What Company Is Offering:
oDesk is a global marketplace for programmers and technical talent that lets businesses build and manage remote teams. Hiring managers can search the oDesk network and choose from among thousands of tested, top-rated technology professionals in over 100 countries around the world. Using oDesk web-based collaboration tools, project managers can visually track and verify all work performed, both historically and in real-time. Every day, oDesk helps people all over the world work together.
How Much They Got From Vcs:
oDesk, the leading marketplace and management platform for technical work, today announced it has secured $15 million in Series C financing. DAG Ventures led the round. Existing investors Benchmark Capital, Globespan Capital Partners and Sigma Partners also participated.
The influx of capital provides oDesk with additional resources to fuel its rapid expansion. oDesk enables companies to hire, manage, and pay remote professionals and is the only management platform that offers verified time tracking, giving managers real time visibility into virtual work. Global teams are managed as though everyone is in the same room, and providers can be paid by the hour for actual time worked. oDesk also helps companies identify superior talent at competitive rates and pay providers, without the usual administrative and accounting hassles.
The value of services provided on oDesk has nearly tripled in each of the past two years and growth is accelerating. To date, oDesk providers have delivered over $32 million in services. oDesk offers its nearly 80,000 registered providers access to thousands of new full time, part-time and project opportunities each month.
More at:www.oDesk.com
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Rally Software has closed a $16.85 million Series C round of financing
What Company Is Offering:
Rally is the #1 partner for Agile success through its family of products, coaching and community support. With a dedicated focus on Agile practices, Rally helps organizations of all sizes shorten their development cycles, minimize risk, and collaborate across teams and silos.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Rally Software Development Corp., the #1 partner for Agile success through its family of products, coaching and community support, today announced it has closed a $16.85 million Series C round of financing. Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) led the round with existing backers Boulder Ventures, Mobius Venture Capital and Vista Ventures each increasing their investment. Rally will use the proceeds to further accelerate the next phase of company growth as it continues to deliver superior on-demand Agile solutions as well as build a significant sales presence in Boston and Silicon Valley as the first step in broadening its sales footprint across the U.S. and Europe.
Renowned for its ability to invest in organizations that utilize today's most innovative technologies to solve critical business problems, MDV is no stranger to the ALM industry. MDV partner Bryan Stolle co-founded MDV-backed Agile Software and served as CEO and later Chairman of the Board until Oracle acquired the company in July 2007. Stolle is widely regarded as a visionary and pioneer in the product lifecycle management (PLM) industry and will join Rally's Board of Directors.
"We're thrilled that our investors share Rally's vision and understand the market need for on-demand solutions that help customers successfully adopt and scale Agile practices," said Tim Miller, Rally's CEO. "We're especially pleased to gain the support of MDV and look forward to mirroring the success that Bryan experienced in the PLM industry for ourselves in the ALM market."
More at: www.rallydev.com.
Rally is the #1 partner for Agile success through its family of products, coaching and community support. With a dedicated focus on Agile practices, Rally helps organizations of all sizes shorten their development cycles, minimize risk, and collaborate across teams and silos.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Rally Software Development Corp., the #1 partner for Agile success through its family of products, coaching and community support, today announced it has closed a $16.85 million Series C round of financing. Mohr Davidow Ventures (MDV) led the round with existing backers Boulder Ventures, Mobius Venture Capital and Vista Ventures each increasing their investment. Rally will use the proceeds to further accelerate the next phase of company growth as it continues to deliver superior on-demand Agile solutions as well as build a significant sales presence in Boston and Silicon Valley as the first step in broadening its sales footprint across the U.S. and Europe.
Renowned for its ability to invest in organizations that utilize today's most innovative technologies to solve critical business problems, MDV is no stranger to the ALM industry. MDV partner Bryan Stolle co-founded MDV-backed Agile Software and served as CEO and later Chairman of the Board until Oracle acquired the company in July 2007. Stolle is widely regarded as a visionary and pioneer in the product lifecycle management (PLM) industry and will join Rally's Board of Directors.
"We're thrilled that our investors share Rally's vision and understand the market need for on-demand solutions that help customers successfully adopt and scale Agile practices," said Tim Miller, Rally's CEO. "We're especially pleased to gain the support of MDV and look forward to mirroring the success that Bryan experienced in the PLM industry for ourselves in the ALM market."
