Friday, May 9, 2008

Serious Business

What Company Is Offering:
Serious Business leverages the core competencies of their world renowned team to create revolutionary new synergies which tap in to blue ocean markets in the social platform mashup internets. Serious Business will forever redefine the way we use the web - even the way we see life itself. The first decade of the internet was fun. This decade is going to be Serious.

Who Is Backing Them:

1.Alex Le is the founder and CTO of Serious Business. I don't know how to put this, but Alex is kind of a big deal. As CTO, Alex solved p=np[1], led the initiative to create the internet, and set them up the bomb. He recently installed Web 2.0® on his Mac and is really enjoying it.

2.Josh Ferguson is a Ruby guru at Serious Business where he is working on the social platform mashup internets. In a past life, Josh was the principle of a celebrity Ruby consultancy. Josh is best known for inventing food (in general) and fathering Matz.

3.Ling is the ultimate executive assistant at Serious Business. Without her, the founders would be dead. She killed both Tupac and Biggie, and went on to shoot 50 Cent nine times. Previously, she was the Chief of Staff in the Bush administration (first term).

More at:http://www.seriousbusiness.com/

soulfulbeauty.com

About Company:

soulfulbeauty.com featurers topics on lifestyle and entertainment related.

The main vision for soulfulbeauty.com is to create an environment that is fun and entertaining, while at the same time educational specific to the needs of black men and women in the beauty, fashion and entertainment industry.

Features of the website include hair and skin care products and interactive user reviews. Visitors to the site are encouraged to join in and submit reviews for others that are seeking help in choosing the right products.

Other features include regular updates on news, blog posts that bring users the latest product finds, the most current styles in hair and fashion trends, videos that educate and entertain, as well as selected topics on health, fitness and current cultural issues.

More at: http://www.soulfulbeauty.com

Net Detective

What Company Is Offering:
Net Detective, the online private investigation database. The website helps to provide affordable, effective, online background checks and private investigation solutions to the general public. Launched in 1996 and featuring a people search utility with over 400 million searchable records compiled from hundreds of sources, Net Detective is the oldest and most respected background check program available on the web.

How It Works:

Net Detective enables its users to login 24 hours a day to perform in-depth criminal background checks on almost anyone," said a spokesperson for the website. "With a huge database and quick return on results, you won’t find a more reliable resource for conducting an online criminal background check than Net Detective."

Combining state-of-the-art search technology with a 211 million name database and access to thousands of public records databases, Net Detective has been providing law enforcement agencies and private detective firms with one of the most powerful online investigation tools available for the last 12 years.

More at:http:// www.the-net-detective.com

Traveldodo.com collects your do’s and don’ts reviews online and shares these with other interested travelers

What Company Is Offering:

Traveldodo.com collects your do’s and don’ts reviews online and shares these with other interested travelers. By making your own profile you can sort out your do’s and don’ts and prioritize them accordingly. This way you can create your own summary of most important or unimportant features of your travel destinations.

On top of that, being a member makes it possible to add a lot of extras such as photo’s, friends and tags. Traveldodo.com is 100% independent. They try to implement a lot of fun, interaction and user friendliness into their sites, think of the Google Maps, 15.000 spots and the blog function we integrated into the website.


More at:http://www.traveldodo.com/

Inflo collects your day-to-day information streams into one unified information flow and displays it in a single browseable list

What Company Is Offering:
Inflo collects your day-to-day information streams (like email, appointments, instant messages, and news) into one unified information flow and displays it in a single browseable list.

How It Works:

Inflo merges all of your information streams into a one page reverse chronological list, like a condensed blog.

A single view eliminates the need to switch between different websites, programs and devices to get your daily information diet.

Streams are can have any number of text labels, so organization is as natural as making a list. Click on a label in the left hand tabs to easily narrow your focus.

Inflo has one easy to use interface for adding popular streams like Email ,GMail, IMAP, Messaging Twitter, Jabber ,Office Google Calendar, Google Documents ,Shopping eBay, Craigslist ,Search Yahoo Search ,News Google News.

More at:http://inflo.us/

XIHA Life ---Multilingual Social Networking

What Company Is Offering:
XIHA Life makes communication and content sharing easier across cultures and language barriers.


How It Works:

Their language recognition and filtering technology enables users to select not only one, but several different languages to communicate with new friends and people they care about. Users can create blogs and homepages, spiced with content from other leading social media websites.
The users automatically see only the content they understand, making the user experience much more relevant and valuable.
XIHA means 'fun' or 'happy' in Mandarin and also Hip-Hop in Cantonese.

More at:http://en.xihalife.com/

Rummble is a location based social search and discovery tool

What Company Is Offering:

Rummble is a location based social search and discovery tool, enabling users find recommended content for a location more easily, without a traditional keyword search. Instead, Rummble’s algorithm provides personalised results based upon a trust profile it builds for you and the content in your social network.

