What you need to know - 08/10/11

Ronny Kerr · August 10, 2011 · Short URL: https://vator.tv/n/1da7

The good and bad in Groupon's new SEC filing; Facebook releases a second app for the iPhone

Couchbase, a NoSQL database company, secured $14 million in a Series C round of financing led by venture capital firm Ignition Partners.

Demand Media acquired IndieClick, a premium online advertising company that specializes in connecting brands with passionate and engaged consumers.

Facebook released a new mobile app called Facebook Messenger, for both iPhone and Android, that makes it easier to communicate with friends on the go.

 

The patent lawsuit brought on by Gooseberry Natural Resources LLC against a number of popular websites, including Fark, TechCrunch, Digg, Reddit and Yahoo, could be unraveling.

Gilt Groupe, the company best known for popularizing the flash sales model of e-commerce, launched Park & Bond, a full-price men’s online retail store.

 

 

Groupon's new SEC filing: the company made $878 million in Q2 revenue, but lost $103 million.

 

iStoryTime, the largest library of mobile children's book Apps, secured a $2 million Series A investment.

LinkedIn, HomeAway, Zillow, Yandex--those same tech companies, that saw their shares tumble in Monday's sell-off, appeared to be recouping some of their losses.

 

Movieclips, the Pandora for short-form movie clips, raised a $7 million Series B round led by MK Capital, with help from many others.

RIM is finding itself at the unfortunate center of a series of riots that have rocked London for the last three days—at a time when the company can least afford the bad publicity. As it turns out, the majority of London rioters have been communicating via BlackBerry Messenger.

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers has led a $26 million round of funding in the Turkish fashion eCommerce startup Trendyol.com. Existing investor Tiger Global also participated in the round.

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