More at: www.rallydev.com.
Fabulously40 was created for every woman 40 and beyond, who is ready to celebrate this exciting stage of her life
What Company Is Offering:
Fabulously40 is your chance to join a group of women who aspire to look and feel their best. Its an opportunity to test yourself, search for the creativity that lives within in you, and find out just how far you can go. Its your chance to find out who you really are and who you want to be for the best part of your life.
Fabulously40 was created for every woman 40 and beyond, who is ready to celebrate this exciting stage of her life. Relationships with families, friends and even ourselves are undergoing profound change, and it seems like the time is right for something new.
As more and more women enter their fifth decade, some have forgotten about the importance of nurturing themselves. It was always about their kids, their significant other, careers, PTA meetings, soccer practices, and everything else life threw their way. For some women, it was about sacrificing all of those things in order to advance their careers and get ahead in the world. Others worked so hard to take care of people they love that they forgot to pay attention to their own needs. In the face of lifes endless demands, many women lost sight of their own persona. And in doing do, they forgot who they once were.
It means you allow yourself -- without guilt -- to indulge in hobbies and interests that fulfill your own personal needs. For example, joining a book club, starting a small business on the side, or just spending time with your girlfriends on a girls night out. In other words, carving out your own space and time just to be yo It allows us to become better mothers, wives, girlfriends, daughters and friends. It helps us to bring new energy, passion and commitment to the most important relationships in our lives. And it prepares us to accomplish more than we ever dreamed possible.
More at:http://fabulously40.com/
Fabulously40 is your chance to join a group of women who aspire to look and feel their best. Its an opportunity to test yourself, search for the creativity that lives within in you, and find out just how far you can go. Its your chance to find out who you really are and who you want to be for the best part of your life.
Fabulously40 was created for every woman 40 and beyond, who is ready to celebrate this exciting stage of her life. Relationships with families, friends and even ourselves are undergoing profound change, and it seems like the time is right for something new.
As more and more women enter their fifth decade, some have forgotten about the importance of nurturing themselves. It was always about their kids, their significant other, careers, PTA meetings, soccer practices, and everything else life threw their way. For some women, it was about sacrificing all of those things in order to advance their careers and get ahead in the world. Others worked so hard to take care of people they love that they forgot to pay attention to their own needs. In the face of lifes endless demands, many women lost sight of their own persona. And in doing do, they forgot who they once were.
It means you allow yourself -- without guilt -- to indulge in hobbies and interests that fulfill your own personal needs. For example, joining a book club, starting a small business on the side, or just spending time with your girlfriends on a girls night out. In other words, carving out your own space and time just to be yo It allows us to become better mothers, wives, girlfriends, daughters and friends. It helps us to bring new energy, passion and commitment to the most important relationships in our lives. And it prepares us to accomplish more than we ever dreamed possible.
More at:http://fabulously40.com/
Entertainment Filter
What Company Is Offering:
The Filter is powered by an engine that provides a holistic approach to recommendations - filtering out irrelevant content and only filtering in content that reflects an individual’s tastes and moods through unique algorithms.
In addition to the consumer entertainment experience here at TheFilter.com, The Filter can also provide white label and co-branded solutions for content partners seeking to better match their inventory of content to their visitors’ tastes.
The Filter's core is a recommendation and discovery engine derived from a branch of Artificial Intelligence, called Bayesian mathematics. Simplistically, the engine uses an evidence model (which includes purchase, consumption and browsing data) to derive the similarity of items. When The Filter’s engine is supplied with one or more items of interest it delivers a pick-list of items that are statistically relevant by order of probability.
Unlike most tools the pick-list is fed through a number of filters to deliver the customised and fully personalised recommendations.
“The Filter aims to be the best possible blend of man and machine - a hybrid engine that filters all entertainment content to one’s own personal taste,” says Martin Hopkins, a co-founder and CSO of The Filter.
More at:http://www.thefilter.com/
The Filter is powered by an engine that provides a holistic approach to recommendations - filtering out irrelevant content and only filtering in content that reflects an individual’s tastes and moods through unique algorithms.
In addition to the consumer entertainment experience here at TheFilter.com, The Filter can also provide white label and co-branded solutions for content partners seeking to better match their inventory of content to their visitors’ tastes.
