What Company Is Offering:
Retrevo is the first matchmaking service for people and electronics that makes finding, buying and using electronics products simple and fun. Retrevo’s AI based service aggregates, classifies and summarizes relevant information on electronics products from both industry and social media sources including publishers, manufacturers, retailers, social networks, blogs, user reviews and even from inside Adobe PDF manuals. Consumers are presented with objective advice and answers in visually simple and actionable forms that give them the confidence and control throughout their entire electronics products relationship lifecycle.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Retrevo, Inc., the matchmaking service between consumers and electronics that simplifies people’s relationship lifecycle with electronic products, today announced it has secured $8 million in a second round of institutional funding. This round was led by Alloy Ventures and Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and will be used for product development, partnership expansion and consumer marketing.
"The consumer electronics purchase process can be daunting to the average consumer not because of an absence of information and recommendations, but rather the overwhelming, unorganized, and often contradictory advice that exists in retail channels, on the Internet and via word-of-mouth," said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst with Parks Associates, an internationally recognized consumer technology research firm. "Retrevo's role in organizing and summarizing the key research, opinions and comparisons of consumer electronics products will grow in importance as consumers seek the best available information in making a purchasing decision."
About VCs:
1.
Alloy Ventures invests primarily in seed and early stage companies in information technology and the life sciences. The firm's total committed capital under management exceeds $1 billion, including $368 million committed to Alloy Ventures in 2005. The firm's partners have been founders and CEOs of successful start-ups, officers of large companies, and have decades of venture capital experience. The firm offers entrepreneurs the experience, connections and capital necessary to build lasting, market-leading companies.
2.
Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) is a global venture capital firm that has actively partnered with entrepreneurs to build great businesses for more than 45 years. NVP focuses on investments in information technology including: software, services, enterprise and communications systems, semiconductor/components and Internet, media and consumer. The firm currently manages more than $2.5 billion in venture capital out of its office in Palo Alto, California. For more information, please visit www.nvp.com.
More at:www.retrevo.com
Friday, March 21, 2008
Small World Labs, a leading provider of enterprise social media solutions and online community building expertise has received more than $1 million
What Company Is Offering:
Small World Labs is a proven enterprise social media solution provider, best known for its unique combination of technology and community building expertise that helps customers better understand, engage and serve their key constituents. Small World Labs takes a hands-on approach to community building, providing a robust social-networking architecture and best practices gained through years of experience, so that customers are best positioned to create a successful and vibrant community.
How Much They Got From VCs :
Small World Labs, a leading provider of enterprise social media solutions and online community building expertise, announced it has received more than $1 million toward a Series A funding round which it will closeout in the next 60 days. The funding will be used to further enhance Small World Labs' leadership in community management as well as augment its technology platform.
"By combining proven technology with community management expertise, Small World Labs provides a unique value to enterprises looking to implement an effective social media solution," said Jordan Rohan of Clearmeadow Partners, one of the participating investors in the Series A round. Previous to founding Clearmeadow Partners, Rohan served as Managing Director and Internet Analyst for RBC Capital Markets.
Small World Labs is a proven enterprise social media solution provider, best known for its unique combination of technology and community building expertise that helps customers better understand, engage and serve their key constituents. Small World Labs takes a hands-on approach to community building, providing a robust social-networking architecture and best practices gained through years of experience, so that customers are best positioned to create a successful and vibrant community.
How Much They Got From VCs :
Small World Labs, a leading provider of enterprise social media solutions and online community building expertise, announced it has received more than $1 million toward a Series A funding round which it will closeout in the next 60 days. The funding will be used to further enhance Small World Labs' leadership in community management as well as augment its technology platform.
"By combining proven technology with community management expertise, Small World Labs provides a unique value to enterprises looking to implement an effective social media solution," said Jordan Rohan of Clearmeadow Partners, one of the participating investors in the Series A round. Previous to founding Clearmeadow Partners, Rohan served as Managing Director and Internet Analyst for RBC Capital Markets.
mEgo was created with the mission to make managing and sharing your online selves a more coherent, fun and useful experience
What Company Says:
mEgo was created with the mission to make managing and sharing your online selves a more coherent, fun and useful experience.
We're very excited to bring this product to life, and your early participation and feedback will make a huge impact on the product as it develops.
mEgo is being developed for you so tell us what you want to see on it.
How It Works:
When you are creating your mEgo, you use the Looks editor to design the appearance of your mEgo. You can change your look as often as you want. You can also upload your own pictures, edit them with their Crop & Style photo editing tool and modify other background settings.
You then use the Feed and Content editors to further customize your mEgo with your own personal data.
For each pod, mEgo gives you the opportunity to add your own content-including text and personal links, as well as automatically updating feeds for photos, videos, play lists, wish lists and other services-all of the details you'd put on any social networking site, and more!
mEgo is being developed so that you will have extensive control over what you share and what you hide on various profiles. For now, you can set the privacy level for each content area by choosing whether to show or hide it.
More at:http://beta.mego.com/
mEgo was created with the mission to make managing and sharing your online selves a more coherent, fun and useful experience.
We're very excited to bring this product to life, and your early participation and feedback will make a huge impact on the product as it develops.
mEgo is being developed for you so tell us what you want to see on it.
How It Works:
When you are creating your mEgo, you use the Looks editor to design the appearance of your mEgo. You can change your look as often as you want. You can also upload your own pictures, edit them with their Crop & Style photo editing tool and modify other background settings.
You then use the Feed and Content editors to further customize your mEgo with your own personal data.
For each pod, mEgo gives you the opportunity to add your own content-including text and personal links, as well as automatically updating feeds for photos, videos, play lists, wish lists and other services-all of the details you'd put on any social networking site, and more!
mEgo is being developed so that you will have extensive control over what you share and what you hide on various profiles. For now, you can set the privacy level for each content area by choosing whether to show or hide it.
More at:http://beta.mego.com/
filmforay is a community of film makers and enthusiasts working together on an entirely new form of film production
What Company Is Offering:
filmforay is a community of film makers and enthusiasts working together on an entirely new form of film production. Collaboration is the key and they need an initial idea to start things off.filmforay is about collaboratively creating a Hollywood film from the ground up.
How It Works:
Stage 1 is all about dreaming up the big idea An-interview-with-Donny-Deutsch . Ever thought you had the next Star Wars rolling around in the back of your head? Maybe you're more into thrillers and you dreamed up a plot so creative and complex there's no way the studios would ever touch it. Or perhaps you have a great idea for a parody on recent events. filmforay is the place to share it. Who knows, it might just be you walking down the red carpet Academy-Awards on opening night.
More at:http://filmforay.com/
filmforay is a community of film makers and enthusiasts working together on an entirely new form of film production. Collaboration is the key and they need an initial idea to start things off.filmforay is about collaboratively creating a Hollywood film from the ground up.
How It Works:
Stage 1 is all about dreaming up the big idea An-interview-with-Donny-Deutsch . Ever thought you had the next Star Wars rolling around in the back of your head? Maybe you're more into thrillers and you dreamed up a plot so creative and complex there's no way the studios would ever touch it. Or perhaps you have a great idea for a parody on recent events. filmforay is the place to share it. Who knows, it might just be you walking down the red carpet Academy-Awards on opening night.
More at:http://filmforay.com/
LearnHub is a network of communities, each one built around a specific subject
What Company Is Offering:
LearnHub is a network of communities, each one built around a specific subject (ex. Algebra, History, Software Development). Search to find a community that fits your interest. You will find many communities offer a wealth of freely available information, created by expert teachers, and other students. The line between teacher and student is blurred, because a student in one subject, can be a teacher in another.
How It Works:
LearnHub is free to use. Sign up and build your profile, create lessons and tests, start a community, build and sell courses, even sell your tutoring time all for free. In time, we will introduce a small transaction fee for courses and tutoring sold through our marketplace. All early adopters (users who sign up before May 1) will not be charged any transaction fees in 2008.
Communities are a mixture of lessons (pages, videos, presentations, concept games), tests, discussions, debates and fun activities. You will also find a marketplace, where you can find courses and tutor offerings from expert teachers.
LearnHub not only helps you learn, but it helps you connect with other students and teachers. A comprehensive reputation system, authority, helps you find reputable teachers, who you can trust.
Cost
LearnHub is free to use. However, teachers may charge a fee for certain courses and for tutoring.
Unique Features:
LearnHub gives you the tools you need to effectively teach online.
* A comprehensive online presence create a profile, earn your authority, build your network.
* Powerful content authoring tools upload videos, author pages using a simple editor, upload your powerpoint presentations.
* Easy Testing create a test and track users' progress.
* Course creation combine lessons, tests, and activities into a restricted access course, complete with e-commerce integration.
* Live tutoring live video, voice, whiteboard and document sharing.
* Fun activities to make learning fun and engaging; challenging concept attainment, competitive debates and addictive trivia keep students coming back for more.
More at:http://learnhub.com/
LearnHub is a network of communities, each one built around a specific subject (ex. Algebra, History, Software Development). Search to find a community that fits your interest. You will find many communities offer a wealth of freely available information, created by expert teachers, and other students. The line between teacher and student is blurred, because a student in one subject, can be a teacher in another.
How It Works:
LearnHub is free to use. Sign up and build your profile, create lessons and tests, start a community, build and sell courses, even sell your tutoring time all for free. In time, we will introduce a small transaction fee for courses and tutoring sold through our marketplace. All early adopters (users who sign up before May 1) will not be charged any transaction fees in 2008.
Communities are a mixture of lessons (pages, videos, presentations, concept games), tests, discussions, debates and fun activities. You will also find a marketplace, where you can find courses and tutor offerings from expert teachers.
LearnHub not only helps you learn, but it helps you connect with other students and teachers. A comprehensive reputation system, authority, helps you find reputable teachers, who you can trust.
Cost
LearnHub is free to use. However, teachers may charge a fee for certain courses and for tutoring.
Unique Features:
LearnHub gives you the tools you need to effectively teach online.
* A comprehensive online presence create a profile, earn your authority, build your network.
* Powerful content authoring tools upload videos, author pages using a simple editor, upload your powerpoint presentations.
* Easy Testing create a test and track users' progress.
* Course creation combine lessons, tests, and activities into a restricted access course, complete with e-commerce integration.
* Live tutoring live video, voice, whiteboard and document sharing.
* Fun activities to make learning fun and engaging; challenging concept attainment, competitive debates and addictive trivia keep students coming back for more.
More at:http://learnhub.com/
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Mefeedia ---Online Video Search Tool
What Company Is Offering:
Mefeedia is your starting point to the Video Web - search, browse, and watch great videos and shows from over 15,000 sources across the Web. Mefeedia's mission is to make it easy to find and watch video that interests you. - no matter where that video is hosted or what platform or player you choose to watch it on.
Unique Features:
Discover
Search video across 15,000 video sources.
Browse Channels based on topics, events, and locations.
See what your personal network of friends (meeps) are watching and enjoying.
Collect
Join or create Channels for your favorite topic, event, location, and more!
Start a Video Playlist, then invite your friends to add their favorites too.
Automatically stay up-to-date on your favorite TV Shows and Web-only Series.
Watch
Enjoy the latest videos and video shows from thousands of sites across the Web.
Watch your favorite TV Shows and Web-only Series.
Put your personal video feed into iTunes or your iPod or any device you want.
Watch video on your TV through the Nintendo Wii, PS3, TiVo, or other set top box.
Share
Join or create Channels for your favorite topic, event, location, and more!
Start a Video Playlist, then invite your friends to add their favorites too.
Embed your Video Queue on any web page.
Recommend videos and shows to your friends.
More at:http://www.mefeedia.com/
Mefeedia is your starting point to the Video Web - search, browse, and watch great videos and shows from over 15,000 sources across the Web. Mefeedia's mission is to make it easy to find and watch video that interests you. - no matter where that video is hosted or what platform or player you choose to watch it on.
Unique Features:
Discover
Search video across 15,000 video sources.
Browse Channels based on topics, events, and locations.
See what your personal network of friends (meeps) are watching and enjoying.
Collect
Join or create Channels for your favorite topic, event, location, and more!
Start a Video Playlist, then invite your friends to add their favorites too.
Automatically stay up-to-date on your favorite TV Shows and Web-only Series.
Watch
Enjoy the latest videos and video shows from thousands of sites across the Web.
Watch your favorite TV Shows and Web-only Series.
Put your personal video feed into iTunes or your iPod or any device you want.
Watch video on your TV through the Nintendo Wii, PS3, TiVo, or other set top box.
Share
Join or create Channels for your favorite topic, event, location, and more!
Start a Video Playlist, then invite your friends to add their favorites too.
Embed your Video Queue on any web page.
Recommend videos and shows to your friends.
More at:http://www.mefeedia.com/
SpinVox captures spoken messages and cleverly converts them into text has raised $100 million
What Company Is Offering:
SpinVox captures spoken messages and cleverly converts them into text. It then delivers your message to a destination of your choice – inbox, blog, wall or space. Right in the moment. Giving you the power to Speak Freely.
