff you'd normally find on print. It's the place where YOU become the publisher: Upload a document, it's fast, easy, and totally FREE. Find and comment on thousands of great publications. Join a living library, where anyone finds publications about anything and share them with friends.
With Issuu anyone can automatically convert their documents into interactive online publications. It only takes a minute and it's free. After this you can view your document in a neat magazine-style viewer, that other people can bookmark, share and comment on. You can also post (embed) your Issuu documents on any external site, profile or blog, both as a small preview and as a full-size standalone viewer. Finally, you get your own 'intelligent' Library that finds stuff YOU like.
More at:http://issuu.com/
With Issuu anyone can convert their documents into interactive online publications. It only takes a minute and it's free. Forever.
How It Works:
Issuu is the place for online publications: Magazines, catalogs, documents, and stuff you'd normally find on print. It's the place where YOU become the publisher: Upload a document, it's fast, easy, and totally FREE. Find and comment on thousands of great publications. Join a living library, where anyone finds publications about anything and share them with friends.
With Issuu anyone can automatically convert their documents into interactive online publications. It only takes a minute and it's free. After this you can view your document in a neat magazine-style viewer, that other people can bookmark, share and comment on. You can also post (embed) your Issuu documents on any external site, profile or blog, both as a small preview and as a full-size standalone viewer. Finally, you get your own 'intelligent' Library that finds stuff YOU like.
More at:http://issuu.com/
Wells Fargo is the first large financial services company to offer virtual storage of vital documents
What Company Is Offering:
Wells Fargo’s vSafe is a secure online location where customers can upload and store copies of everything from the deeds to their homes to precious family photos. The bank also uploads each customer’s bank statements to the vault, which can be accessed by logging on to customers’ regular internet banking accounts.
How It Works:
Wells Fargo adds layers of security and throws in a dedicated phone help line. Plus it provides a single, central location for an individual’s or family important documents. Wells Fargo claims it is the first large financial services company to offer virtual storage of vital documents. In the Netherlands, ABN Amro Bank offers a similar service: Digitale Kluis (digital safe). ABN Amro’s safe stores a maximum of 500 MB of storage for EUR 14 per month, and is accessible to anyone who has access to an account holder’s online banking—including authorized accountants or family members.
More at:: www.wellsfargo.com — www.abnamro.nl
Wells Fargo’s vSafe is a secure online location where customers can upload and store copies of everything from the deeds to their homes to precious family photos. The bank also uploads each customer’s bank statements to the vault, which can be accessed by logging on to customers’ regular internet banking accounts.
How It Works:
Wells Fargo adds layers of security and throws in a dedicated phone help line. Plus it provides a single, central location for an individual’s or family important documents. Wells Fargo claims it is the first large financial services company to offer virtual storage of vital documents. In the Netherlands, ABN Amro Bank offers a similar service: Digitale Kluis (digital safe). ABN Amro’s safe stores a maximum of 500 MB of storage for EUR 14 per month, and is accessible to anyone who has access to an account holder’s online banking—including authorized accountants or family members.
More at:: www.wellsfargo.com — www.abnamro.nl
FranChild---Kids Business
About:
FranChild is a story about a Dad and Mom helping their kids learn about business, and sharing that knowledge and success formula with anybody who wants to do the same thing for their child.
How It Works:
Your child can sell to anyone or any business you agree upon. If you sell door to door, please only go to those houses that you know, never go after dark and always accompany your child. If you are going to set up retail accounts, your assistance in transportation and teaching your child business etiquette is essential! Basic tips include a firm handshake, maintaining eye contact, asking for the sale and thank yous as well. Marketing support is included in the member's only section of the website.
You and your child will also pay for products (soap, jewelry, apparel) and raw goods (beeswax sheets and wicks), and shipping. The products are sold to you at an extremely competitive rate for the amount that you buy – wholesale or below. For each kit, your cost is typically between $25-$30 and your child can net profits of $100 per kit, depending on your pricing sturcture.
More at:http://franchild.com/
FranChild is a story about a Dad and Mom helping their kids learn about business, and sharing that knowledge and success formula with anybody who wants to do the same thing for their child.
How It Works:
Your child can sell to anyone or any business you agree upon. If you sell door to door, please only go to those houses that you know, never go after dark and always accompany your child. If you are going to set up retail accounts, your assistance in transportation and teaching your child business etiquette is essential! Basic tips include a firm handshake, maintaining eye contact, asking for the sale and thank yous as well. Marketing support is included in the member's only section of the website.
You and your child will also pay for products (soap, jewelry, apparel) and raw goods (beeswax sheets and wicks), and shipping. The products are sold to you at an extremely competitive rate for the amount that you buy – wholesale or below. For each kit, your cost is typically between $25-$30 and your child can net profits of $100 per kit, depending on your pricing sturcture.