The Filter's core is a recommendation and discovery engine derived from a branch of Artificial Intelligence, called Bayesian mathematics. Simplistically, the engine uses an evidence model (which includes purchase, consumption and browsing data) to derive the similarity of items. When The Filter’s engine is supplied with one or more items of interest it delivers a pick-list of items that are statistically relevant by order of probability.
Unlike most tools the pick-list is fed through a number of filters to deliver the customised and fully personalised recommendations.
“The Filter aims to be the best possible blend of man and machine - a hybrid engine that filters all entertainment content to one’s own personal taste,” says Martin Hopkins, a co-founder and CSO of The Filter.
More at:http://www.thefilter.com/
DriverSide.com is designed around the car you drive, with tools that make it easy to buy, own, and sell your car
What Company Is Offering:
DriverSide.com is designed around the car you drive, with tools that make it easy to buy, own, and sell your car.
How It Works and Its Features:
Find your car's service schedule, owner's manual, common problems, tire & safety recalls, and more! Select year .Best-selling tires & rims, audio/video, engine parts, styling parts, iPod connectors and more! Research any car.
Decide which car is right for you, then view our 4+ million used and new car listings.DriverSide even sends my custom listing to Google... automatically!”
Create a FREE custom listing! Select year Research any car.
Best-selling tires & rims, audio/video, engine parts, styling parts, iPod connectors and more! Select year.
More at: http://www.driverside.com/
DriverSide.com is designed around the car you drive, with tools that make it easy to buy, own, and sell your car.
How It Works and Its Features:
Find your car's service schedule, owner's manual, common problems, tire & safety recalls, and more! Select year .Best-selling tires & rims, audio/video, engine parts, styling parts, iPod connectors and more! Research any car.
Decide which car is right for you, then view our 4+ million used and new car listings.DriverSide even sends my custom listing to Google... automatically!”
Create a FREE custom listing! Select year Research any car.
Best-selling tires & rims, audio/video, engine parts, styling parts, iPod connectors and more! Select year.
More at: http://www.driverside.com/
The Power Of 3D----3DVIA
What Company Is Offering:
3DVIA is the newest of the 6 Dassault Systèmes brands. Its mission is democratizing the usage of 3D so that everybody can use it in its everyday life, either at work or at home, through the web. Their objective is to give you the power of 3D.
In that intent, a team of passionate people, both long time experienced one as well as new online kids in town, has been build with the mandate of leveraging all existing 3D technologies of Dassault Systèmes , as well as developing new ones, to deliver new types of innovative 3D services, online.
3dvia.com will be the meeting point for all the communities wishing to improving everyday's life with 3D. It will provide both 3D content and 3D services, either very generic or more dedicated to specific goals. It relies on dedicated infrastructure, leverages real-time display and behavioral 3D technologies, and provides services for everyone to imagine, create, share, experience or play in 3D.
How It Works:
To become a member of 3DVIA, go to the Join 3DVIA page, choose a username and password and enter your personal information. Then click the "Next" button. Your account is created; you will receive an e-mail to validate it.
To add friends or business to your contact list, you have two possibilities.
First case, the person is already registered on 3DVIA. In this case, select the user in the people list and click on its icon. Then click the "save this contact" link. On the following page you will be asked to precise if it's a business contact or a friend. Select the proper choice and click the "add contact list" button. Check in your contact list, you should have a new one.
Second case, the person is not yet registered and you want to invite him to join 3DVIA. Click the "invite contacts" link in your my 3DVIA page. Enter the e-mail, firstname and lastname of your contacts and click the "save e-mail" button. Your contacts will receive an invitation. If they accept to register, they will be automatically added to your contact list.
More at:http://www.3dvia.com/
3DVIA is the newest of the 6 Dassault Systèmes brands. Its mission is democratizing the usage of 3D so that everybody can use it in its everyday life, either at work or at home, through the web. Their objective is to give you the power of 3D.
In that intent, a team of passionate people, both long time experienced one as well as new online kids in town, has been build with the mandate of leveraging all existing 3D technologies of Dassault Systèmes , as well as developing new ones, to deliver new types of innovative 3D services, online.
3dvia.com will be the meeting point for all the communities wishing to improving everyday's life with 3D. It will provide both 3D content and 3D services, either very generic or more dedicated to specific goals. It relies on dedicated infrastructure, leverages real-time display and behavioral 3D technologies, and provides services for everyone to imagine, create, share, experience or play in 3D.