Simply put, they do one thing – turn voice into text. But it's one thing that can be applied to the many ways you communicate, from your Voicemail to your Blog. Use the finder below to find the right one for you.
How It Works:
It captures spoken words and feeds them into a Voice Message Conversion System, known as ‘D2’ (the Brain), and spits them out as text content.
So D2’s pretty smart. It is a combination of artificial intelligence, voice recognition and natural linguistics. But it also learns from us humans. It learns all the time about how we speak, and what we say, from the mundane to the ridiculous.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has raised $100 million from Goldman Sachs, along with GLG Partners, Blue Mountain Capital Management and Toscafund Asset Management. It brings the company’s total amount raised to $200 million. Christina Domecq told Reuters that the round valued the company in excess of $500 million.
More at:http://www.spinvox.com/
SpinVox captures spoken messages and cleverly converts them into text. It then delivers your message to a destination of your choice – inbox, blog, wall or space. Right in the moment. Giving you the power to Speak Freely.
Simply put, they do one thing – turn voice into text. But it's one thing that can be applied to the many ways you communicate, from your Voicemail to your Blog. Use the finder below to find the right one for you.
How It Works:
It captures spoken words and feeds them into a Voice Message Conversion System, known as ‘D2’ (the Brain), and spits them out as text content.
So D2’s pretty smart. It is a combination of artificial intelligence, voice recognition and natural linguistics. But it also learns from us humans. It learns all the time about how we speak, and what we say, from the mundane to the ridiculous.
How Much They Got From VCs:
It has raised $100 million from Goldman Sachs, along with GLG Partners, Blue Mountain Capital Management and Toscafund Asset Management. It brings the company’s total amount raised to $200 million. Christina Domecq told Reuters that the round valued the company in excess of $500 million.
More at:http://www.spinvox.com/
truequi.com--- Promote object exchange at a global level
What Company Is Offering:
It is an object exchange platform; they don't just barter, they bring the exchanged objects to life and they make socialising real.
The platform is well known for being: simple, safe and free of charge.
How It Works:
Promote object exchange at a global level, try to make the platform friendly and accessible, as well as safe and fast.Establish relationships through objects, collections or hobbies. Proliferating groups of people with the same tastes and interests. It is very simple and it can be summarised in 5 steps.
Sign up now to have your own website and resources.
Add your objects (the ones you have and the ones you would like to exchange).
Look for something you want to have and bid for it.
Create your own network of friends with same tastes and collections as you.
And the most important thing... have fun with everything.
More at:https://truequi.com/
It is an object exchange platform; they don't just barter, they bring the exchanged objects to life and they make socialising real.
The platform is well known for being: simple, safe and free of charge.
How It Works:
Promote object exchange at a global level, try to make the platform friendly and accessible, as well as safe and fast.Establish relationships through objects, collections or hobbies. Proliferating groups of people with the same tastes and interests. It is very simple and it can be summarised in 5 steps.
Sign up now to have your own website and resources.
Add your objects (the ones you have and the ones you would like to exchange).
Look for something you want to have and bid for it.
Create your own network of friends with same tastes and collections as you.
And the most important thing... have fun with everything.
More at:https://truequi.com/
AllSmackTalk is the premier online social utility for sports fans on the web
What Company is Offering:
AllSmackTalk is the premier online social utility for sports fans on the web allowing you to discuss your favorite teams and sports, upload videos and photos, win awards and prizes and make rivals.
How It Works:
Adding other users as rivals allows you to track their posts and smack backs through the rival section of the site. When you add a user as a rival he will receive an email notifying him that someone has added him as a rival, but no name will be given. When rivalries are mutual, both parties will have the rival listed in their rival list.
The Season Ticket page is the portion of AllSmackTalk.com that is completely customizable to the user. From the preferences section you can determine exactly what tags and teams you would like to read most about, as well as add RSS feeds to the page to build a fully custom experience with all the news and posts on your favorite sports and teams.
AllSmackTalk uses the information provide for statistical purposes only.
To view other team boards please use the main menu at the left of every page and select Teams > Conference > and then the exact team board you wish to visit. You can also click View All Posts to view every post across all team boards.
More at:http://www.allsmacktalk.com/
AllSmackTalk is the premier online social utility for sports fans on the web allowing you to discuss your favorite teams and sports, upload videos and photos, win awards and prizes and make rivals.
How It Works:
Adding other users as rivals allows you to track their posts and smack backs through the rival section of the site. When you add a user as a rival he will receive an email notifying him that someone has added him as a rival, but no name will be given. When rivalries are mutual, both parties will have the rival listed in their rival list.
The Season Ticket page is the portion of AllSmackTalk.com that is completely customizable to the user. From the preferences section you can determine exactly what tags and teams you would like to read most about, as well as add RSS feeds to the page to build a fully custom experience with all the news and posts on your favorite sports and teams.
AllSmackTalk uses the information provide for statistical purposes only.
To view other team boards please use the main menu at the left of every page and select Teams > Conference > and then the exact team board you wish to visit. You can also click View All Posts to view every post across all team boards.
More at:http://www.allsmacktalk.com/
Interest-rates.org.uk offers simple, comprehensive and up-to-date information on interest rates for savers
What Company Is Offering:
Interest-rates.org.uk offers simple, comprehensive and up-to-date information on interest rates for savers, updating daily over 3,500 current international & British Bank & Building Society deposit account interest rates.
Choose UK, or offshore, savings account rates using the red buttons and follow the simple instructions for your instant, personalised list of relevant savings account interest rates.
How It Works:
Simply enter how much you want to save and for how long you can invest your cash. Then click the button below for your customised list of relevant offshore accounts. Of course high rate savings accounts appear higher in the list. See specimen reports for US Dollars, Euros, and Pounds Sterling. We even include a selection of interest rates for money market accounts - money market rates typically change from day to day.
Choose UK bank and building society accounts for interest rates on savings accounts from major UK banks and building societies, or just those with the highest credit ratings. The range of UK building societies is much greater than offshore. With a few exceptions you need to be UK resident to open a savings account in the UK. Unlike offshore savings accounts, UK banks and building societies routinely deduct full UK tax at source.
Choose Offshore savings accounts if you are an expat, senior, retired pensioner or just prefer your savings interest paid without full deduction of tax. Such savings accounts are typically offered in tax havens like the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands; in some EU countries such as Belgium, Eire (Ireland), Gibraltar, Lithuania, Luxembourg etc; and more recently in countries such as India, Russia, Singapore and even the Cook Islands. Although EU residents should be able to open bank accounts in any EU State, most UK expats, at least, must use offshore savings accounts since many UK banks or building societies will not open savings accounts for expats as new customers. EU residents may well be affected by the European Savings Tax Directive.
More at:http://www.interest-rates.org.uk/
Interest-rates.org.uk offers simple, comprehensive and up-to-date information on interest rates for savers, updating daily over 3,500 current international & British Bank & Building Society deposit account interest rates.
Choose UK, or offshore, savings account rates using the red buttons and follow the simple instructions for your instant, personalised list of relevant savings account interest rates.
How It Works:
Simply enter how much you want to save and for how long you can invest your cash. Then click the button below for your customised list of relevant offshore accounts. Of course high rate savings accounts appear higher in the list. See specimen reports for US Dollars, Euros, and Pounds Sterling. We even include a selection of interest rates for money market accounts - money market rates typically change from day to day.
Choose UK bank and building society accounts for interest rates on savings accounts from major UK banks and building societies, or just those with the highest credit ratings. The range of UK building societies is much greater than offshore. With a few exceptions you need to be UK resident to open a savings account in the UK. Unlike offshore savings accounts, UK banks and building societies routinely deduct full UK tax at source.
Choose Offshore savings accounts if you are an expat, senior, retired pensioner or just prefer your savings interest paid without full deduction of tax. Such savings accounts are typically offered in tax havens like the Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands; in some EU countries such as Belgium, Eire (Ireland), Gibraltar, Lithuania, Luxembourg etc; and more recently in countries such as India, Russia, Singapore and even the Cook Islands. Although EU residents should be able to open bank accounts in any EU State, most UK expats, at least, must use offshore savings accounts since many UK banks or building societies will not open savings accounts for expats as new customers. EU residents may well be affected by the European Savings Tax Directive.
More at:http://www.interest-rates.org.uk/
23 Million Dollar Idea
New York City has always been a magnet for oversize ambitions and big dreams. When Laurel Touby showed up here, in 1985, her fantasy was to become a successful writer. She imagined spending her days in a big loft, hobnobbing with artists and the urban literati. In reality, breaking into journalism was a difficult and lonely affair. So Touby started throwing parties to cheer herself up and meet other writers. Good move, because she wound up building her parties into mediabistro.com, a hot job-posting and community site favored by journalists and media executives. So hot that last year, Touby sold her company to Jupitermedia, a digital content and research company, for $23 million.
I was born in Hawaii, and I grew up in Miami. I went to Smith College dreaming of becoming a writer. My father was the writer in my life, and I had put him on a pedestal. But I was forced to study economics by my grandfather. He was paying the tuition, and he wanted me to have a vocation.
I was the quintessential media outsider. If you look at the places the media elite all went to school, there is a commonality. They went to Harvard. They went to Brown. They went to Yale and Princeton. They got internships. I came to New York an unknown and unknowing.
Eventually, I got a job at Working Woman magazine. It wasn’t The New Yorker, but I was thrilled to write a caption under a photo or a little sidebar. And here’s the great part: I was learning about what made women’s businesses work.
At the same time, I was building a database of people. I looked at my career as a thing to nurture. You always want to send holiday cards. I went so far as to send Valentine’s Day cards. I was actively climbing. I call it making the best use of my resources.
Via-Virtual Entrepreneur
I was born in Hawaii, and I grew up in Miami. I went to Smith College dreaming of becoming a writer. My father was the writer in my life, and I had put him on a pedestal. But I was forced to study economics by my grandfather. He was paying the tuition, and he wanted me to have a vocation.
I was the quintessential media outsider. If you look at the places the media elite all went to school, there is a commonality. They went to Harvard. They went to Brown. They went to Yale and Princeton. They got internships. I came to New York an unknown and unknowing.
Eventually, I got a job at Working Woman magazine. It wasn’t The New Yorker, but I was thrilled to write a caption under a photo or a little sidebar. And here’s the great part: I was learning about what made women’s businesses work.
At the same time, I was building a database of people. I looked at my career as a thing to nurture. You always want to send holiday cards. I went so far as to send Valentine’s Day cards. I was actively climbing. I call it making the best use of my resources.
Via-Virtual Entrepreneur
Free Spider Viewer SEO Tool
Whether the subject is life or online campaigns, adopting a different perspective on things can prove valuable. In terms of online campaigns, adopting a search engine spider’s perspective can be especially fruitful.
Just enter a URL, and the Spider Viewer will list details relating to the page’s title, description, keywords, size, text, links, and HTML. Use this information to mold your campaign and you should see a very real improvement in your search engine rankings.
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Just enter a URL, and the Spider Viewer will list details relating to the page’s title, description, keywords, size, text, links, and HTML. Use this information to mold your campaign and you should see a very real improvement in your search engine rankings.
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Viddyou is the best place for sharing your personal videos
What Company Is Offering:
Viddyou is more than a video storage site – it's a custom built video tool that allows anyone to quickly and easily archive and express their life in short-form videos. Featuring intuitive organizational tools, Viddyou enables you to quickly record, organize, share and protect these video chronicles.
How It Works:
Viddyou is the best place for sharing your personal videos.
After logging in, press the "Home" button. From this screen, you should enter in a title as well as a brief description for the video you are about to upload. Then you can select where you'd like the video to upload to. If you intend to upload the video to a community, you can select one of your joined communities from the "Post Vidd To" menu, though for most cases you can probably just leave this at its default. You can also select your privacy group for the video. Public (anyone can see), Private (only you can see), Friends-Only (all of the people you've marked as friends on Viddyou can see), or you can use one of your custom privacy groups here to have full control over exactly who can, and can't see your video. Then select a file (you may want to read "What file formats do you accept?"), and press upload. You'll see an upload progress bar indicating how long it will take your video to reach our servers. After your upload is complete you are free to continue browsing. You will receive an email once your video is ready to be viewed.
More at:http://www.viddyou.com/
Viddyou is more than a video storage site – it's a custom built video tool that allows anyone to quickly and easily archive and express their life in short-form videos. Featuring intuitive organizational tools, Viddyou enables you to quickly record, organize, share and protect these video chronicles.
How It Works:
Viddyou is the best place for sharing your personal videos.
