The behavior of computer-generated crowds in movies and video games could soon appear much more realistic, thanks to new software that gives each character a complex personality of its own.
The software has been demonstrated in a simulation of Pennsylvania Station, in New York City, depicting more than 1,000 commuters, law-enforcement officers, entertainers, and tourists going about their business. Each individual demonstrates complex, rational behaviors that collectively create a much more lifelike representation of human activity, says Demetri Terzopoulos, a professor of computer science at the University of California, Los Angeles.
This sort of realism is important in games and motion pictures, says Norm Badler, director of the Center for Human Modeling and Simulation at the University of Pennsylvania. Even though simulated crowds tend to form part of the backdrop to the foreground action, they will stand out if their behavior is unrealistic, he says. "The whole animation should look plausible."
Until recently, crowd-animation algorithms have typically been based on some form of flocking activity, in which each character moves in a particular way depending upon how its neighbors move. This works fine for depictions of animal behavior, such as the well-known wildebeest stampede in Disney's The Lion King, says Terzopoulos. But in simulated humans that should evince some cognitive capacity, this sort of movement can appear aimless and random, says Badler.
The "autonomous pedestrians" designed by Terzopoulos and graduate student Wei Shao, on the other hand, are governed by three different layers of behavior. A motion layer handles basic movement, such as walking, running, standing, and sitting. On top of this sits a reactive layer, which allows the characters to respond to obstacles or other characters they encounter; it also enables them to perform simple behaviors that people normally take for granted, such as walking around a bench in order to sit on it.
But where the real complexity comes from is the top, cognitive layer. "This is where the agent is able to think ahead about what it's going to do in the future," says Terzopoulos. "It's a comprehensive cognitive model of people from the ground up."
For example, a character may be charged with the simple task of catching a train. But it knows that, in order to perform this task, it must carry out a number of subgoals, such as purchasing a ticket and finding the train platform. In fact, even these subgoals can have further subgoals, such as finding the ticket office and choosing the shortest ticket line to stand in.
This is a complex planning problem that can be exacerbated by a character's failure or success in meeting each of its subgoals, says Terzopoulos. "If you want to catch a train, but there are no tickets left, then you have to replan and maybe buy a ticket for a later train."
To make characters' behavior still richer, animators can also give them desires, which might make them stop off to buy a soda from a vending machine or pause to watch some street entertainers. Terzopoulos's software even manages to capture the way in which two crowds of people, moving through a narrow corridor, naturally form two opposing lanes.
More at:http://www.technologyreview.com/player/07/12/19RoweVideo/2.aspx
Saturday, December 22, 2007
Cellportraits---Find Perfect And Unique Gifts
What Company Is Offering:
The narcissistic artist you're shopping for is sure to be entranced by a new and utterly unique work of art: his own DNA portrait. Just send in a few drops of blood, and Phil Fisette, an immunologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and founder of Cell Portraits, will search your loved one's cells for an aesthetic arrangement of chromosomes to immortalize on film. The images are then custom-colored to the client's preference, generating a modern piece of art. Prices range from $250 to $500.
Cell Portraits is based in Madison, WI. They specialize in providing clients with a picture of their chromosomes (microscopic structures of DNA inside the cells of the body) so they can be displayed as art. Their art is truly unique in that the chromosome images used in each piece are an actual picture of the clients DNA or genetic material. They work with each client to capture the natural photogenic beauty of their (or a loved one’s) chromosomes to create a work of art that is as unique as it is personal.
How It Works:
Select size, color, and print material preferences via the online order form.
You will receive an email confirming your preferences along with an attached instruction manual (pdf format) to acquaint you with the blood collection process.
A ChromoKit™ for the collection of your cell sample will be sent to the address that you provide.
Place 2 drops of blood into the provided sample collection tube and add the cell-growth medium.
Send your sample back to Cell Portraits via a pre-addressed, pre-paid envelope that is included with the kit.
More at:http://www.cellportraits.com/
The narcissistic artist you're shopping for is sure to be entranced by a new and utterly unique work of art: his own DNA portrait. Just send in a few drops of blood, and Phil Fisette, an immunologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and founder of Cell Portraits, will search your loved one's cells for an aesthetic arrangement of chromosomes to immortalize on film. The images are then custom-colored to the client's preference, generating a modern piece of art. Prices range from $250 to $500.
Cell Portraits is based in Madison, WI. They specialize in providing clients with a picture of their chromosomes (microscopic structures of DNA inside the cells of the body) so they can be displayed as art. Their art is truly unique in that the chromosome images used in each piece are an actual picture of the clients DNA or genetic material. They work with each client to capture the natural photogenic beauty of their (or a loved one’s) chromosomes to create a work of art that is as unique as it is personal.
How It Works:
Select size, color, and print material preferences via the online order form.
You will receive an email confirming your preferences along with an attached instruction manual (pdf format) to acquaint you with the blood collection process.
A ChromoKit™ for the collection of your cell sample will be sent to the address that you provide.
Place 2 drops of blood into the provided sample collection tube and add the cell-growth medium.
Send your sample back to Cell Portraits via a pre-addressed, pre-paid envelope that is included with the kit.
More at:http://www.cellportraits.com/
Argus Information & Advisory Services closed a significant investment led by Oak Investment Partners
What Company Is Offering:
Argus Information & Advisory Services, LLC provides information, scoring solutions and advisory services to financial institutions. Argus clients include the largest credit card issuers and largest consumer financial services providers. Argus products and services assist financial institutions in making marketing and risk management decisions. Argus helps these institutions manage the tradeoffs among price, product, risk and customer behavior along the customer lifecycle to increase profitability.
How Much They Got From VCs :
Argus Information & Advisory Services announced that it closed a significant investment led by Oak Investment Partners, a leading growth equity firm with a 30-year history of investing in high growth industry innovators. The investment will be used to expand Argus' product offering, develop its international presence, enhance its technology platform, and expand its workforce to support its growing client base.
About VCs:
Oak Investment Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm with a total of $8.4 billion in committed capital. The primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in communications, information technology, financial services information technology, Internet new media, healthcare services, and consumer retail. With a 30-year history, Oak has achieved a strong track record as a stage-independent investor funding more than 450 companies at key points in their lifecycle. Oak has been involved in the formation of companies, funded spinouts of operating divisions and technology assets, and provided growth equity to mid- and late-stage private businesses and to public companies through PIPE investments. Oak has helped innovators exploit new business opportunities and anticipate trends through long-term relationships that endure the changing economic landscape.
www.oakvc.com
More at:www.argusinformation.com
Argus Information & Advisory Services, LLC provides information, scoring solutions and advisory services to financial institutions. Argus clients include the largest credit card issuers and largest consumer financial services providers. Argus products and services assist financial institutions in making marketing and risk management decisions. Argus helps these institutions manage the tradeoffs among price, product, risk and customer behavior along the customer lifecycle to increase profitability.
How Much They Got From VCs :
Argus Information & Advisory Services announced that it closed a significant investment led by Oak Investment Partners, a leading growth equity firm with a 30-year history of investing in high growth industry innovators. The investment will be used to expand Argus' product offering, develop its international presence, enhance its technology platform, and expand its workforce to support its growing client base.
About VCs:
Oak Investment Partners is a multi-stage venture capital firm with a total of $8.4 billion in committed capital. The primary investment focus is on high growth opportunities in communications, information technology, financial services information technology, Internet new media, healthcare services, and consumer retail. With a 30-year history, Oak has achieved a strong track record as a stage-independent investor funding more than 450 companies at key points in their lifecycle. Oak has been involved in the formation of companies, funded spinouts of operating divisions and technology assets, and provided growth equity to mid- and late-stage private businesses and to public companies through PIPE investments. Oak has helped innovators exploit new business opportunities and anticipate trends through long-term relationships that endure the changing economic landscape.
www.oakvc.com
More at:www.argusinformation.com
Big Stage --create and integrate a life-like 3D avatar of themselves into everything from famous movie scenes, TV shows and video games etc
What Company Is Offering:
Big Stage is a media company whose breakthrough technology allows users to easily create and integrate a life-like 3D avatar of themselves into everything from famous movie scenes, TV shows and video games, to music videos, short video clips, virtual worlds, still images, user-generated content, instant messages, emails, social networks and more - instantly. Big Stage will launch to consumers in the second quarter of 2008.
How It Works:
Big Stage , the service requires that users upload three pictures of themselves with a digital camera, and the Big Stage tool quickly converts them into a life-like 3D avatar. The proprietary technology automatically maps the contours of a user’s face to generate a replica of the user, fully equipped for animation, according to the company.
After users create and style their avatars, they can drop them into the library of Big Stage-enabled user and professionally created content. This highly personalized content can then be shared by users across social networks, mobile phones and other platforms, according to Big Stage.
More at: www.bigstage.com
Big Stage is a media company whose breakthrough technology allows users to easily create and integrate a life-like 3D avatar of themselves into everything from famous movie scenes, TV shows and video games, to music videos, short video clips, virtual worlds, still images, user-generated content, instant messages, emails, social networks and more - instantly. Big Stage will launch to consumers in the second quarter of 2008.
How It Works:
Big Stage , the service requires that users upload three pictures of themselves with a digital camera, and the Big Stage tool quickly converts them into a life-like 3D avatar. The proprietary technology automatically maps the contours of a user’s face to generate a replica of the user, fully equipped for animation, according to the company.
After users create and style their avatars, they can drop them into the library of Big Stage-enabled user and professionally created content. This highly personalized content can then be shared by users across social networks, mobile phones and other platforms, according to Big Stage.
More at: www.bigstage.com
Planaganza---For Planning Your Xmas Events And More
What Company Is Offering:
Planaganza is an online community that brings together event hosts and event vendors to plan memorable events.
Planaganza, the place for life’s events, was created to help individuals, organizations and socialites plan events by sharing ideas with and gathering ideas from other Planaganza members. Members create event pages that chronicle their planning, track invites, log RSVPs, organize event registration and provide event information to attendees.
Planaganza will introduce a comprehensive set of tools to let even the most amateur event planner craft a flawless event, meeting or gathering. Planaganza even lets you plan for those special life events like having a baby, going on a family vacation or remodeling your home!.
How It Works:
Planaganza offers several features to help make your event planning as simple as possible. You can upload pictures, create blogs and of course invite guests all with a few clicks. You also have access to a comprehensive vendor review database comprised of comments and ratings from people just like you! So if you’re stuck on which photographer to hire, read the vendor reviews and find out what other users think.
Planaganza is for any event you can plan in life. It’s not just for large conferences, expensive weddings or 10,000 people galas. Although it can be used to plan those events as well, Planaganza is also for your wine and cheese socials, your superbowl parties and your rowing team’s sports banquet. You don’t have to just plan the extravaganzas of life you can also Planaganza! Planaganza is just a play on the word extravaganza to let our users know that the site is accessible to all, for all events and socials.
More at:http://www.planaganza.com/
Planaganza is an online community that brings together event hosts and event vendors to plan memorable events.
Planaganza, the place for life’s events, was created to help individuals, organizations and socialites plan events by sharing ideas with and gathering ideas from other Planaganza members. Members create event pages that chronicle their planning, track invites, log RSVPs, organize event registration and provide event information to attendees.
Planaganza will introduce a comprehensive set of tools to let even the most amateur event planner craft a flawless event, meeting or gathering. Planaganza even lets you plan for those special life events like having a baby, going on a family vacation or remodeling your home!.
How It Works:
Planaganza offers several features to help make your event planning as simple as possible. You can upload pictures, create blogs and of course invite guests all with a few clicks. You also have access to a comprehensive vendor review database comprised of comments and ratings from people just like you! So if you’re stuck on which photographer to hire, read the vendor reviews and find out what other users think.
Planaganza is for any event you can plan in life. It’s not just for large conferences, expensive weddings or 10,000 people galas. Although it can be used to plan those events as well, Planaganza is also for your wine and cheese socials, your superbowl parties and your rowing team’s sports banquet. You don’t have to just plan the extravaganzas of life you can also Planaganza! Planaganza is just a play on the word extravaganza to let our users know that the site is accessible to all, for all events and socials.
More at:http://www.planaganza.com/
The Original Social Network
About Company:
There are so many different social networks out there, some good, and some bad. Imagine getting the best features of every single one of them, and putting them into one standard platform, and making it truly free and open for everyone to use.
Developers can extend the tosn platform, users can manipulate it to increase the return on investment to them. True centres of influence are revealed and rightly benefit from their exposure, through a matrix of win-win scenarios.
Front of mind awareness is exponentially increased by the use of our proprietary platform, which we’ve rolled out to every single country in the globe. Customised and tweaked to suit each socio-economic environment.
With grand plans to offer the network as true open source, with absolutely no restrictions on use, as soon as we’ve exited our BETA stage, there is no better time to get involved.
More at:http://www.theoriginalsocialnetwork.com/
There are so many different social networks out there, some good, and some bad. Imagine getting the best features of every single one of them, and putting them into one standard platform, and making it truly free and open for everyone to use.
Developers can extend the tosn platform, users can manipulate it to increase the return on investment to them. True centres of influence are revealed and rightly benefit from their exposure, through a matrix of win-win scenarios.
Front of mind awareness is exponentially increased by the use of our proprietary platform, which we’ve rolled out to every single country in the globe. Customised and tweaked to suit each socio-economic environment.
With grand plans to offer the network as true open source, with absolutely no restrictions on use, as soon as we’ve exited our BETA stage, there is no better time to get involved.
More at:http://www.theoriginalsocialnetwork.com/
ooVoo is the next evolution in online communication ---Video Messaging
What Company Is Offering:
ooVoo is the next evolution in online communication — a remarkably easy way to have a face-to-face video conversation with friends, family or colleagues, no matter where they are in the world.
How It Works:
ooVoo is a free program that uses technology to bring affordable and high-quality voice communications to people all over the world.
ooVoo is a great way to connect with friends, family, and colleagues using full video and sound. Organize a family get-together, share breaking news, or heckle your friends during your favorite sporting event. It's easy.
Talk is cheap. Actually, it's free. With unlimited one-to-one and multiparty video calling (with up to five participants), you can eliminate long distance and local phone charges.
You just need a broadband Internet connection to see your friends talk to you. For your friends to see and hear you, all you need is a webcam, microphone, and speakers (headset recommended).
Purchase a webcam or headset at the ooVoo Store.
Video allows a face-to-face experience. It's the next best thing to being there in-person. Make a connection, enhance collaboration, and improve communication. See your baby nephew wearing the new outfit you sent him, share the joy of your friend's new job or watch a client's reaction to your sales pitch.
How It Will Help Business People:
ooVoo is a great business tool. Research shows that video increases audience attention and builds speaker credibility while tightening bonds and teamwork in a business environment. Video makes information easier to understand, reduces meeting fatigue, and makes it easy to identify who is speaking. Use it to connect to remote offices, to join board meetings, and to meet with colleagues.
More at:http://www.oovoo.com/
ooVoo is the next evolution in online communication — a remarkably easy way to have a face-to-face video conversation with friends, family or colleagues, no matter where they are in the world.
How It Works:
ooVoo is a free program that uses technology to bring affordable and high-quality voice communications to people all over the world.
ooVoo is a great way to connect with friends, family, and colleagues using full video and sound. Organize a family get-together, share breaking news, or heckle your friends during your favorite sporting event. It's easy.
Talk is cheap. Actually, it's free. With unlimited one-to-one and multiparty video calling (with up to five participants), you can eliminate long distance and local phone charges.
You just need a broadband Internet connection to see your friends talk to you. For your friends to see and hear you, all you need is a webcam, microphone, and speakers (headset recommended).
Purchase a webcam or headset at the ooVoo Store.
Video allows a face-to-face experience. It's the next best thing to being there in-person. Make a connection, enhance collaboration, and improve communication. See your baby nephew wearing the new outfit you sent him, share the joy of your friend's new job or watch a client's reaction to your sales pitch.
How It Will Help Business People:
ooVoo is a great business tool. Research shows that video increases audience attention and builds speaker credibility while tightening bonds and teamwork in a business environment. Video makes information easier to understand, reduces meeting fatigue, and makes it easy to identify who is speaking. Use it to connect to remote offices, to join board meetings, and to meet with colleagues.
More at:http://www.oovoo.com/
Friday, December 21, 2007
Emsense-- Track people's emotional responses to advertisements
What Company Is Offering:
The company has developed a sensor-laden headset that tracks brain activity using a single electroencephalography sensor (EEG) at the forehead, and other sensors that monitor breathing rate, head motion, heart rate, blink rate, and skin temperature--all of which can be indicators of whether a person is engaged or excited. In addition, says Hans Lee, chief technology officer at Emsense, his team has built proprietary algorithms that find meaning from the data collected by the sensors.Founded in 2004, the company was originally developed to build an EEG-based video-game controller.Recently, though, the team found that using its technology for market research is more lucrative. And, as the political season ramps up, the company is testing its system internally on campaign ads.
