What Company Is Offering:
NearbyNow, Inc. provides a unique online service that allows consumers to find products, brands, and sales near them at any time using the Internet or mobile phones. NearbyNow powers hundreds of shopping centers across the U.S., allowing shoppers to search store inventory and put items on hold without placing a phone call. The company also creates an efficient marketing tool for retailers to target nearby consumers, helping to drive sales by turning online shoppers into in-store buyers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
NearbyNow, the online service that allows US-based consumers to search inventory at stores in their local shopping mall and reserve items to pick up, today announced a new investment of $11.75 million led by Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) to expand the company's Internet and mobile local shopping services.
Also announced today -- NearbyNow has partnered with TheFind, Inc., a leading shopping search engine for discovering lifestyle goods, to offer online shoppers using TheFind.com the ability to reserve products at select local retailers. Additionally, NearbyNow has revealed a sneak preview of a new mobile service for the Apple iPhone(TM) that allows shoppers to graphically navigate a shopping center, search local inventory, and reserve items for pick up.
"We are very pleased to have Norwest Venture Partners, one of the world's leading technology investors, on the NearbyNow team," said Scott Dunlap, CEO and President of NearbyNow, Inc., "NVP has a deep knowledge of Internet and mobile technologies, and a successful track record of spotting new consumer trends. We look forward to their experience and insightful direction as we move forward."
More at:www.nearbynow.com.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Endoscopy's ONE-STOP SHOP is now EndoChoice, the most trusted partner in endoscopy for supplies, devices, equipment, and services got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
Endoscopy's ONE-STOP SHOP is now EndoChoice, the most trusted partner in endoscopy for supplies, devices, equipment, and services. Providing endoscopy products since 1992, the Company leverages an efficient web-based channel, resulting in a dramatically improved customer experience. Designed to improve the efficiency of the clinical staff, EndoChoice customers enjoy the simplicity of ordering endoscopy supplies in one place, having trusted access to pricing, and accessing utilization reports -- all at the click of a button. The Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
How Much They Got From VCs:
EndoChoice Inc, an emerging leader in GI Endoscopy products and services, announced today that River Cities Capital Funds led its Series A financing round. EndoChoice will use the funds to accelerate their growth as they provide an efficient marketplace to the clinical staff within the highly fragmented medical market of GI endoscopy.
What VCs Says About Company:
"Two things attracted us to EndoChoice. The first is a world-class management team that brings leadership experience from GI-focused companies like Given Imaging and Boston Scientific. The second is research that confirms market demand for a company that can help GI departments deal with the pressures of increasing procedures, declining reimbursements, and growing customer and product fragmentation. We are pleased to partner with EndoChoice to help them advance their mission of becoming a market leader that can help gastroenterologists and their colleagues focus on their patients and not on administrative issues," said Rik Vandevenne, Principal of River Cities Capital Funds and new EndoChoice board member. Joining Rik on EndoChoice's board is Ed McCarthy, a Managing Partner of River Cities Capital Funds.
More at:www.endochoice.com
Endoscopy's ONE-STOP SHOP is now EndoChoice, the most trusted partner in endoscopy for supplies, devices, equipment, and services. Providing endoscopy products since 1992, the Company leverages an efficient web-based channel, resulting in a dramatically improved customer experience. Designed to improve the efficiency of the clinical staff, EndoChoice customers enjoy the simplicity of ordering endoscopy supplies in one place, having trusted access to pricing, and accessing utilization reports -- all at the click of a button. The Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
How Much They Got From VCs:
EndoChoice Inc, an emerging leader in GI Endoscopy products and services, announced today that River Cities Capital Funds led its Series A financing round. EndoChoice will use the funds to accelerate their growth as they provide an efficient marketplace to the clinical staff within the highly fragmented medical market of GI endoscopy.
What VCs Says About Company:
"Two things attracted us to EndoChoice. The first is a world-class management team that brings leadership experience from GI-focused companies like Given Imaging and Boston Scientific. The second is research that confirms market demand for a company that can help GI departments deal with the pressures of increasing procedures, declining reimbursements, and growing customer and product fragmentation. We are pleased to partner with EndoChoice to help them advance their mission of becoming a market leader that can help gastroenterologists and their colleagues focus on their patients and not on administrative issues," said Rik Vandevenne, Principal of River Cities Capital Funds and new EndoChoice board member. Joining Rik on EndoChoice's board is Ed McCarthy, a Managing Partner of River Cities Capital Funds.
More at:www.endochoice.com
Razorsight Corporation is the market leader in on-demand financial business intelligence solutions got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
Razorsight Corporation is the market leader in on-demand financial business intelligence solutions for communications, media and entertainment companies. Razorsight’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions automate payables processes with zero touch by eliminating all manual processes and paper, while providing automated workflow and powerful auditing and analytics of cost and revenue data. Razorsight’s solutions ensure that Communications Service Providers (CSPs) maximize their Network Cost Score ™ - a unique performance metric created by Razorsight to benchmark how CSPs balance the blend of internal staff costs, systems and third party providers to obtain the lowest possible network costs.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Razorsight Corporation, the market leading provider of on-demand financial business intelligence solutions for communications, media and entertainment companies, today announced that Sierra Ventures has invested an additional $9 million in the company. The proceeds will be used to expand Razorsight’s innovative product set, accelerate the company’s international expansion, which is underway as a result of two major European carrier wins, and to support strategic global alliances.
Razorsight’s solutions ensure that Communications Services Providers (CSPs) maximize savings from network cost management while minimizing the cost of doing so. Razorsight enables service providers to realize the highest return on investment by optimizing the investment in internal staff, systems and third party service providers to achieve the maximum Network Cost Score™ - a unique performance metric created by Razorsight to quantify, benchmark and improve network cost management efficiency. Leading CSPs have generated hundreds of millions in savings, and maximized their Network Cost Score™ using Razorsight’s solutions such as AIM Capture and AIM Analytics. Razorsight’s solutions allow CSPs to gain 100 percent visibility into detailed cost data with zero touch, thereby automating critical processes that were previously arduous and manual. In addition, powerful reporting and executive dashboards allow financial executives to analyze significant cost, revenue, inventory and variable cost data in unique and meaningful ways for strategic business initiatives including network engineering, market, product and customer profitability analysis and quarterly financial reporting.
More at:www.razorsight.com.
Razorsight Corporation is the market leader in on-demand financial business intelligence solutions for communications, media and entertainment companies. Razorsight’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions automate payables processes with zero touch by eliminating all manual processes and paper, while providing automated workflow and powerful auditing and analytics of cost and revenue data. Razorsight’s solutions ensure that Communications Service Providers (CSPs) maximize their Network Cost Score ™ - a unique performance metric created by Razorsight to benchmark how CSPs balance the blend of internal staff costs, systems and third party providers to obtain the lowest possible network costs.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Razorsight Corporation, the market leading provider of on-demand financial business intelligence solutions for communications, media and entertainment companies, today announced that Sierra Ventures has invested an additional $9 million in the company. The proceeds will be used to expand Razorsight’s innovative product set, accelerate the company’s international expansion, which is underway as a result of two major European carrier wins, and to support strategic global alliances.
Razorsight’s solutions ensure that Communications Services Providers (CSPs) maximize savings from network cost management while minimizing the cost of doing so. Razorsight enables service providers to realize the highest return on investment by optimizing the investment in internal staff, systems and third party service providers to achieve the maximum Network Cost Score™ - a unique performance metric created by Razorsight to quantify, benchmark and improve network cost management efficiency. Leading CSPs have generated hundreds of millions in savings, and maximized their Network Cost Score™ using Razorsight’s solutions such as AIM Capture and AIM Analytics. Razorsight’s solutions allow CSPs to gain 100 percent visibility into detailed cost data with zero touch, thereby automating critical processes that were previously arduous and manual. In addition, powerful reporting and executive dashboards allow financial executives to analyze significant cost, revenue, inventory and variable cost data in unique and meaningful ways for strategic business initiatives including network engineering, market, product and customer profitability analysis and quarterly financial reporting.
More at:www.razorsight.com.
Mu Dynamics, a pioneer in helping network operators and their vendors eliminate downtime through proactive service assurance got $10 million funding
What Company Is Offering:
Mu Dynamics proactively eliminates the high cost of service, application and network downtime. Mu’s solution automates a systematic and repeatable process that identifies hard-to-detect sources of potential downtime within IP services, applications, and underlying networks. The award-winning Mu solution is deployed at more than 100 locations, primarily at leading global service providers, cable operators and network product vendors.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mu Dynamics, a pioneer in helping network operators and their vendors eliminate downtime through proactive service assurance, today announced a $10 million third round of financing led by Focus Ventures and previous investors Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital and DAG Ventures. The funds will accelerate the company’s rapid market expansion, particularly among Tier 1 Network operators and their vendors. Mu now has more than 100 active deployments worldwide. (Editors note: See today s announcement from Mu Dynamics: Mu Broadens Ability to Eliminate Service, Application, and Network Downtime with Addition of Denial of Service Module.)
“Given the six-digit costs associated with even a single hour of downtime in any operators’ networked applications or even SaaS offerings, there is a significant worldwide market opportunity for Mu's systematic, automated and proactive approach to pinpointing potential sources of failure in IP-based infrastructures,” said Jim Boettcher, general partner with Focus Ventures. “The company's track record with leading global operators is among the reasons we're so bullish about our investment in Mu.”
Mu’s award-winning solution, the Mu-4000 appliance, is widely adopted globally at more than 100 installations within global service providers and their strategic vendors. The Mu solution automates the detection, isolation and elimination of a wide range of weaknesses in IP-based networks and supplier products. This methodical and proactive approach maximizes network operator service availability and network uptime. With the Mu-4000, service providers can proactively eliminate many sources of costly downtime, avoid reputation damage, ensure customer satisfaction is maintained at the highest levels possible, and reduce costly customer churn.
Mu Dynamics proactively eliminates the high cost of service, application and network downtime. Mu’s solution automates a systematic and repeatable process that identifies hard-to-detect sources of potential downtime within IP services, applications, and underlying networks. The award-winning Mu solution is deployed at more than 100 locations, primarily at leading global service providers, cable operators and network product vendors.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mu Dynamics, a pioneer in helping network operators and their vendors eliminate downtime through proactive service assurance, today announced a $10 million third round of financing led by Focus Ventures and previous investors Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital and DAG Ventures. The funds will accelerate the company’s rapid market expansion, particularly among Tier 1 Network operators and their vendors. Mu now has more than 100 active deployments worldwide. (Editors note: See today s announcement from Mu Dynamics: Mu Broadens Ability to Eliminate Service, Application, and Network Downtime with Addition of Denial of Service Module.)
“Given the six-digit costs associated with even a single hour of downtime in any operators’ networked applications or even SaaS offerings, there is a significant worldwide market opportunity for Mu's systematic, automated and proactive approach to pinpointing potential sources of failure in IP-based infrastructures,” said Jim Boettcher, general partner with Focus Ventures. “The company's track record with leading global operators is among the reasons we're so bullish about our investment in Mu.”
Mu’s award-winning solution, the Mu-4000 appliance, is widely adopted globally at more than 100 installations within global service providers and their strategic vendors. The Mu solution automates the detection, isolation and elimination of a wide range of weaknesses in IP-based networks and supplier products. This methodical and proactive approach maximizes network operator service availability and network uptime. With the Mu-4000, service providers can proactively eliminate many sources of costly downtime, avoid reputation damage, ensure customer satisfaction is maintained at the highest levels possible, and reduce costly customer churn.
Expert Village provides thousands of how-to videos by acknowledged experts in a wide variety of fields
What Company Is Offering:
Expert Village provides thousands of how-to videos by acknowledged experts in a wide variety of fields. Their videos are highly focused and Internet-optimized, which means they deal with a specific topic and are generally short compared to traditional broadcast media. Their goal is to provide users with qualified, trustworthy video content, a place on the Internet where you know that what you see is not idle speculation by a random amateur, but rather someone who really knows what they're talking about. They want to provide very targeted how-to content that answers a specific question you have. No one wants to sit through a half-hour broadcast on the history of automobile maintenance when all you need to know is how to change your spark plug. Web searches excel at bringing you exactly and exclusively the information you need, and Expert Village is committed to bringing as many answers as possible to you through video.