After logging in, press the "Home" button. From this screen, you should enter in a title as well as a brief description for the video you are about to upload. Then you can select where you'd like the video to upload to. If you intend to upload the video to a community, you can select one of your joined communities from the "Post Vidd To" menu, though for most cases you can probably just leave this at its default. You can also select your privacy group for the video. Public (anyone can see), Private (only you can see), Friends-Only (all of the people you've marked as friends on Viddyou can see), or you can use one of your custom privacy groups here to have full control over exactly who can, and can't see your video. Then select a file (you may want to read "What file formats do you accept?"), and press upload. You'll see an upload progress bar indicating how long it will take your video to reach our servers. After your upload is complete you are free to continue browsing. You will receive an email once your video is ready to be viewed.
More at:http://www.viddyou.com/
myminilife.com--virtual world + social networking
What Company Is Offering:
It is a virtual world + social networking. Imagine it's your friend's birthday and you place virtual balloons in his or her MiniHome. You can customize your MiniMe to be any person you desire. Add purses, shirts, skirts, and any other thing you want. Then best of all you can put either your MiniHome or your MiniMe into any other webpage.
How It Works:
To see a list of your MiniHomes please click MiniHomes on the left side. To see the specific MiniHome, please click on the individual MiniHome to see it. You have to have flash player installed. Please go to adobe's website to install flash.
To see your MiniMe, which is your virtual you, please click on MiniMe the left side. You should see a MiniMe client walking around. You can add clothing, hats, dresses, and pants to this MiniMe and rotate the MiniMe.MyMiniLife is governed by a virtual economy system. It's based on how active you are on MyMiniLife.
Every feature and function you currently see on the site is FREE. MyMiniLife is supported by advertising. In the future, MyMiniLife might add paid premium services, but all the features and functions you enjoy right now will always remain FREE!
More at:http://www.myminilife.com/
It is a virtual world + social networking. Imagine it's your friend's birthday and you place virtual balloons in his or her MiniHome. You can customize your MiniMe to be any person you desire. Add purses, shirts, skirts, and any other thing you want. Then best of all you can put either your MiniHome or your MiniMe into any other webpage.
How It Works:
To see a list of your MiniHomes please click MiniHomes on the left side. To see the specific MiniHome, please click on the individual MiniHome to see it. You have to have flash player installed. Please go to adobe's website to install flash.
To see your MiniMe, which is your virtual you, please click on MiniMe the left side. You should see a MiniMe client walking around. You can add clothing, hats, dresses, and pants to this MiniMe and rotate the MiniMe.MyMiniLife is governed by a virtual economy system. It's based on how active you are on MyMiniLife.
Every feature and function you currently see on the site is FREE. MyMiniLife is supported by advertising. In the future, MyMiniLife might add paid premium services, but all the features and functions you enjoy right now will always remain FREE!
More at:http://www.myminilife.com/
Dipiti’s goal is to help online users gain answers and support through available and hard to find online resources
What Company Says:
71% of online consumers use search engines to find health-related information, but only 16% find the information they need.
Dipiti means the gift of finding the valuable and helpful information that is not exactly easy to find or discover on the web today. Dipiti is derived from the word serendipity, which refers to the unexpected discovery of valuable things you weren't looking for.
Dipiti solves the problem by providing online users an immediate and trusted connection to answers and support across the web by aggregating valuable message board and service provider content relating to urgent life matters including health, legal, money and pet care.
How It Works:
Dipiti’s goal is to help online users gain answers and support through available and hard to find online resources.
Dipiti currently connects online users to 2,664 communities and 40,843,793 conversations. Dipiti does this by discovering, qualifying, and organizing thousands sites of all sizes across the web so online users can quickly and easily find the most relevant information, connect with others on communities and expert sites, and gain answers and support.
Message board and professional provider sites are an excellent source of helpful, unbiased information and professional connections – one can gain companionship, encouraging discussion, knowledge, and advice. Additionally, communities also allow one to access information and quickly disseminate ideas, providing social and emotional support.
More at:http://www.dipiti.com/
71% of online consumers use search engines to find health-related information, but only 16% find the information they need.
Dipiti means the gift of finding the valuable and helpful information that is not exactly easy to find or discover on the web today. Dipiti is derived from the word serendipity, which refers to the unexpected discovery of valuable things you weren't looking for.
Dipiti solves the problem by providing online users an immediate and trusted connection to answers and support across the web by aggregating valuable message board and service provider content relating to urgent life matters including health, legal, money and pet care.
How It Works:
Dipiti’s goal is to help online users gain answers and support through available and hard to find online resources.
Dipiti currently connects online users to 2,664 communities and 40,843,793 conversations. Dipiti does this by discovering, qualifying, and organizing thousands sites of all sizes across the web so online users can quickly and easily find the most relevant information, connect with others on communities and expert sites, and gain answers and support.
Message board and professional provider sites are an excellent source of helpful, unbiased information and professional connections – one can gain companionship, encouraging discussion, knowledge, and advice. Additionally, communities also allow one to access information and quickly disseminate ideas, providing social and emotional support.
More at:http://www.dipiti.com/
Retention Education, Inc that creates language acquisition solutions for adult learners of English as a Second Language got funding
What Company is Offering:
Retention Education, Inc. is an education company committed to the development and distribution of educational solutions, specifically the Sed de Saber product line, that help Hispanic adults improve their work skills and their daily lives. Sed de Saber is currently teaching conversational English to roughly 55,000 Hispanic workers in the foodservice, hospitality, and construction industries, as well as 10,000 Hispanic parents of English language-learning children via our nation's school systems. According to the U.S. Census data, there are currently between 10 and 15 million limited English-proficient Hispanic adults living in the United States.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Retention Education, Inc., a privately held educational company that creates language acquisition solutions for adult learners of English as a Second Language and Spanish as a Second Language, announced the completion of its Series B funding round from MK Capital, Ascend Venture Group, Ironwood Equity Fund and OCA Ventures.
"We are excited about the opportunity to support Retention Education in its quest to offer effective, innovative and engaging solutions to assist the Hispanic workforce, parents and adult students in language acquisition," said Karen Buckner, Partner and Chief Operating Officer of MK Capital.
About VCs:
MK Capital is a venture capital fund with headquarters in Chicago and an office in Los Angeles. MK Capital invests in emerging companies in education technology, software, digital media and outsourced services. Each of the Fund's principals has substantial operating experience and a proven track record of helping small business grow successfully. For more information, visit http://www.mkcapital.com .
More at:http://www.seddesaber.com
Retention Education, Inc. is an education company committed to the development and distribution of educational solutions, specifically the Sed de Saber product line, that help Hispanic adults improve their work skills and their daily lives. Sed de Saber is currently teaching conversational English to roughly 55,000 Hispanic workers in the foodservice, hospitality, and construction industries, as well as 10,000 Hispanic parents of English language-learning children via our nation's school systems. According to the U.S. Census data, there are currently between 10 and 15 million limited English-proficient Hispanic adults living in the United States.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Retention Education, Inc., a privately held educational company that creates language acquisition solutions for adult learners of English as a Second Language and Spanish as a Second Language, announced the completion of its Series B funding round from MK Capital, Ascend Venture Group, Ironwood Equity Fund and OCA Ventures.
"We are excited about the opportunity to support Retention Education in its quest to offer effective, innovative and engaging solutions to assist the Hispanic workforce, parents and adult students in language acquisition," said Karen Buckner, Partner and Chief Operating Officer of MK Capital.
About VCs:
MK Capital is a venture capital fund with headquarters in Chicago and an office in Los Angeles. MK Capital invests in emerging companies in education technology, software, digital media and outsourced services. Each of the Fund's principals has substantial operating experience and a proven track record of helping small business grow successfully. For more information, visit http://www.mkcapital.com .
More at:http://www.seddesaber.com
FixYa ,the Web’s most popular place to get free advice for troubleshooting problems received $6 million
What Company is Offering:
FixYa is the Web’s most popular place for free product support and advice. Millions of users rely on FixYa’s community of product experts for quick answers to any question about any product, from gadgets to gardening tools.
How Much they Got From VCs:
FixYa ,the Web’s most popular place to get free advice for troubleshooting problems with gadgets, home appliances and consumer products, announced that it received $6 million in Series B funding by Mayfield Fund and Pitango Venture Capital. The funding was led by Mayfield Fund. Both funds participated in Series A funding, led by Pitango. FixYa will use the funds to expand its business operations in the United States and Israel and to offer new products and services to its rapidly growing user base.
“Consumers are dealing with a tidal wave of increasingly complex products at the same time that fewer resources are being committed by manufacturers to customer service and support,” said Raj Kapoor, managing director at Mayfield Fund and former CEO of Snapfish.com, who will join FixYa’s board. “We are proud to accelerate FixYa’s mission of helping consumers with this reality and the challenges they face as a result. FixYa’s community-based approach creates an efficient marketplace where people can ask questions and get answers to any high- or low-tech problem they may have with their gadgets or other products.”
More at:http://www.fixya.com
FixYa is the Web’s most popular place for free product support and advice. Millions of users rely on FixYa’s community of product experts for quick answers to any question about any product, from gadgets to gardening tools.
How Much they Got From VCs:
FixYa ,the Web’s most popular place to get free advice for troubleshooting problems with gadgets, home appliances and consumer products, announced that it received $6 million in Series B funding by Mayfield Fund and Pitango Venture Capital. The funding was led by Mayfield Fund. Both funds participated in Series A funding, led by Pitango. FixYa will use the funds to expand its business operations in the United States and Israel and to offer new products and services to its rapidly growing user base.
“Consumers are dealing with a tidal wave of increasingly complex products at the same time that fewer resources are being committed by manufacturers to customer service and support,” said Raj Kapoor, managing director at Mayfield Fund and former CEO of Snapfish.com, who will join FixYa’s board. “We are proud to accelerate FixYa’s mission of helping consumers with this reality and the challenges they face as a result. FixYa’s community-based approach creates an efficient marketplace where people can ask questions and get answers to any high- or low-tech problem they may have with their gadgets or other products.”
More at:http://www.fixya.com
My Starbucks Idea
What Company says:
What would make your Starbucks experience perfect? We know you’ve got ideas—big ideas, little ideas, maybe even totally revolutionary ideas—and we want to hear them all. That’s why we created My Starbucks Idea. So you can share the ideas that matter to you and you can find out how we’re putting those ideas to work. Together, we will shape the future of Starbucks.
How It Works:
Any visitor can look at the ideas that have been posted and read our "Ideas in Action" blog. If you sign up to be a registered member of the site , you can also submit your own ideas, vote and comment on ideas submitted by other people.
My Starbucks Idea is an online community dedicated to sharing and discussing ideas and allowing you to see how Starbucks is putting top ideas into action. If you’d like to ask a question or make a comment specific to your experience with Starbucks, please visit the Contact Us section of Starbucks.com.
They’ve got a dedicated team of "Idea Partners"—Starbucks employees who are experts in their respective fields—who will read all ideas and comments. They’ll take a combination of the most popular and most innovative ideas that are the best fit for Starbucks and present them to key decision makers within the company to recommend how we put those ideas to work.
Everyone helps decide by voting. Ideas posted to the "Popular Ideas" section of the website (determined by using an algorithm based on number of points, number of comments and recency of post) will be considered, but our Idea Partners may also choose ideas simply because they think they’re promising.
If you’re a registered member, you can vote on each idea one time by simply clicking on the "vote" icon to the left of the idea (only one vote per idea). Each vote is worth 10 points and you can see an idea’s score (number of points) beneath the "vote" icon.
If they implement your idea, they may give you credit on the site, but they won’t be compensating customers if their ideas are chosen.
More at:http://mystarbucksidea.force.com/
What would make your Starbucks experience perfect? We know you’ve got ideas—big ideas, little ideas, maybe even totally revolutionary ideas—and we want to hear them all. That’s why we created My Starbucks Idea. So you can share the ideas that matter to you and you can find out how we’re putting those ideas to work. Together, we will shape the future of Starbucks.
How It Works:
Any visitor can look at the ideas that have been posted and read our "Ideas in Action" blog. If you sign up to be a registered member of the site , you can also submit your own ideas, vote and comment on ideas submitted by other people.
My Starbucks Idea is an online community dedicated to sharing and discussing ideas and allowing you to see how Starbucks is putting top ideas into action. If you’d like to ask a question or make a comment specific to your experience with Starbucks, please visit the Contact Us section of Starbucks.com.
They’ve got a dedicated team of "Idea Partners"—Starbucks employees who are experts in their respective fields—who will read all ideas and comments. They’ll take a combination of the most popular and most innovative ideas that are the best fit for Starbucks and present them to key decision makers within the company to recommend how we put those ideas to work.
Everyone helps decide by voting. Ideas posted to the "Popular Ideas" section of the website (determined by using an algorithm based on number of points, number of comments and recency of post) will be considered, but our Idea Partners may also choose ideas simply because they think they’re promising.
If you’re a registered member, you can vote on each idea one time by simply clicking on the "vote" icon to the left of the idea (only one vote per idea). Each vote is worth 10 points and you can see an idea’s score (number of points) beneath the "vote" icon.
