Wednesday, July 16, 2008

SendMe Mobile has signed another deal with yet another major music company, adding a great deal more content available for mobile media

What Company Is Offering:
SendMe is all about fun for your phone! As a leading provider of direct to consumer mobile entertainment, SendMe offers the broadest selection of mobile subscription services currently available online in the US. Whether it's interactive mobile trivia, the latest ringtones and wallpaper, mobile sweepstakes or one of the many other services we provide, SendMe is focused on delivering the best wireless content and experiences straight to your pocket.

Recent Updates:

SendMe Mobile has signed another deal with yet another major music company, adding a great deal more content available for mobile media use by its customers. Warner Music Group is the latest to forge a partnership with SendMe Mobile, making its content available for inclusion with SendMe’s mobile media platform. That means ringtones, video ringers and wallpaper images from Warner Music Group artists can be downloaded by SendMe Mobile subscription users. This is, of course, a wealth of content that SendMe Mobile can now present to users, while also providing an interesting distribution channel for Warner Music Group.

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

Community Next--- Monetize

Community Next is a conference series that brings people together to meet each other and learn about hot new things in the tech world. We must be doing something right as all of our past conferences have sold . We’re into keeping things real, bringing amazing speakers to you and generally kicking ass with what we do. Community Next is hosted by Entrepreneur27 and is coordinated by a guy who used to work at Facebook, Mint.com and now lives and breathes kickflip, inc.

More at:http://communitynext.com/

DateForTrees.com

What Company Is Offering:
DateForTrees.com is pretty much a dating site like many others; they don't aim at a particular niche and it's their goal to bring people together. Not very unique or special, right? Except for one important detail which separates us from every other dating site out there: they donate trees!

How It Works:

DateForTrees.com allows you to signup for a free membership which gives you access to the site. Once you feel our service might be useful to you, you've the possibility to upgrade your free membership to a paid membership. This'll give you access to all of the features our site has to offer to you.

From the moment you upgrade to a paid membership, they'll donate a tree to their partner American Forests for each month you're a paid member of their service. This means you'll indirectly improve the global environment through reforestation, while you're using their dating service at its full potential.

More at:http://datefortrees.com/

Zlango is a young company offering the world a new mode of communication and expression

What Company Is Offering:

Zlango is a young company offering the world a new mode of communication and expression, available across a multitude of environments and devices.

At the core of Zlango lies a comprehensive, universal iconic language, designed for mobile messaging, web-based exchanges, greeting cards, children's books, and lots more. On top of the language we have built a family of powerful products enabling users to make the most of our offering in the mobile, web and other arenas.

Zlango is a relentless happiness generator. It adds fun, and a juicy, lively aspect to everyday life. Any type of communication done via Zlango creates smiles, and puts people in a lighthearted mood. It works well, and it works always.

Zlango has developed an interface to 20 different natural languages. It has over 1,000,000 users on a monthly basis in 12 countries. They create millions of Zlango messages.

On top of the language and icons, Zlango has created a host of extremely powerful technological products, which enable the use of Zlango in different domains.

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

Mobissimo is the ultimate travel search engine

What Company Is Offering:
Mobissimo is a travel search engine, not a travel agency. They search dozens of travel suppliers simultaneously so that you can research your options quickly and conveniently. Their meta-search technology searches the Web sites that you would normally check by hand, plus many more you might not think of (in the United States and around the world). Their aim is to return the most comprehensive travel search results in less than a minute.

How It Works:


Mobissimo is the ultimate travel search engine with a simple mission: improve the way people seek and discover travel information. The Mobissimo search engine performs real-time queries of the multiple websites that travelers traditionally check manually (plus dozens of others that are often overlooked). In a very short time, Mobissimo returns the most comprehensive travel search results available on the Web today.

Mobissimo empowers customers to quickly find and book travel deals that suit their needs. With innovative industry leading technology, the most extensive coverage and selection of worldwide travel suppliers, and a proven business model that supports customers and suppliers alike, Mobissimo is uniquely positioned to deliver to its users a differentiated and superior travel buying experience.

Recent Updates:

The introduction of a new segment to its service called MobiFriends.The new networking capabilities allow travelers to connect with friends, colleagues, and family, along with the rest of the users on the site. You’ll also be able to do things like plan upcoming trips, and see what overlapping days you may have with others in your network, in the event that you’d like to meet up with them while you both happen to be in the same neck of the woods.

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

BeeMask is a free calling service that allows you to safely (and privately) talk to people you meet online

What Company Is Offering:
BeeMask is a free calling service that allows you to safely (and privately) talk to people you meet online. It's the perfect place to transition from chat (or any online conversation) to phone calls… the place to transfer Internet connections to the real world. Need a real phone call, without giving away your phone number. BeeMask is your answer, and it's free to use.

How It Works:
You and the person you want to speak with register for BeeMask accounts (which is free, quick and easy to do). Then, you agree on a Beeword (like ‘tryingitout'). You each type this Beeword in to the top of the BeeMask.com page (on the same time)… when the second Beeword is entered, a phone call is connected between your real-life phones. Your contact details are kept strictly confidential, and after you hang up, the other person won't be able to call you back (unless you both type in a new Beeword on the same time). To get started? Simply register for free. A Beeword is a keyword that you and the other person decide on to start your phone call. Use chat, IM, email or any online conversation to decide which word to use (it can be 6-14 letters or numbers), then type it in on top of the BeeMask.com page at the same time. You'll be connected through your real-life phones for free. The Beeword only works once (so the other person can't use it to call you back), but you can decide on a new one if you'd like to talk again.

