What Company Is Offering:
Paragent’s Desktop Management Software will transform and improve the manageability of your IT computing infrastructure.
It is all about you, allowing more time to focus on adding value to the business vs. just managing systems. Paragent is web-based, which means you can get access to all of your information no matter where you are. Software and hardware inventory, advanced search and remote desktop are a browser click away. Paragent also provides proactive alerting and an easy-to-use ticketing system that will keep you one-step ahead of your users, and help manage those times when you are not.
More at:http://paragent.com/
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Heroku is provider of Ruby on Rails application tools, has raised $3 million
What Company Is Offering:
Heroku provides a full stack platform. No decisions necessary, just get straight to coding your app. Heroku is built on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), so your apps have access to unlimited computing power.
When you create or import an app with Heroku, it's already live on the web. No configuration or deployment necessary. With a full Ruby and Rails runtime environment, you can run any Ruby code you can write, no limits. Install any gem or plugin directly into your app with one click. Pull from the standard gem and plugin directories, or upload your own.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Heroku, a San Francisco-based provider of Ruby on Rails application tools, has raised $3 million led by Redpoint Ventures.
More at:www.heroku.com
Heroku provides a full stack platform. No decisions necessary, just get straight to coding your app. Heroku is built on Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), so your apps have access to unlimited computing power.
When you create or import an app with Heroku, it's already live on the web. No configuration or deployment necessary. With a full Ruby and Rails runtime environment, you can run any Ruby code you can write, no limits. Install any gem or plugin directly into your app with one click. Pull from the standard gem and plugin directories, or upload your own.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Heroku, a San Francisco-based provider of Ruby on Rails application tools, has raised $3 million led by Redpoint Ventures.
More at:www.heroku.com
Zazengo is a shared online platform for tracking social action and aggregating impact
What Company Is Offering:
Zazengo is a shared online platform for tracking social action and aggregating impact.
Zazengo enables all organizations with a desire for social action to attract, inspire and empower their members with a revenue-generating, easy-to-use, shared platform that provides project matching, tracking, action and impact across multiple projects and organizations.
How It Works:
Zazengo’s widgets enable syndication for embedding action wherever it makes sense - including on social networking sites such as Facebook, media sites and corporate sites. Zazengo provides tools to create and organize campaigns, activities and projects that transform awareness into action.
Non-profit organizations including 4H USA and America’s Promise among others have committed to using the Zazengo Platform.
Zazengo leverages the ’social web’ by enabling users to invite friends, join projects, report impact, keep friends up-to-date on projects, share stories, rate and rank friends’ projects and turn social networks into an impact engine. Zazengo projects are created by a user, managed by a project organization, sponsored by a sponsor and syndicated out through media partners.
Zazengo allows advertisers and sponsors to “brand impact” by associating their brand with highly dynamic communities of action, getting something done and making a difference.
More at:http://www.zazengo.com/
Zazengo is a shared online platform for tracking social action and aggregating impact.
Zazengo enables all organizations with a desire for social action to attract, inspire and empower their members with a revenue-generating, easy-to-use, shared platform that provides project matching, tracking, action and impact across multiple projects and organizations.
How It Works:
Zazengo’s widgets enable syndication for embedding action wherever it makes sense - including on social networking sites such as Facebook, media sites and corporate sites. Zazengo provides tools to create and organize campaigns, activities and projects that transform awareness into action.
Non-profit organizations including 4H USA and America’s Promise among others have committed to using the Zazengo Platform.
Zazengo leverages the ’social web’ by enabling users to invite friends, join projects, report impact, keep friends up-to-date on projects, share stories, rate and rank friends’ projects and turn social networks into an impact engine. Zazengo projects are created by a user, managed by a project organization, sponsored by a sponsor and syndicated out through media partners.
Zazengo allows advertisers and sponsors to “brand impact” by associating their brand with highly dynamic communities of action, getting something done and making a difference.
More at:http://www.zazengo.com/
Medstory's mission is to enable users to search complex fields on the Web intelligently
What Company Is Offering:
Medstory's mission is to enable users to search complex fields on the Web intelligently. They're starting with health and medicine – an area where many people will appreciate a service that helps them quickly get high value information, and a field where we have expertise based on our work with health-related organizations.
To them, providing intelligent search means supporting an understanding of both a user's intent behind a search and the results that are delivered. For a field like health and medicine, they believe that search engines should deliver more to users than just a list of Web pages. Their approach is to try to synthesize the meaning of every user search in the context of health and medicine, and then share this knowledge with the user to help refine and guide their search.
How It Works:
When you use Medstory to search for health information, your results page will usually contain much more than just links to relevant pages on the Web. This quick guide will help you get the most out of your Medstory search experience.
When Medstory presents Information that Matters, it puts this information in categories (like drugs, conditions and personal health) to help you quickly find what matters most. To learn more about the categories that Medstory uses.
Within each information category, every item is followed by a bar that represents how relevant Medstory thinks that item is to your search. For each category, the longer the bar, the more relevant.
More at:http://www.medstory.com/
Medstory's mission is to enable users to search complex fields on the Web intelligently. They're starting with health and medicine – an area where many people will appreciate a service that helps them quickly get high value information, and a field where we have expertise based on our work with health-related organizations.
To them, providing intelligent search means supporting an understanding of both a user's intent behind a search and the results that are delivered. For a field like health and medicine, they believe that search engines should deliver more to users than just a list of Web pages. Their approach is to try to synthesize the meaning of every user search in the context of health and medicine, and then share this knowledge with the user to help refine and guide their search.
How It Works:
When you use Medstory to search for health information, your results page will usually contain much more than just links to relevant pages on the Web. This quick guide will help you get the most out of your Medstory search experience.
When Medstory presents Information that Matters, it puts this information in categories (like drugs, conditions and personal health) to help you quickly find what matters most. To learn more about the categories that Medstory uses.
Within each information category, every item is followed by a bar that represents how relevant Medstory thinks that item is to your search. For each category, the longer the bar, the more relevant.
More at:http://www.medstory.com/
Monkiri is a user friendly tool that enables a web user to have clippings of a webpage and comment on the same
What Company Is Offering:
Monkiri is a user friendly tool that enables a web user to have clippings of a webpage and comment on the same. Literally Monkiri means the Japanese art of paper cutting. Newspaper clippings are always a means amongst any knowledge enthusiasts to store a piece of information. In the web world Monkiri meets the same need. Monkiri lets one read and write blogs about any item published on a website.
How It Works:
With the help of Monkiri button a user can snap required portion of the item on the webpage and blog it. The user can then give a comprehensive review of the same and add on his comments. The ‘View Entries’ feature from Monkiri menu enables other interested users to visit the blogged item and comment on the same. In this way everyone visiting that page can review the comments giving one a potentially large audience. Over a period of time users can build up an online journal of articles of interest. In other words, Monkiri makes blogging and sharing a simple affair.
One of the main features of Web 2.0 is the democratization of the web where web users are no longer content to be passive observers of information that has been fed to them – they want to be active participants. Monkiri has been developed to take this advantage of Web 2.0.
More at:http://www.monkiri.com/
Monkiri is a user friendly tool that enables a web user to have clippings of a webpage and comment on the same. Literally Monkiri means the Japanese art of paper cutting. Newspaper clippings are always a means amongst any knowledge enthusiasts to store a piece of information. In the web world Monkiri meets the same need. Monkiri lets one read and write blogs about any item published on a website.
How It Works:
With the help of Monkiri button a user can snap required portion of the item on the webpage and blog it. The user can then give a comprehensive review of the same and add on his comments. The ‘View Entries’ feature from Monkiri menu enables other interested users to visit the blogged item and comment on the same. In this way everyone visiting that page can review the comments giving one a potentially large audience. Over a period of time users can build up an online journal of articles of interest. In other words, Monkiri makes blogging and sharing a simple affair.
One of the main features of Web 2.0 is the democratization of the web where web users are no longer content to be passive observers of information that has been fed to them – they want to be active participants. Monkiri has been developed to take this advantage of Web 2.0.
More at:http://www.monkiri.com/
MintEmail.com gives you a four hour temporary email address
What Company Is Offering:
MintEmail.com gives you a four hour temporary email address. Your new temporary email address has been already saved to your clipboard (no need to press Ctrl+C). All incoming emails will be displayed on this page.
How It Works:
Their website robot will automatically verify the email address for most websites. This means you no longer have to click on the URL link to verify the email (This feature currently works for most but not all websites).
Simply visit the website mintemail.com and a random email address will be automatically generated and copied to your clipboard. There's no need to press Ctrl+C. You can then go ahead and paste the email wherever its desired.
Once your email is received the title bar will automatically be updated. You don't need to constantly refresh the page to check if your email has arrived.
More at:http://www.mintemail.com/
MintEmail.com gives you a four hour temporary email address. Your new temporary email address has been already saved to your clipboard (no need to press Ctrl+C). All incoming emails will be displayed on this page.
How It Works:
Their website robot will automatically verify the email address for most websites. This means you no longer have to click on the URL link to verify the email (This feature currently works for most but not all websites).
Simply visit the website mintemail.com and a random email address will be automatically generated and copied to your clipboard. There's no need to press Ctrl+C. You can then go ahead and paste the email wherever its desired.
Once your email is received the title bar will automatically be updated. You don't need to constantly refresh the page to check if your email has arrived.
More at:http://www.mintemail.com/
Friday, May 9, 2008
Serious Business
What Company Is Offering:
Serious Business leverages the core competencies of their world renowned team to create revolutionary new synergies which tap in to blue ocean markets in the social platform mashup internets. Serious Business will forever redefine the way we use the web - even the way we see life itself. The first decade of the internet was fun. This decade is going to be Serious.
Who Is Backing Them:
1.Alex Le is the founder and CTO of Serious Business. I don't know how to put this, but Alex is kind of a big deal. As CTO, Alex solved p=np[1], led the initiative to create the internet, and set them up the bomb. He recently installed Web 2.0® on his Mac and is really enjoying it.
2.Josh Ferguson is a Ruby guru at Serious Business where he is working on the social platform mashup internets. In a past life, Josh was the principle of a celebrity Ruby consultancy. Josh is best known for inventing food (in general) and fathering Matz.
3.Ling is the ultimate executive assistant at Serious Business. Without her, the founders would be dead. She killed both Tupac and Biggie, and went on to shoot 50 Cent nine times. Previously, she was the Chief of Staff in the Bush administration (first term).
More at:http://www.seriousbusiness.com/
Serious Business leverages the core competencies of their world renowned team to create revolutionary new synergies which tap in to blue ocean markets in the social platform mashup internets. Serious Business will forever redefine the way we use the web - even the way we see life itself. The first decade of the internet was fun. This decade is going to be Serious.