If they implement your idea, they may give you credit on the site, but they won’t be compensating customers if their ideas are chosen.
More at:http://mystarbucksidea.force.com/
The Successful Living Project --Practical self management learning opportunities to improve your self esteem
What Company is Offering;
The Successful Living Project is about overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that life can throw in your way. It is packed full of practical self management learning opportunities to improve your self esteem and control over your life and work.
Their philosophy is about achieving control over thought processes, building confidence and empowering you to engage in your own recovery. It’s about improving and enhancing wellbeing and living life to the full.
How It works:
The Successful Living Project was set up to put you in charge of your life, to help you reach your full potential and to help you recognise the things that might be holding you back. Looking after yourself is a first step on the road to achieving all the things that you want from life. Learn how to set goals, achieve your dreams and master life. Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be.
The Successful Living Project has been set up by three people, Ann, Kris and Kerry. Kris is the IT specialist, who we rely on to develop and fix the website. Ann is a Psychiatric Nurse and Counsellor and Kerry is a Life and Image Coach.
More at:http://www.successbox.co.uk/
The Successful Living Project is about overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that life can throw in your way. It is packed full of practical self management learning opportunities to improve your self esteem and control over your life and work.
Their philosophy is about achieving control over thought processes, building confidence and empowering you to engage in your own recovery. It’s about improving and enhancing wellbeing and living life to the full.
How It works:
The Successful Living Project was set up to put you in charge of your life, to help you reach your full potential and to help you recognise the things that might be holding you back. Looking after yourself is a first step on the road to achieving all the things that you want from life. Learn how to set goals, achieve your dreams and master life. Instead of thinking about where you are, think about where you want to be.
The Successful Living Project has been set up by three people, Ann, Kris and Kerry. Kris is the IT specialist, who we rely on to develop and fix the website. Ann is a Psychiatric Nurse and Counsellor and Kerry is a Life and Image Coach.
More at:http://www.successbox.co.uk/
Sum--Powerful web-based personal finance
About Company:
Categorize your recurring expenses and income. Periodically update your account balances. Sum tells you how accurate you were. No sensitive bank information necessary.
Sum helps you stay on budget. Track and update your budgets via email or iPhone. Sum predicts your financial future. Predict your account balances for up to a year away.
Sum is the first in a suite of financial web applications that talk to each other.
Sign up now and get the same low monthly rate as long as you are a member.
More at:https://sumapp.com/
Categorize your recurring expenses and income. Periodically update your account balances. Sum tells you how accurate you were. No sensitive bank information necessary.
Sum helps you stay on budget. Track and update your budgets via email or iPhone. Sum predicts your financial future. Predict your account balances for up to a year away.
Sum is the first in a suite of financial web applications that talk to each other.
Sign up now and get the same low monthly rate as long as you are a member.
More at:https://sumapp.com/
Podfitness has created a system that builds audio workouts just for you
What Company is Offering:
Podfitness has created a system that builds audio workouts just for you. Based on your goals and preferences, every workout is customized for you, and downloaded to your iPod, Zune, or other MP3 player. It’s simply the most effective and flexible workout system ever.
How It Works:
Fill out a short Fitness Profile, and Podfitness matches you with the trainers and programs that are most likely to help you reach your goals. For instance, if you’re a beginner, you want to lose 10 pounds, and you prefer to exercise outdoors, Podfitness will recommend several trainers that know how to ease you into an outdoor exercise program that will help you shed pounds quickly.
If you’re after more than one fitness goal (or just want some variety), you can work out with any of the 80 top trainers in Podfitness anytime. So, in addition to a weight loss program with one trainer, you could add a weight training program with another trainer, and a Yoga program with another. The choices are endless, and Podfitness keeps track of your progress, so you can switch up your programs whenever you want.
Every Podfitness workout is customized to the best music in the world—yours! So choose your favorite songs, upload them to iTunes or Zune, and Podfitness will mix them with every custom workout.
More at:http://www.podfitness.com/
Podfitness has created a system that builds audio workouts just for you. Based on your goals and preferences, every workout is customized for you, and downloaded to your iPod, Zune, or other MP3 player. It’s simply the most effective and flexible workout system ever.
How It Works:
Fill out a short Fitness Profile, and Podfitness matches you with the trainers and programs that are most likely to help you reach your goals. For instance, if you’re a beginner, you want to lose 10 pounds, and you prefer to exercise outdoors, Podfitness will recommend several trainers that know how to ease you into an outdoor exercise program that will help you shed pounds quickly.
If you’re after more than one fitness goal (or just want some variety), you can work out with any of the 80 top trainers in Podfitness anytime. So, in addition to a weight loss program with one trainer, you could add a weight training program with another trainer, and a Yoga program with another. The choices are endless, and Podfitness keeps track of your progress, so you can switch up your programs whenever you want.
Every Podfitness workout is customized to the best music in the world—yours! So choose your favorite songs, upload them to iTunes or Zune, and Podfitness will mix them with every custom workout.
More at:http://www.podfitness.com/
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
AirPlay enables enthusiasts to actively participate in their favorite programming through real-time competition and community
What Company Is Offering:
AirPlay delivers a compelling multiplayer game experience based on televison's most popular programs. AirPlay brings wireless competition and community to the living room for the first time. For the television industry, AirPlay enhances the viewing experience, increasing audience engagement with live television programming and advertising.Joining 200 million cell phones with 110 million TV households.
How It Works:
AirPlay produces more than 100 games a week across a variety of programs. These AirPlayTV events are leading the transformation of television entertainment from passive to active by letting viewers play and communicate with friends during their favorite programming.AirPlay enables enthusiasts to actively participate in their favorite programming through real-time competition and community. For its wireless and television industry partners, AirPlay offers a proprietary platform and service infrastructure which enables incremental revenue streams without partner capital investment. Led by a dynamic team of experienced technology executives, AirPlay is backed by QUALCOMM, Motorola, JK&B Capital, ONSET Ventures and Redpoint Ventures.
More at:http://www.airplay.com/
AirPlay delivers a compelling multiplayer game experience based on televison's most popular programs. AirPlay brings wireless competition and community to the living room for the first time. For the television industry, AirPlay enhances the viewing experience, increasing audience engagement with live television programming and advertising.Joining 200 million cell phones with 110 million TV households.
How It Works:
AirPlay produces more than 100 games a week across a variety of programs. These AirPlayTV events are leading the transformation of television entertainment from passive to active by letting viewers play and communicate with friends during their favorite programming.AirPlay enables enthusiasts to actively participate in their favorite programming through real-time competition and community. For its wireless and television industry partners, AirPlay offers a proprietary platform and service infrastructure which enables incremental revenue streams without partner capital investment. Led by a dynamic team of experienced technology executives, AirPlay is backed by QUALCOMM, Motorola, JK&B Capital, ONSET Ventures and Redpoint Ventures.
More at:http://www.airplay.com/
ReadTheWords.com is a free, web based service that will speak your text as you do
What Company Is Offering;
ReadTheWords.com is a free, web based service that assists people with written material. They do this by using TTS Technology, or Text To Speech Technology. Users of our service can generate a clear sounding audio file from almost any written material. They generate a voice that reads the words out loud, that you request them to read.
How It Works:
They provide users various ways to let them know what to read. You can always write text, or copy text from another file, and paste it into their text box. They also have a file upload section, where you can upload any Microsoft office document, Adobe PDF, txt, and HTML document. You can also tell them a website address, or RSS feed url, and they can read that as well.They have 15 voices, and you can select any reader you would like. There is a dropdown list with samples of each reader’s voice. You can hear a sample before you create your reading.
More at:http://readthewords.com/
ReadTheWords.com is a free, web based service that assists people with written material. They do this by using TTS Technology, or Text To Speech Technology. Users of our service can generate a clear sounding audio file from almost any written material. They generate a voice that reads the words out loud, that you request them to read.
How It Works:
They provide users various ways to let them know what to read. You can always write text, or copy text from another file, and paste it into their text box. They also have a file upload section, where you can upload any Microsoft office document, Adobe PDF, txt, and HTML document. You can also tell them a website address, or RSS feed url, and they can read that as well.They have 15 voices, and you can select any reader you would like. There is a dropdown list with samples of each reader’s voice. You can hear a sample before you create your reading.
More at:http://readthewords.com/
Prime Time Rewind, they want to help you quickly find the latest episode of a Prime Time TV show you like
What Company Is Offering:
Prime Time Rewind, they want to help you quickly find the latest episode of a Prime Time TV show you like.
Prime Time Rewind also allows you to present you personalized Facet. It can consist of existing prime time TV shows, Internet only shows or any RSS feed of videos you would like to include.
Prime Time TV has traditionally been defined as the shows between 8-11PM.They would like to put you 'one-click away from watching your show.
At this point, Prime Time Rewind is not responsible for the viewing experience of the actual show, and is presenting it in an identical way to the way that the network has made the show available.
How It Works:
The Cube allows you to rotate it between the Networks (when rotating horizontally) and categories (Comedy, Drama, Reality) when rotating vertically. You can control the cube by using the mouse or the arrows on your keyboard. Once you click on a show - the control panel will open and the latest available episode of the show will start playing.You are able to rate a show, get additional information about a show, add comments or share with friends.Prime Time Rewind does not have its own player and does not interfere with the way the network wishes to present its contents. We play the episode in the same player with the same experience, ads that the original network wishes for it to be viewed.
More at:http://www.primetimerewind.tv/
Prime Time Rewind, they want to help you quickly find the latest episode of a Prime Time TV show you like.
Prime Time Rewind also allows you to present you personalized Facet. It can consist of existing prime time TV shows, Internet only shows or any RSS feed of videos you would like to include.
Prime Time TV has traditionally been defined as the shows between 8-11PM.They would like to put you 'one-click away from watching your show.
At this point, Prime Time Rewind is not responsible for the viewing experience of the actual show, and is presenting it in an identical way to the way that the network has made the show available.
How It Works:
The Cube allows you to rotate it between the Networks (when rotating horizontally) and categories (Comedy, Drama, Reality) when rotating vertically. You can control the cube by using the mouse or the arrows on your keyboard. Once you click on a show - the control panel will open and the latest available episode of the show will start playing.You are able to rate a show, get additional information about a show, add comments or share with friends.Prime Time Rewind does not have its own player and does not interfere with the way the network wishes to present its contents. We play the episode in the same player with the same experience, ads that the original network wishes for it to be viewed.
More at:http://www.primetimerewind.tv/
Taltopia.com---Claim Your Fame
What Company Is Offering:
They're an entertainment community for up and coming talent and their fans. The goal of this talent network is to help aspiring artists get famous, build industry contacts, and find paying gigs.
How It Works:
If you upload a video, audio, or picture, you are considered a talent. If you don't, you are a fan...it's that simple.
Browse through the site and vote on media you find. Each "fame" vote will increase the score by 1, whereas a "shame" vote will decrease it by 1.
Help talent claim their fame by using our unique promotion tools. Be sure to donate Famebucks to talent you really admire.
Industry professionals and fans can use Taltopia to discover underground talent. Find new band members, models for a shoot, or that actor for your next film...all on Taltopia.com!
The Wall of Fame is a section of their website dedicated to talent who want to gain more exposure by bidding on spots to promote their media. There are a total of 23 available spots on the Wall of Fame. The top spot is featured on our front page, giving further attention to the highest bidding talent.
The amount you pay to be on the Wall of Fame is up to you! The more you bid, the higher your ranking. Bids can be placed for any available $.25 increment. Its that simple.
More at:http://www.taltopia.com/
They're an entertainment community for up and coming talent and their fans. The goal of this talent network is to help aspiring artists get famous, build industry contacts, and find paying gigs.
How It Works:
If you upload a video, audio, or picture, you are considered a talent. If you don't, you are a fan...it's that simple.
Browse through the site and vote on media you find. Each "fame" vote will increase the score by 1, whereas a "shame" vote will decrease it by 1.
Help talent claim their fame by using our unique promotion tools. Be sure to donate Famebucks to talent you really admire.
Industry professionals and fans can use Taltopia to discover underground talent. Find new band members, models for a shoot, or that actor for your next film...all on Taltopia.com!
The Wall of Fame is a section of their website dedicated to talent who want to gain more exposure by bidding on spots to promote their media. There are a total of 23 available spots on the Wall of Fame. The top spot is featured on our front page, giving further attention to the highest bidding talent.
The amount you pay to be on the Wall of Fame is up to you! The more you bid, the higher your ranking. Bids can be placed for any available $.25 increment. Its that simple.
More at:http://www.taltopia.com/
Cofoundr is a private community for entrepreneurs
What Company Is Offering:
Cofoundr is a private community for entrepreneurs -- programmers, designers, investors, and other individuals deeply involved with starting new ventures. Members use the site to find co-founders, build teams, and get advice.
Membership requires having a valid university or work email address.
To join, you can register here during the public beta.
