With the iPad officially in the hands of consumers, mobile ad networks and platforms are rushing to create iPad specific ad formats. Medialets, Mobclix, and Greystripe have all created ad formats for the device. And AdMob is said to be releasing its iPad-specific SDK in the next few weeks. Mobile ad network Millennial Media is [...]
Tags: Ad Formats, Application Experience, Creative Suite, Developer Portal, Different Ways, Game Play, Google, Greystripe, Interstitials, Ipad, Last November, Launch, Metrics, Millennial Media, Mobile Platform, Mobile Web Users, Nielsen Media, Page Ads, Perplexing Situation, Series C
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Wed, April 7 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Startup Wix, which allows users to build flash websites and widgets, has just raised $10 million in Series C funding from Benchmark Capital existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners and Mangrove Capital Partners participating. This round of founding brings Wix’s total funding to $20 million. You can read our initial review of Wix here.
Founded [...]
Tags: 10 Million, 5 Million, Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, Customization, Design Features, Drag And Drop, Flash Builder, Flash Website, Flash Websites, Free Users, Investors, Mangrove Capital Partners, Series C, Simple Mechanism, Stock Image, Which Allows Users, Widget, Widgets, Yola
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Wed, March 24 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Banks, cable companies, and utilities all want to get rid of their paper bills and get customers on their electronic billing systems. Just as there were back-office billing providers for the paper era, there are now back-office electronic billers. A company in Charlotte, North Carolina called Transactis is one of them, and it just [...]
Tags: 5 Million, Banks, Biller, Cable Companies, Ceo, Charlotte North Carolina, Consumers, Electronic Billing Systems, Email, Growth Business, New York City, Niche, Office Billing, Paper Bills, Paper Printing, Payment Processors, Postage Costs, Proto, Series C, Shareholders
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Fri, March 19 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Tilera, a company that develops multicore processors, has raised $25 million in series C funding from Broadcom Corporation, Quanta Computers and NTT Financing. This brings Tilera’s total funding to $64 million
Tilera says the funding will be used to expand sales operations and for product development. Founded in 2004, Tilera designs multicore embedded processors for [...]
Tags: Acquisition, Broadcom, Broadcom Corporation, Chip Developer, Chip Investors, Digital Multimedia, Giant, Grabs, Infrastructure Markets, Lt, Multicore Processor, Multicore Processors, Ntt, Sales Operations, Semiconductor, Series C, Software Development Tools, Teknovus, Tilera, Wireless Infrastructure
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Mon, March 8 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Perfect Market, which markets solutions aimed to assist publishers in growing revenue from their online content, has secured $6 million in a Series C funding round led by Tribune Company.
Just to be clear, that’s the media giant that owns newspapers such as the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune alongside a number of television [...]
Tags: Chicago Tribune, Google, Idealab, Kazan, Keyword Searches, Los Angeles Times, Market Information, Media Giant, Network Partners, Perfect Market, Proprietary Technology, Relevant Ads, Rustic Canyon Partners, S Board, Senior Vice President, Series C, Technology Solution, Tribune Company, Trinity Ventures, Web Properties
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Wed, March 3 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Social e-commerce company ThisNext recently raised a Series C round of $1.2 million, which we reported based on an SEC filing. The Santa Monica, CA startup has now confirmed the financing round and also announced that it has acquired smaller rival Stylehive for an undisclosed amount.
ThisNext set up an entirely new parent company, Curatemedia, which [...]
Tags: Acquisition, Angel Investor, Anthem, Backer, Business News, Clearstone Venture Partners, Commerce Company, Commerce Functionality, Entrepreneur, Jason Calacanis, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Parent Company, Santa Monica Ca, Series C, Shopping Tools, Stylediary, Stylehive, Thisnext, Time Inc, Verticals
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Mon, February 1 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments