Thursday, May 22, 2008

Targeted User-Generated Content Marketing Solutions

What Company Is Offering:
TUGCMS, provides highly targeted leads (generated by assessing their behavior), thus increasing sales significantly and at the same time reducing costs associated with traditional lead generation and marketing. Here’s how:

TUGCMS relies on New Media — BLOGS, WIKIS, PODCAST, ONLINE VIDEO, TOP SOCIAL AND BUSINESS NETWORKS, etc to document as much behavior of online users as possible. The behavior is then segmented by relevancy, thus helping us identify Passionistas relevant to your business. This leads to a comprehensive, yet focused set of prospective customers.

How It Works:

Their team of lead generation associates will research several Web 2.0 media to build a comprehensive database of warm leads. In addition to contact information (phone #, email ID, profiles on various social networking sites, personal blogs etc) the database also documents key user interests, audience profiling (in case of blogs), and other relevant information that helps their team of research associates map buying behavior, especially in your target market.
Segmentation and identification of the Passionistas relevant to your industry. Based on the behavior documented, our knowledge professionals will segment and identify hot leads – Passionistas who are likely to buy (or influence sales of) your product or service.

Their team of Marketing professionals can also help in formulating efficient and effective go-to-market strategies leveraging the information documented and segmented in the above two phases. In other words, they’ll define best practices for an effective marketing campaign using online behavior.

More at;http://www.infoanalytica.com/tugcms.htm

"Panga A Day"----A place where you can share Pangas you took

About Company:

"Panga A Day"
A place where you can share Pangas you took. Please ensure that you dont hurt anyone's feelings in any way. "
The boy leaning against the wall, the guy walkin behind the girl, and a person walking alone in a subway are all the moods of a person when he or she is set to do something mischievious.

PangaADay is a place to share witty ideas and stupid pranks we play everyday. Pangas are one such things which everyone of us would like to discuss or make a topic of discussion. Remember those long "ADAAS" in the college canteen, where you just pick up one panga and then the discussion goes on for hours together. We all Miss it and here is our chance to reconstruct the same again.

More at;www.PangaADay.com

HelpGlobe.com is the future of help, ready to store human-reviewed knowledge better than any existing Q&A or wiki platform

What Company Is Offering:
HelpGlobe looks like a Question and Answer site. But this is not your average Q&A site. HelpGlobe.com is the future of help, ready to store human-reviewed knowledge better than any existing Q&A or wiki platform.


How Is It Different:
Unlike Wikipedia, HelpGlobe has continuously collects ratings to ensure quality knowledge. (The knowledge for each topic will still be more detailed on Wikipedia. HelpGlobe will collect the most relevant questions only.)
Unlike Yahoo!Answers, HelpGlobe rewards answers only with quality ratings. And answers with low ratings simply disappear. So unlike Yahoo!Answers, HelpGlobe won't feel like a chat site.

Unique Features:

5-star rating system, easily entered with single-click for each question or answer.

Users are allowed (and encouraged) to refine knowledge continuously as they learn.

Non-linear scoring system, reflecting the reality of quality in questions and answers.

You can answer your own questions. This is a knowledge sharing site, not a chat site.
Questions earn you points. Answers earn you points. Because both are needed to share knowledge.

more at:http://www.helpglobe.com/

Petition Spot allows members to create online petitions for free

What Company Is Offering:
Petition Spot allows members to create online petitions for free. Once submitted, you can start getting hundreds and even thousands of signatures online.


How It Works:

Powerful tools are available where you can manage your petitions, including a swear filter, and an email validation system (free optional feature) so you can ensure your petition has valid signatures. They allows members to create online petitions for free, which then may be forwarded to anyone with an e-mail address. Signing the virtual dotted line is a simple way to show support for a cause -- whether global or local.

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

PrepHub as the YouTube for test prep

What Company Is Offering:
PrepHub was designed to help users study for tests through practice. The site was founded because I was sick of buying test prep books, being a student is hard enough without spending hundreds of dollars on these test prep books, just to do the practice questions. Searching the web was no better, there are limited number of "free" practice questions out there, and most services try to link you in to their expensive test prep services.

How It Works:

PrepHub allows the users to create questions for each other, therefor taking out the middleman (the expensive test prep books). Think of PrepHub as the YouTube for test prep. Like YouTube you can rate questions, favorite questions, flag questions as spam (damn those spammers). It is a community site and thus relies on the community for continual improvement.