How It Works:
To be considered an expert on our site, the person must have either credentials from a legitimate licensing authority, extensive personal experience in the field, or both.To be considered for appearing in an Expert Village video, complete the "A" portion of the form at http://www.expertvillage.com/expertinfo.htm, which is under the "Become an Expert" tab at the top of each page. Our filmmakers will have access to a report showing what experts in which subjects are available in their area. It is up to the filmmaker to decide what experts or subjects he or she wants to make a video about; they cannot guarantee whether or not a given expert will be contacted by a filmmaker. Note that the experts appearing on our site are not Expert Village employees.
More at:http://www.expertvillage.com/
Expert Village provides thousands of how-to videos by acknowledged experts in a wide variety of fields. Their videos are highly focused and Internet-optimized, which means they deal with a specific topic and are generally short compared to traditional broadcast media. Their goal is to provide users with qualified, trustworthy video content, a place on the Internet where you know that what you see is not idle speculation by a random amateur, but rather someone who really knows what they're talking about. They want to provide very targeted how-to content that answers a specific question you have. No one wants to sit through a half-hour broadcast on the history of automobile maintenance when all you need to know is how to change your spark plug. Web searches excel at bringing you exactly and exclusively the information you need, and Expert Village is committed to bringing as many answers as possible to you through video.
How It Works:
To be considered an expert on our site, the person must have either credentials from a legitimate licensing authority, extensive personal experience in the field, or both.To be considered for appearing in an Expert Village video, complete the "A" portion of the form at http://www.expertvillage.com/expertinfo.htm, which is under the "Become an Expert" tab at the top of each page. Our filmmakers will have access to a report showing what experts in which subjects are available in their area. It is up to the filmmaker to decide what experts or subjects he or she wants to make a video about; they cannot guarantee whether or not a given expert will be contacted by a filmmaker. Note that the experts appearing on our site are not Expert Village employees.
More at:http://www.expertvillage.com/
Coordinatr is a site designed to give you the necessary tools to quickly and effectively coordinate plans
What Company Is Offering:
Coordinatr is a site designed to give you the necessary tools to quickly and effectively coordinate plans with your friends, without any unnecessary or confusing features to slow you down.
How It Works:
Coordinatr is here to help you spend more time with your friends and less time arguing about the who, what, when, and where (if you need a why, you might be hanging out with the wrong people!).
They provide you with the tools to easily coordinate social events with your friends (the ones you know in the real world...remember the real world?) so, as a group, you can make plans and keep in touch throughout the outing.
Even after the outing, they'll keep the memories alive by giving you a place to share your pictures, videos, and comments from the event with everyone else who was there with you.
More at:http://coordinatr.com/
Coordinatr is a site designed to give you the necessary tools to quickly and effectively coordinate plans with your friends, without any unnecessary or confusing features to slow you down.
How It Works:
Coordinatr is here to help you spend more time with your friends and less time arguing about the who, what, when, and where (if you need a why, you might be hanging out with the wrong people!).
They provide you with the tools to easily coordinate social events with your friends (the ones you know in the real world...remember the real world?) so, as a group, you can make plans and keep in touch throughout the outing.
Even after the outing, they'll keep the memories alive by giving you a place to share your pictures, videos, and comments from the event with everyone else who was there with you.
More at:http://coordinatr.com/
skwibble is a place for people to browse invites, cards, post cards, announcements and cool content to use and communicate with others
What Company Is Offering:
skwibble is a place for people to browse invites, cards, post cards, announcements and cool content to use and communicate with others via email, online and eventually mobile.
browse hundreds of original images.
personalize a skwibble with your own messages.
communicate with the universe in a fun and unique way.
network through unique imagery to brand yourself.
Who Is Backing Them:
Derek Shields moved to Los Angeles in 1987 from his home in New York City to fulfill a life of design, art and groundbreaking skwibbles. Soon after arriving in LA, he began a career at The Walt Disney Company where he created the poster art (they call it key art in the biz) used to promote feature films. While at the Walt Disney Company Derek launched numerous movie campaigns both domestically and internationally.
In 2000, Derek partnered with Craig Murray Productions, to create Poster Child a full service print division, of the company that creates the trailers for feature films . Within six years Poster Child was working on posters and "key art" for clients such as Disney, Universal, MGM, Sony, Warner Bros., 2929 Films, ABC and HBO.
In 2006 Derek co-founded The Arterie, a creative agency specializing in entertainment advertising as well as corporate branding. His goal with The Arterie was to blend art, photography, clothing and advertising together to create memorable visuals.
More at:http://www.skwibble.com/
skwibble is a place for people to browse invites, cards, post cards, announcements and cool content to use and communicate with others via email, online and eventually mobile.
browse hundreds of original images.
personalize a skwibble with your own messages.
communicate with the universe in a fun and unique way.
network through unique imagery to brand yourself.
Who Is Backing Them:
Derek Shields moved to Los Angeles in 1987 from his home in New York City to fulfill a life of design, art and groundbreaking skwibbles. Soon after arriving in LA, he began a career at The Walt Disney Company where he created the poster art (they call it key art in the biz) used to promote feature films. While at the Walt Disney Company Derek launched numerous movie campaigns both domestically and internationally.
In 2000, Derek partnered with Craig Murray Productions, to create Poster Child a full service print division, of the company that creates the trailers for feature films . Within six years Poster Child was working on posters and "key art" for clients such as Disney, Universal, MGM, Sony, Warner Bros., 2929 Films, ABC and HBO.
In 2006 Derek co-founded The Arterie, a creative agency specializing in entertainment advertising as well as corporate branding. His goal with The Arterie was to blend art, photography, clothing and advertising together to create memorable visuals.
More at:http://www.skwibble.com/
Schmap’s series of digital travel guides integrates dynamic maps with useful background reading, suggested tours etc
What Company Is Offering:
Schmap’s series of digital travel guides integrates dynamic maps with useful background reading, suggested tours, photos from the traveling public and reviews by local correspondents (for sights and attractions, hotels, restaurants, bars, parks, theaters, galleries, museums and more) to profile 200 destinations throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
How It Works:
Schmap Guides can be browsed online, or downloaded for offline trip planning and when traveling with a laptop.
Exploring a Schmap Guide online is a uniquely interactive web travel experience: maps and guide content are dynamically integrated, allowing intuitive, real-time access to place reviews and photo slideshows, and freedom for the reader to navigate a city by neighborhood and special interest.
Schmap Guides are brought to life offline by Schmap 2.0, a powerful desktop application that gives you a world of additional trip planning convenience, including options to take virtual tours and custom print full-color guides.
More at:http://www.schmap.com/
Schmap’s series of digital travel guides integrates dynamic maps with useful background reading, suggested tours, photos from the traveling public and reviews by local correspondents (for sights and attractions, hotels, restaurants, bars, parks, theaters, galleries, museums and more) to profile 200 destinations throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
How It Works:
Schmap Guides can be browsed online, or downloaded for offline trip planning and when traveling with a laptop.
Exploring a Schmap Guide online is a uniquely interactive web travel experience: maps and guide content are dynamically integrated, allowing intuitive, real-time access to place reviews and photo slideshows, and freedom for the reader to navigate a city by neighborhood and special interest.
Schmap Guides are brought to life offline by Schmap 2.0, a powerful desktop application that gives you a world of additional trip planning convenience, including options to take virtual tours and custom print full-color guides.
More at:http://www.schmap.com/
Fellowforce.com is a platform to connect innovators and organizations
What Company Is Offering:
Fellowforce at its core is an Idea platform. Innovation takes place when great ideas are given breath and brought out of the shadows.They welcome your ideas (toss them in the Innovation Box). They encourage you to pitch your best ideas to the companies on their Innovation Challenge Board.
Fellowforce.com is a platform to connect innovators and organizations. A platform for open innovation. Any organization worldwide can run innovation challenges or connect via Fellowforce's Innovation Box with their consumers.
And they're asking that you help them build this innovation community.
How It Works:
You handover the intellectual property rights to the receiving organization when you post a challenge pitch or an innovative idea, thus giving the receiving organization the unrestricted right to use and disclose any of the posted materials. This may sound a bit scary, but is normal practice. As other companies may receive the same ideas or may freely copy unpatented ideas, most companies are unwilling to accept any restrictions on postings, except for claims arising under patents.
In general all postings will be visible on the Fellow Forum, allowing you and other fellows to collaborate (promote, rate and comment). In the event the receiving organization will close the challenge or the innovation box, postings will not be visible in the Fellow Forum. In those cases only the receiving organization can view your postings. It is also possible that the receiving organization takes your posting of the Fellow Forum. This can happen when they find it such a good posting that they do not want to share it with anybody.
The reward money is 100% yours. They do not take any charge or commission from your reward fee.
More at:http://www.fellowforce.com/
Fellowforce at its core is an Idea platform. Innovation takes place when great ideas are given breath and brought out of the shadows.They welcome your ideas (toss them in the Innovation Box). They encourage you to pitch your best ideas to the companies on their Innovation Challenge Board.
Fellowforce.com is a platform to connect innovators and organizations. A platform for open innovation. Any organization worldwide can run innovation challenges or connect via Fellowforce's Innovation Box with their consumers.
And they're asking that you help them build this innovation community.
How It Works:
You handover the intellectual property rights to the receiving organization when you post a challenge pitch or an innovative idea, thus giving the receiving organization the unrestricted right to use and disclose any of the posted materials. This may sound a bit scary, but is normal practice. As other companies may receive the same ideas or may freely copy unpatented ideas, most companies are unwilling to accept any restrictions on postings, except for claims arising under patents.
In general all postings will be visible on the Fellow Forum, allowing you and other fellows to collaborate (promote, rate and comment). In the event the receiving organization will close the challenge or the innovation box, postings will not be visible in the Fellow Forum. In those cases only the receiving organization can view your postings. It is also possible that the receiving organization takes your posting of the Fellow Forum. This can happen when they find it such a good posting that they do not want to share it with anybody.
The reward money is 100% yours. They do not take any charge or commission from your reward fee.
More at:http://www.fellowforce.com/
Monday, May 19, 2008
Yesmany is the company that works on the development and financing of companies trading on the Internet
what Company Is Offering:
Yesmany is the company that works on the development and financing of companies trading on the Internet. Following the tradition, Yesmany focuses on its principal direction: complex financial servicing of customers. The company uses modern information technologies to perform its business operations. The highest possible level of security, up-to-date methods of ciphering information, use of digital certificates and SSL protocol ensuring safe data transfer within the net electronic keys, unique user passwords – all make it impossible to obtain unauthorized access to the customers’ information and meet higher customer’s expectations.
More at:http://yesmany.com/
Yesmany is the company that works on the development and financing of companies trading on the Internet. Following the tradition, Yesmany focuses on its principal direction: complex financial servicing of customers. The company uses modern information technologies to perform its business operations. The highest possible level of security, up-to-date methods of ciphering information, use of digital certificates and SSL protocol ensuring safe data transfer within the net electronic keys, unique user passwords – all make it impossible to obtain unauthorized access to the customers’ information and meet higher customer’s expectations.
More at:http://yesmany.com/
DiscountPatrol.com, is a deal sharing website
What Company Is Offering:
DiscountPatrol.com, is a deal sharing website. By registering members can submit deals, bargains, coupon codes, rebate offers or other special offers that may result in savings. Members not only submit the deals, but they decide what the best deals are to make it to the to the top, while those that aren’t so hot will automatically sink. Create a community by adding friends or send an instant message to help each other find the best deals with other like minded members. However, you can find and use any deal from discountpatrol without registering.
More at:http://www.discountpatrol.com/
DiscountPatrol.com, is a deal sharing website. By registering members can submit deals, bargains, coupon codes, rebate offers or other special offers that may result in savings. Members not only submit the deals, but they decide what the best deals are to make it to the to the top, while those that aren’t so hot will automatically sink. Create a community by adding friends or send an instant message to help each other find the best deals with other like minded members. However, you can find and use any deal from discountpatrol without registering.