How It Works:
To become a member of 3DVIA, go to the Join 3DVIA page, choose a username and password and enter your personal information. Then click the "Next" button. Your account is created; you will receive an e-mail to validate it.
To add friends or business to your contact list, you have two possibilities.
First case, the person is already registered on 3DVIA. In this case, select the user in the people list and click on its icon. Then click the "save this contact" link. On the following page you will be asked to precise if it's a business contact or a friend. Select the proper choice and click the "add contact list" button. Check in your contact list, you should have a new one.
Second case, the person is not yet registered and you want to invite him to join 3DVIA. Click the "invite contacts" link in your my 3DVIA page. Enter the e-mail, firstname and lastname of your contacts and click the "save e-mail" button. Your contacts will receive an invitation. If they accept to register, they will be automatically added to your contact list.
More at:http://www.3dvia.com/
Create your own Social Network with Neeetz
What Company Is Offering:
Create your own Social Network with Neeetz.Connect with colleagues, friends, family members and others of like interest.Create Blogs and Forums. Share photos, videos and music.Craft life updates and create communities of like interests.
Join Neeetz to Create, Share and Socialize.
How It Works:
Neeetz is about you. Your Net Space Network, your brand if you will. You create and moderate on whatever topics you wish. The control is in your hands and your members are apart of your network.
Neeetz is more than a social network, it’s a sophisticated, multimedia hub that empowers you to connect with friends, businesses, family members, and people who simply like the same things you do.
Neeetz.com has taken the best elements of modern online tools and put them all into one place. With Neeetz, you can share videos or photos, write blog posts, or open lively discussions on the topics that matter most to you. If you’re a Neeetz member, you can manage your own forums. Create your own online galleries. Promote your business with how-to videos, and so much more.
And as you create your own Neeetz Net Space , customize it, and build it, pixel by pixel, you can invite others into your unique, online world. You can also seek out other Neeetz members and join their networks at the click of a mouse.
More at:http://www.neeetz.com/
Create your own Social Network with Neeetz.Connect with colleagues, friends, family members and others of like interest.Create Blogs and Forums. Share photos, videos and music.Craft life updates and create communities of like interests.
Join Neeetz to Create, Share and Socialize.
How It Works:
Neeetz is about you. Your Net Space Network, your brand if you will. You create and moderate on whatever topics you wish. The control is in your hands and your members are apart of your network.
Neeetz is more than a social network, it’s a sophisticated, multimedia hub that empowers you to connect with friends, businesses, family members, and people who simply like the same things you do.
Neeetz.com has taken the best elements of modern online tools and put them all into one place. With Neeetz, you can share videos or photos, write blog posts, or open lively discussions on the topics that matter most to you. If you’re a Neeetz member, you can manage your own forums. Create your own online galleries. Promote your business with how-to videos, and so much more.
And as you create your own Neeetz Net Space , customize it, and build it, pixel by pixel, you can invite others into your unique, online world. You can also seek out other Neeetz members and join their networks at the click of a mouse.
More at:http://www.neeetz.com/
MarketAxess operates one of the leading platforms for the electronic trading of corporate bonds and certain other types of fixed-income securities
What Company Is Offering:
MarketAxess operates one of the leading platforms for the electronic trading of corporate bonds and certain other types of fixed-income securities, serving as an electronic platform through which our more than 670 active institutional investor clients can access the liquidity provided by our 30 broker-dealer clients. MarketAxess' multi-dealer trading platform allows our institutional investor clients to simultaneously request competitive, executable bids or offers from multiple broker-dealers, and to execute trades with the broker-dealer of their choice. MarketAxess offers our clients the ability to trade U.S. high-grade corporate bonds, European high-grade corporate bonds, credit default swaps, agencies, high-yield and emerging markets bonds. MarketAxess also provides data and analytical tools that help our clients make trading decisions, and we provide connectivity solutions that facilitate the trading process by electronically communicating order information between trading counterparties and we provide our clients with ancillary technology services.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed-income securities, today announced that Technology Crossover Ventures ("TCV"), a leading private equity and venture capital firm with expertise in the financial technology space, has agreed to purchase a minority stake in MarketAxess, consisting of preferred stock and warrants, for an aggregate purchase price of $35.0 million. The preferred shares being sold by MarketAxess are convertible by TCV into shares of MarketAxess common stock at a conversion price of $10.00 per share, representing a premium of approximately 34% to the closing price of MarketAxess common stock on June 2, 2008.
