Saturday, October 11, 2008

NutshellMail transforms your primary email account into a universal inbox

What Company Is Offering:
NutshellMail is a free, web-based service developed to help you better access, manage, and monitor all your email and social networking accounts through your most commonly used inbox. NutshellMail transforms your primary email account into a universal inbox so you can retrieve messages and manage all your accounts in one place. NutshellMail was also designed to enable employees, restricted from third-party messaging accounts, to securely access personal messages at work without violating their employer's IT policies.


How It Works:

NutshellMail is a service for both non-technical and web-savvy users. It is a tool with many applications and our subscribers use the service for many distinct purposes. Some use NutshellMail simply to save time and to keep track of their various accounts. Employees restricted from accessing external messaging accounts use NutshellMail to retrieve personal messages without violating corporate policies. And parents use NutshellMail to keep track of their young children’s email and social networking activities.

More at:http://nutshellmail.com/

Equity Administration Solutions sells industrial-strength stock plan has closed $3.5 million

What Company Is Offering:
Equity Administration Solutions, Inc. sells industrial-strength stock plan expensing software designed to handle the accounting, tax and administration needs of companies that grant equity awards.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Equity Administration Solutions, Inc. (EASi), announced that it has closed $3.5 million in Series C equity financing to support rapid company growth and product enhancements that position the company's flagship stock option accounting software for continued success.

"Sales have doubled since last year," reported Vito Palmieri, CEO of EASi, "with more customers switching to EASi from their legacy systems and spreadsheet solutions." Palmieri explained that with such robust sales the company is now cash flow positive and has become the leading independent software company in the industry. "We continue to design our product to meet the needs of customers today and anticipate the support they will need to accommodate changing regulations and equity compensation trends."

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Fitbit Inc is making America healthier through motivation and awareness has raised $2 million

What Company Is Offering:
Fitbit is devoted to helping people of any fitness level achieve health and wellness. Fitbit provides a complete wellness solution focused on behavior change via awareness and motivation.

How Much They Got From VCs:

Fitbit Inc., a new company devoted to making America healthier through motivation and awareness, announced that it has raised $2 million in financing. True Ventures led the funding round with additional investment by Jeff Clavier’s SoftTech VC and a group of angel investors. As part of the funding round, Jon Callaghan from True Ventures joined Fitbit’s board of directors.

Fitbit will use the infusion of capital to move forward with the consumer launch of its Fitbit Tracker health and wellness monitoring device and Fitbit.com Website. Both are set for release in early 2009. This finance round will also accelerate the development of new products and service offerings.

More at:www.fitbit.com

Where! One of the world's most trusted travel brands

What Company Is Offering:
Where! One of the world's most trusted travel brands, Where has been publishing guidebooks, magazines and maps for more than 70 years. Our expertise is local and our reach is global: our editors live in the places they write about and our publications cover more than 100 destinations worldwide. Wherever you're traveling to, Where is there.


More at:http://wheretraveler.com/

AddsYou.com is a social publishing network that pays authors for their written works

What Company Is Offering:

AddsYou.com is a social publishing network that pays authors for their written works. This compilation of novels, blog posts, how-tos, news articles, short stories, poems, screenplays, etc. is positioned to become the world’s largest database of knowledge.


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