More at:http://www.discountpatrol.com/
YackTrack can search for comments on your content from various sources or other blogs that talk about your content
What Company Is Offering:
YackTrack can search for comments on your content from various sources or other blogs that talk about your content. If you have commented on a blog post, you can find other people that are commenting on the post and join the conversation on other sites. Obviously, content producers benefit as they can track various services from just one location. YackTrack currently supports Digg, Disqus, FriendFeed, Mixx, StumbleUpon, Technorati, Google Blog Search, Blogger and WordPress blogs.
Another important feature of YackTrack is Chatter. Chatter gives you a keyword search for the social media sites. This allows you to see "chatter" on various sites that talk about a specific keyword. So if you are looking for mentions of Comcast, the cable company, you just enter comcast in the Chatter search box and click the "Find Chatter" button. Similar services exist, but most services are focused just on Twitter chatter. YackTrack Chatter currently supports Mixx, Technorati, Google Blog Search, FriendFeed and Twitter. Again, this list should expand as the site continues to grow.
More at:http://www.yacktrack.com/
YackTrack can search for comments on your content from various sources or other blogs that talk about your content. If you have commented on a blog post, you can find other people that are commenting on the post and join the conversation on other sites. Obviously, content producers benefit as they can track various services from just one location. YackTrack currently supports Digg, Disqus, FriendFeed, Mixx, StumbleUpon, Technorati, Google Blog Search, Blogger and WordPress blogs.
Another important feature of YackTrack is Chatter. Chatter gives you a keyword search for the social media sites. This allows you to see "chatter" on various sites that talk about a specific keyword. So if you are looking for mentions of Comcast, the cable company, you just enter comcast in the Chatter search box and click the "Find Chatter" button. Similar services exist, but most services are focused just on Twitter chatter. YackTrack Chatter currently supports Mixx, Technorati, Google Blog Search, FriendFeed and Twitter. Again, this list should expand as the site continues to grow.
More at:http://www.yacktrack.com/
Import Genius provides timely, detailed shipment data mined directly from the US Customs Automated Manifest System
What Company Is Offering:
Import Genius provides timely, detailed shipment data mined directly from the US Customs Automated Manifest System (AMS). Their user base is diverse: importers, exporters, entrepreneurs, freight forwarders, bankers, private investigators, foreign factories, and more.
How It works;
ImportGenius empowers your business with actionable data about your overseas suppliers and domestic competitors. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, our team combines seasoned veterans of the import-export business with a group of cutting edge software application developers. The result is the world's most powerful and accessible database of international trade intelligence.
Whether you are looking to keep tabs on your competitors with Supply Spy, identify suppliers with ImportScan our easy to use online software makes it easy. You get access to records on nearly every container that entered the United States from 2006 to the present. You can search by the importer's name, supplier's name, product type and more.
Within minutes of subscribing, you'll have access to lists of all of your competitors' suppliers and all of your suppliers' U.S. customers. They provide detailed contact information for both the shipping and receiving parties, along with information about the product type, dimensions, and units per container.
More at:http://www.importgenius.com/
Import Genius provides timely, detailed shipment data mined directly from the US Customs Automated Manifest System (AMS). Their user base is diverse: importers, exporters, entrepreneurs, freight forwarders, bankers, private investigators, foreign factories, and more.
How It works;
ImportGenius empowers your business with actionable data about your overseas suppliers and domestic competitors. Based in Scottsdale, Arizona, our team combines seasoned veterans of the import-export business with a group of cutting edge software application developers. The result is the world's most powerful and accessible database of international trade intelligence.
Whether you are looking to keep tabs on your competitors with Supply Spy, identify suppliers with ImportScan our easy to use online software makes it easy. You get access to records on nearly every container that entered the United States from 2006 to the present. You can search by the importer's name, supplier's name, product type and more.
Within minutes of subscribing, you'll have access to lists of all of your competitors' suppliers and all of your suppliers' U.S. customers. They provide detailed contact information for both the shipping and receiving parties, along with information about the product type, dimensions, and units per container.
More at:http://www.importgenius.com/
AffiliateBin.com ---Money Tips
What Company Is Offering:
AffiliateBin.com lists and reviews the top affiliate/referral programs and networks on the Web today, and blogs marketing tips and tricks, trusted links,and SEO advice.
They have created http://AffiliateBin.com as an effective way of telling interested readers how to make money on the Internet. AffiliateBin.com provides tips and tricks on how to market websites and affiliate links, and how (and where) to find expert advice. The authors tell you, for example, that you can post free ads on http://www.costfree.pressmania.com/postSelection.aspx and on AffiliateBin.com.
More at:http://AffiliateBin.com
AffiliateBin.com lists and reviews the top affiliate/referral programs and networks on the Web today, and blogs marketing tips and tricks, trusted links,and SEO advice.
They have created http://AffiliateBin.com as an effective way of telling interested readers how to make money on the Internet. AffiliateBin.com provides tips and tricks on how to market websites and affiliate links, and how (and where) to find expert advice. The authors tell you, for example, that you can post free ads on http://www.costfree.pressmania.com/postSelection.aspx and on AffiliateBin.com.
More at:http://AffiliateBin.com
Mottle.net----First Free People Wiki Search Engine
About Company:
New York: Mottle.net, a collaborative social networking website, will launch June 1, 2008, said co-founder Nathan Hallford.
Traditional social networking sites allow users to add profiles about themselves which are solely under their control. This makes it difficult to verify data and creates a segmented experience. Mottle.net offers a different approach: users can discuss and edit each others’ information as the first Wiki social networking site.
Because of this, Mottle.net is community-oriented and provides important peer review features absent on other sites. Mottle allows users to get a truer picture of the people they interact with on the site.
Mottle.net Co-Founder Nathan Hallford commented that Mottle fights segmentation of data. “Profiles have traditionally been the domain of the individual, but Mottle expands the focus to be truly community-oriented.”
More at: http://www.mottle.net
New York: Mottle.net, a collaborative social networking website, will launch June 1, 2008, said co-founder Nathan Hallford.
Traditional social networking sites allow users to add profiles about themselves which are solely under their control. This makes it difficult to verify data and creates a segmented experience. Mottle.net offers a different approach: users can discuss and edit each others’ information as the first Wiki social networking site.
Because of this, Mottle.net is community-oriented and provides important peer review features absent on other sites. Mottle allows users to get a truer picture of the people they interact with on the site.
Mottle.net Co-Founder Nathan Hallford commented that Mottle fights segmentation of data. “Profiles have traditionally been the domain of the individual, but Mottle expands the focus to be truly community-oriented.”
More at: http://www.mottle.net
Apartmentlinks.com
What Company Is Offering:
Apartmentlinks.com is extremely user-friendly in design and features. It allows you to search for available apartments in a couple of ways, depending on which way its visitor’s prefer. You can use the interactive map to search by state, or you can use the search boxes where you type in the parameters of your search and you are on your way to finding an apartment. You can search for an apartment by city, rent range and what amenities you would like to have available for your use. By utilizing all of the search parameters, you drastically cut down the number of available apartments that you would be looking at as there are literally thousands of apartments available for rent. The more criteria you specify, the more likely you will find the perfect apartment in a timely manner.
How It Works:
Once you have decided on an apartment, it would be a good idea to look at the reviews that have been posted by previous and current tenants. These reviews will help to give you an overall feel of what the apartment is like in conjunction with noise level of the surrounding area or the attitude and/or courteousness of the staff and employees.
Your next step is to actually move into the apartment, and apartmentlinks.com can still be a useful tool to you. It provides links to moving boxes and moving companies which can really make your move go as simple as possible by letting the professionals help you. After you have moved into your new apartment, you need to consider what type of renter’s insurance you want or need. Apartmentlinks.com is still the place to go for this information. It provides its visitors with a link to renters’ insurance so that they can make an informed decision on which plan will best fulfill their needs.
All-in-all apartmentlinks.com is the best place to go when you are in the market for an apartment. It provides searches to help you narrow down the number of apartments that suit your needs, as well as offers reviews so that you can get a personal feel for the apartment. Even after you have rented an apartment, apartmentlinks.com still comes in handy as it has links to help make your move go easier as well as provides a link to give you information on renters insurance after you have moved in. Apartmentlinks.com is here for you from the beginning of your apartment hunting all the way through to when you have rented the apartment and moved in.
More at:www.Apartmentlinks.com
Apartmentlinks.com is extremely user-friendly in design and features. It allows you to search for available apartments in a couple of ways, depending on which way its visitor’s prefer. You can use the interactive map to search by state, or you can use the search boxes where you type in the parameters of your search and you are on your way to finding an apartment. You can search for an apartment by city, rent range and what amenities you would like to have available for your use. By utilizing all of the search parameters, you drastically cut down the number of available apartments that you would be looking at as there are literally thousands of apartments available for rent. The more criteria you specify, the more likely you will find the perfect apartment in a timely manner.
How It Works:
Once you have decided on an apartment, it would be a good idea to look at the reviews that have been posted by previous and current tenants. These reviews will help to give you an overall feel of what the apartment is like in conjunction with noise level of the surrounding area or the attitude and/or courteousness of the staff and employees.
Your next step is to actually move into the apartment, and apartmentlinks.com can still be a useful tool to you. It provides links to moving boxes and moving companies which can really make your move go as simple as possible by letting the professionals help you. After you have moved into your new apartment, you need to consider what type of renter’s insurance you want or need. Apartmentlinks.com is still the place to go for this information. It provides its visitors with a link to renters’ insurance so that they can make an informed decision on which plan will best fulfill their needs.
All-in-all apartmentlinks.com is the best place to go when you are in the market for an apartment. It provides searches to help you narrow down the number of apartments that suit your needs, as well as offers reviews so that you can get a personal feel for the apartment. Even after you have rented an apartment, apartmentlinks.com still comes in handy as it has links to help make your move go easier as well as provides a link to give you information on renters insurance after you have moved in. Apartmentlinks.com is here for you from the beginning of your apartment hunting all the way through to when you have rented the apartment and moved in.
More at:www.Apartmentlinks.com
Yulop Is Location Based Mobile Search Service
What Company Is Offering:
Yulop focuses in building City Centric Web portals which acts as a enabler for all city related activities and builds a platform for every individual/business need to adopt and enrich the local culture and Local flavor with the use of Regional Language.
Keeping in mind the relative needs for every user aspect, they at Yulop try to build the bridge which could sustain long and brings back to there roots.
They focus on the verticals of each Market within the city and try to build unique Web identity which could encompass the need of Web to both individual and Business.They are strong with their understanding the Local market and try to solve every aspect of the Market needs.
Who Is Backing Them:
1.M. A. Kodandarama: Founding Member & Chief Mentor
A post-graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras , MAK has vast experience (over 20 years) in IT, Semiconductor and Telecom industries in world class organizations such as Wipro, Texas Instruments and Nokia.A pragmatic person with expertise in Product Design, Customer Support, Quality & Environmental Management Systems and Six Sigma, he is a perfect team man to take up any kind of business challenges. Currently MAK is the Head of Quality at Nokia India operations at Chennai, and is an integral part of developing a worldclass high volume electronic manufacturing facility, a first of its kind in India.As a social service volunteer, MAK has been leading and actively involved in social and community development activities within the organizations he has worked in.
2.Sridhar G: Founding Member & CEO
A web evangelist,an avid admirer of technology,one who brings innovation to a new specturm along with his expertise in building web products,add to this a strong communication skills. Sri [as he is popularly called]a right person to lead.A post graduate in Internet Technology and e-commerce from University of Greenwich [London],Sri brings in work experience from companies such as EDS, Yellowtag which he was earlier a part of.
More at:http://www.yulop.com/
Yulop focuses in building City Centric Web portals which acts as a enabler for all city related activities and builds a platform for every individual/business need to adopt and enrich the local culture and Local flavor with the use of Regional Language.
Keeping in mind the relative needs for every user aspect, they at Yulop try to build the bridge which could sustain long and brings back to there roots.
They focus on the verticals of each Market within the city and try to build unique Web identity which could encompass the need of Web to both individual and Business.They are strong with their understanding the Local market and try to solve every aspect of the Market needs.