Under the terms of the agreement, TCV will acquire (i) 35,000 shares of Series B preferred stock, which are convertible into 3.5 million shares of MarketAxess common stock at a conversion price of $10.00 per share, and (ii) ten-year warrants to purchase an additional 700,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $10.00 per share. After the closing of the transaction, TCV will own approximately 10% of MarketAxess' common stock on a fully-diluted basis. The terms of the investment include a seven year standstill, a one year lock-up and an automatic conversion provision. The preferred shares also include the right to elect one member of MarketAxess' Board of Directors.
"We are pleased to join forces with TCV to expand and execute our growth agenda," commented Richard M. McVey, chairman and chief executive officer of MarketAxess. "The TCV investment reflects confidence in our business model and our market position. This additional capital will allow us to invest in broadening our capabilities while actively managing our balance sheet to build stockholder value. TCV has a long history of success in the financial technology space and we will benefit from their expertise as well as their industry relationships."
More at:http://www.marketaxess.com/
MarketAxess operates one of the leading platforms for the electronic trading of corporate bonds and certain other types of fixed-income securities, serving as an electronic platform through which our more than 670 active institutional investor clients can access the liquidity provided by our 30 broker-dealer clients. MarketAxess' multi-dealer trading platform allows our institutional investor clients to simultaneously request competitive, executable bids or offers from multiple broker-dealers, and to execute trades with the broker-dealer of their choice. MarketAxess offers our clients the ability to trade U.S. high-grade corporate bonds, European high-grade corporate bonds, credit default swaps, agencies, high-yield and emerging markets bonds. MarketAxess also provides data and analytical tools that help our clients make trading decisions, and we provide connectivity solutions that facilitate the trading process by electronically communicating order information between trading counterparties and we provide our clients with ancillary technology services.
How Much They Got From VCs:
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. (MKTX), the operator of a leading electronic trading platform for U.S. and European high-grade corporate bonds, emerging markets bonds and other types of fixed-income securities, today announced that Technology Crossover Ventures ("TCV"), a leading private equity and venture capital firm with expertise in the financial technology space, has agreed to purchase a minority stake in MarketAxess, consisting of preferred stock and warrants, for an aggregate purchase price of $35.0 million. The preferred shares being sold by MarketAxess are convertible by TCV into shares of MarketAxess common stock at a conversion price of $10.00 per share, representing a premium of approximately 34% to the closing price of MarketAxess common stock on June 2, 2008.
Under the terms of the agreement, TCV will acquire (i) 35,000 shares of Series B preferred stock, which are convertible into 3.5 million shares of MarketAxess common stock at a conversion price of $10.00 per share, and (ii) ten-year warrants to purchase an additional 700,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $10.00 per share. After the closing of the transaction, TCV will own approximately 10% of MarketAxess' common stock on a fully-diluted basis. The terms of the investment include a seven year standstill, a one year lock-up and an automatic conversion provision. The preferred shares also include the right to elect one member of MarketAxess' Board of Directors.
"We are pleased to join forces with TCV to expand and execute our growth agenda," commented Richard M. McVey, chairman and chief executive officer of MarketAxess. "The TCV investment reflects confidence in our business model and our market position. This additional capital will allow us to invest in broadening our capabilities while actively managing our balance sheet to build stockholder value. TCV has a long history of success in the financial technology space and we will benefit from their expertise as well as their industry relationships."
More at:http://www.marketaxess.com/
IP Commerce, Inc., a software company delivering on-demand access to the next generation of commerce services raised $17 million
What Company Is Offering:
IP Commerce offers a single-integration software platform and free development toolkits that allow for end-to-end commerce solution development and broader channel opportunities. The company’s IP Commerce Platform unites software companies and payment service providers – providing bankcard processing, remote deposit capture, ACH, wire, gift, stored value and many other services – with distribution channels in a dynamic new environment, allowing each to deliver a wide range of payment-enabled software solutions to business far more quickly, easily and securely than ever before. IP Commerce opens worlds of commerce.