More at:http://www.cofoundr.com/
Cofoundr is a private community for entrepreneurs -- programmers, designers, investors, and other individuals deeply involved with starting new ventures. Members use the site to find co-founders, build teams, and get advice.
Membership requires having a valid university or work email address.
To join, you can register here during the public beta.
More at:http://www.cofoundr.com/
SendMe, Inc. turns any mobile phone into a portable playground has secured $15 million
What Company Is Offering:
SendMe, Inc. turns any mobile phone into a portable playground. As the premier mobile media company, SendMe's family of destination sites lets you take the fun from the Web to your mobile phone with the broadest and best content, entertainment and community out there. SendMe's three properties -- SendMeMobile.com, SoLow.com and mbuzzy.com -- deliver content from today's pop culture sensations, niche independent creations, stuff from our own community, and one-of-a-kind mobile games that will keep you coming back for more. So whether you're looking for new ways to show your personal style, eager for some mobile gaming excitement, or trying to stay connected to the people and things you love most, SendMe brings it all to you -- how you want it, when you want it. Founded in 2006 by three veteran online and mobile entrepreneurs.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SendMe Mobile , the premier mobile media company, has secured $15 million in Series C growth capital financing. Led by new investor GrandBanks Capital, the Series C round also includes existing investors True Ventures and Spark Capital. SendMe will use the financing to extend market share for each of its three core brands, SendMeMobile.com, SoLow.com and mBuzzy.com. SendMe's growth strategy will also focus on adding new premium and community-generated content, services, and applications to each brand; launching new brands to support its connected portfolio strategy; and accelerating opportunities for other major acquisitions.
"With an exploding market opportunity for off-deck services in the US, SendMe has been able to navigate the marketplace effectively to offer the most innovative mobile media platform available today," said Ryan Moore, general partner at GrandBanks Capital and new SendMe board member. "SendMe's three destination sites combine to fundamentally change the way consumers discover and share content they love the most, and offer a new and compelling way for major media companies to connect with their target audiences."
More at:www.SendMeMobile.com
SendMe, Inc. turns any mobile phone into a portable playground. As the premier mobile media company, SendMe's family of destination sites lets you take the fun from the Web to your mobile phone with the broadest and best content, entertainment and community out there. SendMe's three properties -- SendMeMobile.com, SoLow.com and mbuzzy.com -- deliver content from today's pop culture sensations, niche independent creations, stuff from our own community, and one-of-a-kind mobile games that will keep you coming back for more. So whether you're looking for new ways to show your personal style, eager for some mobile gaming excitement, or trying to stay connected to the people and things you love most, SendMe brings it all to you -- how you want it, when you want it. Founded in 2006 by three veteran online and mobile entrepreneurs.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SendMe Mobile , the premier mobile media company, has secured $15 million in Series C growth capital financing. Led by new investor GrandBanks Capital, the Series C round also includes existing investors True Ventures and Spark Capital. SendMe will use the financing to extend market share for each of its three core brands, SendMeMobile.com, SoLow.com and mBuzzy.com. SendMe's growth strategy will also focus on adding new premium and community-generated content, services, and applications to each brand; launching new brands to support its connected portfolio strategy; and accelerating opportunities for other major acquisitions.
"With an exploding market opportunity for off-deck services in the US, SendMe has been able to navigate the marketplace effectively to offer the most innovative mobile media platform available today," said Ryan Moore, general partner at GrandBanks Capital and new SendMe board member. "SendMe's three destination sites combine to fundamentally change the way consumers discover and share content they love the most, and offer a new and compelling way for major media companies to connect with their target audiences."
More at:www.SendMeMobile.com
Portico Learning Solutions , offers a variety of Internet-based learning systems for corporate, academic and government clients got $1 million fund
What Company Is Offering:
Portico Learning Solutions , offers a variety of Internet-based learning systems for corporate, academic and government clients. Portico's products and services include CareerMap(tm), a basic Learning Management System (LMS) and an advanced Talent Management System (TMS); custom courseware development; and more than 2,000 off-the-shelf training courses. The company currently provides online e-Learning to more than 100,000 users at mid-sized companies and organizations worldwide.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Advantage Capital Partners, Enhanced Capital Partners, Louisiana Fund I and the Louisiana Technology Fund announced participation in a $1 million funding round for Baton Rouge-based Portico Learning Solutions, a premier provider of custom e-Learning solutions. The company will use the funds to fulfill its working capital needs.
"The e-Learning market is a growing industry and we're confident that Portico will continue to gain more traction in the marketplace with this latest round of funding," said Lee Pryor, CEO of Portico Learning Solutions.
About VCs:
Advantage Capital Partners is a leading venture capital and small business finance firm focused on early stage companies and other investments supporting state and local economic development. With offices in New Orleans, St. Louis, Austin and other U.S. cities, Advantage has raised more than $950 million in institutional capital since 1992 and invested in companies located in geographic areas underserved by traditional venture capital. http://www.advantagecap.com
More at:http://www.porticolearning.com/
Portico Learning Solutions , offers a variety of Internet-based learning systems for corporate, academic and government clients. Portico's products and services include CareerMap(tm), a basic Learning Management System (LMS) and an advanced Talent Management System (TMS); custom courseware development; and more than 2,000 off-the-shelf training courses. The company currently provides online e-Learning to more than 100,000 users at mid-sized companies and organizations worldwide.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Advantage Capital Partners, Enhanced Capital Partners, Louisiana Fund I and the Louisiana Technology Fund announced participation in a $1 million funding round for Baton Rouge-based Portico Learning Solutions, a premier provider of custom e-Learning solutions. The company will use the funds to fulfill its working capital needs.
"The e-Learning market is a growing industry and we're confident that Portico will continue to gain more traction in the marketplace with this latest round of funding," said Lee Pryor, CEO of Portico Learning Solutions.
About VCs:
Advantage Capital Partners is a leading venture capital and small business finance firm focused on early stage companies and other investments supporting state and local economic development. With offices in New Orleans, St. Louis, Austin and other U.S. cities, Advantage has raised more than $950 million in institutional capital since 1992 and invested in companies located in geographic areas underserved by traditional venture capital. http://www.advantagecap.com
More at:http://www.porticolearning.com/
Pivot---Revenue-generation tools, has secured $3 million in financing
What Company Is Offering:
Pivot is an inter-enterprise network that leverages Web 2.0 communication and collaboration capabilities to create revenue-generation tools for trading-related workflows within the capital markets arena. The Pivot network helps transform conversations into ideas and ideas into transactions by integrating information, relationships and transactions into a single pivot point, giving customers the best information to base decisions. Based in New York City, Pivot is backed by Eze Castle Integration and leading venture capital firms Softbank Capital, Draper Fisher Jurveston Gotham Ventures and Hudson Ventures.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Pivot Inc., a real-time enterprise collaboration network serving the capital markets, has secured $3 million in financing from MMV Financial, Inc. Pivot will use the funds to maintain its steady growth rate while continuing to develop core business operations, Pivot 360 and partner integration.
Pivot creates revenue-generation tools for participants in trading-related workflows. Pivot's full suite of real-time collaboration applications tighten processes, expand collaboration opportunities and streamline information management. Pivot provides the capital markets with an advanced platform to facilitate expanded trading capabilities, reduced costs and improved investment performance.
About VCs:
MMV Financial is a Toronto-based specialty finance company providing creative debt solutions directly to technology and life sciences companies across North America. MMV is backed by top U.S. and Canadian private equity firms and financial institutions including CCP Equity Partners, Caisse de d鼯SPAN>p?PAN>t et placement du Qu鼯SPAN>bec, HSBC, NewStar Financial Inc., and Wells Fargo Company. For more information please visit www.mmvf.com.
More at:http://www.pivotinc.com/
Pivot is an inter-enterprise network that leverages Web 2.0 communication and collaboration capabilities to create revenue-generation tools for trading-related workflows within the capital markets arena. The Pivot network helps transform conversations into ideas and ideas into transactions by integrating information, relationships and transactions into a single pivot point, giving customers the best information to base decisions. Based in New York City, Pivot is backed by Eze Castle Integration and leading venture capital firms Softbank Capital, Draper Fisher Jurveston Gotham Ventures and Hudson Ventures.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Pivot Inc., a real-time enterprise collaboration network serving the capital markets, has secured $3 million in financing from MMV Financial, Inc. Pivot will use the funds to maintain its steady growth rate while continuing to develop core business operations, Pivot 360 and partner integration.
Pivot creates revenue-generation tools for participants in trading-related workflows. Pivot's full suite of real-time collaboration applications tighten processes, expand collaboration opportunities and streamline information management. Pivot provides the capital markets with an advanced platform to facilitate expanded trading capabilities, reduced costs and improved investment performance.
About VCs:
MMV Financial is a Toronto-based specialty finance company providing creative debt solutions directly to technology and life sciences companies across North America. MMV is backed by top U.S. and Canadian private equity firms and financial institutions including CCP Equity Partners, Caisse de d鼯SPAN>p?PAN>t et placement du Qu鼯SPAN>bec, HSBC, NewStar Financial Inc., and Wells Fargo Company. For more information please visit www.mmvf.com.
More at:http://www.pivotinc.com/
Managment Planning Tool
What Company Is Offering:
Planning Center Online will revolutionize the way you plan your worship services with its elegant approach that has been welcomed by staff and volunteers alike.
How It Works:
Add each of your service elements to your plan with the ability to add notes in categories you create. Upload files to individual items or to your plan in general to allow users with the appropriate permissions to access them from anywhere.
Easily click and drag each plan element to a new position in your plan. If you have chosen to display the estimated time each item is scheduled to occur, these times will automatically update when you reorder your plan based on the length of each item.
Planning Center's clean, graphical interface makes it intuitive for you to edit your plans, and for your users to view them.
Create your own categories for unlimited flexibility in organizing your service flows and scheduling and assigning your people to your plans. Add multiple plan times and rehearsal times and print customized reports to have hard copies on hand.
Add email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses and even a picture to each person's account. Since Planning Center is online, your people can update their own information, and you can retrieve their contact information even when you are not at your own computer.
Assign your people to properties that you create. Create one property for ushers and another for greeters and then simply check the appropriate box in each person's profile. Then click on your property to see all people assigned to it. Use custom properties to simplify scheduling your people to positions in your plan. Tell Planning Center you need to schedule 5 greeters to your plan, and then click "5 people needed" in the greeters position to see a list of all your greeters with the date they last served and any potential conflicts.
More at:http://www.planningcenteronline.com/
Planning Center Online will revolutionize the way you plan your worship services with its elegant approach that has been welcomed by staff and volunteers alike.
How It Works:
Add each of your service elements to your plan with the ability to add notes in categories you create. Upload files to individual items or to your plan in general to allow users with the appropriate permissions to access them from anywhere.
Easily click and drag each plan element to a new position in your plan. If you have chosen to display the estimated time each item is scheduled to occur, these times will automatically update when you reorder your plan based on the length of each item.
Planning Center's clean, graphical interface makes it intuitive for you to edit your plans, and for your users to view them.
Create your own categories for unlimited flexibility in organizing your service flows and scheduling and assigning your people to your plans. Add multiple plan times and rehearsal times and print customized reports to have hard copies on hand.
Add email addresses, phone numbers, physical addresses and even a picture to each person's account. Since Planning Center is online, your people can update their own information, and you can retrieve their contact information even when you are not at your own computer.
Assign your people to properties that you create. Create one property for ushers and another for greeters and then simply check the appropriate box in each person's profile. Then click on your property to see all people assigned to it. Use custom properties to simplify scheduling your people to positions in your plan. Tell Planning Center you need to schedule 5 greeters to your plan, and then click "5 people needed" in the greeters position to see a list of all your greeters with the date they last served and any potential conflicts.
More at:http://www.planningcenteronline.com/
NoFuss Reviews is a site dedicated to supplying honest reviews quickly, with no fuss and no hassle
What Company Is Offering:
NoFuss Reviews is a site dedicated to supplying honest reviews quickly, with no fuss and no hassle.
How It Works:
Simply type the complete or part of the game name and select the platform.Fuss Reviews aims to give you an idea of how good (or bad) a game is quickly, without hassle or waiting around.Games are rated by a small team of game fanatics, and an average score is calculated. Many metrics are used to create a fair score.The links are generated automatically, if the game is not found you may only be able to buy it with your consoles interface e.g. PSN, Virtual Console etc...This link takes you to the international site, when you place an order it will ask for your country, from then on in all prices will be in your country's currency.
More at:http://www.nofussreviews.com/
NoFuss Reviews is a site dedicated to supplying honest reviews quickly, with no fuss and no hassle.
How It Works:
Simply type the complete or part of the game name and select the platform.Fuss Reviews aims to give you an idea of how good (or bad) a game is quickly, without hassle or waiting around.Games are rated by a small team of game fanatics, and an average score is calculated. Many metrics are used to create a fair score.The links are generated automatically, if the game is not found you may only be able to buy it with your consoles interface e.g. PSN, Virtual Console etc...This link takes you to the international site, when you place an order it will ask for your country, from then on in all prices will be in your country's currency.
