This Week in Venture Capital - Scott Painter, Founder & CEO of Zag
发布时间 2010-07-01 01:13:49 来源
摘要
This week we have Scott Painter, Founder & CEO of Zag. For more information, show notes, and an upcoming schedule, go to www.thisweekin.com. Mark Suster hosts This Week in Venture Capital. You can read a more detailed account of the shownotes on his blog http://bothsidesofthetable.com/
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VENTURE FINANCINGS
Foursquare
http://foursquare.com
-A location based service which incorporates social and gaming elements
Current round: $20.0mm Series-B led by Andreesen Horowitz, with USV and O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures
Total Raised: $21.4mm
http://tcrn.ch/98m0Xb
Kontagent
http://kontagent.com
-A social analytics platform for Facebook app developers and publishers that provides detailed demographic and engagement data
Total raised: $6.0mm
http://tcrn.ch/cWl12B
Geodelic
http://geodelic.com
-Geodelic develops free mobile applications to easily browse your surroundings (restaurants, banks, businesses, etc)
Total raised: $10.5mm
http://tcrn.ch/9u23xl
Vopium
http://vopium.com
-Danish VOIP technology company founded in 2006 by Pakistani entrepreneur Tanveer Sharif
Total raised: $22mm
http://bit.ly/cx7u3J
Palantir
http://palantir.com
-Palantir's products are used for integrating, visualizing, and analyzing multiple large datasets
Total raised: $125mm
http://tcrn.ch/bGIEwk
Triggit
http://triggit.com
-A demand side advertising platform which allows advertisers to bid on individual ad impressions in real time, based on the site and who would see it
Total raised: $6.0mm
http://tcrn.ch/cy0WvS
GetJar
http://getjar.com
-Fast-growing application store with more than 1billion apps downloaded (second in size only to Apple)
Total raised: $17mm
paidContent
M&A
Gigbot
-Music event listing and promotion website
-Acquired by Ticketfly (which just recently raised $3.0mm) which helps concert promoters sell tickets, leveraging social media
http://bit.ly/bFnSjV
DMS Insights
-Research and online sampling technology
-AOL acquired DMS Insights in 1999
http://tcrn.ch/afr0P4
OTHER NEWS
Hulu launches premium subscription service for $9.99/month; includes HD access to full season of shows and works across platforms (PCs, iPhone, PS3, +) http://tcrn.ch/cgmOUE
Tesla IPO skyrockets: Prices at $17/sh, opens at $19 and closes up 40% at $23.89. Valuing ocmpany at $2.0bn+ http://tcrn.ch/ad1pa4
Apple sells 1.7mm iPhone 4s in 3 days.
http://tcrn.ch/b6Mg2H
Elevation Partners invested $120mm more for 5mm shares in Facebook.
http://tcrn.ch/cBrTvy
.XXX Top Level Domain name gets initial approval from ICANN
http://bit.ly/cymKoq
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