How Much They Got From VCs:
IP Commerce, Inc., a software company delivering on-demand access to the next generation of commerce services, announced today it raised $17 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Venrock, the venture capital firm founded by the Rockefeller family. Total Technology Ventures joined Venrock as a new investor in IP Commerce. The Company’s existing investors, Meritage Funds, Appian Ventures and Iron Gate Capital also participated in the financing.
The latest round brings the Company’s total funding to date to more than $34 million and will be used to accelerate adoption of the IP Commerce Network, particularly in the software development community and the financial services industry. Proceeds will enable IP Commerce to continue to innovate so partners can reduce friction in enabling payment convergence, acquire new customers and increase revenue.
IP Commerce, launched in 2005, enables payment convergence through free development toolkits that allow for end-to-end commerce solution development. The IP Commerce Platform enables software companies, financial service providers and channels to seamlessly partner to enroll businesses in new, value-added electronic payment solutions.
More at:www.IPCommerce.com.
IP Commerce offers a single-integration software platform and free development toolkits that allow for end-to-end commerce solution development and broader channel opportunities. The company’s IP Commerce Platform unites software companies and payment service providers – providing bankcard processing, remote deposit capture, ACH, wire, gift, stored value and many other services – with distribution channels in a dynamic new environment, allowing each to deliver a wide range of payment-enabled software solutions to business far more quickly, easily and securely than ever before. IP Commerce opens worlds of commerce.
How Much They Got From VCs:
IP Commerce, Inc., a software company delivering on-demand access to the next generation of commerce services, announced today it raised $17 million in Series C funding. The round was led by Venrock, the venture capital firm founded by the Rockefeller family. Total Technology Ventures joined Venrock as a new investor in IP Commerce. The Company’s existing investors, Meritage Funds, Appian Ventures and Iron Gate Capital also participated in the financing.
The latest round brings the Company’s total funding to date to more than $34 million and will be used to accelerate adoption of the IP Commerce Network, particularly in the software development community and the financial services industry. Proceeds will enable IP Commerce to continue to innovate so partners can reduce friction in enabling payment convergence, acquire new customers and increase revenue.
IP Commerce, launched in 2005, enables payment convergence through free development toolkits that allow for end-to-end commerce solution development. The IP Commerce Platform enables software companies, financial service providers and channels to seamlessly partner to enroll businesses in new, value-added electronic payment solutions.
More at:www.IPCommerce.com.
CrownPeak , the company defining the future of content managementhas closed $6 Million in a second round
What Company Is Offering:
CrownPeak is the market leader in on-demand web site software. CrownPeak's unique combination of software and services give Web site managers complete control over the critical functions involved in delivering a successful, revenue-driving Web site.
Hundreds of diverse organizations such as 3M, ING, Hyundai Motors, Home Depot, EMI Music, the State of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health have realized the value in CrownPeak's software's renowned ease-of-use, and its 24x7 customer support and guaranteed response times. CrownPeak's ContentManagement.com also provides easy to use and cost-effective solutions for smaller and mid-sized organizations.
How Much They Got From VCs:
CrownPeak , the company defining the future of content management, today announced it has closed $6 Million in a second round of financing, bringing its total raised in two rounds to $10.25 Million. SunAmerica Ventures was the lead firm in this round, with additional financing from existing investors Sigma Partners and Altos Ventures, both of CrownPeak's Series A investors.
The company will use the funds to accelerate new product development initiatives, and further its leadership position in the content management industry with ongoing investments in marketing. Troy Fukumoto from SunAmerica Ventures will join the CrownPeak board, which includes Jim Howard and Carl Sutter from CrownPeak, Bob Spinner from Sigma Partners and Anthony Lee from Altos Ventures.
More at:www.crownpeak.com
CrownPeak is the market leader in on-demand web site software. CrownPeak's unique combination of software and services give Web site managers complete control over the critical functions involved in delivering a successful, revenue-driving Web site.
Hundreds of diverse organizations such as 3M, ING, Hyundai Motors, Home Depot, EMI Music, the State of Virginia and the National Institutes of Health have realized the value in CrownPeak's software's renowned ease-of-use, and its 24x7 customer support and guaranteed response times. CrownPeak's ContentManagement.com also provides easy to use and cost-effective solutions for smaller and mid-sized organizations.