How It Works:
Emsense contacts potential testers in its database of about 5,000 people. These testers go to Emsense testing centers, scattered throughout the country, where they put on the headset and sit down to watch television or play a game. From the headset's data, the company's algorithms deduce a handful of coarse assessments about a tester's experience: when she has positive or negative feelings, whether or not she is concentrating, if she is excited, and, for games, how much she is engaged with it. Emsense then produces charts that qualitatively show these responses throughout the experience.
For instance, in a commercial for a detergent, an advertiser shows a pregnant woman, who is wearing a pink shirt, eating ice cream. A few seconds into the ad, she drops ice cream on her shirt, scoops it up with her spoon, and continues to eat. Toward the end of the commercial, the product is introduced, and the stain removed. According to Emsense's data, women tend to respond negatively to the first part of the ad, apparently growing distressed as the woman drops the ice cream and scoops it up. When the product name is introduced and the stain removed, women's responses turn more positive. Men, however, respond positively when the woman drops ice cream, but they remain neutral throughout the rest of the commercial. This is evidence, that the commercial works well with its intended audience--namely, women.
Their technology allows us to collect moment-by-moment metrics while avoiding the cognitive bias that can interfere with self-reporting and focus groups. Emsense spent about four years collecting data on how viewers reacted to specific events in commercials and games, such as an intense battle scene, or a joke or a sales pitch in an ad. The company used this data to build mathematical models describing how physiological signals change in response to specific events. The technology, he claims, can let a game maker know the point at which people get sucked into a game and the point at which they lose interest. An advertiser can learn if its sales pitch comes at a time when commercial watchers have a positive or a negative feeling about the ad.
More at:http://www.emsense.com/
The company has developed a sensor-laden headset that tracks brain activity using a single electroencephalography sensor (EEG) at the forehead, and other sensors that monitor breathing rate, head motion, heart rate, blink rate, and skin temperature--all of which can be indicators of whether a person is engaged or excited. In addition, says Hans Lee, chief technology officer at Emsense, his team has built proprietary algorithms that find meaning from the data collected by the sensors.Founded in 2004, the company was originally developed to build an EEG-based video-game controller.Recently, though, the team found that using its technology for market research is more lucrative. And, as the political season ramps up, the company is testing its system internally on campaign ads.
How It Works:
Emsense contacts potential testers in its database of about 5,000 people. These testers go to Emsense testing centers, scattered throughout the country, where they put on the headset and sit down to watch television or play a game. From the headset's data, the company's algorithms deduce a handful of coarse assessments about a tester's experience: when she has positive or negative feelings, whether or not she is concentrating, if she is excited, and, for games, how much she is engaged with it. Emsense then produces charts that qualitatively show these responses throughout the experience.
For instance, in a commercial for a detergent, an advertiser shows a pregnant woman, who is wearing a pink shirt, eating ice cream. A few seconds into the ad, she drops ice cream on her shirt, scoops it up with her spoon, and continues to eat. Toward the end of the commercial, the product is introduced, and the stain removed. According to Emsense's data, women tend to respond negatively to the first part of the ad, apparently growing distressed as the woman drops the ice cream and scoops it up. When the product name is introduced and the stain removed, women's responses turn more positive. Men, however, respond positively when the woman drops ice cream, but they remain neutral throughout the rest of the commercial. This is evidence, that the commercial works well with its intended audience--namely, women.
Their technology allows us to collect moment-by-moment metrics while avoiding the cognitive bias that can interfere with self-reporting and focus groups. Emsense spent about four years collecting data on how viewers reacted to specific events in commercials and games, such as an intense battle scene, or a joke or a sales pitch in an ad. The company used this data to build mathematical models describing how physiological signals change in response to specific events. The technology, he claims, can let a game maker know the point at which people get sucked into a game and the point at which they lose interest. An advertiser can learn if its sales pitch comes at a time when commercial watchers have a positive or a negative feeling about the ad.
More at:http://www.emsense.com/
A new set of software and services released by Swarmcast could help improve the quality of online video
What Company Is Offering:
Swarmcast is dedicated to transforming the Internet into a reliable medium for distributing high-quality video. The company mission is to enable content providers to engage global audiences through high-quality viewing experiences.
How It Works:
Swarmcast's multi-source streaming platform enables the delivery of HD video, rock solid live and on-demand streaming, and accelerated downloads, while managing delivery costs. They are currently powering some of the most demanding media destinations on the Internet. Enabling content providers to scale to millions of simultaneous users, Swarmcast offers the most reliable distribution of high quality viewing experiences over the Internet.
Who Is Behind The Company:
1.Justin is the original inventor of "file swarming," a content delivery method that breaks large files into smaller data packets to efficiently exchange them over the Internet. In 2001, Justin founded Swarmcast to develop and market his file swarming technology. He was awarded a patent in 2007 for file swarming, which includes technologies commonly referred to as peer-to-peer, grid content delivery and multi-source streaming.
2.Ry4an co-founded Swarmcast with Justin Chapweske in 2001. He is an expert in file transfer and content delivery technologies, and played an integral role in writing the code for mutli-source streaming technology. Ry4an holds the position of CTO at Swarmcast, and is responsible for all aspects of the company's technical direction. His key functions include overseeing operations and software development, as well as coordinating with the business development team to create Swarmcast's long-term product roadmap. With more than a decade of software engineering experience, Ry4an honed his talents at a select group of companies.
Recent Updates:
A new set of software and services released last week by Minneapolis-based Swarmcast could help improve the quality of online video. Dubbed Autobahn HD for Flash, the product offers to speed often-congested video downloads and improve picture quality for many viewers.
http://www.swarmcast.com/
Swarmcast is dedicated to transforming the Internet into a reliable medium for distributing high-quality video. The company mission is to enable content providers to engage global audiences through high-quality viewing experiences.
How It Works:
Swarmcast's multi-source streaming platform enables the delivery of HD video, rock solid live and on-demand streaming, and accelerated downloads, while managing delivery costs. They are currently powering some of the most demanding media destinations on the Internet. Enabling content providers to scale to millions of simultaneous users, Swarmcast offers the most reliable distribution of high quality viewing experiences over the Internet.
Who Is Behind The Company:
1.Justin is the original inventor of "file swarming," a content delivery method that breaks large files into smaller data packets to efficiently exchange them over the Internet. In 2001, Justin founded Swarmcast to develop and market his file swarming technology. He was awarded a patent in 2007 for file swarming, which includes technologies commonly referred to as peer-to-peer, grid content delivery and multi-source streaming.
2.Ry4an co-founded Swarmcast with Justin Chapweske in 2001. He is an expert in file transfer and content delivery technologies, and played an integral role in writing the code for mutli-source streaming technology. Ry4an holds the position of CTO at Swarmcast, and is responsible for all aspects of the company's technical direction. His key functions include overseeing operations and software development, as well as coordinating with the business development team to create Swarmcast's long-term product roadmap. With more than a decade of software engineering experience, Ry4an honed his talents at a select group of companies.
Recent Updates:
A new set of software and services released last week by Minneapolis-based Swarmcast could help improve the quality of online video. Dubbed Autobahn HD for Flash, the product offers to speed often-congested video downloads and improve picture quality for many viewers.
http://www.swarmcast.com/
Mvolve is the telecoms directory and information resource hub--Networking Community Of Professionals
What Company Is Offering:
Mvolve is the telecoms directory and information resource hub, underpinned by a vibrant networking community of professionals.
How It Works:
Companies that register their business within the directory have the functionality for their employees to attach their personal profiles to the company listing.
Companies can publish a free listing, or they can take one of the various levels of paid sponsorships, including: Category; Platinum; Gold; Silver; or Bronze. Within each category, and via search results, companies are displayed first via listing level, then by chronological order. This provides the incentive for companies to register early to gain their required positioning.
There are currently 60 core categories with a total of 174 sub categories. Each Category has an average of at least three sub-categories.
Unique Features:
Telecoms most comprehensive company and services directory. A highly influential and vibrant directory of industry professionals/ decision makers.White papers/ case studies downloads library RFP search and distribution.User generated news feeds.Executive search and recruitment boards.
More at:http://www.mvolve.com/
Mvolve is the telecoms directory and information resource hub, underpinned by a vibrant networking community of professionals.
How It Works:
Companies that register their business within the directory have the functionality for their employees to attach their personal profiles to the company listing.
Companies can publish a free listing, or they can take one of the various levels of paid sponsorships, including: Category; Platinum; Gold; Silver; or Bronze. Within each category, and via search results, companies are displayed first via listing level, then by chronological order. This provides the incentive for companies to register early to gain their required positioning.
There are currently 60 core categories with a total of 174 sub categories. Each Category has an average of at least three sub-categories.
Unique Features:
Telecoms most comprehensive company and services directory. A highly influential and vibrant directory of industry professionals/ decision makers.White papers/ case studies downloads library RFP search and distribution.User generated news feeds.Executive search and recruitment boards.
More at:http://www.mvolve.com/
uTest is global marketplace for software application testing coupled with a Pay Per Bug business model
What Company Is Offering:
uTest is revolutionizing traditional software testing by introducing the first global marketplace for software application testing coupled with a Pay Per Bug business model. Companies in need of software QA testing will be able to access professional testers on-demand through our Global Community for the purpose of quality assuring and testing software release prior to market launch.
How It Works:
uTest provides software companies with significant benefits including higher quality software releases, reduction in product release cycle time and overall product time to market while improving overall customer satisfaction. We also provides software companies with significant cost savings including reduction in QA costs by minimizing help desk costs, handling peak QA periods effectively and improving overall quality of released application.
The uTest testing platform is all Web-based - accessible anywhere, anytime, from any computer screen by customers and testers. It enables application vendors to load/publish their application, test scripts and testing information to the secure uTestTM Testing Platform. The interface is easy to use and allows companies to self manage QA cycles, projects and processes.
More at:http://www.utest.com/
uTest is revolutionizing traditional software testing by introducing the first global marketplace for software application testing coupled with a Pay Per Bug business model. Companies in need of software QA testing will be able to access professional testers on-demand through our Global Community for the purpose of quality assuring and testing software release prior to market launch.
How It Works:
uTest provides software companies with significant benefits including higher quality software releases, reduction in product release cycle time and overall product time to market while improving overall customer satisfaction. We also provides software companies with significant cost savings including reduction in QA costs by minimizing help desk costs, handling peak QA periods effectively and improving overall quality of released application.
The uTest testing platform is all Web-based - accessible anywhere, anytime, from any computer screen by customers and testers. It enables application vendors to load/publish their application, test scripts and testing information to the secure uTestTM Testing Platform. The interface is easy to use and allows companies to self manage QA cycles, projects and processes.
More at:http://www.utest.com/
Venture capitalists trnds for 2008
Venture capitalists are forecasting an active year for the industry with high growth in the CleanTech sector, an improving IPO market and fewer venture firms in 2008. These predictions are among the top line findings of the NVCA 2008 Predictions Survey. The results also show concerns about global investments in certain regions including China. Additionally, the industry believes fund sizes will become larger and returns for limited partners of venture capital funds will improve in both the short and long term horizons.
"For venture capital firms, 2008 will be the year we begin to see larger funds raised at a faster pace, as many firms in the industry will focus on sectors that have increasing capital requirements such as life sciences and clean technology," said Mark Heesen, president of the NVCA. "These sectors will not be exclusively U.S.-based, but have a world-wide platform which will require more time and more capital than ever before. That said, the other end of the spectrum -- seed and early stage investment and smaller, regionally focused firms -- will also be very active, particularly in the Internet and new media spaces. By its very nature, venture capital investment is long term so the ultimate winning strategy won't be clear for some time," Heesen added.
The NVCA survey was conducted in early December and includes the predictions of more than 170 venture capitalists from across the United States.
Investment Trends
Venture capitalists are predicting moderate investment growth next year with 71 percent of respondents pegging 2008 venture investment levels to be between $20-29 billion, with the average forecast at $27 billion, which would be on par with 2007 investment levels. A quarter of the respondents predict venture capital investment will be higher, in the $30-39 billion range.
Venture capitalists overwhelmingly predict (80 percent) that the CleanTech sector will attract higher levels of venture financing in 2008.
However, 61 percent of respondents also believe that the CleanTech sector will be overvalued next year. Other sectors of growth include media and entertainment (65 percent predict higher levels), biotech, and Internet specific companies (55 percent respectively). Investment in the medical devices and wireless telecom are expected to grow moderately with more than half the respondents predicting static or declining investment in these sectors. Fifty percent of venture capitalists predict a decline in semiconductor investing while 21 percent see declines in software. Accordingly, both industries are projected to be undervalued in 2008.
In terms of international investing, while there is a general assumption that global markets will continue attracting U.S. venture dollars, domestic venture capitalists are skeptical about quality deal opportunities in pockets of the world. Thirty-seven percent of respondents say they are leery about investing in South America while 28 percent are hesitant to invest money into China next year. Eastern Europe also causes concern for 17 percent of the venture capitalists surveyed.
Venture Capital Fundraising
Most respondents believe the industry will consolidate further in 2008 with 57 percent predicting the number of venture firms will decrease next year. Those that remain will be raising the same size or larger funds according to 84 percent of venture capitalists polled. Only 16 percent believe funds will be smaller next year.
Venture-Backed Exits -- IPOs and Acquisitions
While 59 percent of the venture capitalists are predicting further IPO market recovery, 44 percent see that recovery taking place at the same or a slower pace than 2007. Twenty-two percent see a flat IPO market and 19 percent believe the market will weaken for venture-backed companies.
Most venture capitalists still see the U.S. exchanges as holding the greatest promise for venture-backed company listings. Seventy percent cited NASDAQ as holding the most potential for venture-backed listings in 2008; 19 percent say AIM has most promise; followed by the Hong Kong (16 percent) and Shenzhen Exchanges (15 percent).
In the acquisitions market, the venture industry is split on how deal values will trend. Thirty-five percent say valuations will be higher; 27 percent say lower; and 38 percent say they will remain the same. However, the majority of respondents (55 percent) believe deal volume will increase.
Alternative Asset Performance
When asked about short term performance of other alternative asset classes, large majorities of respondents forecast a dip in returns. Venture capitalists overwhelmingly agree that short term performance will decline in the real estate (78 percent), buyout (70 percent), and hedge fund (73 percent) industries. However, most are optimistic about short term venture returns. Seventy-seven percent of venture capitalists believe their industry's short term performance will improve.
A significant number of survey participants predict declines in the long term performance of the buyout and hedge fund industries. Forty-three and 51 percent predict declines in these respective industries over the long term. However, forty-seven percent of the respondents say real estate long term returns will improve. Also, most venture capitalists are optimistic about the venture industry's long term performance with 80 percent predicting an improvement in the next 5 to 10 years.
Via-AVM
"For venture capital firms, 2008 will be the year we begin to see larger funds raised at a faster pace, as many firms in the industry will focus on sectors that have increasing capital requirements such as life sciences and clean technology," said Mark Heesen, president of the NVCA. "These sectors will not be exclusively U.S.-based, but have a world-wide platform which will require more time and more capital than ever before. That said, the other end of the spectrum -- seed and early stage investment and smaller, regionally focused firms -- will also be very active, particularly in the Internet and new media spaces. By its very nature, venture capital investment is long term so the ultimate winning strategy won't be clear for some time," Heesen added.
The NVCA survey was conducted in early December and includes the predictions of more than 170 venture capitalists from across the United States.
Investment Trends
Venture capitalists are predicting moderate investment growth next year with 71 percent of respondents pegging 2008 venture investment levels to be between $20-29 billion, with the average forecast at $27 billion, which would be on par with 2007 investment levels. A quarter of the respondents predict venture capital investment will be higher, in the $30-39 billion range.
Venture capitalists overwhelmingly predict (80 percent) that the CleanTech sector will attract higher levels of venture financing in 2008.
However, 61 percent of respondents also believe that the CleanTech sector will be overvalued next year. Other sectors of growth include media and entertainment (65 percent predict higher levels), biotech, and Internet specific companies (55 percent respectively). Investment in the medical devices and wireless telecom are expected to grow moderately with more than half the respondents predicting static or declining investment in these sectors. Fifty percent of venture capitalists predict a decline in semiconductor investing while 21 percent see declines in software. Accordingly, both industries are projected to be undervalued in 2008.
In terms of international investing, while there is a general assumption that global markets will continue attracting U.S. venture dollars, domestic venture capitalists are skeptical about quality deal opportunities in pockets of the world. Thirty-seven percent of respondents say they are leery about investing in South America while 28 percent are hesitant to invest money into China next year. Eastern Europe also causes concern for 17 percent of the venture capitalists surveyed.
Venture Capital Fundraising
Most respondents believe the industry will consolidate further in 2008 with 57 percent predicting the number of venture firms will decrease next year. Those that remain will be raising the same size or larger funds according to 84 percent of venture capitalists polled. Only 16 percent believe funds will be smaller next year.
Venture-Backed Exits -- IPOs and Acquisitions
While 59 percent of the venture capitalists are predicting further IPO market recovery, 44 percent see that recovery taking place at the same or a slower pace than 2007. Twenty-two percent see a flat IPO market and 19 percent believe the market will weaken for venture-backed companies.
