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Web 2.0 Venture Capital for December 2007 : 29 Fundings for Over $250 Million

January 07, 2008

Venture capital update profiles internet and new media venture fundings. For the month of December 2007 over twenty nine companies were funded. Twenty nine companies received a total of over $250 million combined.

Below is a list of the companies funded, their amounts, and brief description. Full articles may be found on VentureCapitalUpdate.com (www.VentureCapitalUpdate.com), along with profiles of the Venture Capitalists that funded them and the founders that started the companies. A weekly podcast is released every Sunday night.

Week of December 18th, 2007

  • Kyte.tv Received $15 Million So You Can Create Your Own TV Channel
  • SocialPicks Received $500,000 for a Stock Investor Social Network
  • Jacked Received Funding for an Interactive Companion to Live Television
  • Vuze Received $20 Million for Their IPTV Product
  • PlayFirst Received $16.5 Million for Free Online Games
  • EdgeCast Received $6 Million for a Media Content Delivery Network
  • Modiv Received $8 Million for Mobile Marketing and Commerce
  • Ribbit Received $10 Million for a Telephony Platform
  • Live Gamer Received $24 Million for Real Money Trading of Virtual Property
  • Acquia Received $7 Million for Drupal Products and Services
  • AdReady Raised $10 Million for Providing Customizable Successful Ads
  • ideeli Received $3.8 Million for Luxury Shopping Site
  • Juice Wireless Received $6 Million for Mobile Social Networking

Week of December 10th, 2007

  • MixerCast Raised $4.25 Million for Remixing Content Legally
  • Twitter Received $4.8 Million for their Social Tracking Service
  • Jobvite Received $7.2 Million for Recruitment Solutions
  • Mobile Posse Received $10 Million for Mobile Advertising
  • NewsGator Received $12 Million for Content Aggregation Tools
  • Kenshoo Received Undisclosed Funding for Search Marketing Automated Solutions
  • Kosmix Received $10 Million for Vertical Search
  • iMedix Received $2 Million for Social Network Centered on Medical Information
  • TechForward Receives Funding for Guaranteed Buybacks

Week of December 3rd, 2007

  • Music Intelligence Solutions Received $7 Million for Music and Media Discovery
  • Ooyala Wins $100,000 from Amazon for their Video Company
  • TuVox Received $20 Million for On Demand Speech Applications
  • Motionbox Received $7 Million to Help You Store and Share Videos
  • MyStrands Raises $25 Million for Song Analysis and Recommendation
  • Clickable Received $6 Million for Search Engine Campaign Management
  • Consorte Media Received $7 Million for Online Marketing Firm Focused on Hispanc Market


Web 2.0 Venture Capital for November 2007 : 35 Fundings for Over $419 Million

December 03, 2007

Venture capital update profiles internet and new media venture fundings. For the month of November 2007 over thirty five companies were funded. These thirty five companies received a total of over $419 million combined.

Below is a list of the companies funded, their amounts, and brief description. Full articles may be found on VentureCapitalUpdate.com (www.VentureCapitalUpdate.com), along with profiles of the Venture Capitalists that funded them and the founders that started the companies. A weekly podcast is released every Sunday night.

Week of November 26th, 2007

  • Facebook Received $60 Million from an Individual Investor
  • Tinsel Cinema Received Undisclosed Funding for Bollywood Entertainment
  • Avail Media Received $25 M Capital $5 M Debt for their IPTV Services
  • AdBrite Received $23 Million for their Online Advertising Marketplace
  • Spotzer Received $14.8 Million for their Off-the-Shelf Commercials
  • Amobee Media Systems Received Funding for Mobile Advertising
  • Snooth Received $1 Million for a Wine Review Site
  • Qwaq Received $7 Million for Virtual Work Spaces
  • Yodle Received $12 Million for Online Lead Generation

Week of November 19th, 2007

  • Phanfare Received $2.5 Million for Photo and Video Storage / Sharing
  • Smart Mobile Received $13 Million for Mobile Banking
  • BuzzLogic Received $2.5 Million for a Social Media Ad Network
  • Synthasite Received $5 Million for Website Building and Publishing
  • Greater China Media Received $1.6 Million for their Media and Entertainment Company

