What Company Is Offering:
PrivateSchoolExam.com is a test preparation membership web site created in 2007 as a tool to help students excel on the ISEE and SSAT tests. They have helped hundreds of students raise their test scores and get admitted into very competitive schools.
How It Works:
PrivateSchoolExam.com offers online video training by two renowned SSAT and ISEE test prep experts. There are 20 videos that cover over 100 math topics, essay writing, reading comprehension, analogies, synonyms, and sentence completions. Members will also have access to vault with hundreds of interactive test prep questions, followed by the correct answer and detailed explanations.
Guiding you through the Verbal, Essay, and Strategy sections will be Heather Spiegel. Heather is a legendary Test Prep guru, professional writer, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude (Dartmouth), and Rhodes Scholar candidate. Heather is a master instructor of the ISEE, SSAT and SAT exams, and will also guide you through the hundreds of interactive test prep sample questions.
More at:http://privateschoolexam.com/
Friday, May 16, 2008
Backboard is a simple utility designed to help you get feedback on whatever you are working on
What Company Is Offering:
Backboard is a simple utility designed to help you get feedback on whatever you are working on: Managers might use Backboard to gather input on product plans.
Marketing teams can collaborate and gather feedback on graphic designs.
Web designers can get client feedback on their latest concepts.
Students might discuss and evaluate ideas for class projects.
How It Works:
Once you create a Backboard, you will be taken to a form where you can enter email addresses of teammates. We will send them an email with a link to your Backboard. Anytime you view your Backboard, click the share button near the top of the screen to access this form and send additional invitations.You can create and leave feedback on Backboards without a user account. When you create and confirm a user account, all the Backboards you have participated in with that email address are automatically added to that account. This allows you to find your backboards if you have misplaced the links.
Backboard can gather feedback on documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WPD, ODT, Text and PDF), images (GIF, JPEG and PNG), web pages or other URLs, and free-form text.
More at:http://www.getbackboard.com/
Backboard is a simple utility designed to help you get feedback on whatever you are working on: Managers might use Backboard to gather input on product plans.
Marketing teams can collaborate and gather feedback on graphic designs.
Web designers can get client feedback on their latest concepts.
Students might discuss and evaluate ideas for class projects.
How It Works:
Once you create a Backboard, you will be taken to a form where you can enter email addresses of teammates. We will send them an email with a link to your Backboard. Anytime you view your Backboard, click the share button near the top of the screen to access this form and send additional invitations.You can create and leave feedback on Backboards without a user account. When you create and confirm a user account, all the Backboards you have participated in with that email address are automatically added to that account. This allows you to find your backboards if you have misplaced the links.
Backboard can gather feedback on documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WPD, ODT, Text and PDF), images (GIF, JPEG and PNG), web pages or other URLs, and free-form text.
More at:http://www.getbackboard.com/
Out For A Ride is a brand new social networking website for bicycling enthusiasts
What Company Is Offering:
Out For A Ride is a brand new social networking website for bicycling enthusiasts and the casual biker. Out For a Ride is owned and operated by Teevio LLC, a small, but potent, design company located in the heart of Boston.
How It Works:
Out For a Ride is to provide you with an internet based community where you can connect with other bicyclists while you aren’t on the road or trail.
Unique Features:
Add, manage and review bikes. Keep track of how many miles you’ve ridden on each bike. Add, manage and review gear. Map your bicycle routes, share your routes with others and view route elevation graphs. Track your bicycle rides and which route and bicycle you used. View detailed stats about your rides, bicycles and routes.
More at:http://outforaride.com/
Out For A Ride is a brand new social networking website for bicycling enthusiasts and the casual biker. Out For a Ride is owned and operated by Teevio LLC, a small, but potent, design company located in the heart of Boston.
How It Works:
Out For a Ride is to provide you with an internet based community where you can connect with other bicyclists while you aren’t on the road or trail.
Unique Features:
Add, manage and review bikes. Keep track of how many miles you’ve ridden on each bike. Add, manage and review gear. Map your bicycle routes, share your routes with others and view route elevation graphs. Track your bicycle rides and which route and bicycle you used. View detailed stats about your rides, bicycles and routes.
More at:http://outforaride.com/
Play games and help the world become a better place
What Company Is Offering:
When you play a game at Gwap, you aren't just having fun. You're helping the world become a better place. By playing their games, you're training computers to solve problems for humans all over the world. Let's take the ESP Game for example. You and a partner see the same image and are asked to type in a tag for it. When you agree on a tag, you move on and are awarded points. After just a minute of play, you've agreed on six or seven tags. We record those six or seven tags and associate them with the images.
More at:http://www.gwap.com/
When you play a game at Gwap, you aren't just having fun. You're helping the world become a better place. By playing their games, you're training computers to solve problems for humans all over the world. Let's take the ESP Game for example. You and a partner see the same image and are asked to type in a tag for it. When you agree on a tag, you move on and are awarded points. After just a minute of play, you've agreed on six or seven tags. We record those six or seven tags and associate them with the images.
More at:http://www.gwap.com/
Mozes, Inc.,the interactive mobile marketing service has raised $11.5 million
What Company Is Offering:
Mozes is the interactive mobile marketing service that connects people to what they love. Comprehensive mobile campaigns that incorporate voice, text and web are built on an easy-to-use marketing platform and are further extended by online widgets that integrate a mobile campaign with online properties like MySpace and Facebook. Using Mozes anyone -- from bands to fans to brands -- can make their campaigns, promotions or events more powerful and interactive using the mobile phone and the web. Initially focused on the music industry, Mozes is used by nearly 4,000 major label and independent artists, including Chris Brown, Colbie Caillat, Daughtry, Nelly and Rascal Flatts. Mozes is permission-based, spam-free and cost-free to consumers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mozes, Inc.,the interactive mobile marketing service that connects people to what they love, has announced that it has raised $11.5 million in Series B funding. The financing was led by Maveron LLC, the Seattle-based venture capital firm with participation from existing backers North Bridge Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.
Mozes' Series B funding follows a $5 million Series A round, which was announced in February of 2007 and supported the company's initial launch. Since then, more than 1.4 million people have participated in a Mozes-powered campaign, including over 600,000 participants having opted-in to a Mozes "mob" (mobile list), in order to receive ongoing exclusive text and voice messages directly from artists such as Avril Lavigne, Nelly, Rascal Flatts and Chris Brown.
More at:www.mozes.com
Mozes is the interactive mobile marketing service that connects people to what they love. Comprehensive mobile campaigns that incorporate voice, text and web are built on an easy-to-use marketing platform and are further extended by online widgets that integrate a mobile campaign with online properties like MySpace and Facebook. Using Mozes anyone -- from bands to fans to brands -- can make their campaigns, promotions or events more powerful and interactive using the mobile phone and the web. Initially focused on the music industry, Mozes is used by nearly 4,000 major label and independent artists, including Chris Brown, Colbie Caillat, Daughtry, Nelly and Rascal Flatts. Mozes is permission-based, spam-free and cost-free to consumers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mozes, Inc.,the interactive mobile marketing service that connects people to what they love, has announced that it has raised $11.5 million in Series B funding. The financing was led by Maveron LLC, the Seattle-based venture capital firm with participation from existing backers North Bridge Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.
Mozes' Series B funding follows a $5 million Series A round, which was announced in February of 2007 and supported the company's initial launch. Since then, more than 1.4 million people have participated in a Mozes-powered campaign, including over 600,000 participants having opted-in to a Mozes "mob" (mobile list), in order to receive ongoing exclusive text and voice messages directly from artists such as Avril Lavigne, Nelly, Rascal Flatts and Chris Brown.
More at:www.mozes.com
SilkRoad technology, inc., the creator of the popular Life SuiteTM of web-based talent management solutions has closed on a $54 million equity round
What Company Is Offering:
SilkRoad technology, inc. provides software as a service (SaaS) solutions that significantly improve the talent within its more than 700 customers across the globe. Through SilkRoad's Life Suite, an integrated talent management solution, companies are able to hire better employees, identify high and low performers, drive a pay-for-performance culture and improve employee tenure. The SilkRoad Life SuiteTM solution set includes OpenHire, for recruiting management, RedCarpet for employee onboarding and life events, WingSpan? for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight for compensation management, and Eprise? for employee intranets and content management.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SilkRoad technology, inc., the creator of the popular Life SuiteTM of web-based talent management solutions, announced that it has closed on a $54 million equity round of capital led by new investor Foundation Capital, and including existing investors Azure Capital Partners, SilkRoad Equity and several individuals. Plans for the current round of capital include a significant expansion of SilkRoad technology's worldwide direct sales and marketing efforts, strategic acquisitions and new product development. In a related announcement, Mike Cullinane has been named Chief Financial Officer of the company.
More at:www.silkroad.com
SilkRoad technology, inc. provides software as a service (SaaS) solutions that significantly improve the talent within its more than 700 customers across the globe. Through SilkRoad's Life Suite, an integrated talent management solution, companies are able to hire better employees, identify high and low performers, drive a pay-for-performance culture and improve employee tenure. The SilkRoad Life SuiteTM solution set includes OpenHire, for recruiting management, RedCarpet for employee onboarding and life events, WingSpan? for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight for compensation management, and Eprise? for employee intranets and content management.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SilkRoad technology, inc., the creator of the popular Life SuiteTM of web-based talent management solutions, announced that it has closed on a $54 million equity round of capital led by new investor Foundation Capital, and including existing investors Azure Capital Partners, SilkRoad Equity and several individuals. Plans for the current round of capital include a significant expansion of SilkRoad technology's worldwide direct sales and marketing efforts, strategic acquisitions and new product development. In a related announcement, Mike Cullinane has been named Chief Financial Officer of the company.
More at:www.silkroad.com
eTix, the pioneer in on-demand ticketing got $1 million funding
What Company Is Offering:
eTix Online TicketingT - This allows customers to quickly and easily start selling event tickets online using the eTix system with full integration into the eTix Box Office or as a free standing online sales tool. It is an extremely scalable and robust platform. eTix provides a branded link, which matches the look and feel of the customer's Web site. Customers place the link on their Web site allowing them to start selling tickets immediately.
After a ticket has been purchased online, the ticket appears on the
purchaser's browser (no additional software downloads are required). The purchaser is given instructions and is prompted to print the ticket(s).
eTix is offering full service for the venues and brings all ticketing into one easy to use interface. The customer controls ticket prices, seating configurations (for reserved seating), price codes and user administration. Performances can be easily created, onsale times pre-programmed, seats added and inventory moved.
The reporting suite gives customers analysis into every ticket sold. The solution includes leading edge tools for SMS ticket sales and distrubution, e-mail campaign and list management, and a full-featured ticket auction platform. The eTix Box Office has been used to sell tickets to events ranging from a small walking tour to a 200,000 reserved seat Formula One racetrack, so it can be customized and scaled to meet any customer's needs.
How Much They Got From VCs:
eTix, the pioneer in on-demand ticketing software, today announced it has received an investment of $1 million from Southern Capitol Ventures.
eTix managed the sale of more than 30 million tickets for 2,000 venues worldwide during 2007. The flexibility and scalability of the eTix platform allows the company to efficiently serve a variety of venue types including theaters, arenas, sporting venues, movie theaters, fairs and festivals, travel and tours, ski resorts, and other specialized venues.
More at:www.etix.com
eTix Online TicketingT - This allows customers to quickly and easily start selling event tickets online using the eTix system with full integration into the eTix Box Office or as a free standing online sales tool. It is an extremely scalable and robust platform. eTix provides a branded link, which matches the look and feel of the customer's Web site. Customers place the link on their Web site allowing them to start selling tickets immediately.
After a ticket has been purchased online, the ticket appears on the
purchaser's browser (no additional software downloads are required). The purchaser is given instructions and is prompted to print the ticket(s).
eTix is offering full service for the venues and brings all ticketing into one easy to use interface. The customer controls ticket prices, seating configurations (for reserved seating), price codes and user administration. Performances can be easily created, onsale times pre-programmed, seats added and inventory moved.