Most venture capitalists still see the U.S. exchanges as holding the greatest promise for venture-backed company listings. Seventy percent cited NASDAQ as holding the most potential for venture-backed listings in 2008; 19 percent say AIM has most promise; followed by the Hong Kong (16 percent) and Shenzhen Exchanges (15 percent).
In the acquisitions market, the venture industry is split on how deal values will trend. Thirty-five percent say valuations will be higher; 27 percent say lower; and 38 percent say they will remain the same. However, the majority of respondents (55 percent) believe deal volume will increase.
Alternative Asset Performance
When asked about short term performance of other alternative asset classes, large majorities of respondents forecast a dip in returns. Venture capitalists overwhelmingly agree that short term performance will decline in the real estate (78 percent), buyout (70 percent), and hedge fund (73 percent) industries. However, most are optimistic about short term venture returns. Seventy-seven percent of venture capitalists believe their industry's short term performance will improve.
A significant number of survey participants predict declines in the long term performance of the buyout and hedge fund industries. Forty-three and 51 percent predict declines in these respective industries over the long term. However, forty-seven percent of the respondents say real estate long term returns will improve. Also, most venture capitalists are optimistic about the venture industry's long term performance with 80 percent predicting an improvement in the next 5 to 10 years.
Via-AVM
Cellyspace---Mobile Greetings For Xmas
What Company Is Offering:
Cellyspace is the world’s first integrated online tool to create and send both SMS (text) and MMS (multimedia) messages to family, friends and customers.
Cellyspace is a mobile multi-media social service/online toolset that allows users and advertisers to compose and distribute customized multimedia messages (MMS) to cell phones from their PC's.
How It Works:
You can send MMS content that contains Audio, Video, Text and Image slideshows. They also offer Broadcast Messaging that allow subscribers to opt-in to get your MMS and SMS blasts sent to them daily, weekly or monthly. You can use our service to personalize your own mobile phone or to humor, inspire, promote or just to say ‘Hello!’ to all of your friends, family, fans, networks and customers. Cellyspace also allows bands to sell their ringtones in concert and on their social network pages.
After you’ve composed and saved your content on Cellyspace, they give you the option to create a unique name for your content – we call this name a keycode - and then you promote it with our tools and on your web site, on MySpace, in your print/audio/video media and any other promotional methods you currently use for promotion.
Mobile customers get your content sent to their phone by texting your unique keycode to Cellyspace’s shortcode. They will then be able to receive your content on their phone, view it right away and store it for later viewing (handset dependent).
To help you promote your content, Cellyspace gives you the option for your publicly available content, to copy and paste automatically generated html code or link onto your online site(s). This is a useful promotional tool and very simple to do.
More at:http://www.cellyspace.com/
Cellyspace is the world’s first integrated online tool to create and send both SMS (text) and MMS (multimedia) messages to family, friends and customers.
Cellyspace is a mobile multi-media social service/online toolset that allows users and advertisers to compose and distribute customized multimedia messages (MMS) to cell phones from their PC's.
How It Works:
You can send MMS content that contains Audio, Video, Text and Image slideshows. They also offer Broadcast Messaging that allow subscribers to opt-in to get your MMS and SMS blasts sent to them daily, weekly or monthly. You can use our service to personalize your own mobile phone or to humor, inspire, promote or just to say ‘Hello!’ to all of your friends, family, fans, networks and customers. Cellyspace also allows bands to sell their ringtones in concert and on their social network pages.
After you’ve composed and saved your content on Cellyspace, they give you the option to create a unique name for your content – we call this name a keycode - and then you promote it with our tools and on your web site, on MySpace, in your print/audio/video media and any other promotional methods you currently use for promotion.
Mobile customers get your content sent to their phone by texting your unique keycode to Cellyspace’s shortcode. They will then be able to receive your content on their phone, view it right away and store it for later viewing (handset dependent).
To help you promote your content, Cellyspace gives you the option for your publicly available content, to copy and paste automatically generated html code or link onto your online site(s). This is a useful promotional tool and very simple to do.
More at:http://www.cellyspace.com/
ClayValet is a personal shopping service---They Shop For You
What Company Is Offering:
ClayValet is a personal shopping service.Real people read your requests.
They recommend good products, give advice, and find bargains.
How It Works:
Think of something you want to buy and tell us about it on our Home page. After you enter your request, you will be prompted to create an account by choosing a user name and a password. They'll also ask for your email address (so they can send you the report when it's written) and a zip code that can help us calculate tax & shipping costs.
Their shoppers are normal people who are experienced and comfortable with online shopping. They are not experts themselves, but they know where to look, how to compare prices and whom to trust. They enlist them to shop on your behalf, guide them to use the right resources, and assemble their findings into a useful report for you. Anyone who wants to experience the luxury of having someone else shop for them. Their users come from many zip codes and many walks of life, but they have one thing in common: they have better things to do than spend hours shopping online.
There is no cost to sign up for ClayValet, and every user can submit up to five free requests every week. They do plan to start charging for this service eventually.
How Is It Different:
Sites like Google Products and Amazon are great, because they provide LOTS of options. But many people get overwhelmed by so many options and can't afford the time and energy to research every online purchase. ClayValet offers a great alternative! We enlist real people to solve your problems, and—unlike using a search engine—you actually get a better response if you provide a lengthy, detailed request. Our shoppers can interpret your needs and recommend a product that fits.
More at:http://clayvalet.com/
ClayValet is a personal shopping service.Real people read your requests.
They recommend good products, give advice, and find bargains.
How It Works:
Think of something you want to buy and tell us about it on our Home page. After you enter your request, you will be prompted to create an account by choosing a user name and a password. They'll also ask for your email address (so they can send you the report when it's written) and a zip code that can help us calculate tax & shipping costs.
Their shoppers are normal people who are experienced and comfortable with online shopping. They are not experts themselves, but they know where to look, how to compare prices and whom to trust. They enlist them to shop on your behalf, guide them to use the right resources, and assemble their findings into a useful report for you. Anyone who wants to experience the luxury of having someone else shop for them. Their users come from many zip codes and many walks of life, but they have one thing in common: they have better things to do than spend hours shopping online.
There is no cost to sign up for ClayValet, and every user can submit up to five free requests every week. They do plan to start charging for this service eventually.
How Is It Different:
Sites like Google Products and Amazon are great, because they provide LOTS of options. But many people get overwhelmed by so many options and can't afford the time and energy to research every online purchase. ClayValet offers a great alternative! We enlist real people to solve your problems, and—unlike using a search engine—you actually get a better response if you provide a lengthy, detailed request. Our shoppers can interpret your needs and recommend a product that fits.
More at:http://clayvalet.com/
Oversee.net--Online Solutions For Advertisers,Publishers And Consumers
About Company:
Oversee.net is a technology-driven company whose products deliver quality through a mix of technology and deep knowledge of online advertising. We are experts in driving quality traffic on the internet.
The company has over 150 employees who work to deliver innovative online marketing solutions every day. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Company is an industry leader, and has grown organically since its inception. By using knowledge of internet traffic and developing proprietary technology that focuses on optimized utilization of the Internet, the Company has achieved leadership positions in three core areas: direct navigation, lead generation and online advertising solutions.
How It Works;
1.DomainSponsor is the leader in domain monetization, a service that enables domain owners to maximize earnings on the traffic generated to their domains. This traffic is generated by direct navigation — when users search through the address bar, finding relevant results at a given domain without a search engine.
DomainSponsor features the highest traffic conversions in the industry, and uses proprietary optimization technology to produce the most relevant and profitable results, in the form of custom landing pages for each domain.
2.As a leading consumer financial services portal, Low.com is committed to helping users find the lowest cost and most reputable purchase, refinance and home equity loans.
Low.com is focused on providing information on low mortgage interest rates to consumers and great service to its clients. We connect highly-motivated consumers with financial institutions, resulting in leads that generate among the highest percentage of closed loans in our industry. Our Account Managers are former mortgage professionals who understand that the mortgage business is fueled by qualified customers who are motivated to enter into home purchases, refinancing, or other financial transactions.
3.Revenue.net represents leading advertisers and publishers in specialized search-based campaigns. Our innovations in search marketing channel volumes of qualified consumer traffic to our clients' websites. Drawing on Oversee.net’s expertise in driving traffic, Revenue.net ensures that marketers reach their audiences and publishers reach their target ad revenues, creating a valuable partnership for both.
More at:http://oversee.net/
Oversee.net is a technology-driven company whose products deliver quality through a mix of technology and deep knowledge of online advertising. We are experts in driving quality traffic on the internet.
The company has over 150 employees who work to deliver innovative online marketing solutions every day. Headquartered in Los Angeles, the Company is an industry leader, and has grown organically since its inception. By using knowledge of internet traffic and developing proprietary technology that focuses on optimized utilization of the Internet, the Company has achieved leadership positions in three core areas: direct navigation, lead generation and online advertising solutions.
How It Works;
1.DomainSponsor is the leader in domain monetization, a service that enables domain owners to maximize earnings on the traffic generated to their domains. This traffic is generated by direct navigation — when users search through the address bar, finding relevant results at a given domain without a search engine.
DomainSponsor features the highest traffic conversions in the industry, and uses proprietary optimization technology to produce the most relevant and profitable results, in the form of custom landing pages for each domain.
2.As a leading consumer financial services portal, Low.com is committed to helping users find the lowest cost and most reputable purchase, refinance and home equity loans.
Low.com is focused on providing information on low mortgage interest rates to consumers and great service to its clients. We connect highly-motivated consumers with financial institutions, resulting in leads that generate among the highest percentage of closed loans in our industry. Our Account Managers are former mortgage professionals who understand that the mortgage business is fueled by qualified customers who are motivated to enter into home purchases, refinancing, or other financial transactions.
3.Revenue.net represents leading advertisers and publishers in specialized search-based campaigns. Our innovations in search marketing channel volumes of qualified consumer traffic to our clients' websites. Drawing on Oversee.net’s expertise in driving traffic, Revenue.net ensures that marketers reach their audiences and publishers reach their target ad revenues, creating a valuable partnership for both.
More at:http://oversee.net/
Kyte social communications platform enables partners – including media companies, social networks and mobile operators has raised $15 million
What Company Is Offering:
The Kyte social communications platform enables partners – including media companies, social networks and mobile operators – to offer their users an easy way to create embedded interactive channels and produce multimedia shows in real-time from their mobile phones or the web that are broadcast to multiple destinations including social networks, blogs and other mobile phones. Using the hosted platform and developer API, Kyte partners provide their users with an exciting way to stay connected through a next-generation social communications experience.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Kyte announced it has raised $15 million in a second round of funding. The round was led by Telefónica, the world’s fourth largest global telecommunications firm, with Nokia Growth Partners, the global private equity and venture capital management arm of Nokia, and DoCoMo Capital, Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo, Inc., the leading mobile communication company based in Japan, also participating. Other investors in this round include Swisscom, Holtzbrinck Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurveston.
Purpose Of Raising Fund:
The investments from these global wireless leaders will serve to further the development and distribution of Kyte’s award-winning social communications platform. Kyte itself is not a destination, but an enabling communications platform that allows partners, through a Kyte-powered service, to offer users an easy way to share pictures and video from their mobile phone or the web that are instantly broadcast to multiple destinations, including websites, blogs, social networks and other mobile phones.
What VCs Says About Company:
We are investing in Kyte because we see them as a groundbreaking company, tying together multimedia creation and consumption in real-time across multiple platforms,” said Rob Trice of Nokia Growth Partners. “Kyte sits at the crossroads of multiple trends in consumer-generated content and we are excited to be a part of the growth of this innovative company.
For more : http://www.kyte.tv.
The Kyte social communications platform enables partners – including media companies, social networks and mobile operators – to offer their users an easy way to create embedded interactive channels and produce multimedia shows in real-time from their mobile phones or the web that are broadcast to multiple destinations including social networks, blogs and other mobile phones. Using the hosted platform and developer API, Kyte partners provide their users with an exciting way to stay connected through a next-generation social communications experience.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Kyte announced it has raised $15 million in a second round of funding. The round was led by Telefónica, the world’s fourth largest global telecommunications firm, with Nokia Growth Partners, the global private equity and venture capital management arm of Nokia, and DoCoMo Capital, Inc., a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of NTT DoCoMo, Inc., the leading mobile communication company based in Japan, also participating. Other investors in this round include Swisscom, Holtzbrinck Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurveston.
Purpose Of Raising Fund:
The investments from these global wireless leaders will serve to further the development and distribution of Kyte’s award-winning social communications platform. Kyte itself is not a destination, but an enabling communications platform that allows partners, through a Kyte-powered service, to offer users an easy way to share pictures and video from their mobile phone or the web that are instantly broadcast to multiple destinations, including websites, blogs, social networks and other mobile phones.
What VCs Says About Company:
We are investing in Kyte because we see them as a groundbreaking company, tying together multimedia creation and consumption in real-time across multiple platforms,” said Rob Trice of Nokia Growth Partners. “Kyte sits at the crossroads of multiple trends in consumer-generated content and we are excited to be a part of the growth of this innovative company.
For more : http://www.kyte.tv.
nvohk will enable consumers to get more involved and participate in business decision-making and environmental causes
What Company Is Offering:
nvohk is pronounced 'invoke' [in-vohk] which means to call on (a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration. In this case, our member base is the 'higher power'.
nvohk fills a critical gap in the lifestyle brand arena. nvohk will enable consumers to get more involved and participate in business decision-making and environmental causes. It will provide consumers with an entertaining and sustainable platform for making a meaningful and positive impact on the environment by putting members in the driver’s seat and allowing them to drive the nvohk brand to a profitable venture that will contribute 10% of net profits to member selected environmental charities.
How It Works:
Anyone that is 13 years old or older can become an nvohk member. They welcome anyone with creativity, vision and an interest in shaping a new company and/or a desire to improve our environment.
nvohk will offer an annual membership for $50. If members wish to continue participating in nvohk beyond their first year, they must renew their membership by paying their $50 annual fee. However, members are under no obligation to participate in nvohk for any specific length of time.
Once 20,000 members have joined and paid the annual membership fee, they will receive an exclusive nvohk t-shirt. In addition, members will receive reward points based on the Company's profitability. These reward points (like airline miles, but you can actually use them) can be used to purchase nvohk product!
Members get 25% off all nvohk products purchased from nvohk.com.
Aside from these tangible benefits, members will have the satisfaction of knowing that they are providing considerable and meaningful support to leading environmental organizations.
Basically, you can get free products, 25% off any products you buy and the privilege of participating in developing and managing a new eco-friendly clothing company.
More at:http://www.projectnvohk.com/
nvohk is pronounced 'invoke' [in-vohk] which means to call on (a higher power) for assistance, support, or inspiration. In this case, our member base is the 'higher power'.
nvohk fills a critical gap in the lifestyle brand arena. nvohk will enable consumers to get more involved and participate in business decision-making and environmental causes. It will provide consumers with an entertaining and sustainable platform for making a meaningful and positive impact on the environment by putting members in the driver’s seat and allowing them to drive the nvohk brand to a profitable venture that will contribute 10% of net profits to member selected environmental charities.
How It Works:
Anyone that is 13 years old or older can become an nvohk member. They welcome anyone with creativity, vision and an interest in shaping a new company and/or a desire to improve our environment.
nvohk will offer an annual membership for $50. If members wish to continue participating in nvohk beyond their first year, they must renew their membership by paying their $50 annual fee. However, members are under no obligation to participate in nvohk for any specific length of time.
Once 20,000 members have joined and paid the annual membership fee, they will receive an exclusive nvohk t-shirt. In addition, members will receive reward points based on the Company's profitability. These reward points (like airline miles, but you can actually use them) can be used to purchase nvohk product!
Members get 25% off all nvohk products purchased from nvohk.com.
Aside from these tangible benefits, members will have the satisfaction of knowing that they are providing considerable and meaningful support to leading environmental organizations.
Basically, you can get free products, 25% off any products you buy and the privilege of participating in developing and managing a new eco-friendly clothing company.
More at:http://www.projectnvohk.com/
AutoDealersPoint allows small car dealerships to sign up for a monthly account that helps them to launch their own website with a full inventory
What Company Says:
We can take your current dealership website and turn it into a high functioning online presence with e-commerce and e-marketing capabilities. Don’t have a website yet? No problem. Pick from our templates and have your dealership website up and selling in a matter of days.
How It Works:
AutoDealersPoint allows small car dealerships to sign up for a monthly account that helps them to launch their own website with a full inventory of the vehicles on their lots. The service provides an easy-to-use method for creating a website that any dealership can utilize. It works similarly to other web services that allow individuals to create their own websites for blogging, photo sharing, or selling merchandise.
AutoDealersPoint provides many varied features for dealership websites, including ready-made templates that a dealership can easily choose from. Customization of the site includes uploading a logo, creating a personalized URL, adding testimonials, scheduling appointments, featuring a car of the week, and much more. You can also change your template at any time, and additional features that aren't already available can be created and added to the site at an additional fee. The interface is specifically designed for dealerships so that you can advertise your inventory on the Internet without having to constantly worry about maintaining a website. Just create an account and upload your vehicle inventory.
