Gather, a site where freelance writers create and share content for shared revenue, has raised a $2.4 million Read More
Gather gets $2.4M Series E for demand content
Don’t forget the pumpkin pie! ZipList, a service for managing your grocery list online, has raised just over Read More
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Svpply picks up $550K seed for social retail
Just in time for the biggest shopping season of the year, yet another shopping site gets funded. Social Read More
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Yardsellr raises $5 million for social market
Yardsellr, a place to buy and sell items within a friend network, has raised a $5 million Series Read More
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Gnip gets $2M to resell the Twitter firehose
[Updated at 7:51 PST, Nov. 19 to clarify details of funding round.] Gnip, a social media data provider Read More
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Tumblr raises a fourth round from Sequoia
Microblogging platform Tumblr has secured a new round of financing from high-profile venture firm Sequoia Capital, according to Read More
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Andreessen Horowitz raises $650 million fund
Andreessen Horowitz, one of Silicon Valley’s most reputable venture capital firms, announced Tuesday that it has raised a Read More
Enterprise cloud computing colossus Salesforce announced Wednesday that it has paid approximately $170 million to acquire 95% of Read More
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Spotlight secures $2.5 million for ticketing
Spotlight, a Web-based ticket management solution, announced Tuesday that it has secured a $2.5 million Series A round Read More
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Venture funding stumbles in Q3 2010
The gloomy days of venture funding as seen in 2009 are gone. But fund flows in the third Read More
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Poptent raises $3M for crowdsourced video
Poptent, a social network for video creators formerly known as XLNTads, has raised a $3 million Series A Read More
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SeatGeek raises $550,000 and secures WSJ deal
[This article has been updated with details about the latest round.] SeatGeek, a ticket search engine for music Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 10/08/10
Startups in remote and obscure locations, bemoan your location’s lack of venture capital firms no longer! The Foundry Read More
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Software valuations average nearly $80M
As software and biotechnology transactions take up an increasing percentage of overall venture capital investment and deal activity, Read More
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Eventbrite registers a $20 million Series D
Eventbrite announced Wednesday the closing of a $20 million Series D round of funding led by DAG Ventures Read More