More at:http://www.nofussreviews.com/
FMDR --- Enhances the sharing and collaborative development of educational resources among family medicine educators
What Company is Offering:
The Family Medicine Digital Resources Library contains user-posted conference presentations and handouts, and shared curricular materials such as PowerPoint lectures, learning modules, syllabi, digital images, video and audio recordings, recommended Web sites and more. The mission of FMDRL is to support and enhance the sharing and collaborative development of educational resources among family medicine educators through a digital library that will include resources for all levels of family medicine education.
How It Works:
There is no charge to post or view materials in FMDRL. You find the uploading of conference materials and resources to be quite simple: just click on the “upload” tab, and you’ll be asked to register or log in, then follow quick, step-by-step instructions. Supports and enhances the sharing and collaborative development of educational resources among family medicine educators.
More at:http://fmdrl.org/
The Family Medicine Digital Resources Library contains user-posted conference presentations and handouts, and shared curricular materials such as PowerPoint lectures, learning modules, syllabi, digital images, video and audio recordings, recommended Web sites and more. The mission of FMDRL is to support and enhance the sharing and collaborative development of educational resources among family medicine educators through a digital library that will include resources for all levels of family medicine education.
How It Works:
There is no charge to post or view materials in FMDRL. You find the uploading of conference materials and resources to be quite simple: just click on the “upload” tab, and you’ll be asked to register or log in, then follow quick, step-by-step instructions. Supports and enhances the sharing and collaborative development of educational resources among family medicine educators.
More at:http://fmdrl.org/
ProZ.com enables companies and organizations to rapidly search, find, qualify, evaluate and interact with the translators, interpreters and linguists
What Company Is Offering:
ProZ.com, the world's leading enabling and sourcing platform for language professionals. ProZ.com's unique online workplace provides tools and opportunities for its members to network, collaborate on projects and terms, expand their businesses, do better work and have more fun.
How It Works:
ProZ.com enables companies and organizations to rapidly search, find, qualify, evaluate and interact with the translators, interpreters and linguists they need.ProZ.com delivers a comprehensive network of essential services, resources and experiences that enhance the lives of its members.ProZ.com members enjoy considerable success as they collaborate, expand their businesses and have more fun.
Unique Features:
Outsource and accept translation and interpreting assignments.
Collaborate on terms with proprietary KudoZ software.
Evaluate clients with the member-built Blue Board.
Meet face-face at local conferences and Powwows.
More at:http://www.proz.com/
ProZ.com, the world's leading enabling and sourcing platform for language professionals. ProZ.com's unique online workplace provides tools and opportunities for its members to network, collaborate on projects and terms, expand their businesses, do better work and have more fun.
How It Works:
ProZ.com enables companies and organizations to rapidly search, find, qualify, evaluate and interact with the translators, interpreters and linguists they need.ProZ.com delivers a comprehensive network of essential services, resources and experiences that enhance the lives of its members.ProZ.com members enjoy considerable success as they collaborate, expand their businesses and have more fun.
Unique Features:
Outsource and accept translation and interpreting assignments.
Collaborate on terms with proprietary KudoZ software.
Evaluate clients with the member-built Blue Board.
Meet face-face at local conferences and Powwows.
More at:http://www.proz.com/
Stafftool
What Company Is Offering:
Stafftool's innovative interface allows information to be accessed and displayed anywhere on the site.
stafftool is the easiest way for churches and non-profits to manage their people, events, and communications.
How It Works:
Keep track of everything that's going on - meetings, recurring events, birthdays - on a calendar or easy to scan list view.
Organize your people into whatever makes sense for your groupings. Easily assign group leaders, events and group communication.
Easily send messages to any groups within your organization to keep them in the know. Also, attach files to messages to give them access to newsletters, music files, spreadsheets, whatever.
Stafftool is built on top of an open and extensible REST api, which means your data is available for many other applications, such as the iPhone version, and remains easy to export at any time.
More at:http://stafftool.com/
Stafftool's innovative interface allows information to be accessed and displayed anywhere on the site.
stafftool is the easiest way for churches and non-profits to manage their people, events, and communications.
How It Works:
Keep track of everything that's going on - meetings, recurring events, birthdays - on a calendar or easy to scan list view.
Organize your people into whatever makes sense for your groupings. Easily assign group leaders, events and group communication.
Easily send messages to any groups within your organization to keep them in the know. Also, attach files to messages to give them access to newsletters, music files, spreadsheets, whatever.
Stafftool is built on top of an open and extensible REST api, which means your data is available for many other applications, such as the iPhone version, and remains easy to export at any time.
More at:http://stafftool.com/
Wordclay's mission is to supply a DIY self-publishing tool for writers that is both innovative and accessible
What Company Is Offering:
Wordclay's mission is to supply a DIY self-publishing tool for writers that is both innovative and accessible. Their user-friendly book publishing service will guide you step-by-step through the process of building your trade-quality book.
How It Works:
Quick and easy steps built into Wordclay's DIY publishing wizard walk you through the key elements of a book. Very affordable (it can't get more affordable than free), their publishing service provides you with a plethora of publishing options, and you can get additional publishing, distribution and marketing services to help you be successful.
They offer as many or as few extras as you desire. Their professional, readily-available and reliable staff of editors, designers, layout specialists and world-wide distributors is standing-by. Imagine the possibilities!
If you have ever dreamed of publishing your own book, need a fun way to present family photos or recipes, or just want to experience the exciting world of writing and DIY book publishing, we have the perfect quick-and-easy solution. So what are you waiting for?
More at:http://www.wordclay.com/
Wordclay's mission is to supply a DIY self-publishing tool for writers that is both innovative and accessible. Their user-friendly book publishing service will guide you step-by-step through the process of building your trade-quality book.
How It Works:
Quick and easy steps built into Wordclay's DIY publishing wizard walk you through the key elements of a book. Very affordable (it can't get more affordable than free), their publishing service provides you with a plethora of publishing options, and you can get additional publishing, distribution and marketing services to help you be successful.
They offer as many or as few extras as you desire. Their professional, readily-available and reliable staff of editors, designers, layout specialists and world-wide distributors is standing-by. Imagine the possibilities!
If you have ever dreamed of publishing your own book, need a fun way to present family photos or recipes, or just want to experience the exciting world of writing and DIY book publishing, we have the perfect quick-and-easy solution. So what are you waiting for?
More at:http://www.wordclay.com/
Foretal is a destination where people predict the future
What Company Is Offering:
Foretal is a destination where people predict the future.
Their members submit Predictions to Foretal and, provided they are clear and legal, they post them on the site. Members also vote on these Predictions for free or for cash. There are also cash prize competitions for doing good stuff.
How It Works:
To get started, vote on the Predictions you see. Each time you do, you earn a free credit. When you register, these credits are saved. With five credits you can propose a free Prediction of your own. As you get into the site, you might want to move on to predicting for cash, but there's no obligation. There's a great deal of depth to the site even on the free side.They monitor all the predictions on this site constantly. If an event happens which makes a prediction turn out to be true, or not true, they 'declare an outcome'. At this point, there are winners and losers depending on how you have voted.
With cash votes on cash predictions, all those who put cash votes on the losing side get them distributed to the winning side – and, importantly, the predictor gets a cut of 3% on these cash votes, the same as Foretal.
More at:http://www.foretal.com/
Foretal is a destination where people predict the future.
Their members submit Predictions to Foretal and, provided they are clear and legal, they post them on the site. Members also vote on these Predictions for free or for cash. There are also cash prize competitions for doing good stuff.
How It Works:
To get started, vote on the Predictions you see. Each time you do, you earn a free credit. When you register, these credits are saved. With five credits you can propose a free Prediction of your own. As you get into the site, you might want to move on to predicting for cash, but there's no obligation. There's a great deal of depth to the site even on the free side.They monitor all the predictions on this site constantly. If an event happens which makes a prediction turn out to be true, or not true, they 'declare an outcome'. At this point, there are winners and losers depending on how you have voted.
With cash votes on cash predictions, all those who put cash votes on the losing side get them distributed to the winning side – and, importantly, the predictor gets a cut of 3% on these cash votes, the same as Foretal.
More at:http://www.foretal.com/
Ucash.in --Turn Links Into Cash
What Company is Offering:
Ucash.in provides the ability to combine three important aspects, social bookmarking, a url service that converts long url links into shorter url links, and a service that turns your existing links and new links into cash!
Great for bloggers, forum users, webmasters, business users and more. Ucash.in makes it easy and simple to get paid for posting and sharing links.
How It Works:
When your Ucash links are clicked on, you make revenue from a redirect that can be an interstitial or top frame type advertisement. The current Revenue Sharing Rate (RSR) is $1 US for every 4000 top banner ad impressions, and $1 US for every 2000 intermission ad impressions .Use Ucash.in as a personal bookmarking service to save your favorite links online in one place. Bookmark links to your favorite website, news articles, music, classifieds, auctions or friends and family social networking profiles. The possibilities are endless, just use your imagination and link the whole internet with Ucash!.
A longer url will often break when added to pre-formatted forms such as comments and emails. This often becomes a hindrance to effectively sharing information.
More at:http://ucash.in/
Ucash.in provides the ability to combine three important aspects, social bookmarking, a url service that converts long url links into shorter url links, and a service that turns your existing links and new links into cash!
Great for bloggers, forum users, webmasters, business users and more. Ucash.in makes it easy and simple to get paid for posting and sharing links.
How It Works:
When your Ucash links are clicked on, you make revenue from a redirect that can be an interstitial or top frame type advertisement. The current Revenue Sharing Rate (RSR) is $1 US for every 4000 top banner ad impressions, and $1 US for every 2000 intermission ad impressions .Use Ucash.in as a personal bookmarking service to save your favorite links online in one place. Bookmark links to your favorite website, news articles, music, classifieds, auctions or friends and family social networking profiles. The possibilities are endless, just use your imagination and link the whole internet with Ucash!.
A longer url will often break when added to pre-formatted forms such as comments and emails. This often becomes a hindrance to effectively sharing information.
More at:http://ucash.in/
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
BrandFM is for all your digital brand 'assets'
What Company Is Offering:
BrandFM makes it really easy to find your brand files, with super fast search and browsing by company, brand, tags, GPC categories and more. Find and download the files you need faster than ever with backorders for restricted files. No more missed deadlines.BrandFM is for all your digital brand 'assets'. Assets are files that you use in marketing and communicating your brand and products. Brand Assets = Your brand marketing resources.
How It Works:
Brand owners decide who sees what, who can download, who can upload and who can manage. Public's great for products, Private brillaint for that next great campaign. Members only just the ticket for core assets that are used again and again. You stay in control.
Invite your designer or agency to upload your brand files and media directly to your online library. Owner Approvals means you stay in control and when you approve- your users can instantly access.
You get your own site address (e.g. yourcompany.brandfm.com) with just your stuff and your own brandable corporate look and feel. Upload your logo, change your colours and add a button to your main website. Hey presto - you've got your own branded brand library where your users will feel right at home - all without coding.
Users can also search and find your brand when searching across multiple companies and brands on the global BrandFM site using a single user id and password. Big users of multiple brands (such as retail chains) will love the time savings available to them while you stay in full control.
More at:http://www.brandfm.com/
BrandFM makes it really easy to find your brand files, with super fast search and browsing by company, brand, tags, GPC categories and more. Find and download the files you need faster than ever with backorders for restricted files. No more missed deadlines.BrandFM is for all your digital brand 'assets'. Assets are files that you use in marketing and communicating your brand and products. Brand Assets = Your brand marketing resources.
How It Works:
Brand owners decide who sees what, who can download, who can upload and who can manage. Public's great for products, Private brillaint for that next great campaign. Members only just the ticket for core assets that are used again and again. You stay in control.
Invite your designer or agency to upload your brand files and media directly to your online library. Owner Approvals means you stay in control and when you approve- your users can instantly access.
You get your own site address (e.g. yourcompany.brandfm.com) with just your stuff and your own brandable corporate look and feel. Upload your logo, change your colours and add a button to your main website. Hey presto - you've got your own branded brand library where your users will feel right at home - all without coding.
Users can also search and find your brand when searching across multiple companies and brands on the global BrandFM site using a single user id and password. Big users of multiple brands (such as retail chains) will love the time savings available to them while you stay in full control.
More at:http://www.brandfm.com/
KnowledgeShape--Solve the considerable challenge of turning diverse forms of information into clear and valuable search assets
What Company Is Offering:
KnowledgeShape is a Toronto-based company with international presence and reach, whose technologies target and solve the considerable challenge of turning diverse forms of information into clear and valuable search assets.