Not only does AutoDealersPoint help dealerships create their own websites, but it also helps with marketing and increasing leads to the new site. AutoDealersPoint offers lead management, search engine optimization, a newsletter subscription tool, and advertising management. It can also export your inventory to Cars.com or Autotrader.com so that it reaches as many consumers as possible.
More at:http://www.autodealerspoint.com/
We can take your current dealership website and turn it into a high functioning online presence with e-commerce and e-marketing capabilities. Don’t have a website yet? No problem. Pick from our templates and have your dealership website up and selling in a matter of days.
How It Works:
AutoDealersPoint allows small car dealerships to sign up for a monthly account that helps them to launch their own website with a full inventory of the vehicles on their lots. The service provides an easy-to-use method for creating a website that any dealership can utilize. It works similarly to other web services that allow individuals to create their own websites for blogging, photo sharing, or selling merchandise.
AutoDealersPoint provides many varied features for dealership websites, including ready-made templates that a dealership can easily choose from. Customization of the site includes uploading a logo, creating a personalized URL, adding testimonials, scheduling appointments, featuring a car of the week, and much more. You can also change your template at any time, and additional features that aren't already available can be created and added to the site at an additional fee. The interface is specifically designed for dealerships so that you can advertise your inventory on the Internet without having to constantly worry about maintaining a website. Just create an account and upload your vehicle inventory.
Not only does AutoDealersPoint help dealerships create their own websites, but it also helps with marketing and increasing leads to the new site. AutoDealersPoint offers lead management, search engine optimization, a newsletter subscription tool, and advertising management. It can also export your inventory to Cars.com or Autotrader.com so that it reaches as many consumers as possible.
More at:http://www.autodealerspoint.com/
Fame Game---Connecting With Influential People
What Company Is Offering:
The data represents the networks of capital, influence, and attention that drive NY’s cultural economy. Providing universal access to that information, and making the sharing/usage of it social and participatory and relevant to a broader range of cultural participants may facilitate new connections between people, new ideas in culture, more party invitations and real world socialization, and a livelier public-cultural space.
How It Works:
The site maps the connections between about 100,000 New York City residents and 2,500 organizations, which the founders claim represents the cultural economy of NYC. It shows how influential figures are connected through pictures, and very soon, through creative work. The site allows you to navigate between public events, organizations, and the people that are affiliated with them. It gives you a rough approximation of who is getting talked about in the local media, who is out on the town the most, and for what.
Most importantly, it puts all the artists, capitalists, fashionistas, filmmakers, actors, socialites, journalists, architects, and businessmen in the context of the same network. We don’t really see these separate scenes, or the varying levels of attention on different names, as being a material distinction. We all deal with the final product of our culture.
The data represents the networks of capital, influence, and attention that drive NY’s cultural economy. Providing universal access to that information, and making the sharing/usage of it social and participatory and relevant to a broader range of cultural participants may facilitate new connections between people, new ideas in culture, more party invitations and real world socialization, and a livelier public-cultural space.
More at:http://www.famegame.com/
The data represents the networks of capital, influence, and attention that drive NY’s cultural economy. Providing universal access to that information, and making the sharing/usage of it social and participatory and relevant to a broader range of cultural participants may facilitate new connections between people, new ideas in culture, more party invitations and real world socialization, and a livelier public-cultural space.
How It Works:
The site maps the connections between about 100,000 New York City residents and 2,500 organizations, which the founders claim represents the cultural economy of NYC. It shows how influential figures are connected through pictures, and very soon, through creative work. The site allows you to navigate between public events, organizations, and the people that are affiliated with them. It gives you a rough approximation of who is getting talked about in the local media, who is out on the town the most, and for what.
Most importantly, it puts all the artists, capitalists, fashionistas, filmmakers, actors, socialites, journalists, architects, and businessmen in the context of the same network. We don’t really see these separate scenes, or the varying levels of attention on different names, as being a material distinction. We all deal with the final product of our culture.
The data represents the networks of capital, influence, and attention that drive NY’s cultural economy. Providing universal access to that information, and making the sharing/usage of it social and participatory and relevant to a broader range of cultural participants may facilitate new connections between people, new ideas in culture, more party invitations and real world socialization, and a livelier public-cultural space.
More at:http://www.famegame.com/
QuarkRank provides the information for making decisions at the point of purchase
What Company Is Offering:
QuarkRank provides the information for making decisions at the point of purchase. Proprietary technology lies at the core of QuarkRank's ability to automatically summarize the opinions of millions of consumer reviews on the internet.
How It Works:
QuarkRank is an intelligent engine which crawls the web for opinions on various products/services and automatically summarize them feature-by-feature using its proprietary natural language processing technique. QuarkRank provides smart information which any website/store can use. Currently they provide smart data for [camera, cellphone, mp3player, flatpaneltv]. They are aggressively adding new data categories.
Unique Features:
Reviews gathered and combined at one place!.
QuarkRank, no. of reviews for a product/service.
Top 5 feature, Worst 3 feature, All features that people talk about a product/service. For example : sound quality, design, screen of a Mp3 player.
Feature score, buzz and SNIPPETS from reviews which have opinion about a feature.
How It Will Be Helpful:
Your customers will feel confident in making purchase decision at your site, without going to competitors, and at the same time reducing the return rate of impulse purchases.
Wouldn't it be great if your users can find the information at one place? What if they could quickly and easily compare various choices, feature-for-feature? QuarkRank provides this service today.
More at:http://www.quarkrank.com/
QuarkRank provides the information for making decisions at the point of purchase. Proprietary technology lies at the core of QuarkRank's ability to automatically summarize the opinions of millions of consumer reviews on the internet.
How It Works:
QuarkRank is an intelligent engine which crawls the web for opinions on various products/services and automatically summarize them feature-by-feature using its proprietary natural language processing technique. QuarkRank provides smart information which any website/store can use. Currently they provide smart data for [camera, cellphone, mp3player, flatpaneltv]. They are aggressively adding new data categories.
Unique Features:
Reviews gathered and combined at one place!.
QuarkRank, no. of reviews for a product/service.
Top 5 feature, Worst 3 feature, All features that people talk about a product/service. For example : sound quality, design, screen of a Mp3 player.
Feature score, buzz and SNIPPETS from reviews which have opinion about a feature.
How It Will Be Helpful:
Your customers will feel confident in making purchase decision at your site, without going to competitors, and at the same time reducing the return rate of impulse purchases.
Wouldn't it be great if your users can find the information at one place? What if they could quickly and easily compare various choices, feature-for-feature? QuarkRank provides this service today.
More at:http://www.quarkrank.com/
Thursday, December 20, 2007
Netcooler is a site that organizes community-generated and rated news, gossip, and Q&A about companies
What Company is offering:
Netcooler is a site that organizes community-generated and rated news, gossip, and Q&A about companies.
Tap into it to find out what people are saying about your company, or one you're thinking about joining!
How It Works:
Netcooler marries the prototypical workplace with some powerful new communication tools.From the moment of launch, folks could interact with their existing contacts and networks to inform, talk, ask, answer, vote… in short, organize information around companies and other places of work. The site is open to all, so with enough people contributing, communities are built around these workplaces. As each community becomes more active and robust, its value as a resource to folks also grows.
A community member posts an article from the press or a blog, to share news with everyone else (like they might do on digg.com, or reddit.com — except that on Netcooler, the principle of organization is the company, as opposed to a news category). Others can comment on how the news is or is not relevant, true, important, etc. Each news item can be promoted or demoted by each user (don’t worry, you can change your mind!); and each comment can likewise be promoted or demoted based on the reader’s agreement or disagreement. Each user’s voice can be heard, and the aggregate vote tallies tell us what the community thinks, as a whole.
More at:http://www.netcooler.com/
Netcooler is a site that organizes community-generated and rated news, gossip, and Q&A about companies.
Tap into it to find out what people are saying about your company, or one you're thinking about joining!
How It Works:
Netcooler marries the prototypical workplace with some powerful new communication tools.From the moment of launch, folks could interact with their existing contacts and networks to inform, talk, ask, answer, vote… in short, organize information around companies and other places of work. The site is open to all, so with enough people contributing, communities are built around these workplaces. As each community becomes more active and robust, its value as a resource to folks also grows.
A community member posts an article from the press or a blog, to share news with everyone else (like they might do on digg.com, or reddit.com — except that on Netcooler, the principle of organization is the company, as opposed to a news category). Others can comment on how the news is or is not relevant, true, important, etc. Each news item can be promoted or demoted by each user (don’t worry, you can change your mind!); and each comment can likewise be promoted or demoted based on the reader’s agreement or disagreement. Each user’s voice can be heard, and the aggregate vote tallies tell us what the community thinks, as a whole.
More at:http://www.netcooler.com/
A fast growing, carrier-independent, mobile video company delivering web videos to cell phones
What Company Is Offering:
A fast growing, carrier-independent, mobile video company delivering web videos to cell phones. mywaves is the fastest-growing mobile video destination for consumers, driving millions to its mobile site each day. Consumers from around the world can browse through 300,000 channels of professional, user-generated and personal videos and have their favorites automatically updated and delivered to their phones. The service also helps users discover content by connecting them to a vast international mobile community of people with a shared passion for entertainment.
The free service works globally across all 3G, EDGE, BREW and EV-DO carriers as well as most video-capable mobile phones.
How It Works:
You can browse all mywaves channels from your phone. You can even subscribe to new channels, create auto channels, and search!.
mywaves provides advertisers and content owners an entirely new level of reach and engagement with the mobile consumer. In just its first year, mywaves has amassed the largest mobile video audience in the world, with users from over 175 countries accessing the service. Most users tune in to watch mywaves video weekly with average viewing times of 25 minutes per session. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, mywaves is led by a team from Yahoo, Napster, Danger, Palm and TiVo. The company is funded by venture capital firm, Menlo Ventures.
More at:http://www.mywaves.com/
A fast growing, carrier-independent, mobile video company delivering web videos to cell phones. mywaves is the fastest-growing mobile video destination for consumers, driving millions to its mobile site each day. Consumers from around the world can browse through 300,000 channels of professional, user-generated and personal videos and have their favorites automatically updated and delivered to their phones. The service also helps users discover content by connecting them to a vast international mobile community of people with a shared passion for entertainment.
The free service works globally across all 3G, EDGE, BREW and EV-DO carriers as well as most video-capable mobile phones.
How It Works:
You can browse all mywaves channels from your phone. You can even subscribe to new channels, create auto channels, and search!.
mywaves provides advertisers and content owners an entirely new level of reach and engagement with the mobile consumer. In just its first year, mywaves has amassed the largest mobile video audience in the world, with users from over 175 countries accessing the service. Most users tune in to watch mywaves video weekly with average viewing times of 25 minutes per session. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA, mywaves is led by a team from Yahoo, Napster, Danger, Palm and TiVo. The company is funded by venture capital firm, Menlo Ventures.
More at:http://www.mywaves.com/
ClearStay.com -- Trusted Source Of Vacation Rentals On The Web
What Company Is Offering:
ClearStay.com is the easiest way to find, choose and book a vacation rental online and the most trusted source of vacation rentals on the Web. They offer thousands of vacation rental homes, condos, cabins, cottages and villas from coast to coast. The rentals on ClearStay.com are from professional vacation rental managers who take great care to ensure that guests have the best possible vacation.
How It Works:
ClearStay provides descriptions, photos, rates and availability information that is always accurate by tightly integrating with the systems that managers use for all their vacation rental bookings. That integration means that the information you see is always correct and up to date.There are two ways that vacation rental managers can have their homes listed on ClearStay:
1.Vacation rental managers who use the EscapiaONE vacation rental software platform can have their units included on ClearStay without any additional work required by them. All of the information on ClearStay is seamlessly integrated with their back office vacation rental software. Managers with a premium listing will get not only email leads from prospective renters but also online bookings.
2.Vacation rental managers using a property management system other than Escapia can also list on ClearStay.com and get email leads from interested renters. We offer easy-to-use web tools that let you add your listings to ClearStay and join the premier directory on the web for vacation rental mangers
Who Is Behind Them:
ClearStay.com is from Escapia, Inc. the leader in online technology solution for vacation rental managers.
More at:http://www.clearstay.com/
ClearStay.com is the easiest way to find, choose and book a vacation rental online and the most trusted source of vacation rentals on the Web. They offer thousands of vacation rental homes, condos, cabins, cottages and villas from coast to coast. The rentals on ClearStay.com are from professional vacation rental managers who take great care to ensure that guests have the best possible vacation.
How It Works:
ClearStay provides descriptions, photos, rates and availability information that is always accurate by tightly integrating with the systems that managers use for all their vacation rental bookings. That integration means that the information you see is always correct and up to date.There are two ways that vacation rental managers can have their homes listed on ClearStay:
1.Vacation rental managers who use the EscapiaONE vacation rental software platform can have their units included on ClearStay without any additional work required by them. All of the information on ClearStay is seamlessly integrated with their back office vacation rental software. Managers with a premium listing will get not only email leads from prospective renters but also online bookings.
2.Vacation rental managers using a property management system other than Escapia can also list on ClearStay.com and get email leads from interested renters. We offer easy-to-use web tools that let you add your listings to ClearStay and join the premier directory on the web for vacation rental mangers
Who Is Behind Them:
ClearStay.com is from Escapia, Inc. the leader in online technology solution for vacation rental managers.
More at:http://www.clearstay.com/
sMoneybox is a simple online wallet which enables documentation of your earnings and expenses
What Company Is Offering:
sMoneybox is a simple online wallet which enables documentation of your earnings and expenses.sMoneybox is FREE. sMoneybox enables to handle records via mobile phones. You can find access to mobile version too.sMoneybox enables to set regular payments. You choose a start date of regular payment and recurrence. You can choose from three predefined periods (day, week, month) and one in which you can set a number of days after which regular payment will be repeated. sMoneybox also enables to send notices about regular payments.
How It Works:
There are three ways to display your spending.
1.On the page with records there is a filter on the right side which enables to select only those records you wish to see. The filter control is very simple, though it is a powerful tool. This way enables to display individual records and thus you get exact overview of each item.
2.On the page with statistics it is possible to display charts of earnings, expenses, money flows, money in categories, etc. Charts provide a quality, quick and comprehensive overview. Each chart has an explanation for more precise description. Again, it is possible to use filters to specify your selection.
3.On the page with statistics there are also overviews in purely text form. These overviews are suitable for printing. Moreover, they add new information to charts.
sMoneybox is a very flexible system. It is only up to you how much of it you will use. For example, if you want only one account you won't have to deal with account settings. You can hide the filtering panel in the list of records. Category, budget and regular payment settings doesn't have to be used. The system could offer a very simple tool but also a really complex system which provides you with possibilities to gain total and comprehensible overview over your finance.
More at:http://www.smoneybox.com/
sMoneybox is a simple online wallet which enables documentation of your earnings and expenses.sMoneybox is FREE. sMoneybox enables to handle records via mobile phones. You can find access to mobile version too.sMoneybox enables to set regular payments. You choose a start date of regular payment and recurrence. You can choose from three predefined periods (day, week, month) and one in which you can set a number of days after which regular payment will be repeated. sMoneybox also enables to send notices about regular payments.
How It Works:
There are three ways to display your spending.
1.On the page with records there is a filter on the right side which enables to select only those records you wish to see. The filter control is very simple, though it is a powerful tool. This way enables to display individual records and thus you get exact overview of each item.
2.On the page with statistics it is possible to display charts of earnings, expenses, money flows, money in categories, etc. Charts provide a quality, quick and comprehensive overview. Each chart has an explanation for more precise description. Again, it is possible to use filters to specify your selection.
3.On the page with statistics there are also overviews in purely text form. These overviews are suitable for printing. Moreover, they add new information to charts.
sMoneybox is a very flexible system. It is only up to you how much of it you will use. For example, if you want only one account you won't have to deal with account settings. You can hide the filtering panel in the list of records. Category, budget and regular payment settings doesn't have to be used. The system could offer a very simple tool but also a really complex system which provides you with possibilities to gain total and comprehensible overview over your finance.
More at:http://www.smoneybox.com/
Part of It --They invite artists to design a t-shirt that supports a cause they feel strongly about
What Company Says:
Part of It stems from our belief that artists (and conscientious consumers) can make a positive difference in the world by supporting causes close to their heart. Expressions of protest, simple declarations, moving graphics that encourage conversation and dialogue—there are many ways to enter into and encourage civic discourse. They believe activism can be fun, personal, beautiful and engaging; they can all play a part in making a better world for ourselves, for our communities, and for future generations.
How It Works:
The causes, charities, and nonprofits selected by artists are the heart of Part of It. Whether local, regional, or international, the work of these organizations targets issues that matter to the artists. Consumers are another part of this equation. When you purchase a product, your money goes to supporting the cause and to continuing the Part of It project. We encourage you to learn more about the organization that benefits from your purchase.
They invite artists to design a t-shirt that supports a cause they feel strongly about, a graphic that can stir change, or an image that can raise awareness or perhaps simply start a conversation. We are interested in ripple effects, and in encouraging artists (and consumers) to see how they and their beliefs can play a part in supporting organizations whose work matters to them. The artists participating in Part of It come from diverse backgrounds and their work illuminates the intersection of personal beliefs and artistic expression.