Week of November 12th, 2007

  • Backchannelmedia Received $9.5 Million for Digital TV Advertising
  • Zecco Received $25 Million for their Free Trading Community
  • GetJar Received $6 Million for their Mobile Developer Community
  • TheStreet Received $55 Million for the Financial Media Company
  • GigaOmni Media Received $1 Million for their Tech Blogs
  • GrubHub Received $1.1 Million for Online Food Delivery Search & Ordering
  • BlowTorch Received $50 Million for User Generated Films
  • Billeo Received $7 Million for Personal Payment Manangement
  • FatDoor Received $5.5 Million for their Neighborhood Community Platform
  • ChaCha Received $10 Million for Human Powered Search
  • Vivox Received $7.8 Million for Gaming and Virtual World Integrated Voice Services
  • Wellocities Received $1 Million for a Diabetes Wellness Site

Week of November 5th, 2007

  • Aria Systems Received $4 Million for their Billing System
  • Frame Media Received $2 Million for Wireless Digital Picture Frames
  • Passenger Received $8.3 Million for Customer Collaboration
  • Millennial Media Received $15 Million for Mobile Advertising
  • MerchantCircle Received $10 Million for a Business Social Network
  • Makeover Solutions Received $7 Million for Virtual Makeovers
  • YouMail Received $4.5 Million for Customized Voicemail
  • xKoto Received $7.5 Million for Data Virtualization
  • Socialtext Received $9.5 Million for Enterprise Wiki's

Web 2.0 Venture Capital for October 2007 : 40 Fundings for Over $427 Million

December 03, 2007

Venture capital update profiles internet and new media venture fundings. For the month of October 2007 over forty companies were funded. These forty companies received a total of over $427 million combined.

Below is a list of the companies funded, their amounts, and brief description. Full articles may be found on VentureCapitalUpdate.com (www.VentureCapitalUpdate.com), along with profiles of the Venture Capitalists that funded them and the founders that started the companies. A weekly podcast is released every Sunday night.

Week of October 29th, 2007

  • mobileStorm Received Undisclosed Amount for their Digital Marketing Business
  • Hidden City Games Received $15 Million for Trading Cards
  • 4INFO Received an Undisclosed Amount from GE/NBC for SMS Advertising
  • SezWho Received $1.5 Million for Their Review and Reputation Service
  • mDialog Received $3.15 Million for their Filmmaker Video Network
  • Curbed Received $1.5 Million for Real Estate Blog Networks
  • OwnerIQ Received $2 Million for a User Manual Advertising Network
  • PicksPal Received $3 Million for Free Sports Picks
  • FiveRuns Received $6.2 Million for Monitoring Rails Applications
  • Vitrue Received $10 Million for Video Centric Social Media Tools

Week of October 22nd, 2007

  • JackBe Received $9.5 Million for Their Enterprise Mashup Software
  • mFoundry Raises $15 Million for Mobile Financial Services
  • Facebook Receives $240 Million for their Social Network
  • Trusted Opinion Receives $1.3 Million for Their Trusted Opinion Platform
  • DailyMe Received Undisclosed Amount for Their News Personalization Service
  • Collective Media Received Undisclosed Funding for an Online Advertising Network

Week of October 15th, 2007

  • WeatherBill Receives $12.5 Million for Their Weather Contracts
  • Mint Raised $4.7 Million for Online Money Management
  • Treemo Raised $2.55 Million for an Online Social Community
  • Tumblr Receives $750,000 for Their Sharing Tool
  • DooStang Raised $3.5 Million for an Invite Only Online Career Community
  • Brightroll Raised $5 Million for Their Video Ad Network
  • Melodeo Raises $7.9 Million to Provide Multimedia to Your Mobile Phone
  • SocialMedia Raises More : $3.5 Million for Network of Facebook Applications
  • YuMe Receives $9 Million for Video Advertising Network
  • fix8 Receives $3 Million for Customizable Avatars and Accessories
  • BlackArrow Received $12 Million for Video Ad-Insertion
  • TokBox Receives $4 Million for Person to Person Video Conferencing