The reporting suite gives customers analysis into every ticket sold. The solution includes leading edge tools for SMS ticket sales and distrubution, e-mail campaign and list management, and a full-featured ticket auction platform. The eTix Box Office has been used to sell tickets to events ranging from a small walking tour to a 200,000 reserved seat Formula One racetrack, so it can be customized and scaled to meet any customer's needs.
How Much They Got From VCs:
eTix, the pioneer in on-demand ticketing software, today announced it has received an investment of $1 million from Southern Capitol Ventures.
eTix managed the sale of more than 30 million tickets for 2,000 venues worldwide during 2007. The flexibility and scalability of the eTix platform allows the company to efficiently serve a variety of venue types including theaters, arenas, sporting venues, movie theaters, fairs and festivals, travel and tours, ski resorts, and other specialized venues.
More at:www.etix.com
Totlol is a brand new community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years
What Company Is Offering:
Totlol is a brand new community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years.
How It Works:
When scouting parents search the YouTube database via a Totlol interface.
The scouting interface lets parents search and watch videos just as they used to do on YouTube.
When they find a video that they think is appropriate and relevant they can choose to submit it.
When submitting parents are asked to review the title and tags associated with the video and to provide a review of the content.
They are also asked to specify the main language of the video and categorize it.
This information, together with the original YouTube information is presented at screening.
The screening part of the process is where the community plays the most significant role.
Each Totlol user is invited to screen videos submitted by others and to answer screening questions. The answers are collected and analyzed by computer.
Only videos that pass the grade are then available for the viewing tots.
More at:http://www.totlol.com/
Totlol is a brand new community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years.
How It Works:
When scouting parents search the YouTube database via a Totlol interface.
The scouting interface lets parents search and watch videos just as they used to do on YouTube.
When they find a video that they think is appropriate and relevant they can choose to submit it.
When submitting parents are asked to review the title and tags associated with the video and to provide a review of the content.
They are also asked to specify the main language of the video and categorize it.
This information, together with the original YouTube information is presented at screening.
The screening part of the process is where the community plays the most significant role.
Each Totlol user is invited to screen videos submitted by others and to answer screening questions. The answers are collected and analyzed by computer.
Only videos that pass the grade are then available for the viewing tots.
More at:http://www.totlol.com/
Thursday, May 15, 2008
DealQUE is a social bargain hunting website and daily deal aggregator gathering the best deals on the web
What Company Is Offering:
DealQUE is a social bargain hunting website and daily deal aggregator gathering the best deals on the web.DealQUE is a social bargain hunting website, where users generate deal content and share it with the community. Similar to currently popular social bookmaking websites, DealQUE’s users not only submit deals but depending on their popularity control the position listings of these deals.A "Que" is the rating of a deal as determined by the DealQUE algorithm. This algorithm is determined by various factors such as the amount of times a deal is rated (Que count), the frequency of clicks, the distance from the earth to the moon relative to DealQUE headquarters, etc. Deals with a higher rating are displayed before others. Just remember that a high Que count doesn't mean a high rating!! It just means that it has been visited many times, which is only one factor in our rating algorithm!
How It Works:
If you like a deal "Que it". Every deal will have a "QUE it " icon right by it's image, simply click on it and the deal will be rated. You can Que a deal every hour, just remember that you can't promote deals to the homepage by just clicking on them a hundred times. There are other rating factors that determine a deal's ranking.
Simply Click on the submit a deal link on the top of the page. Enter some basic info and your done!
Click to watch a quick video showing you the whole process!
Once these deals are found they are indexed and displayed on DealQUE.com along with all the other deals.
Not only do you get to post deals, you also decide what deals are the hottest. You like a deal ? Que it! Deals will be listed in order of their popularity, and the best deals will hit the homepage.
More at:http://www.dealque.com/
DealQUE is a social bargain hunting website and daily deal aggregator gathering the best deals on the web.DealQUE is a social bargain hunting website, where users generate deal content and share it with the community. Similar to currently popular social bookmaking websites, DealQUE’s users not only submit deals but depending on their popularity control the position listings of these deals.A "Que" is the rating of a deal as determined by the DealQUE algorithm. This algorithm is determined by various factors such as the amount of times a deal is rated (Que count), the frequency of clicks, the distance from the earth to the moon relative to DealQUE headquarters, etc. Deals with a higher rating are displayed before others. Just remember that a high Que count doesn't mean a high rating!! It just means that it has been visited many times, which is only one factor in our rating algorithm!
How It Works:
If you like a deal "Que it". Every deal will have a "QUE it " icon right by it's image, simply click on it and the deal will be rated. You can Que a deal every hour, just remember that you can't promote deals to the homepage by just clicking on them a hundred times. There are other rating factors that determine a deal's ranking.
Simply Click on the submit a deal link on the top of the page. Enter some basic info and your done!
Click to watch a quick video showing you the whole process!
Once these deals are found they are indexed and displayed on DealQUE.com along with all the other deals.
Not only do you get to post deals, you also decide what deals are the hottest. You like a deal ? Que it! Deals will be listed in order of their popularity, and the best deals will hit the homepage.
More at:http://www.dealque.com/
BusinessesforsaleRSS.com----Sale Search Engine
What Company Is Offering:
BusinessesforsaleRSS.com, created by the Listopica, Inc. Research and Development team, is a vertical search engine for the business for sale industry...and they're building the largest database of businesses for sale in the universe.
How It Works:
Search business for sale listings from across the internet. They are the only true business for sale search engine that searches and indexes listings from business brokers, business owners, business for sale forums, as well as corporate and community sites.
There are many businesses for sale listings scattered across the internet that go un-noticed and un-seen by buyers, advertised in blogs, newspapers, forums, personal and commercial websites, etc. The major search engines just don't do the trick when a buyer is looking for a specialized business for sale.
They're here to bring all of these business for sale listings together, in one place, a centralized location allowing users to search and find the right business.
More at:http://www.businessesforsalerss.com/
BusinessesforsaleRSS.com, created by the Listopica, Inc. Research and Development team, is a vertical search engine for the business for sale industry...and they're building the largest database of businesses for sale in the universe.
How It Works:
Search business for sale listings from across the internet. They are the only true business for sale search engine that searches and indexes listings from business brokers, business owners, business for sale forums, as well as corporate and community sites.
There are many businesses for sale listings scattered across the internet that go un-noticed and un-seen by buyers, advertised in blogs, newspapers, forums, personal and commercial websites, etc. The major search engines just don't do the trick when a buyer is looking for a specialized business for sale.
They're here to bring all of these business for sale listings together, in one place, a centralized location allowing users to search and find the right business.
More at:http://www.businessesforsalerss.com/
Acquireo.com is a online marketplace for buying and selling established businesses of any size, type, price, and location
What Company Is Offering:
Acquireo.com is a online marketplace for buying and selling established businesses of any size, type, price, and location. Their focus is to provide business sellers, businesses buyers, and 3rd party entities with the most affordable, confidential, comprehensive, results oriented, marketing and advertising campaign for successfully selling and buying established businesses.
How It Works:
Acquireo provides personal sellers and business brokers with the most comprehensive, results oriented, marketing and advertising campaign for selling their business. Sellers can place an advertisement on the Acquireo.com website, detailing the information about the business for sale. Information, such as the business description, location, asking price, gross income, annual net, images of the business, etc. is collected from the seller through a simple, user friendly form submission process. This information is entered into our system and reviewed by our listing specialists. The listing then becomes active on Acquireo, available to be viewed by the many prospective business buyers that visit our website on a daily basis.
People looking to purchase a business can visit Acquireo.com, search for a business, and then directly contact the seller for more information...for FREE!
Their database contains a comprehensive listing of businesses for sale throughout the United States.
More at:http://www.acquireo.com/
Acquireo.com is a online marketplace for buying and selling established businesses of any size, type, price, and location. Their focus is to provide business sellers, businesses buyers, and 3rd party entities with the most affordable, confidential, comprehensive, results oriented, marketing and advertising campaign for successfully selling and buying established businesses.
How It Works:
Acquireo provides personal sellers and business brokers with the most comprehensive, results oriented, marketing and advertising campaign for selling their business. Sellers can place an advertisement on the Acquireo.com website, detailing the information about the business for sale. Information, such as the business description, location, asking price, gross income, annual net, images of the business, etc. is collected from the seller through a simple, user friendly form submission process. This information is entered into our system and reviewed by our listing specialists. The listing then becomes active on Acquireo, available to be viewed by the many prospective business buyers that visit our website on a daily basis.
People looking to purchase a business can visit Acquireo.com, search for a business, and then directly contact the seller for more information...for FREE!
Their database contains a comprehensive listing of businesses for sale throughout the United States.
More at:http://www.acquireo.com/
CallerComplaints.com
What Company Is Offering:
CallerComplaints.com offers a quick, easy, and free way to file a complaint about any phone number that's calling you. Unlike government reporting websites, these reports are publicly published for the world to see. This does two things:
How It Works:
By combining the data from users all over the world, CallerComplaints.com provides unique information about a phone number not available anywhere else.
This data can be used to file joint-action complaints with government agencies, allow other users to learn more about a phone number, or any of a dozen other uses.
No single person or company can compile a comprehensive database... only thousands of individuals working together to stop the calls! It's like Wikipedia for telemarketers.
More at:http://www.callercomplaints.com/
CallerComplaints.com offers a quick, easy, and free way to file a complaint about any phone number that's calling you. Unlike government reporting websites, these reports are publicly published for the world to see. This does two things:
How It Works:
By combining the data from users all over the world, CallerComplaints.com provides unique information about a phone number not available anywhere else.
This data can be used to file joint-action complaints with government agencies, allow other users to learn more about a phone number, or any of a dozen other uses.
No single person or company can compile a comprehensive database... only thousands of individuals working together to stop the calls! It's like Wikipedia for telemarketers.
More at:http://www.callercomplaints.com/
mnisio lets you select clips from videos you find on YouTube and other video sites, and easily post them on your profile page or blog
What Company Says:
Omnisio was founded with the goal of drastically improving your online video experience.Omnisio lets you select clips from videos you find on YouTube and other video sites, and easily post them on your profile page or blog. Even better, you and your friends can add comments directly in the video!
Online video today is simply trying re-create the experience of TV - but the web is different from TV. It's interactive, it's social and it's more measurable. They have only just begun to scratch the surface of what is possible with video online.
How It Works:
You can import your videos from YouTube, Google Video or Blip.tv as before, and now you can either upload your slides (in pdf format) or import your slides from SlideShare.
Once you’ve uploaded your slides, you can set each one to appear at a certain point in your video.
More at:http://www.omnisio.com/
Omnisio was founded with the goal of drastically improving your online video experience.Omnisio lets you select clips from videos you find on YouTube and other video sites, and easily post them on your profile page or blog. Even better, you and your friends can add comments directly in the video!
Online video today is simply trying re-create the experience of TV - but the web is different from TV. It's interactive, it's social and it's more measurable. They have only just begun to scratch the surface of what is possible with video online.
How It Works:
You can import your videos from YouTube, Google Video or Blip.tv as before, and now you can either upload your slides (in pdf format) or import your slides from SlideShare.
Once you’ve uploaded your slides, you can set each one to appear at a certain point in your video.
More at:http://www.omnisio.com/
Motismo is a simple, no fluff, time tracking solution for creative professionals
What Company Is Offering:
Motismo is a simple, no fluff, time tracking solution for creative professionals. It has been designed for both freelancers and small businesses to provide a bit more organization and management than the usual Post-it system employed by so many creative professionals .
More at:http://www.motismo.com/
Motismo is a simple, no fluff, time tracking solution for creative professionals. It has been designed for both freelancers and small businesses to provide a bit more organization and management than the usual Post-it system employed by so many creative professionals .
More at:http://www.motismo.com/
Scoutle is a social network for personal websites and blogs that helps you find and connect with interesting people, wherever they are
What Company Is Offering:
Scoutle is a social network for personal websites and blogs that helps you find and connect with interesting people, wherever they are.