More at:http://www.partofit.org/
Part of It stems from our belief that artists (and conscientious consumers) can make a positive difference in the world by supporting causes close to their heart. Expressions of protest, simple declarations, moving graphics that encourage conversation and dialogue—there are many ways to enter into and encourage civic discourse. They believe activism can be fun, personal, beautiful and engaging; they can all play a part in making a better world for ourselves, for our communities, and for future generations.
How It Works:
The causes, charities, and nonprofits selected by artists are the heart of Part of It. Whether local, regional, or international, the work of these organizations targets issues that matter to the artists. Consumers are another part of this equation. When you purchase a product, your money goes to supporting the cause and to continuing the Part of It project. We encourage you to learn more about the organization that benefits from your purchase.
They invite artists to design a t-shirt that supports a cause they feel strongly about, a graphic that can stir change, or an image that can raise awareness or perhaps simply start a conversation. We are interested in ripple effects, and in encouraging artists (and consumers) to see how they and their beliefs can play a part in supporting organizations whose work matters to them. The artists participating in Part of It come from diverse backgrounds and their work illuminates the intersection of personal beliefs and artistic expression.
More at:http://www.partofit.org/
Vuze is high-res IPTV platform got $20 million in its C round of funding
What Company Is Offering:
Vuze is the world's most popular entertainment platform for DVD-quality and HD video content.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Vuze, the rapidly growing high-res IPTV platform, announced it has secured $20 million in its C round of funding. This round is led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Greycroft Partners, BV Capital, and Jarl Mohn participating. As a result of the investment, TiVo Co-Founder and former CEO Mike Ramsay joins the Vuze Board of Directors.
How This Company Is Going:
With an installed base of 15 million unique client downloads in its first 11 months, 500,000 new viewers joining per week and more than 100 content partners to date, Vuze is experiencing unprecedented organic growth. Vuze attracts and features high quality content from a growing roster of global television networks, premier production studios and thousands of maverick content creators, on the most advanced, most open entertainment platform ever created. Vuze is a Red Herring 100 Award Winner, recently named one of the top 100 tech startups of 2007. Vuze, Inc, formerly known as Azureus, Inc., is headquartered in Palo Alto, with offices in Los Angeles and New York.
About VCs:
New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) is a leading venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs create and build major new enterprises that use technology to improve the way we live, work and play. Since its founding in 1978, the firm has adhered to the same core principles: supporting its entrepreneurs, providing an excellent return to its limited partners, and operating in accordance with the highest standards of integrity and respect. NEA focuses on investments at all stages of a company’s development, from seed stage through IPO. With approximately $8.5 billion in capital committed to its affiliated funds, NEA’s experienced management team has invested in more than 550 companies, of which more than 160 have gone public and more than 230 have been acquired. NEA has U.S.-based offices in Baltimore, Maryland; Chevy Chase, Maryland; and Menlo Park, California. In addition, New Enterprise Associates (India) Pvt. Ltd. has an office in Bangalore, India and New Enterprise Associates (Beijing) Ltd. has offices in Beijing and Shanghai, China. For information, visit www.nea.com.
More at:http://www.vuze.com/
Vuze is the world's most popular entertainment platform for DVD-quality and HD video content.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Vuze, the rapidly growing high-res IPTV platform, announced it has secured $20 million in its C round of funding. This round is led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA), with existing investors Redpoint Ventures, Greycroft Partners, BV Capital, and Jarl Mohn participating. As a result of the investment, TiVo Co-Founder and former CEO Mike Ramsay joins the Vuze Board of Directors.
How This Company Is Going:
With an installed base of 15 million unique client downloads in its first 11 months, 500,000 new viewers joining per week and more than 100 content partners to date, Vuze is experiencing unprecedented organic growth. Vuze attracts and features high quality content from a growing roster of global television networks, premier production studios and thousands of maverick content creators, on the most advanced, most open entertainment platform ever created. Vuze is a Red Herring 100 Award Winner, recently named one of the top 100 tech startups of 2007. Vuze, Inc, formerly known as Azureus, Inc., is headquartered in Palo Alto, with offices in Los Angeles and New York.
About VCs:
New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA) is a leading venture capital firm focused on helping entrepreneurs create and build major new enterprises that use technology to improve the way we live, work and play. Since its founding in 1978, the firm has adhered to the same core principles: supporting its entrepreneurs, providing an excellent return to its limited partners, and operating in accordance with the highest standards of integrity and respect. NEA focuses on investments at all stages of a company’s development, from seed stage through IPO. With approximately $8.5 billion in capital committed to its affiliated funds, NEA’s experienced management team has invested in more than 550 companies, of which more than 160 have gone public and more than 230 have been acquired. NEA has U.S.-based offices in Baltimore, Maryland; Chevy Chase, Maryland; and Menlo Park, California. In addition, New Enterprise Associates (India) Pvt. Ltd. has an office in Bangalore, India and New Enterprise Associates (Beijing) Ltd. has offices in Beijing and Shanghai, China. For information, visit www.nea.com.
More at:http://www.vuze.com/
GainSpan is a technology innovator got $20 million in VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
GainSpan is a technology innovator and leader in Wi-Fi semiconductor and software solutions that provide years of battery life for sensors and other connected devices. GainSpan brings Wi-Fi sensor networks to life with breakthrough technology that leverages the ubiquitous Wi-Fi infrastructure and enables Wi-Fi devices to run up to 10 years on an AA battery. GainSpan solutions enable people to save money, save energy and work smarter.
How Much They Got From VCs:
GainSpan, an innovator in Wi-Fi® sensor network technology, announced it has completed its series B funding round, raising a total of $20 million. The round is being led by Opus Capital with participation from returning investors including Intel Capital, New Venture Partners, OVP Venture Partners and Sigma Partners. Opus General Partner Carl Showalter will join the GainSpan board of directors.
Purpose Of Raising Funds:
GainSpan will use the additional funding for continued technology innovation, global business expansion and new market penetration. The company plans to expand its global sales and marketing force and will target several new and emerging markets beyond its initial industrial and commercial automation focus. Funds will also be used for product development, both to expand its Wi-Fi semiconductor product family and to continue developing solutions around both software and silicon architectures.
About VCs:
Opus Capital is a venture capital firm with more than $1 billion capital under management, investing in committed, high integrity entrepreneurs building early-stage technology companies. The team has participated in the successful outcomes of more than 80 companies (including 50 IPOs) in the U.S. and in Israel including AirGate PCS, Electronics for Imaging, FedEx, Genesys, Harmonic, Precept Software and Vantive. Opus Capital is headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. For more information, visit http://www.opuscapitalvc.com.
More at:http://www.gainspan.com.
GainSpan is a technology innovator and leader in Wi-Fi semiconductor and software solutions that provide years of battery life for sensors and other connected devices. GainSpan brings Wi-Fi sensor networks to life with breakthrough technology that leverages the ubiquitous Wi-Fi infrastructure and enables Wi-Fi devices to run up to 10 years on an AA battery. GainSpan solutions enable people to save money, save energy and work smarter.
How Much They Got From VCs:
GainSpan, an innovator in Wi-Fi® sensor network technology, announced it has completed its series B funding round, raising a total of $20 million. The round is being led by Opus Capital with participation from returning investors including Intel Capital, New Venture Partners, OVP Venture Partners and Sigma Partners. Opus General Partner Carl Showalter will join the GainSpan board of directors.
Purpose Of Raising Funds:
GainSpan will use the additional funding for continued technology innovation, global business expansion and new market penetration. The company plans to expand its global sales and marketing force and will target several new and emerging markets beyond its initial industrial and commercial automation focus. Funds will also be used for product development, both to expand its Wi-Fi semiconductor product family and to continue developing solutions around both software and silicon architectures.
About VCs:
Opus Capital is a venture capital firm with more than $1 billion capital under management, investing in committed, high integrity entrepreneurs building early-stage technology companies. The team has participated in the successful outcomes of more than 80 companies (including 50 IPOs) in the U.S. and in Israel including AirGate PCS, Electronics for Imaging, FedEx, Genesys, Harmonic, Precept Software and Vantive. Opus Capital is headquartered on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. For more information, visit http://www.opuscapitalvc.com.
More at:http://www.gainspan.com.
PlayFirst, Inc., a leading publisher of casual games raised $16.5 million in its Series C financing
What Company Is Offering:
PlayFirst is a leading publisher focused on creating shared casual game experiences around lasting original brands. Committed to building casual game play rich in story and character, PlayFirst works with talented internal and external developers to bring mass market games to multiple platforms, including PC, Mac, mobile, handheld and console.
The company's portfolio includes the world-renowned Diner Dash® franchise, as well as top-selling games such as Wedding Dash(TM), Chocolatier®, and Dream Chronicles(TM). Founded in 2004, PlayFirst is funded by Mayfield Fund, Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners and DCM.
How Much They Got From VCs:
PlayFirst, Inc., a leading publisher of casual games, announced that it has raised $16.5 million in its Series C financing round led by DCM. Existing investors, including Mayfield Fund, Trinity Ventures and Rustic Canyon Partners, also participated in the round. Previously, PlayFirst raised a total of $10 million in its Series A and B rounds, bringing the current total of venture capital raised to $26.5 million.
Purpose Of Raising Funds:
PlayFirst plans to use the funding to accelerate both web and game development and to satisfy the increasing and ever-evolving demand for high-quality casual game experiences. Based on the initial success from new business models and new brands including Chocolatier®, Dream Chronicles(TM) and Wedding Dash(TM), PlayFirst will continue to expand and shape the casual games market.
How Is Market Of That Kind Company:
According to analyst firm DFC Intelligence, the casual games/online games market is expected to reach $2.2 billion by 2012. David Cole, analyst, DFC Intelligence, said, "Innovative companies willing to diversify platforms, create quality content, move beyond the $20 business model and introduce innovations like microtransactions to casual games will continue to drive this industry forward."
About VCs:
DCM is an early stage venture capital firm supporting entrepreneurs building world-class technology companies. The firm's partners manage US$1.6 billion and have funded leading technology companies including 2Wire, 51job, @Motion (Openwave), About.com (The New York Times Co.), All About, Arroyo (Cisco), Clearwire, Dang Dang, eDreams (TA), Foundry Networks, HireRight, Internap, IPivot (Intel), JCI, Neopath Networks (Cisco), Neutral Tandem, nQuire (Siebel), PGP Corporation, Recourse Technologies (Symantec), Sigmatel, SMIC, Sling Media (EchoStar), Trion World Network, Inc., and Vimicro. DCM offers hands-on operational guidance and access to an extensive network of resources, including close relationships with many of the Pacific Rim's leading companies and investors.
For more information, at http://www.dcm.com.
For more information visit www.playfirst.com and www.dinerdash.com.
PlayFirst is a leading publisher focused on creating shared casual game experiences around lasting original brands. Committed to building casual game play rich in story and character, PlayFirst works with talented internal and external developers to bring mass market games to multiple platforms, including PC, Mac, mobile, handheld and console.
The company's portfolio includes the world-renowned Diner Dash® franchise, as well as top-selling games such as Wedding Dash(TM), Chocolatier®, and Dream Chronicles(TM). Founded in 2004, PlayFirst is funded by Mayfield Fund, Trinity Ventures, Rustic Canyon Partners and DCM.
How Much They Got From VCs:
PlayFirst, Inc., a leading publisher of casual games, announced that it has raised $16.5 million in its Series C financing round led by DCM. Existing investors, including Mayfield Fund, Trinity Ventures and Rustic Canyon Partners, also participated in the round. Previously, PlayFirst raised a total of $10 million in its Series A and B rounds, bringing the current total of venture capital raised to $26.5 million.
Purpose Of Raising Funds:
PlayFirst plans to use the funding to accelerate both web and game development and to satisfy the increasing and ever-evolving demand for high-quality casual game experiences. Based on the initial success from new business models and new brands including Chocolatier®, Dream Chronicles(TM) and Wedding Dash(TM), PlayFirst will continue to expand and shape the casual games market.
How Is Market Of That Kind Company:
According to analyst firm DFC Intelligence, the casual games/online games market is expected to reach $2.2 billion by 2012. David Cole, analyst, DFC Intelligence, said, "Innovative companies willing to diversify platforms, create quality content, move beyond the $20 business model and introduce innovations like microtransactions to casual games will continue to drive this industry forward."
About VCs:
DCM is an early stage venture capital firm supporting entrepreneurs building world-class technology companies. The firm's partners manage US$1.6 billion and have funded leading technology companies including 2Wire, 51job, @Motion (Openwave), About.com (The New York Times Co.), All About, Arroyo (Cisco), Clearwire, Dang Dang, eDreams (TA), Foundry Networks, HireRight, Internap, IPivot (Intel), JCI, Neopath Networks (Cisco), Neutral Tandem, nQuire (Siebel), PGP Corporation, Recourse Technologies (Symantec), Sigmatel, SMIC, Sling Media (EchoStar), Trion World Network, Inc., and Vimicro. DCM offers hands-on operational guidance and access to an extensive network of resources, including close relationships with many of the Pacific Rim's leading companies and investors.
For more information, at http://www.dcm.com.
For more information visit www.playfirst.com and www.dinerdash.com.
myMapBlog.com --Blog Map For Travellers
What Company Is Offering:
myMapBlog.com is a service for all fellow travellers.
How It Works:
If you are travelling the world or planning to do so, sign up with myMapBlog to let your family and friends know where you are. You will be able to update your own map Blog from every internet café around the globe to show everyone how awesome your trip is.
Just by clicking on the map you will add a ‘dot’ there and write about that place.
It is as easy as it sounds, and the best: it is free!.
More at:http://www.mymapblog.com/
myMapBlog.com is a service for all fellow travellers.
How It Works:
If you are travelling the world or planning to do so, sign up with myMapBlog to let your family and friends know where you are. You will be able to update your own map Blog from every internet café around the globe to show everyone how awesome your trip is.
Just by clicking on the map you will add a ‘dot’ there and write about that place.
It is as easy as it sounds, and the best: it is free!.
More at:http://www.mymapblog.com/
Bitnami--Business Tools Directory
What Company Is Offering:
It refers to the new wave of open source software that will be changing the world of business applications, the same way Linux changed the world of operating systems or MySQL disrupted the proprietary database market.
More at:http://bitnami.org/
It refers to the new wave of open source software that will be changing the world of business applications, the same way Linux changed the world of operating systems or MySQL disrupted the proprietary database market.
More at:http://bitnami.org/
My Network Value---Test Your Network Value
What Company Is Offering:
In order to determine your network value, they‘ll be asking you a few short questions about yourself and your current network.
They makes your professional network an active part of your life. Far more than a directory of business contacts, XING enables its members to discover professional people, opportunities and privileges through its unique discovery capability and advanced contact management tools.
How It Works:
By focusing on the target group “business people worldwide”, the company is able to offer tailored features, thereby making networking and contact management simpler. Based on the theory that “No two people are more than six degrees apart”, XING enables members to grow their trusted network by making their contacts’ contacts visible to them.
As an active and productive community, they constantly strive to create real value for the world’s professionals, as an everyday online and live resource – across all countries, languages and industries. XING crosses barriers – for a sustainable world.
More at:http://www.mynetworkvalue.com/
In order to determine your network value, they‘ll be asking you a few short questions about yourself and your current network.
They makes your professional network an active part of your life. Far more than a directory of business contacts, XING enables its members to discover professional people, opportunities and privileges through its unique discovery capability and advanced contact management tools.
How It Works:
By focusing on the target group “business people worldwide”, the company is able to offer tailored features, thereby making networking and contact management simpler. Based on the theory that “No two people are more than six degrees apart”, XING enables members to grow their trusted network by making their contacts’ contacts visible to them.
As an active and productive community, they constantly strive to create real value for the world’s professionals, as an everyday online and live resource – across all countries, languages and industries. XING crosses barriers – for a sustainable world.
More at:http://www.mynetworkvalue.com/
Acquia,the commercial developer of open source publishing platform Drupal, has raised a $7 million first round led by North Bridge Venture Partners
What Company Is Offering:
Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Tens of thousands of people and organizations have used Drupal to power scores of different web sites.
How Much It Got From VCs:
Acquia,the commercial developer of open source publishing platform Drupal, has raised a $7 million first round led by North Bridge Venture Partners; also participating were Sigma Partners and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. Funding will go towards the establishment of value-added software and services around.
About Acquia:
Acquia is a new software company that will provide value-added software products and services for the Drupal web collaboration and publishing platform.
With over two million downloads since inception, Drupal is used by web developers worldwide to deliver a wide variety of Web 2.0 application types including single or multi-user blogs, wikis, forums, portals, and web content management.
Diverse organizations use Drupal as their core social web platform including SonyBMG, Warner Brothers Records, New York Observer, Forbes, The Onion, Harvard University, and Amnesty International. A huge community has grown up around Drupal, with thousands of active committers who contribute to the open source technology, including nearly 2000 community developed modules for extending Drupal functionality.
More at:http://acquia.com/
http://drupal.org/about
Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Tens of thousands of people and organizations have used Drupal to power scores of different web sites.
