Seed Cohuman, a workspace for coordinating people and projects online, secured $600,000 in a second round of angel Read More
Funding roundup – week ending 01/28/11
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No Internet in Egypt as protests escalate
Blocking access to Twitter and Facebook just wasn’t enough for the Egyptian government. Around 11 hours ago–or a Read More
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Facebook’s Sponsored Stories walk a fine line
Promoted Tweets? Oh, Twitter, you could learn something from your social networking big brother. Facebook is introducing a totally Read More
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Facebook celebrates Data Privacy Day early
Happy Data Privacy Eve! Merry Data Privacy Eve? Well, Wikipedia calls it a “holiday,” but I don’t know. I Read More
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Facebook, Twitter facing outages in Egypt
The revolution is being tweeted again. Maybe. Protestors in Egypt are experiencing trouble accessing both Facebook and Twitter, according Read More
Online investment network eToro announced Wednesday that it has closed an $8.3 million funding round from Spark Capital, Read More
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Twitter advertising revenue to triple in 2011
One of our more popular stories from 2010 outed Twitter’s new efforts in advertising as still highly experimental, Read More
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Facebook affirms $500M round, adds $1 billion
I can’t even remember the last time Facebook issued a press release, but then, this isn’t your Read More
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CloudTalk raises $5 million for social voice
CloudTalk, a free text and voice messaging service, has raised $3.8 million in equity and $1.2 million in Read More
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Kabam raises $30M for hardcore social gaming
Will the outpouring of financial support to social gaming companies ever slow? Kabam, a developer of massively multiplayer Read More
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FanBridge raises $2M, acquires Damntheradio
FanBridge, a startup that helps everyone from rock groups to businesses manage their fan relationships, made two big Read More
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Facebook ad revenue to top $4 billion in 2011
Facebook, which already accounts for over half of social network ad revenues in the U.S., will continue to Read More
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ShopSocial secures $1.1M for social commerce
Social shopping site ShopSocial (tongue twister!) has raised $1.2 million in funding, according to an SEC filing. While Read More
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Twitter possibly moving from SF to Brisbane
Give a company a $200 million investment round, and it’s going to want to hire a lot more Read More
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AMBER Alert now on Facebook in full force
Facebook and AMBER Alert, the international child abduction alert system, announced Wednesday a deeper partnership that leverages the Read More