Who Is Backing Them:
1.Alex Le is the founder and CTO of Serious Business. I don't know how to put this, but Alex is kind of a big deal. As CTO, Alex solved p=np[1], led the initiative to create the internet, and set them up the bomb. He recently installed Web 2.0® on his Mac and is really enjoying it.
2.Josh Ferguson is a Ruby guru at Serious Business where he is working on the social platform mashup internets. In a past life, Josh was the principle of a celebrity Ruby consultancy. Josh is best known for inventing food (in general) and fathering Matz.
3.Ling is the ultimate executive assistant at Serious Business. Without her, the founders would be dead. She killed both Tupac and Biggie, and went on to shoot 50 Cent nine times. Previously, she was the Chief of Staff in the Bush administration (first term).
More at:http://www.seriousbusiness.com/
soulfulbeauty.com
About Company:
soulfulbeauty.com featurers topics on lifestyle and entertainment related.
The main vision for soulfulbeauty.com is to create an environment that is fun and entertaining, while at the same time educational specific to the needs of black men and women in the beauty, fashion and entertainment industry.
Features of the website include hair and skin care products and interactive user reviews. Visitors to the site are encouraged to join in and submit reviews for others that are seeking help in choosing the right products.
Other features include regular updates on news, blog posts that bring users the latest product finds, the most current styles in hair and fashion trends, videos that educate and entertain, as well as selected topics on health, fitness and current cultural issues.
More at: http://www.soulfulbeauty.com
soulfulbeauty.com featurers topics on lifestyle and entertainment related.
The main vision for soulfulbeauty.com is to create an environment that is fun and entertaining, while at the same time educational specific to the needs of black men and women in the beauty, fashion and entertainment industry.
Features of the website include hair and skin care products and interactive user reviews. Visitors to the site are encouraged to join in and submit reviews for others that are seeking help in choosing the right products.
Other features include regular updates on news, blog posts that bring users the latest product finds, the most current styles in hair and fashion trends, videos that educate and entertain, as well as selected topics on health, fitness and current cultural issues.
More at: http://www.soulfulbeauty.com
Net Detective
What Company Is Offering:
Net Detective, the online private investigation database. The website helps to provide affordable, effective, online background checks and private investigation solutions to the general public. Launched in 1996 and featuring a people search utility with over 400 million searchable records compiled from hundreds of sources, Net Detective is the oldest and most respected background check program available on the web.
How It Works:
Net Detective enables its users to login 24 hours a day to perform in-depth criminal background checks on almost anyone," said a spokesperson for the website. "With a huge database and quick return on results, you won’t find a more reliable resource for conducting an online criminal background check than Net Detective."
Combining state-of-the-art search technology with a 211 million name database and access to thousands of public records databases, Net Detective has been providing law enforcement agencies and private detective firms with one of the most powerful online investigation tools available for the last 12 years.
More at:http:// www.the-net-detective.com
Net Detective, the online private investigation database. The website helps to provide affordable, effective, online background checks and private investigation solutions to the general public. Launched in 1996 and featuring a people search utility with over 400 million searchable records compiled from hundreds of sources, Net Detective is the oldest and most respected background check program available on the web.
How It Works:
Net Detective enables its users to login 24 hours a day to perform in-depth criminal background checks on almost anyone," said a spokesperson for the website. "With a huge database and quick return on results, you won’t find a more reliable resource for conducting an online criminal background check than Net Detective."
Combining state-of-the-art search technology with a 211 million name database and access to thousands of public records databases, Net Detective has been providing law enforcement agencies and private detective firms with one of the most powerful online investigation tools available for the last 12 years.
More at:http:// www.the-net-detective.com
Traveldodo.com collects your do’s and don’ts reviews online and shares these with other interested travelers
What Company Is Offering:
Traveldodo.com collects your do’s and don’ts reviews online and shares these with other interested travelers. By making your own profile you can sort out your do’s and don’ts and prioritize them accordingly. This way you can create your own summary of most important or unimportant features of your travel destinations.
On top of that, being a member makes it possible to add a lot of extras such as photo’s, friends and tags. Traveldodo.com is 100% independent. They try to implement a lot of fun, interaction and user friendliness into their sites, think of the Google Maps, 15.000 spots and the blog function we integrated into the website.
More at:http://www.traveldodo.com/
Traveldodo.com collects your do’s and don’ts reviews online and shares these with other interested travelers. By making your own profile you can sort out your do’s and don’ts and prioritize them accordingly. This way you can create your own summary of most important or unimportant features of your travel destinations.
On top of that, being a member makes it possible to add a lot of extras such as photo’s, friends and tags. Traveldodo.com is 100% independent. They try to implement a lot of fun, interaction and user friendliness into their sites, think of the Google Maps, 15.000 spots and the blog function we integrated into the website.
More at:http://www.traveldodo.com/
Inflo collects your day-to-day information streams into one unified information flow and displays it in a single browseable list
What Company Is Offering:
Inflo collects your day-to-day information streams (like email, appointments, instant messages, and news) into one unified information flow and displays it in a single browseable list.
How It Works:
Inflo merges all of your information streams into a one page reverse chronological list, like a condensed blog.
A single view eliminates the need to switch between different websites, programs and devices to get your daily information diet.
Streams are can have any number of text labels, so organization is as natural as making a list. Click on a label in the left hand tabs to easily narrow your focus.
Inflo has one easy to use interface for adding popular streams like Email ,GMail, IMAP, Messaging Twitter, Jabber ,Office Google Calendar, Google Documents ,Shopping eBay, Craigslist ,Search Yahoo Search ,News Google News.
More at:http://inflo.us/
Inflo collects your day-to-day information streams (like email, appointments, instant messages, and news) into one unified information flow and displays it in a single browseable list.
How It Works:
Inflo merges all of your information streams into a one page reverse chronological list, like a condensed blog.
A single view eliminates the need to switch between different websites, programs and devices to get your daily information diet.
Streams are can have any number of text labels, so organization is as natural as making a list. Click on a label in the left hand tabs to easily narrow your focus.
Inflo has one easy to use interface for adding popular streams like Email ,GMail, IMAP, Messaging Twitter, Jabber ,Office Google Calendar, Google Documents ,Shopping eBay, Craigslist ,Search Yahoo Search ,News Google News.
More at:http://inflo.us/
XIHA Life ---Multilingual Social Networking
What Company Is Offering:
XIHA Life makes communication and content sharing easier across cultures and language barriers.
How It Works:
Their language recognition and filtering technology enables users to select not only one, but several different languages to communicate with new friends and people they care about. Users can create blogs and homepages, spiced with content from other leading social media websites.
The users automatically see only the content they understand, making the user experience much more relevant and valuable.
XIHA means 'fun' or 'happy' in Mandarin and also Hip-Hop in Cantonese.
More at:http://en.xihalife.com/
XIHA Life makes communication and content sharing easier across cultures and language barriers.
How It Works:
Their language recognition and filtering technology enables users to select not only one, but several different languages to communicate with new friends and people they care about. Users can create blogs and homepages, spiced with content from other leading social media websites.
The users automatically see only the content they understand, making the user experience much more relevant and valuable.
XIHA means 'fun' or 'happy' in Mandarin and also Hip-Hop in Cantonese.
More at:http://en.xihalife.com/
Rummble is a location based social search and discovery tool
What Company Is Offering:
Rummble is a location based social search and discovery tool, enabling users find recommended content for a location more easily, without a traditional keyword search. Instead, Rummble’s algorithm provides personalised results based upon a trust profile it builds for you and the content in your social network.
Unique Features:
Discover content for any location (e.g. cool bars, local knowledge and the secret hangouts).
Give friends automatic warning when you will be in their area.
Share location based content - reviews, photos, videos and blogs.
Explore with Rummble on your mobile or on the web.
Meet new people nearby.
Publish your Rummbles and your location to Facebook and other social software .
More at:http://www.rummble.com/
Rummble is a location based social search and discovery tool, enabling users find recommended content for a location more easily, without a traditional keyword search. Instead, Rummble’s algorithm provides personalised results based upon a trust profile it builds for you and the content in your social network.
Unique Features:
Discover content for any location (e.g. cool bars, local knowledge and the secret hangouts).
Give friends automatic warning when you will be in their area.
Share location based content - reviews, photos, videos and blogs.
Explore with Rummble on your mobile or on the web.
Meet new people nearby.
Publish your Rummbles and your location to Facebook and other social software .
More at:http://www.rummble.com/
Giant Realm, Inc., the rapidly growing online entertainment portal and publisher group reaching men 18-34 got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
Giant Realm, Inc. is a rapidly growing online media company which helps marketers reach the male 18-34 demographic that has disappeared from the traditional media landscape and online portals. GiantRealm.com and its growing publisher group deliver original content and community for enthusiasts of leading edge entertainment platforms within video gaming, television, film, music and humor. According to Google Analytics, the company currently reaches over 11 million individuals every month.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Giant Realm, Inc., the rapidly growing online entertainment portal and publisher group reaching men 18-34, today announced that it has received $2 million in funding from SoftBank Capital. Last month the company announced a $3.5 million dollar investment led by Comcast Interactive Capital, with Edison Venture Fund also participating. This infusion of cash from SoftBank Capital rounds out Giant Realm’s Series A fundraising efforts. The William Morris Agency is also a backer of the company.
How They Will Use Funds:
The funds will be used to fuel further expansion of the Giant Realm online platform, which most recently attracted 4.2 million unique monthly visitors, according to March 2008 comScore Media Metrix data. The platform includes both the GiantRealm.com site, a lifestyle portal for the entertainment junkie and video gaming audience, as well as the Giant Realm Publisher Group, an exclusive family of sites delivering content and community across a variety of entertainment and gaming interests. Expansion plans also include the hiring of additional sales, editorial, and operations staff, as well as the building out of sales offices in both Los Angeles and San Francisco.
More at:www.giantrealm.com
Giant Realm, Inc. is a rapidly growing online media company which helps marketers reach the male 18-34 demographic that has disappeared from the traditional media landscape and online portals. GiantRealm.com and its growing publisher group deliver original content and community for enthusiasts of leading edge entertainment platforms within video gaming, television, film, music and humor. According to Google Analytics, the company currently reaches over 11 million individuals every month.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Giant Realm, Inc., the rapidly growing online entertainment portal and publisher group reaching men 18-34, today announced that it has received $2 million in funding from SoftBank Capital. Last month the company announced a $3.5 million dollar investment led by Comcast Interactive Capital, with Edison Venture Fund also participating. This infusion of cash from SoftBank Capital rounds out Giant Realm’s Series A fundraising efforts. The William Morris Agency is also a backer of the company.