If you're having trouble thinking of a good Beeword, try choosing one that fits with how you met. If it's online dating, try something like ‘findtruelove.' If you met on an online travel forum, use something like ‘parisfrance.' You get the idea. Have some fun with it!

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

Laru Corporation, a provider of Automated Clearing House risk and compliance management software applications for financial institutions

What Company Is Offering:
Laru Corporation is a provider of ACH risk and compliance software applications. Financial institutions, aggregators and corporations use the company’s products to identify, resolve and prevent ACH fraud and network violations. Laru’s flagship product, ACH ClarityTM, monitors and manages the risks of originating, receiving and processing ACH transactions, and provides an independent ACH audit platform in accordance with OCC Bulletin 2006-39.

How Much They Got From VCs:
Laru Corporation, a provider of Automated Clearing House (ACH) risk and compliance management software applications for financial institutions, today announced Velocity Venture Capital has increased their investment in the company as part of their Series A round of financing.

Velocity Venture Capital, a Sacramento-area based venture capital fund that invests in early stage technology companies, led the initial A round in May of this year. The additional investment was secured as a result of Laru’s meeting a number of second quarter financial targets, including revenue, cash flow and new customer goals.

Laru’s proprietary solutions offer a fully automated, Web-based platform upon which banks, credit unions and other major financial institutions can rapidly identify, resolve and prevent costly ACH fraud and network violations. The company’s products are used by both ACH originating and receiving operations within financial institutions.

More at:www.larucorp.com

Brightree , developer of the fastest growing business management solution

What Company Is Offering:

Brightree LLC is headquartered in Duluth, GA and delivers an integrated suite of online Internet-based business management software solutions to Home Medical Equipment providers, Durable Medical Equipment providers, Orthotics & Prosthetics practitioners, Sleep Labs, and Pharmacies.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Brightree LLC, developer of the fastest growing business management solution for the Home Medical Equipment (HME), Durable Medical Equipment (DME), Orthotics & Prosthetics (O&P) and Sleep Therapy markets, today announced that it has received a significant investment from Battery Ventures. Brightree intends to use the new capital to accelerate its growth, consolidate the markets it serves, and expand into new markets.

“Brightree has all of the elements we look for in our later stage investments: a profitable, fast growth business, a market-leading product with happy customers, and an experienced management team at the helm,” said Neeraj Agrawal, general partner at Battery. “The company is in an excellent position to continue to grow organically as well as to acquire complementary companies to extend their leadership position.”

More at:www.brightree.com

ON24, Inc. , the global leader in webcasting and virtual events solutions has secured over $8 million

What Company Is Offering:
ON24, Inc. is the global leader of webcasting and virtual events solutions for demand generation and corporate communications. ON24 provides the most reliable and trusted solutions that enable organizations to plan, produce and deliver cost-effective online events, including lead generation webinars, virtual shows, internal communications, continuing professional education and executive announcements.

How Much They Got From VCs:

ON24, Inc. , the global leader in webcasting and virtual events solutions, announced that it has secured over $8 million in equity and expansion capital financing. U.S. Venture Partners, Canaan Partners, and Rho Ventures led the equity round; while Gold Hill Capital led the expansion capital financing. This brings ON24's total capital raised to more than $46 million. The funds will be used to accelerate ON24's global expansion of the sales, marketing and client services organizations; and product development initiatives, including ON24 Virtual Show and the company's flagship webcasting platform.

ON24 continues to experience strong customer and sales momentum, with over 40% sales growth year over year. Enterprises, business-to-business publishers, government, and life science organizations worldwide overwhelmingly select ON24 for their demand generation and corporate communications needs. With the introduction of ON24 Virtual Show on June 30, 2008, ON24 is the only company to provide an integrated family of webcasting and virtual events solutions, which streamline how organizations plan, produce and deliver cost-effective online events.

More at:http://www.ON24.com

Sojern, an airline ad startup, raised $16 million

What Company Is Offering:

They deliver customized information to airline passengers - weather, events and promotions - all tied to their destination. This is helpful and convenient for travelers. It also creates a unique one-to-one marketing opportunity for advertisers.
Once you purchase travel through one of their airline partners, or one of their airline partner's distributors, Sojern's technology automatically adds customized content to your boarding pass or other travel communications.



How Much They Got From VCs:

Sojern, an airline ad startup, raised $16 million in its first round of funding from Norwest Venture and Trident Capital.

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

Social Gaming Network, a social game distribution platform

What Company Is Offering:
Social Gaming Network, a social game distribution platform.


How Much They Got From VCs:

Social Gaming Network, a social game distribution platform, received an undisclosed round of funding from Bezos Expeditions, the personal investment fund of Amazon.com Founder and CEO Jeff Bezos. SGN received $15 million from Greylock Partners in May.

More at:http://sgn.com/

Arisdyne Systems is alternative fuel and technology company, raised $5.3 million in Series A funding

What Company Is Offering:
Arisdyne Systems is an advanced materials and process systems integration company. They license continuous flow, high efficiency systems to manufacturers of fuels. Their integrated, labor efficient systems scale easily from their lab to your plant site. The Arisdyne Systems team brings over 50 years of technological expertise to the industry.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Arisdyne Systems, a Cleveland, Ohio, alternative fuel and technology company, raised $5.3 million in Series A funding. The investment serves as a restructuring deal that leaves the company independent from its parent, Five Star Technologies. Investors were not disclosed, but prior investors include CTTV Investments, Early Stage Partners, Industrial Technology Ventures, Morgenthaler Ventures and Reservoir Venture Partners. Company Web site.

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