How It Works:
Sign up, activate your account and login.Your Scout is your personal webcrawler. He will walk over the Internet and will meet other Scouts. To help your Scout walk, give him some space so install the small Stage on your website. This will not only activate your Scout, but will also bring other Scouts to your website.
The Scouts your Scout will meet are selected based on a range of criteria, like interests, networks, connections and more. Be sure to check his results every now and then, visit the websites and if you find them interesting, start a Connection. This will help your website become more valuable.
More at:http://www.scoutle.com/
Scoutle is a social network for personal websites and blogs that helps you find and connect with interesting people, wherever they are.
How It Works:
Sign up, activate your account and login.Your Scout is your personal webcrawler. He will walk over the Internet and will meet other Scouts. To help your Scout walk, give him some space so install the small Stage on your website. This will not only activate your Scout, but will also bring other Scouts to your website.
The Scouts your Scout will meet are selected based on a range of criteria, like interests, networks, connections and more. Be sure to check his results every now and then, visit the websites and if you find them interesting, start a Connection. This will help your website become more valuable.
More at:http://www.scoutle.com/
BuySAFE Inc is provider of security solutions for online shoppers, has secured $2.7 million of a $5.12 million Series D round
What Company Is Offering:
buySAFE offers a unique solution to one of the biggest challenges that online shoppers face – knowing who to trust.A buySAFE Seal on a merchant's Website or marketplace item listing indicates that the merchant has:
passed the rigorous buySAFE Certification Process to ensure they are trustworthy and reliable;
agreed to allow buySAFE to continuously monitor their performance in every transaction; and
qualified to guarantee their transactions with a bond from buySAFE and its surety partners — Liberty Mutual, Travelers, and ACE USA.
Consumers who wish to make a purchase from buySAFE Merchants may visit buySAFE Shopping at www.buysafeshopping.com, or may search for buySAFE Bonded Items on eBay, Overstock.com Auctions, TIAS.com, or select retail Websites. At any time, there are millions of Bonded Items for sale online.
How Much They Got From VCs:
BuySAFE Inc., an Arlington, Va.-based provider of security solutions for online shoppers, has secured $2.7 million of a $5.12 million Series D round, according to a regulatory filing. Return backers include Core Capital and Grotech Capital.
More at:www.buysafe.com
buySAFE offers a unique solution to one of the biggest challenges that online shoppers face – knowing who to trust.A buySAFE Seal on a merchant's Website or marketplace item listing indicates that the merchant has:
passed the rigorous buySAFE Certification Process to ensure they are trustworthy and reliable;
agreed to allow buySAFE to continuously monitor their performance in every transaction; and
qualified to guarantee their transactions with a bond from buySAFE and its surety partners — Liberty Mutual, Travelers, and ACE USA.
Consumers who wish to make a purchase from buySAFE Merchants may visit buySAFE Shopping at www.buysafeshopping.com, or may search for buySAFE Bonded Items on eBay, Overstock.com Auctions, TIAS.com, or select retail Websites. At any time, there are millions of Bonded Items for sale online.
How Much They Got From VCs:
BuySAFE Inc., an Arlington, Va.-based provider of security solutions for online shoppers, has secured $2.7 million of a $5.12 million Series D round, according to a regulatory filing. Return backers include Core Capital and Grotech Capital.
More at:www.buysafe.com
Passenger, the leader in on-demand customer collaboration got funding of $8 million
What Company Is Offering:
Passenger is the leader in on-demand Customer Collaboration. Through Passenger-powered Customer Collaboration, companies gain insight, drive innovation and build advocacy. Passenger combines leading community, collaboration and analytics technologies - into a single intuitive platform, delivered Software-as-a-Service.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Passenger, the leader in on-demand customer collaboration, today announced its series C funding of $8 million, led by existing investor StarVest Partners, a venture capital firm with key investments in technology-enabled business services. Larry Bettino, general partner of StarVest Partners will join Passenger’s Board of Directors. All previous investors also participated in this round including Shelter Capital Partners and Steamboat Ventures. The latest round will bring Passenger’s funding to $20.5 million.
The funding signifies a strong vote of confidence in Passenger’s solution which combines its pre-eminent, Software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform with its strategic consulting services, enabling many of the world’s most innovative brands to collaborate with its key customers to design better customer experiences. The funds will allow the company to solidify its position as the defining leader in this space while also fueling international expansion.
About VCs:
StarVest Partners is a disciplined venture capital firm that is funding and building next-generation businesses. The firm’s value-added partnership maintains a core focus on five key emerging technology and services sectors: Software as a Service (SaaS), Internet Marketing Services, eCommerce Services, Data and Content Services and Identity and Security Management. StarVest combines a sophisticated investment background with the experience to foresee opportunities for both its portfolio companies and funding partners. More information about StarVest is available at the company’s Web site: www.starvestpartners.com.
More at:www.thinkpassenger.com.
Passenger is the leader in on-demand Customer Collaboration. Through Passenger-powered Customer Collaboration, companies gain insight, drive innovation and build advocacy. Passenger combines leading community, collaboration and analytics technologies - into a single intuitive platform, delivered Software-as-a-Service.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Passenger, the leader in on-demand customer collaboration, today announced its series C funding of $8 million, led by existing investor StarVest Partners, a venture capital firm with key investments in technology-enabled business services. Larry Bettino, general partner of StarVest Partners will join Passenger’s Board of Directors. All previous investors also participated in this round including Shelter Capital Partners and Steamboat Ventures. The latest round will bring Passenger’s funding to $20.5 million.
The funding signifies a strong vote of confidence in Passenger’s solution which combines its pre-eminent, Software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform with its strategic consulting services, enabling many of the world’s most innovative brands to collaborate with its key customers to design better customer experiences. The funds will allow the company to solidify its position as the defining leader in this space while also fueling international expansion.
About VCs:
StarVest Partners is a disciplined venture capital firm that is funding and building next-generation businesses. The firm’s value-added partnership maintains a core focus on five key emerging technology and services sectors: Software as a Service (SaaS), Internet Marketing Services, eCommerce Services, Data and Content Services and Identity and Security Management. StarVest combines a sophisticated investment background with the experience to foresee opportunities for both its portfolio companies and funding partners. More information about StarVest is available at the company’s Web site: www.starvestpartners.com.
More at:www.thinkpassenger.com.
Ubidyne is digital radio technology for the wireless industry secured $34 million in second round
What Company Is Offering:
Ubidyne is the global leader in digital antenna embedded radio technology for wireless communications. Ubidyne’s standards-agnostic micro-radio technology is integrated with wireless antennas and revolutionizes the economics of mobile communications. These integrated active antenna systems are compatible with current and next generation mobile standards. They eliminate the need for coaxial feeder cables, remote electrical tilt and additional amplifiers on antenna towers and masts. Ubidyne’s technology significantly reduces energy consumption while improving radio performance, deployment flexibility, coverage and capacity of mobile communications networks globally.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Ubidyne, the leader in digital radio technology for the wireless industry, today announced that it funding led by Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures. This completes one of the largest venture capital investments in the European wireless equipment market segment in recent years. Previous investors Accel Partners and TVM Capital have participated in the funding, along with new investor BayTech Venture Capital.
Ubidyne created the world’s first digital, antenna embedded radio system for wireless communications. Ubidyne’s patent-pending technology significantly improves the operating economics of wireless networks. It reduces energy consumption, enables simple, flexible deployment and increases the coverage and capacity of mobile communications networks.
More at:www.ubidyne.com
Ubidyne is the global leader in digital antenna embedded radio technology for wireless communications. Ubidyne’s standards-agnostic micro-radio technology is integrated with wireless antennas and revolutionizes the economics of mobile communications. These integrated active antenna systems are compatible with current and next generation mobile standards. They eliminate the need for coaxial feeder cables, remote electrical tilt and additional amplifiers on antenna towers and masts. Ubidyne’s technology significantly reduces energy consumption while improving radio performance, deployment flexibility, coverage and capacity of mobile communications networks globally.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Ubidyne, the leader in digital radio technology for the wireless industry, today announced that it funding led by Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures. This completes one of the largest venture capital investments in the European wireless equipment market segment in recent years. Previous investors Accel Partners and TVM Capital have participated in the funding, along with new investor BayTech Venture Capital.
Ubidyne created the world’s first digital, antenna embedded radio system for wireless communications. Ubidyne’s patent-pending technology significantly improves the operating economics of wireless networks. It reduces energy consumption, enables simple, flexible deployment and increases the coverage and capacity of mobile communications networks.
More at:www.ubidyne.com
Sift'd is a place to submit and vote on cool stuff you find on the internet
What Company Is Offering:
Sift'd is a place to submit and vote on cool stuff you find on the internet. The most popular stuff as decided by the users gets put on the front page of each section, and the most popular of the popular gets featured on the home page!
How It Works:
Every user at Sift’d has a value between 1 and 100 percent that is their SiftKarma. Every time they vote or comment they ’spend’ some of their SiftKarma, and every time another someone votes on their submissions and comments they ‘earn’ more.It also effectively deals with anyone who makes multiple accounts. If a person makes 40 accounts and tries to get their submission front paged it might work - once or twice - but eventually their 40 accounts will have a combined weight of one user with average SiftKarma. Their 40 accounts, even if they’re used to +vote each other, result in a net loss for each account.
The only way a person could maintain their deception would be by having each of their accounts participating on the site and receiving positive votes by real users which might be feasible for a couple of accounts but maintaining multiple personas that attract positive attention is likely to be impossible for any lengthy period of time.
People using services like usersubmitter.com are also going to find themselves out of luck unless they can devote time into maintaining good SiftKarma to offset what they use selling their votes.
More at:http://siftd.com/
Sift'd is a place to submit and vote on cool stuff you find on the internet. The most popular stuff as decided by the users gets put on the front page of each section, and the most popular of the popular gets featured on the home page!
How It Works:
Every user at Sift’d has a value between 1 and 100 percent that is their SiftKarma. Every time they vote or comment they ’spend’ some of their SiftKarma, and every time another someone votes on their submissions and comments they ‘earn’ more.It also effectively deals with anyone who makes multiple accounts. If a person makes 40 accounts and tries to get their submission front paged it might work - once or twice - but eventually their 40 accounts will have a combined weight of one user with average SiftKarma. Their 40 accounts, even if they’re used to +vote each other, result in a net loss for each account.
The only way a person could maintain their deception would be by having each of their accounts participating on the site and receiving positive votes by real users which might be feasible for a couple of accounts but maintaining multiple personas that attract positive attention is likely to be impossible for any lengthy period of time.
People using services like usersubmitter.com are also going to find themselves out of luck unless they can devote time into maintaining good SiftKarma to offset what they use selling their votes.
More at:http://siftd.com/
Walletproof is designed to help you track what you spend you're money on, regardless of how your bank accounts are structured
What Company Is Offering:
Walletproof is designed to help you track what you spend you're money on, regardless of how your bank accounts are structured.
How It Works:
Simply enter your monthly income in "Recurring income" and your rent, water and heating bills etc. in "Recurring expenses" and your day to day expenses in "This month's expenses". You will know how much you have left to spend, but it is up to you to know where that money is kept, be it in a current account, savings account or under your pillow. (Walletproof cannot officially recommend the last option). You can choose whatever categories you like. The most popular category choices of other Walletproof users are displayed at the bottom of the form under 'Popular categories'. Your choices of categories should reflect how precisely you want to monitor your expenses.
More at:http://www.walletproof.com/
Walletproof is designed to help you track what you spend you're money on, regardless of how your bank accounts are structured.
How It Works:
Simply enter your monthly income in "Recurring income" and your rent, water and heating bills etc. in "Recurring expenses" and your day to day expenses in "This month's expenses". You will know how much you have left to spend, but it is up to you to know where that money is kept, be it in a current account, savings account or under your pillow. (Walletproof cannot officially recommend the last option). You can choose whatever categories you like. The most popular category choices of other Walletproof users are displayed at the bottom of the form under 'Popular categories'. Your choices of categories should reflect how precisely you want to monitor your expenses.