Its Product:
Products range from simple yet exceptional voice2text and paper2text applications to much more complex & far-reaching Intranet and Internet crawl and search applications. As a result, KnowledgeShape programs can be used by small professional firms and large businesses and institutions alike; particularly where storage, retrieval and search have the potential to provide a competitive and productive advantage.
KnowledgeShape products are scalable search and information management frameworks for the small office, company department, and for large enterprises. Information, intelligence and knowledge repositories that span vast networks and document platforms can be integrated into the frameworks. The frameworks are used for search, crawling, indexing, site deployment, and paper and voice notes conversion. ScapeShape is used to publish information for visualization, search and collaboration while also providing extensive Intranet file sharing capability with its file and document container functionality.
More at:http://www.knowledgeshape.com/
KnowledgeShape is a Toronto-based company with international presence and reach, whose technologies target and solve the considerable challenge of turning diverse forms of information into clear and valuable search assets.
Its Product:
Products range from simple yet exceptional voice2text and paper2text applications to much more complex & far-reaching Intranet and Internet crawl and search applications. As a result, KnowledgeShape programs can be used by small professional firms and large businesses and institutions alike; particularly where storage, retrieval and search have the potential to provide a competitive and productive advantage.
KnowledgeShape products are scalable search and information management frameworks for the small office, company department, and for large enterprises. Information, intelligence and knowledge repositories that span vast networks and document platforms can be integrated into the frameworks. The frameworks are used for search, crawling, indexing, site deployment, and paper and voice notes conversion. ScapeShape is used to publish information for visualization, search and collaboration while also providing extensive Intranet file sharing capability with its file and document container functionality.
More at:http://www.knowledgeshape.com/
w2wlink.com -- Professional Networking Site For Women Only
What Company Is Offering:
The w2wlink vision is to provide a community and place with resources, knowledge, tools and connections that women need to support growth during times of change in their professional and personal lives.w2wlink.com is the premier online community for professional women in times of growth who work smart and live well. It is a free content and professional peer group social networking website. Members get confidential profile creation, and matched placement into w2wlink Network Circles of up to ten members with common interests to learn, seek advice and share viewpoints. Members can share articles, quizzes, post SmartComments, network and more. Groups include interests such as: Corporate Fast Track, Entrepreneurial Journey, Career Transition and Work-Life Balance.
How It Works:
www.w2wlink.com matches women into free networking circles based on their filling out detailed profiles and then w2wlink custom matches them into peer groups of up to ten. w2wlink.com is a first of its kind, best in its category, online networking community that custom matches members for free, into peer network circles of common interest. Network circle groups include such common interest areas such as Corporate Fast Track, Entrepreneurial Journey, Career Transition, Work-Life Balance.
More at:http://www.w2wlink.com/
The w2wlink vision is to provide a community and place with resources, knowledge, tools and connections that women need to support growth during times of change in their professional and personal lives.w2wlink.com is the premier online community for professional women in times of growth who work smart and live well. It is a free content and professional peer group social networking website. Members get confidential profile creation, and matched placement into w2wlink Network Circles of up to ten members with common interests to learn, seek advice and share viewpoints. Members can share articles, quizzes, post SmartComments, network and more. Groups include interests such as: Corporate Fast Track, Entrepreneurial Journey, Career Transition and Work-Life Balance.
How It Works:
www.w2wlink.com matches women into free networking circles based on their filling out detailed profiles and then w2wlink custom matches them into peer groups of up to ten. w2wlink.com is a first of its kind, best in its category, online networking community that custom matches members for free, into peer network circles of common interest. Network circle groups include such common interest areas such as Corporate Fast Track, Entrepreneurial Journey, Career Transition, Work-Life Balance.
More at:http://www.w2wlink.com/
BudgetGPS Announces Low Cost GPS Tracking Solution - BudgetGPS.com
What Company Is Offering:
BudgetGPS is a division of towXchange, Inc. and is a leading provider of vehicle tracking solutions to the towing and recovery industry. In February 2008, BudgetGPS expanded its operations to include offerings to all industries needing tracking services. The BudgetGPS application currently provides quality vehicle tracking solutions to companies of all sizes at very aggressive price points. BudgetGPS solutions are currently serving over 500 customers across the United States and extensive growth is planned for the system.
How It Works:
BudgetGPS is designed to be intuitive both in setup and daily use. Customers simply login to the BudgetGPS website and access their own instance of BudgetGPS to track their fleets, run reports, review history and more. System security manages user roles and access to certain features. The system offers HTML reports as well as export options for utilizing the data within other applications. The mapping system is Google Maps based and easy to use.
How It Will Help Companies:
“With BudgetGPS, small companies can afford to implement a GPS solution and all of the tracking data is available to the owner or manager from the internet. This system was designed with a goal of real time dispatch tracking capability and the ability to integrate to the management systems already in place within their potential client base. BudgetGPS can certainly review history, run speed and stops reports and can monitor vehicle location but it was not designed to monitor RPMs or the number of times a driver opens a door. This system was designed to accomplish the task of determining truck location at a reasonable price point and it has overachieved on that goal.”
More at:www.budgetgps.com
BudgetGPS is a division of towXchange, Inc. and is a leading provider of vehicle tracking solutions to the towing and recovery industry. In February 2008, BudgetGPS expanded its operations to include offerings to all industries needing tracking services. The BudgetGPS application currently provides quality vehicle tracking solutions to companies of all sizes at very aggressive price points. BudgetGPS solutions are currently serving over 500 customers across the United States and extensive growth is planned for the system.
How It Works:
BudgetGPS is designed to be intuitive both in setup and daily use. Customers simply login to the BudgetGPS website and access their own instance of BudgetGPS to track their fleets, run reports, review history and more. System security manages user roles and access to certain features. The system offers HTML reports as well as export options for utilizing the data within other applications. The mapping system is Google Maps based and easy to use.
How It Will Help Companies:
“With BudgetGPS, small companies can afford to implement a GPS solution and all of the tracking data is available to the owner or manager from the internet. This system was designed with a goal of real time dispatch tracking capability and the ability to integrate to the management systems already in place within their potential client base. BudgetGPS can certainly review history, run speed and stops reports and can monitor vehicle location but it was not designed to monitor RPMs or the number of times a driver opens a door. This system was designed to accomplish the task of determining truck location at a reasonable price point and it has overachieved on that goal.”
More at:www.budgetgps.com
PlayCafe, an online video game show, has raised an unspecified first round from First Round Capital
What Company Is Offering:
PlayCafe is the first online game show network! Every Monday through Friday at 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST, they stream live, interactive game shows where YOU are the contestant. You can watch their live crew, play a variety of games, chat in real time with other players, and win prizes. The company, which is also making an embeddable widget version of its games, boasts an average playing session of 86 minutes, with 250 to 300 players per night. Prizes range from an iTunes song to $1000 cash.
How Much They Got from VCs:
LA-based PlayCafe, an online video game show, has raised an unspecified first round from First Round Capital, reports NTV, which notes that the raise is still in progress. The site offers a live Q&A game show, that allows users to participate for prizes and cash. So far, participation is still small, with the nightly game averaging 250-300 players. The company plans to eventually run the game around the clock—currently it runs an episode each night during the week.
More at:http://www.playcafe.com/
PlayCafe is the first online game show network! Every Monday through Friday at 6 PM PST / 9 PM EST, they stream live, interactive game shows where YOU are the contestant. You can watch their live crew, play a variety of games, chat in real time with other players, and win prizes. The company, which is also making an embeddable widget version of its games, boasts an average playing session of 86 minutes, with 250 to 300 players per night. Prizes range from an iTunes song to $1000 cash.
How Much They Got from VCs:
LA-based PlayCafe, an online video game show, has raised an unspecified first round from First Round Capital, reports NTV, which notes that the raise is still in progress. The site offers a live Q&A game show, that allows users to participate for prizes and cash. So far, participation is still small, with the nightly game averaging 250-300 players. The company plans to eventually run the game around the clock—currently it runs an episode each night during the week.
More at:http://www.playcafe.com/
Favorville.com is a social networking tool which provides members with the opportunity to help and be helped by others
What Company Is Offering:
Favorville.com is a social networking tool which provides members with the opportunity to help and be helped by others. With Favorville, members can post help requests, offer help and help grow the community. Favorville makes it easy to get in touch and build lasting connections with helpful neighbors, both in your locale or across the global village.
How It Works:
Take a minute to register, select your city, find a suitable category (if one doesn’t exist, suggest it!) and enter your post. Try to be as descriptive as possible so potential helpers can respond accurately to your needs. It also helps to list your neighborhood if your request requires a face-to-face meeting. That’s it. Sit back and wait for responses. You will receive an e-mail any time a trusted member of the Favorville community has responded.
If you received help from another Favorville member, please take a moment to rate your experience. You’ll find all your closed items under the profile section on the site. Simply select Completed Favor and answer a few simple questions – the process will only take a minute or so. It is important for us to track member activity and recognize our most helpful members! Plus, your feedback will help us derive a reliability rating for our members, and this could help future members decide whether they want to help, or accept help, from certain members.
More at:http://www.favorville.com/
Favorville.com is a social networking tool which provides members with the opportunity to help and be helped by others. With Favorville, members can post help requests, offer help and help grow the community. Favorville makes it easy to get in touch and build lasting connections with helpful neighbors, both in your locale or across the global village.
How It Works:
Take a minute to register, select your city, find a suitable category (if one doesn’t exist, suggest it!) and enter your post. Try to be as descriptive as possible so potential helpers can respond accurately to your needs. It also helps to list your neighborhood if your request requires a face-to-face meeting. That’s it. Sit back and wait for responses. You will receive an e-mail any time a trusted member of the Favorville community has responded.
If you received help from another Favorville member, please take a moment to rate your experience. You’ll find all your closed items under the profile section on the site. Simply select Completed Favor and answer a few simple questions – the process will only take a minute or so. It is important for us to track member activity and recognize our most helpful members! Plus, your feedback will help us derive a reliability rating for our members, and this could help future members decide whether they want to help, or accept help, from certain members.
More at:http://www.favorville.com/
Swivel is a place where curious people explore all kinds of data
What Company Is Offering:
Swivel is a place where curious people explore all kinds of data.
Swivel's mission is to make data useful so people share insights, make great decisions and improve lives. Swivel is a Web site that makes it easy for everyone to collaborate and explore data together — because better informed people make better decisions: in voting booths, in corporate boardrooms and at neighborhood meetings.
How It Works:
Swivel can handle only one table at a time. If your spreadsheet has multiple tables, copy the table you want to import into a new spreadsheet.
The data in your table must be arranged in columns containing values of similar type, date, if present, must be in a column, and column titles, if present, cannot span lines or columns. If your data isn't like that, you may be able to tweak it in Excel.
Swivel now provides a Swivel Toolbar available for Excel to allow you to manipulate your data into a format that Swivel will be able to understand.
Your data must have a simple table structure. Your data must be in a single table, with values arranged in uniform columns of like items. If there is a date, it must be in a column. If columns have headers, they must be on one row.
More at:http://www.swivel.com/
Swivel is a place where curious people explore all kinds of data.
Swivel's mission is to make data useful so people share insights, make great decisions and improve lives. Swivel is a Web site that makes it easy for everyone to collaborate and explore data together — because better informed people make better decisions: in voting booths, in corporate boardrooms and at neighborhood meetings.
How It Works:
Swivel can handle only one table at a time. If your spreadsheet has multiple tables, copy the table you want to import into a new spreadsheet.
The data in your table must be arranged in columns containing values of similar type, date, if present, must be in a column, and column titles, if present, cannot span lines or columns. If your data isn't like that, you may be able to tweak it in Excel.
Swivel now provides a Swivel Toolbar available for Excel to allow you to manipulate your data into a format that Swivel will be able to understand.
Your data must have a simple table structure. Your data must be in a single table, with values arranged in uniform columns of like items. If there is a date, it must be in a column. If columns have headers, they must be on one row.
More at:http://www.swivel.com/
Car Advisory Network an online portal for automobile information, has raised around $6.5 million in Series A funding
What Company Is Offering;
The Car Advisory Network is a VC-funded startup building the next internet platform in the auto industry .
How Much They Got From VCs:
Car Advisory Network, a Seattle-based developer of an online portal for automobile information, has raised around $6.5 million in Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include Accel Partners and Greylock Partners.
More at:www.caradvisorynetwork.com
The Car Advisory Network is a VC-funded startup building the next internet platform in the auto industry .
How Much They Got From VCs:
Car Advisory Network, a Seattle-based developer of an online portal for automobile information, has raised around $6.5 million in Series A funding, according to a regulatory filing. Backers include Accel Partners and Greylock Partners.
More at:www.caradvisorynetwork.com
RecycleBank that partners with cities and businesses to reward households that recycle has raised $30 million in Series B funding
What Company Is Offering:
RecycleBank, a Philadelphia-based company that partners with cities and businesses to reward households that recycle.
How Much They Got From VCs;
They have raised $30 million in Series B funding, according to VentureWire. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round, and was joined by return backers RRE Ventures and Sigma Partners.