More at:http://prephub.com/

Telecom Transport Management Inc is a provider of advanced voice and data transport backhaul solutions for wireless carriers got VCs funding

What Company Is Offering:
Telecom Transport Management offers wireless carriers a comprehensive, best in class solution that is more cost effective, reliable, flexible and manageable than current transport solutions in the industry. The company builds, owns and operates protected, fully managed state of the art backhaul networks for its carrier customers. These are end-to-end, high speed, high capacity hybrid microwave and fiber networks, connecting hundreds of cell sites in each market to the wireless carriers' switching centers. TTM currently serves several national and regional wireless carriers, helping them meet their increasing bandwidth requirements at a level of performance and price historically unavailable in the wireless market.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Telecom Transport Management Inc. (TTM), a provider of advanced voice and data transport backhaul solutions for wireless carriers, today announced it has raised a $20 million senior debt facility from Columbia Partners Private Capital. TTM will use the funds to finance the continued expansion of its intelligent, high capacity backhaul networks and for other working capital needs. The $20 million supplements the $140 million of equity financing that has been invested in or committed to TTM.



"Columbia Partners' strong financial support during a time when the capital markets are strained is a validation of TTM's business," said Mark Hamilton, President and CEO of TTM. "This debt facility along with our recently completed equity round provides TTM with the resources we need to expand our current networks and move into new markets where we identify opportunities with our customers."



TTM currently serves several national and regional wireless carriers in the U.S. The company is managing and constructing wireless backhaul networks in Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Central and Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.

More at:www.columbiaprivatecapital.com

Aster Data Systems is a proven innovator in high-performance analytical databases got VCs funding

What Company Is Offering:
Aster Data Systems is a proven innovator in high-performance analytical databases, bringing deep insights on massive data analyzed on clusters of commodity hardware.The leading insights resulting from this research combined to form the foundation for Aster's architecture, that simultaneously optimizes across the three dimensions of scalability, performance and manageability. With Aster, systems are as easy to operate at 300 nodes managing hundreds of Terabytes as at 3 nodes managing hundreds of Gigabytes.


How Much They Got From VCs:

Aster Data, a Redwood City, Calif.-based developer of clustered databases for Web analytics, has raised an undisclosed amount of VC funding. Backers include Cambrian Ventures, First Round Capital, Sequoia Capital and individual angels like Ron Conway, David Cheriton and Rajeev Motwani.

More at:www.asterdata.com

ExteNet Systems Inc., a leading network infrastructure company, it has secured an additional $27.5 million

What Company Is Offering:
ExteNet Systems, Inc. develops innovative distributed antenna system (DAS) networks for wireless service providers. The company designs, builds and operates DAS networks to extend and expand wireless performance in outdoor locations where conventional macro cell tower development is challenging. The company's In-Building networks provide an economical solution to coverage problems in a wide range of indoor environments, including offices and residential/mixed use buildings. ExteNet Systems uses flexible DAS architectures that support all frequency bands and technologies.

How Much They Got From VCs:
ExteNet Systems Inc., a leading network infrastructure company, today announced it has secured an additional $27.5 million of equity and debt financing. The new capital will be used to build distributed antenna system (DAS) networks to meet the explosive demand for wireless voice, data and video services.

Palomar Ventures joined this equity round along with existing investors Centennial Ventures, Sevin Rosen Funds, Columbia Capital and CenterPoint Ventures. Dallas-based Comerica Bank is providing the revolving credit facility, which represents an additional financial milestone for the company.

What VCs Says About Company:

Commenting on why Palomar Ventures chose to invest in ExteNet Systems, partner Kevin Jacques said: "Although Palomar typically invests in earlier-stage companies, we saw this as an excellent opportunity to invest in a more mature business that we believe has tremendous growth potential. Because I had previously been on the board, we felt that we knew the company and market well. Management has done a fantastic job building networks and forming carrier relationships. We're excited about the additional market potential that new wireless services such as WiMAX and the newly released 700 MHz spectrum have created for ExteNet Systems."

The funds will be used to support the acceleration of the company's growth as it builds out a substantial number of new networks across the country. ExteNet Systems has signed contracts with nearly every major carrier and currently has networks operating or under construction in: California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Texas and Rhode Island.

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

Mocana securely enables Internet-scale applications and services for connected devices got VCs funding

What Company Is Offering:
Mocana securely enables Internet-scale applications and services for connected devices. Mocana's industry-leading infrastructure software solutions ensure that wired and wireless devices, networks and services perform and scale with the utmost security – a necessary foundation for a networked society. Customers include Philips, Dell, Cisco, Nortel Networks, Harris, Honeywell, Symbol, Net.com and Radvision, among others.The company has been recognized with numerous awards including the Red Herring 100 and Frost & Sullivan’s Innovation of the Year.