How They Will Use Funds:
The funds will be used to fuel further expansion of the Giant Realm online platform, which most recently attracted 4.2 million unique monthly visitors, according to March 2008 comScore Media Metrix data. The platform includes both the GiantRealm.com site, a lifestyle portal for the entertainment junkie and video gaming audience, as well as the Giant Realm Publisher Group, an exclusive family of sites delivering content and community across a variety of entertainment and gaming interests. Expansion plans also include the hiring of additional sales, editorial, and operations staff, as well as the building out of sales offices in both Los Angeles and San Francisco.
More at:www.giantrealm.com
IGLOO provides a secure, easy-to-use corporate social networking suite to businesses of any size
What Company Is Offering:
IGLOO provides a secure, easy-to-use corporate social networking suite to businesses of any size. Their software improves business performance by reducing email burden and enhancing collaboration between distributed teams and the growing mobile work force. Delivered over the web using a software as a service (SaaS) delivery model, companies can now cost-effectively connect people, processes and information across organizational and geographical boundaries in just minutes not months.
How Much They Got From VCs:
IGLOO Inc., an emerging leader in corporate social networking, today announced the closure of a $US 4 million equity financing round from RBC Venture Partners. The financing enables IGLOO to extend and commercialize its suite of collaborative social networking tools to corporations and other organizations in the rapidly accelerating enterprise social networking space.
IGLOO’s social networking platform helps hundreds of organizations globally reduce email burden, remove distances across branch offices and inspire teams with new productivity and collaboration tools. The platform was initially developed to support an online international network of researchers, practitioners and educators working on global issues.
More at:www.igloosoftware.com
IGLOO provides a secure, easy-to-use corporate social networking suite to businesses of any size. Their software improves business performance by reducing email burden and enhancing collaboration between distributed teams and the growing mobile work force. Delivered over the web using a software as a service (SaaS) delivery model, companies can now cost-effectively connect people, processes and information across organizational and geographical boundaries in just minutes not months.
How Much They Got From VCs:
IGLOO Inc., an emerging leader in corporate social networking, today announced the closure of a $US 4 million equity financing round from RBC Venture Partners. The financing enables IGLOO to extend and commercialize its suite of collaborative social networking tools to corporations and other organizations in the rapidly accelerating enterprise social networking space.
IGLOO’s social networking platform helps hundreds of organizations globally reduce email burden, remove distances across branch offices and inspire teams with new productivity and collaboration tools. The platform was initially developed to support an online international network of researchers, practitioners and educators working on global issues.
More at:www.igloosoftware.com
Biz360 delivers media and market intelligence solutions to Global 2000 business decision makers got $10 million round of financing
What Company Is Offering:
Biz360 delivers media and market intelligence solutions to Global 2000 business decision makers, providing them with a 360-degree view of their marketplace. The company gathers and analyzes a vast amount of traditional and social media about an organization, its brands, its competitors and its products to deliver real-time insights that help its clients shape market perception, respond to competitive threats, evaluate trends and issues and improve the return on their marketing investments.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Biz360® Inc., the leading provider of media and market intelligence solutions, announced the closing of a $10 million round of financing. The round was led by Foundation Capital, with full participation of other current investors, Granite Ventures and Scale Venture Partners.
With an opportunity to extend its market-proven suite of business intelligence products, Biz360 plans to use the funds to fuel development of next-generation products that capitalize on significant, emerging market research opportunities spurred by the evolution of consumer behavior on the Web.
What VCs Says About Company:
"We invested in Biz360 because we believe strongly in the company's vision, its management and employees," said Bill Elmore, founder of Foundation Capital and current Biz360 board member. "Biz360 has a winning team that has already proven itself through results, growth and innovation. We are confident they will emerge as leaders in the research measurement sector."
More at:www.biz360.com
Biz360 delivers media and market intelligence solutions to Global 2000 business decision makers, providing them with a 360-degree view of their marketplace. The company gathers and analyzes a vast amount of traditional and social media about an organization, its brands, its competitors and its products to deliver real-time insights that help its clients shape market perception, respond to competitive threats, evaluate trends and issues and improve the return on their marketing investments.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Biz360® Inc., the leading provider of media and market intelligence solutions, announced the closing of a $10 million round of financing. The round was led by Foundation Capital, with full participation of other current investors, Granite Ventures and Scale Venture Partners.
With an opportunity to extend its market-proven suite of business intelligence products, Biz360 plans to use the funds to fuel development of next-generation products that capitalize on significant, emerging market research opportunities spurred by the evolution of consumer behavior on the Web.
What VCs Says About Company:
"We invested in Biz360 because we believe strongly in the company's vision, its management and employees," said Bill Elmore, founder of Foundation Capital and current Biz360 board member. "Biz360 has a winning team that has already proven itself through results, growth and innovation. We are confident they will emerge as leaders in the research measurement sector."
More at:www.biz360.com
iSekurity provides the nation’s most complete identity theft protection services has secured an initial $11 million funding
What Company Is Offering:
iSekurity provides the nation’s most complete identity theft protection services. Comprised of the largest team of former Federal agents, iSekurity has the expertise and experience to combat the nation’s fastest-growing crime: identity theft. Through its proprietary systems and elite former law enforcement personnel from the Secret Service, FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S. Customs Service and U.S. Postal Service, iSekurity is uniquely positioned to serve its members in deterring the crime, defending the victim and defeating the criminal. iSekurity offers premium services to individuals and customized programs for corporations, affinity groups and universities.
How Much They Got From VCS:
iSekurity, a full-service identity theft protection and detection company comprised of the largest collection of former federal agents in the United States, announces it has secured an initial $11 million funding commitment from Equity 11, Ltd., an independent, private equity firm. The funding commitment signifies the level of importance currently placed on identity theft and its critical impact on Americans today. Additional funding will be staged against the completion of corporate growth milestones.
"iSekurity is well positioned to redefine identity protection for citizens today," stated Susan Kampe, chief executive officer of iSekurity. "Our corporate vision and business model transcends other point solutions available on the market and takes identity theft protection and detection to the next level. This capital infusion allows us to scale our business for growth and ensure comprehensive coverage for our clients.”
More at:www.isekurity.com.
iSekurity provides the nation’s most complete identity theft protection services. Comprised of the largest team of former Federal agents, iSekurity has the expertise and experience to combat the nation’s fastest-growing crime: identity theft. Through its proprietary systems and elite former law enforcement personnel from the Secret Service, FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, U.S. Customs Service and U.S. Postal Service, iSekurity is uniquely positioned to serve its members in deterring the crime, defending the victim and defeating the criminal. iSekurity offers premium services to individuals and customized programs for corporations, affinity groups and universities.
How Much They Got From VCS:
iSekurity, a full-service identity theft protection and detection company comprised of the largest collection of former federal agents in the United States, announces it has secured an initial $11 million funding commitment from Equity 11, Ltd., an independent, private equity firm. The funding commitment signifies the level of importance currently placed on identity theft and its critical impact on Americans today. Additional funding will be staged against the completion of corporate growth milestones.
"iSekurity is well positioned to redefine identity protection for citizens today," stated Susan Kampe, chief executive officer of iSekurity. "Our corporate vision and business model transcends other point solutions available on the market and takes identity theft protection and detection to the next level. This capital infusion allows us to scale our business for growth and ensure comprehensive coverage for our clients.”
More at:www.isekurity.com.
A MagShow is an image presentation that you can build on www.MagToo.com.
What Company Is Offering:
A MagShow is an image presentation that you can build on www.MagToo.com.
MagShows can be either a Slide Show or a Panorama Show. MagShows can be posted on social network sites (Facebook, Myspace, Friendster etc.), your website or blog, to share with your family and friends. When a Slide Show or Panorama Show is linked to a Google map, it is also labeled as a 'TripShow'.
How It Works:
On the Customize section of the 'Create MagShow' page, click the 'Information' tab to add additional information such as privacy setting, category, tags, and description about your Magshow. Once you add photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section below and you can add the title of the show and caption for each photo.
Once you add photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section appear below the 'Add Photo From' section. Thumbnails of the added photos/panoramas will appear in this section. Captions can be added by clicking on the field below each thumbnail image and typing. Once you add photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section appear below the 'Add Photo From' section, and add the title of the show in the 'Slide or Panorama Show Name' textbox field shown.
After you've added your photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section appear below the 'Add Photo From' section. To change the display order of your photos/panoramas, simply click and drag the image you want to move it to another position.
More at:http://www.magtoo.com/
A MagShow is an image presentation that you can build on www.MagToo.com.
MagShows can be either a Slide Show or a Panorama Show. MagShows can be posted on social network sites (Facebook, Myspace, Friendster etc.), your website or blog, to share with your family and friends. When a Slide Show or Panorama Show is linked to a Google map, it is also labeled as a 'TripShow'.
How It Works:
On the Customize section of the 'Create MagShow' page, click the 'Information' tab to add additional information such as privacy setting, category, tags, and description about your Magshow. Once you add photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section below and you can add the title of the show and caption for each photo.
Once you add photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section appear below the 'Add Photo From' section. Thumbnails of the added photos/panoramas will appear in this section. Captions can be added by clicking on the field below each thumbnail image and typing. Once you add photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section appear below the 'Add Photo From' section, and add the title of the show in the 'Slide or Panorama Show Name' textbox field shown.
After you've added your photos, you will see the 'Uploaded Photos' section appear below the 'Add Photo From' section. To change the display order of your photos/panoramas, simply click and drag the image you want to move it to another position.
More at:http://www.magtoo.com/
ExtremeTech is a thriving community of users and experts seeking to answer the unanswerable questions of technology
What Company Is Offering:
ExtremeTech is a thriving community of users and experts seeking to answer the unanswerable questions of technology. They dig deep into the subterranean depths of technological knowledge, digging up the most vital, behind-the-scenes tidbits that make any technocrats drool soda on his chips.
How It Works:
To put it simply, they're a one-stop-shop for serious technological needs. Their writers spelunk into the abyss of the future in search of the real story behind what's out there today, and what will be out there tomorrow. Theirr dynamic community fills in all the gaps by gabbing and chatting about anything and everything.
More important than any other aspect, they're a site built by their community for their community.
More at:http://www.extremetech.com/
ExtremeTech is a thriving community of users and experts seeking to answer the unanswerable questions of technology. They dig deep into the subterranean depths of technological knowledge, digging up the most vital, behind-the-scenes tidbits that make any technocrats drool soda on his chips.
How It Works:
To put it simply, they're a one-stop-shop for serious technological needs. Their writers spelunk into the abyss of the future in search of the real story behind what's out there today, and what will be out there tomorrow. Theirr dynamic community fills in all the gaps by gabbing and chatting about anything and everything.
More important than any other aspect, they're a site built by their community for their community.
More at:http://www.extremetech.com/
Make The Difference Network
What Company Is Offering:
Make The Difference Network (MTDN) is an online social network for everyone interested in helping nonprofit organizations and for nonprofits who want to connect with a wider network of giving individuals and businesses.