Who Is Backing Them:
1.M. A. Kodandarama: Founding Member & Chief Mentor
A post-graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras , MAK has vast experience (over 20 years) in IT, Semiconductor and Telecom industries in world class organizations such as Wipro, Texas Instruments and Nokia.A pragmatic person with expertise in Product Design, Customer Support, Quality & Environmental Management Systems and Six Sigma, he is a perfect team man to take up any kind of business challenges. Currently MAK is the Head of Quality at Nokia India operations at Chennai, and is an integral part of developing a worldclass high volume electronic manufacturing facility, a first of its kind in India.As a social service volunteer, MAK has been leading and actively involved in social and community development activities within the organizations he has worked in.
2.Sridhar G: Founding Member & CEO
A web evangelist,an avid admirer of technology,one who brings innovation to a new specturm along with his expertise in building web products,add to this a strong communication skills. Sri [as he is popularly called]a right person to lead.A post graduate in Internet Technology and e-commerce from University of Greenwich [London],Sri brings in work experience from companies such as EDS, Yellowtag which he was earlier a part of.
More at:http://www.yulop.com/
Breaking NewsOrNot.com---Your One Source For All Breaking News
About Company:
The nature of breaking news and breaking news alerts is such that the home page of the news source that you have linked through to may be at one of a number of different stages in their coverage of the story. If the story has just broken then the news source in question may only have the headline/alert up - with the promise of more detail coming soon. It may also have some of the details from the alert or potentially even have new details. Also what may have appeared to have been a potential major story may have been false and therefore quickly off the sources home page. Lastly if you click through after a certain period of time and depending on the story the news may simply be old and off the home page. Most of these sources have great search features on their sites and you should have no trouble finding the story , even at a later date.
All stories that these sources qualify worthy of "breaking news" alerts are showcased on our home page with the most recent story listed at the top. In some cases all the sources cover the same story - and in some cases only one source deems a story worth the "breaking news" designation. Visitors to our site then have the opportunity to vote and /or comment as to whether or not they feel the story warranted "breaking news" alert status.
More at:http://breakingnewsornot.com/
The nature of breaking news and breaking news alerts is such that the home page of the news source that you have linked through to may be at one of a number of different stages in their coverage of the story. If the story has just broken then the news source in question may only have the headline/alert up - with the promise of more detail coming soon. It may also have some of the details from the alert or potentially even have new details. Also what may have appeared to have been a potential major story may have been false and therefore quickly off the sources home page. Lastly if you click through after a certain period of time and depending on the story the news may simply be old and off the home page. Most of these sources have great search features on their sites and you should have no trouble finding the story , even at a later date.
All stories that these sources qualify worthy of "breaking news" alerts are showcased on our home page with the most recent story listed at the top. In some cases all the sources cover the same story - and in some cases only one source deems a story worth the "breaking news" designation. Visitors to our site then have the opportunity to vote and /or comment as to whether or not they feel the story warranted "breaking news" alert status.
More at:http://breakingnewsornot.com/
Healthcare 2.0.
What Company Is Offering:
Health World Web is a Social Network Of Patient Communities, offering Help, Emotional Support, Non-Medical Advice as well as Ratings, Reviews and Recommendations for Local Doctors, Dentists and Chiropractors.
If You Need to Talk or Ask Questions about Your Health, find the Community of Patients Like You.
Find, Join or Create communities to dicuss Your Own problems with Your Local Neighbors or the Whole Planet. Connect with other members in the forum discussion areas. Get Recommendations about the best health care available in Your Local Neighborhood, because Your Community knows Best.
How It Works:
Health World Web members can create their own online communities, customize their content and arrange how the information is presented. They provide the platform, you provide the rest.
Health World Web members also have access to one of the web's most complete databases of health care providers. They have information on 1.5 million doctors and dentists in a range of specialties. They have information on their education and training, including board certification; on disciplinary actions; and on patient ratings. And once you've seen a physician, you can add your opinion to the knowledge base.
More at:http://www.healthworldweb.com/
Health World Web is a Social Network Of Patient Communities, offering Help, Emotional Support, Non-Medical Advice as well as Ratings, Reviews and Recommendations for Local Doctors, Dentists and Chiropractors.
If You Need to Talk or Ask Questions about Your Health, find the Community of Patients Like You.
Find, Join or Create communities to dicuss Your Own problems with Your Local Neighbors or the Whole Planet. Connect with other members in the forum discussion areas. Get Recommendations about the best health care available in Your Local Neighborhood, because Your Community knows Best.
How It Works:
Health World Web members can create their own online communities, customize their content and arrange how the information is presented. They provide the platform, you provide the rest.
Health World Web members also have access to one of the web's most complete databases of health care providers. They have information on 1.5 million doctors and dentists in a range of specialties. They have information on their education and training, including board certification; on disciplinary actions; and on patient ratings. And once you've seen a physician, you can add your opinion to the knowledge base.
More at:http://www.healthworldweb.com/
Linkua is for learning any language of world online
What Company Is Offering:
Linkua is a meeting point for people interested in teaching and learning languages. As a student you find language teachers from all around the world and learn from them from the comfort of your home. As a teacher you'll be able to connect with students and can teach them from home, with total flexibility.
How It Works:
Linkua is the most flexible way of learning languages. Just browse the classes and choose the most convenient for you. Agree a day and time for your lesson with the teacher and do it through a videoconference over VoIP (like Skype). Whenever you want, wherever you are. Language lessons at the best rates.
If you don't find the class you need, no problem! you can post your wanted class and teachers will contact you directly.
Getting started teaching on Linkua is easy. Register and create your profile (the better and more complete your profile the more likely you'll be to get new students). Posts classes! You can post as many classes you want. The more classes you post, the more possibilities you have to be contacted by sutdents. Each class can have a different topic, length and price. Students will book your classes and you will receive messages from students interested in learning a language from you.
More at:http://www.linkua.com/
Linkua is a meeting point for people interested in teaching and learning languages. As a student you find language teachers from all around the world and learn from them from the comfort of your home. As a teacher you'll be able to connect with students and can teach them from home, with total flexibility.
How It Works:
Linkua is the most flexible way of learning languages. Just browse the classes and choose the most convenient for you. Agree a day and time for your lesson with the teacher and do it through a videoconference over VoIP (like Skype). Whenever you want, wherever you are. Language lessons at the best rates.
If you don't find the class you need, no problem! you can post your wanted class and teachers will contact you directly.
Getting started teaching on Linkua is easy. Register and create your profile (the better and more complete your profile the more likely you'll be to get new students). Posts classes! You can post as many classes you want. The more classes you post, the more possibilities you have to be contacted by sutdents. Each class can have a different topic, length and price. Students will book your classes and you will receive messages from students interested in learning a language from you.
More at:http://www.linkua.com/
blackr is a bookmarklet you can put in your browser's bookmarks bar
What Company Is Offering:
blackr is a bookmarklet you can put in your browser's bookmarks bar. Later, when you are on a photo page or one of the “All sizes” pages on flickr, you can click the bookmarklet and it will hide everything on the page behind a soothing black canvas except for the photo. All that remains is the picture. Optionally you get a white border around the photo.
How It Works:
To activate blackr click the blackr bookmarklet while you are on a flickr photo or “All sizes” page. To restore the original page click the bookmarklet again or press Esc or Q.
While blackr is active you can press W to toggle the background color from white to black and back. Press F to toggle the frame around the photo on/off. Simple, yes? Q for quit, F for frame, W for white. 1,2,3,4 are shortcuts for the four possible combinations for real flickr addicts.
More at:http://blackr.net/
blackr is a bookmarklet you can put in your browser's bookmarks bar. Later, when you are on a photo page or one of the “All sizes” pages on flickr, you can click the bookmarklet and it will hide everything on the page behind a soothing black canvas except for the photo. All that remains is the picture. Optionally you get a white border around the photo.
How It Works:
To activate blackr click the blackr bookmarklet while you are on a flickr photo or “All sizes” page. To restore the original page click the bookmarklet again or press Esc or Q.
While blackr is active you can press W to toggle the background color from white to black and back. Press F to toggle the frame around the photo on/off. Simple, yes? Q for quit, F for frame, W for white. 1,2,3,4 are shortcuts for the four possible combinations for real flickr addicts.
More at:http://blackr.net/
MyTrybe connects you to people who share your taste and the things they love
What Company Is Offering:
MyTrybe connects you to people who share your taste and the things they love. It's called taste networking and is the basis for how MyTrybe works.
Your personal "taste network" - your Trybe - includes the most similar people to you in the MyTrybe community.
MyTrybe continually searches for and connects you to people that rate listings like you, then keeps you tapped in to the things your Trybe – as a whole – likes best.
Build your Trybe, discover people like you, and tap into the wisdom of your crowd.
How It Works:
When you first join the site, they’ll ask you a few questions so they can start learning your taste, and building your Trybe: Do you prefer Carrot Top of David Cross? Malbec or Syrah? Is your fashion sense more preppy or bohemian? Once they have an idea of what you like, they start building your Trybe.
As you go on to view and rate sites on MyTrybe, they continue to refine your Trybe, honing in on the people whose tastes most closely match yours. That means, the more you rate, the better your connections, and recommendations will be.
It’s possible, especially while they’re getting started, that they won’t find a large number people who share your taste. Keep checking the My Trybe area for new Trybe members – your Trybe is always growing and changing. And to push things along, you can always invite your friends to join!
More at:http://www.mytrybe.com/
MyTrybe connects you to people who share your taste and the things they love. It's called taste networking and is the basis for how MyTrybe works.
Your personal "taste network" - your Trybe - includes the most similar people to you in the MyTrybe community.
MyTrybe continually searches for and connects you to people that rate listings like you, then keeps you tapped in to the things your Trybe – as a whole – likes best.
Build your Trybe, discover people like you, and tap into the wisdom of your crowd.
How It Works:
When you first join the site, they’ll ask you a few questions so they can start learning your taste, and building your Trybe: Do you prefer Carrot Top of David Cross? Malbec or Syrah? Is your fashion sense more preppy or bohemian? Once they have an idea of what you like, they start building your Trybe.
As you go on to view and rate sites on MyTrybe, they continue to refine your Trybe, honing in on the people whose tastes most closely match yours. That means, the more you rate, the better your connections, and recommendations will be.
It’s possible, especially while they’re getting started, that they won’t find a large number people who share your taste. Keep checking the My Trybe area for new Trybe members – your Trybe is always growing and changing. And to push things along, you can always invite your friends to join!
More at:http://www.mytrybe.com/
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Increo Solutions is creating the next generation of tools to help companiesof business communication: innovation got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
Increo Solutions is creating the next generation of tools to help companies address the most important and difficult aspect of business communication: innovation. The company's software supports teams throughout the innovation process, from brainstorming to conception. Increo's first application, Backboard , makes it easy to collect feedback on documents from co-workers, clients, and friends.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Increo Solutions, a Palo Alto, CA-based company thatproduces software to support teams throughout the innovation process, announces the closing of a seed round of financing from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). DFJ is a toptier venture capital firm with investments worldwide.
Increo also announces the launch of its first product, Backboard
(www.getbackboard.com), designed to ease the process of collecting feedback on documents and images. Targeted towards product managers, marketing teams, designers, and others who require an easy way to display and aggregate feedback, Backboard facilitates project interaction between co-workers, clients, and other contacts. Tim Draper, Founder and Managing Director of DFJ, joins Increo's Board of Directors.
"Increo is going to revolutionize the way that companies innovate," Draper said. Draper has led investments in industry-changing companies including Hotmail and Skype.
Increo Solutions is creating the next generation of tools to help companies address the most important and difficult aspect of business communication: innovation. The company's software supports teams throughout the innovation process, from brainstorming to conception. Increo's first application, Backboard , makes it easy to collect feedback on documents from co-workers, clients, and friends.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Increo Solutions, a Palo Alto, CA-based company thatproduces software to support teams throughout the innovation process, announces the closing of a seed round of financing from Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ). DFJ is a toptier venture capital firm with investments worldwide.
Increo also announces the launch of its first product, Backboard
(www.getbackboard.com), designed to ease the process of collecting feedback on documents and images. Targeted towards product managers, marketing teams, designers, and others who require an easy way to display and aggregate feedback, Backboard facilitates project interaction between co-workers, clients, and other contacts. Tim Draper, Founder and Managing Director of DFJ, joins Increo's Board of Directors.