How Much It Got From VCs:
Acquia,the commercial developer of open source publishing platform Drupal, has raised a $7 million first round led by North Bridge Venture Partners; also participating were Sigma Partners and O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures. Funding will go towards the establishment of value-added software and services around.
About Acquia:
Acquia is a new software company that will provide value-added software products and services for the Drupal web collaboration and publishing platform.
With over two million downloads since inception, Drupal is used by web developers worldwide to deliver a wide variety of Web 2.0 application types including single or multi-user blogs, wikis, forums, portals, and web content management.
Diverse organizations use Drupal as their core social web platform including SonyBMG, Warner Brothers Records, New York Observer, Forbes, The Onion, Harvard University, and Amnesty International. A huge community has grown up around Drupal, with thousands of active committers who contribute to the open source technology, including nearly 2000 community developed modules for extending Drupal functionality.
More at:http://acquia.com/
http://drupal.org/about
Follow Conversation,” Zude’s new feature Is better than Facebook?
What Company Is Offering:
Zude is an “enabling technology” that allows even novice web users to take advantage of the latest web technologies. Zude blurs the line between your personal desktop and the web.
How It Works:
When you visit the Zude home page and sign up for your free account, you instantly become part of the larger Zude community. As a Zuder, you have the ability to create unlimited web pages, so there is no need to try and do it all on a single unmanageable page. We get what you want to do with your profile, so that’s why we extended the flexibility of Zude way beyond that of social networks.
"Zude is the easiest and most powerful way to express yourself on the web. Its innovative use of drag and drop enhances today’s existing web communities while fueling the evolution of next-generation web interaction."
Every page you create can be as public or private as you want. For example, you could create a personal page that just contains links to all your favorite web resources (web sites, search engines, job listings, social networks, etc.) as your personal page to visit every morning. You can also create a private ‘family tree’ page that contains photos, text and relevant web links that only your family can access. Finally, on your Zude site, on a separate page, you can create a public page to show off your talents, promote your favorite band, build your business or drive new prospects to your web site. With Zude, anything is possible, AND for the first time ever, it’s incredibly easy!.
Recent Updates:
“Follow Conversation,” Zude’s new feature is essentially a new way of organizing your guestbook comments.Zude’s Follow Conversation feature can be extended to any number of people, and it becomes a public/private way in which to actually keep track of all those comments left on your profile page.
With Follow Conversation, you can form very focused commenting conversations with several users that respond to a single public message left on your profile’s guestbook. It’s like threading guestbook comments between users, or beginning a group discussion board.
http://zude.com/
Zude is an “enabling technology” that allows even novice web users to take advantage of the latest web technologies. Zude blurs the line between your personal desktop and the web.
How It Works:
When you visit the Zude home page and sign up for your free account, you instantly become part of the larger Zude community. As a Zuder, you have the ability to create unlimited web pages, so there is no need to try and do it all on a single unmanageable page. We get what you want to do with your profile, so that’s why we extended the flexibility of Zude way beyond that of social networks.
"Zude is the easiest and most powerful way to express yourself on the web. Its innovative use of drag and drop enhances today’s existing web communities while fueling the evolution of next-generation web interaction."
Every page you create can be as public or private as you want. For example, you could create a personal page that just contains links to all your favorite web resources (web sites, search engines, job listings, social networks, etc.) as your personal page to visit every morning. You can also create a private ‘family tree’ page that contains photos, text and relevant web links that only your family can access. Finally, on your Zude site, on a separate page, you can create a public page to show off your talents, promote your favorite band, build your business or drive new prospects to your web site. With Zude, anything is possible, AND for the first time ever, it’s incredibly easy!.
Recent Updates:
“Follow Conversation,” Zude’s new feature is essentially a new way of organizing your guestbook comments.Zude’s Follow Conversation feature can be extended to any number of people, and it becomes a public/private way in which to actually keep track of all those comments left on your profile page.
With Follow Conversation, you can form very focused commenting conversations with several users that respond to a single public message left on your profile’s guestbook. It’s like threading guestbook comments between users, or beginning a group discussion board.
http://zude.com/
Remember The Milk Integrate Into The Gmail
What Company Is Offering:
Remember The Milk is the best way to manage your tasks online.Remember The Milk is free to use.
How It Works:
An intuitive interface makes managing tasks fun. Set due dates easily with next Friday or in 2 weeks. Extensive keyboard shortcuts make task management quicker than ever.Use the map to see where your tasks are located in the real world. See what's nearby or on your way, and plan the best way to get things done.Access your tasks on your web-enabled mobile device. Print your entire list or a handy weekly planner which shows upcoming tasks. View your tasks on your calendar with Apple iCal or Google Calendar. Subscribe to feeds with Atom/RSS.
Receive reminders via email, SMS, and instant messenger (AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Skype and Yahoo! are all supported). Share, send and publish tasks and lists with your contacts or the world. Remind your significant other to do their household chores.See what's due today and tomorrow, and the things you've missed. Prioritize, estimate your time, and postpone with ease. Set tasks to repeat every week or after 2 months.
Create as many lists as you need. Into tagging? Use the task cloud to easily see what you have to do. Want to store notes along with your tasks? You can do that too.Adding tasks is as simple as firing off an email (even from your phone). See an important date on the web? Add it to your list with Quick Add.
Recent Updates:
Remember The Milk, which is for finding useful ways in which to integrate its functionality into third-party applications, is now available for Gmail.
More at:http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
Remember The Milk is the best way to manage your tasks online.Remember The Milk is free to use.
How It Works:
An intuitive interface makes managing tasks fun. Set due dates easily with next Friday or in 2 weeks. Extensive keyboard shortcuts make task management quicker than ever.Use the map to see where your tasks are located in the real world. See what's nearby or on your way, and plan the best way to get things done.Access your tasks on your web-enabled mobile device. Print your entire list or a handy weekly planner which shows upcoming tasks. View your tasks on your calendar with Apple iCal or Google Calendar. Subscribe to feeds with Atom/RSS.
Receive reminders via email, SMS, and instant messenger (AIM, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, ICQ, Jabber, MSN, Skype and Yahoo! are all supported). Share, send and publish tasks and lists with your contacts or the world. Remind your significant other to do their household chores.See what's due today and tomorrow, and the things you've missed. Prioritize, estimate your time, and postpone with ease. Set tasks to repeat every week or after 2 months.
Create as many lists as you need. Into tagging? Use the task cloud to easily see what you have to do. Want to store notes along with your tasks? You can do that too.Adding tasks is as simple as firing off an email (even from your phone). See an important date on the web? Add it to your list with Quick Add.
Recent Updates:
Remember The Milk, which is for finding useful ways in which to integrate its functionality into third-party applications, is now available for Gmail.
More at:http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
QSecure,an innovator in payment card authentication solutions got $5 million In VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
QSecure is the platform company whose SmartStripe electronic powered credit cards prevent the use of stolen card data without changing retail systems or card holder behavior. QSecure's patented, magnetic media chip and authentication solutions are designed to allow card issuers to deliver solutions to protect card data without requiring changes to the card processing environment.QSecure's initial solution is based on a proprietary chip that is embedded in the magnetic stripe and creates a unique number on the magnetic stripe each time the card is used. The unique number for each transaction is authenticated by the card issuer in real time using QSecure's patented authentication technology.
How Much They Got From VCs:
QSecure, Inc. an innovator in payment card authentication solutions announced that it has closed a Series C Preferred Stock financing round totaling $5 million.
Who Is Backing Them:
Backed by established venture investors and strategic partners, the company has completed Series A and Series B financings, raising in excess of $17 million.
About VCs:
1.Allegis Capital focuses on investments in early stage information technology companies in California. Allegis has raised $500 million in capital and is a leader in working with major corporations to create strategic advantage for its investors and portfolio companies.
www.allegiscapital.com
2.Worldview Technology Partners is a leading venture capital firm focused on investing in and building leading U.S. technology companies. Its comprehensive, industry-leading business development services help portfolio companies succeed in U.S. and international markets.
With a 12-year track record of successful technology investing and more than $1.3 billion under management, the Worldview team has both the experience and the resources to invest in a broad range of information technology markets, including communications, semiconductors, digital media, enterprise infrastructure and software. www.worldview.com
3.UMC Capital is the corporate venture arm of UMC, a leading semiconductor foundry based in Taiwan. UMC Capital invests in innovative technology companies worldwide. UMC was founded in 1980 as Taiwan's first semiconductor company and is listed on NYSE under UMC, and on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under 2303. www.umc.com.
4.Société Générale is one of the largest financial services groups in the euro-zone.
www.socgen.com
More at:http://www.qsecure.com/
QSecure is the platform company whose SmartStripe electronic powered credit cards prevent the use of stolen card data without changing retail systems or card holder behavior. QSecure's patented, magnetic media chip and authentication solutions are designed to allow card issuers to deliver solutions to protect card data without requiring changes to the card processing environment.QSecure's initial solution is based on a proprietary chip that is embedded in the magnetic stripe and creates a unique number on the magnetic stripe each time the card is used. The unique number for each transaction is authenticated by the card issuer in real time using QSecure's patented authentication technology.
How Much They Got From VCs:
QSecure, Inc. an innovator in payment card authentication solutions announced that it has closed a Series C Preferred Stock financing round totaling $5 million.
Who Is Backing Them:
Backed by established venture investors and strategic partners, the company has completed Series A and Series B financings, raising in excess of $17 million.
About VCs:
1.Allegis Capital focuses on investments in early stage information technology companies in California. Allegis has raised $500 million in capital and is a leader in working with major corporations to create strategic advantage for its investors and portfolio companies.
www.allegiscapital.com
2.Worldview Technology Partners is a leading venture capital firm focused on investing in and building leading U.S. technology companies. Its comprehensive, industry-leading business development services help portfolio companies succeed in U.S. and international markets.
With a 12-year track record of successful technology investing and more than $1.3 billion under management, the Worldview team has both the experience and the resources to invest in a broad range of information technology markets, including communications, semiconductors, digital media, enterprise infrastructure and software. www.worldview.com
3.UMC Capital is the corporate venture arm of UMC, a leading semiconductor foundry based in Taiwan. UMC Capital invests in innovative technology companies worldwide. UMC was founded in 1980 as Taiwan's first semiconductor company and is listed on NYSE under UMC, and on the Taiwan Stock Exchange under 2303. www.umc.com.
4.Société Générale is one of the largest financial services groups in the euro-zone.
www.socgen.com
More at:http://www.qsecure.com/
RightsAgent is a provider of copyright management solutions for user-generated content
What Company Is Offering:
RightsAgent is a provider of copyright management solutions for user-generated content. The initial release of their platform allows publishers to register where they publish online, consolidate their work into a personal feed for their readers to subscribe to, and perform copyright transactions with those who wish to license their work. Subsequent releases will add further levels of control to the personal feed, provide additional support for more photo and video hosting platforms, allow publishers to syndicate their feed to social networks, and display relevant statistics and metrics.
How It Works:
First, create a free account at www.rightsagent.com. A confirmation code will be sent to your e-mail address. If you don't see it immediately, wait a minute or two and be sure to check your spam folder! Once you have your confirmation code, enter it the next time you log in and you'll be taken to your user profile page.
This is where you manage your account. You can update information about yourself, upload a picture, and most importantly add sources. The user profile page consists currently of four modules:
1.Biographical Information.
2.This is where you can enter in your name, location, a picture, and a brief personal statement about yourself.
Sources.
3.This is where the various places you publish your work are listed.
Reputation.
4.This is where the reputation points for each source are viewable. The blue column reflects social points that accumulate when people license your work for free, under a Creative Commons license. The green column reflects cash points that accumulate when people license your work for a fee you select.
At regular intervals they check your sources for updates. When you make a new blog post or upload a new photo or video it will appear .
More at:http://rightsagent.com/
RightsAgent is a provider of copyright management solutions for user-generated content. The initial release of their platform allows publishers to register where they publish online, consolidate their work into a personal feed for their readers to subscribe to, and perform copyright transactions with those who wish to license their work. Subsequent releases will add further levels of control to the personal feed, provide additional support for more photo and video hosting platforms, allow publishers to syndicate their feed to social networks, and display relevant statistics and metrics.
How It Works:
First, create a free account at www.rightsagent.com. A confirmation code will be sent to your e-mail address. If you don't see it immediately, wait a minute or two and be sure to check your spam folder! Once you have your confirmation code, enter it the next time you log in and you'll be taken to your user profile page.
This is where you manage your account. You can update information about yourself, upload a picture, and most importantly add sources. The user profile page consists currently of four modules:
1.Biographical Information.
2.This is where you can enter in your name, location, a picture, and a brief personal statement about yourself.
Sources.
3.This is where the various places you publish your work are listed.
Reputation.
4.This is where the reputation points for each source are viewable. The blue column reflects social points that accumulate when people license your work for free, under a Creative Commons license. The green column reflects cash points that accumulate when people license your work for a fee you select.
At regular intervals they check your sources for updates. When you make a new blog post or upload a new photo or video it will appear .
More at:http://rightsagent.com/
The easiest and safest way to get your personal health data on real-time worldwide
What Company Is Offering:
Keyose is a personal health record (PHR) management service.The easiest and safest way to get your personal health data on real-time worldwide. It allows you to store the basic medical data of a patient (allergies, main diseases and medications) on Internet so that they are available on real time in any place (through Internet connection, mobile phone or other devices).
How It Works:
1.Users (patients or one of their caregivers or doctors) connect to Keyose and fill the basic data (allergies, medications, main diseases). They never introduce a patient's identification data (name, driving license, passport). They also select a private password.
2.Keyose generates a code that will identify from that moment that clinical record (for example AYKB345).
3.Users print at home a card with the generated code (AYKB345) and a public password that includes information about their allergies and blood type.
4.Users keep the card in their wallet or print the Keyose code on an identification badge.
5.When patients visit healthcare professionals they show them their Keyose code (AYKB345).
6.The healthcare professionals visit www.keyose.com. They enter the patients’ code (AYKB345) and their public password, and gain access to the personal health record. Doing this they can obtain basic data about their patients even if they are unconscious or unable to recall it.
7.The private password, which is not present on the card and only the patient knows, allows the creation of the personal health record (adding or removing treatments for example). It is also needed in order to access particularly sensitive data (under the patient's criteria).
The basic service of a “personal health record” is offered for free to the patient by recrea and ANCO. They consider it to be a useful tool that can save lives and want to offer it for free.
More at:http://www.keyose.com/
Keyose is a personal health record (PHR) management service.The easiest and safest way to get your personal health data on real-time worldwide. It allows you to store the basic medical data of a patient (allergies, main diseases and medications) on Internet so that they are available on real time in any place (through Internet connection, mobile phone or other devices).
How It Works:
1.Users (patients or one of their caregivers or doctors) connect to Keyose and fill the basic data (allergies, medications, main diseases). They never introduce a patient's identification data (name, driving license, passport). They also select a private password.
2.Keyose generates a code that will identify from that moment that clinical record (for example AYKB345).
3.Users print at home a card with the generated code (AYKB345) and a public password that includes information about their allergies and blood type.
4.Users keep the card in their wallet or print the Keyose code on an identification badge.
5.When patients visit healthcare professionals they show them their Keyose code (AYKB345).
6.The healthcare professionals visit www.keyose.com. They enter the patients’ code (AYKB345) and their public password, and gain access to the personal health record. Doing this they can obtain basic data about their patients even if they are unconscious or unable to recall it.
7.The private password, which is not present on the card and only the patient knows, allows the creation of the personal health record (adding or removing treatments for example). It is also needed in order to access particularly sensitive data (under the patient's criteria).
The basic service of a “personal health record” is offered for free to the patient by recrea and ANCO. They consider it to be a useful tool that can save lives and want to offer it for free.
More at:http://www.keyose.com/
NOZA---Find new donors for your nonprofit organization
What Company Is Offering:
They help charities identify who to ask. The way we do this is rather simple. They have built a searchable database containing more than 26 million charitable donation records (growing by 1,000,000 records monthly). Charities access our database through our website and search for prospective donors for their organizations.
Whether you use NOZA for our Free Foundation Grant Searching or their $25 package that allows you to search millions of people and companies, they think you’ll agree that NOZA stands by its mission.
Whom It Will Be Helpful:
Any nonprofit organization that needs to raise money from individuals, foundations or businesses will find NOZA extremely valuable.
Startup and early stage nonprofits will benefit from finding new sources of seed funding, while larger established institutions will benefit from finding new major gift prospects from within their ranks of existing annual donors.
Organizations planning for capital campaigns can use NOZA to create customized prospect lists to assist in solicitation planning.
How It Works:
If you are logged in, NOZA will auto-save full donation records into a folder with the date and time of the search. (All times are Pacific Time.) Click `rename` to give the folder a name of your own choosing. Select `move to folder` to move selected records from one folder to another. You may also create new folders or remove folders.
Use Search by Name: This is for researching the giving histories and giving patterns of current or prospective donors (if you already have the names of the donors you want to research). Some of the ways our customers are using this feature are as follows:
To determine which of their annual donors have a history of making major gifts to other organizations.