Week of October 8th, 2007

  • Mobivox Receives $11 Million to Offer Free Person to Person Phone Calls
  • MyLifeBrand Receives $750,000 for a Digital Community Platform
  • Outside.in Received $1.5 Million for their Local Content Aggregator
  • Podaddies Receives $1 Million for their Video Advertising Solution
  • MyBuys Received $10 Million for their Behavioral Recommendation Service

Week of October 1st, 2007

  • madKast Received $300,000 for a Share and Bookmarking Widget
  • StyleFeeder Raises $1 Million for their Social Shopping Site
  • Shopatron Received $6 Million for Retail Integrated e-Commerce
  • 23andMe Received $9 Million for their Personal Genetics Company
  • Sportbuzz's Sportingo.com Received $3.2 Million for their Sports News and Opinion Site
  • Reply.com Raised $4.5 Million for their Performance Based Marketing Company
  • Wikinvest Raises $2.5 Million for a Wiki about Stocks

Web 2.0 Venture Capital for September 2007 : 34 Fundings for Over $420 Million

October 02, 2007

Venture capital update profiles web 2.0 venture fundings. For the month of September 2007 over thirty four companies were funded. These thirty two companies received a total of over $420 million combined.

Below is a list of the companies funded, their amounts, and brief description. Full articles may be found on VentureCapitalUpdate.com (www.VentureCapitalUpdate.com), along with profiles of the Venture Capitalists that funded them and the founders that started the companies. A weekly podcast is released every Sunday night.

Week of September 24th, 2007

  • Deca Raises $5 Million to Create Professional Online Content
  • PPLive Raised $21 Million for a Peer to Peer (P2P) Video Site
  • Waterfront Media Raises $25 Million as an Online Health Publisher
  • PeerMeta Raises $6 Million for Mobile Software Platform
  • OpTrip Received $500,000 for Un-Launched Travel Service
  • Xoom Raises $20 Million for Money Transfer Service
  • Huffington Post Raises $5 Million for News and Opinion Website
  • Revolution Money Raises $50 Million for Money Exchange and Credit Card
  • Visible Technologies Raises $12 Million to Monitor Your Brand
  • Turn Raises $8 Million for Targeted Advertising Network

Week of September 17th, 2007

  • Snapvine Raises $10 Million for Bringing Voice to Social Networks
  • Caring.com Raises $6 Million for those Caring for Others
  • Zillow Raises $30 Million for Real Estate Website
  • MatchMine Received $10 Million for Media Matchmaking
  • HubSpot Receives $5 Million for Internet Marketing Software
  • SEOmoz Received $1.25 Million for their Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Company
  • StreetFire Received $6.1 Million for a Car Enthusiasts Web Site
  • PlaySpan Received $6.5 Million for In-Game Commerce Network
  • Nirvanix Receives $12 Million for a Media Storage Delivery Network
  • RPM Communications Receives $4 Million for Mobile Blogging Service Utterz

Week of September 10th, 2007

  • PowerReviews Receive $15 Million for Customer Reviews Service
  • Satisfaction Receives $1.3 Million for Web 2.0 Online Customer Service
  • vSocial Receives Undisclosed Amount for Social Media Platform
  • Kewego Raises $6.9 Million for Video Sharing
  • VoodooVox Raises $8.1 Million for Mobile Audio Advertising
  • Active Network Receives $65 Million for a Sports Network
  • PureVideo received $2.85 million in funding from Softbank.

Week of September 3rd, 2007

  • Sermo Raises $25 Million for Closed Doctor Network
  • Multiply Receives $16.6 Million for a Social Network
  • Groove Mobile Receives $6 Million for Mobile Music Service
  • MyPublisher Raised $8.9 Million for Photo Books
  • NetBooks Raises $6.9 Million for Small Business Management Software
  • Dopplr Raises Undisclosed Amount for Online Travel Service
  • VideoEgg Receives $15 Million for Video Advertising Network

Web 2.0 Venture Capital for August 2007 : 32 Fundings for Over $397 Million

September 13, 2007

Venture capital update profiles web 2.0 venture fundings. For the month of August 2007 over thirty two companies were funded. These thirty two companies received a total of over $397 million combined.