The company previously raised a $13.1 million Series A round, and before that secured seed capital from Columbia University's Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship.
More at:www.recyclebank.com
RecycleBank, a Philadelphia-based company that partners with cities and businesses to reward households that recycle.
How Much They Got From VCs;
They have raised $30 million in Series B funding, according to VentureWire. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers led the round, and was joined by return backers RRE Ventures and Sigma Partners.
The company previously raised a $13.1 million Series A round, and before that secured seed capital from Columbia University's Eugene M. Lang Center for Entrepreneurship.
More at:www.recyclebank.com
Clearleap, a new video technology company has closed its first round of venture capital funding for $9 million
What Company Is Offerring:
Clearleap develops and markets technologies that greatly expand consumer options for "what's on TV." The Company works with video content owners and cable, satellite and IPTV companies, offering a new model of video delivery technologies and services that profoundly improve the television experience.
How Much They Got From VCs;
Clearleap, a new video technology company based in Atlanta, has closed its first round of venture capital funding. Industry leaders Trinity Ventures of Menlo Park, California and Noro- Moseley Partners of Atlanta, Georgia co- led this $9 million investment.
Named to Clearleap's Board of Directors are Trinity Ventures' General Partner Fred Wang, and Alan J. Taetle, General Partner at Noro-Moseley Partners. Among those taking a minority stake are Jim Chiddix, former CTO of Time Warner Cable, and Sig Mosley, President at Imlay Investments, Inc.
About VCs:
1.
Trinity Ventures, a 21 year veteran in the venture business with more than $1 billion under management, partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to build great companies. Trinity Ventures focuses on early-stage technology investment opportunities with a particular emphasis on the Digital Media, Internet Services, Mobility, Security and Software markets. Trinity has invested in well over 100 ventures. For more information, visit www.trinityventures.com .
2.
Founded in 1983, Atlanta-based Noro-Moseley Partners (NMP) is one of the largest and most experienced venture capital firms in the southeastern United States. NMP has created five limited partnership funds totaling approximately $580 million in capital and has invested in approximately 160 companies. NMP invests primarily in Southeastern-based, early and established growth stage companies. Industries of interest include technology, healthcare and business services. For more information, visit www.noro-moseley.com .
More at: www.clearleap.com
Clearleap develops and markets technologies that greatly expand consumer options for "what's on TV." The Company works with video content owners and cable, satellite and IPTV companies, offering a new model of video delivery technologies and services that profoundly improve the television experience.
How Much They Got From VCs;
Clearleap, a new video technology company based in Atlanta, has closed its first round of venture capital funding. Industry leaders Trinity Ventures of Menlo Park, California and Noro- Moseley Partners of Atlanta, Georgia co- led this $9 million investment.
Named to Clearleap's Board of Directors are Trinity Ventures' General Partner Fred Wang, and Alan J. Taetle, General Partner at Noro-Moseley Partners. Among those taking a minority stake are Jim Chiddix, former CTO of Time Warner Cable, and Sig Mosley, President at Imlay Investments, Inc.
About VCs:
1.
Trinity Ventures, a 21 year veteran in the venture business with more than $1 billion under management, partners with exceptional entrepreneurs to build great companies. Trinity Ventures focuses on early-stage technology investment opportunities with a particular emphasis on the Digital Media, Internet Services, Mobility, Security and Software markets. Trinity has invested in well over 100 ventures. For more information, visit www.trinityventures.com .
2.
Founded in 1983, Atlanta-based Noro-Moseley Partners (NMP) is one of the largest and most experienced venture capital firms in the southeastern United States. NMP has created five limited partnership funds totaling approximately $580 million in capital and has invested in approximately 160 companies. NMP invests primarily in Southeastern-based, early and established growth stage companies. Industries of interest include technology, healthcare and business services. For more information, visit www.noro-moseley.com .
More at: www.clearleap.com
Thumbplay, Inc. is a leading online platform of mobile entertainment content has raised $18 million in Series E funding
What Company Is Offering:
Thumbplay, Inc. is a leading online platform of mobile entertainment content. The company aggregates, promotes and delivers mobile content directly to members via Thumbplay.com. The site offers ringtones, wallpapers, games and text-based services through a membership-based, community experience. Thumbplay, headquartered in New York, was founded by CEO Are Traasdahl and Executive Vice President, Marketing Evan Schwartz.
Thumbplay Inc., is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, SoftBank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures, Redwood Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Meritech.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Thumbplay, a New York-based provider of mobile multimedia content, has raised $18 million in Series E funding. The deal was co-led by the Brookside Capital Advisors, the public equity affiliate of Bain Capital, and Cross Creek Capital, the private equity affiliate of Wasatch Advisors.
The company had previously raised over $35 million, including an unannounced $17 million Series D round last summer at a post-money valuation of approximately $250 million. In addition to the investors listed in the new regulatory filing, that round also included Bain Capital Ventures, Redwood Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Meritech Capital Partners.
More at:http://www.thumbplay.com/
Thumbplay, Inc. is a leading online platform of mobile entertainment content. The company aggregates, promotes and delivers mobile content directly to members via Thumbplay.com. The site offers ringtones, wallpapers, games and text-based services through a membership-based, community experience. Thumbplay, headquartered in New York, was founded by CEO Are Traasdahl and Executive Vice President, Marketing Evan Schwartz.
Thumbplay Inc., is backed by Bain Capital Ventures, SoftBank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures, Redwood Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Meritech.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Thumbplay, a New York-based provider of mobile multimedia content, has raised $18 million in Series E funding. The deal was co-led by the Brookside Capital Advisors, the public equity affiliate of Bain Capital, and Cross Creek Capital, the private equity affiliate of Wasatch Advisors.
The company had previously raised over $35 million, including an unannounced $17 million Series D round last summer at a post-money valuation of approximately $250 million. In addition to the investors listed in the new regulatory filing, that round also included Bain Capital Ventures, Redwood Partners, New Enterprise Associates and Meritech Capital Partners.
More at:http://www.thumbplay.com/
Vivisimo, a leading provider of enterprise search software and expertise got $4 million USD funded by Portland
What Company Is Offering:
The Vivisimo Velocity platform provides enterprises with innovative search solutions that allow users to access, extract and manipulate all available content, regardless of location. The latest version of Velocity is the first major enterprise search platform to bring business-ready Web 2.0 functionalities, such as social tagging, social bookmarking, social networking and mash-ups to the market.
Vivisimo does search right by combining the simplicity and innovation of consumer search with the flexibility and control of enterprise software. The company works with customers to understand their goals and quickly deploy solutions that maximize the business value of information??with an interface user's love. Vivisimo serves its global client base through headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, and Paris, France, and partners throughout the world.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Vivisimo, a leading provider of enterprise search software and expertise, today announced the completion of its first institutional investment round of , ME based North Atlantic Capital (northatlanticcapital.com). The financing will support Vivisimo's continued global expansion and strengthen the company's sales and marketing efforts.
About VCs:
Portland, Maine based North Atlantic Capital is an expansion stage venture capital firm investing primarily in tech-enabled business service, information technology and communications companies. Established in 1986, North Atlantic manages a pool of capital in excess of $200 million, and is currently investing its fourth fund, closed in 2007. In addition to growth capital and board level guidance, North Atlantic offers its portfolio companies free research and M&A services along with executive education programs at leading business schools. Other investments in the current fund include Tangoe, Inc., Servigistics, Inc., Invoke Solutions, Inc. and Synacor, Inc. To learn more about North Atlantic's investment criteria and approach to value creation, please visit www.northatlanticcapital.com
More at:www.vivisimo.com
The Vivisimo Velocity platform provides enterprises with innovative search solutions that allow users to access, extract and manipulate all available content, regardless of location. The latest version of Velocity is the first major enterprise search platform to bring business-ready Web 2.0 functionalities, such as social tagging, social bookmarking, social networking and mash-ups to the market.
Vivisimo does search right by combining the simplicity and innovation of consumer search with the flexibility and control of enterprise software. The company works with customers to understand their goals and quickly deploy solutions that maximize the business value of information??with an interface user's love. Vivisimo serves its global client base through headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, and Paris, France, and partners throughout the world.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Vivisimo, a leading provider of enterprise search software and expertise, today announced the completion of its first institutional investment round of , ME based North Atlantic Capital (northatlanticcapital.com). The financing will support Vivisimo's continued global expansion and strengthen the company's sales and marketing efforts.
About VCs:
Portland, Maine based North Atlantic Capital is an expansion stage venture capital firm investing primarily in tech-enabled business service, information technology and communications companies. Established in 1986, North Atlantic manages a pool of capital in excess of $200 million, and is currently investing its fourth fund, closed in 2007. In addition to growth capital and board level guidance, North Atlantic offers its portfolio companies free research and M&A services along with executive education programs at leading business schools. Other investments in the current fund include Tangoe, Inc., Servigistics, Inc., Invoke Solutions, Inc. and Synacor, Inc. To learn more about North Atlantic's investment criteria and approach to value creation, please visit www.northatlanticcapital.com
More at:www.vivisimo.com
isango! , a leading provider of travel experiences on the internet has received $8m in investment
What Company Is Offering:
isango! is an ambitious young company . It offers consumers and travel professionals an authoritative source of exciting and colourful experiences - holiday tours, sightseeing, attractions, activities and the best things to do in 60 countries across the world. To help you plan and book ahead, isango! finds everything you need to make your travel experience unforgettable.
How Much They Got From VCs:
isango! , a leading provider of travel experiences on the internet has received $8m in investment to fund its next stage of growth. The funding round, which is the first institutional round for the company, was led by SPARK Ventures, which is known for previous investment success with LastMinute.com, PriceRunner and other internet-based businesses. SPARK Ventures contributed $4m; Beringea, manager of the top performing ProVen VCTs, contributed $2.5m and the remaining $1.5 million came from existing shareholders.
About VCs:
1.
SPARK Ventures is the leading quoted early-stage venture capital company in Europe. It manages over ?240 million on behalf of major institutional investors, leading UK universities, and three quoted venture capital trusts.
SPARK invests in entrepreneurs to create dynamic businesses in the technology, media, telecoms and healthcare&life sciences sectors. As well as capital, it brings a wealth of experience of developing high growth companies from early stage through to IPO or trade sale, adding value to its investments through active support and strategic direction.
Some of its exits include Mergermarket, Lastminute.com, Footfall, Nomad, Pricerunner, Elata, Glycart, OHM and Avidex.
www.SPARKventures.com
2.
Beringea is an international private equity and investment banking firm with offices in London, Los Angeles, Detroit (U.S.) , and Shanghai. Beringea invests in a range of emerging sectors including media, Internet technologies, marketing services and advanced communications.
Beringea launched its first VCT in 1996, making it one of the most experienced VCT managers in the UK. Beringea is the manager of ProVen VCT and ProVen Growth&Income, the highest performing VCTs of their launch years according to www.taxefficientreview.com .
For more information please visit www.beringea.com/ http://www.provenvcts.com .
More at:www.isango.com
isango! is an ambitious young company . It offers consumers and travel professionals an authoritative source of exciting and colourful experiences - holiday tours, sightseeing, attractions, activities and the best things to do in 60 countries across the world. To help you plan and book ahead, isango! finds everything you need to make your travel experience unforgettable.
How Much They Got From VCs:
isango! , a leading provider of travel experiences on the internet has received $8m in investment to fund its next stage of growth. The funding round, which is the first institutional round for the company, was led by SPARK Ventures, which is known for previous investment success with LastMinute.com, PriceRunner and other internet-based businesses. SPARK Ventures contributed $4m; Beringea, manager of the top performing ProVen VCTs, contributed $2.5m and the remaining $1.5 million came from existing shareholders.
About VCs:
1.
SPARK Ventures is the leading quoted early-stage venture capital company in Europe. It manages over ?240 million on behalf of major institutional investors, leading UK universities, and three quoted venture capital trusts.
SPARK invests in entrepreneurs to create dynamic businesses in the technology, media, telecoms and healthcare&life sciences sectors. As well as capital, it brings a wealth of experience of developing high growth companies from early stage through to IPO or trade sale, adding value to its investments through active support and strategic direction.
Some of its exits include Mergermarket, Lastminute.com, Footfall, Nomad, Pricerunner, Elata, Glycart, OHM and Avidex.
www.SPARKventures.com
2.
Beringea is an international private equity and investment banking firm with offices in London, Los Angeles, Detroit (U.S.) , and Shanghai. Beringea invests in a range of emerging sectors including media, Internet technologies, marketing services and advanced communications.
Beringea launched its first VCT in 1996, making it one of the most experienced VCT managers in the UK. Beringea is the manager of ProVen VCT and ProVen Growth&Income, the highest performing VCTs of their launch years according to www.taxefficientreview.com .
For more information please visit www.beringea.com/ http://www.provenvcts.com .
More at:www.isango.com
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