More at:http://franchild.com/
SpringCM, the leader in on-demand document management and workflow has raised an additional $14 million
What Company Is Offering:
SpringCM combines the low cost, low risk benefits of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) with enterprise content management (ECM) functionality to offer unparalleled on-demand document management and workflow. Capturing content, collaborating on projects and managing complex business processes are now available with just a Web browser and Internet access. Built and designed by ECM industry veterans, SpringCM delivers award-winning functionality without the software installation, hardware maintenance and prolonged customization cycles associated with installed, on-premises applications. Industry leaders like Comcast, Stratus Technologies and Health Net trust SpringCM to host their mission-critical content and to provide solutions for contract management, finance, logistics and more.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SpringCM, the leader in on-demand document management and workflow, today announced that it has raised an additional $14 million to fund its substantial growth. The financing includes two major components: a $10 million Series B Preferred equity round led by North Bridge Venture Partners and including Foundation Capital, the Series A lead investor; and a $4 million credit facility with Comerica Bank through its Technology & Life Sciences Division.
SpringCM will use the proceeds from this funding to invest in market share expansion activities in sales, marketing, partner outreach and business development as well as the infrastructure and staff to create new products and enhance the service functionality that supports the growing customer base.
Jeffrey Beir, general partner at North Bridge Venture Partners, has joined the SpringCM board of directors. Beir was formerly co-founder and CEO of eRoom Technology and senior vice president of Products for Documentum, a division of EMC. According to Beir, "North Bridge Venture Partners is excited to be an investor in SpringCM. The company has tremendous potential -- not only because it was created as a SaaS company from the ground-up but also because of the breadth of the product and the strength of the executive management team. I look forward to working closely with Dan Carmel and the rest of the board to extend SpringCM's market leadership as the company grows."
More at:http://www.springcm.com
SpringCM combines the low cost, low risk benefits of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) with enterprise content management (ECM) functionality to offer unparalleled on-demand document management and workflow. Capturing content, collaborating on projects and managing complex business processes are now available with just a Web browser and Internet access. Built and designed by ECM industry veterans, SpringCM delivers award-winning functionality without the software installation, hardware maintenance and prolonged customization cycles associated with installed, on-premises applications. Industry leaders like Comcast, Stratus Technologies and Health Net trust SpringCM to host their mission-critical content and to provide solutions for contract management, finance, logistics and more.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SpringCM, the leader in on-demand document management and workflow, today announced that it has raised an additional $14 million to fund its substantial growth. The financing includes two major components: a $10 million Series B Preferred equity round led by North Bridge Venture Partners and including Foundation Capital, the Series A lead investor; and a $4 million credit facility with Comerica Bank through its Technology & Life Sciences Division.
SpringCM will use the proceeds from this funding to invest in market share expansion activities in sales, marketing, partner outreach and business development as well as the infrastructure and staff to create new products and enhance the service functionality that supports the growing customer base.
Jeffrey Beir, general partner at North Bridge Venture Partners, has joined the SpringCM board of directors. Beir was formerly co-founder and CEO of eRoom Technology and senior vice president of Products for Documentum, a division of EMC. According to Beir, "North Bridge Venture Partners is excited to be an investor in SpringCM. The company has tremendous potential -- not only because it was created as a SaaS company from the ground-up but also because of the breadth of the product and the strength of the executive management team. I look forward to working closely with Dan Carmel and the rest of the board to extend SpringCM's market leadership as the company grows."
More at:http://www.springcm.com
Link_A_Media Devices Corporation, a leader in data recovery and transport technologies for storage devices, secured $22 million in Series B financing
What Company Is Offering:
Link_A_Media Devices was founded with a vision to develop custom, integrated system solutions on a chip for linking digital information within and across different media devices. Link_A_Media Devices is a leader in data recovery and data storage technologies. Its technologies in complex, mixed-signal processing and iterative error correction coding are capable of delivering the highest areal densities and yields, while reducing system power consumption. These advantages enable HDD and solid-state OEM’s to more effectively leverage their investments in media and sensor (head) technologies.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Link_A_Media Devices Corporation, a leader in data recovery and transport technologies for storage devices, secured $22 million in Series B financing. The funding round, led by AIG SunAmerica Ventures, was secured from four additional financial and corporate investors – KeyNote Ventures, NEC Electronics, Micron Technology, Inc and Seagate Technology.
Link_A_Media Devices is developing a new class of data recovery solutions based on Iterative Decoding and Nonlinear Signal Processing methods for peripheral storage devices, including hard disk drives (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD). These solutions are designed to exceed the performance of conventional methods deployed in peripheral storage devices, as well as provide adaptive features that can be used during manufacturing to improve drive yields and product margins.