Unique Features:


Discover content for any location (e.g. cool bars, local knowledge and the secret hangouts).
Give friends automatic warning when you will be in their area.
Share location based content - reviews, photos, videos and blogs.
Explore with Rummble on your mobile or on the web.
Meet new people nearby.
Publish your Rummbles and your location to Facebook and other social software .

More at:http://www.rummble.com/

Giant Realm, Inc., the rapidly growing online entertainment portal and publisher group reaching men 18-34 got VCs funding

What Company Is Offering:
Giant Realm, Inc. is a rapidly growing online media company which helps marketers reach the male 18-34 demographic that has disappeared from the traditional media landscape and online portals. GiantRealm.com and its growing publisher group deliver original content and community for enthusiasts of leading edge entertainment platforms within video gaming, television, film, music and humor. According to Google Analytics, the company currently reaches over 11 million individuals every month.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Giant Realm, Inc., the rapidly growing online entertainment portal and publisher group reaching men 18-34, today announced that it has received $2 million in funding from SoftBank Capital. Last month the company announced a $3.5 million dollar investment led by Comcast Interactive Capital, with Edison Venture Fund also participating. This infusion of cash from SoftBank Capital rounds out Giant Realm’s Series A fundraising efforts. The William Morris Agency is also a backer of the company.

How They Will Use Funds:

The funds will be used to fuel further expansion of the Giant Realm online platform, which most recently attracted 4.2 million unique monthly visitors, according to March 2008 comScore Media Metrix data. The platform includes both the GiantRealm.com site, a lifestyle portal for the entertainment junkie and video gaming audience, as well as the Giant Realm Publisher Group, an exclusive family of sites delivering content and community across a variety of entertainment and gaming interests. Expansion plans also include the hiring of additional sales, editorial, and operations staff, as well as the building out of sales offices in both Los Angeles and San Francisco.


More at:www.giantrealm.com

IGLOO provides a secure, easy-to-use corporate social networking suite to businesses of any size

What Company Is Offering:
IGLOO provides a secure, easy-to-use corporate social networking suite to businesses of any size. Their software improves business performance by reducing email burden and enhancing collaboration between distributed teams and the growing mobile work force. Delivered over the web using a software as a service (SaaS) delivery model, companies can now cost-effectively connect people, processes and information across organizational and geographical boundaries in just minutes not months.

How Much They Got From VCs:

IGLOO Inc., an emerging leader in corporate social networking, today announced the closure of a $US 4 million equity financing round from RBC Venture Partners. The financing enables IGLOO to extend and commercialize its suite of collaborative social networking tools to corporations and other organizations in the rapidly accelerating enterprise social networking space.

IGLOO’s social networking platform helps hundreds of organizations globally reduce email burden, remove distances across branch offices and inspire teams with new productivity and collaboration tools. The platform was initially developed to support an online international network of researchers, practitioners and educators working on global issues.

More at:www.igloosoftware.com

Biz360 delivers media and market intelligence solutions to Global 2000 business decision makers got $10 million round of financing

What Company Is Offering:
Biz360 delivers media and market intelligence solutions to Global 2000 business decision makers, providing them with a 360-degree view of their marketplace. The company gathers and analyzes a vast amount of traditional and social media about an organization, its brands, its competitors and its products to deliver real-time insights that help its clients shape market perception, respond to competitive threats, evaluate trends and issues and improve the return on their marketing investments.

How Much They Got From VCs:
Biz360® Inc., the leading provider of media and market intelligence solutions, announced the closing of a $10 million round of financing. The round was led by Foundation Capital, with full participation of other current investors, Granite Ventures and Scale Venture Partners.

With an opportunity to extend its market-proven suite of business intelligence products, Biz360 plans to use the funds to fuel development of next-generation products that capitalize on significant, emerging market research opportunities spurred by the evolution of consumer behavior on the Web.

What VCs Says About Company:
"We invested in Biz360 because we believe strongly in the company's vision, its management and employees," said Bill Elmore, founder of Foundation Capital and current Biz360 board member. "Biz360 has a winning team that has already proven itself through results, growth and innovation. We are confident they will emerge as leaders in the research measurement sector."

More at:www.biz360.com

iSekurity provides the nation’s most complete identity theft protection services has secured an initial $11 million funding

What Company Is Offering:
iSekurity provides the nation’s most complete identity theft protection services. Comprised of the largest team of former Federal agents, iSekurity has the expertise and experience to combat the nation’s fastest-growing crime: identity theft. Through its proprietary systems and elite former law enforcement personnel from the Secret Service, FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S. Customs Service and U.S. Postal Service, iSekurity is uniquely positioned to serve its members in deterring the crime, defending the victim and defeating the criminal. iSekurity offers premium services to individuals and customized programs for corporations, affinity groups and universities.