How It Works:
MTDN works in a number of ways and there are three types of memberships.
• MTDN works by allowing Individuals, Businesses and Nonprofits to connect and collaborate by building their own cause-oriented social network.
• Nonprofits can join as Nonprofit Members. Once they are vetted and accepted as members they can build their nonprofit organization profile and post specific projects or “Wishes” they need funded. They can network with donors who support their cause and expand their potential donor base to increase funding.
They can also alert donors of the progress their Wishes are making through news, emails, photos and even video uploads.
• Individuals can join as Individual Members, then build their personal profile, connect with other like-minded people to build a network of “Friends”, and choose a nonprofit to support or a specific “Wish” to donate to directly. Individuals can also choose to become People Who Care sponsors and fund entire Wishes or their favorite nonprofit in other ways (see more information in FAQ for Individuals).
• Businesses can also join as Business Members in much the same way as an individual. They can even show further support by becoming a Business Who Cares National Sponsor (for more information see FAQ’s section for Businesses).
• Donations are made directly to the nonprofit organization.
AND…100% of ALL donations go directly to the nonprofit! MTDN never takes any percentage of donations made.
More at:http://www.mtdn.com/
Make The Difference Network (MTDN) is an online social network for everyone interested in helping nonprofit organizations and for nonprofits who want to connect with a wider network of giving individuals and businesses.
How It Works:
MTDN works in a number of ways and there are three types of memberships.
• MTDN works by allowing Individuals, Businesses and Nonprofits to connect and collaborate by building their own cause-oriented social network.
• Nonprofits can join as Nonprofit Members. Once they are vetted and accepted as members they can build their nonprofit organization profile and post specific projects or “Wishes” they need funded. They can network with donors who support their cause and expand their potential donor base to increase funding.
They can also alert donors of the progress their Wishes are making through news, emails, photos and even video uploads.
• Individuals can join as Individual Members, then build their personal profile, connect with other like-minded people to build a network of “Friends”, and choose a nonprofit to support or a specific “Wish” to donate to directly. Individuals can also choose to become People Who Care sponsors and fund entire Wishes or their favorite nonprofit in other ways (see more information in FAQ for Individuals).
• Businesses can also join as Business Members in much the same way as an individual. They can even show further support by becoming a Business Who Cares National Sponsor (for more information see FAQ’s section for Businesses).
• Donations are made directly to the nonprofit organization.
AND…100% of ALL donations go directly to the nonprofit! MTDN never takes any percentage of donations made.
More at:http://www.mtdn.com/
Filemail.com
What Company Is Offering:
Filemail.com offer . No registration required . Max file size is 2GB .Easy to use. Upload window allows selecting multiple files.
How It Works:
First, the files you want to send are uploaded to one of several filemail.com servers located in Oslo (Norway) and San Diego. Files are encrypted on our servers using a 128bit AES algorithm to ensure security and privacy.
A small e-mail is delivered to the recipients, containing a short message from you and a hyperlink where the files can be downloaded.
The recipients click the hyperlink in the e-mail, and are taken to the download page.After the specified number of days/number of downloads, the files are removed completely from our servers.
More at:http://filemail.com/
Filemail.com offer . No registration required . Max file size is 2GB .Easy to use. Upload window allows selecting multiple files.
How It Works:
First, the files you want to send are uploaded to one of several filemail.com servers located in Oslo (Norway) and San Diego. Files are encrypted on our servers using a 128bit AES algorithm to ensure security and privacy.
A small e-mail is delivered to the recipients, containing a short message from you and a hyperlink where the files can be downloaded.
The recipients click the hyperlink in the e-mail, and are taken to the download page.After the specified number of days/number of downloads, the files are removed completely from our servers.
More at:http://filemail.com/
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PCTuneupTools.com
What Company Is Offering:
A plethora of helpful PC speed up tips & tricks that can help you keep your computer running at optimum performance. Download a PC Tuneup Toolbar that will allow you to locate the best online resources to aide in getting the life back to your PC.
Find out how to deal with all those pesky vista problems without pulling your hair out and without switching back to a previous operating system.
Find out what PC tools you should consider using, what tools you won't ever need, and which tools you should never be without! Find out why you should back-up your windows registry and how to do so easily and quickly.
More at:http://www.pctuneuptools.com/
A plethora of helpful PC speed up tips & tricks that can help you keep your computer running at optimum performance. Download a PC Tuneup Toolbar that will allow you to locate the best online resources to aide in getting the life back to your PC.
Find out how to deal with all those pesky vista problems without pulling your hair out and without switching back to a previous operating system.
Find out what PC tools you should consider using, what tools you won't ever need, and which tools you should never be without! Find out why you should back-up your windows registry and how to do so easily and quickly.
More at:http://www.pctuneuptools.com/
3GP Video Converter
What Company Is Offering:
iSkysoft 3GP Video Converter for Mac is a professional 3GP converter for Mac OS users. It can convert all sorts of video formats to 3GP videos that can be played on video cell phones of various bands for 3GP cell phone users. It supports most common video formats and it is an MPEG to 3GP Converter, an MOV to 3GP Converter, a WMV to 3GP converter and so on. iSkysoft 3GP Converter for Mac has various practical features such as batch conversion, setting video brightness, contrast, saturation, video file trim, video crop, video trim, and joining multiple files into one file. Enjoy videos on your 3GP cell phones with iSkysoft 3GP Video Converter for Mac!
More:http://pocket.qweas.com/
iSkysoft 3GP Video Converter for Mac is a professional 3GP converter for Mac OS users. It can convert all sorts of video formats to 3GP videos that can be played on video cell phones of various bands for 3GP cell phone users. It supports most common video formats and it is an MPEG to 3GP Converter, an MOV to 3GP Converter, a WMV to 3GP converter and so on. iSkysoft 3GP Converter for Mac has various practical features such as batch conversion, setting video brightness, contrast, saturation, video file trim, video crop, video trim, and joining multiple files into one file. Enjoy videos on your 3GP cell phones with iSkysoft 3GP Video Converter for Mac!
More:http://pocket.qweas.com/
Short URL service's main purpose is to ease forum posting or to hide your affiliate links from your site's visitors
What Company Is Offering:
Short URL service's main purpose is to ease forum posting or to hide your affiliate links from your site's visitors.
How It Works:
This site provides you easy-to-use yet very powerful interface with custom tags, bulk URL submission, password-protected links, both IP- and password-based authorization, links editing and statistics include IPs and sources of your visitors.
More at:http://linkslash.com/
Short URL service's main purpose is to ease forum posting or to hide your affiliate links from your site's visitors.
How It Works:
This site provides you easy-to-use yet very powerful interface with custom tags, bulk URL submission, password-protected links, both IP- and password-based authorization, links editing and statistics include IPs and sources of your visitors.
More at:http://linkslash.com/
Instant domain name search tool
About Company:
Domize is a secure, instant domain name search tool. As you type a domain name into the query box they immediately check its availability.
As available domain names become increasingly scarce it's important to have better tools at hand. Domize not only allows you to quickly search through available domain names, but it does so in a secure environment. All Domize traffic is secured over SSL, making sure your queries stay private and away from snooping eyes.
More at:https://domize.com/
Domize is a secure, instant domain name search tool. As you type a domain name into the query box they immediately check its availability.
As available domain names become increasingly scarce it's important to have better tools at hand. Domize not only allows you to quickly search through available domain names, but it does so in a secure environment. All Domize traffic is secured over SSL, making sure your queries stay private and away from snooping eyes.
More at:https://domize.com/
Centrespread is to be a central place where every can share their opinions on recent issues, the content, the advertisements that appear
What Company Is Offering:
The aim of the site is to be a central place where every can share their opinions on recent issues, the content, the advertisements that appear and our overall impression of that issue. It will be a great place to share comments with fellow readers that share the same interests. Now you can share your comments with them.
A unique format, they represent a medium that combines a number of essential elements - portabliity, tactility, repetitiveness and a combination of text and images. Today, there are more magazines than ever available, and more continue to be launched. Here at centrespread we only focus on consumer magazines (the ones you buy in your local shop). There are almost 3,000 titles in the UK.
More at:http://www.centrespread.com/
The aim of the site is to be a central place where every can share their opinions on recent issues, the content, the advertisements that appear and our overall impression of that issue. It will be a great place to share comments with fellow readers that share the same interests. Now you can share your comments with them.
A unique format, they represent a medium that combines a number of essential elements - portabliity, tactility, repetitiveness and a combination of text and images. Today, there are more magazines than ever available, and more continue to be launched. Here at centrespread we only focus on consumer magazines (the ones you buy in your local shop). There are almost 3,000 titles in the UK.
More at:http://www.centrespread.com/
Budket is an easy, fun, and affordable financial planning application for budgeting and cash flow analysis
What Company Is Offering:
Budket is an easy, fun, and affordable financial planning application for budgeting and cash flow analysis.
With Budket you can easily calculate cash flows for your chosen period of time. Design your budget, click Cash flow, set initial cash, the time period, and the effective days for each budget row, and let the application calculate your cash flow.
Budgeting with Excel or other spreadsheets is possible and unfortunately de-facto way for many companies. It's perfectly fine if only one person is doing the complete budgeting, but if you work together with your team to plan the budget, mastering the Excel chaos is time consuming and frankly, not necessary.
More at:http://www.thebudket.com/
Budket is an easy, fun, and affordable financial planning application for budgeting and cash flow analysis.
With Budket you can easily calculate cash flows for your chosen period of time. Design your budget, click Cash flow, set initial cash, the time period, and the effective days for each budget row, and let the application calculate your cash flow.
Budgeting with Excel or other spreadsheets is possible and unfortunately de-facto way for many companies. It's perfectly fine if only one person is doing the complete budgeting, but if you work together with your team to plan the budget, mastering the Excel chaos is time consuming and frankly, not necessary.
More at:http://www.thebudket.com/
readbag is a nifty tool to store links you find
About Company:
readbag is a nifty tool to store links you find, but want to read later.
in your browser, phone, e-mail, feed reader, via API or even an offline mode.
More at:http://readbag.com/
readbag is a nifty tool to store links you find, but want to read later.
in your browser, phone, e-mail, feed reader, via API or even an offline mode.
More at:http://readbag.com/
Parature Inc is provider of online customer support software, has raised $16 million in Series B funding
What Company Is Offering:
Parature is the global leader in on-demand customer service software, making it possible for any business to leverage the Internet to provide outstanding customer service.
Parature provides the smartest, most efficient way to serve, support, retain, engage with and maximize the value of every customer. Our software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design enable organizations to get up and running quickly, easily and efficiently.