To determine which of their newly acquired donors have major gift giving patterns with other organizations.
More at:https://www.nozasearch.com/
They help charities identify who to ask. The way we do this is rather simple. They have built a searchable database containing more than 26 million charitable donation records (growing by 1,000,000 records monthly). Charities access our database through our website and search for prospective donors for their organizations.
Whether you use NOZA for our Free Foundation Grant Searching or their $25 package that allows you to search millions of people and companies, they think you’ll agree that NOZA stands by its mission.
Whom It Will Be Helpful:
Any nonprofit organization that needs to raise money from individuals, foundations or businesses will find NOZA extremely valuable.
Startup and early stage nonprofits will benefit from finding new sources of seed funding, while larger established institutions will benefit from finding new major gift prospects from within their ranks of existing annual donors.
Organizations planning for capital campaigns can use NOZA to create customized prospect lists to assist in solicitation planning.
How It Works:
If you are logged in, NOZA will auto-save full donation records into a folder with the date and time of the search. (All times are Pacific Time.) Click `rename` to give the folder a name of your own choosing. Select `move to folder` to move selected records from one folder to another. You may also create new folders or remove folders.
Use Search by Name: This is for researching the giving histories and giving patterns of current or prospective donors (if you already have the names of the donors you want to research). Some of the ways our customers are using this feature are as follows:
To determine which of their annual donors have a history of making major gifts to other organizations.
To determine which of their newly acquired donors have major gift giving patterns with other organizations.
More at:https://www.nozasearch.com/
SciLink™ is an online community with the goal of helping you to discover scientists, authors, and relationships
What Company Is Offering:
SciLink™ is an online community with the goal of helping you to discover scientists, authors, and relationships.
SciLink's network of 106,264,967 relationships is built by mining scientific data that exist on the web. Our databases currently contain over 5.8 million scientists and 14 million articles.
Who Is Backing Them:
Andy Palmer
With a track record of five successful startups in the past 12 years, Andy Palmer specializes in founding and accelerating the growth of early-stage companies. In early 2005, Palmer partnered with Dr. Stonebraker to found Vertica®. Prior to co-founding Vertica, Palmer served as the senior vice president of operations at Infinity Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ : INFI) , where he was a member of the initial startup team. At Infinity, he was responsible for information technology, informatics, operations, finance, human resources, and organizational development as the company raised over $140 million in financing, grew to more than 100 employees, and put its first compound into the clinic for the treatment of cancer. Prior to joining Infinity, as a member of the startup team and vice president of sales and marketing at Bowstreet, Palmer led the creation and execution of all early sales, marketing, and professional services initiatives as the company grew from 3 employees to more than 300 employees. Before joining Bowstreet, Palmer was the first vice president of marketing at pcOrder.com (NASDAQ: PCOR), where he was directly responsible for dramatic revenue growth and rapid customer acquisition in preparation for a successful initial public offering as the company grew from 5 employees to more than 250 employees. Prior to joining pcOrder, Palmer served as marketing director for pcOrder's parent company, Trilogy Software, Inc. Palmer earned an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and bachelor's degrees in English, history, and computer science from Bowdoin College.
More at:http://scilink.com/
SciLink™ is an online community with the goal of helping you to discover scientists, authors, and relationships.
SciLink's network of 106,264,967 relationships is built by mining scientific data that exist on the web. Our databases currently contain over 5.8 million scientists and 14 million articles.
Who Is Backing Them:
Andy Palmer
With a track record of five successful startups in the past 12 years, Andy Palmer specializes in founding and accelerating the growth of early-stage companies. In early 2005, Palmer partnered with Dr. Stonebraker to found Vertica®. Prior to co-founding Vertica, Palmer served as the senior vice president of operations at Infinity Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ : INFI) , where he was a member of the initial startup team. At Infinity, he was responsible for information technology, informatics, operations, finance, human resources, and organizational development as the company raised over $140 million in financing, grew to more than 100 employees, and put its first compound into the clinic for the treatment of cancer. Prior to joining Infinity, as a member of the startup team and vice president of sales and marketing at Bowstreet, Palmer led the creation and execution of all early sales, marketing, and professional services initiatives as the company grew from 3 employees to more than 300 employees. Before joining Bowstreet, Palmer was the first vice president of marketing at pcOrder.com (NASDAQ: PCOR), where he was directly responsible for dramatic revenue growth and rapid customer acquisition in preparation for a successful initial public offering as the company grew from 5 employees to more than 250 employees. Prior to joining pcOrder, Palmer served as marketing director for pcOrder's parent company, Trilogy Software, Inc. Palmer earned an M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College and bachelor's degrees in English, history, and computer science from Bowdoin College.
More at:http://scilink.com/
Carjoy--For Car Search And Stay informed per video about new and used cars
What Company Is Offering:
Stay informed per video about new and used cars. You will find other users' and professionals´ test, experience and driving reports on carjoy. Rate and comment videos in order to support other members. Win cars, cash and more! Find numerous competition on carjoy. Participate and win the car of your dreams or the loose cash to afford the car of your dreams.Enjoy videos in car profiles and find your new car like you have never done it before. Motivate others to upload videos to their profiles via comment box.
How It Works:
Present your car to the community. Upload images and videos and qualify cars. Members can rate and comment your car, send you price proposals or contact you directly. If you present your car online all year round you will surely find your matching buyer.
Create an experience or test report about your car and share it with others. Have your video rated and commented and get in touch with other interesting members.
You want to sell your car but you don´t know how much you can charge? Register your car and have it professionally appraised for free (in Swiss Francs (CHF) only ).
Advertise your car without time or cost pressure. Add images and videos to your free profile to present your car during the whole year and benefit from a special price.
Film your car´s interiour, exteriour or show how you´re driving it and add it to your car profile. Show advantages and inconveniences and find your matching buyer. Link also to other communities or your own website.
More at:http://www.carjoy.tv/
Stay informed per video about new and used cars. You will find other users' and professionals´ test, experience and driving reports on carjoy. Rate and comment videos in order to support other members. Win cars, cash and more! Find numerous competition on carjoy. Participate and win the car of your dreams or the loose cash to afford the car of your dreams.Enjoy videos in car profiles and find your new car like you have never done it before. Motivate others to upload videos to their profiles via comment box.
How It Works:
Present your car to the community. Upload images and videos and qualify cars. Members can rate and comment your car, send you price proposals or contact you directly. If you present your car online all year round you will surely find your matching buyer.
Create an experience or test report about your car and share it with others. Have your video rated and commented and get in touch with other interesting members.
You want to sell your car but you don´t know how much you can charge? Register your car and have it professionally appraised for free (in Swiss Francs (CHF) only ).
Advertise your car without time or cost pressure. Add images and videos to your free profile to present your car during the whole year and benefit from a special price.
Film your car´s interiour, exteriour or show how you´re driving it and add it to your car profile. Show advantages and inconveniences and find your matching buyer. Link also to other communities or your own website.
More at:http://www.carjoy.tv/
Unite with people who are looking for the same things you are. Ask a question when Google lets you down
What Company Is Offering:
Unite with people who are looking for the same things you are. Ask a question when Google lets you down. Find people with similar interests andUNITE! .Stay up-to-date with the latest search queries of your friends. Be inspired by the diversity of search terms and discover new bands, websites etc.
More at:http://beta.andunite.com/
Unite with people who are looking for the same things you are. Ask a question when Google lets you down. Find people with similar interests andUNITE! .Stay up-to-date with the latest search queries of your friends. Be inspired by the diversity of search terms and discover new bands, websites etc.
More at:http://beta.andunite.com/
Forex-Affiliate.com is a world leading and highly paying Forex Affiliate Program
What Company Is Offering:
Forex-Affiliate.com is a world leading and highly paying Forex Affiliate Program. With their Affiliate Program you simply route your traffic to one or more of their partner Forex Trading Platforms (such as the Easy-Forex™ Trading Platform), and earn significant commissions for every new customer you refer.
How It Works:
Under their commission programs you are paid flat fees for introducing referrals, and a share percentage of the revenue generated by your referrals. They call such program tracks CPA (commission per Active referral) and Rev-Share (Revenue Sharing). The commission per Forex revenues generated by the customers you send - will be paid continuously during the lifetime of the customer's account. It's a terrific way to monetize your existing customer base and traffic.
Moreover, with the Forex-Affiliate's 2-tier program, any time you refer webmasters and Forex affiliates to us, you will be paid a commission for that: here too, you'll get a combined commission of CPA (commission per Active affiliate you refer) and Comm-Share (a percentage of the commission earned by your 2nd-tier referral).
Forex-Affiliate.com provides all its affiliates and referrers with a live personal support, and so do their Forex partners (the Trading Platforms). They are available to answer any questions you have pertaining to your account, payments, marketing support or any other relevant question. As well, you can set a chat contact with your affiliate account manager.
They provide all affiliates and referrers a password-protected access to their Forex-Affiliate.com Stats System. Their affiliates can monitor statistical records, evaluate their progress and optimize their performance using their program's features. This page is accessible to AFFILIATE members (registered affiliates) only.
More at: http://www.forex-affiliate.com/
Forex-Affiliate.com is a world leading and highly paying Forex Affiliate Program. With their Affiliate Program you simply route your traffic to one or more of their partner Forex Trading Platforms (such as the Easy-Forex™ Trading Platform), and earn significant commissions for every new customer you refer.
How It Works:
Under their commission programs you are paid flat fees for introducing referrals, and a share percentage of the revenue generated by your referrals. They call such program tracks CPA (commission per Active referral) and Rev-Share (Revenue Sharing). The commission per Forex revenues generated by the customers you send - will be paid continuously during the lifetime of the customer's account. It's a terrific way to monetize your existing customer base and traffic.
Moreover, with the Forex-Affiliate's 2-tier program, any time you refer webmasters and Forex affiliates to us, you will be paid a commission for that: here too, you'll get a combined commission of CPA (commission per Active affiliate you refer) and Comm-Share (a percentage of the commission earned by your 2nd-tier referral).
Forex-Affiliate.com provides all its affiliates and referrers with a live personal support, and so do their Forex partners (the Trading Platforms). They are available to answer any questions you have pertaining to your account, payments, marketing support or any other relevant question. As well, you can set a chat contact with your affiliate account manager.
They provide all affiliates and referrers a password-protected access to their Forex-Affiliate.com Stats System. Their affiliates can monitor statistical records, evaluate their progress and optimize their performance using their program's features. This page is accessible to AFFILIATE members (registered affiliates) only.
More at: http://www.forex-affiliate.com/
Streamezzo's superlative range of rich media mobile solutions has secured Round C financing totaling more than $22 million
What Company Says:
Streamezzo's superlative range of rich media mobile solutions guarantees an intuitive, original and compelling experience for any user.
To develop and deliver premium services, boost revenue, and increase customer loyalty. Take advantage of our unmatched experience to reduce rollout costs and deploy rich media services in record time.
What This Will Do Or Solutins Which They Provides Are:
1. Streamezzo's rich media technology, Interactive Mobile TV offers attractive new market opportunities for mobile operators, content providers, and broadcasters. Innovative new business models will generate fresh revenue streams as Interactive Mobile TV changes the way customers use TV and Video On Demand (VOD) services. Interactive Mobile TV's user-friendly interface also enables viewers to access premium contextual services.
Interactive Mobile TV is not only available for fixed/cellular networks - streaming unicast over EDGE or 3G - it can also be adapted for convergent solutions that handle any broadcasting protocol, e.g. DVB-H, S-DMB, Mediaflo etc. This allows mobile TV customers to switch seamlessly between different networks.
2.Streamezzo's Rich Media technologies, Music Jukebox transforms a mobile device into a portable music player. Users can access their favorite music whenever and wherever they want via an intuitive interface that changes very little across a broad array of mobile devices.
3.For mobile operators and MVNOs, the on-device portal is essential to long-term success. It creates new revenue streams to fund development, boosts subscriptions, and is a powerful incentive for customer loyalty. As rival networks compete for traction in the marketplace, there is arguably no service that differentiates your offering more effectively than a first-rate mobile on-device portal - offering customers what they want, when they want it.
4.The Rich Media User Interface enhances branding and boosts the usage of mobile portals and services. It gives mobile operators and manufacturers a single, unified abstraction layer for the mobile device that supports vertical applications and a rich media portal. Using configurable widgets, operators can give customers direct access to specific services and applications.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Streamezzo, a Paris-based provider of rich media solutions and platforms for mobile communications, has secured Round C financing totaling more than $22 million. To date, the company has raised a total of $48 million from a roster of top-tier investors. Kuwaiti investment group NTEC (National Technology Enterprise Co.) joins the latest round, along with all of Streamezzo's existing investors
More at:
http://www.streamezzo.com/
Streamezzo's superlative range of rich media mobile solutions guarantees an intuitive, original and compelling experience for any user.
To develop and deliver premium services, boost revenue, and increase customer loyalty. Take advantage of our unmatched experience to reduce rollout costs and deploy rich media services in record time.
What This Will Do Or Solutins Which They Provides Are:
1. Streamezzo's rich media technology, Interactive Mobile TV offers attractive new market opportunities for mobile operators, content providers, and broadcasters. Innovative new business models will generate fresh revenue streams as Interactive Mobile TV changes the way customers use TV and Video On Demand (VOD) services. Interactive Mobile TV's user-friendly interface also enables viewers to access premium contextual services.
Interactive Mobile TV is not only available for fixed/cellular networks - streaming unicast over EDGE or 3G - it can also be adapted for convergent solutions that handle any broadcasting protocol, e.g. DVB-H, S-DMB, Mediaflo etc. This allows mobile TV customers to switch seamlessly between different networks.
2.Streamezzo's Rich Media technologies, Music Jukebox transforms a mobile device into a portable music player. Users can access their favorite music whenever and wherever they want via an intuitive interface that changes very little across a broad array of mobile devices.
3.For mobile operators and MVNOs, the on-device portal is essential to long-term success. It creates new revenue streams to fund development, boosts subscriptions, and is a powerful incentive for customer loyalty. As rival networks compete for traction in the marketplace, there is arguably no service that differentiates your offering more effectively than a first-rate mobile on-device portal - offering customers what they want, when they want it.
4.The Rich Media User Interface enhances branding and boosts the usage of mobile portals and services. It gives mobile operators and manufacturers a single, unified abstraction layer for the mobile device that supports vertical applications and a rich media portal. Using configurable widgets, operators can give customers direct access to specific services and applications.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Streamezzo, a Paris-based provider of rich media solutions and platforms for mobile communications, has secured Round C financing totaling more than $22 million. To date, the company has raised a total of $48 million from a roster of top-tier investors. Kuwaiti investment group NTEC (National Technology Enterprise Co.) joins the latest round, along with all of Streamezzo's existing investors
More at:
http://www.streamezzo.com/
Animoto, a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion
What Company Is Offering:
Animoto Productions is a bunch of techies and film/tv producers who decided to lock themselves in a room together and nerd out.
Their first release is Animoto, a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion design. Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music. Produced on a widescreen format, Animoto videos have the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer.
How It Works:
The heart of Animoto is its newly developed Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology that thinks like an actual director and editor. It analyzes and combines user-selected images and music with the same sophisticated post-production skills & techniques that are used in television and film.
Based in New York City with an office in San Francisco, the founders of Animoto are veterans of the entertainment industry and have produced shows for MTV, Comedy Central, & ABC, studied music in London, and played in indie rock bands in Seattle. They continue to innovate in the field of creative artificial intelligence.
Recent Updates:
Animoto now gives you the option of downloading your videos in MP4 video format for Macs or PCs. The additional service is still free.
By allowing users to download their videos, Animoto is broadening the way in which content can be experienced and shared. Downloading content seems like a pretty basic ting to offer, but several web-based services, especially those that offer slide show creation tools, don’t in fact allow you to save the items for your own use on your own computer.
More at:http://animoto.com/
Animoto Productions is a bunch of techies and film/tv producers who decided to lock themselves in a room together and nerd out.
Their first release is Animoto, a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion design. Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music. Produced on a widescreen format, Animoto videos have the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer.
How It Works:
The heart of Animoto is its newly developed Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology that thinks like an actual director and editor. It analyzes and combines user-selected images and music with the same sophisticated post-production skills & techniques that are used in television and film.
Based in New York City with an office in San Francisco, the founders of Animoto are veterans of the entertainment industry and have produced shows for MTV, Comedy Central, & ABC, studied music in London, and played in indie rock bands in Seattle. They continue to innovate in the field of creative artificial intelligence.
Recent Updates:
Animoto now gives you the option of downloading your videos in MP4 video format for Macs or PCs. The additional service is still free.
By allowing users to download their videos, Animoto is broadening the way in which content can be experienced and shared. Downloading content seems like a pretty basic ting to offer, but several web-based services, especially those that offer slide show creation tools, don’t in fact allow you to save the items for your own use on your own computer.
More at:http://animoto.com/
Shoeboxed--Tracking What You Buy
What Company Is Offering:
Shoeboxed wants to be there for everybody-from large companies to Grandma-and help them reinvent how they shop. Our powerful web app organizes receipts securely, and allows sharing information about purchases with other users in our active site community.