How Much They Got From VCs:
CrownPeak , the company defining the future of content management, today announced it has closed $6 Million in a second round of financing, bringing its total raised in two rounds to $10.25 Million. SunAmerica Ventures was the lead firm in this round, with additional financing from existing investors Sigma Partners and Altos Ventures, both of CrownPeak's Series A investors.
The company will use the funds to accelerate new product development initiatives, and further its leadership position in the content management industry with ongoing investments in marketing. Troy Fukumoto from SunAmerica Ventures will join the CrownPeak board, which includes Jim Howard and Carl Sutter from CrownPeak, Bob Spinner from Sigma Partners and Anthony Lee from Altos Ventures.
More at:www.crownpeak.com
Veoh Networks is an innovative Internet Television company that delivers broadcast-quality video programming via the Internet got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
Veoh Networks is an innovative Internet Television company that delivers broadcast-quality video programming via the Internet.
The Veoh Networks portfolio includes Veoh.com, one of the most popular video hosting services on the Internet, and VeohTV, a free downloadable application that turns online video into Internet Television. Veoh.com has more than 100,000 content publishers - from CBS, Viacom’s MTV Networks, FEARNet and Lions Gate to thousands of independent filmmakers and content producers - and currently attracts over 28 million unique users per month. For advertisers, Veoh offers compelling ways of engaging with a targeted audience and measuring performance of their ad buys.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Veoh Networks (www.veoh.com), the world’s most comprehensive Internet Television service, today announced that it has received an additional round of funding led by Intel Capital, the global investment arm of Intel Corporation, and joined by Adobe Systems Incorporated and Gordon Crawford, senior vice president of Capital Research Global Investors. The funding from these new investors -- with support from existing investors Shelter Capital, Spark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company, Time Warner Investments and Jonathan Dolgen -- totals $30 million. Veoh will use the capital to further enhance its viewer offerings, strengthen its lead in video discovery, expand its advertising products and targeting capabilities, and extend its services across multiple platforms.
“The world of Internet television has changed dramatically in the past year. No longer limited to short-form video sharing, viewers are now tuning in online to watch long-form, quality entertainment,” said Steve Mitgang, CEO of Veoh Networks. “With a near-infinite universe of content now available online, the future of our industry will be led by those who help viewers easily discover new things they like to watch, enable portability, and provide effective targeting across all types of video audiences and all forms and lengths of content. Veoh is very happy to have the support of the most respected and innovative minds in media and technology as we drive forward on all of those fronts.”
More at:www.veoh.com
Veoh Networks is an innovative Internet Television company that delivers broadcast-quality video programming via the Internet.
The Veoh Networks portfolio includes Veoh.com, one of the most popular video hosting services on the Internet, and VeohTV, a free downloadable application that turns online video into Internet Television. Veoh.com has more than 100,000 content publishers - from CBS, Viacom’s MTV Networks, FEARNet and Lions Gate to thousands of independent filmmakers and content producers - and currently attracts over 28 million unique users per month. For advertisers, Veoh offers compelling ways of engaging with a targeted audience and measuring performance of their ad buys.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Veoh Networks (www.veoh.com), the world’s most comprehensive Internet Television service, today announced that it has received an additional round of funding led by Intel Capital, the global investment arm of Intel Corporation, and joined by Adobe Systems Incorporated and Gordon Crawford, senior vice president of Capital Research Global Investors. The funding from these new investors -- with support from existing investors Shelter Capital, Spark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Michael Eisner’s Tornante Company, Time Warner Investments and Jonathan Dolgen -- totals $30 million. Veoh will use the capital to further enhance its viewer offerings, strengthen its lead in video discovery, expand its advertising products and targeting capabilities, and extend its services across multiple platforms.
“The world of Internet television has changed dramatically in the past year. No longer limited to short-form video sharing, viewers are now tuning in online to watch long-form, quality entertainment,” said Steve Mitgang, CEO of Veoh Networks. “With a near-infinite universe of content now available online, the future of our industry will be led by those who help viewers easily discover new things they like to watch, enable portability, and provide effective targeting across all types of video audiences and all forms and lengths of content. Veoh is very happy to have the support of the most respected and innovative minds in media and technology as we drive forward on all of those fronts.”