Parature is the only company dedicated solely to on-demand customer service and support software. Our flagship product, Parature Customer Service™, integrates a customer portal, rich knowledgebase and full ticketing system in one dynamic system that streamlines and strengthens ongoing customer responsiveness and communication.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Parature Inc., a Vienna, Va.-based provider of online customer support software, has raised $16 million in Series B funding. Accel Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers Sierra Ventures and Valhalla Partners. Parature had previously raised around $28 million.
More at:www.parature.com
Parature is the global leader in on-demand customer service software, making it possible for any business to leverage the Internet to provide outstanding customer service.
Parature provides the smartest, most efficient way to serve, support, retain, engage with and maximize the value of every customer. Our software-as-a-service (SaaS) delivery and integrated, intuitive design enable organizations to get up and running quickly, easily and efficiently.
Parature is the only company dedicated solely to on-demand customer service and support software. Our flagship product, Parature Customer Service™, integrates a customer portal, rich knowledgebase and full ticketing system in one dynamic system that streamlines and strengthens ongoing customer responsiveness and communication.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Parature Inc., a Vienna, Va.-based provider of online customer support software, has raised $16 million in Series B funding. Accel Partners led the round, and was joined by return backers Sierra Ventures and Valhalla Partners. Parature had previously raised around $28 million.
More at:www.parature.com
Kontiki is P2P delivery platform powers the world's largest media companies broadband video on-demand download services got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
Kontiki's secure, scalable, and legitimate P2P delivery platform powers the world's largest media companies broadband video on-demand download services including the BBC iPlayer, and BSkyB's Sky Anytime on PC service, in the UK. Kontiki's ISP-friendly protocol, fine network controls, security, edge throttling capabilities and client application flexibility are ideal for all constituents in the broadband video delivery value chain ,Content Owners, Network Operators and Consumers.
mpany Is Offering:
Kontiki provides complete content delivery solutions for large enterprises including corporate communications, training, customer support and software delivery. Kontiki's patented Grid Delivery technology allows companies to securely deliver high quality video and software updates at a fraction of the cost of traditional delivery solutions. Some of the largest and most well known Enterprises rely on Kontiki for high quality video and large file delivery to all employees worldwide.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Kontiki, the leading provider of managed peer-assisted delivery for high-quality video and digital content, announced today that it has completed the anticipated divestiture from VeriSign, Inc. As a result, the assets previously comprising VeriSign's Broadband Content Services business unit will be re-launched as Kontiki Inc., with funding from MK Capital.
The Kontiki Delivery Management System is a patented peer-assisted content delivery technology which enables the delivery of high quality video and other rich media securely and efficiently at very large scale. Built on an award-winning peer-assisted content delivery and management platform, Kontiki is used by Fortune 500 companies for its massive scalability and network efficiency.
Kontiki's secure, scalable, and legitimate P2P delivery platform powers the world's largest media companies broadband video on-demand download services including the BBC iPlayer, and BSkyB's Sky Anytime on PC service, in the UK. Kontiki's ISP-friendly protocol, fine network controls, security, edge throttling capabilities and client application flexibility are ideal for all constituents in the broadband video delivery value chain ,Content Owners, Network Operators and Consumers.
mpany Is Offering:
Kontiki provides complete content delivery solutions for large enterprises including corporate communications, training, customer support and software delivery. Kontiki's patented Grid Delivery technology allows companies to securely deliver high quality video and software updates at a fraction of the cost of traditional delivery solutions. Some of the largest and most well known Enterprises rely on Kontiki for high quality video and large file delivery to all employees worldwide.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Kontiki, the leading provider of managed peer-assisted delivery for high-quality video and digital content, announced today that it has completed the anticipated divestiture from VeriSign, Inc. As a result, the assets previously comprising VeriSign's Broadband Content Services business unit will be re-launched as Kontiki Inc., with funding from MK Capital.
The Kontiki Delivery Management System is a patented peer-assisted content delivery technology which enables the delivery of high quality video and other rich media securely and efficiently at very large scale. Built on an award-winning peer-assisted content delivery and management platform, Kontiki is used by Fortune 500 companies for its massive scalability and network efficiency.
Iceberg is a powerful platform for building high-quality, dynamic business software
What Company Is Offering:
Iceberg is a powerful platform for building high-quality, dynamic business software. Beyond this, Iceberg is a platform for marketing these applications to others with similar business challenges.
Iceberg is a powerful web-based tool for the creation and usage of custom-built business software. Beyond this, Iceberg is a platform for sharing and marketing this software to others who may have the same business needs.
How It Works:
Iceberg allows you to use and create complex, reliable business applications.
Unlike many off-the-shelf applications, an Iceberg application is custom-built specifically for your business and is, therefore, highly dynamic and adaptable to your own personal needs.An Iceberg application is also highly reliable. Because Iceberg doesn't rely on any hand-written-code, there is little likelihood for human-error in the creation of an Iceberg application.
More at:http://geticeberg.com/
Iceberg is a powerful platform for building high-quality, dynamic business software. Beyond this, Iceberg is a platform for marketing these applications to others with similar business challenges.
Iceberg is a powerful web-based tool for the creation and usage of custom-built business software. Beyond this, Iceberg is a platform for sharing and marketing this software to others who may have the same business needs.
How It Works:
Iceberg allows you to use and create complex, reliable business applications.
Unlike many off-the-shelf applications, an Iceberg application is custom-built specifically for your business and is, therefore, highly dynamic and adaptable to your own personal needs.An Iceberg application is also highly reliable. Because Iceberg doesn't rely on any hand-written-code, there is little likelihood for human-error in the creation of an Iceberg application.
More at:http://geticeberg.com/
SlideShare is the best way to share your presentations with the world has raised $3 million in Series A funding
What Company Is Offering:
SlideShare is the best way to share your presentations with the world. Let your ideas reach a broad audience. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to create a webinar. SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations.
Individuals & organizations upload presentations to share their ideas, connect with others, and generate leads for their businesses.
Anyone can find presentations on topics that interest them. They can tag, download, or embed presentations into their own blogs & websites.
SlideShare is the best way to get your slides out there on the web, so your ideas can be found and shared by a wide audience. Do you want to get the word out about your product or service? Do you want your slides to reach people who could not make it to your talk? Are you a teacher looking to share your lesson plans? It only takes a moment - start uploading now, and let your slides do the talking!
How Much They Got From VCs:
SlideShare has raised $3 million in Series A funding, led by Venrock. David Siminoff, a partner at Venrock, has also joined SlideShare’s board of directors. Siminoff has joined the ranks of some of the other industry vets that make up SlideShare’s investors and advisory board, which currently includes Guy Kawasaki (founder of Truemors and Alltop), Dave McClure (angel investor), Mark Cuban, and Saul Klein (founding partner of The Accelerator Group) to name a few.
More at;http://www.slideshare.net/
SlideShare is the best way to share your presentations with the world. Let your ideas reach a broad audience. Share publicly or privately. Add audio to create a webinar. SlideShare is the world's largest community for sharing presentations.
Individuals & organizations upload presentations to share their ideas, connect with others, and generate leads for their businesses.
Anyone can find presentations on topics that interest them. They can tag, download, or embed presentations into their own blogs & websites.
SlideShare is the best way to get your slides out there on the web, so your ideas can be found and shared by a wide audience. Do you want to get the word out about your product or service? Do you want your slides to reach people who could not make it to your talk? Are you a teacher looking to share your lesson plans? It only takes a moment - start uploading now, and let your slides do the talking!
How Much They Got From VCs:
SlideShare has raised $3 million in Series A funding, led by Venrock. David Siminoff, a partner at Venrock, has also joined SlideShare’s board of directors. Siminoff has joined the ranks of some of the other industry vets that make up SlideShare’s investors and advisory board, which currently includes Guy Kawasaki (founder of Truemors and Alltop), Dave McClure (angel investor), Mark Cuban, and Saul Klein (founding partner of The Accelerator Group) to name a few.
More at;http://www.slideshare.net/
Jinni Ltd,provider of personalized content search solutions, has raised $1 million in first-round funding
What Company Is Offering:
Jinni’s innovative content discovery solution for professional and semi-professional videos organizes metadata across multidimensional parameters of plot and experience, reflecting how people really think about entertainment. Our video data brain gives precise, succinct, and highly personalized search-and-recommendation results.
With content discovery powered by Jinni, TV Operators and Internet Content Providers can maximize content assets and user satisfaction. The soon-to-launch Jinni site showcases the service. Users can search the catalogue of online video content, develop a personal profile, meet like-minded viewers, and much more.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Jinni Ltd., an Israeli provider of personalized content search solutions, has raised $1 million in first-round funding from Start-Up Factory.
More at:www.jinni.com
Jinni’s innovative content discovery solution for professional and semi-professional videos organizes metadata across multidimensional parameters of plot and experience, reflecting how people really think about entertainment. Our video data brain gives precise, succinct, and highly personalized search-and-recommendation results.
With content discovery powered by Jinni, TV Operators and Internet Content Providers can maximize content assets and user satisfaction. The soon-to-launch Jinni site showcases the service. Users can search the catalogue of online video content, develop a personal profile, meet like-minded viewers, and much more.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Jinni Ltd., an Israeli provider of personalized content search solutions, has raised $1 million in first-round funding from Start-Up Factory.
More at:www.jinni.com
InnoCentive, Inc., the global innovation marketplace has closed $6.5 million in a Series B
What Company Is Offering:
InnoCentive built the first global web community for open innovation, enabling scientists, engineers, professionals and entrepreneurs to collaborate to deliver breakthrough solutions for innovative R&D-driven organizations. InnoCentive Seekers, who collectively spend billions of dollars on R&D, submit challenges to the InnoCentive Marketplace where more than 140,000 engineers, scientists, inventors, business people, and research organizations in more than 175 countries are invited to solve them. Solvers who deliver the most innovative solutions receive financial awards ranging up to US$1,000,000.
How Much They Got From VCs:
InnoCentive, Inc., the global innovation marketplace, announced that it has closed $6.5 million in a Series B venture capital investment by Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc., a New York-based venture firm.
The latest round of funding will be used to drive InnoCentive's strategic goals for growth in 2008 and beyond, further building the company's plans to increase its solver base and offer additional support and opportunities for organizations seeking to have their challenges solved through InnoCentive.
About VCs:
Spencer Trask Ventures is a leading venture capital firm discovering ideas for the 21st century. With a network of co-investors and business leaders, Spencer Trask Ventures provides entrepreneurs with financial and intellectual capital to transform bright ideas into world-changing companies. Headquartered in New York City, Spencer Trask Ventures invests in early stage and emerging growth companies in the communications, information technology and life sciences fields. For more information please visit www.spencertrask.com
More at:www.innocentive.com.
InnoCentive built the first global web community for open innovation, enabling scientists, engineers, professionals and entrepreneurs to collaborate to deliver breakthrough solutions for innovative R&D-driven organizations. InnoCentive Seekers, who collectively spend billions of dollars on R&D, submit challenges to the InnoCentive Marketplace where more than 140,000 engineers, scientists, inventors, business people, and research organizations in more than 175 countries are invited to solve them. Solvers who deliver the most innovative solutions receive financial awards ranging up to US$1,000,000.