How Much They Got From VCs:
Mocana, a security software company that delivers comprehensive protection for devices, today closed $7 Million in venture financing. The infusion of funding, led by Southern Cross Venture Partners, will be used to expand the company’s product lines, build out its international presence and increase marketing activities. Mocana’s only previous institutional investor, Shasta Ventures also provided investment for this round, increasing their ownership position in the company and bringing Mocana’s total capital backing to $12.1M.

Attacks on PC platforms have steadily grown in sophistication and PC security technology has generally evolved along with the threats. But now there are more non-PC “things” connecting to the network every day, like PDAs, routers, DVRs, printers, iPods, and even cars or digital picture frames. Each one of these new devices represents a “soft target” for hackers and an easy way in to the rest of the network. This is because third- and fourth-generation attack techniques are being unleashed upon millions of non-PC devices armed with first-generation security, at best.

To address this, Mocana offers its Device Security Framework (DSF), a comprehensive approach to device security that secures communications to and from any device connected to the network, as well as the data and applications residing on those devices. This latest round of financing will be used to enhance and expand the 20 security components that currently make up Mocana’s DSF so that manufacturers and service providers can ensure that security is inherent in the device, to protect against existing and emerging threats.

More at:www.mocana.com/evaluate.html

Moblyng which allows consumers to mobilize all major forms of social media content: photos, videos, slide shows and other “widgets" got VCs funding

What Company Is Offering:

Moblyng, is mobile social media and can detect and “mobilize” photo and slide show widgets and online video from any social media page or URL. The company has patent-pending technology that provides detection, “scraping” and mobile distribution of social media. The company is privately held and headquartered in Menlo Park, Calif.
Moblyng , an emerging leader in mobile social media, announced today the launch of its beta product which allows consumers to mobilize all major forms of social media content: photos, videos, slide shows and other “widgets.” Moblyng offers a free, fun and easy way for consumers to share media with friends using their mobile devices. Moblyng works on most phones that display photos or videos, including mobile phones that do not otherwise permit Flash-based content, such as the iPhone.

How Much It Got From VCs:

The company also announced today that it received $5.7 million in funding from MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures and Deep Fork Capital.

Moblyng’s groundbreaking and patent-pending technology allows consumers to mobilize existing social media like Slide and RockYou slide shows, YouTube videos and MySpace videos, slide shows and photo albums -- all with one click. Using Moblyng’s technology, users do not need to download any applications to their phones. Consumers simply “scrape” content from their MySpace, Friendster or other social network page and send it directly to their mobile devices. Facebook users can use a unique Moblyng Mobile Slide Show application to easily share creations online or with mobile phones. Moblyng technology automatically converts Flash-based content to images or video for mobile distribution, bridging the gap between online Flash objects and mobile devices, which do not widely support Flash-based content. Users can also create new media, share media and send “gifts” to friends on their mobile devices.

“Moblyng is the first mobile social media solution to mobilize the cool stuff users already have on their profiles. We have unique and patent-pending technology that offers a free, fun and easy way for consumers to share photos, slideshows, video clips and almost all other media from a social network page directly to a mobile phone,” said Stewart Putney, founder and CEO, Moblyng.

More at:www.Moblyng.com

Unitrends is a leading provider of innovative, integrated solutions that protect and restore critical data and systems got $9 million funding

What Company Is Offering:
Unitrends is a leading provider of innovative, integrated solutions that protect and restore critical data and systems. Unitrends’ family of disk-to-disk backup appliances provides unmatched protection and rapid recovery of lost systems, applications and data. The company’s local backup and off-site vaulting appliances eliminate the need for multi-vendor software and hardware, and deliver an integrated solution that is affordable for small- and medium-sized enterprises.

How Much They Got From VCs:
Unitrends, a leading provider of innovative, integrated solutions that protect and restore critical data and systems, today announced completion of a $9 million round of Series C financing. Paladin Capital Group led the round, which also included participation from other Unitrends venture investors, including the Aurora Funds, Harbert Venture Partners, and the Trelys Funds.

Unitrends will use this investment to fuel additional research and development, bolster its partner marketing programs and strengthen its sales and support organizations. Strong market demand is being driven by the increasing need for integrated, easy to manage data protection, disaster recovery and vaulting solutions.