Below is a list of the companies funded, their amounts, and brief description. Full articles may be found on VentureCapitalUpdate.com (www.VentureCapitalUpdate.com), along with profiles of the Venture Capitalists that funded them and the founders that started the companies. A weekly podcast is released every Sunday night.

* Minekey Raises $3 Million for Personal Recommendation Widget
* Associated Content Raises $10 Million for the People's Media Company
* Compete Raises $10 Million for Free Website Analytics
* Vringo Receives $12 Million for Mobile Media and Ringtone Sharing
* iCrossing Receives $62 Million for their Digital Marketing Company
* Action Engine Received $20 Million for Mobile Platform
* NowPublic Raised $10.6 Million for Citizen Journalism
* BuddyTV Receives $2.8 Million for Social Community around TV Shows
* Kongregate Raises $5 Million for User Generated Games and Community
* Batanga Receives $30 Million for Hispanic Social Network
* Doppelganger (vSide) Receives $11 Million for Teen Virtual Worlds
* SocialMedia Receives $1 Million for Network of Facebook Applications
* KickApps Raises $11 Million for a Hosted Web 2.0 Platform
* JiveSoftware, has raised $15 million in funding providing solutions for collaborative software
* The Filter Raises $5 Million for Music Recommendation Service
* Vinfolio raised $4.5 Million from private investors
* Lending Club Receives $10.26 Million for Bypassing Banks
* CafeMom Receives $5 Million, Social Networking for Moms
* Metacafe Raises $30 Million for Video Site
* Building-B Receives $17.5 Million for Broadband Video
* Serious Receives $7 Million for Digital Publishing on DVD and CD
* Viadeo Raises 5 Million Euros for Professional Social Network
* Daily Motion Raises $34 Million for Video Site
* Bluepulse Raises $6 Million for Mobile Social Networking
* inQ Raises $5 Million for Online Chat
* Jaxtr Receives $10 Million for Anonymous Phone Numbers
* Veveo Raises $28 Million for a Web Video Solution
* Federated Media Publishing Received $4.5 Million for Online Advertising Representation
* MocoSpace Raises $3 million for Mobile Community Network
* Trilogy Studios Raised $3.2 million for Videogame and Virtual World Development
* Wis.dm Raised $5 million for a Social Network Built on Questions and Answers
* Pluggd Raised $6 million for Video and Audio Search

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital for July 2007: 33 Fundings for Over $300 Million

August 08, 2007

Venture capital update profiles web 2.0 venture fundings. For the month of July 2007 over thirty three companies were funded. These thirty three companies received a total of over $300 million combined.

Below is a list of the companies funded, their amounts, and brief description. Full articles may be found on VentureCapitalUpdate.com (www.VentureCapitalUpdate.com), along with profiles of the Venture Capitalists that funded them and the founders that started the companies. A weekly podcast is released every Sunday night.

For the Week of July 23, 2007

* Awareness Receives Undisclosed Funding for Enterprise Social Media Network
* Clearspring Raises $10 Million for Widget Platform
* Zipit Wireless Receives $4.7 Million for Wireless IM Device
* Going.com Raises $5 Million for Event Searching
* Respectance Receives $1.5 Million for Sharing Memories of those that Past Away
* hi5 Receives $20 Million for their Social Network
* cFares Receives $4.5 Million for an Internet Travel Service

For the Week of July 16, 2007

* Covestor Receives Undisclosed Amount for a Stock Trading Community
* VibeAgent Received Undisclosed Amount for Hotel Search
* Cartoon Doll Emporium Receives Undisclosed Amount
* Loopt Receives $2.25 Million for Mobile Social Mapping
* Photobox Raised $13.9 Million for Online Photo Lab
* Ujogo Raised Series A for Rewards Based Online Poker
* Tripology Receives $1.25 Million for a Travel Site w/Travel Agent Assistance
* Redfin Raised $12 Million for Real Estate Site and Brokerage
* RockeTalk Raises $7.1 Million for a Mobile Social Application
* Healthline Receives $21 Million for Health Search Engine
* Connectbeam Received $3.5 Million for Enterprise Social Networking
* Weblo Received $3.3 Million for Virtual Real Estate