"Increo is going to revolutionize the way that companies innovate," Draper said. Draper has led investments in industry-changing companies including Hotmail and Skype.
Paylocity, one of America's fastest growing providers of payroll and HR solutions got VCs funding
What Company Is Offering:
Paylocity is the preeminent provider of Web-based SAAS (Software-as-a-Service) payroll and human resource solutions for mid-sized companies. Paylocity has twice received the "Payroll Service of the Year Award" from the Independent Payroll Providers Association and has made Inc. Magazine's List of America's Fastest Growing Companies 3 times.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Paylocity, one of America's fastest growing providers of payroll and HR solutions, announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with Adams Street Partners, one of the nation's oldest and largest private equity firms.
Under the partnership, Paylocity will receive a series A capital investment of nearly $10 million from Adams Street Partners, while Jeff Diehl, a partner at Adams Street Partners, will join Paylocity's board of directors.
Paylocity founder and CEO, Steve Sarowitz, states that the capital investment will be used to support the company's continued investment in Paylocity WebPay, its industry leading payroll HR and platform, as well as continued geographic expansion. Paylocity has recently opened several new markets, including Indianapolis, Detroit, San Francisco, Atlanta, Kansas City, Des Moines, and Minneapolis.
More at:http://www.paylocity.com
Paylocity is the preeminent provider of Web-based SAAS (Software-as-a-Service) payroll and human resource solutions for mid-sized companies. Paylocity has twice received the "Payroll Service of the Year Award" from the Independent Payroll Providers Association and has made Inc. Magazine's List of America's Fastest Growing Companies 3 times.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Paylocity, one of America's fastest growing providers of payroll and HR solutions, announced today that it has formed a strategic partnership with Adams Street Partners, one of the nation's oldest and largest private equity firms.
Under the partnership, Paylocity will receive a series A capital investment of nearly $10 million from Adams Street Partners, while Jeff Diehl, a partner at Adams Street Partners, will join Paylocity's board of directors.
Paylocity founder and CEO, Steve Sarowitz, states that the capital investment will be used to support the company's continued investment in Paylocity WebPay, its industry leading payroll HR and platform, as well as continued geographic expansion. Paylocity has recently opened several new markets, including Indianapolis, Detroit, San Francisco, Atlanta, Kansas City, Des Moines, and Minneapolis.
More at:http://www.paylocity.com
Remime is email event reminder service
What Company Says:
Remime is a result of an idea that popped in the minds of three people, from two different countries, two of which had never met, but who all shared the same memory bug - they just sucked at remembering dates.
Remime came to life and has a serious obsessive-compulsive urge to collect all your dates.
How It Works:
You can start filling his memory and giving your some free space. Enter your friends' and family birthdays, your weekly duties and every appointment from now on to stop worrying about remembering! Relax your ingenious brain and it will thank you with a clear mind! Kick that stress in the a*#!
Now go get a smile! How so, you ask? Fill in the birth dates of your dear email contacts, of old friends, and watch everyone's pleasant surprise as they get your best wishes on time.
More at:http://remime.com/
Remime is a result of an idea that popped in the minds of three people, from two different countries, two of which had never met, but who all shared the same memory bug - they just sucked at remembering dates.
Remime came to life and has a serious obsessive-compulsive urge to collect all your dates.
How It Works:
You can start filling his memory and giving your some free space. Enter your friends' and family birthdays, your weekly duties and every appointment from now on to stop worrying about remembering! Relax your ingenious brain and it will thank you with a clear mind! Kick that stress in the a*#!
Now go get a smile! How so, you ask? Fill in the birth dates of your dear email contacts, of old friends, and watch everyone's pleasant surprise as they get your best wishes on time.
More at:http://remime.com/
NNDB is an intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people thry have determined to be noteworthy
What Company Is Offering:
NNDB is an intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people thry have determined to be noteworthy, both living and dead. Superficially, it seems much like a "Who's Who" where a noted person's curriculum vitae is available (the usual information such as date of birth, a biography, and other essential facts.) But it mostly exists to document the connections between people, many of which are not always obvious. A person's otherwise inexplicable behavior is often understood by examining the crowd that person has been associating with. Eventually, they will have synopses and analyses of creative works by the people in the database, including their books, films, and recordings.
How It Works:
The NNDB Mapper is a visual tool for exploring the connections between people in NNDB, linking them together through family relations, corporate boards, movies and TV, political alliances, and shadowy conspiracy groups. Maps can be saved and shared for others to explore.
More at:http://www.nndb.com/
NNDB is an intelligence aggregator that tracks the activities of people thry have determined to be noteworthy, both living and dead. Superficially, it seems much like a "Who's Who" where a noted person's curriculum vitae is available (the usual information such as date of birth, a biography, and other essential facts.) But it mostly exists to document the connections between people, many of which are not always obvious. A person's otherwise inexplicable behavior is often understood by examining the crowd that person has been associating with. Eventually, they will have synopses and analyses of creative works by the people in the database, including their books, films, and recordings.
How It Works:
The NNDB Mapper is a visual tool for exploring the connections between people in NNDB, linking them together through family relations, corporate boards, movies and TV, political alliances, and shadowy conspiracy groups. Maps can be saved and shared for others to explore.
More at:http://www.nndb.com/
CultureLoad is an online marketplace for digital works
What Company Is Offering:
CultureLoad is an online marketplace for digital works, it is not an online bank; CultureLoad does not operate money transfers. All money transfers are assigned by CultureLoad to be operated by PayPal or Moneybookers, and money transfers themselves costs money, too. This cost is called a "transaction fee," and is charged by PayPal and Moneybookers. CultureLoad has no impact on the imposition of transaction fees. The buyers therefore have to pay for transaction fees.
CultureLoad is located in Germany, but its artists and members are located all over the world. To provide a common, easy-to-use currency for artists and members worldwide, CultureLoad has introduced its own "currency", the "CultureCoin". One CultureCoin is 0.10 €. It doesn't matter where the artist is from or where the content will be sold, because CultureLoad users use this common "currency".
How It Works:
Once you are registered, you can use communication tools to connect with all other registered artists and members. But if you want to download music, films, photos or texts provided from the registered artist you must buy it (with the exception of Free Downloads).You first have to register at CultureLoad. Then you should use your account at PayPal or Moneybookers (or open a new one for free), and add money to these micro-payment system in order to transfer the money to CultureLoad. CultureLoad then sends the money to the artists. If you have enough money in your account you can buy the content you like.
More at:http://www.cultureload.net/
CultureLoad is an online marketplace for digital works, it is not an online bank; CultureLoad does not operate money transfers. All money transfers are assigned by CultureLoad to be operated by PayPal or Moneybookers, and money transfers themselves costs money, too. This cost is called a "transaction fee," and is charged by PayPal and Moneybookers. CultureLoad has no impact on the imposition of transaction fees. The buyers therefore have to pay for transaction fees.
CultureLoad is located in Germany, but its artists and members are located all over the world. To provide a common, easy-to-use currency for artists and members worldwide, CultureLoad has introduced its own "currency", the "CultureCoin". One CultureCoin is 0.10 €. It doesn't matter where the artist is from or where the content will be sold, because CultureLoad users use this common "currency".
How It Works:
Once you are registered, you can use communication tools to connect with all other registered artists and members. But if you want to download music, films, photos or texts provided from the registered artist you must buy it (with the exception of Free Downloads).You first have to register at CultureLoad. Then you should use your account at PayPal or Moneybookers (or open a new one for free), and add money to these micro-payment system in order to transfer the money to CultureLoad. CultureLoad then sends the money to the artists. If you have enough money in your account you can buy the content you like.
More at:http://www.cultureload.net/
Saturday, May 17, 2008
WujWuj.com is the true pioneer of its category, revolutionizing registries and wishlists
What Company Is Offering:
WujWuj.com is the true pioneer of its category, revolutionizing registries and wishlists. It's not just creating an occasion but bringing family and friends together to collaborate, leave messages, upload photos and make contributions. Unlike other registries, WujWuj.com purchases the gifts and then ships them to the designated destination.
How It Works:
WujWuj is EZ. In 3 easy steps, the occasion you envision will be created. The friends and family members you invite will be able to participate
Answer a few simple questions about the occasion or event. Upload images or a video if you wish. Easily locate whatever gifts you would like to associate with the occasion. Invite as many friends and family members as you wish.
How To Use It:
Let's say your grandparents are about to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, and you want to organize a party for them. If you've ever tried to do anything like that offline, you know how challenging it can be. With wujwuj, you just hop online and set everything up in a jiffy. Everyone is notified immediately by email. You are virtually guaranteed a successful event, even if you are getting a relatively late start.
More at:http://www.wujwuj.com/
WujWuj.com is the true pioneer of its category, revolutionizing registries and wishlists. It's not just creating an occasion but bringing family and friends together to collaborate, leave messages, upload photos and make contributions. Unlike other registries, WujWuj.com purchases the gifts and then ships them to the designated destination.
How It Works:
WujWuj is EZ. In 3 easy steps, the occasion you envision will be created. The friends and family members you invite will be able to participate
Answer a few simple questions about the occasion or event. Upload images or a video if you wish. Easily locate whatever gifts you would like to associate with the occasion. Invite as many friends and family members as you wish.
How To Use It:
Let's say your grandparents are about to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, and you want to organize a party for them. If you've ever tried to do anything like that offline, you know how challenging it can be. With wujwuj, you just hop online and set everything up in a jiffy. Everyone is notified immediately by email. You are virtually guaranteed a successful event, even if you are getting a relatively late start.
More at:http://www.wujwuj.com/
Viewpoints is a new ratings and reviews community that lets you voice your opinion on anything and everything that is important to you
What Company Is Offering:
Viewpoints is a new ratings and reviews community that lets you voice your opinion on anything and everything that is important to you! Your school, your car, your last vacation – they want to hear about it all. And, just as importantly, they want to hear about you.
How It Works:
They go way beyond simple product reviews to highlight the personalities of you - our reviewers! Their goal is to breathe life into reviews and foster connections between our readers and reviewers. Next time you're looking to make a purchase, you not only get reviews, but get great information about who wrote that review.
It's easy to write a review on Viewpoints! Simply use their search box for the item you want to review or browse our categories. When you find what you want, click the "Review It" button and you'll be taken to the review form. If you don't find what you're looking for in their catalog of products, services and places, simply add it yourself! In order for your review to be published, you need to register with their site.If you don't see a product or service that you want to write a review on, add it. Go to write a review and follow the prompts to add the review into our system. We ask that you do not post reviews on firearms, pornography and illegal drugs.
Viewpoints is a new ratings and reviews community that lets you voice your opinion on anything and everything that is important to you! Your school, your car, your last vacation – they want to hear about it all. And, just as importantly, they want to hear about you.
How It Works:
They go way beyond simple product reviews to highlight the personalities of you - our reviewers! Their goal is to breathe life into reviews and foster connections between our readers and reviewers. Next time you're looking to make a purchase, you not only get reviews, but get great information about who wrote that review.
It's easy to write a review on Viewpoints! Simply use their search box for the item you want to review or browse our categories. When you find what you want, click the "Review It" button and you'll be taken to the review form. If you don't find what you're looking for in their catalog of products, services and places, simply add it yourself! In order for your review to be published, you need to register with their site.If you don't see a product or service that you want to write a review on, add it. Go to write a review and follow the prompts to add the review into our system. We ask that you do not post reviews on firearms, pornography and illegal drugs.
VinoMatch was created for those who share a passion for wine and self-discovery
What Company Says:
When you enjoy something, and for the finer things in life, you have the tendency to take your time. This attitude should spill over when choosing a bottle of wine. There’s no need to cross the Atlantic to share your passion for a great bottle of wine – all you need is VinoMatch.
How It Works:
VinoMatch was created for those who share a passion for wine and self-discovery. The question of choice should only be guided by one’s taste and partiality.
Vinomatch proposes to guide its clients in the discovery of what they like in wine thus creating the magic essential for that special moment when they open an ideal bottle of wine. Whether a connoisseur or a debutante, you will find with VinoMatch an easy and efficient way to find the right wine for any moment and mood.