More at:http://www.walletproof.com/
Baseline is the most effective way to ensure your work history reaches the people who matter most
What Company Is Offering:
Baseline StudioSystems is the world's preeminent premier provider of film and television information.
Baseline's flagship product is The Studio System, a subscription database of premium film and television information. Combining real-time information updates with a sophisticated user interface, The Studio System is the industry's most powerful and reliable informational tool Based in Santa Monica, the company serves a customer base that includes every major studio, broadcast network, representation firm and media outlet in North America. Founded in 1982, Baseline StudioSystems is a part of The New York Times Company.
How It Works:
Placing your information in Baseline is the most effective way to ensure your work history reaches the people who matter most. Their subscription clients include every major studio, broadcast network, producer and talent agency.Once they have entered your information they will be happy to provide you a complimentary day-pass to The Studio System so you can see how your profile is displayed to the professional community.. The Studio System is the industry's database of record, used daily by over 1,100 media and entertainment companies and thousands of entertainment professionals worldwide.
More at:http://www.inbaseline.com/
Baseline StudioSystems is the world's preeminent premier provider of film and television information.
Baseline's flagship product is The Studio System, a subscription database of premium film and television information. Combining real-time information updates with a sophisticated user interface, The Studio System is the industry's most powerful and reliable informational tool Based in Santa Monica, the company serves a customer base that includes every major studio, broadcast network, representation firm and media outlet in North America. Founded in 1982, Baseline StudioSystems is a part of The New York Times Company.
How It Works:
Placing your information in Baseline is the most effective way to ensure your work history reaches the people who matter most. Their subscription clients include every major studio, broadcast network, producer and talent agency.Once they have entered your information they will be happy to provide you a complimentary day-pass to The Studio System so you can see how your profile is displayed to the professional community.. The Studio System is the industry's database of record, used daily by over 1,100 media and entertainment companies and thousands of entertainment professionals worldwide.
More at:http://www.inbaseline.com/
SocialEngine is a PHP-based social network platform that lets you create a social network on your website
What Company Is Offering:
SocialEngine is a PHP-based social network platform that lets you create a social network on your website. Right out of the box, your social network will offer nearly all of the features found on today's wildly popular social networks. Instead of hosting your social network on their servers, they give you complete control over your project by allowing you to download the source code and install it on your own server.
How It Works:
SocialEngine is a "platform" that gives instantly you a simple, unbranded network. This lets you get right to deploying your unique theme, social structure, or concept using our source code as a foundation.
SocialEngine is the only self-hosted social network platform that can truly give you the opportunity for explosive, viral growth. Other social network apps create social networks that look and work the same. SocialEngine's simple design lets you highlight your unique theme. We've gone to great lengths to make customizations easier, with detailed comments placed throughout the completely unencrypted source code. SocialEngine also includes advanced social features not found in other apps, like subnetworks, multiple possible friendship structures, and very comprehensive privacy settings.
More at:http://www.socialengine.net/
SocialEngine is a PHP-based social network platform that lets you create a social network on your website. Right out of the box, your social network will offer nearly all of the features found on today's wildly popular social networks. Instead of hosting your social network on their servers, they give you complete control over your project by allowing you to download the source code and install it on your own server.
How It Works:
SocialEngine is a "platform" that gives instantly you a simple, unbranded network. This lets you get right to deploying your unique theme, social structure, or concept using our source code as a foundation.
SocialEngine is the only self-hosted social network platform that can truly give you the opportunity for explosive, viral growth. Other social network apps create social networks that look and work the same. SocialEngine's simple design lets you highlight your unique theme. We've gone to great lengths to make customizations easier, with detailed comments placed throughout the completely unencrypted source code. SocialEngine also includes advanced social features not found in other apps, like subnetworks, multiple possible friendship structures, and very comprehensive privacy settings.
More at:http://www.socialengine.net/
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Picture Postbox is a unique social network for photographers, artists, and other producers of digital imagery
What Company Is Offering:
Picture Postbox is a unique social network for photographers, artists, and other producers of digital imagery.
Unlike other image hosting services, Picture Postbox aims to build a community of skilled image producers and provide them with a medium for sharing their work.
Developed voluntarily by Richard Grant, QWeb, Picture Postbox is maintained and hosted by Mary Grant.
How It Works:
Browse through the public image albums submitted by users of Picture Postbox.
Here you can browse through the public image albums submitted by users of Picture Postbox. To help speed up the loading time of this listing, only 20 albums are shown per page.Select an album to view a gallery of its images.
Browse through the Picture Postbox members list.
Here you can browse through the Picture Postbox members list to find talented artists, photographers and other image producers that interest you.
More at:http://picturepostbox.com/
Picture Postbox is a unique social network for photographers, artists, and other producers of digital imagery.
Unlike other image hosting services, Picture Postbox aims to build a community of skilled image producers and provide them with a medium for sharing their work.
Developed voluntarily by Richard Grant, QWeb, Picture Postbox is maintained and hosted by Mary Grant.
How It Works:
Browse through the public image albums submitted by users of Picture Postbox.
Here you can browse through the public image albums submitted by users of Picture Postbox. To help speed up the loading time of this listing, only 20 albums are shown per page.Select an album to view a gallery of its images.
Browse through the Picture Postbox members list.
Here you can browse through the Picture Postbox members list to find talented artists, photographers and other image producers that interest you.
More at:http://picturepostbox.com/
YCD---Connect With Local Contractors
What Company Is Offering:
Their Mission is to provide home owners and businesses an opportunity to connect with local contractors who can fulfill any home improvement project and or commercial. Their detailed profiles enable contractors to showcase their company and provided users with much more information than just a listing.
How It Works:
Find local contractors for your home improvement or commercial projects. Detail profiles, ratings, reviews, images and video.
Offering users the opportunity to rate and review and share with others their experiences provides a unique opportunity for users to make the right choices. Their unique design and software enables users to have direct interaction with the contractor(s) of their choice. Their advancements in search technology enable users to find contractors near their location by searching using our zip code radius software technology. In addition they bring informational home improvement and construction industry related articles, classifieds and events all in one user friendly place.
More at:http://www.yourcontractordirect.com/
Their Mission is to provide home owners and businesses an opportunity to connect with local contractors who can fulfill any home improvement project and or commercial. Their detailed profiles enable contractors to showcase their company and provided users with much more information than just a listing.
How It Works:
Find local contractors for your home improvement or commercial projects. Detail profiles, ratings, reviews, images and video.
Offering users the opportunity to rate and review and share with others their experiences provides a unique opportunity for users to make the right choices. Their unique design and software enables users to have direct interaction with the contractor(s) of their choice. Their advancements in search technology enable users to find contractors near their location by searching using our zip code radius software technology. In addition they bring informational home improvement and construction industry related articles, classifieds and events all in one user friendly place.
More at:http://www.yourcontractordirect.com/
Mom Corps works to match professionals with flexible job opportunities suited to candidates' qualifications and scheduling needs
What Company Is Offering:
Mom Corps works to match professionals with flexible job opportunities suited to candidates' qualifications and scheduling needs. Candidates fill out a detailed profile specifying their professional experience and needs for flexibility, as well as upload their resume into our database.
How It Works:
Once registered, candidates can search and apply directly to active jobs. In turn, employers search the database for candidates matching their qualifications, view resumes, and notify the select candidates they wish to have apply.Mom Corps offer a variety of flexible employment opportunities. You choose when you work, how long you work, and how much time you take in between projects, and our database matches you with jobs suited to your scheduling needs. The more flexible you choose to be, the more opportunities you will find.
Getting started with Mom Corps is easy - go to the candidate homepage, and click on 'Register with Mom Corps'. Create a username (your email) and unique password and fill out our detailed candidate questionnaire to help us determine your experience and your needs for flexibility. You will also be asked to upload your resume which will be saved to your account and in our candidate database.
More at:http://www.momcorps.com/
Mom Corps works to match professionals with flexible job opportunities suited to candidates' qualifications and scheduling needs. Candidates fill out a detailed profile specifying their professional experience and needs for flexibility, as well as upload their resume into our database.
How It Works:
Once registered, candidates can search and apply directly to active jobs. In turn, employers search the database for candidates matching their qualifications, view resumes, and notify the select candidates they wish to have apply.Mom Corps offer a variety of flexible employment opportunities. You choose when you work, how long you work, and how much time you take in between projects, and our database matches you with jobs suited to your scheduling needs. The more flexible you choose to be, the more opportunities you will find.
Getting started with Mom Corps is easy - go to the candidate homepage, and click on 'Register with Mom Corps'. Create a username (your email) and unique password and fill out our detailed candidate questionnaire to help us determine your experience and your needs for flexibility. You will also be asked to upload your resume which will be saved to your account and in our candidate database.
More at:http://www.momcorps.com/
Jobmixi.com
What Company Is Offering:
Jobmixi searches thousands of company career pages along with job boards and indexes the results to the user as per the search query. These job listings are continuously updated in real time and all the expired job listings are deleted from the database.
Jobmixi team has in-depth experience in building technology products and services. understand technology, understand information (and the pain associated with overload and irrelevancy) and we understand service delivery.
How It Works:
Jobmixi.com pioneered with vertical search engine technology is trying to solve a different, more specific problem than a generalist one, focusing on the needs of job market and more specifically on job listings by visiting websites containing jobs and collecting details of the jobs to build a searchable index for Jobmixi database.
More at:http://www.jobmixi.com/
Jobmixi searches thousands of company career pages along with job boards and indexes the results to the user as per the search query. These job listings are continuously updated in real time and all the expired job listings are deleted from the database.
Jobmixi team has in-depth experience in building technology products and services. understand technology, understand information (and the pain associated with overload and irrelevancy) and we understand service delivery.
How It Works:
Jobmixi.com pioneered with vertical search engine technology is trying to solve a different, more specific problem than a generalist one, focusing on the needs of job market and more specifically on job listings by visiting websites containing jobs and collecting details of the jobs to build a searchable index for Jobmixi database.
More at:http://www.jobmixi.com/
MyCommittee Is Collaborative tool for business
What Company Is Offering:
Committees and meetings dominate the way in which we do business and make decisions today, but they are typically thought of as inefficient. Much of the waste is due to lack of clear objectives, poorly managed meetings and unprepared members.
MyCommittee brings the committee process on-line and provides an innovative and long needed communication and management framework for transforming the committee into an efficient collaborative tool for business. It provides groups, wherever there members are, a central location for the management and communication of committee work.
How It Works:
MyCommittee keeps track for you of all action items, deferred items, etc. Meeting after meeting... For instance, when an agenda item was not completed during a meeting, it will show up again on a future agenda. Nothing is ever lost or forgotten!
When you schedule a new meeting, all members will receive a personalized notification email with a link to the online agenda. Members can add notes and comments and can RSVP directly from this page. The same will happen after the minutes are created.
All this is organized by providing your team with its own private web site. The intelligent Agenda and Minutes wizards will assist you with creating meeting agendas and minutes saving you plenty of valuable time!
No more documents to mail or email around. No more lost notes with ideas or comments. No more forgotten agenda items.
Members can communicate via threaded discussions and comments. You can even attach comments and notes to individual agenda items.
You will still meet with the same people in the same place but everything is now organized, online and available from any computer with Internet access.
More at:http://www.mycommittee.com/
Committees and meetings dominate the way in which we do business and make decisions today, but they are typically thought of as inefficient. Much of the waste is due to lack of clear objectives, poorly managed meetings and unprepared members.
MyCommittee brings the committee process on-line and provides an innovative and long needed communication and management framework for transforming the committee into an efficient collaborative tool for business. It provides groups, wherever there members are, a central location for the management and communication of committee work.
How It Works:
MyCommittee keeps track for you of all action items, deferred items, etc. Meeting after meeting... For instance, when an agenda item was not completed during a meeting, it will show up again on a future agenda. Nothing is ever lost or forgotten!
When you schedule a new meeting, all members will receive a personalized notification email with a link to the online agenda. Members can add notes and comments and can RSVP directly from this page. The same will happen after the minutes are created.
