Mar 18, 2008
It looks like SendMe Mobile may be in the money again. According to mocoNews.com, the off-deck provider that sells ringtones and wallpapers and hosts mobile sweepstakes, plans to announce today that it has secured $15 million in a third round of capital. New investor GrandBanks Capital participated along side existing investors True Ventures and Spark Capital. SendMe has now raised $25 million in total, and has about 45 employees.
Investors include Scott Kurnit, Vince Broady, Amicus Capital, True Ventures, Spark Capital, GrandBanks Capital.
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Mar 14, 2008
Reuters are reporting that AOL is taking a serious look at New York-based widget-maker KickApps for $90 million.
KickApps is a hosted platform that allows webmasters to quickly and easily deploy user-generated content and social networking functionality directly on their websites. Our company provides a “white label” solution, with all elements precisely matching a website’s existing look and feel. The KickApps platform is highly customizable, scalable and enterprise-quality.
By providing webmasters with a set of sophisticated media management, reporting and administrative tools, KickApps protects websites from pornography, copyrighted material and inappropriate user content that may hurt their brands or offend advertisers. The KickApps platform is a complete content management system and a viral syndication engine for your community (and premium) content.
Investors Softbank Capital, Prism VentureWorks and Spark Capital and others have dropped $17 million into KickApps.
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Dec 5, 2007
Buzzwire, Inc. which provides streaming online audio, video and radio to mobile phones, has secured $8 million in Series B venture capital financing. Led by new investor Sequel Venture Partners, the Series B round also includes existing investors Matrix Partners and Spark Capital. Ron Bernal of Sequel will join Buzzwire’s board of directors.
Buzzwire will use the new round to move from planning and testing to deployments with major carriers in the U.S. and overseas. “We have hit every milestone to date. We’ve launched the company, attracted a top notch management team, proven our model’s operational feasibility and secured interest from top carriers, content partners and consumers,” said Andrew MacFarlane, CEO for Buzzwire. “With a deal in place with one of the top U.S. carriers, this new round will fuel the roll-out of Buzzwire in multiple markets within the U.S. and abroad.”
www.buzzwire.com
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