More at:http://www.vinomatch.com/
When you enjoy something, and for the finer things in life, you have the tendency to take your time. This attitude should spill over when choosing a bottle of wine. There’s no need to cross the Atlantic to share your passion for a great bottle of wine – all you need is VinoMatch.
How It Works:
VinoMatch was created for those who share a passion for wine and self-discovery. The question of choice should only be guided by one’s taste and partiality.
Vinomatch proposes to guide its clients in the discovery of what they like in wine thus creating the magic essential for that special moment when they open an ideal bottle of wine. Whether a connoisseur or a debutante, you will find with VinoMatch an easy and efficient way to find the right wine for any moment and mood.
More at:http://www.vinomatch.com/
Video-tabs.com is a source for free video guitar lessons and tabs
What Company Is Offering:
Video-tabs.com is a source for free video guitar lessons and tabs.Video-tabs.com combines quality video lessons served up by YouTube with accurate easy-to-print tabs so that you can more easily learn your favorite songs.
More at:http://video-tabs.com/
Video-tabs.com is a source for free video guitar lessons and tabs.Video-tabs.com combines quality video lessons served up by YouTube with accurate easy-to-print tabs so that you can more easily learn your favorite songs.
More at:http://video-tabs.com/
LuxuryLink.com is your gateway to over 1000 luxury hotels, resorts, and vacation packages from around the world
What Company is Offering:
LuxuryLink.com is your gateway to over 1000 luxury hotels, resorts, and vacation packages from around the world. Since founding in 1997, visitors have enjoyed free access to exclusive vacation auctions at special Web-only prices. Customers can choose to bid on a live auction, or eliminate every risk with a “Buy Now” offer.
Recent Updates:
LuxuryLink.com, the world's premier online luxury travel resource, announces the addition of the 1842 Inn to their prestigious collection of hotels, spas, vacation packages and cruises throughout the world. Travel back in time to pre-civil war Georgia when you cross the threshold of this Macon, Georgia historic hotel. A romantic escape to a gentler time, the 1842 Inn offers indulgence in abundance.
Set in a park, surrounded by avenues lined with southern mansions, Macon is a honeymooners paradise. Sip iced tea on the inn's 17-column wraparound veranda, enjoy a civilized social hour before dinner, and relax in Georgian elegance. The 1842 Inn epitomizes the standards of excellence seen in the LuxuryLink.com collection of premier vacation destinations, travel packages and honeymoon escapes. “Our auctions and ‘Buy Now’ packages offer unprecedented value to our luxury customers,” said Luxury Link president Diane McDavitt. “Providing access to the 1842 Inn,” McDavitt continued, “is another example of our commitment to matching up luxury travelers with the best hotels and resorts the world has to offer.”
More at:www.luxurylink.com.
LuxuryLink.com is your gateway to over 1000 luxury hotels, resorts, and vacation packages from around the world. Since founding in 1997, visitors have enjoyed free access to exclusive vacation auctions at special Web-only prices. Customers can choose to bid on a live auction, or eliminate every risk with a “Buy Now” offer.
Recent Updates:
LuxuryLink.com, the world's premier online luxury travel resource, announces the addition of the 1842 Inn to their prestigious collection of hotels, spas, vacation packages and cruises throughout the world. Travel back in time to pre-civil war Georgia when you cross the threshold of this Macon, Georgia historic hotel. A romantic escape to a gentler time, the 1842 Inn offers indulgence in abundance.
Set in a park, surrounded by avenues lined with southern mansions, Macon is a honeymooners paradise. Sip iced tea on the inn's 17-column wraparound veranda, enjoy a civilized social hour before dinner, and relax in Georgian elegance. The 1842 Inn epitomizes the standards of excellence seen in the LuxuryLink.com collection of premier vacation destinations, travel packages and honeymoon escapes. “Our auctions and ‘Buy Now’ packages offer unprecedented value to our luxury customers,” said Luxury Link president Diane McDavitt. “Providing access to the 1842 Inn,” McDavitt continued, “is another example of our commitment to matching up luxury travelers with the best hotels and resorts the world has to offer.”
More at:www.luxurylink.com.
Benchcoach is a web-based baseball statistical analysis tool
What Company Is Offering:
Benchcoach is a web-based baseball statistical analysis tool whose primary goal is to help people optimize their fantasy sports teams. Their goal is to become an authoritative site for baseball stats. Press release.
Who Is Backing Them:
Will brings over a decade of technology and management to Benchcoach. He has broad experience in the software field, having worked on such diverse projects as the health care system for Malaysia’s Ministry of Health to an ECommerce platform for the deployment of over 40 brands under the Jones Apparel Group umbrella. He has worked for such companies as Sun Microsystems, Catalytic Architects, and most recently served as the Director of Software Engineering at Jones Apparel Group. Schenk’s paper on how to integrate Artificial Intelligence into enterprise software was published in Java Report under the title “Integrating Rule Engines in the Enterprise”. He holds a Bachelor of Philosophy in Mathematics and Computer Science from The Pennsylvania State University.
More at:http://benchcoach.com/
Benchcoach is a web-based baseball statistical analysis tool whose primary goal is to help people optimize their fantasy sports teams. Their goal is to become an authoritative site for baseball stats. Press release.
Who Is Backing Them:
Will brings over a decade of technology and management to Benchcoach. He has broad experience in the software field, having worked on such diverse projects as the health care system for Malaysia’s Ministry of Health to an ECommerce platform for the deployment of over 40 brands under the Jones Apparel Group umbrella. He has worked for such companies as Sun Microsystems, Catalytic Architects, and most recently served as the Director of Software Engineering at Jones Apparel Group. Schenk’s paper on how to integrate Artificial Intelligence into enterprise software was published in Java Report under the title “Integrating Rule Engines in the Enterprise”. He holds a Bachelor of Philosophy in Mathematics and Computer Science from The Pennsylvania State University.
More at:http://benchcoach.com/
Netiton.com---provide a complete portfolio of services tailored to your unique business and IT needs
What Company Is Offering:
Their computer professionals provide a complete portfolio of services tailored to your unique business and IT needs today and in the future. They partner closely with you to help your company design, build, integrate, manage, and evolve an adaptive enterprise that lets you effectively respond to changes in your business.
They offer affordable maintenance plans that include planned service for your network, significantly reducing possibilities for unplanned outages. Technicians will monitor your network, servers, workstations, and critical points of failure such as network routers, firewalls and switches, and other network electronics on a regular basis. You can rest with the assurance that all reasonable measures are being taken to prevent such disruptions as virus attacks, network intrusions, and other network security exposures.
More at:http://www.netiton.com/
Their computer professionals provide a complete portfolio of services tailored to your unique business and IT needs today and in the future. They partner closely with you to help your company design, build, integrate, manage, and evolve an adaptive enterprise that lets you effectively respond to changes in your business.
They offer affordable maintenance plans that include planned service for your network, significantly reducing possibilities for unplanned outages. Technicians will monitor your network, servers, workstations, and critical points of failure such as network routers, firewalls and switches, and other network electronics on a regular basis. You can rest with the assurance that all reasonable measures are being taken to prevent such disruptions as virus attacks, network intrusions, and other network security exposures.
More at:http://www.netiton.com/
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15SecondPitch.com
What Company Is offering:
15SecondPitch Is a tool to help you discover who you are and what you really want. A way to focus your thinking on what is most important. A great introduction and conversation starter. A way to organize the thinking process for any new venture.An effective multi-channel personal marketing tool to communicate consistently via email, on the telephone, in person, or on your business cards.
More at:http://www.15secondpitch.com/
15SecondPitch Is a tool to help you discover who you are and what you really want. A way to focus your thinking on what is most important. A great introduction and conversation starter. A way to organize the thinking process for any new venture.An effective multi-channel personal marketing tool to communicate consistently via email, on the telephone, in person, or on your business cards.
More at:http://www.15secondpitch.com/
Study Curve allows you to connect with study buddies, form study/interest groups, ask questions to "experts"
What Company Is Offering:
Study Curve is more than just a "social network"; it is a social network with a purpose. That purpose is making your academic life easier! Study Curve allows you to connect with study buddies, form study/interest groups, ask questions to "experts", search subject areas, search tags, answer questions, and communicate with people with similar interests from all different schools and areas of knowledge.
How It Works:
Get an account and create your profile.It is important to enter as much information in you profile and questions as possible, as this is what makes the site work so well to get you in contact with the correct people. You can edit your profile after you get your account. You can use the search features to find the perfect study buddies and/or invite your friends to join your profiles and/or groups as your study buddies.
Becoming an expert in a specific subject requires you to answer a minimum of 20 questions in a particular subject/tag and maintain an average user rating score of 8 or higher. Once you become an expert you will earn an expert designation in your profile. Remember this is a social network that will make your academic life easier! Remember "give help, get help".
More at:http://studycurve.com/
Study Curve is more than just a "social network"; it is a social network with a purpose. That purpose is making your academic life easier! Study Curve allows you to connect with study buddies, form study/interest groups, ask questions to "experts", search subject areas, search tags, answer questions, and communicate with people with similar interests from all different schools and areas of knowledge.
How It Works:
Get an account and create your profile.It is important to enter as much information in you profile and questions as possible, as this is what makes the site work so well to get you in contact with the correct people. You can edit your profile after you get your account. You can use the search features to find the perfect study buddies and/or invite your friends to join your profiles and/or groups as your study buddies.
Becoming an expert in a specific subject requires you to answer a minimum of 20 questions in a particular subject/tag and maintain an average user rating score of 8 or higher. Once you become an expert you will earn an expert designation in your profile. Remember this is a social network that will make your academic life easier! Remember "give help, get help".
More at:http://studycurve.com/
Animoto, a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology
What Company Is Offering:
Animoto Productions is a bunch of techies and film/tv producers who decided to lock themselves in a room together and nerd out.
Their first release is Animoto, a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion design. Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music. Produced on a widescreen format, Animoto videos have the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer.
The heart of Animoto is its newly developed Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology that thinks like an actual director and editor.
How It Works:
It analyzes and combines user-selected images and music with the same sophisticated post-production skills & techniques that are used in television and film.
Based in New York City with an office in San Francisco, the founders of Animoto include veterans of the entertainment industry and have produced shows for MTV, Comedy Central, & ABC, studied music in London, and played in indie rock bands in Seattle. They continue to innovate in the field of creative artificial intelligence. They plan to acquire Google next year.
More at:http://animoto.com/
Animoto Productions is a bunch of techies and film/tv producers who decided to lock themselves in a room together and nerd out.
Their first release is Animoto, a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using their own patent-pending technology and high-end motion design. Each video is a fully customized orchestration of user-selected images and music. Produced on a widescreen format, Animoto videos have the visual energy of a music video and the emotional impact of a movie trailer.
The heart of Animoto is its newly developed Cinematic Artificial Intelligence technology that thinks like an actual director and editor.
How It Works:
It analyzes and combines user-selected images and music with the same sophisticated post-production skills & techniques that are used in television and film.
Based in New York City with an office in San Francisco, the founders of Animoto include veterans of the entertainment industry and have produced shows for MTV, Comedy Central, & ABC, studied music in London, and played in indie rock bands in Seattle. They continue to innovate in the field of creative artificial intelligence. They plan to acquire Google next year.
More at:http://animoto.com/
PutPlace is a service that helps you secure, manage and share your digital data
What Company Is Offering:
PutPlace is a service that helps you secure, manage and share your digital data over the lifetime of various devices and technologies.
PutPlace is more than file backup. It gathers all the valuable digital stuff you’ve stockpiled over your lifetime — photos, documents, email, music and home movies. Then PutPlace protects and organizes it so you can find exactly what you need, wherever you are.
How It Works:
Once you have logged in and downloaded the PutPlace client, you will need to tell PutPlace what content you want it to manage. Create what we call ‘a PutPlace’ for any folder or file that you want to upload and keep track of.
PutPlace will keep tabs on those folders and files. It will automatically check to see if you’ve made changes and, if so, will upload any new or modified content.
Click here to see a short demo.