All this is organized by providing your team with its own private web site. The intelligent Agenda and Minutes wizards will assist you with creating meeting agendas and minutes saving you plenty of valuable time!
No more documents to mail or email around. No more lost notes with ideas or comments. No more forgotten agenda items.
Members can communicate via threaded discussions and comments. You can even attach comments and notes to individual agenda items.
You will still meet with the same people in the same place but everything is now organized, online and available from any computer with Internet access.
More at:http://www.mycommittee.com/
MortgageSum.com is a site dedicated to providing the most comprehensive collection of free mortgage calculators on the web
What Company Is Offering:
MortgageSum.com is a site dedicated to providing the most comprehensive collection of free mortgage calculators on the web. Their mission is to help educate people about all aspects of mortgages, loans and financing calculations and provide tools and resources to simplify the process. They are offering all of their tools & resources FREE to their users, and strive to bring their users new and exciting services that are often a pay service elsewhere. It is also a quick way to check out different scenarios given any type of loan situation.
More at:http://www.mortgagesum.com/
MortgageSum.com is a site dedicated to providing the most comprehensive collection of free mortgage calculators on the web. Their mission is to help educate people about all aspects of mortgages, loans and financing calculations and provide tools and resources to simplify the process. They are offering all of their tools & resources FREE to their users, and strive to bring their users new and exciting services that are often a pay service elsewhere. It is also a quick way to check out different scenarios given any type of loan situation.
More at:http://www.mortgagesum.com/
Aria Networks that enables telecoms companies to plan, design and optimise their converging Next-Generation Networks got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
Aria Networks develops and markets Operational Support System (OSS) software that enables telecoms companies to plan, design and optimise their converging Next-Generation Networks. Aria's technology enables telecoms companies to design, plan, and optimise their Next-Generation Networks. Using its iVNT software suite, Aria is capable of doing in minutes what it takes large teams of engineers and planners months to achieve. Furthermore, the functionality provided by Aria enables telecom operators to economically build their network and to reliably deliver the myriad of services they offer.
Aria's technology is highly disruptive and has the capability to fundamentally change the economics of a telecom operator's business.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Aria Networks, a leading provider of planning and optimisation solutions for Next-Generation Networks today announce it has secured an investment of Gbp2Million ($4Million) from Seraphim Capital, a Gbp30Million ($60Million) venture capital fund based in London, England.
"We are pleased to have completed this round of investment", said Tony Fallows CEO of Aria Networks. "Over the last year we have made significant progress with our customers and partners around the world. With Seraphim's backing, we now have the capability to further execute on our unique technology and business strategy".
More at:www.seraphimcapital.co.uk
Aria Networks develops and markets Operational Support System (OSS) software that enables telecoms companies to plan, design and optimise their converging Next-Generation Networks. Aria's technology enables telecoms companies to design, plan, and optimise their Next-Generation Networks. Using its iVNT software suite, Aria is capable of doing in minutes what it takes large teams of engineers and planners months to achieve. Furthermore, the functionality provided by Aria enables telecom operators to economically build their network and to reliably deliver the myriad of services they offer.
Aria's technology is highly disruptive and has the capability to fundamentally change the economics of a telecom operator's business.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Aria Networks, a leading provider of planning and optimisation solutions for Next-Generation Networks today announce it has secured an investment of Gbp2Million ($4Million) from Seraphim Capital, a Gbp30Million ($60Million) venture capital fund based in London, England.
"We are pleased to have completed this round of investment", said Tony Fallows CEO of Aria Networks. "Over the last year we have made significant progress with our customers and partners around the world. With Seraphim's backing, we now have the capability to further execute on our unique technology and business strategy".
More at:www.seraphimcapital.co.uk
CitizenHawk is a leading provider of digital brand management solutionshas raised $3 million
What Company Is Offering:
CitizenHawk is a leading provider of digital brand management solutions that enable companies to monitor, protect and enforce proper use of their brand online. CitizenHawk’s patent-pending technology identifies instances of cybersquatting that infringe on a company’s trademark, sends notices of fraudulent activity to domain owners, interrupts the flow of money being paid to cybersquatters and automates legal action to get fraudulent sites stopped for good.
CitizenHawk’s mission is to allow companies to protect one of their most valuable assets – their brand – and to reclaim millions in revenues lost through “accidental traffic” currently monetized by fraudulent domain holders through PPC advertising, porn ads, gambling, pop-ups, spyware, affiliate fraud and other spurious means.
How Much They Got From VCs:
CitizenHawk Inc., an Aliso Viejo, Calif.based provider of technology that helps protect brands from cybersquatters, has raised $3 million in Series B funding led by seed backer Maveron.
More:www.citizenhawk.com
CitizenHawk is a leading provider of digital brand management solutions that enable companies to monitor, protect and enforce proper use of their brand online. CitizenHawk’s patent-pending technology identifies instances of cybersquatting that infringe on a company’s trademark, sends notices of fraudulent activity to domain owners, interrupts the flow of money being paid to cybersquatters and automates legal action to get fraudulent sites stopped for good.
CitizenHawk’s mission is to allow companies to protect one of their most valuable assets – their brand – and to reclaim millions in revenues lost through “accidental traffic” currently monetized by fraudulent domain holders through PPC advertising, porn ads, gambling, pop-ups, spyware, affiliate fraud and other spurious means.
How Much They Got From VCs:
CitizenHawk Inc., an Aliso Viejo, Calif.based provider of technology that helps protect brands from cybersquatters, has raised $3 million in Series B funding led by seed backer Maveron.
More:www.citizenhawk.com
Social Gaming Network, is developer of games for social networks like Facebook, has raised $15 million in Series A funding
What Company Is Offering:
Social Gaming Network (SGN) is the leading global development platform for social game distribution. SGN has created a complete ecosystem for social game developers to easily distribute and monetize their games across the social web. These games transcend traditional game play, by giving players a highly personalized, engaging, competitive, and portable user experience. Since its inception, SGN's games have attracted over 1 billion page views, 54 million installs and nearly 1.1 milion daily active users across Facebook, Bebo, hi5, and MySpace. Popular titles include, Warbook, FightClub, StreetRace, Jetman, and Free Gifts.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Social Gaming Network, is developer of games for social networks like Facebook, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. Backers include Greylock Partners, Founders Fund, Columbia Capital and Novak Biddle Venture Partners.
Social Gaming Network, (SGN) first gained wide acclaim and user adoption through their first Facebook game, Warbook, which was the first Facebook application to take advantage of the social graph and create a true social gaming experience on that network. The company, led by Shervin Pishevar, has since moved quickly to capitalize on social gaming, a space that has become one of the fastest growing verticals on the social web. Since their launch, SGN has quickly secured its position as one of the leading publishers and become the platform of choice for social game developers who want to quickly distribute and monetize their games. Seizing the opportunity, SGN has nurtured and will continue to expand its expertise and leadership in the social gaming community.
SGN's development team is creating the most dynamic and simple ecosystem for the creation and publication of games on the social web. With the current financing, the company will allocate even greater resources to research and development of its gaming platform, and produce more tools for social game developers who want to create a richer gaming experience on the social networks and the social web. SGN has also become the marquee sponsor of the very first social gaming conference: InterPlay: the Business of Gaming on the Social Web.
More at:www.sgn.com
Social Gaming Network (SGN) is the leading global development platform for social game distribution. SGN has created a complete ecosystem for social game developers to easily distribute and monetize their games across the social web. These games transcend traditional game play, by giving players a highly personalized, engaging, competitive, and portable user experience. Since its inception, SGN's games have attracted over 1 billion page views, 54 million installs and nearly 1.1 milion daily active users across Facebook, Bebo, hi5, and MySpace. Popular titles include, Warbook, FightClub, StreetRace, Jetman, and Free Gifts.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Social Gaming Network, is developer of games for social networks like Facebook, has raised $15 million in Series A funding. Backers include Greylock Partners, Founders Fund, Columbia Capital and Novak Biddle Venture Partners.
Social Gaming Network, (SGN) first gained wide acclaim and user adoption through their first Facebook game, Warbook, which was the first Facebook application to take advantage of the social graph and create a true social gaming experience on that network. The company, led by Shervin Pishevar, has since moved quickly to capitalize on social gaming, a space that has become one of the fastest growing verticals on the social web. Since their launch, SGN has quickly secured its position as one of the leading publishers and become the platform of choice for social game developers who want to quickly distribute and monetize their games. Seizing the opportunity, SGN has nurtured and will continue to expand its expertise and leadership in the social gaming community.
SGN's development team is creating the most dynamic and simple ecosystem for the creation and publication of games on the social web. With the current financing, the company will allocate even greater resources to research and development of its gaming platform, and produce more tools for social game developers who want to create a richer gaming experience on the social networks and the social web. SGN has also become the marquee sponsor of the very first social gaming conference: InterPlay: the Business of Gaming on the Social Web.
More at:www.sgn.com
Sprout, the premier platform for easily creating, publishing and managing rich media Web content, has closed a $5 million Series B financing
What Company Is Offering:
Sprout is the premier platform for easily creating, publishing and managing sophisticated rich media content on the Web. With Sprout, anyone can quickly and easily build widgets, minisites, banners and other rich media content for their blog, social networking profile or web site.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Sprout, the premier platform for easily creating, publishing and managing rich media Web content, has closed a $5 million Series B financing led by Polaris Venture Partners. Mike Hirshland, general partner at Polaris, has joined Sprout's board of directors. Existing investor Global Venture Capital (gvc) and legendary entrepreneur Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corporation and designer of Lotus 1-2-3, also participated in the round.
About VCs:
Polaris Venture Partners
A national venture capital firm with over $3 billion under management, Polaris invests in seed, early stage and growth equity businesses in the technology, life science, digital media, enertech and consumer sectors. Other digital media investments in Polaris' portfolio include Automattic/Wordpress, BlackArrow, Heavy, JibJab Media, Quantcast and Turbine Entertainment.
Through a philosophy of lead investing and active, long-term partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams, Polaris has helped many companies achieve outstanding success.
More at:http://www.sproutbuilder.com.
Sprout is the premier platform for easily creating, publishing and managing sophisticated rich media content on the Web. With Sprout, anyone can quickly and easily build widgets, minisites, banners and other rich media content for their blog, social networking profile or web site.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Sprout, the premier platform for easily creating, publishing and managing rich media Web content, has closed a $5 million Series B financing led by Polaris Venture Partners. Mike Hirshland, general partner at Polaris, has joined Sprout's board of directors. Existing investor Global Venture Capital (gvc) and legendary entrepreneur Mitch Kapor, founder of Lotus Development Corporation and designer of Lotus 1-2-3, also participated in the round.
About VCs:
Polaris Venture Partners
A national venture capital firm with over $3 billion under management, Polaris invests in seed, early stage and growth equity businesses in the technology, life science, digital media, enertech and consumer sectors. Other digital media investments in Polaris' portfolio include Automattic/Wordpress, BlackArrow, Heavy, JibJab Media, Quantcast and Turbine Entertainment.
Through a philosophy of lead investing and active, long-term partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams, Polaris has helped many companies achieve outstanding success.
More at:http://www.sproutbuilder.com.
Greentech Media is an integrated online media company designed to deliver the highest-quality content in the greentech industry has raised $2.75M
What Company Is Offering:
Greentech Media is an integrated online media company designed to deliver the highest-quality content in the greentech industry, whether it is research, news or critical networking events. Greentech Media is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., New England’s educational- and technology-innovation center, with operations in New York City and San Francisco.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Greentech Media, Inc., the industry leading online media company covering green technology news and analysis today announced that it has raised $2.75M in Series B financing. New investors EGORA Holding and The Massachusetts Green Energy Fund co-led the round. Existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Northport Private Equity also participated, along with King Hill Capital a new investor as part of the Series B round.
How They Will Use Raised Funds:
Greentech Media will use the funds to expand its team, increase focused coverage on key greentech markets, grow its product offering and scale its sales efforts domestically and internationally. “In under a year we have quickly become the go-to source for information on green technology trends,” said Scott Clavenna, President and CEO of Greentech Media. “We’re at the start of an exciting transformation in the industry, where green technology trends have become part of the social consciousness, presenting real opportunity for growth, value creation and environmental change.”