“AIG SunAmerica Ventures is pleased to be investing in Link_A_Media Devices at this exciting time in the industry,” said Troy Fukumoto, managing director of AIG SunAmerica Ventures. “Link_A_Media Devices is a compelling opportunity because of the team’s successful track record and deep domain experience in the HDD read channel space. We are enthusiastic to partner with Link_A_Media Devices and look forward to helping the company address fast growing peripheral storage markets such as the SSD space.”
More at:http://www.link-a-media.com/
Link_A_Media Devices was founded with a vision to develop custom, integrated system solutions on a chip for linking digital information within and across different media devices. Link_A_Media Devices is a leader in data recovery and data storage technologies. Its technologies in complex, mixed-signal processing and iterative error correction coding are capable of delivering the highest areal densities and yields, while reducing system power consumption. These advantages enable HDD and solid-state OEM’s to more effectively leverage their investments in media and sensor (head) technologies.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Link_A_Media Devices Corporation, a leader in data recovery and transport technologies for storage devices, secured $22 million in Series B financing. The funding round, led by AIG SunAmerica Ventures, was secured from four additional financial and corporate investors – KeyNote Ventures, NEC Electronics, Micron Technology, Inc and Seagate Technology.
Link_A_Media Devices is developing a new class of data recovery solutions based on Iterative Decoding and Nonlinear Signal Processing methods for peripheral storage devices, including hard disk drives (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD). These solutions are designed to exceed the performance of conventional methods deployed in peripheral storage devices, as well as provide adaptive features that can be used during manufacturing to improve drive yields and product margins.
“AIG SunAmerica Ventures is pleased to be investing in Link_A_Media Devices at this exciting time in the industry,” said Troy Fukumoto, managing director of AIG SunAmerica Ventures. “Link_A_Media Devices is a compelling opportunity because of the team’s successful track record and deep domain experience in the HDD read channel space. We are enthusiastic to partner with Link_A_Media Devices and look forward to helping the company address fast growing peripheral storage markets such as the SSD space.”
More at:http://www.link-a-media.com/
Epicurious is to offer you the very best recipes, cooking features, and video how-tos on the Web
What Company Is Offering:
Epicurious is to offer you the very best recipes, cooking features, and video how-tos on the Web.
At the top of every page, you'll see Recipes & Menus, Articles & Guides, and Community categories, plus links to Bon Appétit and Gourmet.
Recipes & Menus includes Quick & Easy ideas, Holiday recipes, Healthy menus, Seasonal and International Cooking, Desserts, and Drinks.
In the Articles & Guides category, you'll find Entertaining tips, How to Cook, news on nutrition in Healthy Cooking, Holidays & Celebrations, the world's top restaurants in Dining & Travel, Kitchen & Equipment, and interviews in Chefs & Experts.
How It Works:
Community encompasses My Epi; the epi chat room, where you can discuss food and recipes with other Epicurious members in real time; and Forums.
They've highlighted topics within the main Epicurious categories in an easy-to-use list at the left on the homepage, so you can quickly pinpoint the information you want. These highlights are also given at the foot of every page. They've provided other ways to navigate, too, including the Recently Viewed Articles and Related Content boxes to the right.
Recently Viewed Articles shows features you've just read, so you can easily navigate back to one of those pages.
Related Content suggests features and recipes that might interest you, based on the articles or recipes you choose. For example, if you access our Going Global Irish cuisine feature, the related content to the right might include a St. Patrick's Day menu and a profile of a prominent Irish chef, plus some top-rated Irish recipes.
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At the top of every page, you'll see Recipes & Menus, Articles & Guides, and Community categories, plus links to Bon Appétit and Gourmet.
Recipes & Menus includes Quick & Easy ideas, Holiday recipes, Healthy menus, Seasonal and International Cooking, Desserts, and Drinks.
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Community encompasses My Epi; the epi chat room, where you can discuss food and recipes with other Epicurious members in real time; and Forums.
They've highlighted topics within the main Epicurious categories in an easy-to-use list at the left on the homepage, so you can quickly pinpoint the information you want. These highlights are also given at the foot of every page. They've provided other ways to navigate, too, including the Recently Viewed Articles and Related Content boxes to the right.
Recently Viewed Articles shows features you've just read, so you can easily navigate back to one of those pages.
Related Content suggests features and recipes that might interest you, based on the articles or recipes you choose. For example, if you access our Going Global Irish cuisine feature, the related content to the right might include a St. Patrick's Day menu and a profile of a prominent Irish chef, plus some top-rated Irish recipes.
More at:http://www.epicurious.com/
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