PutPlace puts your fractured digital life back in order. No more wasted hours searching through folders and files on all your electronic gadgets. Find exactly what you need, wherever you are.
More at:http://www.putplace.com/
PutPlace is a service that helps you secure, manage and share your digital data over the lifetime of various devices and technologies.
PutPlace is more than file backup. It gathers all the valuable digital stuff you’ve stockpiled over your lifetime — photos, documents, email, music and home movies. Then PutPlace protects and organizes it so you can find exactly what you need, wherever you are.
How It Works:
Once you have logged in and downloaded the PutPlace client, you will need to tell PutPlace what content you want it to manage. Create what we call ‘a PutPlace’ for any folder or file that you want to upload and keep track of.
PutPlace will keep tabs on those folders and files. It will automatically check to see if you’ve made changes and, if so, will upload any new or modified content.
Click here to see a short demo.
PutPlace puts your fractured digital life back in order. No more wasted hours searching through folders and files on all your electronic gadgets. Find exactly what you need, wherever you are.
More at:http://www.putplace.com/
kwiry is a free service that turns text messages into reminders you retrieve online
What Company Is Offering:
kwiry is a free service that turns text messages into reminders you retrieve online. When you text a reminder (a product to buy, movie trailer to watch, bill to pay, etc.) to 59479 (kwiry) they store it on their website. The next time you're online you can log in to kwiry.com to manage your reminders, see search results for each one, and easily share with friends. See it. Text it. Get it. They built kwiry to help people remember things they want to save for later. They also built kwiry to help companies create offline reminders for consumers to find their products online. Their vision is to allow consumers to connect with the information and products they want, whenever they want.
More at:http://www.kwiry.com/
kwiry is a free service that turns text messages into reminders you retrieve online. When you text a reminder (a product to buy, movie trailer to watch, bill to pay, etc.) to 59479 (kwiry) they store it on their website. The next time you're online you can log in to kwiry.com to manage your reminders, see search results for each one, and easily share with friends. See it. Text it. Get it. They built kwiry to help people remember things they want to save for later. They also built kwiry to help companies create offline reminders for consumers to find their products online. Their vision is to allow consumers to connect with the information and products they want, whenever they want.
More at:http://www.kwiry.com/
Readersglobe.com to check what is going on around the globe quickly and easily
What Company Is Offering:
Readersglobe.com to check what is going on around the globe quickly and easily. You can also submit news or content that you want others to read, share or recommend.
Read, share and promote any news or content from around the globe. AtReadersGlobe.com you will find the best and most relevant content which is sorted by category and location and based on the fellow readers suggestions.
How It Works:
The mission of Readersglobe.com is to empowers the individual like you by facilitating a free and advanced platform where you can submit the content from around the globe and also express your thoughts.
At Readersglobe.com, you can post the content that you would like to share with the fellow readers and the fellow readers can either promote or demote your content. Your content will be sorted and will be served in that order to the fellow readers based on the fellow readers recommendation of the content. If more readers recommend your content, your content will be served to more readers as your content may appear in the first pages or even on the front page.
The content will be presented to the readers location sensitively based on the current readers location. If a reader visits Readersglobe.com from Boston,MA in USA, then the reader will be presented content from Boston,MA in USA by default. Of-course the reader can choose to read content from a different location. If user logs into an account, then the user will be presented with the content of the chosen account location.
On Readersglobe.com the content is organized in to categories and users can choose content from a particular category or from all categories. When submitting content, the content should always be submitted into one category and one geographic location.
More at:http://www.readersglobe.com/
Readersglobe.com to check what is going on around the globe quickly and easily. You can also submit news or content that you want others to read, share or recommend.
Read, share and promote any news or content from around the globe. AtReadersGlobe.com you will find the best and most relevant content which is sorted by category and location and based on the fellow readers suggestions.
How It Works:
The mission of Readersglobe.com is to empowers the individual like you by facilitating a free and advanced platform where you can submit the content from around the globe and also express your thoughts.
At Readersglobe.com, you can post the content that you would like to share with the fellow readers and the fellow readers can either promote or demote your content. Your content will be sorted and will be served in that order to the fellow readers based on the fellow readers recommendation of the content. If more readers recommend your content, your content will be served to more readers as your content may appear in the first pages or even on the front page.
The content will be presented to the readers location sensitively based on the current readers location. If a reader visits Readersglobe.com from Boston,MA in USA, then the reader will be presented content from Boston,MA in USA by default. Of-course the reader can choose to read content from a different location. If user logs into an account, then the user will be presented with the content of the chosen account location.
On Readersglobe.com the content is organized in to categories and users can choose content from a particular category or from all categories. When submitting content, the content should always be submitted into one category and one geographic location.
More at:http://www.readersglobe.com/
PrivateSchoolExam.com
What Company Is Offering:
PrivateSchoolExam.com is a test preparation membership web site created in 2007 as a tool to help students excel on the ISEE and SSAT tests. They have helped hundreds of students raise their test scores and get admitted into very competitive schools.
How It Works:
PrivateSchoolExam.com offers online video training by two renowned SSAT and ISEE test prep experts. There are 20 videos that cover over 100 math topics, essay writing, reading comprehension, analogies, synonyms, and sentence completions. Members will also have access to vault with hundreds of interactive test prep questions, followed by the correct answer and detailed explanations.
Guiding you through the Verbal, Essay, and Strategy sections will be Heather Spiegel. Heather is a legendary Test Prep guru, professional writer, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude (Dartmouth), and Rhodes Scholar candidate. Heather is a master instructor of the ISEE, SSAT and SAT exams, and will also guide you through the hundreds of interactive test prep sample questions.
More at:http://privateschoolexam.com/
PrivateSchoolExam.com is a test preparation membership web site created in 2007 as a tool to help students excel on the ISEE and SSAT tests. They have helped hundreds of students raise their test scores and get admitted into very competitive schools.
How It Works:
PrivateSchoolExam.com offers online video training by two renowned SSAT and ISEE test prep experts. There are 20 videos that cover over 100 math topics, essay writing, reading comprehension, analogies, synonyms, and sentence completions. Members will also have access to vault with hundreds of interactive test prep questions, followed by the correct answer and detailed explanations.
Guiding you through the Verbal, Essay, and Strategy sections will be Heather Spiegel. Heather is a legendary Test Prep guru, professional writer, Phi Beta Kappa, Magna Cum Laude (Dartmouth), and Rhodes Scholar candidate. Heather is a master instructor of the ISEE, SSAT and SAT exams, and will also guide you through the hundreds of interactive test prep sample questions.
More at:http://privateschoolexam.com/
Backboard is a simple utility designed to help you get feedback on whatever you are working on
What Company Is Offering:
Backboard is a simple utility designed to help you get feedback on whatever you are working on: Managers might use Backboard to gather input on product plans.
Marketing teams can collaborate and gather feedback on graphic designs.
Web designers can get client feedback on their latest concepts.
Students might discuss and evaluate ideas for class projects.
How It Works:
Once you create a Backboard, you will be taken to a form where you can enter email addresses of teammates. We will send them an email with a link to your Backboard. Anytime you view your Backboard, click the share button near the top of the screen to access this form and send additional invitations.You can create and leave feedback on Backboards without a user account. When you create and confirm a user account, all the Backboards you have participated in with that email address are automatically added to that account. This allows you to find your backboards if you have misplaced the links.
Backboard can gather feedback on documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WPD, ODT, Text and PDF), images (GIF, JPEG and PNG), web pages or other URLs, and free-form text.
More at:http://www.getbackboard.com/
Backboard is a simple utility designed to help you get feedback on whatever you are working on: Managers might use Backboard to gather input on product plans.
Marketing teams can collaborate and gather feedback on graphic designs.
Web designers can get client feedback on their latest concepts.
Students might discuss and evaluate ideas for class projects.
How It Works:
Once you create a Backboard, you will be taken to a form where you can enter email addresses of teammates. We will send them an email with a link to your Backboard. Anytime you view your Backboard, click the share button near the top of the screen to access this form and send additional invitations.You can create and leave feedback on Backboards without a user account. When you create and confirm a user account, all the Backboards you have participated in with that email address are automatically added to that account. This allows you to find your backboards if you have misplaced the links.
Backboard can gather feedback on documents (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, WPD, ODT, Text and PDF), images (GIF, JPEG and PNG), web pages or other URLs, and free-form text.
More at:http://www.getbackboard.com/
Out For A Ride is a brand new social networking website for bicycling enthusiasts
What Company Is Offering:
Out For A Ride is a brand new social networking website for bicycling enthusiasts and the casual biker. Out For a Ride is owned and operated by Teevio LLC, a small, but potent, design company located in the heart of Boston.
How It Works:
Out For a Ride is to provide you with an internet based community where you can connect with other bicyclists while you aren’t on the road or trail.
Unique Features:
Add, manage and review bikes. Keep track of how many miles you’ve ridden on each bike. Add, manage and review gear. Map your bicycle routes, share your routes with others and view route elevation graphs. Track your bicycle rides and which route and bicycle you used. View detailed stats about your rides, bicycles and routes.
More at:http://outforaride.com/
Out For A Ride is a brand new social networking website for bicycling enthusiasts and the casual biker. Out For a Ride is owned and operated by Teevio LLC, a small, but potent, design company located in the heart of Boston.
How It Works:
Out For a Ride is to provide you with an internet based community where you can connect with other bicyclists while you aren’t on the road or trail.
Unique Features:
Add, manage and review bikes. Keep track of how many miles you’ve ridden on each bike. Add, manage and review gear. Map your bicycle routes, share your routes with others and view route elevation graphs. Track your bicycle rides and which route and bicycle you used. View detailed stats about your rides, bicycles and routes.
More at:http://outforaride.com/
Play games and help the world become a better place
What Company Is Offering:
When you play a game at Gwap, you aren't just having fun. You're helping the world become a better place. By playing their games, you're training computers to solve problems for humans all over the world. Let's take the ESP Game for example. You and a partner see the same image and are asked to type in a tag for it. When you agree on a tag, you move on and are awarded points. After just a minute of play, you've agreed on six or seven tags. We record those six or seven tags and associate them with the images.
More at:http://www.gwap.com/
When you play a game at Gwap, you aren't just having fun. You're helping the world become a better place. By playing their games, you're training computers to solve problems for humans all over the world. Let's take the ESP Game for example. You and a partner see the same image and are asked to type in a tag for it. When you agree on a tag, you move on and are awarded points. After just a minute of play, you've agreed on six or seven tags. We record those six or seven tags and associate them with the images.
More at:http://www.gwap.com/
Mozes, Inc.,the interactive mobile marketing service has raised $11.5 million
What Company Is Offering:
Mozes is the interactive mobile marketing service that connects people to what they love. Comprehensive mobile campaigns that incorporate voice, text and web are built on an easy-to-use marketing platform and are further extended by online widgets that integrate a mobile campaign with online properties like MySpace and Facebook. Using Mozes anyone -- from bands to fans to brands -- can make their campaigns, promotions or events more powerful and interactive using the mobile phone and the web. Initially focused on the music industry, Mozes is used by nearly 4,000 major label and independent artists, including Chris Brown, Colbie Caillat, Daughtry, Nelly and Rascal Flatts. Mozes is permission-based, spam-free and cost-free to consumers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mozes, Inc.,the interactive mobile marketing service that connects people to what they love, has announced that it has raised $11.5 million in Series B funding. The financing was led by Maveron LLC, the Seattle-based venture capital firm with participation from existing backers North Bridge Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.
Mozes' Series B funding follows a $5 million Series A round, which was announced in February of 2007 and supported the company's initial launch. Since then, more than 1.4 million people have participated in a Mozes-powered campaign, including over 600,000 participants having opted-in to a Mozes "mob" (mobile list), in order to receive ongoing exclusive text and voice messages directly from artists such as Avril Lavigne, Nelly, Rascal Flatts and Chris Brown.
More at:www.mozes.com
Mozes is the interactive mobile marketing service that connects people to what they love. Comprehensive mobile campaigns that incorporate voice, text and web are built on an easy-to-use marketing platform and are further extended by online widgets that integrate a mobile campaign with online properties like MySpace and Facebook. Using Mozes anyone -- from bands to fans to brands -- can make their campaigns, promotions or events more powerful and interactive using the mobile phone and the web. Initially focused on the music industry, Mozes is used by nearly 4,000 major label and independent artists, including Chris Brown, Colbie Caillat, Daughtry, Nelly and Rascal Flatts. Mozes is permission-based, spam-free and cost-free to consumers.