More at:http://www.greentechmedia.com.
Greentech Media is an integrated online media company designed to deliver the highest-quality content in the greentech industry, whether it is research, news or critical networking events. Greentech Media is headquartered in Cambridge, Mass., New England’s educational- and technology-innovation center, with operations in New York City and San Francisco.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Greentech Media, Inc., the industry leading online media company covering green technology news and analysis today announced that it has raised $2.75M in Series B financing. New investors EGORA Holding and The Massachusetts Green Energy Fund co-led the round. Existing investors Lightspeed Venture Partners and Northport Private Equity also participated, along with King Hill Capital a new investor as part of the Series B round.
How They Will Use Raised Funds:
Greentech Media will use the funds to expand its team, increase focused coverage on key greentech markets, grow its product offering and scale its sales efforts domestically and internationally. “In under a year we have quickly become the go-to source for information on green technology trends,” said Scott Clavenna, President and CEO of Greentech Media. “We’re at the start of an exciting transformation in the industry, where green technology trends have become part of the social consciousness, presenting real opportunity for growth, value creation and environmental change.”
More at:http://www.greentechmedia.com.
WORKetc Is For Small Business Solutions
What Company Is Offering:
WORKetc combines all the business software you need into a single, access anywhere, web intranet.
Critical business process tools such as time tracking, billing, project management, online calendars, shared documents and help desk software have now been integrated into a single, easy-to-use web 2.0 application.WORKetc is for small and medium businesses who want access to best practice, business management software, without the cost or complexity of traditional systems.
How It Works:
WORKetc is an online team and small business solution that helps you to work more efficiently and make more money.
Access your Business Worldwide. Free up more personal time by being able to access the "engine room" of your business from your home office, from the airport or from any internet-enabled device.
Maximize Sales Potential. Keep a constant eye on sales and never let another sales opportunity slip away. How many sales would you lose tomorrow should your top sales guy leave? WORKetc moves crucial sales information from specific employees and into a searchable system.
Capture Knowledge. How many minutes a day, hours a week would you spend looking for information or duplicating existing information? WORKetc stores conversations, documents and important reference material in a central, searchable location.
Manage & Store Documents. Don't get caught out spending thousands of dollars setting up and maintaining a local area network and server. WORKetc's document management software lets you store, search and collaborate on important business documents.
Collaborate with Your Team Online. Work online, share resources, project manage, share calendars and transcribe important conversations all within the WORKetcsoftware.
Manage Support Requests. Integrate your contact management, with customer support, sales pipeline, document management and C.R.M for a complete view of your business.
More at:http://www.worketc.com/
WORKetc combines all the business software you need into a single, access anywhere, web intranet.
Critical business process tools such as time tracking, billing, project management, online calendars, shared documents and help desk software have now been integrated into a single, easy-to-use web 2.0 application.WORKetc is for small and medium businesses who want access to best practice, business management software, without the cost or complexity of traditional systems.
How It Works:
WORKetc is an online team and small business solution that helps you to work more efficiently and make more money.
Access your Business Worldwide. Free up more personal time by being able to access the "engine room" of your business from your home office, from the airport or from any internet-enabled device.
Maximize Sales Potential. Keep a constant eye on sales and never let another sales opportunity slip away. How many sales would you lose tomorrow should your top sales guy leave? WORKetc moves crucial sales information from specific employees and into a searchable system.
Capture Knowledge. How many minutes a day, hours a week would you spend looking for information or duplicating existing information? WORKetc stores conversations, documents and important reference material in a central, searchable location.
Manage & Store Documents. Don't get caught out spending thousands of dollars setting up and maintaining a local area network and server. WORKetc's document management software lets you store, search and collaborate on important business documents.
Collaborate with Your Team Online. Work online, share resources, project manage, share calendars and transcribe important conversations all within the WORKetcsoftware.
Manage Support Requests. Integrate your contact management, with customer support, sales pipeline, document management and C.R.M for a complete view of your business.
More at:http://www.worketc.com/
Trackur is an online reputation monitoring tool
What Company Is Offering:
Trackur is an online reputation monitoring tool. With Trackur you can setup searches and automatically monitor the web for keywords that are important to you.
How It Works:
Trackur monitors many more web channels than just Google. In addition, Trackur allows you to save items, sort them, share them via email, and subscribe to an RSS feed--Google Alerts offers none of these features
How It Will Be Helpful:
Trackur is the perfect solution for anyone that wants to track news, blogs, and other social media. You can track your own name, your company brands, industry trends, or even your competitor's news! In fact, you can monitor any keywords you wish.
More at:http://www.trackur.com/
Trackur is an online reputation monitoring tool. With Trackur you can setup searches and automatically monitor the web for keywords that are important to you.
How It Works:
Trackur monitors many more web channels than just Google. In addition, Trackur allows you to save items, sort them, share them via email, and subscribe to an RSS feed--Google Alerts offers none of these features
How It Will Be Helpful:
Trackur is the perfect solution for anyone that wants to track news, blogs, and other social media. You can track your own name, your company brands, industry trends, or even your competitor's news! In fact, you can monitor any keywords you wish.
More at:http://www.trackur.com/
Google Friend Connect lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website
What Company Is Offering:
Google Friend Connect lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website. With just a few snippets of code, you get more people engaging more deeply with your site.
How It Works:
Google Friend Connect integrates with contact lists for social networks like Facebook, orkut and Google Talk. This means users who join your site are instantly connected with friends who are already members, and can invite friends from other networks to visit. They can opt in to broadcasting their activities to friends in their social networks. A post to your message board, for example, can instantly be visible to people in multiple social networks, along with links leading to your site. These instant networks, combined with the wealth of OpenSocial gadgets, can form potent new online communities, very quickly and very easily.
And when a visitor goes to a second site with Friend Connect, the process is even simpler. The visitor simply clicks "Accept", sets privacy options for the site, and they're in. There's no need to set up their account or link in their social networks again.
More at:http://www.google.com/friendconnect/
Google Friend Connect lets you grow traffic by easily adding social features to your website. With just a few snippets of code, you get more people engaging more deeply with your site.
How It Works:
Google Friend Connect integrates with contact lists for social networks like Facebook, orkut and Google Talk. This means users who join your site are instantly connected with friends who are already members, and can invite friends from other networks to visit. They can opt in to broadcasting their activities to friends in their social networks. A post to your message board, for example, can instantly be visible to people in multiple social networks, along with links leading to your site. These instant networks, combined with the wealth of OpenSocial gadgets, can form potent new online communities, very quickly and very easily.
And when a visitor goes to a second site with Friend Connect, the process is even simpler. The visitor simply clicks "Accept", sets privacy options for the site, and they're in. There's no need to set up their account or link in their social networks again.
More at:http://www.google.com/friendconnect/
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Preegle.com offers a new product based searchable directory designed to focus on U.S. based businesses
What Company Is Offering:
Preegle.com offers a new product based searchable directory designed to focus on U.S. based businesses. Preegle claims to offer results to even the playing field for small business.
How It Works;
Preegle intends to listen and communicate with users, not through auto-responders or form letters, Live. Inquiries will receive a human response to suggestions and comments.Preegle's goal is to offer a search alternative that they hope, through user support and content contribution, will offer a cleaner and more productive search experience, as well as being fair to those who contribute. Search results will be displayed in a random rotation so huge corporations cannot dominate the results and small business has a chance.
Preegle.com intends to focus on products, as opposed to information, and doesn't claim to have everything. Just in case, they actually offer a Google search box on their site to save clients time.
More at:http://www.preegle.com/
Preegle.com offers a new product based searchable directory designed to focus on U.S. based businesses. Preegle claims to offer results to even the playing field for small business.
How It Works;
Preegle intends to listen and communicate with users, not through auto-responders or form letters, Live. Inquiries will receive a human response to suggestions and comments.Preegle's goal is to offer a search alternative that they hope, through user support and content contribution, will offer a cleaner and more productive search experience, as well as being fair to those who contribute. Search results will be displayed in a random rotation so huge corporations cannot dominate the results and small business has a chance.
Preegle.com intends to focus on products, as opposed to information, and doesn't claim to have everything. Just in case, they actually offer a Google search box on their site to save clients time.
More at:http://www.preegle.com/
Rupiz Ads provides digital marketing solutions to global web businesses
What Company Is Offering:
Rupiz Ads provides digital marketing solutions to global web businesses, helping them seek perfect alliances through a comprehensive advertising network.The network is one of the ventures of Rupiz Infotech, a leading organization that has sheltered several businesses. Whether you are an advertiser or an agency, their banner ad campaigns will help you maximize returns by collaborating with the best of publishers belonging to varied industry verticals. Their network functions on a Pay-on-Performance basis, delivering multi-channel solutions that encompass all digital media platforms.
How It Works:
The Rupiz Ads team comprises marketing professionals with extensive knowledge and experience in this domain. On the technical front, their expertise with latest web software applications and technology platforms assures that you have the very best in user interface and back-end operations. They provide their clients with dedicated Account Managers, and a scalable tracking and reporting system that facilitates reliability and ease of operations.
Rupiz Ads is driven by the sole mission of bringing together advertisers and publishers on the same platform, where both can develop mutually beneficial partnerships. Through such partnerships, publishers can generate more revenue by effectively using their websites; and advertisers can gain better penetration of their target market creating more popularity for their products or services.
Their professional and timely customer service has helped us earn the goodwill of many a client. Join Rupiz Ads to monetize your web traffic and earn increased revenues by building long-term, global partnerships that are mutually beneficial.
More at:http://www.rupizads.com
Rupiz Ads provides digital marketing solutions to global web businesses, helping them seek perfect alliances through a comprehensive advertising network.The network is one of the ventures of Rupiz Infotech, a leading organization that has sheltered several businesses. Whether you are an advertiser or an agency, their banner ad campaigns will help you maximize returns by collaborating with the best of publishers belonging to varied industry verticals. Their network functions on a Pay-on-Performance basis, delivering multi-channel solutions that encompass all digital media platforms.
How It Works:
The Rupiz Ads team comprises marketing professionals with extensive knowledge and experience in this domain. On the technical front, their expertise with latest web software applications and technology platforms assures that you have the very best in user interface and back-end operations. They provide their clients with dedicated Account Managers, and a scalable tracking and reporting system that facilitates reliability and ease of operations.
Rupiz Ads is driven by the sole mission of bringing together advertisers and publishers on the same platform, where both can develop mutually beneficial partnerships. Through such partnerships, publishers can generate more revenue by effectively using their websites; and advertisers can gain better penetration of their target market creating more popularity for their products or services.
Their professional and timely customer service has helped us earn the goodwill of many a client. Join Rupiz Ads to monetize your web traffic and earn increased revenues by building long-term, global partnerships that are mutually beneficial.
More at:http://www.rupizads.com
Qosmos, the industry leader in information extraction solutions based on advanced Deep Packet Inspection technology got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
Qosmos is the industry leader in Information Extraction and Deep Packet Inspection (ixDPI) technologies. The company's products, composed of software modules and appliances, enable real-time detection and extraction of business-critical information traveling over IP networks. Based on unique patented ixDPI technology, they recognize and classify IP protocols and applications, and extract valuable content from information flows with unrivalled accuracy and reliability, providing in-depth network analysis and enabling the creation of higher value business applications. Qosmos customers include network equipment manufacturers, software and solution vendors, and system integrators seeking to improve their product offering or create innovative solutions and systems through Information Extraction and DPI features; market research firms measuring digital content flows; and service providers managing Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
How Much They Got From VCs:
Qosmos, the industry leader in information extraction solutions based on advanced Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology, announced today that is has successfully closed a third round of fundraising worth EUR 7 million (US$10.8 million). The funding, led by Sofinnova Partners, Alven Capital, and GfK AG, will accelerate Qosmos' delivery of the next generation of DPI technology and enable the company's international expansion.