More at:www.veoh.com
Lumos Labs is a cognitive neuroscience research and development company that builds software tools for improving brain health and performance
What Company Is Offering:
Lumos Labs is a cognitive neuroscience research and development company that builds software tools for improving brain health and performance. Lumosity is the first general brain fitness program from Lumos Labs. We specialize in creating innovative applications of the latest developments in brain science in order to help people lead better lives. Since its formation in the spring of 2005, Lumos Labs has been consistently focused on researching and developing the most effective cognitive training applications.
How It Works:
The Lumosity program finds your current ability level in each area of cognition, then incrementally increases the difficulty as you improve. This way, it challenges you to continually improve your basic cognitive abilities.
Lumosity consists of a series of engaging online games and exercises. Each exercise is designed to improve a particular area of cognition. You can follow a guided 30 session complete brain fitness course, or you can take charge of your training and directly train the areas that need the most work. You'll receive detailed information and feedback on your training and improvement.
More at:http://www.lumosity.com/
Lumos Labs is a cognitive neuroscience research and development company that builds software tools for improving brain health and performance. Lumosity is the first general brain fitness program from Lumos Labs. We specialize in creating innovative applications of the latest developments in brain science in order to help people lead better lives. Since its formation in the spring of 2005, Lumos Labs has been consistently focused on researching and developing the most effective cognitive training applications.
How It Works:
The Lumosity program finds your current ability level in each area of cognition, then incrementally increases the difficulty as you improve. This way, it challenges you to continually improve your basic cognitive abilities.
Lumosity consists of a series of engaging online games and exercises. Each exercise is designed to improve a particular area of cognition. You can follow a guided 30 session complete brain fitness course, or you can take charge of your training and directly train the areas that need the most work. You'll receive detailed information and feedback on your training and improvement.
More at:http://www.lumosity.com/
WobZIP is a free online tool that allows you to uncompress your files online
What Company Is Offering:
WobZIP is a free online tool that allows you to uncompress your files online.Now you can unzip your files in school, at work or anywhere as long as you have access to the Internet. No longer will you be limited by the inability to install programs onto admin-protected computers.They scan your compressed files using an anti-virus scanner so any infected files will be removed before you download them onto your computer.
Their aim is to allow users to uncompress as many compressed file formats as possible. This means that you can compress your files using the compression format of your choice and send it to your friends. Tell them about WobZIP and uncompress on the fly.
How It Works:
Your files will first be uploaded to their server, where it is then uncompressed. Each file is encoded with a hash, so you can be assured that they will not open, view or distribute your files.
To uncompress files from your computer, go to the main page and select your file by clicking the "Browse" button then on "wobzip it!"
To uncompress files from a URL, go to this page and type in your URL. Click on "wobzip it!" to upload and uncompress.
A list of files will appear, and you can save your files by clicking on the filename. You can also save your files as a ZIP file by clicking on the "Download files as .zip" button.
More at:http://www.wobzip.org/
WobZIP is a free online tool that allows you to uncompress your files online.Now you can unzip your files in school, at work or anywhere as long as you have access to the Internet. No longer will you be limited by the inability to install programs onto admin-protected computers.They scan your compressed files using an anti-virus scanner so any infected files will be removed before you download them onto your computer.
Their aim is to allow users to uncompress as many compressed file formats as possible. This means that you can compress your files using the compression format of your choice and send it to your friends. Tell them about WobZIP and uncompress on the fly.
How It Works:
Your files will first be uploaded to their server, where it is then uncompressed. Each file is encoded with a hash, so you can be assured that they will not open, view or distribute your files.
To uncompress files from your computer, go to the main page and select your file by clicking the "Browse" button then on "wobzip it!"
To uncompress files from a URL, go to this page and type in your URL. Click on "wobzip it!" to upload and uncompress.
A list of files will appear, and you can save your files by clicking on the filename. You can also save your files as a ZIP file by clicking on the "Download files as .zip" button.
More at:http://www.wobzip.org/
Text2Mindmap.com are a brand new web application that converts
What Company Is Offering:
Text2Mindmap.com are a brand new web application that converts
text to mind maps.Text2Mindmap is a web application that creates a mind map out of a list of words. It takes a structured list of words or sentences, interprets it, and draws a mind map out of them.
More at:http://www.text2mindmap.com/
Text2Mindmap.com are a brand new web application that converts
text to mind maps.Text2Mindmap is a web application that creates a mind map out of a list of words. It takes a structured list of words or sentences, interprets it, and draws a mind map out of them.
More at:http://www.text2mindmap.com/
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