How Much They Got From VCs:
Mozes, Inc.,the interactive mobile marketing service that connects people to what they love, has announced that it has raised $11.5 million in Series B funding. The financing was led by Maveron LLC, the Seattle-based venture capital firm with participation from existing backers North Bridge Venture Partners and Norwest Venture Partners.
Mozes' Series B funding follows a $5 million Series A round, which was announced in February of 2007 and supported the company's initial launch. Since then, more than 1.4 million people have participated in a Mozes-powered campaign, including over 600,000 participants having opted-in to a Mozes "mob" (mobile list), in order to receive ongoing exclusive text and voice messages directly from artists such as Avril Lavigne, Nelly, Rascal Flatts and Chris Brown.
More at:www.mozes.com
SilkRoad technology, inc., the creator of the popular Life SuiteTM of web-based talent management solutions has closed on a $54 million equity round
What Company Is Offering:
SilkRoad technology, inc. provides software as a service (SaaS) solutions that significantly improve the talent within its more than 700 customers across the globe. Through SilkRoad's Life Suite, an integrated talent management solution, companies are able to hire better employees, identify high and low performers, drive a pay-for-performance culture and improve employee tenure. The SilkRoad Life SuiteTM solution set includes OpenHire, for recruiting management, RedCarpet for employee onboarding and life events, WingSpan? for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight for compensation management, and Eprise? for employee intranets and content management.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SilkRoad technology, inc., the creator of the popular Life SuiteTM of web-based talent management solutions, announced that it has closed on a $54 million equity round of capital led by new investor Foundation Capital, and including existing investors Azure Capital Partners, SilkRoad Equity and several individuals. Plans for the current round of capital include a significant expansion of SilkRoad technology's worldwide direct sales and marketing efforts, strategic acquisitions and new product development. In a related announcement, Mike Cullinane has been named Chief Financial Officer of the company.
More at:www.silkroad.com
SilkRoad technology, inc. provides software as a service (SaaS) solutions that significantly improve the talent within its more than 700 customers across the globe. Through SilkRoad's Life Suite, an integrated talent management solution, companies are able to hire better employees, identify high and low performers, drive a pay-for-performance culture and improve employee tenure. The SilkRoad Life SuiteTM solution set includes OpenHire, for recruiting management, RedCarpet for employee onboarding and life events, WingSpan? for flexible employee performance management, GreenLight for compensation management, and Eprise? for employee intranets and content management.
How Much They Got From VCs:
SilkRoad technology, inc., the creator of the popular Life SuiteTM of web-based talent management solutions, announced that it has closed on a $54 million equity round of capital led by new investor Foundation Capital, and including existing investors Azure Capital Partners, SilkRoad Equity and several individuals. Plans for the current round of capital include a significant expansion of SilkRoad technology's worldwide direct sales and marketing efforts, strategic acquisitions and new product development. In a related announcement, Mike Cullinane has been named Chief Financial Officer of the company.
More at:www.silkroad.com
eTix, the pioneer in on-demand ticketing got $1 million funding
What Company Is Offering:
eTix Online TicketingT - This allows customers to quickly and easily start selling event tickets online using the eTix system with full integration into the eTix Box Office or as a free standing online sales tool. It is an extremely scalable and robust platform. eTix provides a branded link, which matches the look and feel of the customer's Web site. Customers place the link on their Web site allowing them to start selling tickets immediately.
After a ticket has been purchased online, the ticket appears on the
purchaser's browser (no additional software downloads are required). The purchaser is given instructions and is prompted to print the ticket(s).
eTix is offering full service for the venues and brings all ticketing into one easy to use interface. The customer controls ticket prices, seating configurations (for reserved seating), price codes and user administration. Performances can be easily created, onsale times pre-programmed, seats added and inventory moved.
The reporting suite gives customers analysis into every ticket sold. The solution includes leading edge tools for SMS ticket sales and distrubution, e-mail campaign and list management, and a full-featured ticket auction platform. The eTix Box Office has been used to sell tickets to events ranging from a small walking tour to a 200,000 reserved seat Formula One racetrack, so it can be customized and scaled to meet any customer's needs.
How Much They Got From VCs:
eTix, the pioneer in on-demand ticketing software, today announced it has received an investment of $1 million from Southern Capitol Ventures.
eTix managed the sale of more than 30 million tickets for 2,000 venues worldwide during 2007. The flexibility and scalability of the eTix platform allows the company to efficiently serve a variety of venue types including theaters, arenas, sporting venues, movie theaters, fairs and festivals, travel and tours, ski resorts, and other specialized venues.
More at:www.etix.com
eTix Online TicketingT - This allows customers to quickly and easily start selling event tickets online using the eTix system with full integration into the eTix Box Office or as a free standing online sales tool. It is an extremely scalable and robust platform. eTix provides a branded link, which matches the look and feel of the customer's Web site. Customers place the link on their Web site allowing them to start selling tickets immediately.
After a ticket has been purchased online, the ticket appears on the
purchaser's browser (no additional software downloads are required). The purchaser is given instructions and is prompted to print the ticket(s).
eTix is offering full service for the venues and brings all ticketing into one easy to use interface. The customer controls ticket prices, seating configurations (for reserved seating), price codes and user administration. Performances can be easily created, onsale times pre-programmed, seats added and inventory moved.
The reporting suite gives customers analysis into every ticket sold. The solution includes leading edge tools for SMS ticket sales and distrubution, e-mail campaign and list management, and a full-featured ticket auction platform. The eTix Box Office has been used to sell tickets to events ranging from a small walking tour to a 200,000 reserved seat Formula One racetrack, so it can be customized and scaled to meet any customer's needs.
How Much They Got From VCs:
eTix, the pioneer in on-demand ticketing software, today announced it has received an investment of $1 million from Southern Capitol Ventures.
eTix managed the sale of more than 30 million tickets for 2,000 venues worldwide during 2007. The flexibility and scalability of the eTix platform allows the company to efficiently serve a variety of venue types including theaters, arenas, sporting venues, movie theaters, fairs and festivals, travel and tours, ski resorts, and other specialized venues.
More at:www.etix.com
Totlol is a brand new community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years
What Company Is Offering:
Totlol is a brand new community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years.
How It Works:
When scouting parents search the YouTube database via a Totlol interface.
The scouting interface lets parents search and watch videos just as they used to do on YouTube.
When they find a video that they think is appropriate and relevant they can choose to submit it.
When submitting parents are asked to review the title and tags associated with the video and to provide a review of the content.
They are also asked to specify the main language of the video and categorize it.
This information, together with the original YouTube information is presented at screening.
The screening part of the process is where the community plays the most significant role.
Each Totlol user is invited to screen videos submitted by others and to answer screening questions. The answers are collected and analyzed by computer.
Only videos that pass the grade are then available for the viewing tots.
More at:http://www.totlol.com/
Totlol is a brand new community-moderated video website designed to be enjoyed by those between the ages of 6 months and 6 years.
How It Works:
When scouting parents search the YouTube database via a Totlol interface.
The scouting interface lets parents search and watch videos just as they used to do on YouTube.
When they find a video that they think is appropriate and relevant they can choose to submit it.
When submitting parents are asked to review the title and tags associated with the video and to provide a review of the content.
They are also asked to specify the main language of the video and categorize it.
This information, together with the original YouTube information is presented at screening.
The screening part of the process is where the community plays the most significant role.
Each Totlol user is invited to screen videos submitted by others and to answer screening questions. The answers are collected and analyzed by computer.
Only videos that pass the grade are then available for the viewing tots.
More at:http://www.totlol.com/
Thursday, May 15, 2008
DealQUE is a social bargain hunting website and daily deal aggregator gathering the best deals on the web
What Company Is Offering:
DealQUE is a social bargain hunting website and daily deal aggregator gathering the best deals on the web.DealQUE is a social bargain hunting website, where users generate deal content and share it with the community. Similar to currently popular social bookmaking websites, DealQUE’s users not only submit deals but depending on their popularity control the position listings of these deals.A "Que" is the rating of a deal as determined by the DealQUE algorithm. This algorithm is determined by various factors such as the amount of times a deal is rated (Que count), the frequency of clicks, the distance from the earth to the moon relative to DealQUE headquarters, etc. Deals with a higher rating are displayed before others. Just remember that a high Que count doesn't mean a high rating!! It just means that it has been visited many times, which is only one factor in our rating algorithm!
How It Works:
If you like a deal "Que it". Every deal will have a "QUE it " icon right by it's image, simply click on it and the deal will be rated. You can Que a deal every hour, just remember that you can't promote deals to the homepage by just clicking on them a hundred times. There are other rating factors that determine a deal's ranking.
Simply Click on the submit a deal link on the top of the page. Enter some basic info and your done!
Click to watch a quick video showing you the whole process!
Once these deals are found they are indexed and displayed on DealQUE.com along with all the other deals.
Not only do you get to post deals, you also decide what deals are the hottest. You like a deal ? Que it! Deals will be listed in order of their popularity, and the best deals will hit the homepage.
More at:http://www.dealque.com/
DealQUE is a social bargain hunting website and daily deal aggregator gathering the best deals on the web.DealQUE is a social bargain hunting website, where users generate deal content and share it with the community. Similar to currently popular social bookmaking websites, DealQUE’s users not only submit deals but depending on their popularity control the position listings of these deals.A "Que" is the rating of a deal as determined by the DealQUE algorithm. This algorithm is determined by various factors such as the amount of times a deal is rated (Que count), the frequency of clicks, the distance from the earth to the moon relative to DealQUE headquarters, etc. Deals with a higher rating are displayed before others. Just remember that a high Que count doesn't mean a high rating!! It just means that it has been visited many times, which is only one factor in our rating algorithm!
How It Works:
If you like a deal "Que it". Every deal will have a "QUE it " icon right by it's image, simply click on it and the deal will be rated. You can Que a deal every hour, just remember that you can't promote deals to the homepage by just clicking on them a hundred times. There are other rating factors that determine a deal's ranking.
Simply Click on the submit a deal link on the top of the page. Enter some basic info and your done!
Click to watch a quick video showing you the whole process!
Once these deals are found they are indexed and displayed on DealQUE.com along with all the other deals.
Not only do you get to post deals, you also decide what deals are the hottest. You like a deal ? Que it! Deals will be listed in order of their popularity, and the best deals will hit the homepage.
More at:http://www.dealque.com/
BusinessesforsaleRSS.com----Sale Search Engine
What Company Is Offering:
BusinessesforsaleRSS.com, created by the Listopica, Inc. Research and Development team, is a vertical search engine for the business for sale industry...and they're building the largest database of businesses for sale in the universe.
How It Works:
Search business for sale listings from across the internet. They are the only true business for sale search engine that searches and indexes listings from business brokers, business owners, business for sale forums, as well as corporate and community sites.
There are many businesses for sale listings scattered across the internet that go un-noticed and un-seen by buyers, advertised in blogs, newspapers, forums, personal and commercial websites, etc. The major search engines just don't do the trick when a buyer is looking for a specialized business for sale.
They're here to bring all of these business for sale listings together, in one place, a centralized location allowing users to search and find the right business.
More at:http://www.businessesforsalerss.com/
BusinessesforsaleRSS.com, created by the Listopica, Inc. Research and Development team, is a vertical search engine for the business for sale industry...and they're building the largest database of businesses for sale in the universe.
How It Works:
Search business for sale listings from across the internet. They are the only true business for sale search engine that searches and indexes listings from business brokers, business owners, business for sale forums, as well as corporate and community sites.
There are many businesses for sale listings scattered across the internet that go un-noticed and un-seen by buyers, advertised in blogs, newspapers, forums, personal and commercial websites, etc. The major search engines just don't do the trick when a buyer is looking for a specialized business for sale.
They're here to bring all of these business for sale listings together, in one place, a centralized location allowing users to search and find the right business.
More at:http://www.businessesforsalerss.com/
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