More at:http://www.qosmos.net/
Qosmos is the industry leader in Information Extraction and Deep Packet Inspection (ixDPI) technologies. The company's products, composed of software modules and appliances, enable real-time detection and extraction of business-critical information traveling over IP networks. Based on unique patented ixDPI technology, they recognize and classify IP protocols and applications, and extract valuable content from information flows with unrivalled accuracy and reliability, providing in-depth network analysis and enabling the creation of higher value business applications. Qosmos customers include network equipment manufacturers, software and solution vendors, and system integrators seeking to improve their product offering or create innovative solutions and systems through Information Extraction and DPI features; market research firms measuring digital content flows; and service providers managing Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
How Much They Got From VCs:
Qosmos, the industry leader in information extraction solutions based on advanced Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology, announced today that is has successfully closed a third round of fundraising worth EUR 7 million (US$10.8 million). The funding, led by Sofinnova Partners, Alven Capital, and GfK AG, will accelerate Qosmos' delivery of the next generation of DPI technology and enable the company's international expansion.
More at:http://www.qosmos.net/
Mozes Inc., is provider of a mobile service that allows users to create and share content, has raised $11.5 million in Series B funding
What Company Is Offering:
Mozes connects you to the things you love through your mobile phone and the Web. Mozes is free* to use! When you text a Mozes keyword like 'Hinder' to 66937, a reply message is sent back to your phone from the keyword owner typically telling you what you get when you join their "mob," or mobile list. Join to get updates and content from your favorite bands or others sent directly your mobile phone.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mozes Inc., is provider of a mobile service that allows users to create and share content, has raised $11.5 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing. Maveron was joined by return backers Norwest Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.
More at:www.mozes.com
Mozes connects you to the things you love through your mobile phone and the Web. Mozes is free* to use! When you text a Mozes keyword like 'Hinder' to 66937, a reply message is sent back to your phone from the keyword owner typically telling you what you get when you join their "mob," or mobile list. Join to get updates and content from your favorite bands or others sent directly your mobile phone.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mozes Inc., is provider of a mobile service that allows users to create and share content, has raised $11.5 million in Series B funding, according to a regulatory filing. Maveron was joined by return backers Norwest Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners.
More at:www.mozes.com
Kaboose is one of the largest family-focused online media companies
What Company Is Offering:
Kaboose is one of the largest family-focused online media companies in the world with a leading position in three of the largest English-speaking markets in the world – the U.S., the U.K. and Canada. From pregnancy to parenting, birthday parties to scrapbooking and entertainment to education, Kaboose has the content and applications to help parents plan and share their family life.Kaboose’s mission is to improve the quality of family life by connecting parents and kids in a fun, educational and safe environment…enhancing both their online and offline time together.
Kaboose strives to be the answer to the question “What do I want to do with my family today?”
More at:http://www.kaboose.com/
Kaboose is one of the largest family-focused online media companies in the world with a leading position in three of the largest English-speaking markets in the world – the U.S., the U.K. and Canada. From pregnancy to parenting, birthday parties to scrapbooking and entertainment to education, Kaboose has the content and applications to help parents plan and share their family life.Kaboose’s mission is to improve the quality of family life by connecting parents and kids in a fun, educational and safe environment…enhancing both their online and offline time together.
Kaboose strives to be the answer to the question “What do I want to do with my family today?”
More at:http://www.kaboose.com/
Powerset’s goal is to change the way people interact with technology by enabling computers to understand our language
What Company Is Offering:
Powerset’s goal is to change the way people interact with technology by enabling computers to understand our language. Powerset is first applying its natural language processing to search, aiming to improve the way we find information by unlocking the meaning encoded in ordinary human language.
How It Works:
Powerset’s first product is a search and discovery experience for Wikipedia, launched in May 2008. Powerset’s technology improves the entire search process. In the search box, you can express yourself in keywords, phrases, or simple questions. On the search results page, Powerset gives more accurate results, often answering questions directly, and aggregates information from across multiple articles. Finally, Powerset’s technology follows you into enhanced Wikipedia articles, giving you a better way to quickly digest and navigate content.By initially focusing on the Wikipedia collection, Powerset showcases how our technology not only improves search results, but provides new ways to aggregate, summarize and navigate information. Of course Wikipedia is only a starting point. In the coming months, Powerset will expand our product offerings with additional premium content and exciting new features.
More at:http://www.powerset.com/
Powerset’s goal is to change the way people interact with technology by enabling computers to understand our language. Powerset is first applying its natural language processing to search, aiming to improve the way we find information by unlocking the meaning encoded in ordinary human language.
How It Works:
Powerset’s first product is a search and discovery experience for Wikipedia, launched in May 2008. Powerset’s technology improves the entire search process. In the search box, you can express yourself in keywords, phrases, or simple questions. On the search results page, Powerset gives more accurate results, often answering questions directly, and aggregates information from across multiple articles. Finally, Powerset’s technology follows you into enhanced Wikipedia articles, giving you a better way to quickly digest and navigate content.By initially focusing on the Wikipedia collection, Powerset showcases how our technology not only improves search results, but provides new ways to aggregate, summarize and navigate information. Of course Wikipedia is only a starting point. In the coming months, Powerset will expand our product offerings with additional premium content and exciting new features.
More at:http://www.powerset.com/
Tell Your Story Of Life Through Music
What Company Is Offering:
A JamsBio is a collection of memories and the music associated with them. When you create your JamsBio, you are in essence creating the biography of your life remembered through music.
It's a chronicle of your life experiences - friendships, romances, travel, favorite places and major milestones - that are associated with songs, albums, artists and musical events.
It's not meant to be a list of your favorite songs, although your favorites will likely be included. It's a collection of your memories and the music associated with them. JamsBio is absolutely free! It costs you nothing to sign up, create your own and use all the features on JamsBio.
How It Works:
A JamsBio is a collection of your memories so you create your own JamsBio by sharing individual memories associated with a song.
It's fun, fast, and easy. Simply click on "Share A Memory" in the global navigation header. Then follow these three steps:
1. Find the song that is associated with your memory by using our powerful search tool or by browsing our list of Top 100 Songs by Year
2. Once you've found the song you want, give your memory a title, a date, and write more about that memory. If you have photos related to your memory, you can upload them during this step. Your Photos will display along side your memory on the Memory Detail Page.
3. Preview and publish it to your JamsBio - it's as simple as that.
More at:http://www.jamsbio.com/
A JamsBio is a collection of memories and the music associated with them. When you create your JamsBio, you are in essence creating the biography of your life remembered through music.
It's a chronicle of your life experiences - friendships, romances, travel, favorite places and major milestones - that are associated with songs, albums, artists and musical events.
It's not meant to be a list of your favorite songs, although your favorites will likely be included. It's a collection of your memories and the music associated with them. JamsBio is absolutely free! It costs you nothing to sign up, create your own and use all the features on JamsBio.
How It Works:
A JamsBio is a collection of your memories so you create your own JamsBio by sharing individual memories associated with a song.
It's fun, fast, and easy. Simply click on "Share A Memory" in the global navigation header. Then follow these three steps:
1. Find the song that is associated with your memory by using our powerful search tool or by browsing our list of Top 100 Songs by Year
2. Once you've found the song you want, give your memory a title, a date, and write more about that memory. If you have photos related to your memory, you can upload them during this step. Your Photos will display along side your memory on the Memory Detail Page.
3. Preview and publish it to your JamsBio - it's as simple as that.
More at:http://www.jamsbio.com/
FireEye, is enabling organizations to protect critical intellectual property, computing resources, and network infrastructure against botinfiltration
What Company Is Offering:
FireEye, Inc. is the leader in anti-botnet protection, enabling organizations to protect critical intellectual property, computing resources, and network infrastructure against bot infiltration. Today’s most damaging attacks originate from and through highly organized botnets, or networks of remotely controlled, compromised machines. FireEye delivers a complete solution that is designed from the ground up to detect and protect organizations from botnets through global and local intelligence and analysis.
How Much They Got From VCs:
FireEye, Inc., the leader in global anti-botnet protection, today announced $14.5 million in new venture capital funding from a suite of blue-chip investors led by DAG Ventures with Juniper Networks, JAFCO Ventures, SVB Capital, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Sequoia Capital also participating. The new investment marks the company’s third round of funding totaling $34.5 million. FireEye will leverage the new funding to further develop the company’s botnet protection solution and key sales and marketing initiatives.
Why To Use It:
Botnets are armies of infected and remotely controlled computers, or bots, which are employed by cyber criminals to exploit consumers and businesses for profit. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the annual loss due to computer crime is estimated at $67.2 billion for U.S. businesses. By coordinating hundreds of thousands of infected PCs into a highly efficient botnet, cyber criminals can execute a wide range of malicious attacks from denial-of-service (DoS) extortion and consumer identity theft to phishing schemes and government espionage. The increase in user-generated Web content and the popularity of Web 2.0 applications in the enterprise such as Web-based e-mail, social networking and SaaS CRM provide botnet hackers with new vectors for infiltration. Preventative measures such as FireEye’s Botwall™ solution are essential in discovering and stopping botnet infections before they put resources, information and people at risk.
More at:www.FireEye.com
FireEye, Inc. is the leader in anti-botnet protection, enabling organizations to protect critical intellectual property, computing resources, and network infrastructure against bot infiltration. Today’s most damaging attacks originate from and through highly organized botnets, or networks of remotely controlled, compromised machines. FireEye delivers a complete solution that is designed from the ground up to detect and protect organizations from botnets through global and local intelligence and analysis.
How Much They Got From VCs:
FireEye, Inc., the leader in global anti-botnet protection, today announced $14.5 million in new venture capital funding from a suite of blue-chip investors led by DAG Ventures with Juniper Networks, JAFCO Ventures, SVB Capital, Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) and Sequoia Capital also participating. The new investment marks the company’s third round of funding totaling $34.5 million. FireEye will leverage the new funding to further develop the company’s botnet protection solution and key sales and marketing initiatives.
Why To Use It:
Botnets are armies of infected and remotely controlled computers, or bots, which are employed by cyber criminals to exploit consumers and businesses for profit. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the annual loss due to computer crime is estimated at $67.2 billion for U.S. businesses. By coordinating hundreds of thousands of infected PCs into a highly efficient botnet, cyber criminals can execute a wide range of malicious attacks from denial-of-service (DoS) extortion and consumer identity theft to phishing schemes and government espionage. The increase in user-generated Web content and the popularity of Web 2.0 applications in the enterprise such as Web-based e-mail, social networking and SaaS CRM provide botnet hackers with new vectors for infiltration. Preventative measures such as FireEye’s Botwall™ solution are essential in discovering and stopping botnet infections before they put resources, information and people at risk.
More at:www.FireEye.com
TriplePoint Capital, the leading technology and life sciences specialty finance company has provided $100 million in debt financing to Facebook, Inc
About VCs Deal:
TriplePoint Capital, the leading technology and life sciences specialty finance company, today announced that it has provided $100 million in debt financing to Facebook, Inc., the industry-leading social utility, which previously secured more than $300 million in equity funding from Microsoft and other investors last fall.
"TriplePoint Capital is pleased to continue our role as a major financing partner and supporter of Facebook – a role that began during the Facebook's pioneering stages," said TriplePoint Capital CEO and co-founder Jim Labe. "We've enjoyed watching Facebook's success over the years, and look forward to deepening our partnership with them as they continue to mature and their needs continue to evolve."
TriplePoint Capital provided more than $30 million of debt financing to Facebook prior to the recent close. The company has been the sole provider of debt financing to a number of high profile companies in the technology, life sciences, and clean technology ("cleantech" categories) including YouTube, Adify, Slide, Coskata, Ilypsa Pharmaceuticals, and numerous other companies. TriplePoint Capital's permanent balance sheet, creativity, and dedicated customer service all help to build long term partnerships with their customers. The company provides a full range of financial services and expertise to meet the needs of high-growth companies around the world at every stage of their development.