How Much They Got From VCs:
InnoCentive, Inc., the global innovation marketplace, announced that it has closed $6.5 million in a Series B venture capital investment by Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc., a New York-based venture firm.
The latest round of funding will be used to drive InnoCentive's strategic goals for growth in 2008 and beyond, further building the company's plans to increase its solver base and offer additional support and opportunities for organizations seeking to have their challenges solved through InnoCentive.
About VCs:
Spencer Trask Ventures is a leading venture capital firm discovering ideas for the 21st century. With a network of co-investors and business leaders, Spencer Trask Ventures provides entrepreneurs with financial and intellectual capital to transform bright ideas into world-changing companies. Headquartered in New York City, Spencer Trask Ventures invests in early stage and emerging growth companies in the communications, information technology and life sciences fields. For more information please visit www.spencertrask.com
More at:www.innocentive.com.
Hobnox is a next-generation online entertainment and rich media-publishing platform
What Company Is Offering:
Hobnox is a next-generation online entertainment and rich media-publishing platform, uniting broadcast-quality web media with cutting edge community-enabling technology.
How It Works:
With Hobnox, an international media corporation is born. They combine the best of current web entertainment with the newest technological possibilities of the internet to create fascinating opportunities for both artists and audiences.
Hobnox launched by calling on artists to submit their projects to the "Hobnox Evolution”, an artist-development program that encouraged over 1,300 projects to be submitted for review. Three lucky winners were selected to now become part of the Hobnox creative community. In March 2008, Hobnox will launch the next stage in its development process - a community, stage, library for artists and the first web-based production tools are now online in our closed beta-phase.
Hobnox will evolve to become a content publishing platform that is built by artists for artists. This is the place where artists can present their content to the community, work on creative projects and connect with like-minded artists. Hobnox will be the online platform for the creation and presentation of sophisticated web-entertainment. It will be a meeting point, a stage, a workshop and eventually a marketplace for creative content.
Hobnox-channels feature in-house productions, as well as features from our partners. Through our beta phase, Hobnox will go beyond this content and begin to highlight the best projects and ideas from our community within the channels. Special talents will be assisted and supported by the Hobnox editorial team, responsible for the program content and the quality control of our channels.
More at:http://www.hobnox.com/
Hobnox is a next-generation online entertainment and rich media-publishing platform, uniting broadcast-quality web media with cutting edge community-enabling technology.
How It Works:
With Hobnox, an international media corporation is born. They combine the best of current web entertainment with the newest technological possibilities of the internet to create fascinating opportunities for both artists and audiences.
Hobnox launched by calling on artists to submit their projects to the "Hobnox Evolution”, an artist-development program that encouraged over 1,300 projects to be submitted for review. Three lucky winners were selected to now become part of the Hobnox creative community. In March 2008, Hobnox will launch the next stage in its development process - a community, stage, library for artists and the first web-based production tools are now online in our closed beta-phase.
Hobnox will evolve to become a content publishing platform that is built by artists for artists. This is the place where artists can present their content to the community, work on creative projects and connect with like-minded artists. Hobnox will be the online platform for the creation and presentation of sophisticated web-entertainment. It will be a meeting point, a stage, a workshop and eventually a marketplace for creative content.
Hobnox-channels feature in-house productions, as well as features from our partners. Through our beta phase, Hobnox will go beyond this content and begin to highlight the best projects and ideas from our community within the channels. Special talents will be assisted and supported by the Hobnox editorial team, responsible for the program content and the quality control of our channels.
More at:http://www.hobnox.com/
SeenON is changing the way viewers watch and shop television, film, music videos, sports merchandise, celebrity style
What Company Is Offering:
SeenON is changing the way viewers watch and shop television, film, music videos, sports merchandise, celebrity style… well, pretty much everything. With SeenOn, viewers are able to purchase the pieces they see on screen - armed with the knowledge that they can log on to SeenON!™ immediately after each show, find the items they spotted and get their hands on them, along with behind-the-scenes scoop, previews, special offers, product giveaways and exclusive merchandise.
How It Works:
SeenON! provides consumers access into the world of shopping-enabled entertainment through its relationships with major networks, media partners, celebrities and brand marketers. As the leader in shoppable television, SeenON! connects fans with their favorite brands after the credits roll. Consumers essentially have a back-stage pass to a catalog of all the products seen on TV, in films, music videos, sports and on the red carpet. Powered by parent company, Delivery Agent Inc., founded in 2002, SeenON!™ boasts a partner roster including: ABC Entertainment, CBS Paramount, NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, Viacom MTV Networks, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, The UFC and The Weinstein Company and over 7,000 brands covering categories including health and beauty, apparel and housewares.
More at:http://www.seenon.com/
SeenON is changing the way viewers watch and shop television, film, music videos, sports merchandise, celebrity style… well, pretty much everything. With SeenOn, viewers are able to purchase the pieces they see on screen - armed with the knowledge that they can log on to SeenON!™ immediately after each show, find the items they spotted and get their hands on them, along with behind-the-scenes scoop, previews, special offers, product giveaways and exclusive merchandise.
How It Works:
SeenON! provides consumers access into the world of shopping-enabled entertainment through its relationships with major networks, media partners, celebrities and brand marketers. As the leader in shoppable television, SeenON! connects fans with their favorite brands after the credits roll. Consumers essentially have a back-stage pass to a catalog of all the products seen on TV, in films, music videos, sports and on the red carpet. Powered by parent company, Delivery Agent Inc., founded in 2002, SeenON!™ boasts a partner roster including: ABC Entertainment, CBS Paramount, NBC Universal, Twentieth Century Fox, Viacom MTV Networks, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, The UFC and The Weinstein Company and over 7,000 brands covering categories including health and beauty, apparel and housewares.
More at:http://www.seenon.com/
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SMEOracle (SMEO) is a comprehensive resource for lifetime career management and professional development
What Company Is Offering:
SMEOracle (SMEO) is a comprehensive resource for lifetime career management and professional development. SMEO believes that when it comes to developing your career and achieving work/life balance, you need to act like a free agent – even if you’re a full-time employee of a corporation, government agency or nonprofit institution. You may very well end up in a successful career without much effort, but SMEO thinks you spend too much time working to leave your professional satisfaction to chance.
How It Works:
SMEO puts you in touch with recruiters and other professionals in your discipline – and helps you stay in touch so when the time is right, your job search will be focused and easier. They provide a wealth of career-related content on topics such as career planning, successful transitions, interviewing and interview attire, networking and resume writing. SMEO also keeps you plugged into the buzz from the executive coaching community and commentary from recruiters and human resources professionals on how they see the market and what they’re looking for.
More at:http://www.smeoracle.com/
SMEOracle (SMEO) is a comprehensive resource for lifetime career management and professional development. SMEO believes that when it comes to developing your career and achieving work/life balance, you need to act like a free agent – even if you’re a full-time employee of a corporation, government agency or nonprofit institution. You may very well end up in a successful career without much effort, but SMEO thinks you spend too much time working to leave your professional satisfaction to chance.
How It Works:
SMEO puts you in touch with recruiters and other professionals in your discipline – and helps you stay in touch so when the time is right, your job search will be focused and easier. They provide a wealth of career-related content on topics such as career planning, successful transitions, interviewing and interview attire, networking and resume writing. SMEO also keeps you plugged into the buzz from the executive coaching community and commentary from recruiters and human resources professionals on how they see the market and what they’re looking for.
More at:http://www.smeoracle.com/
YackPack----Effective method to communicate in a private space on the Internet
What Company Is Offering:
YackPack provides a simple audio platform that provides any group a natural and effective method to communicate in a private space on the Internet. With YackPack you can leave asynchronous voice messages and talk in real time with your group. Through the richness of audio, YackPack delivers the return to emotional connections with the people that matter most wherever they live, whatever their language or age and whenever they want to listen.
How It Works:
YackPack provides a private and fun space to connect with the people that matter the most to you. With YackPack you can communicate on your schedule with an entire group or an individual member with one simple “click, talk, send”. It is fast, easy and overcomes time zones, geography, language and age barriers that typical solutions do not adequately address. You can also talk in real time with members of your group who are also logged in. Most importantly, YackPack captures and conveys the expressiveness of voice and puts the emotion and humanness back in internet communication.
You can leave voice messages, broadcast announcements or talk in real time. Staying logged in to the pack allows your team to communicate throughout the day.
Set up a family YackPack to create a wonderful and personal way to improve your contact with the people that you care about most such as children in college, grandchildren, siblings in other states/countries, or even to help monitor the health of aging parents.
Create a YackPack Club to communicate more quickly and effortlessly with your friends and club mates.
More at:http://www.yackpack.com/
YackPack provides a simple audio platform that provides any group a natural and effective method to communicate in a private space on the Internet. With YackPack you can leave asynchronous voice messages and talk in real time with your group. Through the richness of audio, YackPack delivers the return to emotional connections with the people that matter most wherever they live, whatever their language or age and whenever they want to listen.
How It Works:
YackPack provides a private and fun space to connect with the people that matter the most to you. With YackPack you can communicate on your schedule with an entire group or an individual member with one simple “click, talk, send”. It is fast, easy and overcomes time zones, geography, language and age barriers that typical solutions do not adequately address. You can also talk in real time with members of your group who are also logged in. Most importantly, YackPack captures and conveys the expressiveness of voice and puts the emotion and humanness back in internet communication.
You can leave voice messages, broadcast announcements or talk in real time. Staying logged in to the pack allows your team to communicate throughout the day.
Set up a family YackPack to create a wonderful and personal way to improve your contact with the people that you care about most such as children in college, grandchildren, siblings in other states/countries, or even to help monitor the health of aging parents.
Create a YackPack Club to communicate more quickly and effortlessly with your friends and club mates.
More at:http://www.yackpack.com/
Zeer is a grocery product community that helps people "believe in what they buy"
About Company:
Zeer is a grocery product community that helps people "believe in what they buy." We connect people to product information, communities full of like-minded people, and buying advice.Zeer team combines applied experience in the best of the web, eCommerce, Social Media, development and design. With their super hero powers, you can look forward to the Zeer Team bringing creativity, (truth, justice) and innovation to the Web for years to come.
Get the scoop before you buy. Join product communities and meet people who share like interests (whether it's a food allergy, lifestyle choice, or health condition). Read unbiased reviews from people like you, tap into communities where you can discuss products frankly with friendly people that care, and help grow the communities you love by sharing your wisdom with anyone on the web.
More at:http://www.zeer.com/
Zeer is a grocery product community that helps people "believe in what they buy." We connect people to product information, communities full of like-minded people, and buying advice.Zeer team combines applied experience in the best of the web, eCommerce, Social Media, development and design. With their super hero powers, you can look forward to the Zeer Team bringing creativity, (truth, justice) and innovation to the Web for years to come.
Get the scoop before you buy. Join product communities and meet people who share like interests (whether it's a food allergy, lifestyle choice, or health condition). Read unbiased reviews from people like you, tap into communities where you can discuss products frankly with friendly people that care, and help grow the communities you love by sharing your wisdom with anyone on the web.
More at:http://www.zeer.com/
Videorix network of independent video-bloggers, and online-video channels is a vehicle to promote your website, product, service or company
What Company Is Offering:
Videorix provides you with a vehicle to promote your website, product, service or company through the Videorix network of independent video-bloggers, and online-video channels.
When you create an opportunity for, you set the parameters of the campaign: price per video, number of videos you would like to sponsor and you can set any requirement on the themes of the videos so that they are relevant to your products or services. You will benefit by receiving: buzz and traffic at a great price!
How It Works:
After you confirm your account, simply make an initial deposit via credit card, PayPal, or e-check, and you're ready to go. You can then create an "Opportunity" in their system. An Opportunity is like a posting on a bulletin board or a listing on an auction site. The Opportunity is exposed to publishers who are looking for sponsors and willing to put an ad at the beginning of their videos.
The Opportunity you create tells the publishers what kind of video or channel you are willing to sponsor. You can require the channel to talk about technology, or you may want the video to contain a scene of a car chase; the possibilities are up to your imagination.
With Videorix it's easy to find advertisers willing to pay for a little spot at the beginning of your videos. Search throught a list of Opportunities, grab a sponsor's ad image and put it at the beginning of your video, get your video approved, and get paid. It's easy, it's simple.
You keep control of who sponsors your videos. You get paid for each video in which you insert an ad.
More at:http://www.videorix.com/
Videorix provides you with a vehicle to promote your website, product, service or company through the Videorix network of independent video-bloggers, and online-video channels.
When you create an opportunity for, you set the parameters of the campaign: price per video, number of videos you would like to sponsor and you can set any requirement on the themes of the videos so that they are relevant to your products or services. You will benefit by receiving: buzz and traffic at a great price!
How It Works:
After you confirm your account, simply make an initial deposit via credit card, PayPal, or e-check, and you're ready to go. You can then create an "Opportunity" in their system. An Opportunity is like a posting on a bulletin board or a listing on an auction site. The Opportunity is exposed to publishers who are looking for sponsors and willing to put an ad at the beginning of their videos.
The Opportunity you create tells the publishers what kind of video or channel you are willing to sponsor. You can require the channel to talk about technology, or you may want the video to contain a scene of a car chase; the possibilities are up to your imagination.
With Videorix it's easy to find advertisers willing to pay for a little spot at the beginning of your videos. Search throught a list of Opportunities, grab a sponsor's ad image and put it at the beginning of your video, get your video approved, and get paid. It's easy, it's simple.
You keep control of who sponsors your videos. You get paid for each video in which you insert an ad.
More at:http://www.videorix.com/
IndieShares is revolutionary way to finance and produce films
What Company Is Offering:
IndieShares is revolutionary way to finance and produce films. They receive thousands of scripts and each one moves through their proprietary filtering process. The scripts with the highest IndieScores™ are optioned and only then do they ask for Your Vote. For as little as $10, you can have a say in what's made and own a piece of the "Action!"
How It Works:
Simply read the script summaries and watch the short video pitches. Then cast Your Vote for the story you think will make the best movie.
The winning script will be turned in to a public offering with shares available for as little as $10. Your Money will then be used to produce your movie. IndieShares will only use reputable production companies and talent. When your movie is sold, any profits will be split among the shareholders.
As a producer, you'll have exclusive access to clips and stills from the shoot. You can also join chat sessions with the director and actors and see the whole thing come together firsthand. Once the movie is made, head to the theatre, grab some popcorn and watch Your Movie.
More at:http://www.indieshares.com/
IndieShares is revolutionary way to finance and produce films. They receive thousands of scripts and each one moves through their proprietary filtering process. The scripts with the highest IndieScores™ are optioned and only then do they ask for Your Vote. For as little as $10, you can have a say in what's made and own a piece of the "Action!"
How It Works:
Simply read the script summaries and watch the short video pitches. Then cast Your Vote for the story you think will make the best movie.
The winning script will be turned in to a public offering with shares available for as little as $10. Your Money will then be used to produce your movie. IndieShares will only use reputable production companies and talent. When your movie is sold, any profits will be split among the shareholders.
As a producer, you'll have exclusive access to clips and stills from the shoot. You can also join chat sessions with the director and actors and see the whole thing come together firsthand. Once the movie is made, head to the theatre, grab some popcorn and watch Your Movie.
More at:http://www.indieshares.com/
iCrossing Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based digital marketing company, has raised $15 million in Series F funding
What Company Is Offering:
iCrossing, it combine experienced talent with world-class technologies to efficiently create marketing programs that truly perform. With more than 620 professionals in 15 offices in the U.S. and Europe, they are equipped to service the digital marketing needs of large enterprises and growing companies alike. And finally, they ensure that all of their services, technologies and solutions fulfill one simple promise to put you where your customers are looking.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iCrossing Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based digital marketing company, has raised $15 million in Series F funding, according to a regulatory filing. Most of the money is being used for working capital, although $1.4 million was for an acquisition. No details were disclosed, although iCrossing last month did buy German competitor 3GNet. No financial terms were disclosed for that deal.
iCrossing has raised over $155 million in total VC funding, from firms like Goldman Sachs, Oak Investment Partners, RRE Ventures, Generation Capital Partners and StarVest Partners. www.icrossing.com
more at;http://www.icrossing.com/
iCrossing, it combine experienced talent with world-class technologies to efficiently create marketing programs that truly perform. With more than 620 professionals in 15 offices in the U.S. and Europe, they are equipped to service the digital marketing needs of large enterprises and growing companies alike. And finally, they ensure that all of their services, technologies and solutions fulfill one simple promise to put you where your customers are looking.
How Much They Got From VCs:
iCrossing Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based digital marketing company, has raised $15 million in Series F funding, according to a regulatory filing. Most of the money is being used for working capital, although $1.4 million was for an acquisition. No details were disclosed, although iCrossing last month did buy German competitor 3GNet. No financial terms were disclosed for that deal.
iCrossing has raised over $155 million in total VC funding, from firms like Goldman Sachs, Oak Investment Partners, RRE Ventures, Generation Capital Partners and StarVest Partners. www.icrossing.com
more at;http://www.icrossing.com/
PurePlay is the first and largest legal play-for-cash online poker destination got $15 million in funding
What Company Is Offering:
PurePlay is the first and largest legal play-for-cash online poker destination. Through a patented business model, PurePlay enables players to compete for cash without ever putting their own money at risk.
How Much They Got From VCs;
PurePlay, the first and largest U.S.-compliant play-for-cash online poker destination, today announced the completion of a Series C equity financing round. Led by Bay Partners, this round brings the company's total funding to $15 million. PurePlay investors also include Ron Conway, James Joaquin and other prominent Silicon Valley investors.
PurePlay announced in March of this year that it has reached a record 1 million players and it has given away over $3 million in cash prizes to date ? more than any other non-gambling poker site. The current funding round will enable PurePlay to expand its marketing efforts and build out its infrastructure to dramatically scale an already rapidly growing business.
"Our continued growth tells us that the online community is enthusiastic about PurePlay's legal risk-free, play-for-cash approach to poker play. With the completion of this funding round, we are now set to take the company to the next level," said PurePlay CEO Jason Kellerman. "Bay Partners, Ron Conway, James Joaquin and our other investors have deep experience in nurturing dynamic high growth companies such as PurePlay. We're happy to have them on board as investors and partners in our rapid expansion."
More at:https://www.pureplay.com/
PurePlay is the first and largest legal play-for-cash online poker destination. Through a patented business model, PurePlay enables players to compete for cash without ever putting their own money at risk.
How Much They Got From VCs;
PurePlay, the first and largest U.S.-compliant play-for-cash online poker destination, today announced the completion of a Series C equity financing round. Led by Bay Partners, this round brings the company's total funding to $15 million. PurePlay investors also include Ron Conway, James Joaquin and other prominent Silicon Valley investors.
PurePlay announced in March of this year that it has reached a record 1 million players and it has given away over $3 million in cash prizes to date ? more than any other non-gambling poker site. The current funding round will enable PurePlay to expand its marketing efforts and build out its infrastructure to dramatically scale an already rapidly growing business.
"Our continued growth tells us that the online community is enthusiastic about PurePlay's legal risk-free, play-for-cash approach to poker play. With the completion of this funding round, we are now set to take the company to the next level," said PurePlay CEO Jason Kellerman. "Bay Partners, Ron Conway, James Joaquin and our other investors have deep experience in nurturing dynamic high growth companies such as PurePlay. We're happy to have them on board as investors and partners in our rapid expansion."
More at:https://www.pureplay.com/
Prime Sense develops technology that enables real time, low cost three dimensional machine vision got $20.4 million in funding
What Company is Offering:
Prime Sense develops technology that enables real time, low cost three dimensional machine vision. The technology enables users to interact with consumer devices in a simple and intuitive way. A series of technological breakthroughs makes it the first company to offer affordable 3D machine vision solution for the consumer market. The device enables intuitive full body interaction for gaming, gesture based interface and background replacement for video communication/chat and self generated content applications.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Prime Sense announces that it has completed a second round of funding, raising $20.4 million. The round was led by Canaan Partners and included A round investors, Gemini Israel Funds (who also provided the seed funding) and Genesis Partners.
Prime Sense develops innovative technology that provides digital devices with three dimensional vision, enabling users to interact, in real time and at low cost, with consumer devices in a simple, intuitive way.
"We, at Prime Sense, work closely with our customers to develop a unique set of experiences. This engaging and highly interactive set of experiences will drive a mass market of consumers to buy products that are based on our technology. The funds raised will enable the company to shift from the development phase to sales," says Inon Beracha, CEO of Prime Sense.
More at: www.primesense.com.
Prime Sense develops technology that enables real time, low cost three dimensional machine vision. The technology enables users to interact with consumer devices in a simple and intuitive way. A series of technological breakthroughs makes it the first company to offer affordable 3D machine vision solution for the consumer market. The device enables intuitive full body interaction for gaming, gesture based interface and background replacement for video communication/chat and self generated content applications.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Prime Sense announces that it has completed a second round of funding, raising $20.4 million. The round was led by Canaan Partners and included A round investors, Gemini Israel Funds (who also provided the seed funding) and Genesis Partners.
Prime Sense develops innovative technology that provides digital devices with three dimensional vision, enabling users to interact, in real time and at low cost, with consumer devices in a simple, intuitive way.