For the Week of July 9, 2007

* IGA Worldwide Raises $25 Million for In-Game Advertising
* Tvtrip Raises $4.8 Million for Hotel Searches Utilizing Video
* Obopay Receives $29 Million for a Mobile Payment Service
* Adap.tv Raised $10 Million for Online Video Advertising Service
* Cozi Receives $4 Million for Online Family Organization
* TheFind Receives $15 Million for Shopping Search Engine without Paid Search
* Trion Receives $30 Milion for Online Gaming and Entertainment
* Yapta Raises $2.3 Million for Air Fare Tracking
* Tira Wireless Raised $5 Million for Mobile Content Deployment

For the Week of July 1, 2007

* Dilithium raised $33 Million for mobile video solutions
* Clickable Receives $3 Million for managing search marketing
* Right90 received $12 Million for on-demand sales forecasting
* Loyalty Lab received $7 Million for CRM marketing and analytics
* iContact received $3.5 Million for an outsourced email communication tool

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Web 2.0 Venture Capital for June 2007 : 31 Fundings for Over $635 Million

Venture capital update profiles web 2.0 venture fundings. For the month of June 2007 over thirty one companies were funded. These thirty one companies received a total of over $635 million combined.

Below is a list of the companies funded, their amounts, and brief description. Full articles may be found on VentureCapitalUpdate.com (www.VentureCapitalUpdate.com), along with profiles of the Venture Capitalists that funded them and the founders that started the companies. A weekly podcast is released every Sunday night.

For the Week of June 25, 2007

* CarDomain.com Raises $3 Million for Auto Social Networking
* Intaact Raises $14 Million for Web-Based Financial Applications
* Digitalsmiths Raise $6 Million for Video Ad Matching
* SnapTell Raised over $4 Million for Comparison Shopping with Mobile
* Ultizen Raises $1.5 Million for Outsourced Video Game Development
* Lijit Raises $3.3 Million for Blog Search and Analytics
* Revision3 Raises $8 Million for Internet Television Network

For the Week of June 18, 2007

* SupplyFrame Raises $7 Million for Electronic Component Search Engine
* Healthcare.com Raises $6.1 Million for Health Care 2.0
* Danal Raises $9.5 Million for Mobile Payments
* PixSense Raises $2 Million for Low Bandwidth Mobile Media Transfer
* Wesabe Raises $4 Million for Personal Finance 2.0
* Apptera Raises Over $9 Million for Mobile In-Call Advertising Network
* Prosper Raised $20 Million for Person to Person Lending
* MyStrands Raises $25 Million for Song Analysis and Recommendation
* Pet Food Direct Raises $10 Million for Pet Food Online

For the Week of June 11, 2007

* Bag Borrow or Steal Raises $15 Million for Luxury Item Market
* StudioNow Raises $1.5 Million to Make Your Movies Better
* deviantART Raises $3.5 Million for Artists Community
* Veoh Raises $26 Million for Downloadable Videos
* Smartsheet Raises $2.69 Million for Online Web 2.0 Application
* EveryZing Raises $10 Million for a Podcast Search Engine
* Telltale Games Raises $6 Million for Episodic Games
* Pay Per Post Raises $7 Million for Blog Postsings
* Eye-Fi Raises $5.5 for Online Digital Photo Service

For the Week of June 4, 2007

* Brash Entertainment - $400 Million for Video Games
* IceBreaker - $7.2 Million for Mobile Social Networking
* Standout Jobs - $1.5 Million for Web 2.0 Recruiting
* FameCast - $4.5 Million for Online Talent Search
* Tumri - $10 Million for Merchandising and Advertising
* Socialtext - $3 Million for Enterprise Wiki's

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