About VCs:
TriplePoint Capital is the leading global specialty finance company devoted to serving high-growth private equity and venture capital backed companies throughout their lifespan with debt financing, equity capital, and complementary services. With unparalleled levels of creativity, flexibility and customer service, TriplePoint Capital has been the sole debt financing provider to YouTube, Adify, Slide, Coskata, Ilypsa, and numerous other high profile technology and life sciences companies. TriplePoint Capital is uniquely qualified as the only provider equipped to meet the needs of high-growth companies at every stage of their development.
TriplePoint Capital, the leading technology and life sciences specialty finance company, today announced that it has provided $100 million in debt financing to Facebook, Inc., the industry-leading social utility, which previously secured more than $300 million in equity funding from Microsoft and other investors last fall.
"TriplePoint Capital is pleased to continue our role as a major financing partner and supporter of Facebook – a role that began during the Facebook's pioneering stages," said TriplePoint Capital CEO and co-founder Jim Labe. "We've enjoyed watching Facebook's success over the years, and look forward to deepening our partnership with them as they continue to mature and their needs continue to evolve."
TriplePoint Capital provided more than $30 million of debt financing to Facebook prior to the recent close. The company has been the sole provider of debt financing to a number of high profile companies in the technology, life sciences, and clean technology ("cleantech" categories) including YouTube, Adify, Slide, Coskata, Ilypsa Pharmaceuticals, and numerous other companies. TriplePoint Capital's permanent balance sheet, creativity, and dedicated customer service all help to build long term partnerships with their customers. The company provides a full range of financial services and expertise to meet the needs of high-growth companies around the world at every stage of their development.
About VCs:
TriplePoint Capital is the leading global specialty finance company devoted to serving high-growth private equity and venture capital backed companies throughout their lifespan with debt financing, equity capital, and complementary services. With unparalleled levels of creativity, flexibility and customer service, TriplePoint Capital has been the sole debt financing provider to YouTube, Adify, Slide, Coskata, Ilypsa, and numerous other high profile technology and life sciences companies. TriplePoint Capital is uniquely qualified as the only provider equipped to meet the needs of high-growth companies at every stage of their development.
iMove is the leading provider of immersive visual solutions for mission-critical security and surveillance applications got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
iMove is the leading provider of immersive visual solutions for mission-critical security and surveillance applications. iMove’s solutions deliver higher resolution visual information and expanded situational awareness using automated features to dramatically enhance mission performance while reducing cost and complexity. iMove’s solutions are deployed at home and abroad for the prevention of potentially catastrophic incidents associated with critical infrastructure and for national security and special operation forces mission planning and training systems.
How It Works;
iMove’s software integrates multi-stream video from standard surveillance cameras providing users with an unprecedented immersive video experience. Its wide-area immersive view solutions overcome the limitations of today’s video surveillance products to give customers situational awareness critical to threat detection and response. iMove’s solutions, used world-wide to protect lives and property, range from small, man-portable video mapping solutions to large-facility, real-time video surveillance. All solutions employ iMove’s leading immersive-view software integrated with commercially-available IT and broad-band video technology.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iMove Inc, the leader in immersive video solutions for mission-critical security and surveillance applications, announced today the completion of a $4.25 million round of venture financing. Oxantium Ventures, a premier technology investment firm, is the lead investor in this second round of funding. Drew Bewick from Oxantium Ventures will join the iMove Board of Directors.
More at:www.imoveinc.com
iMove is the leading provider of immersive visual solutions for mission-critical security and surveillance applications. iMove’s solutions deliver higher resolution visual information and expanded situational awareness using automated features to dramatically enhance mission performance while reducing cost and complexity. iMove’s solutions are deployed at home and abroad for the prevention of potentially catastrophic incidents associated with critical infrastructure and for national security and special operation forces mission planning and training systems.
How It Works;
iMove’s software integrates multi-stream video from standard surveillance cameras providing users with an unprecedented immersive video experience. Its wide-area immersive view solutions overcome the limitations of today’s video surveillance products to give customers situational awareness critical to threat detection and response. iMove’s solutions, used world-wide to protect lives and property, range from small, man-portable video mapping solutions to large-facility, real-time video surveillance. All solutions employ iMove’s leading immersive-view software integrated with commercially-available IT and broad-band video technology.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iMove Inc, the leader in immersive video solutions for mission-critical security and surveillance applications, announced today the completion of a $4.25 million round of venture financing. Oxantium Ventures, a premier technology investment firm, is the lead investor in this second round of funding. Drew Bewick from Oxantium Ventures will join the iMove Board of Directors.
More at:www.imoveinc.com
Veodia that enables effortless streaming of high-quality video straight from a standard browser,has raised $8.3 million in a Series A funding
What Company Is Offering:
Veodia's video software as a service allows organizations to broadcast and manage live and on-demand high quality video over the Internet. Businesses can instantly leverage the power of video with employees, customers and partners. IT groups can provide a full scalable, secure and reliable online video solution to all of their business groups without requiring the usual costly and time-consuming infrastructure deployments. Veodia's clients include APC, frog design and MIT Technology Review. Veodia powers the new WebEx Connect collaboration platform with high-quality video.
How Much They Got From Vcs:
Veodia, a software-as-a-service company that enables effortless streaming of high-quality video using h.264/MPEG-4 straight from a standard browser, announced it has raised $8.3 million in a Series A funding round from Clearstone Venture Partners, the D. E. Shaw group, and an angel group led by iParadigms chairman Steven Berger. The new financing will be used to support product development and add more talent to the team.
How Is Market Of That Kind Of Company:
Forrester Research predicts enterprise 2.0 applications and services will be a $4.6 billion dollar industry by 2013. According to a recent report, Web 2.0 applications for the enterprise increase efficiency for end users by fostering productive, advantageous behavior among employees, customers, partners, and with other networks such as Social Computing, the Information Workplace, and collective intelligence.
Within a year of its launch, Veodia has received praise from leading technology vendors and members of the technology press. In April 2008, CNET's Webware readers nominated and selected Veodia as one of the leading companies in the video category.
More at:www.veodia.com.
Veodia's video software as a service allows organizations to broadcast and manage live and on-demand high quality video over the Internet. Businesses can instantly leverage the power of video with employees, customers and partners. IT groups can provide a full scalable, secure and reliable online video solution to all of their business groups without requiring the usual costly and time-consuming infrastructure deployments. Veodia's clients include APC, frog design and MIT Technology Review. Veodia powers the new WebEx Connect collaboration platform with high-quality video.
How Much They Got From Vcs:
Veodia, a software-as-a-service company that enables effortless streaming of high-quality video using h.264/MPEG-4 straight from a standard browser, announced it has raised $8.3 million in a Series A funding round from Clearstone Venture Partners, the D. E. Shaw group, and an angel group led by iParadigms chairman Steven Berger. The new financing will be used to support product development and add more talent to the team.
How Is Market Of That Kind Of Company:
Forrester Research predicts enterprise 2.0 applications and services will be a $4.6 billion dollar industry by 2013. According to a recent report, Web 2.0 applications for the enterprise increase efficiency for end users by fostering productive, advantageous behavior among employees, customers, partners, and with other networks such as Social Computing, the Information Workplace, and collective intelligence.
Within a year of its launch, Veodia has received praise from leading technology vendors and members of the technology press. In April 2008, CNET's Webware readers nominated and selected Veodia as one of the leading companies in the video category.
More at:www.veodia.com.
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Good Data is a complete, on-demand business intelligence platform
What Company Is Offering:
Good Data is a complete, on-demand business intelligence platform combining analytics, reporting, data warehousing and data integration. Their service allows you to start analyzing data and sharing your findings immediately, with no up-front costs for hardware and software. Good Data Corporation was founded with the mission to provide a platform for collaborative analytics. They believe that sharing and teamwork allows their users to move past isolated reports and arrive at the true meaning of "business intelligence.
How It Works:
Upload your data to your own private, secure database. Next, tell them about your data to give it a context. They provide an easy to use wizard to guide you. More elaborate ETL tools are also available. Once your data is catalogued and stored, it is ready for optimal analysis and for alignment with existing and future data. In addition, they take care of regular backups so your data will never be lost.
With the Good Data platform, you can dig into your data with no constraints. Get insight into new relationships, dependencies or patterns with visual feedback and interactivity. Our analytical tools always work with the latest data and even the most recent business events are reflected in your results. Analyze as you think and don't be afraid to experiment. Once your analysis is complete, create revealing charts and reports to support your proposed plan of action.
Share your results with your organization. Invite comments, feedback, and expert advice to create a deeper understanding and collaborate with other people to draw the right conclusions. Perhaps your co-worker can use your results to enhance her own research, and can help you with additional insight from a different domain. Good Data encourages teamwork and makes your company's knowledge accessible.
As the volatility of business increases, it is essential to feel the pulse of your organization. Good Data notifies your team of current developments and helps them navigate to relevant information through hints, related keywords and RSS feeds.
More at:http://www.gooddata.com/
Good Data is a complete, on-demand business intelligence platform combining analytics, reporting, data warehousing and data integration. Their service allows you to start analyzing data and sharing your findings immediately, with no up-front costs for hardware and software. Good Data Corporation was founded with the mission to provide a platform for collaborative analytics. They believe that sharing and teamwork allows their users to move past isolated reports and arrive at the true meaning of "business intelligence.
How It Works:
Upload your data to your own private, secure database. Next, tell them about your data to give it a context. They provide an easy to use wizard to guide you. More elaborate ETL tools are also available. Once your data is catalogued and stored, it is ready for optimal analysis and for alignment with existing and future data. In addition, they take care of regular backups so your data will never be lost.
With the Good Data platform, you can dig into your data with no constraints. Get insight into new relationships, dependencies or patterns with visual feedback and interactivity. Our analytical tools always work with the latest data and even the most recent business events are reflected in your results. Analyze as you think and don't be afraid to experiment. Once your analysis is complete, create revealing charts and reports to support your proposed plan of action.
Share your results with your organization. Invite comments, feedback, and expert advice to create a deeper understanding and collaborate with other people to draw the right conclusions. Perhaps your co-worker can use your results to enhance her own research, and can help you with additional insight from a different domain. Good Data encourages teamwork and makes your company's knowledge accessible.
As the volatility of business increases, it is essential to feel the pulse of your organization. Good Data notifies your team of current developments and helps them navigate to relevant information through hints, related keywords and RSS feeds.
More at:http://www.gooddata.com/
Midnight Inbox helps you work smarter, not harder, by organizing your projects, email messages, files, contexts and tasks
What Company Is Offering:
Midnight Inbox helps you work smarter, not harder, by organizing your projects, email messages, files, contexts and tasks so that you can always be on top of your world. Users of Mac OS X will find its clean lines and elegant typography make it the best in its class for keeping lists and notes.
How It Works:
Midnight Inbox helps you: Collect emails, files, calendar and to-do items and notes automatically. Process all of your collected items into to-do items you can actually do when and where you are able. Organize those to-do items into projects you can track easily. Review your lists, projects, and collections to make sure nothing slips through the cracks. Work down your lists with a Zen-like focus.
Midnight Inbox is a sort of meta-application, allowing you to organize your data from iCal, Mail, and Safari, yet work with it in those environments you're already used to. Inbox is a Universal application for both the PowerPC and Intel Macs, incorporating Spotlight, Core Data, and other key Apple technologies.
More at:http://www.midnightbeep.com/
Midnight Inbox helps you work smarter, not harder, by organizing your projects, email messages, files, contexts and tasks so that you can always be on top of your world. Users of Mac OS X will find its clean lines and elegant typography make it the best in its class for keeping lists and notes.
How It Works:
Midnight Inbox helps you: Collect emails, files, calendar and to-do items and notes automatically. Process all of your collected items into to-do items you can actually do when and where you are able. Organize those to-do items into projects you can track easily. Review your lists, projects, and collections to make sure nothing slips through the cracks. Work down your lists with a Zen-like focus.
Midnight Inbox is a sort of meta-application, allowing you to organize your data from iCal, Mail, and Safari, yet work with it in those environments you're already used to. Inbox is a Universal application for both the PowerPC and Intel Macs, incorporating Spotlight, Core Data, and other key Apple technologies.
More at:http://www.midnightbeep.com/
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