“Data protection, business continuity and disaster recovery repeatedly rank as top priorities for IT leaders worldwide. We believe that Unitrends’ approach to delivering integrated solutions with advanced features in an easy-to-use appliance model is smart and needed in today’s data-intensive business environment,” said Philip Eliot, principal, Paladin Capital Group. “Given the persistent demand for reliable data protection and recovery solutions, we are especially pleased to include Unitrends in our portfolio.”

“Small and mid-sized businesses are particularly challenged to find reliable and affordable data protection and recovery solutions. Since day one, our commitment has been to deliver cost-effective solutions that meet the needs of end users, providing advanced features in an easy to install, easy-to-use, and highly reliable system,” said Duncan McPherson, chief executive officer, Unitrends. “This funding round enables a new phase in the growth of our company, and provides significant flexibility and resources with which to advance Unitrends’ industry-leading suite of fully integrated data protection and disaster recovery products and services.”

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

WaveM Live! is a new, free and easy to use mobile media that brings news, sports, tv-guide, mobile e-mail and lots of more straight onto mobile phone

What Company Is Offering:
WaveM Live! is a new, free and easy to use mobile media that brings news, sports, tv-guide, mobile e-mail and lots of more straight onto mobile phone.

High quality and reliable WaveM Live! content is produced by content distributors; well-known publishing houses, media companies and brand owners. This system is active in Finland and expanding to new markets.

How It Works:
You can send and receive WaveM Live! mobile email messages with other users by using just a WaveM username. Everyone else can reach you with username@wavem.fi e-mail.

WaveM Live! runs on smart phones as well as less expensive consumer phones up to three years old. Newer phones allow you to keep WaveM Live! running in the background on your handset so you can instantly receive personal messages and see updates to your favorite content channels.
To send and receive free WaveM messages with your friends, all they need to have is WaveM Live! on their cell phone. To help you communicate with your friends we have designed in WaveM Live! a feature allowing you to invite your friends to join WaveM Live!. Tell your friends about WaveM Live! mobile media and send him/her an invitation message to join as a WaveM Live! user. You will find this feature "Invite a friend" on the WaveM Live!.

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

BrandView.com

What Company Is Offering:
BrandView is a privately funded company, based in southern Sweden. Their mission is to create the best looking and most extensive fashion catalogue on the Internet. BrandView is BrandNew and doing its best to be as user friendly as possible. They are constantly searching the web to keep you updated and hope that you reciprocate this by adding brands we are yet to discover.

How It Works:

They will create order in the fashion industry on the Internet!BrandView.com is a fashion site that gathers clothing brands and their online shops. In it, amongst other things, you can search your favorite clothing brand and find out where you can buy it online. If there is a brand that you're missing you can easily add it to help build, the most extensive fashion catalogue on the internet.

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

One Laptop Per Child

What Company Is Offering:

One Laptop Per Child wants to do, bringing webless children into the web and giving them "new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves." In recognition of this lofty goal, Listio has included this charity among its webservices as another way you can contribute to the larger community.

OLPC is a non-profit organization providing a means to an end—an end that sees children in even the most remote regions of the globe being given the opportunity to tap into their own potential, to be exposed to a whole world of ideas, and to contribute to a more productive and saner world community.


More at:http://www.laptop.org/

Zadby is an online marketplace where advertisers, marketers, and brand managers can connect with freelance video producers

What Company Is Offering:

Zadby is an online marketplace where advertisers, marketers, and brand managers can connect with freelance video producers to create innovative product placement videos for distribution through outlets like YouTube and MySpace. Advertisers define what they want in a campaign; video producers shoot the videos; and Zadby facilitates, tracking the views and paying the producer on a per-view basis. It's a low-risk proposition for a brand since it is view based and video producers get bucks for what they are doing anyway.

With Zadby, you now have a marketplace where you can earn money from what you love to do anyway: creating videos.

How It Works:
Advertisers and brand managers, wishing to raise awareness for their brand, can commission the development of videos through our online marketplace. Since Zadby takes care of the administrative pieces, this frees up the brand manager to think about what they do best: steward the brand.

Online video producers, who currently create millions of videos a year for online consumption through outlets like YouTube, now have a market where they can earn money from what they love to do anyway: creating videos.

Zadby sits in the middle and acts as the glue and the grease to pull it all together in a seamless manner. It provides all the tools and the legal frameworks to allow each party to do what they do best, just connected in a new and innovative way.

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