How Much They Got From VCS:

iSekurity, a full-service identity theft protection and detection company comprised of the largest collection of former federal agents in the United States, announces it has secured an initial $11 million funding commitment from Equity 11, Ltd., an independent, private equity firm. The funding commitment signifies the level of importance currently placed on identity theft and its critical impact on Americans today. Additional funding will be staged against the completion of corporate growth milestones.

"iSekurity is well positioned to redefine identity protection for citizens today," stated Susan Kampe, chief executive officer of iSekurity. "Our corporate vision and business model transcends other point solutions available on the market and takes identity theft protection and detection to the next level. This capital infusion allows us to scale our business for growth and ensure comprehensive coverage for our clients.”

More at:www.isekurity.com.

A MagShow is an image presentation that you can build on www.MagToo.com.

What Company Is Offering:
A MagShow is an image presentation that you can build on www.MagToo.com.
MagShows can be either a Slide Show or a Panorama Show. MagShows can be posted on social network sites (Facebook, Myspace, Friendster etc.), your website or blog, to share with your family and friends. When a Slide Show or Panorama Show is linked to a Google map, it is also labeled as a 'TripShow'.

How It Works:
On the Customize section of the 'Create MagShow' page, click the 'Information' tab to add additional information such as privacy setting, category, tags, and description about your Magshow. Once you add photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section below and you can add the title of the show and caption for each photo.
Once you add photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section appear below the 'Add Photo From' section. Thumbnails of the added photos/panoramas will appear in this section. Captions can be added by clicking on the field below each thumbnail image and typing. Once you add photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section appear below the 'Add Photo From' section, and add the title of the show in the 'Slide or Panorama Show Name' textbox field shown.

After you've added your photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section appear below the 'Add Photo From' section. To change the display order of your photos/panoramas, simply click and drag the image you want to move it to another position.

More at:http://www.magtoo.com/

ExtremeTech is a thriving community of users and experts seeking to answer the unanswerable questions of technology

What Company Is Offering:

ExtremeTech is a thriving community of users and experts seeking to answer the unanswerable questions of technology. They dig deep into the subterranean depths of technological knowledge, digging up the most vital, behind-the-scenes tidbits that make any technocrats drool soda on his chips.

How It Works:

To put it simply, they're a one-stop-shop for serious technological needs. Their writers spelunk into the abyss of the future in search of the real story behind what's out there today, and what will be out there tomorrow. Theirr dynamic community fills in all the gaps by gabbing and chatting about anything and everything.

More important than any other aspect, they're a site built by their community for their community.

More at:http://www.extremetech.com/

Make The Difference Network

What Company Is Offering:
Make The Difference Network (MTDN) is an online social network for everyone interested in helping nonprofit organizations and for nonprofits who want to connect with a wider network of giving individuals and businesses.

How It Works:


MTDN works in a number of ways and there are three types of memberships.
• MTDN works by allowing Individuals, Businesses and Nonprofits to connect and collaborate by building their own cause-oriented social network.

• Nonprofits can join as Nonprofit Members. Once they are vetted and accepted as members they can build their nonprofit organization profile and post specific projects or “Wishes” they need funded. They can network with donors who support their cause and expand their potential donor base to increase funding.
They can also alert donors of the progress their Wishes are making through news, emails, photos and even video uploads.

• Individuals can join as Individual Members, then build their personal profile, connect with other like-minded people to build a network of “Friends”, and choose a nonprofit to support or a specific “Wish” to donate to directly. Individuals can also choose to become People Who Care sponsors and fund entire Wishes or their favorite nonprofit in other ways (see more information in FAQ for Individuals).

• Businesses can also join as Business Members in much the same way as an individual. They can even show further support by becoming a Business Who Cares National Sponsor (for more information see FAQ’s section for Businesses).

• Donations are made directly to the nonprofit organization.
AND…100% of ALL donations go directly to the nonprofit! MTDN never takes any percentage of donations made.

More at:http://www.mtdn.com/

Filemail.com

What Company Is Offering:

Filemail.com offer . No registration required . Max file size is 2GB .Easy to use. Upload window allows selecting multiple files.

How It Works:

First, the files you want to send are uploaded to one of several filemail.com servers located in Oslo (Norway) and San Diego. Files are encrypted on our servers using a 128bit AES algorithm to ensure security and privacy.
A small e-mail is delivered to the recipients, containing a short message from you and a hyperlink where the files can be downloaded.
The recipients click the hyperlink in the e-mail, and are taken to the download page.After the specified number of days/number of downloads, the files are removed completely from our servers.

More at:http://filemail.com/