"We, at Prime Sense, work closely with our customers to develop a unique set of experiences. This engaging and highly interactive set of experiences will drive a mass market of consumers to buy products that are based on our technology. The funds raised will enable the company to shift from the development phase to sales," says Inon Beracha, CEO of Prime Sense.
More at: www.primesense.com.
Rearden Commerce ,the first web-based personal assistant for managing spending on business services has secured $100 million
What Company Is Offering:
Rearden Commerce makes life simpler by delivering an on-demand personal assistant that intuitively manages the everyday details of business and personal life. Just like a seasoned executive assistant, the Rearden Personal Assistant handles an impressive array of tasks and services, and delights users by considering their unique needs and personal preferences. The Rearden Personal Assistant is built on the Rearden Commerce(TM) Platform, which supports an ecosystem of more than 137,000 trusted merchants and third-party applications providers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Rearden Commerce, Inc., creator of the first web-based personal assistant and a leading choice of CFO's for managing spending on business services, today announced that it has secured $100 million in funding from investors including JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and American Express (NYSE: AXP) with participation from Oak Investment Partners and Foundation Capital.
This funding will be devoted to supporting Rearden Commerce's rapid expansion and development plans due to the widespread adoption of its user- friendly, web-based personal assistant. The company's growth plans include dramatically expanding its B2B penetration and ultimately delivering the Rearden Personal Assistant(TM) to the consumer space. Additionally, the company plans to rapidly scale its on-demand platform, which supports its online personal assistant, with new merchants and third-party applications providers.
"Rearden Commerce has produced a game-changing platform that not only delivers applications that make procuring services much easier for people, but helps companies achieve significant savings," said Fred Harman, managing partner of Oak Investment Partners. "Through its broad strategic partnerships with American Express and JPMorgan Chase, the company is in a great position to dramatically expand its user base and further develop its growing ecosystem of merchants and third-party application providers."
More at: http://www.reardencommerce.com.
Rearden Commerce makes life simpler by delivering an on-demand personal assistant that intuitively manages the everyday details of business and personal life. Just like a seasoned executive assistant, the Rearden Personal Assistant handles an impressive array of tasks and services, and delights users by considering their unique needs and personal preferences. The Rearden Personal Assistant is built on the Rearden Commerce(TM) Platform, which supports an ecosystem of more than 137,000 trusted merchants and third-party applications providers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Rearden Commerce, Inc., creator of the first web-based personal assistant and a leading choice of CFO's for managing spending on business services, today announced that it has secured $100 million in funding from investors including JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and American Express (NYSE: AXP) with participation from Oak Investment Partners and Foundation Capital.
This funding will be devoted to supporting Rearden Commerce's rapid expansion and development plans due to the widespread adoption of its user- friendly, web-based personal assistant. The company's growth plans include dramatically expanding its B2B penetration and ultimately delivering the Rearden Personal Assistant(TM) to the consumer space. Additionally, the company plans to rapidly scale its on-demand platform, which supports its online personal assistant, with new merchants and third-party applications providers.
"Rearden Commerce has produced a game-changing platform that not only delivers applications that make procuring services much easier for people, but helps companies achieve significant savings," said Fred Harman, managing partner of Oak Investment Partners. "Through its broad strategic partnerships with American Express and JPMorgan Chase, the company is in a great position to dramatically expand its user base and further develop its growing ecosystem of merchants and third-party application providers."
More at: http://www.reardencommerce.com.
Shoplette is a service you can use to tell your friends what you bought and where you bought it
What Company Is Offering:
Shoplette is a service you can use to tell your friends what you bought and where you bought it. Use it to check out what your friends have bought and where they’ve been shopping, discover new stuff to buy and new places to shop, and find out what’s hot and where to shop in other countries. It’s all about shopping!
At Mobrick Pte Ltd, they build socially-driven location-aware mobile and desktop web services that are fun and useful. They are located in sunny Singapore, an Asian city that touts shopping as its national past-time.
More at:http://www.shoplette.com/
Shoplette is a service you can use to tell your friends what you bought and where you bought it. Use it to check out what your friends have bought and where they’ve been shopping, discover new stuff to buy and new places to shop, and find out what’s hot and where to shop in other countries. It’s all about shopping!
At Mobrick Pte Ltd, they build socially-driven location-aware mobile and desktop web services that are fun and useful. They are located in sunny Singapore, an Asian city that touts shopping as its national past-time.
More at:http://www.shoplette.com/
Fididel is the first internet company to offer a patent pending platform for Real Time negotiations
What Company Is Offering:
Fididel is the first internet company to offer a patent pending platform for Real Time negotiations (RTN).Fididel was founded on the premise that e-commerce should be about bringing buyers and sellers into what they call a synchronous state. That is, the seller and the buyer are always in pricing alignment when the final purchase occurs. They believe this pricing equilibrium will generate more sales for sellers and better values for buyers. Fididel is also a place that adds entertainment to the buying process. Try Fididel today and have some fun finding your favorite products at great prices! The Fididel platform is a new technology that addresses a big market niche.
How It Works:
When you register as a seller you will notice on the bar on top and words that say “you are offline.” This means that you not receive any negotiations. If you want to receive a negotiation you must click on the “you are offline.” This will change your status to “you are online” and now you can receive negotiations for your products.
Fidideler is someone who negotiates for the sellers. They bargain with a buyer based on the pricing information the seller has specified for the product. Once the buyer has accepted the price, the Fidideler has just earned a commission, their role is done and they can go back to whatever online activity they were doing before.
More at:https://www.fididel.com/
Fididel is the first internet company to offer a patent pending platform for Real Time negotiations (RTN).Fididel was founded on the premise that e-commerce should be about bringing buyers and sellers into what they call a synchronous state. That is, the seller and the buyer are always in pricing alignment when the final purchase occurs. They believe this pricing equilibrium will generate more sales for sellers and better values for buyers. Fididel is also a place that adds entertainment to the buying process. Try Fididel today and have some fun finding your favorite products at great prices! The Fididel platform is a new technology that addresses a big market niche.
How It Works:
When you register as a seller you will notice on the bar on top and words that say “you are offline.” This means that you not receive any negotiations. If you want to receive a negotiation you must click on the “you are offline.” This will change your status to “you are online” and now you can receive negotiations for your products.
Fidideler is someone who negotiates for the sellers. They bargain with a buyer based on the pricing information the seller has specified for the product. Once the buyer has accepted the price, the Fidideler has just earned a commission, their role is done and they can go back to whatever online activity they were doing before.
More at:https://www.fididel.com/
Simplebucket --Photo Sharing
What Company Is Offering:
Simplebucket was developed by web developers trying to bring simplicity into the complex world of the web! Its photo sharing site.
How It Works:
You will receive an email from them shortly after each upload with your secret url. The secret url is a unique url that you can visit to find the adminstration page for all your uploaded photos.You have to login in order to start uploading any photos, so no one can abuse your email address to upload their photos. You can password protect your account by setting a password through "My Settings" when you're at your secret url page.
More at:http://www.simplebucket.com/
Simplebucket was developed by web developers trying to bring simplicity into the complex world of the web! Its photo sharing site.
How It Works:
You will receive an email from them shortly after each upload with your secret url. The secret url is a unique url that you can visit to find the adminstration page for all your uploaded photos.You have to login in order to start uploading any photos, so no one can abuse your email address to upload their photos. You can password protect your account by setting a password through "My Settings" when you're at your secret url page.
More at:http://www.simplebucket.com/
rmbrME gives you the power to send a socially-networked friend request to anyone you meet in real life using just SMS
What Company Is Offering:
rmbrME gives you the power to send a socially-networked friend request to anyone you meet in real life using just SMS.
How it Works:
Simply text their phone number or email address to RMBRME (762763) and they’ll send along a convenient link that unlocks your Facebook, Myspace, Linkedin or other profile. In a couple of clicks, they add you as a friend, and you stay connected. They even keep track of when and where you meet people so that you can remember them more easily than ever.
rmbrME works with any social network that can provide you with a profile URL. That is – where your profile can be linked from a web address – either copied from your browser window, or found listed somewhere on the site. Most websites give you this option, from the straightforward (MySpace) to the slightly more convoluted (Friendster) and everything in between. We don’t tell you which social network to use, but you can even use things like your blog or Flickr account.
More at:http://www.rmbrme.com/
rmbrME gives you the power to send a socially-networked friend request to anyone you meet in real life using just SMS.
How it Works:
Simply text their phone number or email address to RMBRME (762763) and they’ll send along a convenient link that unlocks your Facebook, Myspace, Linkedin or other profile. In a couple of clicks, they add you as a friend, and you stay connected. They even keep track of when and where you meet people so that you can remember them more easily than ever.
rmbrME works with any social network that can provide you with a profile URL. That is – where your profile can be linked from a web address – either copied from your browser window, or found listed somewhere on the site. Most websites give you this option, from the straightforward (MySpace) to the slightly more convoluted (Friendster) and everything in between. We don’t tell you which social network to use, but you can even use things like your blog or Flickr account.
More at:http://www.rmbrme.com/
Weblins can chat, move, show emotion, visit lounges, and trade stuff with other weblins
What Company Is Offering:
Weblins can chat, move, show emotion, visit lounges, and trade stuff with other weblins.Your personalized weblin avatar surfs the web with you, enabling you to see friends and meet new ones on the same site as you.
How It Works:
After downloading weblin, you will be informed of the free use of more weblin features. A further download is not necessary, you simply have to expand your profile and register by email. This registration is of course also free of charge and you can then enjoy all the fun weblin provides. You can create weblins according to your own wishes, collect weblin points, receive gifts and much more. As mentioned before: registration is also free and without any obligations. You can, of course, keep your previous profile.
In your profile you can enter anything you want to reveal about yourself. Everyone who meets you can take a look at your profile. The more information you enter in your profile, the more interesting you are to like-minded people. People can see whether you have the same interests. Decide for yourself.
More at:http://www.weblin.com/
Weblins can chat, move, show emotion, visit lounges, and trade stuff with other weblins.Your personalized weblin avatar surfs the web with you, enabling you to see friends and meet new ones on the same site as you.
How It Works:
After downloading weblin, you will be informed of the free use of more weblin features. A further download is not necessary, you simply have to expand your profile and register by email. This registration is of course also free of charge and you can then enjoy all the fun weblin provides. You can create weblins according to your own wishes, collect weblin points, receive gifts and much more. As mentioned before: registration is also free and without any obligations. You can, of course, keep your previous profile.
In your profile you can enter anything you want to reveal about yourself. Everyone who meets you can take a look at your profile. The more information you enter in your profile, the more interesting you are to like-minded people. People can see whether you have the same interests. Decide for yourself.
More at:http://www.weblin.com/
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