Each user's purchase history continuously updates itself, and every user has total control over what information they share with others. Shoeboxed.com will help to simplify your life and give you more control over your personal online shopping data. And it may save you a few bucks from time to time
How It Works:
Scan in paper receipts and send e-mail receipts to your Shoeboxed account. They'll automatically organize them into a useful overview of your spending, breaking it down to the specific items you bought. Friends don't let friends spend time organizing receipts. Let us do it for you. With an innovative program called Shoeboxed Mail-In, you can mail us your receipts and we'll scan them in for you.
Take a photo of your paper receipts and Shoeboxed will automatically organize them in a clean, tabular format. Give online stores your Shoeboxed e-mail address and shoeboxed.com will filter your receipt e-mails, classify them as receipts or spam messages, and organize them accordingly. Online advertisements and spam will be stored and managed separately from receipt data to help you filter unwanted messages that normally clog your personal e-mail inbox. It's fun, it's free, and it's just the beginning.
Once you have all those pesky receipts organized, they can start doing work for you. They give you valuable information about what you're buying. By sharing this info and experience with other shoppers on the site, you can be part of our vibrant community of shoppers, who are fighting the good fight in support of more consumer control.
More at:http://www.shoeboxed.com/
Shoeboxed wants to be there for everybody-from large companies to Grandma-and help them reinvent how they shop. Our powerful web app organizes receipts securely, and allows sharing information about purchases with other users in our active site community.
Each user's purchase history continuously updates itself, and every user has total control over what information they share with others. Shoeboxed.com will help to simplify your life and give you more control over your personal online shopping data. And it may save you a few bucks from time to time
How It Works:
Scan in paper receipts and send e-mail receipts to your Shoeboxed account. They'll automatically organize them into a useful overview of your spending, breaking it down to the specific items you bought. Friends don't let friends spend time organizing receipts. Let us do it for you. With an innovative program called Shoeboxed Mail-In, you can mail us your receipts and we'll scan them in for you.
Take a photo of your paper receipts and Shoeboxed will automatically organize them in a clean, tabular format. Give online stores your Shoeboxed e-mail address and shoeboxed.com will filter your receipt e-mails, classify them as receipts or spam messages, and organize them accordingly. Online advertisements and spam will be stored and managed separately from receipt data to help you filter unwanted messages that normally clog your personal e-mail inbox. It's fun, it's free, and it's just the beginning.
Once you have all those pesky receipts organized, they can start doing work for you. They give you valuable information about what you're buying. By sharing this info and experience with other shoppers on the site, you can be part of our vibrant community of shoppers, who are fighting the good fight in support of more consumer control.
More at:http://www.shoeboxed.com/
SheKnows.com--providing current information on topics relevant to women's lives
What Company is Offering:
SheKnows.com, one of the top 10 most-visited websites for women, has been providing current information on topics relevant to women's lives.
SheKnows, LLC knows what women are looking for and has attracted more than 1.2 million monthly uniques with stimulating, up-to-the-minute coverage of health and beauty, personal style, human connections and other highly sought-after topics aimed at providing the visitor with a positive, well-rounded online experience.
How It Works:
With SheKnows.com's easy access to multiple top-visited sites, concentrating on a single portal is a cost-effective way to reach the female market.And with the female user's high interest in social connections, entertainment, cooking and recipes, games and more, repeat visitorship possibilities are endless. And the endless vault of information provided by SheKnows.com lends itself to longer session times and leads to increased impressions. SheKnows LLC, a division of AtomicOnline LLC is based out of Scottsdale, Arizona.
AtomicOnline is a diversified online media company that develops leading consumer internet brands that connect online communities. Atomic brands serve as demographic and psychographic hubs for men (CraveOnline.com ), women (SheKnows.com ) and teens (Teencrunch.com ), and their large collection of affinity sites. Atomic properties are distinguished by their presentation of both broad general and deep niche content, exposing users to subject matter they otherwise would not explore. AtomicOnline is headquartered in Los Angeles and is owned and operated by Pegasus, LLC, a global online media holding company.
Recent Updates:
SheKnows is continuing to build up its network with its second acquisition, LovingYou, a network for marriage and relationships, is the latest addition to the SheKnows family. Having just bought Soaps.com last month, SheKnows is ramping up its content reach through acquisitions and not partnerships.
More at:http://www.sheknows.com/
http://lovingyou.com/
SheKnows.com, one of the top 10 most-visited websites for women, has been providing current information on topics relevant to women's lives.
SheKnows, LLC knows what women are looking for and has attracted more than 1.2 million monthly uniques with stimulating, up-to-the-minute coverage of health and beauty, personal style, human connections and other highly sought-after topics aimed at providing the visitor with a positive, well-rounded online experience.
How It Works:
With SheKnows.com's easy access to multiple top-visited sites, concentrating on a single portal is a cost-effective way to reach the female market.And with the female user's high interest in social connections, entertainment, cooking and recipes, games and more, repeat visitorship possibilities are endless. And the endless vault of information provided by SheKnows.com lends itself to longer session times and leads to increased impressions. SheKnows LLC, a division of AtomicOnline LLC is based out of Scottsdale, Arizona.
AtomicOnline is a diversified online media company that develops leading consumer internet brands that connect online communities. Atomic brands serve as demographic and psychographic hubs for men (CraveOnline.com ), women (SheKnows.com ) and teens (Teencrunch.com ), and their large collection of affinity sites. Atomic properties are distinguished by their presentation of both broad general and deep niche content, exposing users to subject matter they otherwise would not explore. AtomicOnline is headquartered in Los Angeles and is owned and operated by Pegasus, LLC, a global online media holding company.
Recent Updates:
SheKnows is continuing to build up its network with its second acquisition, LovingYou, a network for marriage and relationships, is the latest addition to the SheKnows family. Having just bought Soaps.com last month, SheKnows is ramping up its content reach through acquisitions and not partnerships.
More at:http://www.sheknows.com/
http://lovingyou.com/
Naspers is a multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media acquired Tradus at nearly $2 billion
About Company:
Naspers is a multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media (including pay-television, internet and instant-messaging subscriber platforms and the provision of related technologies) and print media (including the publishing, distribution and printing of magazines, newspapers and books, and the provision of private education services). Naspers’ most significant operations are located in South Africa, where it generates approximately 76.4% of its revenues, with other operations located elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Greece, Cyprus, the Netherlands, the United States, Thailand and China. Naspers creates media content, builds brand names around it, and manages the platforms distributing the content. Naspers delivers its content in a variety of forms and through a variety of channels, including television platforms, internet services, newspapers, magazines and books.
About Acquired Company :
Tradus provides online consumer trading platforms and related internet services in eleven European countries.
Abot VCs Deal:
At $36.32 per share, Naspers valued Tradus at nearly $2 billion, which is 26.7% higher than the average share price during Naspers’ most recent half-year, according to Paid Content. Naspers is looking to branch into another direction–namely transaction-based e-commerce services. The company, which acquired Polish IM client Gadu-Gadu in October, is also part of Naspers’ online businesses.
In focusing on Internet expansion, Naspers has established a new company called MIH Internet, which operates under its Myriad International Holdings division. This makes sense for MIH to handle the acquisition of Tradus, as MIH already dabbles in emerging markets on a global scale, including M-Web and Tencent, among others.
More at:http://www.naspers.com/
http://www.qxl.com/
Naspers is a multinational media company with principal operations in electronic media (including pay-television, internet and instant-messaging subscriber platforms and the provision of related technologies) and print media (including the publishing, distribution and printing of magazines, newspapers and books, and the provision of private education services). Naspers’ most significant operations are located in South Africa, where it generates approximately 76.4% of its revenues, with other operations located elsewhere in Sub-Saharan Africa, Greece, Cyprus, the Netherlands, the United States, Thailand and China. Naspers creates media content, builds brand names around it, and manages the platforms distributing the content. Naspers delivers its content in a variety of forms and through a variety of channels, including television platforms, internet services, newspapers, magazines and books.
About Acquired Company :
Tradus provides online consumer trading platforms and related internet services in eleven European countries.
Abot VCs Deal:
At $36.32 per share, Naspers valued Tradus at nearly $2 billion, which is 26.7% higher than the average share price during Naspers’ most recent half-year, according to Paid Content. Naspers is looking to branch into another direction–namely transaction-based e-commerce services. The company, which acquired Polish IM client Gadu-Gadu in October, is also part of Naspers’ online businesses.
In focusing on Internet expansion, Naspers has established a new company called MIH Internet, which operates under its Myriad International Holdings division. This makes sense for MIH to handle the acquisition of Tradus, as MIH already dabbles in emerging markets on a global scale, including M-Web and Tencent, among others.
More at:http://www.naspers.com/
http://www.qxl.com/
Lycos Network Europe is the latest to sign wunderloop for its targeted ad solutions
What Company Is Offering:
The wunderloop iCRM System enables customers like T-Online, AOL and Freenet to offer and carry out real-time targeting for their advertising and e-commerce content. The system targets Internet users at the moment of their actual interest with relevant advertising, content and appropriate products.
The wunderloop technology features:
The back-end is a modular software framework which enables „targeting applications“.
One system for targeting, whether it‘s for interactive marketing, content orbiting, traffic flow or product recommendation applications.
Modular toolbox for building applications.
Dynamically applying the right data at the right time to the right system.
The wunderloop technology integrates 3rd party data and leverages it Understands search mechanisms as well as CRM scoring data Integrates easily with external (legacy) systems.
The front-end is a flexible GUI which adapts to the needs of different users/user groups, working with the same system data.
What's Market Of That Company:
With more than four billion processed page impressions every month wunderloop is the market leader in integrated targeting solutions in Germany. TÜV Rhineland, in its latest test, confirms that the information and data processing by wunderloop conforms to data privacy legislation.
Recent Updates:
Lycos Network Europe is the latest to sign wunderloop for its targeted ad solutions. The European portal will be using wunderloop to target and manage the company’s online advertising. Wunderloop will be implementing its custom option for Lycos’ German, British, French and Danish markets. The financial details of this exclusive partnership have not been disclosed
Detail Info of Company at:http://wunderloop.com/
The wunderloop iCRM System enables customers like T-Online, AOL and Freenet to offer and carry out real-time targeting for their advertising and e-commerce content. The system targets Internet users at the moment of their actual interest with relevant advertising, content and appropriate products.
The wunderloop technology features:
The back-end is a modular software framework which enables „targeting applications“.
One system for targeting, whether it‘s for interactive marketing, content orbiting, traffic flow or product recommendation applications.
Modular toolbox for building applications.
Dynamically applying the right data at the right time to the right system.
The wunderloop technology integrates 3rd party data and leverages it Understands search mechanisms as well as CRM scoring data Integrates easily with external (legacy) systems.
The front-end is a flexible GUI which adapts to the needs of different users/user groups, working with the same system data.
What's Market Of That Company:
With more than four billion processed page impressions every month wunderloop is the market leader in integrated targeting solutions in Germany. TÜV Rhineland, in its latest test, confirms that the information and data processing by wunderloop conforms to data privacy legislation.
Recent Updates:
Lycos Network Europe is the latest to sign wunderloop for its targeted ad solutions. The European portal will be using wunderloop to target and manage the company’s online advertising. Wunderloop will be implementing its custom option for Lycos’ German, British, French and Danish markets. The financial details of this exclusive partnership have not been disclosed
Detail Info of Company at:http://wunderloop.com/
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
FohBoh is first restaurant industry social network
What Company is About:
It is a vertical social network dedicated exclusively to the restaurant industry, its employees, owners, operators, vendors, suppliers and service providers worldwide. Unlike other consumer or customer-centric social networks, they are for insiders. They are the restaurant industry social network.
For Whom It Will Be Helpful:
FohBoh is for Real Estate developers and brokers, architects, designers, lawyers, accountants, food and beverage vendors, wineries and boutique produce growers, bakers, chefs, cooks, managers, consultants, concept developers, investors, lenders, owners, franchisees, franchisers, operators, CEO's...you get the picture.
They are the first social network and business exchange exclusively for the restaurant and hospitality industries. They designed FohBoh for you to network, connect and socialize with other like-minded industry professionals and the companies that support your business.
Who Is Backing Them:
The two founders of FohBoh.com are Michael L. Atkinson and Ted Cohn. Michael has over 30 years of experience in restaurant concept development, corporate evelopment, investment banking, investment, operations, M&A, and as a consultant to a wide array of consumer businesses. Ted is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 20 years of experience working at companies such as Apple, NeXT, Excite. He also co-founded Ugobe. Ted and Michael are serial entrepreneurs have founded three companies together. They love food, wine and experiencing new restaurants and have a passion for, and a high-degree of respect for the industry and the people that make it work.
More at:http://fohboh.com/
It is a vertical social network dedicated exclusively to the restaurant industry, its employees, owners, operators, vendors, suppliers and service providers worldwide. Unlike other consumer or customer-centric social networks, they are for insiders. They are the restaurant industry social network.
For Whom It Will Be Helpful:
FohBoh is for Real Estate developers and brokers, architects, designers, lawyers, accountants, food and beverage vendors, wineries and boutique produce growers, bakers, chefs, cooks, managers, consultants, concept developers, investors, lenders, owners, franchisees, franchisers, operators, CEO's...you get the picture.
They are the first social network and business exchange exclusively for the restaurant and hospitality industries. They designed FohBoh for you to network, connect and socialize with other like-minded industry professionals and the companies that support your business.
Who Is Backing Them:
The two founders of FohBoh.com are Michael L. Atkinson and Ted Cohn. Michael has over 30 years of experience in restaurant concept development, corporate evelopment, investment banking, investment, operations, M&A, and as a consultant to a wide array of consumer businesses. Ted is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 20 years of experience working at companies such as Apple, NeXT, Excite. He also co-founded Ugobe. Ted and Michael are serial entrepreneurs have founded three companies together. They love food, wine and experiencing new restaurants and have a passion for, and a high-degree of respect for the industry and the people that make it work.
More at:http://fohboh.com/
VortexDNA has mapped the genome of human intention – the mind-DNA that predicts human characteristics
What Company Says:
With the recent publicity around online genetic testing services, especially 23andme, the question of whether or not our lives are predetermined is more important than ever. This information is intended to help you make an informed choice about the science you accept, the way you see the world, and ultimately what you believe about yourself.
VortexDNA has mapped the genome of human intention – the mind-DNA that predicts human characteristics. Advancing our understanding of how belief creates our world, the human intention genome opens up a new era of science and human empowerment.
How It Works:
The genome is easily created by downloading the mywebDNA Firefox extension. Coded as a seven digit number it reveals the true determinants of our lives – the beliefs, with the same helix/vortex structure as our physical DNA, that are the building blocks from which we create order and meaning.
MywebDNA:
When you download the mywebDNA plug-in for the Firefox™ browser, you'll be asked to complete a short, yet profound, survey to generate your numerical profile. This survey is entirely confidential and never shared with anyone other than at your request.
Once you've completed the survey, you can leave mywebDNA running invisibly in the background. Every time you run a Google search, mywebDNA will circle the two results most relevant to you, based on your numerical profile and the profile of the site.
But how does mywebDNA know the purpose and values of a website?
After all, it's not a person. How can a site even have purpose and values?
Let's say your numeric profile is 100,000. You visit a site. That site now has a profile of 100,000. Your friend, who has a profile of 70,000, visits the same site. The site's profile now becomes 85,000.
Now you run a Google search, and that site is one of the results. mywebDNA knows that you have an 85% relevance with the site—and if that is one of the two highest ratings in your search results, mywebDNA will circle it.
More at:http://www.mydnachoice.com/
With the recent publicity around online genetic testing services, especially 23andme, the question of whether or not our lives are predetermined is more important than ever. This information is intended to help you make an informed choice about the science you accept, the way you see the world, and ultimately what you believe about yourself.
VortexDNA has mapped the genome of human intention – the mind-DNA that predicts human characteristics. Advancing our understanding of how belief creates our world, the human intention genome opens up a new era of science and human empowerment.
How It Works:
The genome is easily created by downloading the mywebDNA Firefox extension. Coded as a seven digit number it reveals the true determinants of our lives – the beliefs, with the same helix/vortex structure as our physical DNA, that are the building blocks from which we create order and meaning.
MywebDNA:
When you download the mywebDNA plug-in for the Firefox™ browser, you'll be asked to complete a short, yet profound, survey to generate your numerical profile. This survey is entirely confidential and never shared with anyone other than at your request.
Once you've completed the survey, you can leave mywebDNA running invisibly in the background. Every time you run a Google search, mywebDNA will circle the two results most relevant to you, based on your numerical profile and the profile of the site.
But how does mywebDNA know the purpose and values of a website?
After all, it's not a person. How can a site even have purpose and values?
Let's say your numeric profile is 100,000. You visit a site. That site now has a profile of 100,000. Your friend, who has a profile of 70,000, visits the same site. The site's profile now becomes 85,000.
Now you run a Google search, and that site is one of the results. mywebDNA knows that you have an 85% relevance with the site—and if that is one of the two highest ratings in your search results, mywebDNA will circle it.
More at:http://www.mydnachoice.com/
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